Healthy and Fit

Hey you...just be careful you don't pop the internal stitches! My GP wouldn't let me do any excercise for about 4 months after my surgery..please be careful! 

Really? My little sheet thing was like "you can return to exercise" straight away and I mentioned to my surgeon today I was exercising and he didn't have an issue with it. I'm just not supposed to lift heavy objects.

Really? My little sheet thing was like "you can return to exercise" straight away and I mentioned to my surgeon today I was exercising and he didn't have an issue with it. I'm just not supposed to lift heavy objects.

Oh well then carry on..LOL

Mine had said not to..to me..as he used internal stitches to close the muscles where he put the tubes in to do the op and that it could pop the stitches...and if the muscles hadn't healed together properly it could result in a hernia later on down the line...

Oh well then carry on..LOL

Mine had said not to..to me..as he used internal stitches to close the muscles where he put the tubes in to do the op and that it could pop the stitches...and if the muscles hadn't healed together properly it could result in a hernia later on down the line...

heh heh, well I'll definitely take your advice and not go crazy!

I was just wandering how everyone is doing with there weight loss. well Dh & I went home to the US for 2 weeks an being back in the UK snacking on my American goodies I know I had to have put on least a half stone no problem.      oh well that gives me a new goal to works towards getting off the weight I gained an the weight I still need to lose to get to my goal weight.      I was just wandering how you others were doing like B_More, PB, Jewlz, Eastside, Mrs MLG, an others just to name a few names? I was wandering how WebyJ & especially Cheesebiscuit are doing?    

Thanks for asking, Shugga. I've just started my 4th week in the US and even though I've been good about going to Curves (they have a travel pass), my diet has been off the hook! I know I've put back on a few of the pounds I've lost, but it hasn't been too crazy. My jeans are back to fitting me normally when before I came over they were all getting baggy on me. It's really hard when I'm staying with my family and most of the visits with friends revolve around going out for meals. I'm looking forward to getting back to cooking healthy things when we're back home at the end of this week. I'm not bringing too much food back with me this time, probably just some Wheat Thins or Triscuits. I've managed to get in most of my cravings while I've been here! 

Shugga, I'm sure you'll have no problem knocking off that half stone you gained!

Oh Shugga that's ok, ya gotta live too ;-) and anyways you have excellent motivation and willpower so you will be fine! :-). I'm actually doing decent- I'm on some new meds and I can move and breathe with less pain! In between doctors appts (two months) I lost 8 lbs. But I fear traveling this week for work, 5 holiday parties, Christmas Day/Boxing Day + a trip home will throw me all off!

I'm doing OK, so far this year (since I started keeping track) I've lost 3st 8lbs. I still have a long way to go yet at get to my goal weight but I keep losing about 1-2lbs a week and I've not been exercising lately because I seemed to be more hungry and it was difficult to resist temptation. So I've been focusing on dieting instead and it's been slow, but steady progress. 

It sounds like everyone is trying g to do what they can, but it's hard with holiday temptation....... As PB says, you gotta live!  

This year has been really tough for me in terms of staying active sue to my kidneys and just trying to get back to work without passing out from exhaustion. I am hoping that in the new year, I can return to 50 - 75% of my old schedule. I'd like to get my fitness levels back up - I can really feel that I am not as fit as I was.      

Glad I am feeling healthier on the kidney front and I know the fitness thing will come back in time with perseverance.

hi Shugga,

7lbs isn't too bad a weight gain, I'm sure once you start back at the gym you'll just melt that off again.

Well some people know this and some people don't, but after spending half my life on a diet and the other half fighting to keep weight off, I got to the end of my rope with it all and decided to have Weight Loss Surgery, I've been researching it on and off for awhile now and been on the NHS track for about a year (psychiatric, pre-op testing and diet).

It's been about two weeks and with the pre-op diet I'm down about 25lbs and losing steadily.
I've been really feeling well, I was up and about almost immediately, my diabetes is gone and generally have had no pain or discomfort, right now i'm on soft foods and struggling to eat as much as I need, but it's not too bad. I've been pretty happy overall and glad I've made the decision to finally go for it

Well heck M- I didn't know. I'm glad you're happy with your result and doing well.  I hope it continues.

Well heck M- I didn't know. I'm glad you're happy with your result and doing well.  I hope it continues.

Yeah, sorry, it's kind of the reason I've been a bit flaky and not very supportive, I've had lots of stuff piling up in my head.

Good luck with the surgery, cheesebiscuit! I hope everything goes well!

As for me, I've totally fallen off the wagon.  I have no idea what I weigh now, as I haven't stepped on the scale in a while. I'm definitely the heaviest I have ever been, only five feet tall and over 10 stone and a size 14. But, I'm going to just wait until after Christmas to start working on it. I'm still a non-smoker, over 6 months off the tabs now, so I can at least feel good about one thing, health wise. But I've been drinking a bit more (I always do at the holidays!) and eating has been a bit out of control. I may try South Beach for a couple of weeks after Christmas to detox a bit from all the baked goods, or I may just start counting calories again. Hopefully I will be able to stay motivated then!

hi Shugga,

7lbs isn't too bad a weight gain, I'm sure once you start back at the gym you'll just melt that off again.

Well some people know this and some people don't, but after spending half my life on a diet and the other half fighting to keep weight off, I got to the end of my rope with it all and decided to have Weight Loss Surgery, I've been researching it on and off for awhile now and been on the NHS track for about a year (psychiatric, pre-op testing and diet).

It's been about two weeks and with the pre-op diet I'm down about 25lbs and losing steadily.
I've been really feeling well, I was up and about almost immediately, my diabetes is gone and generally have had no pain or discomfort, right now i'm on soft foods and struggling to eat as much as I need, but it's not too bad. I've been pretty happy overall and glad I've made the decision to finally go for it

YEAH!!

Shugga - it's ok to have some down time...even if it does lead to a little weight gain.  I don't want to die hungry!

Cheesebiscuit - Good luck with everything...I'm glad to hear it's working out for you.  A friend of mine had weight loss surgery (I'm not sure exactly what kind) about 5 years ago and it literally saved his life.

For me, my weight loss kind of stalled but I knew it would as the last few pounds are always the hardest.  I've got 7lbs to get to my goal weight...which puts me into the 'healthy' weight for my height.  I'd like to try to lose 10-15 after that but I'll have to see how I feel about myself at that point as I have 'being too skinny' issues to battle also.  

After losing nothing for an entire week, last week I bumped my water intake to 10-12 glasses a day and I shed 3lbs.  This week I'm maintaining that amount of water (which isn't easy for me) and I've thrown in an extra 30min cardio workout each day.  We'll see if it helps anything next week.  

I'm looking forward to some yummy Christmas treats but not looking forward to weigh-ins!!

YEAH!!

Thanks! I hope I'm half as successful as you've been!