You Know You've Lost Weight When...
- When you go to try on your "Skinny Pants" that you've kept on a shelf in your closet for years hoping that one day they would fit you, and when you think you've lost enough weight to finally try them on then drop down to your ankles!
- When you go to pick up your daughter from a luncheon with her cousins and you say hello to all of your nieces but they all ignore you, then later you realize that they just didn't recognize you!
- When your feet hurt so much that you go to your chiropodist (foot doctor) only to find that you have calluses on your feet that you never knew you had before because your feet were so padded with fat that you couldn't feel them!
- When you go out for dinner with your family, get up to use the bathroom, and your son is in the hallway waiting to use the bathroom and you say hi and he doesn't recognize you (even though he's sat across from you the whole meal ...could be his inattentive 18 year old mind though! LOL)
Anybody else want to chime in??
Barb
Referred May 2016, Orientation July 4, 2016, Pre-Nutrition Class March 31, 2017, Nurse April 10, 2017, Blood work/ECG April 13, 2017, Ultra-sound April 27, 2017, Psychologist May 30, 2017, Colonoscopy and Gastroscopy June 5, 2017, Internist June 13, 2017, Dietician June 14, 2017, 2nd Round of blood work August 2, 2017, Surgeon September 6, 2017, Surgery September 12, 2017 - St. Joe's Hamilton - No Opti
Height 5"4" HW 231 SW222 CW141
PreOp-9 lbs M1-20lbs M2-11lbs M3-13lbs M4-7lbs M5-8lbs M6-7lbs M7-5lbs M8-5lbs M9-2lbs M10-0lbs M11 - 0lbs M12 - 0lbs
Those are awesome!!!! I've bypassed a few clothes in my closet, but nothing like your stories yet. Oh, and I've started getting hair compliments. Lol.
Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. Choose happy. 
Opti -10 / M1 -25.5 / M2 -10 / M3 -14.5 / M4 -13 / M5 -10 / M6 -5.5 / M7 -9.5 / M8 -13.5 / M9 -0.5 / M10 -2.5 / M11 -2.5 / M12 +2 / M13 -5.5
Century Club and Onederland in month 7!!
Oh yeah..the hair compliments kill me...."Oh, you've done something different with your hair..." lol!!
Referred May 2016, Orientation July 4, 2016, Pre-Nutrition Class March 31, 2017, Nurse April 10, 2017, Blood work/ECG April 13, 2017, Ultra-sound April 27, 2017, Psychologist May 30, 2017, Colonoscopy and Gastroscopy June 5, 2017, Internist June 13, 2017, Dietician June 14, 2017, 2nd Round of blood work August 2, 2017, Surgeon September 6, 2017, Surgery September 12, 2017 - St. Joe's Hamilton - No Opti
Height 5"4" HW 231 SW222 CW141
PreOp-9 lbs M1-20lbs M2-11lbs M3-13lbs M4-7lbs M5-8lbs M6-7lbs M7-5lbs M8-5lbs M9-2lbs M10-0lbs M11 - 0lbs M12 - 0lbs
Lol yes the hair! I just returned to work after 8 weeks and almost 40 pounds off and although I had many compliments that I looked great everyone noticed my hair! Maybe that's the most sociably acceptable thing to say!
St. Joes Hamilton - Referral June 16, Orientation Aug 16, Group Dietitian May 5, Nurse May 15, Social Worker Aug 15, 1:1 Dietitian Aug 15, Medical Internist Sept 18. Meet Surgeon Nov. 2/17 Preop Feb 12/18 Surgery Feb 16/18
I always get people telling me they like what I've done with my hair and it hasn't changed that much within the last year and half! - except gotten thinner!!!!
Barb
Referred May 2016, Orientation July 4, 2016, Pre-Nutrition Class March 31, 2017, Nurse April 10, 2017, Blood work/ECG April 13, 2017, Ultra-sound April 27, 2017, Psychologist May 30, 2017, Colonoscopy and Gastroscopy June 5, 2017, Internist June 13, 2017, Dietician June 14, 2017, 2nd Round of blood work August 2, 2017, Surgeon September 6, 2017, Surgery September 12, 2017 - St. Joe's Hamilton - No Opti
Height 5"4" HW 231 SW222 CW141
PreOp-9 lbs M1-20lbs M2-11lbs M3-13lbs M4-7lbs M5-8lbs M6-7lbs M7-5lbs M8-5lbs M9-2lbs M10-0lbs M11 - 0lbs M12 - 0lbs
Oh I know! That's the best. I remember when it first happened to me. I was in the waiting room in the doctor's office. Usually when I sat down in the one those chairs my legs hurt from rubbing up against the sides of the chair - because I didn't fit. One day as I was sitting there I realized that my legs didn't hurt and when I looked down, I had crossed my legs without even knowing it!! I have lots of space in those chairs now. It's really unbelievable!
Barb
Referred May 2016, Orientation July 4, 2016, Pre-Nutrition Class March 31, 2017, Nurse April 10, 2017, Blood work/ECG April 13, 2017, Ultra-sound April 27, 2017, Psychologist May 30, 2017, Colonoscopy and Gastroscopy June 5, 2017, Internist June 13, 2017, Dietician June 14, 2017, 2nd Round of blood work August 2, 2017, Surgeon September 6, 2017, Surgery September 12, 2017 - St. Joe's Hamilton - No Opti
Height 5"4" HW 231 SW222 CW141
PreOp-9 lbs M1-20lbs M2-11lbs M3-13lbs M4-7lbs M5-8lbs M6-7lbs M7-5lbs M8-5lbs M9-2lbs M10-0lbs M11 - 0lbs M12 - 0lbs
1. When your nine year old tells you you look like grandma now (ok that one I didn't enjoy so much).
2. When people who never knew you fat are commiserating over having to lose a few pounds and you agree with them on how hard it is to lose weight and they look at you like you have 2 heads and say " what are you talking about? you are so slim. Have you seen her waist? it's tiny"
3. When you have to only chose inner-tube water slides at the water park so you don't rip the skin off your tailbone.
4. When you no longer have to wear spanx or shorts under skirts and dresses in the summer to avoid the dreaded rashy thighs.
Band-RNY revision age 50 5'4" HW 260 SW: 244 (bf healthy range 23-35%) bf 23.7% (at 137lbs) cw range 135-138.lbl with butt lift and mastoplexy March 23, 2018...2.5lbs removed.
Pre-op-16lbs (size 18/20...244) M1-16lbs (size 18...228) M2-15.6lbs (size 16/18...212.4) M3-10lbs (size 16..202.4) M4-11.4lbs (size 14...191) M5-10.8lbs (size 12...180.2) M6-8.4 (size 8/10...171.8) M7-6.4 (size 8...165.4 lbs) M8-11.6 (size 6...153.8) M9-5.6 (size 4/6...148.2) M10-5.8 (size 4....142.4) M11-4 (size 2/4...138.4) Surgiversary -1 (size 2/4...137.4) M13-2.6 (size 2/4...134.8) M14 (size 2/4...134.8) M15 (size 2...135) M16 (size 2...131.4) M17 (size 2...135) M18 (size 2...135) M19 (size 2...138) M20 (size 2...135) M21 (size 2...138)
I love your responses!
The other day when I was trying on dresses, my daughter asked if I was wearing "shape wear". I said, "no". She couldn't believe it....neither could I!
Barb
Referred May 2016, Orientation July 4, 2016, Pre-Nutrition Class March 31, 2017, Nurse April 10, 2017, Blood work/ECG April 13, 2017, Ultra-sound April 27, 2017, Psychologist May 30, 2017, Colonoscopy and Gastroscopy June 5, 2017, Internist June 13, 2017, Dietician June 14, 2017, 2nd Round of blood work August 2, 2017, Surgeon September 6, 2017, Surgery September 12, 2017 - St. Joe's Hamilton - No Opti
Height 5"4" HW 231 SW222 CW141
PreOp-9 lbs M1-20lbs M2-11lbs M3-13lbs M4-7lbs M5-8lbs M6-7lbs M7-5lbs M8-5lbs M9-2lbs M10-0lbs M11 - 0lbs M12 - 0lbs
1. When you are slip sliding out of every pair of shoes you own.
2. When all your rings have migrated to the middle finger position and then all hope is lost - they slide off of that finger too!
3. When you look at yourself in the mirror and don't recognize the person looking back at you and you smile.
4. When you can get down on the floor and play with your dog and you don't think twice about how you are going to get down there or how you are going to get back up.
5. When you unconsciously break into a run and you enjoy it.
6. When you stop looking at chairs and wonder if you're going to fit or if it will hold you.
7. When you try on a pair of boots and they slide gracefully over your calves.
8. When you are COLD all the time and it's a good thing. :)
Referral - May 31/17; Orientation - June 15/17; First Appt Nurse - June 26/17; Bloodwork and ECG - June 27/17; Sleep Study - July 5/17; Dietician Appt - July 10/17; Counsellor Appt - July 10/17; Abdominal Ultrasound - July 10/17: Endoscopy/Colonoscopy - July 25/17; Second Dietician Appt - September 14/17; Internist Appt - October 2/17; Meet the Surgeon - November 21/17; Pre Surgery Nutrition Class - January 12/18; Surgery - January 16/18
