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Trace Curry
I am very happy to have found Dr. Curry. I have never had a doctor who makes themself so available to his patients. You email, call or post on his forum and you get an answer even on the weekends. Dr. C is very down to earth in the way he speaks to me - everything is explained in simple terms that anyone could understand. rnrnI feel like I have team support from everyone in his office, we all have the same goal in mind getting me healthy. rnrnI give Dr. C and his staff a big gold star because they are indeed super stars.rnrn
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    Thanks for the add!!!! ~Tiffany~
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    Congratulations on your new Lap Band!
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Weekly Update
on August 31, 2007 4:27 am
Where oh where has my restriction gone.  I have no restriction at all.  This totally sucks!! Despite it I lost 0.2 lbs. this week.  Since my eating is out of control and I'm not exercising that is a great victory for me.  I was sure this week I would gain.  I was very happy when I got on the scale this morning and I little shocked.

I go for a fill on Wednesday, Sept 5 - I can't wait I need it bad.

Yesterday was my 5 month banniversary.  Since surgery I lost almost 30lbs I'm just shy of it by about 1/2 lb.  All things considered I've done pretty darn good.  I was off my feet for serveral months with the foot surgery.  Now its time to kick things into gear even if I can only do a small amount of walking for exercise something is better than nothing.  Time to start tracking my food again too - I need to get a handle on things get back on track.  The band is only a tool the rest is up to me.  I think I had forgotten that part of it and started to depend only on the band. I need to get excited again they way I was in the beginning.  This is a positive change in my life and I really need to embrace it fully.

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Weekly Update
on August 24, 2007 4:03 am
This week I lost 1lb.  I wish it was 3 or 4 but hey a loss is a loss so that is a great thing.

Well as with all of my past attempts at dieting once I reach that 50lbs gone mark I start to fall back into old habits and its happening again.  

I'm a foodie and i need a band on my brian in addition to my belly.  

I know I can't be perfect all the time because then I just wouldn't be human but I try to am for 85-90% of the time and now its been more like 70%.

Can't wait to get my next fill I now know for sure that I need it.  I can eat like no tomorrow - unless its something thats too dry.

Depression seems to be improving - I'm doing all the homework that my therapist is giving me  - Things to help improve my self-esteem, change my negative and all or nothing thinking.  I meet with him tomorrow I will be interested to see what he has to say about how I answered questions on the worksheets.  I really do think they are helping alot.
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BMI
on August 18, 2007 7:33 am
I just ran the BMI calculator:
I'm no longer morbidly obese - just severely obese.
Next step to be just obese. woohoo.
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Friday Check In
on August 17, 2007 4:31 am
This week we had a very tiny weight gain 0.3lbs nothing to get worried over I do have TOM right now.  So I'm sure that's all it is.

I think its time to go in for another fill.  At dinner time I can still eat more than one cup of food so frustrating.

Lane Bryant made my day.  I went in looking for jeans (haven't worn them in years) their sizes run a little different. I'm looking at them yellow, red, blue and the sizes 2,3,4,5,6 what the heck how do I know what size I wear.  So I asked; the girl measured me and said you should be a 2 or 3 and your a blue.  Basicly blue means you have big hips/small waist.  I ended up with the 3 and to my surprise even back when I did wear jeans I always had the gap in the back well with these jeans no gap they are made for hippie women. I was so excited.  

Depression is getting better. I'm sure its a combo of the meds and my therapy he has me doing these work sheets "Dysfunctional thought Record"  they are really helping.  When you have something that is getting you down or stressing you out you sit down and fill it out.  Now I have found that I have to do the same issue a few time (over days) before it starts to make a change but it is working.

Foot update saw the doctor today - I need to continue to wear the brace but I'm going to be fitted for orthotic inserts.  Once I get them I can wear something other than sneakers again - very cool!  They may not be the most stylish shoes out there but they will not be sneakers.

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Non Scale Victory
on August 14, 2007 7:46 pm

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I am so excited to report this:
I needed to get nice dress clothes today.  I bought some dress pants the kind with zippers and buttons - haven't worn those in years and wait till you hear the best part size 22.  I just can't believe it.  I tried on the 24 and they were just too big.  And my new shirt size dare I say it 18/20 OMG -  is this really possible?  When I was trying on the pants they were something called modern fit what ever that means - what it means it my granny panties were just to big for pants like that .  So I had to buy bikini style panties - I don't ever remember wearing those - I think I've always wore high cut briefs or granny panties but as long as I was comfy that's what mattered. 

So this excitement followed me home - I thought I would try on some of my old suits that I haven't worn in like 5 years - they fit and most of them were too big.  

I just can't believe it ~ but ~ its true!!!!

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Friday Check In
on August 10, 2007 4:36 am

Since I didn't weigh myself last week I can say that in two weeks I've lost another 2.5 lbs.  Very happy with that.

I don't know if its because of the weight loss or if its possible that my port has moved?? But when I bend over to pick something up or if I lean over anything I have become very aware of my port - it almost feels like its in the way or something.  Kinda weird.

Depression update - I don't know yet if its getting better its so hard to tell.  There are just so many factors in this one: My bipolar? Weight Loss related? Situation at work? Foot holding me back?  who knows what it is I just need to watch it closely.  

Foot update - I wear the stupid brace and I have more pain then when I don't wear it.  When I walk I have pain across the top of my foot plus with every step I get pins and needles feelings.  When I just standing I get pain in the ankle - will I ever have a pain free foot again?  I do the walking necessary to get me around but I try to walk on it as little as possible.  Will I ever be able to use walking for exercise or will this foot hold me back forever? Very Frustrating!

Who am I? - If you read my 2nd letter to fat (see blog entry below) I feel like I've lost my identity and now I just don't know how I fit into the world and who I am without my fat.  Crazy - so now I guess I have to start to learn who I am without the fat girl.  I knew my weight loss surgery and journey was not going to be easy but I never thought it was going to be this hard. 

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Second Letter to My Fat
on August 9, 2007 7:11 pm
Dear Fat,
I can’t believe I’m about to say this but I’m starting to miss you, however I do not want you to return.  I miss you in the way you miss that guy that first broke your heart. You never really get over him but you know it’s over and not healthy to dwell on.  I used to be able to blame you for anything that went wrong in my life – its ok – I’m fat.  Well I’ve now lost about 50lbs of you; I’m starting to feel like I can no longer blame being fat for my problems.  Now I know I’m still considered fat and I still have a lot more of you to kick to the curb before I’ll even consider myself thin. However I have found that I can no longer hide behind you.  My mind is changing along with my body.  I never realized how much I blamed on being fat. Someone didn’t like me, I didn’t get the job, someone looked at me funny, someone got mad at me – it wasn’t me it was because I was fat. Well I have found out that is not true at all – it is me and that is really hard to deal with.  I have to learn to accept that I can not please everyone and everything will not go my way all the time and that has nothing to do with weight and you know what its OK because it is part of my learning process.  So not only have I had to relearn how to eat but I also have to relearn how to respond to things.  The fat me turned to food for everything.  The not as fat me still turns to food but not as much and as time goes by I will turn to food less and less, until I have found new ways to cope with emotions and stress.  Now that my identity is no longer the fat chick I’m not really sure who I am or just how I fit into the world.  I’m on a rediscovery journey.  I have really great days and I have really bad days – I found out that this makes me normal.  How do you know who you are when you feel like your identity has been taken away?  I feel naked without my fat exposed to the world – just me no excuses.  That’s so scary.  On the days when I really miss you I remind myself that you are not healthy for me.  That our breakup is going to be the best thing I’ve ever done in my life.   Getting rid of you is getting me physically healthy and dealing with what you stood for in my life will help get me mentally healthy.  So now that some of your bags are backed and have moved out I need to figure out who I am without you and get the rest of your stuff out.
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