Discipline is a huge factor in my weight loss efforts. I know exactly wht to do and when and where to do it. It’s always the discipline. Even now, I need to get off the computer and get my butt to the gym, sigh. I’m going, RIGHT NOW.
I lurk here. Because I too, don’t want to blab on and on about WW. I do both leader and receptionist roles. Hilarious that there are two of us! (Do you post on the staff website? Sadly, I have the same user name over there too, so I’ll be easy to find!)
Sure, I talked about it upthread.
I am firmly convinced that if you don’t at least partially enjoy the exercise you get, you’ll stop doing it. In fact, to really make it stick, you should absolutely love it. And it should be something that you can do every day. I suppose that golf might be good, if you love the game. But it’s not something you can do every day, in all kinds of weather. I have my little video series that I love, and I can do it indoors in January or July, and I don’t have to pay any crazy membership fees to do it.
The second part of it is to become aware of how you feel when you’re finished. It’s a great natural high, and keeping that in mind can motivate you to get up off the couch even when you’re really not in the mood.
265, down 1½ from last week and 23 from five weeks ago. I was hoping for about a pound more but after being startled by last week’s figure I was at least a little relieved not to have gone backwards; also I was at a party on Saturday night and ate too much junk food and drank more than in the last month put together. On the other hand I blithely ignored the birthday cakes in the office today; it didn’t even take discipline. Also I took the dog for a long walk - six miles plus change - this evening.
As it is I’ve crossed a threshold as we weigh people in 14lb stones over here and I’m now below 19 of 'em. I’m thinking I would like to be below 18 (252lb) by the end of November and below 17 (238lb) by the end of the year - a big ask but should be achievable if I keep up the good work.
Epimetheus, one weigh-in a week ought to be enough - otherwise the signal-to-noise ratio is unhelpful. It’s best to compare like with like.
Best of luck to norinew, probably in surgery at this very moment.
Thank you for the timely reminder. Sending lucky thoughts out.
Thanks for the reminder tdn. Best of luck to you Norinew for success and a speedy recovery.
Well, the retrieval was apparently pretty difficult; I have to keep the stent in until next Monday, which is a long time. But they blasted that sucker into pieces with a laser and dragged it all out of there! I didn’t do much yesterday except lay around. Probably won’t do much more than that today, either. But in a few days, I’ll be feeling better, and better yet next Monday when the stent comes out!
Thanks for the good thoughts!
That’ll be a relief, for sure.
norinew glad to hear you are doing well. Sending healing thoughts your way.
Yep, and glad it turned out to be outpatient surgery. Hospital food sucks.
Here is the new November thread. I am going to be busy tonight and was afraid I would forget.
You know that’s true! They insist that you eat some crackers and drink something before being discharged; well, with my weight loss surgery, straight crackers are only going to make me feel sick. So I managed to cajole some peanut butter out of them, and put that on my crackers. Once I’d eaten some crackers with peanut butter, drank some diet ginger ale, peed, and announced that the pain was under control, I was out!
Fortunately for me, my nurse yesterday was the one nurse in that whole hospital who always seems to be able to get an IV into me on the first try! He told me that next time I’m in, I can ask for him by name. I’ve had him maybe three times before, so yeah, next time, I think I’ll just request him.
Years ago, I had a day surgery. I was in recovery for about 2 hours. The nurse told me that I could not be discharged until I ate a full sandwich and drank a full soda. I don’t remember why that was, maybe it had to do with the anesthesia making me nauseous or something. But it was clear that I had to eat and drink.
The problem was, I was not allowed to lift my head. If I did, I’d use my abdominal muscles, and sutures would pop open and I’d shoot my spleen clear across the room. I had to lie perfectly flat.
Ever tried to eat and drink while lying perfectly flat? My pillow ended up looking like the space under a toddler’s high chair.
And for dessert, the nurse violently ripped out my foley catheter. Some day I’m going to hunt that bitch down and kill her.
Oh, I weigh myself every day and take the average of the whole week to be my “weekly current” weight. There are trends but, for me, water weight can vary my weight by 5lbs with very little cause. (i.e I eat the same stuff, but some days I retain more of the water I drink than other days).
Glad you’re through the worst of it norinew.
tdn :eek: that sounds awful. Justifiable homicide I’m sure.
Epimetheus I’ve been averaging too. I have a spreadsheet and I enter my weight daily and it gives me my weekly average for that day. I have to say that it’s been really nice on the days that I’m up a pound or two to see the weekly average not move so much. Reminds me that I’m still heading in the right direction. Averaging is the way to go for me.