http://thelosingside.paulglover.net Experiences of a gastric bypass patient. Sat, 27 Dec 2008 17:32:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I ate a lot over the Christmas holiday. I did not deprive myself. I enjoyed every goody and each meal to the fullest. I figured I would put on a few pounds. Now I had dropped to my all time lowest right before Christmas Eve. This is only 8 lbs more than I ... http://thelosingside.paulglover.net/20081227/2-year-anniversary-appointment-moved-up/ [caption id="attachment_74" align="alignnone" width="350" caption="Is That Me In Those Size 10 Pants?"][/caption] I am now over 22 months out for surgery and all is going well. The scale seems to slowly (still) want to go downward. It is a very slow transition but nevertheless it seems to keep wanting to drift ... http://thelosingside.paulglover.net/20081220/getting-through-the-holidays-and-celebrity-meetings-and-greetings/ It has been a while since I hit goal so I thought I would check in and share on my never ending quest to maintain my weight. All is good! In fact it is better than good! I am now 15 lbs below goal! I am still losing weight! I ... http://thelosingside.paulglover.net/20080928/the-quest-to-maintain/ I did it! I did it! I did it! And then some! I reached my goal weight this week and lost and additional 3 lbs. I can't believe I am finally here! It came faster than I thought it would which is fine by me.  I am pleased with the ... http://thelosingside.paulglover.net/20080607/goal-3/ It has taken a while but I am now one pound from goal. I just wanted to update to let you all know I have not fallen off the face of the earth! The last pounds are truly the hardest to get off. That is so true! However finally, here ... http://thelosingside.paulglover.net/20080601/one-pound-to-goal/ Yes, it has been one year. February 5th was my 1st 'birthday'. I had my one year doctor appointment today. 124 lbs lighter and losing 70% of my body fat, I feel proud. The nurse practitioner was very proud of me. I guess I should be too. I am 17 ... http://thelosingside.paulglover.net/20080207/reflecting-at-one-year/ Awwwwww, a new year. I love New Years. It always brings the hope of a fresh start.  2007 was not a very good year for us. Well for the most part, it was not. The surgery was good, that I will attest. But everything else seemed to have the opposite of ... http://thelosingside.paulglover.net/20080101/out-with-the-old-in-with-the-new/ I finally did it. After weeks of plateau's and going a little up then a little down, I did it! I am 100 lbs down from my surgery date. That is 109 lbs down from consultation and 116 lbs down from my heaviest ever.  There are a few reasons it took ... http://thelosingside.paulglover.net/20071117/finally/ 100 lbs from consultation! Yep 100 lbs and 91 lbs from my surgery date. I just wrote about being at a plateau for several weeks and as of this morning the scale was moving again! I am thrilled! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!! One other sidenote on a number I forgot to mention was my ... http://thelosingside.paulglover.net/20070910/i-did-it-i-did-it-my-first-i-did-it/ First the plateau. Yes, I am at a bad one. The cuplprit? My sprained anke. :-( I took a bad sprain to my left ankle several weeks ago. It was actually my foot that was hurting and swollen so I went to see the nurse practitioner. They sent the film ... http://thelosingside.paulglover.net/20070908/plateaus-and-numbers/