Sha who shoots down pounds and shrinks.: as jenny says, "it's not about checking up on yourself. it's about checking IN with yourself."

Saturday, August 25, 2007

as jenny says, "it's not about checking up on yourself. it's about checking IN with yourself."

im in the zone. i've done cathe four out of the last 5 days. im tracking my food and staying between 1600-1700 a day. im feeling very positive and accomplished. i've not been doing the daily weigh in. im going to wait until the 1st of the month. update: on sept 1st i weighed in at 234!!! sonofabitch! :)

it depends on your personality, but i dont think there is anything wrong with weighing yourself everyday. at times, i really love seeing that 0.02 drop in the scale and it motivates me. but lately i had been playing a game with myself seeing how much i could eat/how much i could ignore without the number going up. no more of that silliness.

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My Weight Loss Attempts:

*in 2001, i did optifast and optitrim via Kaiser. I lost 68 lbs, and gained bk 85. i think it's a good program, but you really have to focus on ALL of the program, not just the fasting. i ignored my mental and emotional health, and thus gained every pound back and then some.

*in 2oo3, i did nutrisystem, i think i lasted two days. the food was AWFUL. i heard they've re-vamped their program, tho, so i don't knock it. let me know if it works for you.

*ive made monthly donations to my local gyms over the years-24hour fitness, curves, the women's gym, the arc. i gave them my money, why wasnt i losing any weight? ;)

*in 2005, i did slim fast, trying to use it the same as optitrim. i lasted 10 days, lost 3 lbs, but i couldnt handle the "replace a meal with a liquid" thing anymore and gave up.

*in Nov 2006 i started at 251.8 pounds doing jenny craig b/c those kirstie alley commercials were just too inspiring. i lost about 10 lbs and liked most of their food. i continued with it until feb 2007 when i left for south korea.

*from 2009 to 2016 i disappeared from blog world and didnt make any real efforts about weight loss...

*in april of 2017, i returned to blogging and i started following the impatient dieter on youtube and using the wonderslim products from dietdirect.com to lose more weight.

the point to listing all my weight loss attempts?

DON'T STOP TRYING. I havent lost much weight, but i've lost some... and I won't lose more if i give up.

And fast forward to today, 4/5/2021. I had gastric sleeve surgery on 1/22/2018 and went from a "day of surgery" weight of 262 lbs to today weighing 139 lbs. I feel friggin fantastic; I feel like myself, only lighter and freer. Feeling very grateful for my doctor and the universe aligning so that I could get this surgery.