DetroitGirl's Blog

Nearly 5 years...

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 18:19:00 -0700

I'm now nearly five years out from my RNY. My weight is hanging right around 195 pounds. Five weeks ago I had my extended tummy tuck and I'm VERY excited about looking and feeling "normal" for once... I'm still swollen and will be on and off for the next few ...

Two years out

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 02:08:00 -0700

So it's officilly been 2 years since surgery. A month before surgery I was at 374 pounds. On the day of surgery I was down to 349. Now, I fluctuate between 212 and 221, which means I'm maintaining a loss of around 150 pounds. My actual weight goal is still ...

Update

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:29:00 -0700

As of this morning I'm at 213.6 - wearing size 18 jeans from old navy and 18 or 20s in most other pants...

9 months out

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:34:00 -0700

i'm 9 months out (as of yesterday), currently at 237, wearing a size 22 jeans and fitting into some old stadard XL tee-shirts...

4 1/2 Months Out

Fri, 23 Nov 2007 16:45:00 -0800

I'm right around 4 and half months out from surgery. I'm down a total of 102 pounds (77 since surgery) and I'm feeling leaps and bounds better than I did just a few months ago. What an amazing tool this surgery is. It hasn't been easy, but so worth it. ...

11 weeks out

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:30:00 -0700

As of today I'm 11 week out and have lost a total of 77 pounds! I feel much better - have more energy and stamina... I'm working out (at least 15 minutes every day) on my exercise bike and trying to still do hour long lap swims a couple times ...

not a good blogger

Sun, 12 Aug 2007 20:27:00 -0700

i've not been good about keeping this thing up to date, but i'll try to at least get down some relevant facts so when i look back i can recall the journey... Before surgery I lost 24 pounds (3 months between consult and surgery) Four weeks after surgery I'd lost an addition ...

Two Days Til Surgery

Sat, 07 Jul 2007 11:01:00 -0700

Just two more days until surgery. It seems unreal. It's scary and exciting... I'm trying to gather my things up that I'll need but everything else seems to be distracting me... I guess I've just got a lot of nervous energy right now...

Got My Date!

Thu, 17 May 2007 17:09:00 -0700

Today I officially got my surgery date scheduled with Dr. Schram... it'll be July 9th. Whooo hoo. So I guess I have about a month and a half to get some weight off and get myself into the best shape possible for surgery...

Barix & Dr. Schram

Sat, 21 Apr 2007 08:59:00 -0700

So I went for my consultation and met Dr. Schram who will be my surgeon. I'm thrilled with the facilities and most of all, my surgeon. Dr. Schram was so friendly and easy to talk to. He answered all of my questions and then some... I've been browsing people's profiles and ...