Re: calling all WW and formal dieters

April 28, 2005

I've already posted this info before, but WW helped me break a 2-month

plateau, and I am very happy with the program. Unlike other fad diet

programs, you aren't told exactly what to eat. In fact, on the flex plan,

you can eat anything you want as long as you stay within your points total.

On the core plan, you eat as much as you want of " clean " , whole foods. I

have lost ~20 pounds since starting the program at the beginning of March.

Very happy! I am now within 55 pounds of my goal, and I am really excited!

Good luck to you!

Joanie

5/25/04

Drs. Walsh and Rutledge

290/174

>From: NCGorgeous1963@...

>Reply-

>NCGorgeous1963@...

>Subject: calling all WW and formal dieters

>Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 23:30:38 EDT

>

>Just checking in with everyone...seems like WW is the latest hit among the

>MGBers...great successes to share? Struggles?

>

>I've become an out of control eating machine. I hope it will correct itself

>after my iron levels get straight. I had great luck in 1997 with my first

>anemia diagnosis - after the Dr got me on iron pills, I was never hungry

>and lost

>128 lbs on my own...then the iron leveled off, I injured my back walking

>with hand weights, and got seriously lazy:

>Gained half the weight back...and found myself on Dr R's operating table a

>few years later...currently still a work in progress, but still in need of

>support, as I have discovered that this old dog is not too good at learning

>new

>tricks.

>

>Looking forward to hearing from everyone.

>*huggs*

>Patty H

>5'4 " , 253/159.5(YAY!)/???

>MGB, 8/25/03, Stsvl, Drs. R & Chery

>TT & BA, 12/2/04, Chlt, Dr. P. Tucker

>

April 28, 2005

patty ... do NOT wait for it to correct itself--- start practicing

for the rest of your life NOW by making good choices always and let

a bad choice be the exception and not the rule.

good luck and dont let weight creep up on you! 10 is HARD to lose

when you are below 160!!

cathy s in va

> Just checking in with everyone...seems like WW is the latest hit

among the

> MGBers...great successes to share? Struggles?

>

> I've become an out of control eating machine. I hope it will

correct itself

> after my iron levels get straight. I had great luck in 1997 with my

first

> anemia diagnosis - after the Dr got me on iron pills, I was never

hungry and lost

> 128 lbs on my own...then the iron leveled off, I injured my back

walking

> with hand weights, and got seriously lazy:

> Gained half the weight back...and found myself on Dr R's operating

table a

> few years later...currently still a work in progress, but still in

need of

> support, as I have discovered that this old dog is not too good at

learning new

> tricks.

>

> Looking forward to hearing from everyone.

> *huggs*

> Patty H

> 5'4 " , 253/159.5(YAY!)/???

> MGB, 8/25/03, Stsvl, Drs. R & Chery

> TT & BA, 12/2/04, Chlt, Dr. P. Tucker

>

April 29, 2005

4/29/2005, MrsTK5@... writes: << ... do NOT wait for it to correct

itself--- start practicing for the rest of your life NOW by making good

choices

always and let a bad choice be the exception and not the rule. good luck and

dont let weight creep up on you! 10 is HARD to lose when you are below

160!!>>

Cath,

You're dead-on. Dr R told me tonight I had two choices to squash the

foodie-beast, 1) go on a diet!, or 2), revision for a mere $17K in addition to

what

I've already spent (ouch). And if I don't do either of these, I CAN gain

weight back.

For 30 lbs, my bet is to make WW or E-Diets work this time around. The MGB

is my tool, now I need to use it properly. I don't think I could spend another

$17K on a diet program again...at least I hope not. :*(

Best regards,

Patty H

5'4 " , 253/159.5(YAY!)/???

MGB, 8/25/03, Stsvl, Drs. R & Chery

TT & BA, 12/2/04, Chlt, Dr. P. Tucker

May 1, 2005

I just HAVE to chime in here...I am all for us using this as a tool. And

Patty, I just have to say to all of you out there struggling with poor

weight loss, I have been there and it sucks! You DO have to look at your

food, BUT sometimes the surgery just fails. Let' s don't ever go to the

place where the reason for a revision is because the Patient is

non-compliant. We have unique bodies and as talented as RR is, he is still

trying to do the best he can to get us to a healthy weight without harming

us. I know YOU don't mean Patty and I know RR doesn't mean that a revision

is only needed when the patient just won't follow the rules, but having been

a " revision " patient, it is very easy for " successful " MGBers to blame those

of us who weren't. I used to get crazy when one person, in particular, felt

so superior because SHE had lost 100 pounds and I still had so much left to

lose, but guess what, I HAD LOST 100 pounds TOO...Our bodies are our bodies

and they don't always cooperate. BY ALL MEANS, eat healthy, exercise, follow

the rules to the best of your ability and most of all thank God every night

for this tool, including the tool of revision, when necessary is available

to us. I have had a revision, I have a total weight loss of around 215-220

pounds, but I am no more successful or " unsuccessful " as any other

MGBers...this is a journey, and one it is a privilege to be on.

V

wake forest

_____

From: [mailto: ] On

Behalf Of NCGorgeous1963@...

Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 12:13 AM

Subject: Re: Re: calling all WW and formal dieters

4/29/2005, MrsTK5@... writes: << ... do NOT wait for it to correct

itself--- start practicing for the rest of your life NOW by making good

choices

always and let a bad choice be the exception and not the rule. good luck

and

dont let weight creep up on you! 10 is HARD to lose when you are below

160!!>>

Cath,

You're dead-on. Dr R told me tonight I had two choices to squash the

foodie-beast, 1) go on a diet!, or 2), revision for a mere $17K in addition

to what

I've already spent (ouch). And if I don't do either of these, I CAN gain

weight back.

For 30 lbs, my bet is to make WW or E-Diets work this time around. The MGB

is my tool, now I need to use it properly. I don't think I could spend

another

$17K on a diet program again...at least I hope not. :*(

Best regards,

Patty H

5'4 " , 253/159.5(YAY!)/???

MGB, 8/25/03, Stsvl, Drs. R & Chery

TT & BA, 12/2/04, Chlt, Dr. P. Tucker

May 1, 2005

nancy, you are as successful as they come. i lost 115 and you lost

twice that! if i had to lose 100 more i would be scaping my credit

cards for a revision too, because this MGB just isnt going to take

anymore off my rear end! that is why i told patty to not let weight

creep back. she is 159 now, and to me--- that isnt " overweight " but

if she is feeling it begin to creep back already, she better do like

barney fife and " nip it.....nip it in the bud!! " LOL!

when my MGB " stopped " 10 pounds from " skinny " i wasjust happy not

to be morbidly obese anymore so i let it go--- but now after 4

years.... 10 have crept back which makes me 20 from " skinny " if i

let it go--- or if i had never tried to discipline myself while

the " tool " was working, it would be 40+ by now!

all i am saying is for patty (and anyone else) to get a grip on it

now and don't wait. i know that i wish i had insisted to myself to

push on down to where i would have felt best about my body instead of

settling at 10 pounds from goal--- then i would not be 20 pounds from

goal now.

nothing was pointed at you or anyone with a revision. if a person

weighs 159, they are going to have to do something other than a

revision because they are not that far from a good healthy weight and

hardly a candidate for a revision, right?

xoxoxoxo

cathy s

> I just HAVE to chime in here...I am all for us using this as a

tool. And

> Patty, I just have to say to all of you out there struggling with

poor

> weight loss, I have been there and it sucks! You DO have to look at

your

> food, BUT sometimes the surgery just fails. Let' s don't ever go

to the

> place where the reason for a revision is because the Patient is

> non-compliant. We have unique bodies and as talented as RR is, he

is still

> trying to do the best he can to get us to a healthy weight without

harming

> us. I know YOU don't mean Patty and I know RR doesn't mean that a

revision

> is only needed when the patient just won't follow the rules, but

having been

> a " revision " patient, it is very easy for " successful " MGBers to

blame those

> of us who weren't. I used to get crazy when one person, in

particular, felt

> so superior because SHE had lost 100 pounds and I still had so much

left to

> lose, but guess what, I HAD LOST 100 pounds TOO...Our bodies are

our bodies

> and they don't always cooperate. BY ALL MEANS, eat healthy,

exercise, follow

> the rules to the best of your ability and most of all thank God

every night

> for this tool, including the tool of revision, when necessary is

available

> to us. I have had a revision, I have a total weight loss of around

215-220

> pounds, but I am no more successful or " unsuccessful " as any other

> MGBers...this is a journey, and one it is a privilege to be on.

>

> V

> wake forest

>

> _____

>

> From:

[mailto: ] On

> Behalf Of NCGorgeous1963@a...

> Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 12:13 AM

>

> Subject: Re: Re: calling all WW and formal dieters

>

> 4/29/2005, MrsTK5@a... writes: << ... do NOT wait for it to

correct

> itself--- start practicing for the rest of your life NOW by

making good

> choices

> always and let a bad choice be the exception and not the rule.

good luck

> and

> dont let weight creep up on you! 10 is HARD to lose when you are

below

> 160!!>>

>

> Cath,

>

> You're dead-on. Dr R told me tonight I had two choices to squash

the

> foodie-beast, 1) go on a diet!, or 2), revision for a mere $17K in

addition

> to what

> I've already spent (ouch). And if I don't do either of these, I CAN

gain

> weight back.

> For 30 lbs, my bet is to make WW or E-Diets work this time around.

The MGB

> is my tool, now I need to use it properly. I don't think I could

spend

> another

> $17K on a diet program again...at least I hope not. :*(

>

> Best regards,

> Patty H

> 5'4 " , 253/159.5(YAY!)/???

> MGB, 8/25/03, Stsvl, Drs. R & Chery

> TT & BA, 12/2/04, Chlt, Dr. P. Tucker

>

May 1, 2005

Oh , while I responded after your post, that was just coincidence. I

didn't take what you or anyone on this thread said PERSONALLY...my comment

was really in reaction to Dr. R's two options for Patty....diet or

revision...I KNOW and totally agree with you and everyone else who says this

surgery is a TOOL, it truly is and we are blessed to have it. My reason for

commenting is that I don't want anyone on the list to ever think that

revision = non compliant patient. It is SO painful to be one who doesn't

make it all the way, and believe you me it is down right HORRIBLE to be one

who misses the mark by 120 pounds....the revision is there as a tool too.

When you are one of the ones that goes for the brass ring and misses, it

feels like it is your fault...sometimes, maybe it is...we COULD diet off

some of it. I didn't see myself making and MAINTAINING a normal goal without

a revision. The loss of 100 pounds had so changed my life I really wasn't

willing to settle for no longer being freak show obese, but still morbidly

obese...I wanted my brass ring too. You have loved and supported me through

every step of the way and I in NO WAY was being critical of your post or

anyone else's...I just wanted to remind the list, most people get revisions

for a very good reason....they need to lose a SIGNIFICANT amount of

weight....I don't personally think the revision should be used any more

lightly than the MGB, in general. It is MAJOR surgery no matter how easy we

make it look. My first surgery got me into the range of where most people

started, my revision got me to land I had only dreamt of...and I couldn't be

happier! I couldn't be happier to have you in my life, as well!

_____

From: [mailto: ] On

Behalf Of

Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2005 5:15 PM

Subject: Re: calling all WW and formal dieters

nancy, you are as successful as they come. i lost 115 and you lost

twice that! if i had to lose 100 more i would be scaping my credit

cards for a revision too, because this MGB just isnt going to take

anymore off my rear end! that is why i told patty to not let weight

creep back. she is 159 now, and to me--- that isnt " overweight " but

if she is feeling it begin to creep back already, she better do like

barney fife and " nip it.....nip it in the bud!! " LOL!

when my MGB " stopped " 10 pounds from " skinny " i wasjust happy not

to be morbidly obese anymore so i let it go--- but now after 4

years.... 10 have crept back which makes me 20 from " skinny " if i

let it go--- or if i had never tried to discipline myself while

the " tool " was working, it would be 40+ by now!

all i am saying is for patty (and anyone else) to get a grip on it

now and don't wait. i know that i wish i had insisted to myself to

push on down to where i would have felt best about my body instead of

settling at 10 pounds from goal--- then i would not be 20 pounds from

goal now.

nothing was pointed at you or anyone with a revision. if a person

weighs 159, they are going to have to do something other than a

revision because they are not that far from a good healthy weight and

hardly a candidate for a revision, right?

xoxoxoxo

cathy s

> I just HAVE to chime in here...I am all for us using this as a

tool. And

> Patty, I just have to say to all of you out there struggling with

poor

> weight loss, I have been there and it sucks! You DO have to look at

your

> food, BUT sometimes the surgery just fails. Let' s don't ever go

to the

> place where the reason for a revision is because the Patient is

> non-compliant. We have unique bodies and as talented as RR is, he

is still

> trying to do the best he can to get us to a healthy weight without

harming

> us. I know YOU don't mean Patty and I know RR doesn't mean that a

revision

> is only needed when the patient just won't follow the rules, but

having been

> a " revision " patient, it is very easy for " successful " MGBers to

blame those

> of us who weren't. I used to get crazy when one person, in

particular, felt

> so superior because SHE had lost 100 pounds and I still had so much

left to

> lose, but guess what, I HAD LOST 100 pounds TOO...Our bodies are

our bodies

> and they don't always cooperate. BY ALL MEANS, eat healthy,

exercise, follow

> the rules to the best of your ability and most of all thank God

every night

> for this tool, including the tool of revision, when necessary is

available

> to us. I have had a revision, I have a total weight loss of around

215-220

> pounds, but I am no more successful or " unsuccessful " as any other

> MGBers...this is a journey, and one it is a privilege to be on.

>

> V

> wake forest

>

> _____

>

> From:

[mailto: ] On

> Behalf Of NCGorgeous1963@a...

> Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 12:13 AM

>

> Subject: Re: Re: calling all WW and formal dieters

>

> 4/29/2005, MrsTK5@a... writes: << ... do NOT wait for it to

correct

> itself--- start practicing for the rest of your life NOW by

making good

> choices

> always and let a bad choice be the exception and not the rule.

good luck

> and

> dont let weight creep up on you! 10 is HARD to lose when you are

below

> 160!!>>

>

> Cath,

>

> You're dead-on. Dr R told me tonight I had two choices to squash

the

> foodie-beast, 1) go on a diet!, or 2), revision for a mere $17K in

addition

> to what

> I've already spent (ouch). And if I don't do either of these, I CAN

gain

> weight back.

> For 30 lbs, my bet is to make WW or E-Diets work this time around.

The MGB

> is my tool, now I need to use it properly. I don't think I could

spend

> another

> $17K on a diet program again...at least I hope not. :*(

>

> Best regards,

> Patty H

> 5'4 " , 253/159.5(YAY!)/???

> MGB, 8/25/03, Stsvl, Drs. R & Chery

> TT & BA, 12/2/04, Chlt, Dr. P. Tucker

>

May 2, 2005

You are right on ... I have lost 122lbs just since last august and believe

me it is NOT because I am the perfect patient... I eat way too much fast food

and last night was the 1st time i excersiced at all by walking 2 miles... I know

I have to change my eating habits because eventually it willl catch up with me

so that is what I am working on right now... But our bodies are diffrent and

that is the only reason I was lucky enough to have lost so much in such a short

time.. its definately not because I'm " doing all the right things " ...

Taryn

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