OT - Weight Purrs Request

On Jul 15, 3:53*pm, hopitus wrote:
On Jul 15, 2:45*pm, bast wrote:





"EvelynVogtGamble wrote:
* wouldn't it be nice if those of us who are carrying far more poundage
* than we need could simply share it with those who really NEED more weight?

Oh, but there is. Haven't you heard? Obesity is contagious! "Studies have
shown" that fat people are more likely to have fat friends. The theory is
that if your friend is fatter than you are, that helps you relax about your
own body. Also, because your fat friend obviously shoves vast quantities of
food into his/her mouth, he or she is giving you tacit permission to do the
same. Voila, you become fatter.
That poor horse - every time it takes a step, it trips over the cart. Maybe
fat folk have fat friends because people who are stigmatized need a little
support? And they understand that there's safety in numbers? Hasn't that
occurred to anyone?
I think these scientists (and I use that term liberally) have missed the
opportunity to tap a wonderful resource. Why not send fat people to countries
suffering widespread famine? We can make friends with the starving people
there and they will magically become fat. Problem solved.
Joyce

Did you by any chance read this? Toward the middle, "nutritionists"
interviewed by ABC
okayed it and stated ":many Americans" indulge, just not all the time.
"Many Americans" are not ordering the rest of the Americans what to
eat...and more
insulting, messing with what children eat in school. Many jokes have
been posted online
with color pics of the new "portion plate". Mainly after the Shake
Shack news, LOL.
Can we spell "h...y...p...o...c...r...i...t...e..."?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...PE9H_blog.html

On Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:48:59 -0500, CatNipped
wrote:

On 7/14/2011 9:48 PM, CatNipped wrote:
OK, I wasn't going to say anything to anybody so that I wouldn't jinx
myself (sorry, I do believe in bad luck, either that or reincarnation
karma, how else could I explain my life?). But I'm too excited to keep
it completely to myself, so I'm posting just here and not telling anyone
else...

I got on the scale just now and I was at 99.4 pounds. Just .60 pounds
away from triple digits. OK, it's the end of the day, so I promised
myself I won't be depressed and disappointed if I get on the scale
tomorrow morning and see that I've lost weight overnight. I'm probably
full of fluid plus all the stuff I ate all day weighing me down. But,
hey, I'll take what I can get.

Once I hit triple digits, I can breathe a sigh of relief. If I can stay
there and gain even more that would be heaven!!!

Please, could I have some purrs for that .60 pounds to magically appear?


I knew it and I said I would be disappointed, but this morning, before
eating or drinking anything I was 95.4... so 4 pounds of fluids
overnight - that sounds reasonable, right?

CN,

Everyone is different, I know, but it is NOT unusual to be 2 - 4 lbs
lighter in the morning than evening. What you ate the day/night
before (e.g. sodium/sugar content) etc all factor in. Once I showed a
6 lb overnight "loss"...also have shown a supposed 5 lb overnight
"gain". They aren't really.

When I went through the medical issue of having to gain weight I was
told to NOT weigh myself daily, but weekly (did I cheat - you betcha
LOL). The doc (and nutrionist) had me record my weight weekly, but I
had to record every morsel of food and drink, what and how much,
daily..what a PIA. I got admonished for wrong fats, too much fats,
sugars, wrong carbs, too much sodium, too little fats, too little
sodium, too much potassium,not enough calories, wrong calories, and on
and on and on - geesh!) Really not different than if one is trying to
lose weight I am told. Gotta say, the weekly chart did show the
steady, albeit small, gain. Still, it was the right direction. Didn't
go as fast as I would of liked but mentally and emotionally it got me
off that weight obsession roller coaster until I got to say buy bye to
that stoma.

In spite of myself I developed healthy(ish) eating habits - sorta.

Maybe you could ask your doc or nutrionist about maybe not weighing as
often if they told you to do so daily?

Good Luck sweetie.

Sophia

On 7/15/2011 3:45 PM, wrote:
"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote:

Winnie wrote:

That's great news. I was just wondering whether you manage to put on
some weight.
I was glad when I hit triple digit. My problem is keeping it there. I
am afraid to get on a scale these days.

wouldn't it be nice if those of us who are carrying far more poundage
than we need could simply share it with those who really NEED more weight?

Oh, but there is. Haven't you heard? Obesity is contagious! "Studies have
shown" that fat people are more likely to have fat friends. The theory is
that if your friend is fatter than you are, that helps you relax about your
own body. Also, because your fat friend obviously shoves vast quantities of
food into his/her mouth, he or she is giving you tacit permission to do the
same. Voila, you become fatter.

That poor horse - every time it takes a step, it trips over the cart. Maybe
fat folk have fat friends because people who are stigmatized need a little
support? And they understand that there's safety in numbers? Hasn't that
occurred to anyone?

I think these scientists (and I use that term liberally) have missed the
opportunity to tap a wonderful resource. Why not send fat people to countries
suffering widespread famine? We can make friends with the starving people
there and they will magically become fat. Problem solved.

Joyce


Really! I *SO* wish I could take on about 20 or 30 pounds from Ben -
not for my sake, but for *his*. Even his smoking isn't as bad on his
health as his excess weight.

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On 7/15/2011 5:53 PM, Sophia wrote:
On Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:48:59 -0500,
wrote:

On 7/14/2011 9:48 PM, CatNipped wrote:
OK, I wasn't going to say anything to anybody so that I wouldn't jinx
myself (sorry, I do believe in bad luck, either that or reincarnation
karma, how else could I explain my life?). But I'm too excited to keep
it completely to myself, so I'm posting just here and not telling anyone
else...

I got on the scale just now and I was at 99.4 pounds. Just .60 pounds
away from triple digits. OK, it's the end of the day, so I promised
myself I won't be depressed and disappointed if I get on the scale
tomorrow morning and see that I've lost weight overnight. I'm probably
full of fluid plus all the stuff I ate all day weighing me down. But,
hey, I'll take what I can get.

Once I hit triple digits, I can breathe a sigh of relief. If I can stay
there and gain even more that would be heaven!!!

Please, could I have some purrs for that .60 pounds to magically appear?


I knew it and I said I would be disappointed, but this morning, before
eating or drinking anything I was 95.4... so 4 pounds of fluids
overnight - that sounds reasonable, right?

CN,

Everyone is different, I know, but it is NOT unusual to be 2 - 4 lbs
lighter in the morning than evening. What you ate the day/night
before (e.g. sodium/sugar content) etc all factor in. Once I showed a
6 lb overnight "loss"...also have shown a supposed 5 lb overnight
"gain". They aren't really.

When I went through the medical issue of having to gain weight I was
told to NOT weigh myself daily, but weekly (did I cheat - you betcha
LOL). The doc (and nutrionist) had me record my weight weekly, but I
had to record every morsel of food and drink, what and how much,
daily..what a PIA. I got admonished for wrong fats, too much fats,
sugars, wrong carbs, too much sodium, too little fats, too little
sodium, too much potassium,not enough calories, wrong calories, and on
and on and on - geesh!) Really not different than if one is trying to
lose weight I am told. Gotta say, the weekly chart did show the
steady, albeit small, gain. Still, it was the right direction. Didn't
go as fast as I would of liked but mentally and emotionally it got me
off that weight obsession roller coaster until I got to say buy bye to
that stoma.

In spite of myself I developed healthy(ish) eating habits - sorta.

Maybe you could ask your doc or nutrionist about maybe not weighing as
often if they told you to do so daily?

Good Luck sweetie.

Sophia

My doctors and nutritionist told me exactly what yours did you - I just
cheat. As far as recording what I ate - it was *such* a PITA that I
would decide not to eat rather than eat and have to record it. I
finally got the nutritionist to give up on that.

But more importantly, to me, you had a stoma??!!! Please, please (and
you can email me offline if you'd rather, my addy is listed in my SIG) -
tell me about the reversal surgery. The surgery that ended in the
ileostomy caused me to be in a coma for two weeks with a machine
breathing for me. I am *TERRIFIED* of another abdominal surgery fooling
around with my intestines (even my hysterectomy wasn't *nearly* as bad).
The surgeon claims that the problem with the first surgery was the
fact that I was almost dead by the time he even put a scalpel to my
skin. But my wound still hasn't completely healed since the surgery on
February 18, 2011!! I am on the verge of saying never mind, leave the
stoma (OK, not really - I think even death would be preferable to a life
with this). I don't want to be in a hospital for *another* two months,
I don't think I could stand that.

Sorry to dump all that on you, but you're the only person I know who had
a stoma.

--
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CatNipped
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On Fri, 15 Jul 2011 18:10:25 -0500, CatNipped
wrote:

On 7/15/2011 5:53 PM, Sophia wrote:
On Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:48:59 -0500,
wrote:

On 7/14/2011 9:48 PM, CatNipped wrote:
OK, I wasn't going to say anything to anybody so that I wouldn't jinx
myself (sorry, I do believe in bad luck, either that or reincarnation
karma, how else could I explain my life?). But I'm too excited to keep
it completely to myself, so I'm posting just here and not telling anyone
else...

I got on the scale just now and I was at 99.4 pounds. Just .60 pounds
away from triple digits. OK, it's the end of the day, so I promised
myself I won't be depressed and disappointed if I get on the scale
tomorrow morning and see that I've lost weight overnight. I'm probably
full of fluid plus all the stuff I ate all day weighing me down. But,
hey, I'll take what I can get.

Once I hit triple digits, I can breathe a sigh of relief. If I can stay
there and gain even more that would be heaven!!!

Please, could I have some purrs for that .60 pounds to magically appear?


I knew it and I said I would be disappointed, but this morning, before
eating or drinking anything I was 95.4... so 4 pounds of fluids
overnight - that sounds reasonable, right?

CN,

Everyone is different, I know, but it is NOT unusual to be 2 - 4 lbs
lighter in the morning than evening. What you ate the day/night
before (e.g. sodium/sugar content) etc all factor in. Once I showed a
6 lb overnight "loss"...also have shown a supposed 5 lb overnight
"gain". They aren't really.

When I went through the medical issue of having to gain weight I was
told to NOT weigh myself daily, but weekly (did I cheat - you betcha
LOL). The doc (and nutrionist) had me record my weight weekly, but I
had to record every morsel of food and drink, what and how much,
daily..what a PIA. I got admonished for wrong fats, too much fats,
sugars, wrong carbs, too much sodium, too little fats, too little
sodium, too much potassium,not enough calories, wrong calories, and on
and on and on - geesh!) Really not different than if one is trying to
lose weight I am told. Gotta say, the weekly chart did show the
steady, albeit small, gain. Still, it was the right direction. Didn't
go as fast as I would of liked but mentally and emotionally it got me
off that weight obsession roller coaster until I got to say buy bye to
that stoma.

In spite of myself I developed healthy(ish) eating habits - sorta.

Maybe you could ask your doc or nutrionist about maybe not weighing as
often if they told you to do so daily?

Good Luck sweetie.

Sophia

My doctors and nutritionist told me exactly what yours did you - I just
cheat. As far as recording what I ate - it was *such* a PITA that I
would decide not to eat rather than eat and have to record it. I
finally got the nutritionist to give up on that.

But more importantly, to me, you had a stoma??!!! Please, please (and
you can email me offline if you'd rather, my addy is listed in my SIG) -
tell me about the reversal surgery. The surgery that ended in the
ileostomy caused me to be in a coma for two weeks with a machine
breathing for me. I am *TERRIFIED* of another abdominal surgery fooling
around with my intestines (even my hysterectomy wasn't *nearly* as bad).
The surgeon claims that the problem with the first surgery was the
fact that I was almost dead by the time he even put a scalpel to my
skin. But my wound still hasn't completely healed since the surgery on
February 18, 2011!! I am on the verge of saying never mind, leave the
stoma (OK, not really - I think even death would be preferable to a life
with this). I don't want to be in a hospital for *another* two months,
I don't think I could stand that.

Sorry to dump all that on you, but you're the only person I know who had
a stoma.

Not dumping at all - I'll get back to you soon, OK?

Just know that once you get yourself nutrionally healthy the reversal
op "usually" (everyone is different) is easier than the first, less
pain too, they planned for your ileostomy to be temporary, you won't
be critical going into surgery and hospital recovery time is
relatively minimal.

But, among other things, much depends on how long you keep that darn
stoma and some of that depends (I learned the hard way, sigh) how
strictly one follows those dietary rules - foods and diaries and "the
other stuff documentation" which I think you know what I mean, if not,
that's for e-mail along with other stuff. Inappropriate for here.
it's the only way the docs are gonna know when you are ready for the
reversal.

Yes, glancing at my stoma scar now - it's minimal compared to that
"stem to stern" thing from the resection LOL...That plus the horiz.
c-section/hyst scar looks like an anchor. Ack what a visual!

OK sorry, TMI

Sophia

Will e-mail you next week, poke me here if I forget

On 7/16/2011 12:26 PM, Sophia wrote:
On Fri, 15 Jul 2011 18:10:25 -0500,
wrote:

On 7/15/2011 5:53 PM, Sophia wrote:
On Fri, 15 Jul 2011 11:48:59 -0500,
wrote:

On 7/14/2011 9:48 PM, CatNipped wrote:
OK, I wasn't going to say anything to anybody so that I wouldn't jinx
myself (sorry, I do believe in bad luck, either that or reincarnation
karma, how else could I explain my life?). But I'm too excited to keep
it completely to myself, so I'm posting just here and not telling anyone
else...

I got on the scale just now and I was at 99.4 pounds. Just .60 pounds
away from triple digits. OK, it's the end of the day, so I promised
myself I won't be depressed and disappointed if I get on the scale
tomorrow morning and see that I've lost weight overnight. I'm probably
full of fluid plus all the stuff I ate all day weighing me down. But,
hey, I'll take what I can get.

Once I hit triple digits, I can breathe a sigh of relief. If I can stay
there and gain even more that would be heaven!!!

Please, could I have some purrs for that .60 pounds to magically appear?


I knew it and I said I would be disappointed, but this morning, before
eating or drinking anything I was 95.4... so 4 pounds of fluids
overnight - that sounds reasonable, right?

CN,

Everyone is different, I know, but it is NOT unusual to be 2 - 4 lbs
lighter in the morning than evening. What you ate the day/night
before (e.g. sodium/sugar content) etc all factor in. Once I showed a
6 lb overnight "loss"...also have shown a supposed 5 lb overnight
"gain". They aren't really.

When I went through the medical issue of having to gain weight I was
told to NOT weigh myself daily, but weekly (did I cheat - you betcha
LOL). The doc (and nutrionist) had me record my weight weekly, but I
had to record every morsel of food and drink, what and how much,
daily..what a PIA. I got admonished for wrong fats, too much fats,
sugars, wrong carbs, too much sodium, too little fats, too little
sodium, too much potassium,not enough calories, wrong calories, and on
and on and on - geesh!) Really not different than if one is trying to
lose weight I am told. Gotta say, the weekly chart did show the
steady, albeit small, gain. Still, it was the right direction. Didn't
go as fast as I would of liked but mentally and emotionally it got me
off that weight obsession roller coaster until I got to say buy bye to
that stoma.

In spite of myself I developed healthy(ish) eating habits - sorta.

Maybe you could ask your doc or nutrionist about maybe not weighing as
often if they told you to do so daily?

Good Luck sweetie.

Sophia

My doctors and nutritionist told me exactly what yours did you - I just
cheat. As far as recording what I ate - it was *such* a PITA that I
would decide not to eat rather than eat and have to record it. I
finally got the nutritionist to give up on that.

But more importantly, to me, you had a stoma??!!! Please, please (and
you can email me offline if you'd rather, my addy is listed in my SIG) -
tell me about the reversal surgery. The surgery that ended in the
ileostomy caused me to be in a coma for two weeks with a machine
breathing for me. I am *TERRIFIED* of another abdominal surgery fooling
around with my intestines (even my hysterectomy wasn't *nearly* as bad).
The surgeon claims that the problem with the first surgery was the
fact that I was almost dead by the time he even put a scalpel to my
skin. But my wound still hasn't completely healed since the surgery on
February 18, 2011!! I am on the verge of saying never mind, leave the
stoma (OK, not really - I think even death would be preferable to a life
with this). I don't want to be in a hospital for *another* two months,
I don't think I could stand that.

Sorry to dump all that on you, but you're the only person I know who had
a stoma.

Not dumping at all - I'll get back to you soon, OK?

Just know that once you get yourself nutrionally healthy the reversal
op "usually" (everyone is different) is easier than the first, less
pain too, they planned for your ileostomy to be temporary, you won't
be critical going into surgery and hospital recovery time is
relatively minimal.

But, among other things, much depends on how long you keep that darn
stoma and some of that depends (I learned the hard way, sigh) how
strictly one follows those dietary rules - foods and diaries and "the
other stuff documentation" which I think you know what I mean, if not,
that's for e-mail along with other stuff. Inappropriate for here.
it's the only way the docs are gonna know when you are ready for the
reversal.

Yes, glancing at my stoma scar now - it's minimal compared to that
"stem to stern" thing from the resection LOL...That plus the horiz.
c-section/hyst scar looks like an anchor. Ack what a visual!

OK sorry, TMI

Sophia

Will e-mail you next week, poke me here if I forget

Add in the scars from the various feeding tube and drainage tubes and
you have a virtual road map on my torso! ;


--
Hugs,

CatNipped
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