Guest guest Posted April 13, 2004 Report Share Posted April 13, 2004 , I can relate completely to how your feeling. I know personally, I started this adventure to just plain get healthy and the DS worked! I feel great! I can move and do it rapidly! This surgery is a miracle. I only lost weight for the first four months after surgery. I had a plateau for two months and then lost 20 pounds with a hernia repair and TT at my six month mark. Since the TT, I have lost nothing, in fact I have gained and lost 8-10 pounds over and over again. I did see Dr. K very recently and he was happy with the results I have achieved and I feel horrible wanting more because I have accomplished my goal of becoming healthy. Now, my goal is to become fit and trim and no matter what I do I can not get anywhere. I too do not post, but read mostly. I get inspiration from those that are succeeding and hope from those that have struggled and win once in a while. I have lost 81 pounds (289-208)and will be at 2 years in June, with no loss in 16 months. I feel like I am the " one " that failed if I look at the numbers, but at the same time feel so grateful for losing what I could not do without DS. Right now, I am frustrated (not depressed or angry) that I feel so wonderful and want to look the way I feel, but get nowhere and I think I am trying even harder than before surgery. I eat so much healthier and exercise is very much a part of my family life. Good things have happened and I feel like a real a* & for wanting more. I promise to post more, if you do! I told Dr. K that I just am not the perfect dieter because I just can not cut out every carb and everything sugar, but I have eliminated a lot! You know what he said? Why should I HAVE to be perfect and why would I be trying to " diet " ? I know in my heart that he is right. But when my brain sees that extra 60-70 pounds hanging on it's wondering when the heck it's gonna let go! You hang in there with me, we will make it one way or another! Ellen W Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 13, 2004 Report Share Posted April 13, 2004 , you are NOT a sad example for us. You are SO normal!! I completely relate to your post. I'm 15 months out and I'm only down 100 pounds. I loose 5 and gain 25 in two days and it takes WEEKS to drop that 25, only to have it reappear. I bet since my DS I've lost 250 pounds it's just that it didn't all come off in a straight line, and it is a lost and regained total. Do not despair because you are just like the majority of us. THANK YOU for posting, my sister. Jim _____ From: LowCarb@... [mailto:] Sent: Tuesday, April 13, 2004 8:34 PM To: DS_Friends_Keshishian Subject: Struggling * Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 13, 2004 Report Share Posted April 13, 2004 dont feel so bad you have some time i have heard many say they lost right around the 18to 24 month time frame . i am 21 months out and still need to loss some more fat i have quite a bit on my thighs . i to cant stop eating the sugar. so dont feel as though you are the only one i think you are doing great and are not a failure just remmember to take good care of you mind and body take care amber Struggling Hi - thanks to those that have written about struggles. I have been feeling sad and not sure how to get myself out of my feelings of failure. I KNOW that I have lost a whole bunch of weight and I DO feel much better health wise BUT, my weight loss pretty much stopped at about 9mos out. I have only lost 11lbs since mid December. I am down a total of 107lbs. (Started at 320 - currently 213 - since January). Dr. K said he thinks I can lose another 30lbs without surgery - if I cut out sugar and watch carbs a little. I would like to get rid of another 30-40lbs. I feel like my remaining window of weight loss time is already VERY small and not feeling very hopeful right now. I keep working on eliminating the chocolate - my toughest problem food by far - but not as successful as I would like. I find myself not wanting to post - maybe cuz you'll all discover I'm a sad example of DS success. I guess I feel like a loser - not the good kind. Hope everyone is doing well. Thanks for listening. in Santa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 14, 2004 Report Share Posted April 14, 2004 Dr. K said he thinks I can lose another > 30lbs without surgery - if I cut out sugar and watch carbs a little. I would > like to get rid of another 30-40lbs. , if it helps you or anyone else, remember when I was in the flophouse? I was about nine months out and stuck at that weight, I couldn't lose while in the flophouse and I was eating and eating. I came down only about fifteen pounds in the next ten months. Then I had my TT and dropped twenty pounds, only 4.5 was skin. Of course, I did quit soda and definitely controlled my carbs better after the TT, but maybe because the motivation was finally there with the flat belly? Anyway, here I am now, feeling fine, looking fine. Not exercising, lol. I need to start... Marta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 14, 2004 Report Share Posted April 14, 2004 Oh , your post touched my heart and a strong sympathetic cord, especially in the light of some recent posts. I am sorry you feel your window is closed, but I think Dr. K is probably right and it isn't. Weight will continue to come off, and, if it doesn't, you have helped your health immensely. I know the drive to want to get to a lower weight, while not knowing it can be done. My thoughts and prayers are with you. NEVER, NEVER, NEVER feel like a failure and NEVER, NEVER, NEVER be afraid to post. Our strength is in our combined experiences and you HAVE BEEN ENORMOUSLY SUCCESSFUL, no matter what happens in the next 15 months. You are a loser -- the best kind of loser to be! You are part of our group, and we support you, care for you and want the best for you. I hope to see you posting more often, because, after all, we are your support group! Hugs and blessings, Ann Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 17, 2004 Report Share Posted April 17, 2004 Hi Marta, Thanks - I keep trying to work on what I am eating - I don't do soda. But, I just have to look at my carbs (sugar) cuz I know that my meals are pretty good, its the snacks inbetween that are the problem - and are probably the main culprit of my lack of weight loss. YEAH, exercise - I have been walking about 5 days a week - but am only able to go about a mile cuz of my very bad knee - it's hurting like heck by time I'm done. in Santa . > , if it helps you or anyone else, remember when I was in the > flophouse? I was about nine months out and stuck at that weight, I > couldn't lose while in the flophouse and I was eating and eating. I > came down only about fifteen pounds in the next ten months. Then I > had my TT and dropped twenty pounds, only 4.5 was skin. Of course, > I did quit soda and definitely controlled my carbs better after the > TT, but maybe because the motivation was finally there with the flat > belly? Anyway, here I am now, feeling fine, looking fine. Not > exercising, lol. I need to start... > > Marta > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 17, 2004 Report Share Posted April 17, 2004 Jan, Thanks for the encouraging words - it helps. I have been surprised how many others have responded that they have gone thru or are going thru these same feelings. I guess I have spent so much of my life feeling pretty much alone in my weight stuggle that I forget that we have all been down the failure road many times before, so everyone knows what I am talking about. It is helpful to hear from everyone too. And, I agree we are all great successes - healthier, alive and able to do soooo much more. Now, if I can get off that last 30-40lbs. ..... in Santa > Oh ..... Please do not feel like a loser....a > hundred pounds is allot to lose.....i too am some what > going throw what you are....ihave had a five month > plato...and then drop 5 pounds.....this surgery is not > to make us all look like barbies and kens...but to > make use all live longer and healthier lives...and if > you can do that ...then you have done something...... > no one here is a loser....we are all winners in my > eyes because we where able to have this great tool > done to us......do you go to the gym at all???? that > might also help you start losen again and get over you > chocolate.... i do wish you all the best and you have > done great > god bless > Jan > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 17, 2004 Report Share Posted April 17, 2004 - If you have trouble walking any distance, please consider riding a stationary bicycle - you'll be putting very little pressure on your knees. It worked for me! Also, your window is not closing. You have 18-24 months of malabsorption. Looking forward to seeing you sometime in the near future. Bobbe - <117.5 pounds> from 268.5 at DS 3/12/03. Highest weight 285 in '98 <134> Don't postpone joy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 17, 2004 Report Share Posted April 17, 2004 Hi ! I have given up trying to avoid my sugar addiction. But, I've turned to low-carb sweets instead. There is SO much out there! I just bought a low-carb donut mix from Atkins online. I've found some very yummy low-carb cookies and there are plenty of tasty sugar free candies out there. I don't have an answer as to why you're craving it so much because I've never figured it out for myself, but there are definitely alternatives. I hope you find an answer to help you. Tracey > > So, what is it about the sugar thing???? Anyone have any answers to that > question??? I find myself craving it sometimes and don't know if it's physical > > in Santa > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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