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[thistle_chaser]

Nutritionist: Apparently I'm ahead of the game. She said most people lose 15-20 pounds in their first month, and I've lost 30. She made the same suggestion most of us (me included) already knew: Don't weigh myself every day. She said to do it every two weeks, but I think I'd go crazy waiting that long, so going to go back to doing it once a week

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[oracne]

There's a Dreamwidth Community for FR: http://flight-rising.dreamwidth.org/

A few people are giving away dragons to newbies there.

[thistle_chaser]

Oh thanks! Checking it out now. With more dragons I could breed more, then have more to breed, then have more to breed... I see where this is going! :P

[gonzostar]

I'm so glad you were able to see the weight changes with more perspective meeting with her! I didn't lose that much my first month. ;) I weigh about once a week (and I keep forgetting this week!) Have you been taking pictures for yourself to compare?

[thistle_chaser]

I didn't ask, but I suspect I lost more because I have a lot more to lose than most others. That's just a total guess though. Meeting with her really did help, I didn't expect it to be as useful as it was. (Mostly because of the forced six month of meeting with her, I guess...)

I skipped the pictures for a couple reasons. To me personally, it feels like it would be more shaming the old me than to be cheering the new me. I know everyone is different and most people don't feel the same, that's just how it is for me. The other reason is that I'm not doing it for that reason (changing how I physically look), or at least not directly. I want to be able to fit in a seat on an airplane, yeah, but if it were just me personally with no outside interaction, I don't have an issue with staying how I am/was. Alas the world requires outside interactions. :P

[gonzostar]

Also it's expected you'll lose more than me due to bypass vs. sleeve. Is it more for health reasons that you chose this then? You will undoubtedly feel better and have more energy. Plus things like diabetes, the sleep apnea, high cholesterol, high blood pressure... those can all go away. I hope you get cured of all that! anything that ails you. (Edited because I am not assuming you've got all those issues!)

[thistle_chaser]

True! I keep forgetting about the sleeve vs bypass difference.

Sort of health reasons. At my weight, I wouldn't be living to a ripe old age. I was half-expecting to be dead by 50, and I'm approaching 45 now... It'd be nice to get off the medicines I'm on, so that was part of it too.

It's a bad reason, but a big part of it was because my mother wanted me to. (And because I want to be able to fly to see her and not just make her fly here.)

So lots of little reasons, some of them not very good. I guess the biggest reason is "not dying soon".

This whole thing is a little harder because I had been comfortable in my own skin and in my life before starting this process. More than comfortable: I had been happy.

[isiscolo]

If eating things that are cheats don't make you sick, then how are they cheats? I had thought the issue was that you couldn't eat these things because you'd have bad reactions, so it seems to me that if you don't have bad reactions, AND it lifts your mood, it should be okay!

[thistle_chaser]

I like that logic! We're supposed to be following a strict diet though (forever...). No fried foods, all low fat, low calorie, low sugar. The bad reactions are just the "stick" to keep you eating good. The "carrot" is... a carrot. :P Once you reach your goal weight, then you can loosen up a little, but weight gain is easy so not by much.

Sounds fun, no? :P

[fbhjr]

You did wait longer than normal to go to solid food, so that could explain your loss being a bit above average.

[thistle_chaser]

Oh that's a good point! Thanks for reminding me, I bet you're right.

[ani_mama]

30 pounds in a month is a lot! Don't be too hard on yourself, I think you are doing fine.

[thistle_chaser]

I'd be happy if I could keep that rate up. :D Haha.

Thanks!