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Loose at least 150lbs

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Fit comfortably in any booth in any restaurant

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Get to 300lbs(mini Goal)

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Being able to walk up a flight of stairs with out dying

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Get down to 350lbs(mini goal)

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Michael A. Snyder
MY first impression was that he was very very knowledgable. rnrnI have no issues with Dr Snyder it is more his staff that I am having issues with. Besides the fact that they never answer the phone or return phone calls and that they are rude 90% of the time I have no issues!!rnrnWell I would hope that I get the chance to have Dr Snyder as my surgeon but as of right now I don't know whats going on with his staff.
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  • Comment by ItsMoiRach on 11/9/09 6:11 am
    You are very strong Abby! Like I said on FB, welcome to the other side!!!!!!! We are all so proud of you!
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Surgery tomorrow
on August 10, 2010 7:06 am
Tomorrow I have to go in and have a scope done to look for ulcers, stutures and to redo the opening to my pouch. I am not able to keep very many foods down specially meats so when I went to my 9 month checkup my doctor said I needed to have this other surgery done ASAP. Hopefully this will help so that I am able to eat other things besides yogurt or cheese, or soft foods.
I'm scared to have this one done because of all the complications I had from the anestesia when I had my Gastric Bypass done.  Oh well have to not think about that and press on and know that this is going to help me in the long run.

Any prayers would be greatly appriciated.

Abby
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Half way there
on June 8, 2010 7:36 am
TO this day I have lost 125lbs!! that means I only have 125lbs to go until I'm at my goal weight!!! This has been an amazing journey and can't wait until I get to experience the rest!!!.........Just had to post my wow moment!!  I never thought I could lose this much weight in such a short period of time.  All I can say is im just following this journey... had a few set backs but am now back on track!!!

Starting weight 410 Current weight 285 Goal weight 160

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Fat Me
on May 6, 2010 8:18 am
I started this journey weight 410lbs on May 9th will be my 6month Anniv. To this day (5/6/10) I have lost 113lbs which is amazing to me but I am starting to have some struggles:
Keeping old habits away is one but my other struggle is  I still see myself as the "fat me" no matter how many people tell me how good I look or how much I have changed....I still see myself as the fat girl weighing 410lbs I honeslty think that this is going to take a lon long long time for my perception of me to change.  I look at my comparission pictures almost daily I have one hanging up at my desk at work so I can see it, one on the fridge at home, and one in my car.....why do I have to have all these constant reminders around because I still see myself as the "fat me" I just can't get over it.
The last few days have been really bad with it. I seen an old friend the other day for the first time since May 2009 so that was 7 months before I had surgery. And he isnt one of the ones that was very happy about my decision to have WLS he thought I was fine the way I was, but when I seen him he couldn't even look at me hardley he says its because I don't even look like the person he has known for 9+ years. He says I look great but it is just so different.....how do I even respond to that......It honestly hurt my feelings.

I love this journey that I am on most days...some days I stop and think what the Hell did I do...but then I look back at all my good days and remember this is why.....

I guess today is just my day to vent and get my thoughts out

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BMI changes
on April 2, 2010 7:13 am
WOW i am now only consider Super Obese instead of Super Morbid Obese.  When I started this journey my BMI was 66 and now today my BMI is 50. Its amazing Hopefully I can get down to where I am in the normal range. Not sure if this is total possible or not but damn i can wish can't I?

Well I will keep on wishin.....
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WOW MOMENT Feelin the burn
on March 4, 2010 7:39 am
So today I can hardle move because I got side tracked and did 180 ball crunches!!   I am just amazed that I was able to do them and that I am able to keep up at the gym. and do anything that my Trainer asks me to.  Just a little wow moment for me!!  Have another meeting with the trainer tonight....shes going to kick my a$$ today,......Since I can hardley move or breathe without the burn/pain. LOL its all worth it!!
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My Story

So where should I start? My story goes like this...
I started researching WLS about 3 years ago yet I didnt really start the process until the beginning of 2009. 
My weight has always been an issue for as long as I can remember. I grew up as the fat friend or the fat girl. I got teased all the time and that is mainly why I went down the road I did with partying and everything that I did.
I tried all kinds of diets only to loose 20lbs and then gain back 40 or so. Everytime I needed to go to the doctor all they would ever tell me is you need to loose weight. I don't think I can even count on both my hands and feet how many times they have told me that. Yet none of them had any idea as what I could do to help myself. In July of 2008 when I went to see my Gynocologist we talked about my weight and why I couldn't get pregnant( at this time I was engaged and my fiance at the time wanted to have kids) she was telling me that because of my weight it made it so that my body couldn't have periods. So at this time is when she refered me to go see Dr Snyder. Which after my fiance and I split up I decided it was time to do something for myself. This is when I went to see Dr Snyder and started the whole process. For me this process took almost a year.
So now we are up to surgery day.....( I know I skipped a bunch) 11/09/09
Day of surgery-11/09/09 410lbs on surgery day. Surgery went fine but afterwards in recovery they couldnt get me to wake up from the anestetic, well when they finally got me to wake up I couldn't breathe.
Once all that was under control things went fine while I was in the hospital I went home 3 days after surgery.
Saturday 11/14/09 One of my incision the one that had my drain tube contected to it came open and I had to go to the ER. THey got that fixed.  Everything was going fine until  Thanksgiving
Thursday- Thanksgiving day I woke up about 3am throwing up and in so much pain on my lower stomach on the left side all the way through to my back. this went on for 3 hours straight. so once again I ended up in the ER. This time they gave me a CT Scan to make sure I didnt have any leaks (which I didn't) what had happened is I had kidney stones and a UTI from the catheter. They gave me some heavy meds to take and got that all cleared up.  Everything has been going fine since then. Having issues with certain foods.....
Current- 01/06/10 356lbs I am 54lbs lighter and I am starting to be myself again. The smile and twinkle in my eye is coming back(thats what I have been told) I have been told so many things that my attitude is different the outlook I have on life seems to be different... as of right now I am 198lbs from goal. I am giving myself till November 2010 to get to this goal or extremly close to it.

This is my story and or journey through WLS. I can tell you all that I have my days where I absolutly wonder what the hell I was thinking when I decided to do this. and then I have other days where I LOVE the decision that I decided to do WLS.  I know that I made the right decision and can't wait to see the results in the long run..... I am finally starting to love me for who I am, which I don't think I have ever done my entire life...wow that was sad to say but it was completely the truth!! 

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