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So just when things are rolling along & I have made it to a year & think I have this thing mastered I do they DUMBEST thing and decide that at my son's Third Birthday Party today I can have some frosting off of his Birthday Cake....it was just the frosting that was between the pull apart cupcakes....I didn't eat any of the "cake" part---it was equivalent to about 2 to 3 tablespoons of frosting (okay..maybe a little more) and w/in 10 minutes I was so out of it that I went to the bathroom & got so sick that when I walked out it looked like I had been crying (really, I should have been crying at how stupid I was!). 

Then, I became so exhausted that I could barely talk to anyone at the party....luckily cake is at the end of a party & not the beginning. 

After having to lay down & sleep for more than two hours I was able to rise from the dumb-dumping dead graveyard & function a bit.

Why? Why? Why?  Such an addiction...even a year later sugar remains my achilles' heal & I still test it.  I flunked the test for sure today!

So...beware....our bodies have a way of reminding us that we have been surgically altered even when we are too stupid to forget.

xo, M.

Hi Everyone & Happy St. Paddy's Day!!  Today is my one year SURGIVERSARY & I am so thankful that I made the choice to have RNY surgery....it has been a life-changing year for sure &, aside from my husband & three kiddos, the best decision I have ever made.

I have "gained" so much this past year & so appreciate all of you who have been part of this journey...the support on this board is incredible & that has contributed to my success.

As of this morning I have forever lost 128 pounds since surgery (and if I count my highest pregnancy weight in 2007 I have lost 152 pounds)!  I reached weight loss goal at my 9 or 10 month mark & went from a BMI of 43 to a BMI today of 22.4. Of course, weight loss has stalled a bit (I would still like to lose 10 more pounds) but I am still very, very happy with how things have turned out.  I am so healthy & able to keep up with the kiddos...all my comorbidities are gone & I don't take any prescription medications for anything!  I work out (hard!) 5-6 days per week....became an avid runner & now am an avid cyclist....part of what I had hoped for as a result of the surgery.

Of course, I did learn that once I hit goal the "hard part" began....it was easier when I was watching the scale jump down 10 pounds per week & sometimes the varying 2 pounds up/2 pounds down is a little disconcerting, but it does have value--it reminds me to stay in the present every day with every choice I make so that I continue to maintain my weight.

Have a great St. Paddy's Day!!! xo, Micheala.

Hi Steve...thanks for your post...I figured out the bloating...beware of Kashi Go Lean Protein + Fiber crunch cereal...I was adding it to my Carb Master yogurt & eeeks.....it was really terrible (more on that above)...

WOW.....CONGRATS on your success, too!  ...u gotta love Dr. Houston & Centennial...great program!  And, of course, your hard work!

I totally understand the battle to lose the last 10 pounds....my body seems to be happy right where it is...but, like you, I'm still not completely happy with the number on the scale. 

At my nine month appointment w/Dr. H I had gotten to the point where I had lost 90+% of my excess body weight...BMI was normal, etc. & I was saying that compared to all the diets I had been on & off during my life that following the program post-surgery was easy & that losing the weight was after surgery was "easy".....then he said "yah, but now the hard part begins".....I thought about that a lot & he is right.  Battling the last 10 pounds...seeing the scale go a few pounds up/down every month....that's really hard....even though I would be content where I am now, I still really would like to lose 10 more pounds--I think I'd feel more "safe" & when the scale does flux a few pounds I would feel better about it.

You have done such a great job....can I ask what you are eating during the day?  How much are you able to eat? 

Nice to meet you! Micheala.

Thanks for the advice....I called Dr. H's office first thing this morning & am waiting for them to call me back.  Of course, I want to rule out bowel obstruction...bowels are moving, but, still....a serious condition so I want to rule it out.  I am so bloated that it even shows on the scale....it is worse every day & I am pretty sure it's not "real" weight gain b/c I am eating less than 1,200 calories & burning between 500-750 at the gym 6 days a week.

As far as nutrition, I haven't been doing beans...I will watch maltidol, but I can't remember having any....I did start adding a little ProLean Protein & Fiber cereal to my Carb Master Yogurt...so, maybe the fiber?  I am going to order the Probiotics for WLS pts today on Bariatric Advantage....I really want this to go away...I HATE the weight gain on the scale & I am uncomfortable (the pain is starting to ping in my back & all over my body from the bloating)....thanks for your advice!

xo, M. 

P.S.  Trina--it was great to see you yesterday....you look wonderful & are such a sweetheart....

Hi Cathy! Congrats on your success...you are doing so great.....and THANK YOU for that post...I also feel like I could have typed that exact post myself...I am going through the same exact things that you are...my one year surgiversary will be St. Paddy's Day, March 17th...I have lost about 130 pounds (90% of my excess body weight), but still keep struggling with the same 3-5 pound weight loss & gain...everyone tells me that I need to stop losing, although I would like to be from 150-160 instead of 160-170 (I am 5'9", so I am in a size 8 or 9 right now).....I work out really hard at least 5 days a week (burning no less than 700 calories each workout...), but I still feel confused because I want to lose 10 more pounds & I am terrified that I will gain the weight back everytime my weight fluctuates. 

By the way...what is LPT? For some reason that acronym isn't coming to me?

I see that you posted this back in February, so let me know how things are going for you....xo, Micheala.

Yesterday I started feeling pretty run down in the morning--thought I was coming down with the flu---I was getting feverish & then I got a pretty strong pain right under my ribs on the right side....it came & went but at the worst I was doubled over & at best it was just throbbing....called Dr. Houston, went to the ER...ultrasound was done & it confirmed I have a 2cm gallstone. Shoot.  So, Dr. Houston is going to remove my gallbladder, but we agreed that I could take some meds this week to get through Thanksgiving & then have it done next week.....that good because it's a really busy week....

So, despite faithfully taking the Ursidiol med post surgery, I still have to have it removed....my big disappointment is that just the night before last I signed up to run the Jingle Bells 5K in downtown Franklin on December 5th...I was really looking forward to it....next year, I guess....

Hope everyone has a happy & healthy Thanksgiving week!!! 

Micheala

I can't believe it---I am NORMAL!!!!  It has been 7.5 months since I had RNY surgery and today I decided to put my weight (I weighed 167 this morning...I am 5'9" tall) into the Centennial BMI calculator and ....OH MY GOSH....my BMI is 24.7 & that makes me "normal"!!!!

7.5 months ago my BMI was 43.3...I am so happy!

Now, just 12 pounds to the upper end of my goal range (145-155)...Micheala.

THANK YOU!!!

My goodness...thank you!  A lot of friends/family are saying that, too--but there is still a bit more that can be gone in my opinion.  What is mind-boggling is that at nearly 300 pounds 7 months ago it is so strange to have people telling me they are concerned I will get "too skinny". Crazy. Me? Too skinny? 

Dr. Houston was fine w/me losing down to 145--so, 25 more pounds is okay....I have worked hard & come this far...I do want to see goal!

xo, M.

Hi Everyone---my goodness it feels like forever since I have posted (although I read the posts daily)---a few months ago I was posting 3-4 times a day, but now the last thing I want to do is sit at my computer...I have missed everyone.

I finally took some updated photos....these are my 7 month post-op pictures.  I am 17 pounds from my original goal (although I have modified my goal to be 145 pounds instead of 155--I am 5'9.25" tall....so, we will have to see...)

As some of you know, I am so nervous when I post pictures....so hard for me to do....

I hope everyone is doing well....I have been praying for Ron & Marilyn & I know they are in your thoughts & prayers, too.

xo, Micheala.

I just had my 6-month follow up w/Dr. Houston & was told I could discontinue the gallbladder med at that time.  I was on Ursidol, but I believe it's the same thing.  Apparently, after 6 months on the medication your chances of a gallbladder problem greatly reduces.

The Ursidol wasn't bad at all....it was a capsul & I just crushed it up twice a day in my Carb Master Yogurt....never bothered me....easy.

Micheala.