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  • Comment by Ed W. on 10/20/08 3:11 am
    Best wishes and Good Luck on your surgery today! I know Dr Jawad and his staff will take excellent care of you. I wish you all the success in the world on you weight loss journey. Welcome to the Loser's Bench! Ed
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HURRY UP & WAIT!  The journey begins and the waiting is nothing I can complain about.  It's been 33 years --- what's another 6 months :o)

I have had a love/hate relationship with food all of my life and I can't wait to get into relationship counseling (WLS) with the fork and food so we can start our relationship all over.

Hi there!  I am a 33 year old married female seeking weight loss surgery -- currently I am going through the Insurance Motions and I should be ready to submit for approval in 2 weeks or less.



    
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18 Months Post Op
on April 27, 2010 8:07 pm
Well,  I haven't posted in a VERY long time!  I am almost 18 months post op and I have lost 247 lbs with 3 lbs to go for my 175 lb goal!  I am currently in a comfortable size 12 and have a bit of skin to get rid of.  I have been told that I should stop losing now and I know in my mind that I'm not finished. I have become slender through the shoulders, back and legs and am just focused now on this belly, but I think the bulk of it is skin.  I feel like life is 100% different for me now!  I have acheived every goal with the exception of weighing less than my husband.  There really is so much to write about regarding this past year and I'm going to dedicate some time this weekend to putting pen to paper on this journey so others can benefit from mine the way I have benefited from theirs.  For now, the bottom line is I FEEL GREEEEEEAT AND I WOULDN'T CHANGE A THING!!!! -- -WELL, EXCEPT FOR MAYBE DOING IT SOONER!
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Being a Slacker!!
on December 26, 2008 2:54 pm
Hey there, well haven't I been the big giant slacker!!!  It's the day after Christmas and I have done very well through the holidays.  I am officially down 67 lbs in 9 1/2 weeks and thrilled about it!  I'm feeling great and am having a few side affects.  Let me share...

1.  My skin is ULTRA dry.  My face, my scalp, arms, everything.  I really believe I am just not getting enough water in and that would probably be the culprit.  I am aware of it, though, and have taken steps to correct it.  I'm getting in 100 oz a day now and forgoing all other drinks except for my protien shake and 1 time a day orange juice, which brings to my second side affect...

2.  Low Blood Sugar.... lol... I have to laugh at that.  I went from barely being able to keep my blood sugar under control under 200 to not being able to keep it over 75.   I'm having 1 small bottle of Tropicana a day to boost it up if it gets too low. 

I'm feeling really great aside from that.  I still haven't ventured out much with food, but I have learned that I cannot have

1. Eggs
2. Chicken
3. Anything with Eggs
4. Pork of any kind with the exception of sliced Ham in very moderate amounts.

I made the mistake of having ham for lunch and dinner one day in small amounts (because I can't eat large amounts anyway) and the next morning I paid for it.  I had a very sick stomach and was in and out of the restroom all morning.  I had a hard time taking my son to school!  I think it was just overkill on the ham... a little too much fat for my system to agree with.  I really enjoy the muscle milk protien drinks, but they are so pricey, that I'm going to try some other variations of protien drinks to see if I can find something I like.  I really don't see any way right now to get all of my protien in without the supplemental powder.  

I need to stop obsessing over the scale.  I knew I would do this before I even had surgery.  But I have to say, I'm sure most of you understand.  After YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS of hating the scale and considering it the enemy, now it's my best friend.  It seems to stand still for days at a time and then suddenly for several days in a row it will drop 2 to 3 pounds a day.  It's so exciting when it does that! 

I am sure I would be losing faster if I was working out more than walking.  The GREAT NEWS is that I have been out of work for a while and really can't afford a gym membership, BUT the gym I wanted to join JUST started a holiday deal with no initiation fee and only $24 a month for unlimited 24/7 access!  WOOOHOOO!  I'm join tomorrow!  I can't wait.  I have so much energy right now and feel I will really be able to put it to great use!!!    I am still working on my goal of 100 lbs loss by Feb 20th.  My immediate goal is to be down 13 more pounds by the time I start my new job on January 26th.   I will keep you posted. 

Some foods are doing VERY well on my pouch. 

1. Chili from Longhorne.  I can only eat about 4 bites of the "cup" of chili (don't even bother with the bowl) and I usually have the chili atop some saltines.  It's sits very well.  It's one of the few things.

2.  Green beans... i feel like i could live off of green beans.

3.  Wheatable crackers

4.  Pretzels

5.  Taco meat (lean ground beef) with pieces of the crunchy shell.

6.  Broccolli

7.  Very finely diced lettuce (salad)

I try not to do much with the crackers, wheatables and pretzels, but I do try to keep my calories in the 600-700 range.  Some days I find that difficult, but the orange juice does help give the calories a little boost. 

I am experiencing a few things that have me really excited...

1.  I can put my foot on my knee to get my shoes and socks on.  WOOOHOOOO!
2.  I can wrap my fingers around my wrist and they touch!!
3.  I don't automatically get a cart in the grocery store to rest on even if I'm only buying 3 things.
4.  I have dropped 2 pant sizes, but seem to be losing the bulk of my weight in my upper half.  Boobs aren't going anywhere, but the upper belly, and back -neck-shoulders area are shrinking quickly.
5.  Ankle swelling doesn't mean 1/2 of what it use to mean!  Now when my ankles swell, my feet and ankles don't look skinny, but they also don't look like the giant elephant ankles they use to look like whenever they were swollen.
6.  I have officially pulled out one of my bins of clothes that were put away awaiting surgery and I realized, I would never wear 1/2 of them now because it's been so long since I've worn them that 60% of them are very 90's looking :)
7.  I have changed underwear sizes.  My old ones are too big and my really old ones are the only ones that fit properly.
and last, but not least,
8.  I HAD 2 RESTAURANT VISITS WHERE I SAT IN A BOOTH!!!! WOOOT WOOT WOOT WOOT!!

I say 2 visits because the second one was an indicator that the first one wasn't a fluke!

Thank you for listening to me rant :)

I will post again very soon!



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FEELING GRRRRRRRRRRRREAT!!!
on November 20, 2008 8:53 pm

11/20/08 Alrighty, I had my 1 month surgiversary on Monday and as of today I am officially 37 pounds less than 1 month ago!!!! WOOOHOOOO!!!  I'm feeling really good.  i haven't ventured out much with food because I have dumped twice and hated it so much that I am not looking forward to it again.  I'll write more tomorrow. 

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NO MORE ERR
on November 9, 2008 12:29 pm
3 weeks post of (as of tomorrow)

Well, I stepped on the scale a few nights ago and am proud to report... NO MORE ERR!!!  The scale is finally breaking the news to me.  It said 381, then 378 this morning, so I'm down 27 pounds as of today.  I hope this keeps moving a long well.  I walked a ton yesterday.
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My mind is playing tricks on me :(
on November 2, 2008 9:53 pm
Well, today I am 14 days post-op.  I have to admit I had a rough day.  I really didn't think I would be getting so mental so early.  You know, fears that this won't work for me?  I was feeling hungry today and wondering if I am messing up already?  Am I ever going to get over this head hunger?  I cried a lot today (still don't know why).  Just a rough day, that's all I can say.  I'm sure that I'm going through a slew of hormonal changes, but I just have horrible concerns of failure.  That type of negative talk normally wouldn't come from me.  Normally, you won't catch me thinking of anything but getting to my weight loss goal in my mind and moving forward toward that everyday, but I guess I'm afraid of, well shit, i haven't been able to keep it off before, why do I think I will even get there now.  I have to get to sleep and wake up with a fresh attitude tomorrow.  Until then, I hope in the next couple of my months my scale will stop saying ERR. 
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I, like most of you, have been overweight most of my life.  I think I Paula 4 yrs oldwas normal for about 20 minutes once upon a time.  I get so frustrated with myself.  I feel like this is the only area of my life that I don't have in control and I hate that about me.  I just don't want to spend another minute of my life the way I am today.  I am blessed with 2 beautiful children and a great husband who loves me as I am.  My husband made 1 life changing comment, and that was my wake-up call.  He said "I would feel really cheated if I don't get at least 30 years with you."  So, with that, I have done my initial consult, my nutritionist visit, & gall bladder ultrasound.  I am looking to get my Psych eval. and bloodwork done this week and then off to insurance approval we go!  I must admit I am very nervous about that part.  It took me so many years to decide to do this that I would be very upset to be rejected by Victor & I in Puerto Rico still many lbs ago -- 2001insurance.  Based on what I have read, my insurance company (cigna) is not easy to work with, so that worries me.  I read this website constantly, looking at the before after pictures and reading everyones stories (on a daily basis) with what little free time I have .  I just can't wait to be on the losing side!  Wish me luck!  I would love to hear from anyone.