November/December weight management challenge

[withm]

Roxy
Hope you are feeling better soon. Was yours an "open" procedure, or done laprascopically?

[channlluv]

Laproscopically. I have four inch-long ridgy scars, but they're healing.

Roxy

[ny biker]

222.8

I'm supposed to be walking every day, but I'm still hurting. I think there's still fluid on or around my pancreas. The docs said it would be three-four weeks in healing. It's been a little over three weeks, I think. I feel like my short term memory got wiped. I've lost track of the calendar. The last month is a blur. I don't remember huge chunks of what happened in the hospital.

Can't wait to get released to get back on my bike, though.

Roxy

Anesthesia, painkillers and fevers can all mess with your head.

Hang in there.

[solobiker]

Down 1# to 138

[tprevost]

156.6 yesterday... Had a bit of a meltdown last night and birthday dinner with my sweetie tonight... Hoping I don't backslide too far!

[tealtreak]

222.8

I'm supposed to be walking every day, but I'm still hurting. I think there's still fluid on or around my pancreas. The docs said it would be three-four weeks in healing. It's been a little over three weeks, I think. I feel like my short term memory got wiped. I've lost track of the calendar. The last month is a blur. I don't remember huge chunks of what happened in the hospital.

Can't wait to get released to get back on my bike, though.

Roxy

Hang in there! Post when you need to vent or get encouragement- every surgery or medical disaster I have had seemed like the recovery took forever............but then years later........I'm bacccckkkkkk (: and you will be too (:

[Dannielle]

134.6 yesterday. really weird...I guess my maintenance range is out the window. it's weird in that after years of working so hard to lose weight, it's happening on its own without me actually trying. I did make some tweaks to how I'm eating but with health and budget as my motivation. Maybe I just don't really know what my "ideal" weight is. I'm open to my body telling me...

[indysteel]

Danielle, you are 5'11 right? While we all carry our weight differently, 134 sounds pretty low for that height. I know you have lost a lot of weight and are very mindful of what and how you eat. Do you think there's a chance you are just not eating enough? Are you losing muscle mass at this point?

[Trek-chick]

131. Six more to go!!!!!

[Dannielle]

Indysteel, technically I'm not quite 5'11" (I'm 5'10 2/3" so usually round up). My BMI is still in the normal range, but low normal. I'm looking pretty darn lean but not skeletal. Though I don't want to lose another 5 or so pounds or I might just be there.

It's a hard call on the muscle mass thing as this is my busy time of year with my business (I make toys) so I haven't been my usual active self the past 3 weeks.

I had been maintaining at around 145 for months (that's what I am in my avatar pic). Then in October I phased out animal products and salt from my diet. I do get plenty of protein though (I tracked it the first 6 weeks) so no worries there. Legumes really fill me up though, moreso than meat does. I'm slowly coming to terms with the fact that it really is ok to be a little snacky with things like nuts, bananas, avocados in the context of the way I'm eating now. I probably do need a few more calories per day even though I eat a ton of food. There's no way I could possibly eat more food but I could make an effort to eat more calorically dense food.

My veggie addiction wasn't a problem with the animal products but legumes aren't fatty like the animal protein they're replacing (thinking out loud here). I'm thinking that's the issue. More nuts. I can do that. It would be nice if things just leveled out on their own though.

I'm not concerned...yet. But I am feeling the need to be cautious and monitor things.

[indysteel]

I am glad to know that you're keeping an eye on it. From my own experience the weight that I think is my ideal (118 or so) is just a few pounds off from where I feel really puny (at 115) v and just "off." I look thin at that weight but not emaciated. It is more a question of feeling less energetic and strong. Of course, I am at 126 at the moment so this is all just theoretical! Just keep an eye on both the scale and your energy level. You have come so far (and you have my utmost respect) I would hate to see you get so low that you have the opposite problem.

[ny biker]

Indysteel, technically I'm not quite 5'11" (I'm 5'10 2/3" so usually round up). My BMI is still in the normal range, but low normal. I'm looking pretty darn lean but not skeletal. Though I don't want to lose another 5 or so pounds or I might just be there.

It's a hard call on the muscle mass thing as this is my busy time of year with my business (I make toys) so I haven't been my usual active self the past 3 weeks.

I had been maintaining at around 145 for months (that's what I am in my avatar pic). Then in October I phased out animal products and salt from my diet. I do get plenty of protein though (I tracked it the first 6 weeks) so no worries there. Legumes really fill me up though, moreso than meat does. I'm slowly coming to terms with the fact that it really is ok to be a little snacky with things like nuts, bananas, avocados in the context of the way I'm eating now. I probably do need a few more calories per day even though I eat a ton of food. There's no way I could possibly eat more food but I could make an effort to eat more calorically dense food.

My veggie addiction wasn't a problem with the animal products but legumes aren't fatty like the animal protein they're replacing (thinking out loud here). I'm thinking that's the issue. More nuts. I can do that. It would be nice if things just leveled out on their own though.

I'm not concerned...yet. But I am feeling the need to be cautious and monitor things.

Cutting out salt could account for a couple of pounds, since you might have less water weight.

[indysteel]

Just in case, maybe a physical and blood check are in order? Losing that much so fast could mean something is wrong. That is a huge percentage of your weight too.

True. If nothing else, check your thyroid and blood sugar.

[goldfinch]

Maybe I just don't really know what my "ideal" weight is. I'm open to my body telling me...

Unfortunately, your body may never tell you with any accuracy at all and you may have to, as you say, "be cautious and monitor things" indefinitely. The plan to add some nuts seems to make sense to me.

[Dannielle]

True. If nothing else, check your thyroid and blood sugar.

Ah, that could be it, too. I go in for a thyroid check this week. My meds could be off. My Dr keeps my tsh a little extra low intentionally and I could have slipped into the hyperthyroid zone.

I hadn't considered that (though....duh!). That's probably what's going on. My tsh was 0.3 last June and I was a little more than 20lbs heavier then.

I will suspend my worry until after my appt Thursday.

(I DO eat nuts/seeds every day...I just meant I may need to eat *more*. I tend to be a little cautious still and measure my nut portions. Though I've stopped measuring everything else)