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« Reply #325 on: May 01, 2009, 04:32:46 PM »
Quote from: twirl on May 01, 2009, 02:29:50 PM
I have lost 40 since dec 9 - 2008    okay, honestly, it is 40 when I leave dialysis and less when I come in for treatment
but what the hell
I would kill for a coke

It's your dry weight that counts for body weight, not the fluid, twirl!  40 is great!  :cheer:
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« Reply #326 on: May 01, 2009, 04:47:21 PM »
really  ???

that makes me feel better    me before treatment  --- sir big butt :sir ken;
                                        me after treatment --- sir no as big butt   :sir ken;

I am proud of you jelly beany --- you are not old beast anymore  ( had a student tell me she was old beast once )
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« Reply #327 on: May 01, 2009, 08:09:51 PM »
 :yahoo; Yay Twirl and Jbeany! Good for you. You guys motivate me.
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« Reply #328 on: May 01, 2009, 08:15:06 PM »
Quote from: jbeany on May 01, 2009, 02:21:36 PM
It's official - I left dialysis today no longer in the obese BMI category.  I'm down into the overweight category - finally!   :cheer: 

I feel like doing handstands - but I think I'll just get back on my treadmill!

 :cheer:  :cheer:  :cheer:

Quote from: twirl on May 01, 2009, 02:29:50 PM
I have lost 40 since dec 9 - 2008    okay, honestly, it is 40 when I leave dialysis and less when I come in for treatment
but what the hell
I would kill for a coke

 :cheer:  :cheer:  :cheer:
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« Reply #329 on: May 02, 2009, 06:21:34 AM »
 :clap; Twirl
 :clap; jbeany


It's not easy to lose the weight but it's so important.  You guys and Kitkatz too are real role models for others.
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« Reply #330 on: July 15, 2009, 05:55:05 PM »
I'm now down 49 pounds since I started.  Man, I can't wait for the next pound!  I have 35 more to go to reach my goal weight of a normal BMI.  It didn't seem possible I'd get this far when I started, but I'm getting there.  When I started, my goal was to lose enough to make my transplant team happy - they wanted me down 20 pounds.  I just keep readjusting my goals as I meet the old ones.  My sister and friends have taken to calling me the "skinny b**ch" - and I just say "Thank you!"  :bandance;
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« Reply #331 on: July 15, 2009, 05:57:08 PM »
Wow - good on you!  I heard a good tip the other day.  Whether you're at work or at home, get used to standing while you're on the phone.  It's only a little thing, but can make a difference!
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« Reply #332 on: July 20, 2009, 04:17:28 PM »
Amazing job jbeany and twirly whirly I am very proud of you two, its hard enough losing weight, even harder when you are a dialysis patient :grouphug;
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« Reply #333 on: July 20, 2009, 05:06:43 PM »
Quote from: Hanify on July 15, 2009, 05:57:08 PM
Wow - good on you!  I heard a good tip the other day.  Whether you're at work or at home, get used to standing while you're on the phone.  It's only a little thing, but can make a difference!

I have one step more on that tip - every time I get a phone call while I'm home that I know is likely to last a while, I turn on my tread mill and walk slowly while talking.  Even at 1 mile an hour, a phone call from my Gram can get me half a mile before I can get her off the phone!  Slow steps count too.  When she called tonight, I hadn't done my daily mile yet.  I got 2/10ths in before I said goodbye - then I cranked up and power walked the rest of the mile.
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« Reply #334 on: August 02, 2009, 06:14:51 PM »
Good idea jbeany!!  Congrats twirl and jbeany!!!  You have done fabulous with the weight loss.   :bandance; :bandance;  I have about 45 lbs gone since last year and lots more to go!!!
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« Reply #335 on: August 02, 2009, 07:14:27 PM »
I have been working on this since June 29. I'm only down 7 pounds, but I'm very, very happy about even that amount. Forty more to go and I'll be ecstatic!

Thanks for the inspiration.

 :waving;

 :thx;

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« Reply #336 on: August 15, 2009, 12:39:06 PM »
Good for you!

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« Reply #337 on: August 15, 2009, 10:10:11 PM »
Someone needs to sew my mouth shut I think. Good Lord I am swimming 1/2 mile three days a week and gaining weight. Got to stop eating like a truck driver (Sorry Sluff.)
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« Reply #338 on: August 15, 2009, 11:22:22 PM »
       I know that truck driver diet........  I need a new diet........  A diet of motivation..........
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« Reply #339 on: August 16, 2009, 07:21:10 AM »
This is such a great thread for inspiration.  :clap;

I'm down 10 pounds now. I'm shooting for another 10 by the end of September/first of October. Then I'll tackle the next 10.

 :clap; :clap;

Small steps. Small steps.

At least my husband loves "fluffy" women!

 :rofl; :rofl;

(He also likes skinny b**ches, jbeany!)

Keep it up, (er down) ladies!

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« Reply #340 on: September 10, 2009, 05:32:22 PM »
Congrats on all the weight loss :boxing;

Tip for PD patients That I just found out. Our Clinic got a new dietitian and she is awesome. There is a computer program that can use your PET test and 24 hr urinalsys and the dialisate strength and volume to determine how many carbohydrate calories you are absorbing a day from PD. I am absorbing 525. This give me a better prospective on how much my intake is.

tips for loosing weight dietitian and I came up with, mix ground turkey with ground beef.  And to ween myself on to diet soda (mt dew no phos, has caffeen) I am going to mix it 1/2 and 1/2 also.

Hoping to loose weight, Have stopped gaining I do believe Same weight for 2 mo

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« Reply #341 on: September 10, 2009, 05:33:44 PM »
Good on you Girlie.  You've turned the corner which is a huge step.  All downhill from here (in a good way).
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« Reply #342 on: December 15, 2009, 11:27:14 AM »
Well, the good news is my scale today says I'm down a grand total of 70 pounds.  I was down 53 when I went for the transplant at the end of August, so the rest of that I lost the wrong way - being sick, but heck, it's still off me. (No food by mouth for 2 months is not a weight loss plan I'd endorse!)   I am now 12 pounds from dropping into the "normal" weight category of BMI for my height.

The bad news is that I took a good look in the mirror at the excess flesh still on my thighs and butt, and the oh-so-lovely arm jiggle.  (There's excess flesh on my tummy, too, but it's hard to figure out how much with all the bandages covering the huge open wound!)  There's a lot more fat there than just 12 pounds worth.  That means that the high end of my weight category is still overweight for my frame. 70 pounds ago, I was thinking I'd be able to stop trying and just start maintaining at the high end.  Guess I'm not as "big-boned" as I always claimed I was. . . 
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« Reply #343 on: December 15, 2009, 11:50:27 AM »
I have put on 10 pounds.  177-187.  I want to lose it because now I only have 1 pair of pants that fit.  The great news is I gained the weight because I quit smoking.
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« Reply #344 on: December 15, 2009, 01:06:34 PM »
Best reason to gain!  Once you can breath better, you can up the exercise a bit and get the weight back off.
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« Reply #345 on: December 15, 2009, 02:33:38 PM »
jbeany 70 lbs is awesome!!!  It must feel so good!!!  I have almost 50 gone and I feel so much better. I need to lose about another 40 before I am in the normal range!!!  I bought a hoody on Saturday.  I bought large because I used to always need extra large.  I had to return it on Monday and buy a small one!!  I tried on medium and it was still big on me!!  I think the hoody must have been a big make though!!  LOL.  Jbeany when you get well enough to start doing a few things again you will start to tone up a little. I haven't lost any weight in the past little while but I am smaller because my clothes are looser on me!!  jbeany do people sometimes look at you since you've lost weight and tell you how different you look.  That makes you feel good too!!!

YLGuy congrats on quitting the habit!! :clap;  Weight is probably easier to lose than it is to quit smoking. 
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« Reply #346 on: December 15, 2009, 04:45:02 PM »
I have people who don't recognize me until I start talking.  It does feel wonderful!
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« Reply #348 on: January 03, 2010, 09:34:16 PM »
I fell way off the diet wagon this last year.  I got a cold and quit going to the gym. The weight cam back.  Darn it!  So this year I will go back to the gym and begin to develop some other muscles.
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« Reply #349 on: January 04, 2010, 12:23:08 AM »

Kit, you were great walking all over Los Angeles yesterday, I figure we walked about 2 hours!  :yahoo;
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