Mamas or soon to be mamas who are morbidly obese, lets be buddies!

[hello_kitty]

Nothing is for certain yet Heather. Lets just keep praying and keeping our fingers crossed that all will go well. Hopefully they'll have an alternative to removing your ovaries. Keep us updated of your Thursday appointment. I'll be checking back in then to see how it went.

 

[topsy]

Yep hun I have everything crossed they have good news for you hun. I am so sorry seeing your ticker is upsetting hun xxx

TR I wish I could run-You do so well running, mind you I used to get out of breath walking upstairs and up the shop shifting the 2 stone has helped that so maybe one day I will be able to jog. xxx

 

[Try Rocking]

Have faith Topsy! You'll get to the point where you'll be able to and then you can decide if you want to or not

 

[topsy]

I hope so I am worried about excess skin as I have SO much to loose and sure exercise would at least help xxx

 

[Try Rocking]

Definitely! I have a friend who had the band put in, she runs marathons now, she's lost an incredible amount of weight and running has definitely helped her tone up. She still needed to have skin removal surgery but the running helped a lot!

 

[hello_kitty]

I hope so I am worried about excess skin as I have SO much to loose and sure exercise would at least help xxx

Ditto...I am also scared of excessive skin. Dh is such a champ though. He told me if I do lose all the weight someday he wouldnt mind letting me fix whatever I need to fix (skin removal). I wish I dont have to though I'm scared of going under the knife though I thinks its inevitable since I have 100 lbs to lose.

 

[Try Rocking]

Hello_kitty I lost 113 lbs last time I lost weight and with jogging I was able to tighten up pretty well. I'm not sure exactly what your total weight loss goal is but I think it's possible to avoid it for some people.
I still had another 27 lbs to lose before I hit goal but I think I could have avoided skin removal.
I hope you don't have to, surgery is scary.

 

[hello_kitty]

Hello_kitty I lost 113 lbs last time I lost weight and with jogging I was able to tighten up pretty well. I'm not sure exactly what your total weight loss goal is but I think it's possible to avoid it for some people.
I still had another 27 lbs to lose before I hit goal but I think I could have avoided skin removal.
I hope you don't have to, surgery is scary.

I only need to lose between 97-100 lbs total (this is because my weight fluctuates). I checked this morning and I was 220 my goal is 120.

How did you lose 113 lbs the first time? At least you have been successful before, it probably wont be as hard for you this time around.

I have started packing on weight when I was in 10th grade. By the time I graduated high school, I started letting myself go because of the weight gain. I weighed in the 180 range when I graduated. Sometimes I think about all the time that I've let slip by and how my youth has (and is) goign out the window. I feel like crying!

I should've spent all that time looking like a hot teenager not some miserable chick that cant walk up a flight of stairs. When is this going to effect me enough that I actually take it serious and make a change?

Worst thing is my 2 year old acts like my tummy is a bouncy ball...he's always poking at my pooch and giggles when it bounces back .

 

[Try Rocking]

HK It is hard but you can do it. For me my wake up call was hearing that I was on the verge of diabetes, stroke and a heart attack at the age of 30. It was scary hearing that and the next day I signed up to Weight Watchers.
I did WW for 18 months and I started jogging about 9 months in.

As for it not being harder this time around... it's so-so. I'm older and I've had another kid. Right now it's coming off ok but that's because I am not allowing myself any cheat days, I'm drinking a ton of water and I haven't plateaued yet lol
I'm still figuring on it taking at least 2 years, because I know the closer I get to my goal the harder it's going to be.

The sooner you start, the sooner you will get there. I know it's hard but it's so worth it. I hated looking back and remembering all those times I said I would start and then it would fizzle out. If I had kept going I would have been at my goal years ago.

You can do it.

I look at the pictures of when I was close to my goal, it is amazing what you can do in a year, 18 months. I know you can do it.

 

[hello_kitty]

Its amazing how much you had lost! Totally like a different person. At least you have now lost almost 11 lbs. I was losing 6 and now only down to 2 lbs lost total. I might give WW a try, my dh actually suggested it whatever works was what he said. I am still bf my lo so its super hard because I need to maintain a certain calorie to get the milk but its soo hard to just stop bfing since its the best for him..so really I dont know.

I havent had my period yet, wondering if that plays a role?

So did you exercise from the beginning or exclusively counted calories and then started physical activity 9 months in?

 

[jessicasmum]

Thanks ladies. I doubt that my gp will tell me any new information but good to check in with him.
I'll definitely have at least one of my ovaries removed and the chemo but I'm just not certain until I see the specialists if it will be both ovaries and womb, the consultant I saw 3 weeks ago lead me to believe that it was just the one ovary because I said about we were planning on having another baby and he said you'll still have the other one, but I'm not taking that as a certain until I hear that from the people who will be treating me for it.

 

[Try Rocking]

WW has a nursing option so you actually get points to cover that while still losing weight

I was walking here and there from the beginning but I didn't really start doing much until I think I was at least 5 months in, and then it was just walking and then I started jogging. Like, super slow ass jogging.
I found walking helped me lose the best weight while jogging helped tone me up.

And it's not counting calories. Once you get the hang of it, it is super easy. They have a bunch of stuff listed and if it's not in the list (there's a search bar), then you can add it in yourself. It's really easy. You can make your own recipes, makes favorites out of meals so that they show up on the side bar and add activity.

 

[Try Rocking]

JM I hope you get good news

 

[hello_kitty]

Heather, I hope that they will only remove one. When will you get to go see the people that are treating you? Did they give you a date first?

Try Rocking, I heard many success stories about WW and kinda understand the concept but isnt it soo easy to cheat (do they have a monitoring system such as taking your weight etc). Whats the difference between joining WW and doing it on your own (if you're motivated)? I know there's got to be something about WW otherwise people wouldnt be losing tons of weight on the program.

 

[Try Rocking]

Well, if you are really intent on cheating nothing is going to stop you. You have to monitor yourself on Weight Watchers. There are coaches available to talk to if you're struggling, there's a WW group on here and there's us.

There are meetings you can attend where they weigh you. The route I go is to do it online and weigh myself. I get a nice little graph that shows me how I'm doing and I can chart my measurements as well.

Weight Watcher's is great, you can have whatever you want but it's all in moderation. You really want ice cream? You can go easy on something else during the day and have some. Or you can use your weekly points or do an activity and earn points and use that towards something.
I found using my weekly points didn't help me to lose weight, some people do but everyone is different. I found if I do some good exercise I need to eat my activity points otherwise I gain or I don't move at all.

 

[jessicasmum]

No I wasn't given a date, I'm just waiting to hear from them, its been 3 weeks tomorrow since I saw the consultant I thought I would of had a letter by now, the consultant did say that not to worry if its something like 3 months before I start treatment because its slow growing but I really thought I'd have an appointment letter through by now.

 

[topsy]

^^ hope you get your letter soon hun HUGS xxx

TR glad WW is working so well for you hun, I think once you have found something that works and you can get your head around is fab. YOU have so much willpower to do it online, i did SW online and lost 1/2 stone, but put it back on again! I need to go to the group to keep focused. take my hat off you for doing it online sweets.



xxxx

 

[hello_kitty]

Heather, would you be able to call them and ask about the appointment letter since it has been near 3 weeks?

I'm just afraid I am not motivated enough to stick to WW. I'm always eating...but I will give it a try.

 

[jessicasmum]

I've not got any contact info for who to speak to. I saw my gp yesterday and he didn't know why I was there for at first I had to say it was probably because the consultant had contact him. I felt worse after my appointment more confused and just felt I need this specialist appointment soon so I can get things straightened out. My gp said if not heard from them by beginning of April then to try doing something about getting in contact and just go through GPS so they will try get in contact with them some how, I really hope I don't have to wait that long or longer. I've only had 2 AFs since having jasmine and I've bled in between both of them, which I am now which I'm a bit concerned about as I don't know if its due to what's in my ovary, still due to after having baby or maybe something else, I haven't had had a cervical screening and I'm over due by a year and a half. I think I might go back to gp next week and say about this bleeding in between AFs as I'm quite concerned.

 

[topsy]

Aw hun yep go back to your gp hun and just speak to them. HUGS hun xxx