The Journald Journey of Coriander

Grammie C · 10-22-2007, 07:12 AM

I can't say how I am going to fix my broken body but I am never going to stop trying to fix it.

I am not burning energy the way most people burn energy.

I am embracing the things that done consistantly should
make me physically fit.

The question was lurking around ???could I even lose weight???

I am a reverse gastric bypass statistic.
I lived with a stapled stomach from 1979 to 1997.
When stapled in 1997 I weighed 327
I got to 184 my lowest weight.
It all failed...I was reversed and weighed 452 April 9 2007
I weighed 388 this morning after six months of LC and serious portion control and whatever moving underwater I can do before imflammation sets in.

Living with a Gastric By-pass in those years was not the same as it is now in 2007.

They were pretty much experimental in 1979 and I had some unfortunate happenings that slam dunk caused my attempt at it to fail. I consider it was a failure for me. I don't even think medcal science learned anything at all either bcause no one followed up so there is my reason to think it was done for the medical business reason of profit.

I did it to see if once and for all I could manage my lifelong battle with weight and I have not as yet fully done that and I am 61 so now I have a real battle on my hands.

Some of my challenges are skeletal problems with arthritis joint pain that make moving under water my only option at present prediabetes(hoping to move enough in the pool to keep it well under control), menopause...I'm over it for the most part but menopause does make weightloss harder.

The question can I with these problems lose weight has been answered...yes and I have lost 64 lbs to date.

I will post more now about how to get myself past a standstill I am in at present BBL

Grammie C · 10-25-2007, 06:59 AM

I did something different this morning I received my DD's Bodymakeover Program Materials and
I am reading it today.

I have to decide what body Type I am there are five body types listed BBL

Adra · 10-25-2007, 08:15 AM

Good morning, best of luck with your weight loss. I am post menopausal also and yes it does make it harder to lose weight. But we can do it, I know we can.

I am here if you need to talk or need a hug. I am struggling and trying to find my way to a healthier me, we can do it togeather.

Grammie C · 10-27-2007, 12:27 AM

Hi Adra,

Here I am wide awake at 2 something AM in the morning.
I certain it is menopause that has me awake at this hour LOL

O menopause...least talked about subject in the world and affecting billions of women

Tell me about yourself and your journey?

thanks yes I can use a

Grammie C · 10-27-2007, 12:45 AM

Jonathan, my son and first born has sold his house in Henderson, Nevada which with the stressed real estate market took him since February and when he bought it in 2004 houses were selling in a week some in three days where he lives.

Things will be like this till at least 6 months after the election.

We talked by phone yesterday...he will fly to Tampa on Nov 5...this is great
because he will come here for five weeks and coach me and usually that results in more weightloss. He is fun too!

I do better when he is here I always do better working with others no matter what I put my hand to. It is just the way it is

That made me happy because I want to lose 20 lbs before we fly to RI on the 9th of Dec for our Christmas Family Gathering.

We will see...BBT

BTW I intend to stay on plan during Thanksgiving I will make everything LC
stuffing and Pumpkin Pie w Almond flour crust m-m-m

Grammie C · 10-27-2007, 01:42 PM

I am in the longest standstill

maybe adding in little this's and that's

I decided to look up June in my food diary that was the month I lost the most weight in one month I will eat exactly the same in November

we will see

TXLoser · 10-27-2007, 02:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Coriander

BTW I intend to stay on plan during Thanksgiving I will make everything LC
stuffing and Pumpkin Pie w Almond flour crust m-m-m

Good job Carol...no reason why we can't make it through these holidays on plan...many many lc alternatives!!!!!!!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Coriander

I am in the longest standstill

maybe adding in little this's and that's

I decided to look up June in my food diary that was the month I lost the most weight in one month I will eat exactly the same in November

we will see

Good idea to re-evaluate your foods...see if there are hidden carbs

cardenas5usa · 10-28-2007, 12:01 PM

I did this one week too, I fitdayed everything so it was easy for me to look back at the week that I lost 7 pounds and eat everything the same way, it never proved to be a 7 pound week again, but it was always a good jumpstart when I was losing slow.

Grammie C · 10-30-2007, 12:05 AM

Diane and cardenas5usa
Thanks

how many carbs do you allow each day?

Water amount?

Do you drink plain water or with added ingredients?

quiggley · 10-30-2007, 01:04 AM

Well I am not the ones you asked but I have always stayed between 20-30 my cheats have always been too many Tomatos etc LOL

Carol that is great about your Son coming to visit you will have your own personal Trainer. We will have to get together sometime for water exercise.

I drink a lot of water I have always followed the half your weight rule one of the best things I did was buy a water cooler now I always have cold water whenever I want it.

TXLoser · 10-30-2007, 06:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Coriander

how many carbs do you allow each day?

Water amount?

Do you drink plain water or with added ingredients?

My carbs are usually around 20.
I am trying to up the carbs by eating more veggies though.

During the week I drink easily 120 oz/day. Weekends are usually a bit harder to get water in. During the week I have started replacing my afternoon pop with a Crystal light water. I do drink Diet Rite, but I do get my water in. I also drink green tea.

Remember, the everybody is different. Dr. Oz (while I don't follow his plan exactly) says if you can read through your pee you are well hyrdrated. If you eat foods with a lot of sodium you will want to drink more water to flush retention out.

Have you re-examined the foods you are eating? Are you eating enough?

Grammie C · 11-01-2007, 02:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by quiggley

Well I am not the ones you asked but I have always stayed between 20-30 my cheats have always been too many Tomatos etc LOL>>Too Funny I think that is me too

Carol that is great about your Son coming to visit you will have your own personal Trainer. Yes he will get me back burning he does it so it is fun too

We will have to get together sometime for water exercise. mmm I would love too maybe we could find a halfway meeting place where there is a warm pool cause mine is 79 degrees

and I haven't been able to use it.

Tim and I are trying to figure in a heat pump with a HQ line we are getting for the new rood so we will see? $ 2000.

I drink a lot of water I have always followed the half your weight rule one of the best things I did was buy a water cooler now I always have cold water whenever I want it.
Terrific Thanks!

I will post later to you where half way is between where we live and maybe we can meet sometime? If you are up to thr drive...too much time in the car is making my legs swell how about you?

I did just look on the google map half way is St Pete Beach or St Petersburg...is that too far for you to travel? I have a problem with leg cramps but I could try it once and see how i tolerate it?

Let me know what you think?

Grammie C · 11-01-2007, 02:48 PM

It is interesting you ask am I eating enough because I think I am not but as soon as I add a little more meat or 1/2 slice Ezekiel bread I gain and fit day and another figure your cals website tells me to eat 3500cals...I cannot eat that much I just know I will start to gain weight.

Do you think I can eat what they are telling me to eat?
I don't think so but wish I could.

Grammie C · 11-08-2007, 09:22 PM

I did finally drop 3 lbs since November 1 so I am losing again it felt wonderful to step on the scale and see the number changed.

Grammie C · 11-09-2007, 09:50 AM

Today is a "Things To Do" list day!

I will BBL

Grammie C · 11-15-2007, 06:43 AM

This weightloss journey is going to be slow from here on
This time I have come to the conclusion and accepted to stay on plan rest of my life.

I lost one lb this week

I weigh 383 on 11/15/2007
I have lost 69 lbs to date...to reach my original goal of losing 100 lbs by "Easter 2008"
I need to lose 31 more lbs in the next 18 weeks

I ate modestly on Easter 2007 and started this journey on April 9 2007 on Easter Monday so Easter will always be my Anniversary

It's interesting that Easter is the day we Celebrate the "Resurrection of Jesus" and
Every Easter I will celebrate my ressurection...
I did not plan it this way...it is a comforting thought though

every lb I lose
I feel more alive to a normal life as
I continue on to reach my goal of being
comfortable in onederland by the 4th of April 2010

These are the next three Easters:

2007 - Sunday, April 8th Start 4/9
2008 - Sunday, March 23rd
2009 - Sunday, April 12th
2010 - Sunday, April 4th

"Whatever it takes...be true to myself"

10-22-2007, 07:12 AM	#1
Grammie C MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: May 2007 Location: West Coast FLORIDA Posts: 2,300 Gallery: Grammie C Stats: 452/389 WOE: LC, LS, & PC Start Date: Apr/9/07	The Journald Journey of Coriander I can't say how I am going to fix my broken body but I am never going to stop trying to fix it. I am not burning energy the way most people burn energy. I am embracing the things that done consistantly should make me physically fit. The question was lurking around ???could I even lose weight??? I am a reverse gastric bypass statistic. I lived with a stapled stomach from 1979 to 1997. When stapled in 1997 I weighed 327 I got to 184 my lowest weight. It all failed...I was reversed and weighed 452 April 9 2007 I weighed 388 this morning after six months of LC and serious portion control and whatever moving underwater I can do before imflammation sets in. Living with a Gastric By-pass in those years was not the same as it is now in 2007. They were pretty much experimental in 1979 and I had some unfortunate happenings that slam dunk caused my attempt at it to fail. I consider it was a failure for me. I don't even think medcal science learned anything at all either bcause no one followed up so there is my reason to think it was done for the medical business reason of profit. I did it to see if once and for all I could manage my lifelong battle with weight and I have not as yet fully done that and I am 61 so now I have a real battle on my hands. Some of my challenges are skeletal problems with arthritis joint pain that make moving under water my only option at present prediabetes(hoping to move enough in the pool to keep it well under control), menopause...I'm over it for the most part but menopause does make weightloss harder. The question can I with these problems lose weight has been answered...yes and I have lost 64 lbs to date. I will post more now about how to get myself past a standstill I am in at present BBL __________________ Carol/Grammie C You don't stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing. The Journey Last edited by Grammie C : 10-22-2007 at 07:18 AM.

10-25-2007, 06:59 AM	#2
Grammie C MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: May 2007 Location: West Coast FLORIDA Posts: 2,300 Gallery: Grammie C Stats: 452/389 WOE: LC, LS, & PC Start Date: Apr/9/07	Good Morning I did something different this morning I received my DD's Bodymakeover Program Materials and I am reading it today. I have to decide what body Type I am there are five body types listed BBL

10-27-2007, 12:27 AM	#4
Grammie C MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: May 2007 Location: West Coast FLORIDA Posts: 2,300 Gallery: Grammie C Stats: 452/389 WOE: LC, LS, & PC Start Date: Apr/9/07	Hi Adra, Here I am wide awake at 2 something AM in the morning. I certain it is menopause that has me awake at this hour LOL O menopause...least talked about subject in the world and affecting billions of women Tell me about yourself and your journey? thanks yes I can use a Last edited by Grammie C : 10-27-2007 at 12:28 AM.

10-27-2007, 12:45 AM	#5
Grammie C MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: May 2007 Location: West Coast FLORIDA Posts: 2,300 Gallery: Grammie C Stats: 452/389 WOE: LC, LS, & PC Start Date: Apr/9/07	Ah-h-h help is on the way... Jonathan, my son and first born has sold his house in Henderson, Nevada which with the stressed real estate market took him since February and when he bought it in 2004 houses were selling in a week some in three days where he lives. Things will be like this till at least 6 months after the election. We talked by phone yesterday...he will fly to Tampa on Nov 5...this is great because he will come here for five weeks and coach me and usually that results in more weightloss. He is fun too! I do better when he is here I always do better working with others no matter what I put my hand to. It is just the way it is That made me happy because I want to lose 20 lbs before we fly to RI on the 9th of Dec for our Christmas Family Gathering. We will see...BBT BTW I intend to stay on plan during Thanksgiving I will make everything LC stuffing and Pumpkin Pie w Almond flour crust m-m-m

11-08-2007, 09:22 PM	#14
Grammie C MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: May 2007 Location: West Coast FLORIDA Posts: 2,300 Gallery: Grammie C Stats: 452/389 WOE: LC, LS, & PC Start Date: Apr/9/07	Stall broke I did finally drop 3 lbs since November 1 so I am losing again it felt wonderful to step on the scale and see the number changed.

10-25-2007, 08:15 AM	#3
Adra Junior LCF Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 8 Gallery: Adra	Good morning, best of luck with your weight loss. I am post menopausal also and yes it does make it harder to lose weight. But we can do it, I know we can. I am here if you need to talk or need a hug. I am struggling and trying to find my way to a healthier me, we can do it togeather.

10-27-2007, 01:42 PM	#6
Grammie C MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: May 2007 Location: West Coast FLORIDA Posts: 2,300 Gallery: Grammie C Stats: 452/389 WOE: LC, LS, & PC Start Date: Apr/9/07	I am in the longest standstill maybe adding in little this's and that's I decided to look up June in my food diary that was the month I lost the most weight in one month I will eat exactly the same in November we will see

10-28-2007, 12:01 PM	#8
cardenas5usa MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Oregon Posts: 1,220 Gallery: cardenas5usa Stats: 235/174/145 WOE: Lower Carb, moderate fat, exercise Start Date: 11/2004	I did this one week too, I fitdayed everything so it was easy for me to look back at the week that I lost 7 pounds and eat everything the same way, it never proved to be a 7 pound week again, but it was always a good jumpstart when I was losing slow.

10-30-2007, 12:05 AM	#9
Grammie C MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: May 2007 Location: West Coast FLORIDA Posts: 2,300 Gallery: Grammie C Stats: 452/389 WOE: LC, LS, & PC Start Date: Apr/9/07	Diane and cardenas5usa Thanks how many carbs do you allow each day? Water amount? Do you drink plain water or with added ingredients?

10-30-2007, 01:04 AM	#10
quiggley Way too much time on my hands! Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Clearwater,FL Posts: 12,234 Gallery: quiggley Stats: 570+/218/ now 367/367/165 WOE: Atkins Start Date: 1/20/02 restart 7/6/07	Well I am not the ones you asked but I have always stayed between 20-30 my cheats have always been too many Tomatos etc LOL Carol that is great about your Son coming to visit you will have your own personal Trainer. We will have to get together sometime for water exercise. I drink a lot of water I have always followed the half your weight rule one of the best things I did was buy a water cooler now I always have cold water whenever I want it.

11-01-2007, 02:48 PM	#13
Grammie C MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: May 2007 Location: West Coast FLORIDA Posts: 2,300 Gallery: Grammie C Stats: 452/389 WOE: LC, LS, & PC Start Date: Apr/9/07	It is interesting you ask am I eating enough because I think I am not but as soon as I add a little more meat or 1/2 slice Ezekiel bread I gain and fit day and another figure your cals website tells me to eat 3500cals...I cannot eat that much I just know I will start to gain weight. Do you think I can eat what they are telling me to eat? I don't think so but wish I could.

11-09-2007, 09:50 AM	#15
Grammie C MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: May 2007 Location: West Coast FLORIDA Posts: 2,300 Gallery: Grammie C Stats: 452/389 WOE: LC, LS, & PC Start Date: Apr/9/07	Today is a "Things To Do" list day! I will BBL

11-15-2007, 06:43 AM	#16
Grammie C MAJOR LCF POSTER! Join Date: May 2007 Location: West Coast FLORIDA Posts: 2,300 Gallery: Grammie C Stats: 452/389 WOE: LC, LS, & PC Start Date: Apr/9/07	This weightloss journey is going to be slow from here on This time I have come to the conclusion and accepted to stay on plan rest of my life. I lost one lb this week I weigh 383 on 11/15/2007 I have lost 69 lbs to date...to reach my original goal of losing 100 lbs by "Easter 2008" I need to lose 31 more lbs in the next 18 weeks I ate modestly on Easter 2007 and started this journey on April 9 2007 on Easter Monday so Easter will always be my Anniversary It's interesting that Easter is the day we Celebrate the "Resurrection of Jesus" and Every Easter I will celebrate my ressurection... I did not plan it this way...it is a comforting thought though every lb I lose I feel more alive to a normal life as I continue on to reach my goal of being comfortable in onederland by the 4th of April 2010 These are the next three Easters: 2007 - Sunday, April 8th Start 4/9 2008 - Sunday, March 23rd 2009 - Sunday, April 12th 2010 - Sunday, April 4th "Whatever it takes...be true to myself"

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