- Username: Crys
- Location: Derby, KS, USA
- Member Since: 7/31/2006
- BMI: 26.3
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- Surgeon: Jonathan Dort, M.D.
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Surgeon TestimonialJonathan Dort, M.D.Dr. Dort is everything everyone says he is. Very kind, thorough, caring, and makes you feel like you are the only patient he has on his schedule for the day. Even with all the questions I had, he never once made me feel like he needed to hurry me or that any of my questions where not important. I have seen many doctors in my lifetime and I have never had as pleasant of a consultation as this one was. I just wish the insurance companies would be more corporative so people would not have to go elsewhere! |
After looking into WLS for about three years, I have finally, after much prayer, realized it is for me! I am in the procces of jumping through all the hoops my insurance has put before me. I look at this time in my life as a furtherance of character building. I refuse to let the frustration I feel at times get me down!
That was three about 4 years ago....had the surgery three summers ago and life has never been the same...for the most part overthetop great! But not without it's trials. You don't change the way you have lived most your life easly! But it has been more than worth it!
WOW! on July 2, 2009 4:52 pm
It's crazy how the time flies! This month makes two years ago I had my WLS. Some days it seems like just yesterday, others like it was a million years ago. So much has happened and life has really changed for me. I need to get on here and post more. I am staying right around 147-150 and my husband says I am too skinny. I feel great but know I need to do more strength exercises. Working out on our weight machine! I am going to be doing a 157 mile bike ride through the Colorado Rockies in 3 weeks. So I do spend a few hours most days riding my bike. I really love it and don't ever feel like I am exercising. That helps! As far as emotional changes, I am still working on those. Big time. I am 2 years out and my therapist got in my face and asked me when was I going to get out of my denial. I knew this going in and thought I had such a handle on my addictive personality, but boy was I ever off base! Taking the food away just made me look to other things. And no, I was prepared for the shopping addiction and the problem with other men, it has been issues I would have NEVER thought I would struggle with. So I sometimes feel like I am starting all over with educating myself on myself and how to live life, but then I realize that is life, always learning and growing. Or we are suppose to be anyway! lol!!! This has felt good and I am sorry i haven't done this in so long. I will work to do this more often. I know how much it helped me when I was starting to look into having WLS. But who am I kidding, this helps me just by writing this stuff. So I guess it's a win win!
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Life after WLS on August 11, 2008 5:05 pm
As I stood in the dressing room today trying on dress pants, I was overwhelmed with the reality of where I am in body size now. I really am where I have always dreamed of being and never even began to believe it could be a reality. You know, that feeling we all get that if we were just thinner................well it freaks me out to really think about the fact that I am thinner,I AM THIN! and my life has just as many challenges and difficulties as it did when I was bigger. I have to remind myself sometimes that I really am half the size I was a year ago. It boggles my mind to think that I will have lost more weight than what I weigh. Just freaky to me. I work in the school district here where I live and went in today getting ready for school to start tomorrow. I took last year off because of the surgery and it still blows my mind when people I have known for years do not know who I am , flat out look right past me, or stare trying to figure out who I am. I am loving where I am. But the truth is, life is not better just because you are thin. I would love to be able to shout that from the roof tops. And God willing, if EVER given the opportunity to share that with the world, I will! I am 13 months out now, and am being hit with the reality of life after WLS. I hesitate to say I have a Darling Husband, or that our marriage is in trouble. The reality is, with life comes issues. We all have them. And this has been a journey that has been difficult at times. Change in any form is difficult and scary. I am thankful for a husband who is committed to our marriage and is willing to go through this process with me. There seems to be a void in information for those of us out here a year or more after WLS. What happened to everyone? I can't believe that after WLS everyone's lives were so "normal" that they didn't need anyone or anyone's experiences to help them along the way. Maybe I am not looking in the right place. But for me, I did so much research before WLS and was really prepared for everything up to and I guess, months after. I hit a brick wall the other day when I realized I am now at that place where people start to gain their weight back. NOT ME!!! God willing, I am going to keep doing this life in the same mode I have been for the past 2 or 3 years. That is making sure I am healthy and never relax to the point of not being aware of every single thing that goes into my mouth. I NEVER want to mindlessly put food in my mouth again. And I have found that this far out, that can happen. So, I am now entering into a new phase of my WLS. That being figuring out how to keep the mind set I have had for the last 2 or 3 years.
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"being" smaller on July 10, 2008 4:07 pm
 When I read other profiles and people talk about going from a size 28 down to a size 6, I think how cool, but never me...........well.............it is!!! I was shopping the other day and started with a 10. Too big, then a 9, still too big. So I then tried an 8 and still loose. I could not believe it when I fit into a size 6. It is really strange. I don't feel as small as I guess I really am. I feel normal. I move around easier and don't take up as much room in seats or chairs anymore. But I don't think of myself as being the size I am. On the other hand, I don't feel big anymore either. Just like I said, normal. And that, I am so very thankful for!
Life is GOOD!!! on February 11, 2008 4:56 pm
Wow........plateaus are for real. I hadn't weighed in a while and see that for almost a month I have only lost one pound. But, I really haven't been exercising like I should nor drinking all my water. The food part is fine. I have been taking all my vitamins and eating at least 60 grams of protein a day. I must confess I have found that I can eat dark chocolate and have to really watch myself. Actually the caffeine bothers me more than anything. But I am reminded that moderation is the key! Cottage cheese, Mott's no sugar applesauce, live active mozzarella cheese melted and Wendy's Chili have become main stays for me. I eat these things mostly. I do not like anything with nutra sweet or splenda, so I have really become hooked on LifeWaters. Another thing I like to do is go to Sonic and get water with a lemon, a lime and strawberry added.( their add ins) It's a sweet drink with not too much sugar. It's fun to have for something different. It's a nice treat. I also am enjoying hot water with lemon and a tiny bit of honey. I think I may do that with green tea as well. I am in a 14 jean and medium top now. I just love grabbing things from my closet and not having to worry if it's going to be too tight or not. I just need to get my exercise room in order. I haven't done that since we moved and we have had so much snow and ice this winter, I haven't gotten out and walked as often as I should. The dogs really love it when I do though. And so do I!!!! More later.....
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Time flys!!!!! on January 9, 2008 4:03 pm
Wow....lots has happened...I am under 200!!!!! Praise God, it's been over 20 years since I could say that. It has been a blast! We sold our home and bought another one. On an acre and a half with a pool. Can't wait till summer.....swimming, yard work, gardening and tree climbing with the grandkids. Will have 2 more come this spring!!!! Life is good. Weigh around 190ish and wearing size 16 soon 14 jeans. Just really having a ball living life to it's fullest! Will add more soon......................
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I am a 45 year old wife and mother of 3, grandmother of 1. All my life all I ever wanted was to be a wife and mother. And I got it! I really have had a blessed life. My mom and dad loved my brother and I and were great parents. The downside was that my mom obsessed about her weight and my dad let me know above all else appearance was most important. So I grew up thinking you could never be truley happy unless you "look" perfect! In my 20's, after my marrige to my highschool sweetheart failed, I found true happiness. In my relationship with Jesus. And my second marrige to my God given blessing of a husband. And in that relationship I found true unconditional acceptance.( both with Jesus and my husband) This brought a new freedom, one of allowing me to learn to see myself as God sees me and not preocupied with what others think or see of me. After years of over indulgence with food, I am ready to look on the outside like I feel on the inside. To be able to do all the things I think God would want me to do. Things I have been doing, just not to my full potential. I have a very wonderful and supportive husband, who married a thinner wife and has NEVER complained that I gained 100 pounds the first year of our marrige. I have come to a place in my life that I am not going to believe satans lies any longer. I want the abundant life that God's word talks about. For those of you who know scripture, I am ready to posses that promise land. I am ready to cross the Jordan and live in the land of milk and honey. For me it is not about looking beautiful. I have had that mentality and do not ever want to go back to that bondage. For me....it's about freedom, freedom to be and do all that God has for me. It's as if this extra weight is nothing more than chains bound to me, dead weight that slows me down. I have tried every diet there is. When I was documenting all the diets I have tried over my life time, I was reminded of how it all started as far back as elementary school. I was raised in a home where dieting and weight loss was a sign of strength. I have learned, where I am weak, He is strong. So here I am, 45 years old and giving up. Giving up trying to do it in my own strength. For me, it's all about allowing God to have 100% of me and my life. To make me into who He wants me to be. To be healthy so He can use me in any way He sees fit. I am so looking forward to where God leads me!
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