Weight Loss/Maintenance

madmom

(9,681 posts) Fri May 31, 2013, 09:56 AM May 2013

Woo Hoo!!! Just hit the minus

50 pound mark! Tomorrow will be exactly 2 months since my surgery and I'm feeling great!!!!!!

I really forgot how good it felt to be able to move around and do things with relative ease.

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Woo Hoo!!! Just hit the minus (Original Post) madmom May 2013 OP

Congratulations! Fuddnik May 2013 #1

Congratulations! LiberalEsto May 2013 #2

That's wonderful wryter2000 May 2013 #3

Congrats! I am off all my meds for diabetes and BP. I just had madmom May 2013 #5

Awesome. wryter2000 May 2013 #6

Fantastic! rox63 May 2013 #4

That's great! spinbaby May 2013 #7

Thanks, I'm really working hard at it. I'm walking at madmom May 2013 #8

Congratulations.. Stuart G Jun 2013 #9

Fuddnik

(8,846 posts)

1. Congratulations!

Reply to madmom (Original post)

Fri May 31, 2013, 10:09 AM

May 2013

I went on Atkins a month ago, and I've dropped between 18-20 pounds.

Twenty more, and I'll be at my fighting weight.

LiberalEsto

(22,845 posts)

2. Congratulations!

Reply to madmom (Original post)

Fri May 31, 2013, 10:09 AM

May 2013

Well done!

wryter2000

(47,834 posts)

3. That's wonderful

Reply to madmom (Original post)

Fri May 31, 2013, 01:18 PM

May 2013

I've lost a bit over 40 pounds using an exercise bicycle and Lose It. My ankles have almost shrunk to their normal size, despite the BP medicine that makes them swell. Maybe someday, I can get off the %&(*&(& medicine.

madmom

(9,681 posts)

5. Congrats! I am off all my meds for diabetes and BP. I just had

Reply to wryter2000 (Reply #3)

Fri May 31, 2013, 03:20 PM

May 2013

blood work done to check cholesterol. Won't know results for that until drs appointment next week.

wryter2000

(47,834 posts)

6. Awesome.

Reply to madmom (Reply #5)

Fri May 31, 2013, 03:24 PM

May 2013

You're going to be disgustingly healthy. Good for you!

rox63

(9,464 posts)

4. Fantastic!

Reply to madmom (Original post)

Fri May 31, 2013, 01:52 PM

May 2013

Congratulations!

spinbaby

(15,264 posts)

7. That's great!

Reply to madmom (Original post)

Fri May 31, 2013, 03:52 PM

May 2013

You're dropping fast! It took me three months to hit the 50-pound mark.

madmom

(9,681 posts)

8. Thanks, I'm really working hard at it. I'm walking at

Reply to spinbaby (Reply #7)

Fri May 31, 2013, 05:05 PM

May 2013

least a mile every day. Then sometimes do zumba and ride my bike. I really got pumped when the weight started falling off.. lol.

Stuart G

(38,726 posts)

9. Congratulations..

Reply to madmom (Original post)

Sat Jun 1, 2013, 08:17 PM

Jun 2013

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