Re: Proud to be a loser!!!

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Thanks, Katy, for your real life experience. Feel free to jump in any time. I

am, and always have been, an information seeker (nearly to the point of

annoyance). In my patient letter to Dr. Rutledge, I said that I nearly drove

everyone nuts when I was thinking of buying a new dishwasher. You can just

imagine how agonizing this decision has been for me. Any and all input is

appreciated, and it is wonderful that your experience has been so positive.

Nobody wants to imagine feeling a gnawing hunger for the rest of their lives,

but

even if I did, it sounds like the benefits far outweigh any discomfort. Thanks!

Waiting, waiting, waiting

Vicki Marton

Oklahoma

KMusolino@... wrote:

> From: KMusolino@...

>

> Vicki--

>

> Hope you don't mind if I jump in here and answer your question to .

>

> It is a bit strange to be losing weight and not feel like I'm suffering. But

> it's such a wonderful experience. I feel free from the suffering associated

> with food. I really do eat what I want. There are some things I don't want

> any more. I had the strangest experience today at lunch. I went to Torero's

> (mexican restaurant) with a colleague today, and they brought us a basket of

> those tortilla chips that they always have with salsa. I took one small bite

> and thought that it tasted strange and not at all appealing. I asked my

> friend to try one to see if they might really be bad, but she said they were

> fine. To me they felt way too oily and almost rancid tasting. I've

> discovered that fried foods have lost their appeal as well. They don't taste

> all that good to me any more, and they don't settle well, so I avoid them.

> I'm much more likely to pick vegetarian dishes, especially cooked vegetables

> and salads.

>

> Sometimes I find myself worrying that maybe I should be doing more, eating

> less, etc, but then I get on the scale at the end of the week and I've lost

> several more pounds. I think it may take awhile for all of us to get past

> those feelings that have always accompanied " dieting " .

>

> We talk about crossing over to the " other side " , but it really does feel that

> way, literally. Life is different. It is wonderful.

>

> Katy Musolino\

> Durham

> 3/15/99--344

> 5/3/99--299

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Vicki: I'm going to jump in here & reply, if that's ok. One of the

amazing things about

the surgery for me is the fact that I'm not hungry. I agree - that was

one of the

absolute hardest things about dieting in the past. Now, I'm only 3

weeks post op (tomorrow),

but so far, so good. I have gotten hungry a couple of times, but I

drink my juice or

have some yogurt & it's gone. It's amazing! Ya know, for the first

time in my life

(first diet was at 6!) I feel like my body is working WITH me instead

of AGAINST me.

There is a calmness that comes from beginning the process of making

peace with your own

body. Beth Sorensen

On Fri, 07 May 1999 13:44:15 -0500 vmart@... (Vicki Marton)

wrote:

>

>

>I'm jealous, too, ! I'm curious about something. My whole

>life

>losing weight has been associated with suffering. If I was on a diet

>(and when

>WASN'T I?), if I wasn't feeling that empty, gnawing feeling, I was

>afraid

>nothing was happening to make me lose. Do you know the feeling I'm

>talking

>about? And if you don't have that feeling, is it weird to be losing?

>Please

>share. My insurance folks are being real pooty heads so I may be

>waiting

>awhile.

>

>Living vicariously in Oklahoma,

>Vicki Marton

>

>Pat Eppler wrote:

>

>>

>>

>> How wonderful!! Keep it up. I am tremendously jealous. Pat in

>Texas in

>> insurance denial.

>>

>> > Proud to be a " loser " !!!

>> >

>> >

>> > From: CmacyM@...

>> >

>> > I had to jump on here and tell everybody how my trip to the

>> > doctor's scale

>> > went today (Thursday). When I last weighed on 4/29/99 I was 254

>lbs. My

>> > hope was to get down under 250 so that I could drop down to the

>> > " 200 " notch.

>> > I went in there today not very hopeful and walked out weighing

>> > 247 lbs! I

>> > just had to share! Today (Thu) has been six weeks since surgery

>and I've

>> > lost a total of 45 lbs! I don't think it's really hit me just

>> > yet...WHOA! I

>> > think I'll go work out tomorrow and keep this ball rolling! Just

>had to

>> > share! Thanks for listening!

>> >

>> >

>> > Surgery on 3/25/99

>> >

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Vicki: I'm going to jump in here & reply, if that's ok. One of the

amazing things about

the surgery for me is the fact that I'm not hungry. I agree - that was

one of the

absolute hardest things about dieting in the past. Now, I'm only 3

weeks post op (tomorrow),

but so far, so good. I have gotten hungry a couple of times, but I

drink my juice or

have some yogurt & it's gone. It's amazing! Ya know, for the first

time in my life

(first diet was at 6!) I feel like my body is working WITH me instead

of AGAINST me.

There is a calmness that comes from beginning the process of making

peace with your own

body. Beth Sorensen

On Fri, 07 May 1999 13:44:15 -0500 vmart@... (Vicki Marton)

wrote:

>

>

>I'm jealous, too, ! I'm curious about something. My whole

>life

>losing weight has been associated with suffering. If I was on a diet

>(and when

>WASN'T I?), if I wasn't feeling that empty, gnawing feeling, I was

>afraid

>nothing was happening to make me lose. Do you know the feeling I'm

>talking

>about? And if you don't have that feeling, is it weird to be losing?

>Please

>share. My insurance folks are being real pooty heads so I may be

>waiting

>awhile.

>

>Living vicariously in Oklahoma,

>Vicki Marton

>

>Pat Eppler wrote:

>

>>

>>

>> How wonderful!! Keep it up. I am tremendously jealous. Pat in

>Texas in

>> insurance denial.

>>

>> > Proud to be a " loser " !!!

>> >

>> >

>> > From: CmacyM@...

>> >

>> > I had to jump on here and tell everybody how my trip to the

>> > doctor's scale

>> > went today (Thursday). When I last weighed on 4/29/99 I was 254

>lbs. My

>> > hope was to get down under 250 so that I could drop down to the

>> > " 200 " notch.

>> > I went in there today not very hopeful and walked out weighing

>> > 247 lbs! I

>> > just had to share! Today (Thu) has been six weeks since surgery

>and I've

>> > lost a total of 45 lbs! I don't think it's really hit me just

>> > yet...WHOA! I

>> > think I'll go work out tomorrow and keep this ball rolling! Just

>had to

>> > share! Thanks for listening!

>> >

>> >

>> > Surgery on 3/25/99

>> >

>> >

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Vicki: I'm going to jump in here & reply, if that's ok. One of the

amazing things about

the surgery for me is the fact that I'm not hungry. I agree - that was

one of the

absolute hardest things about dieting in the past. Now, I'm only 3

weeks post op (tomorrow),

but so far, so good. I have gotten hungry a couple of times, but I

drink my juice or

have some yogurt & it's gone. It's amazing! Ya know, for the first

time in my life

(first diet was at 6!) I feel like my body is working WITH me instead

of AGAINST me.

There is a calmness that comes from beginning the process of making

peace with your own

body. Beth Sorensen

On Fri, 07 May 1999 13:44:15 -0500 vmart@... (Vicki Marton)

wrote:

>

>

>I'm jealous, too, ! I'm curious about something. My whole

>life

>losing weight has been associated with suffering. If I was on a diet

>(and when

>WASN'T I?), if I wasn't feeling that empty, gnawing feeling, I was

>afraid

>nothing was happening to make me lose. Do you know the feeling I'm

>talking

>about? And if you don't have that feeling, is it weird to be losing?

>Please

>share. My insurance folks are being real pooty heads so I may be

>waiting

>awhile.

>

>Living vicariously in Oklahoma,

>Vicki Marton

>

>Pat Eppler wrote:

>

>>

>>

>> How wonderful!! Keep it up. I am tremendously jealous. Pat in

>Texas in

>> insurance denial.

>>

>> > Proud to be a " loser " !!!

>> >

>> >

>> > From: CmacyM@...

>> >

>> > I had to jump on here and tell everybody how my trip to the

>> > doctor's scale

>> > went today (Thursday). When I last weighed on 4/29/99 I was 254

>lbs. My

>> > hope was to get down under 250 so that I could drop down to the

>> > " 200 " notch.

>> > I went in there today not very hopeful and walked out weighing

>> > 247 lbs! I

>> > just had to share! Today (Thu) has been six weeks since surgery

>and I've

>> > lost a total of 45 lbs! I don't think it's really hit me just

>> > yet...WHOA! I

>> > think I'll go work out tomorrow and keep this ball rolling! Just

>had to

>> > share! Thanks for listening!

>> >

>> >

>> > Surgery on 3/25/99

>> >

>> >

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>>

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Beth, my experience has been absolutely identical to yours. Prior to the

surgery, I never had the sensation of " being full. "

[Guest guest]

Beth, my experience has been absolutely identical to yours. Prior to the

surgery, I never had the sensation of " being full. "