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[Jim]

Hi Linz, what's an inset day then?

 

[Curlz]

Afternoon DB...

 

[Jim]

Hi Fuzzy :wavey:

 

[MissyMustDoIt]

evening all

thought i would pop by

just to let you all know, im having a week off Atkins, i started to slip and not crave so much, but stopped feeling motivated (im amazed it took 3 months to feel like this, its normally 2 weeks lol) SO for all the convenience food and takeaways i want to eat, im doing it this week, getting it all out of my stsem and by monday i shall be back with you all, clean and green and strict induction!!

i know im going to put on BUT i go on hols in 6 weeks so will be very good until i go (for which i may have the week off then again)

to be brutally honest i feel like crap, im tired, stomach ache, constantly needing the loo, my skin isnt looking good...

i cant wait to get back on atkins as i have never felt so good, its sort of like me teaching myself a lesson and showing myself that the grass isnt greener on the other side!

i will, as always, weigh in on friday to see the damage and will post on here but linz....watch out nxt week....im gonna catch you up lol

xxxx

 

[MissyMustDoIt]

amd ive just realised ive posted this in the wrong thread lol

off to cut and paste! D'oh

 

[Jim]

LOL Missy.

Morning Linz.

 

[clarri]

Morning Linz,
Update please!!!
xx

 

[LVLLM]

Morning Linz and missy Know how you feel missy I was like that - thats why i had a weekend off and a move
Best of luck for next week!

 

[ditzeeblonde]

Hi Linz, what's an inset day then?

Afternoon DB...

evening all

thought i would pop by

just to let you all know, im having a week off Atkins, i started to slip and not crave so much, but stopped feeling motivated (im amazed it took 3 months to feel like this, its normally 2 weeks lol) SO for all the convenience food and takeaways i want to eat, im doing it this week, getting it all out of my stsem and by monday i shall be back with you all, clean and green and strict induction!!

i know im going to put on BUT i go on hols in 6 weeks so will be very good until i go (for which i may have the week off then again)

to be brutally honest i feel like crap, im tired, stomach ache, constantly needing the loo, my skin isnt looking good...

i cant wait to get back on atkins as i have never felt so good, its sort of like me teaching myself a lesson and showing myself that the grass isnt greener on the other side!

i will, as always, weigh in on friday to see the damage and will post on here but linz....watch out nxt week....im gonna catch you up lol

xxxx

LOL Missy.

Morning Linz.

Morning Linz,
Update please!!!
xx

Morning Linz and missy Know how you feel missy I was like that - thats why i had a weekend off and a move
Best of luck for next week!

Hi Guys... sorry I've been so crap!! About to confess all!

 

[ditzeeblonde]

Hi Guys...

I'm struggling!! TBH I've been struggling since the wrong results from the doctor & I don't know why!! My head just isn't in the right place & I don't know why I can't get it back there!!

Since the beginning of May I'm losing the same lbs over & over again! I have lost the focus that I've had so far this year... why is that peeps? Can someone help me pls??

I seem to do 7-10 days then fall off the wagon again & I'm doing my own head in which is also why I've been hiding away... not only am I embarrased but I feel like I'm a complete failure after being so strong!

 

[ditzeeblonde]

My trip to the hospital hasn't helped my head..

If you've been reading my diary you'll know that some while ago I looked into weightloss surgery... well 2 weeks ago I recieved a questionnaire thru the post & then last Friday I was invited down to Chichester to find out more about it.

I spent all day down there, got to see the bariatric nurse, nutritionist, dietician, anesthetist, physician, psychologist & the surgeon. In the morning we chatted with everyone & they basically assessed what we'd said & then over lunch they talked about if I was a suitable candidate for wls.

I really enjoyed chatting with everyone & finding out more about it & how it may work for me.

After lunch I was called back in to see the surgeon & he explained that I was perfect for wls, they were very impressed with my weightloss so far, my research & knowledge of wls. He explained the risks associated with wls, 1 in 100 have complications & 1 in 300 mortality, he also explained that the risks apply to super morbidly obese patients & that my risks would be significantly less.

He also explained that with my recent diagnosis of diabetes that there is an 85% chance that my diabetes could go into remission after the op & I would then be classed as non-diabetic. This was a real revelation to me!!

He then offered me the option of a bypass & could operate on me anytime from July, this was a shock as i didn't expect to be told then & there that I could have surgery or that it could be so soon!! I explained that I would need to chat thru with hubby & family as its a massive decision & also that we are away for most of August camping & I didn't fancy trying to get used to a new way of eating & sleeping on an air bed after a major op!!

So there is my dilemma...

 

[ditzeeblonde]

I know that alot of people don't agree with wls & its been a real hard decision to even have a look at this avenue. My thoughts are that I don't want people to think I'm taking the 'easy option' as I am totally aware that wls is not an easy option & there is also no guarantee that weightloss will happen easily after surgery but the fact that my head isn't in the right place just smacks of how I have spent my life yo-yo dieting & that if I'm in the zone I sail thru it & once I lose that focus I struggle big time to get back on track!

I guess what I'm thinking is that to get my health back with surgery, to be able to lose weight with the tool of a bypass & then use what I have learnt with low carbing to maintain.

I want to be here for my kids, I want to be healthy & active so I can spend time with them in the best way that I can, I don't want to be fighting all the time having to lose weight... with surgery I 'could' be at goal weight much quicker & then all I have to do is spend the rest of my life learning how to maintain my weight!!

Ok so now I'm rambling.... I know I'm going to have negative responses to this & hopefully a couple of positive ones too but my head is just spinning with the decision of this & the immediate impact that this would have on my family & of course the long term!!

So there you have it.... what do you reckon?? xxxx

 

[StephenP]

brave one to take good for you hope all goes well stay intouch.

 

[Curlz]

Morning Linz...
You have alot of thinking to do chuck dont you...((((((((((hugs)))))))))))

is there a thread on here for wls?maybe have a chat to some peeps who have been through the surgery etc etc..im not much help at all sorry hun....hope you have a lovely day today and congrats on yer new star... xx

 

[clarri]

Oh Linz,
No negativity from me hun. I think that anyone that does go and look into it, or have wls done is massively brave. I think, to be honest, that if you can be nearly certain of getting rid of the diabetes, then I would def go for it. You need a quality of life, and also, as you say, to be around for your kids. It is not, in any shape or form, an easy option, in fact, I think its one of the hardest, but sometimes it is the only one left.
I know myself, if I ever get to a place where i need it as an option, I will certainly go for it, if i can. (Like with the boobs!!).
How brave you are my lovely.

ps. What does your hubby/family say??
xx

 

[MissyMustDoIt]

wow linz!!! thats a massive thing isnt it

do you feel you need the surgery...is it possible to put it on hold for 6 months to see if you can get ur head back in the game, so to speak?

i think after WLS you cant eat can you? (ive not looked into it properly) but from seeing progs on the telly, its minimal food intake and liquid for a while after,

ive always said i would jump at the choice of surgery but i know my family would want to talk me out of it, what has OH said?

keep us updated, were not in this forum just for atkins, we are all doing the same thing, losing weight and making friends, you have my mobile number, xxx

 

[ditzeeblonde]

brave one to take good for you hope all goes well stay intouch.

Thanks Stephen. x

Morning Linz...
You have alot of thinking to do chuck dont you...((((((((((hugs)))))))))))

is there a thread on here for wls?maybe have a chat to some peeps who have been through the surgery etc etc..im not much help at all sorry hun....hope you have a lovely day today and congrats on yer new star... xx

Thanks hun.. there used to be a wls thread on here.. its so big now its got it very own website!! Have been on there since I started looking into this in December.. very informative & very very helpful peeps over there!

Thanks for my new spangly star.. hadn't noticed. xx

Oh Linz,
No negativity from me hun. I think that anyone that does go and look into it, or have wls done is massively brave. I think, to be honest, that if you can be nearly certain of getting rid of the diabetes, then I would def go for it. You need a quality of life, and also, as you say, to be around for your kids. It is not, in any shape or form, an easy option, in fact, I think its one of the hardest, but sometimes it is the only one left.
I know myself, if I ever get to a place where i need it as an option, I will certainly go for it, if i can. (Like with the boobs!!).
How brave you are my lovely.

ps. What does your hubby/family say??
xx

Hubby as always very supportive & my family have seen me battle with my weight since being a teenager... they are all behind me 100%.

Thanks babes... your always such a supportive & wise friend. xx

wow linz!!! thats a massive thing isnt it

do you feel you need the surgery...is it possible to put it on hold for 6 months to see if you can get ur head back in the game, so to speak?

i think after WLS you cant eat can you? (ive not looked into it properly) but from seeing progs on the telly, its minimal food intake and liquid for a while after,

ive always said i would jump at the choice of surgery but i know my family would want to talk me out of it, what has OH said?

keep us updated, were not in this forum just for atkins, we are all doing the same thing, losing weight and making friends, you have my mobile number, xxx

Thanks chick... I have been researching wls since december last year, the problem is I have lost huge amounts of weight before but struggle with the maintaining it & I know how much my head wanders, I'm all or nothing Vicky, totally focused & in the zone... or on a mission of self destruction there doesn't seem to be any inbetween!!

After surgery I would be on purees for 3-4 weeks, then mashed foods for 3-4 weeks then re-introducing solids carefully. Immediately after surgery yr full on 2 tablespoons of food & approx 12 months after surgery I'll be eating childsize portions of food.

The surgery takes away the part of the stomach that releases the hunger hormone & most people report not feeling hungry or even thinking about food.

OH is just amazing... more than anything he wants me to be healthy & happy, he's seen from my lowest at 11 stone to my highest at about 21 stone & has loved me completely unconditionally every which way!! He has also said that he know I don't enter into things lightly & that I have researched & researched the effects that this would have on me!

Of course the one thing that no-one can tell is exactly what will happen as everyone is individual but everyone I have spoken to on wlsurgery.com (the sister site to this one) has said that they wouldn't change a thing!!!!!

I'm most nervous about trying to prevent saggy skin!!

Thanks to all of you for your opinions & thoughts on this matter... you guys really do matter to me & what you think is important. xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

 

[clarri]

Hunny, if you are going to have the saggy skin, I think you will have it. Dont know bout you, but i have a really really stretched stretchmarked tum from both pregnancies, and no matter what I do, I will always have a saggy tum, and to be honest, if I reached my goal weight (ha), and get my boobs done, I will beg borrow or save to have a tummy tuck. As I said, I think you are massively brave.
xx

 

[ditzeeblonde]

Hunny, if you are going to have the saggy skin, I think you will have it. Dont know bout you, but i have a really really stretched stretchmarked tum from both pregnancies, and no matter what I do, I will always have a saggy tum, and to be honest, if I reached my goal weight (ha), and get my boobs done, I will beg borrow or save to have a tummy tuck. As I said, I think you are massively brave.
xx

4 years ago I lost 7 stone in 4 months for my wedding & had no saggy skin but since then I've also hit my heaviest weight & been pregnant again, so I don't think it will be the same! They did say at Chichester that some young people (they kept calling me young) don't have any problems with saggy skin & that exercising & drinking plenty will help with it too.

Or the other thing like you said would be to beg, borrow or steal for surgery to remove it!

But what I have to keep thinking is that I'll be healthy & if I have to tuck a bit of saggy skin into my size 12 jeans then so be it!!

 

[Curlz]

Morning DB..
Hope you have a good day today..i think you are very brave indeedy... xx