Hi Sue,

Thanks for the lovely welcome :) Wow another person so close to the finish line!
It's really encouraging to hear from you all.

You know I was wondering how people were finding getting rid of the last few
kilos. It's kind of like the charge to the finish line. In the past (for me
anyway) when I get near the end and my body is fighting me for every single
ounce of weight it makes it sooo hard to stay focused. And with only 4 kilos to
go and all those special events I think you're doing brilliantly. It's wonderful
that you've been chronicling your achievements as well; it's a great thing to
look back on and to share. I'll be sure to take a look.

I know it sounds odd (and so against my instincts let me just say ;) but I'm
trying to only weigh myself every 2 or 3 weeks. I really get too focused on the
numbers if I do it more often than that. But somehow I don't mind this time
because I really feel confident and not scared of the little machine with all
the big ugly spinning numbers LOL!

I know everyone looks at this differently, but how often do you think we should
weight ourselves?

Cheers
Debbie


--- In awls@yahoogroups.com, "Sue Suchocki" <suesuch@...> wrote:
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> Hi Debbie,
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> I've been away for Easter. Welcome to the group.
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> I am 46 and 157cm, my goal weight is 68kg. I had a vertical sleeve in May
> 2008. I have lost 26 kg and only have 4 kgs to go. I couldn't be more
> pleased with my decision to have WLS.
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> I have tracked my progress and have posted photos if you would like to look
> at Sue's Journey on the files section or in photo gallery.
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> My biggest challenge has been the last 4 kgs which I have been sitting on
> for a while now. In saying this I have not exercised as much as I have in
> the past few years and I have survived Christmas, new years, my husband's
> 50th, my birthday and Easter as well as being on a cruise and holidaying
> twice without putting go at least 5 kg that I would have in the past. I have
> maintained my weight at 26 kg well so now my aim is to get back on track
> and get rid of this last bit before I buy winter clothes!!
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> Looking forward to hearing how you are going.
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> Sue
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> From: awls@yahoogroups.com [mailto:awls@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> long2slashjd
> Sent: Sunday, 19 April 2009 4:30 PM
> To: awls@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [awls] Re: Introducing myself
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> Hey Carole
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> Thanks for the welcome and for telling me a little about yourself. WOW!
> you're so close to the finish line! I've done a lot of thinking about where
> I want my weight loss to finish up and I think my prefered weight would be
> hovering around 70 kgs.
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> In my bad old yoyo dieting days I once went down to about 57 kgs. Way too
> light for my frame and my height. It wasn't pleasant. But I've learned a lot
> the intervening years and certainly losing weight this way has helped me to
> eat well (with a focus on nutrition) because I'm not being consumed by the
> ravenous hunger I once had.
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> Seeing as how you are so close to your goal now, do you mind if I ask you
> what has been the buggest challenge on the journey? And this question is
> open to anyone else who might like to respond.
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> Hugs
> Debbie
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> --- In awls@yahoogroups.com <mailto:awls%40yahoogroups.com> , Carole Sarvis
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> > G'day Debbie, Welcome and well done on a successful gastric sleeve, you
> had a very good surgeon. looks as though you are off to a great start.
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> > I'm 66 and I had the sleeve done by Michael Talbot at St George Private in
> Jan 2008. I'm very happy with my progress, now down to 69 kg. I started at
> over 110 kg. I don't want to lose more than about another 5 kg because I
> have no desire to be bony.
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> > I have no regrets whatsoever and my quality of life is vastly improved.
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> > Best wishes for your future loss
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> > cheers
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> > Carole, the elder
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> > To: awls@yahoogroups.com <mailto:awls%40yahoogroups.com>
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> > I am 46 years old and I had a gastric sleeve resection at St George
> Private Hospital on the 11th February this year. My surgeon was Dr
> Jorgensen. I am currently only 2 months into my weight loss journey but so
> far so good :) My starting weight was 119kgs and as of last week I was
> 104kgs which puts me only 4kgs off my first personal target of being 100kgs
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> > So far I have been thrilled with the results of the surgery and the
> resulting boost in my health, happiness and self esteem. My hope for joining
> this group is to give and get heaps of support and to learn from your
> combined wealth of experience :)
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