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My name is Stacy and I live on Long
Island, New York.
In December 1999 I made a
decision to have surgery to help me lose
weight.
I had watched Carnie Wilson go
though the surgery and I believed I
could do it too.
I was scheduled for surgery in
March of 2000.
I was in the operating room and
they were unable to get the tube down my
nose to knock me out (my neck was to big
and my nose too small).
I was wheeled out of the
operating room without having the
surgery.
My husband, Kevin was thrilled
the surgery did not happen because he
had not wanted me to do it.
He looked at me and said; “now we
are going to do it my way”.
Well his way is working…
I have lost 190
pounds and feel wonderful.
We didn’t use any organized diet
program we just shared our food.
At the beginning I didn’t weigh
myself.
After 4 months I finally got on
the scale and I had lost 50 pounds!!!! I
was so excited!!!!
We just kept going.
Breakfast is not a meal I usually
eat but sometimes I will have a ½ bowl
of cereal or a banana.
Kevin makes my lunch for me every
day.
My lunch consists of a ½ sandwich
(turkey, ham, tuna) and no-fat pudding,
a box of raisins, applesauce, banana,
and celery.
Of- course it does change every
once in a while but that is what I
basically eat for lunch.
I am not a cook and neither is
Kevin so we very rarely eat a home
cooked dinner.
Dinner is sometimes 1 and ½
slices of pizza (1 slice if it is a
specialty slice) or Wendy’s chili and a
baked potato or Chinese (1 dish and we
split it) or Mexican.
Told you I do not cook!!
When we go out to a restaurant we
have one appetizer and we share it and
one entrée and we share it.
The portions at these restaurants
are so huge it isn’t healthy for anybody
to be eating all that food.
I even snack at
night.
My favorite is WOW potato chips.
These are the chips that have no
fat and are made with olestra.
At the beginning Kevin would go
out every night to 7-11 to buy an
individual bag of these chips.
We didn’t want a big bag in the
house because you know what happens…you
just keep eating the chips.
Sometimes I have frozen yogurt.
I really get to eat what I am
craving for.
It is all in moderation.
If you don’t deprive yourself of
the foods you crave than you will feel
satisfied.
We tried to keep the new way of eating very
real.
We wanted something that I could
live with because this was not a diet
but a new way of eating…
I even started
exercising.
Two months into my new way of
life I had a trainer come to my home.
It was a gym on wheels.
I walked out of my house and onto
the truck.
The gym was in the truck.
My trainer, Phil, was great.
It was wonderful.
This was what I needed.
I was not prepared to go into a
gym being a person who needed to lose
200 pounds.
Phil never made me feel
uncomfortable even when I didn’t fit in
some of the machines.
I worked out with Phil once a
week.
I didn’t want to attempt anymore
than what I thought I could do.
I didn’t want to say “I am going
to work out 5 times a week” and then
after a month not keep up that pace and
feel like I failed, giving me that
excuse to start eating crazy again.
After 13 months I felt like I
wanted to do more.
I joined
JAZZERCISE and
promised myself to go 2 times a week.
I loved it!!!!
I now go 4-5 times a week and
actually enjoy- exercising.
I still need to lose 20-25 pounds but I can’t
believe I am so close to being the
weight I want to be.
I can walk up stairs without
stopping, my knees don’t hurt and I feel
great.
I am so thankful for the support
my husband has given me and still gives
me and the support from all my family
and friends.
I want everyone to know that losing weight
can be done without the surgery and or
the pills.
That eating what ever you want –
without depriving yourself, you can lose
the weight.
You just have to PORTION your
food.
If you have that person in your
life that is helpful and supportive than
it makes losing weight so much easier.
stacy@stoomzee.com
"MY
INCREDIBLE WEIGHT LOSS STORY"
by Stacy Rosenfeld
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