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  • Comment by sonatasmom1 on 2/12/10 5:47 am
    Best wishes today. I'm praying for you.
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    Good luck today!!! =)
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    Your Big Day!! Yay!!! I will be thinking of you girl!! I know your gonna do just great!! Cant wait to hear back from you! :)
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Medicine update
on February 26, 2012 5:10 pm
I think the B12 shots have made a difference already. I haven't felt as
tired as ususal and dont feel like i need a nap mid afternoon..everyday.
Not sure about the Synthroid but i haven't been taking it long at all. But i hope
that I get straightened out.
Hope everyone is doing well..have a wonderful week!!
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2 years already??!!!!
on February 9, 2012 3:33 pm
wow..i guess time flies when you are trying to get that last 20 lbs off!! lol I
 had surgery Feb 8, 2010 and I have lost 120 lbs. i have no idea where the past two years went. i
am relatively speaking "fine and dandy" but i do have a few minor issues to work thru.
I had an appointment with  my endocrinologist last week and now it appears my thyroid
isnt working properly so i have to start taking Synthroid and my B12 was low (what a surprise righ??)
so now FINALLY someone grants my wish for b12 injections...which i will be giving myself every two
weeks. so needless to say i have felt kinda crappy lately but keep on smiling
i am so very thankful for my surgery and it has truly changed my life. I never thought i would know the meaning
of self worth or even real happiness. but i can honestly say that i am happy and just thinking about all the things
that have transpired since my weight loss makes me want to cry!! HAPPY TEARS!!
I still cant tolerate a lot of sugar so the times i tested myself w/ some oreos..i REGRETTED IT!!
(JUST THE OTHER DAY AS A MATTER OF FACT) I have programmed myself to believe "I can't have
that..." so i dont try to eat much of anything that i shuldnt. and that works for me.  but there are days
when i eat rice or pasta and that is me being bad! i just repent later by strictly eating tuna and nothing
else for days afterward lol 
I met some great people here and i hope that everyone is doing well and staying on the right track.
its hard..an everyday struggle..but we got this!!! If i could just get motivated again to work out like i use
to or save enough money for LBL i will be 100 % satisfied!! .
take care everyone!
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Happy 1 Year Anniversary to Me!!
on February 8, 2011 3:17 pm
Wow..i cant believe it has been a year already!  Seems like just yesterday..thank
 goodness it wasn't tho lol Its funny how so much can change in such a short time.
I am healthier & definitely happier. Not just with myself but with my life in general.
I was hoping to be down 100 lbs by today but i will take the 93 lbs over no loss at all.
I want to lose 43 more but as slow as the losing is now it may not happen. I haven't
had any complications due to my surgery. I feel like I am normal and my surgery hasn't
altered my life. I may eat small amounts of food but i make better choices and
I don't ever crave the things I have convinced myself that i cannot eat. Like cake,
cookies, ice cream..ya know the good stuff.
I didn't even have cake last month on my birthday. I watched everyone else dig in
and i wasn't even tempted. I did eat some Doritos and got so sick i thought i would die!
( MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE ONLY HAD ONE :0) ) No more of that..guess i learned the
hard way! For the most part I have rid myself of the unhealthy elements in my life..and food
wasn't the only thing making me miserable.  I hope this turns out to be another
wonderful year. I want to lose the rest of this weight and make a stronger commitment
to the gym.   I want to be the best me possible before my baby comes home from
deployment in May or June.  (break out the whip someone!)
I hope all my friends are doing great...talk to ya soon!
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8 months already!!
on October 8, 2010 4:29 pm
Wow..where did time go?? I can't believe it has already been 8 months since my surgery.
So much has changed in my life  and I have so much to be thankful for.  Outwardly ..i guess
the main change is my appearance. And everyone around tells me how good I look all the time.
Last night my mother was looking at me strange so i asked her what is it??  She just smiled and said
I don't even recognize you  anymore!!
No one had anything good to say to me before and now its like everyone wants to be your biggest fan.
I do appreciate the attention and certainly from the men..hahaha! Yeah i enjoy watching heads turn..
but who wouldn't??  I feel great..I'm not having any problems..except w/ making my ass workout!
that is a constant struggle!!
But I know i need to do it unless I want to get reacquainted w/ that fat, useless me again!
And I do not like her anymore and I want her to stay gone FOREVER!! I'M loving the new me
and I know this journey is just getting started lol  I have lost 80 lbs and although the weight loss has
slowed down I'm happy and thankful for all that I have accomplished. My surgery changed my life.
I hope the best is yet to come!
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ALMOST 7 MONTHS ALREADY...
on August 29, 2010 3:13 pm
So I have been lazy and not posted anything lately. I'm on here almost everyday to see what other people have to say but I haven't posted in a long time. I am doing very well i suppose..no complications due to surgery.
Only the normal stalls that come with the journey to piss me off! But as of this week I'm losing again and I'm so happy about that. I have noticed that my obsession with weighing everyday is driving me nuts. Even tho i say I'm not hung up on numbers...I AM!!
I go to see Dr Rutledge next week ..which is my 6month visit even tho i will be a few days shy of being 7 months out from surgery. I am finally seeing changes in my appearance..mainly facial changes..I don't see changes in my body myself even tho everyone around me compliments me daily. Guess it may take a while for me to see myself differently. I do feel better and I have desires to do so many things I never thought I would even entertain. I cant wear any of the clothes
I wore before surgery ( my sister got a whole new wardrobe)..but yet that whole body image complex haunts me.
Hope all my friends are doing well...and congrats to my friend Darlene who will have VSG on Sept 29th!! I cant wait until we go on our cruise in March!!
Well wishes to everyone who fights the never ending battle!!
xoxoxo
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I am 35 years old, i have been in a relationship with a wonderful man for the past 5 years, and i have no children. Just like everyone i guess my weight has been my lifelong torment. I have never been "skinny" and i guess i have just grown accustomed to being overweight. As a baby i had  endless fat rolls. that everyone said was cute.  Well let me be the first to say now as an adult that baby fat isnt amusing anymore!!! lol  I guess i am fortunate that i do not have any major health problems...YET! other than some edema in my legs and feet--for which i take a fluid pill everyday.My mom is diabetic and heart disease runs on her side of my family. Every1 on my mom's side of the family is overwieght...and just the opposite on my dad's side. I  wud often ask God why i cudnt have more of dear old dad's genes...but i guess he made me the way he wanted me.
I actually was preapproved for gastric bypass 7 years ago but didnt know that i had to pay my out-of-pocket expense up front until the day i went for pre-testing. That was a shock and i wasnt prepared to pay that so i guess like all my diet attempts i just gave up and forgot about it.
Until now that is....i met a new friend recently and she and her husband both have had Lap band. I humbly admit that their success sparked something in me to try this once again.  So i started my research efforts and got my mind set on doing it this time. The first step as we know is to call our insurance company to see if it will cover the surgery. Unfortunately my insurance at my day job EXCLUDES IT ALLTOGETHER!! i was saddened and feeling "down n the dumps"...that same night at my second job i happened to call a patient to pre-register her for outpatient radiology and she just so happened to work there also..and she is having surgery the 23rd of this month. God sent me this angel to open my eyes and stir me in the direction of obtaining insurance thru my second job...which this month is open enrollment!!  she gave me some useful information and knowing that the same ins will be paying for her i felt like this was my GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY!  i haave the forms to complete for my insusrance but it will not be effective until Jan 1st.but that's okay...
So last monday Nov 9th i went to the education seminar that is required by the surgeon i have to use in order for my soon to be secondary insurance to pay.  Dr. Jack Rutledge will perform my gastric bypass..and he is wonderful!!! He is the nicest man and i feel he truely cares about his patients.  I have the 10 page packet to fill out and when i go to  his office i have to have this completed, a letter from my primary care doctor and my medical records for the past two years. So my appt w/ my pcp is Dec 2! knowing it takes a while sometimes to get anything out of the doctor's staff...i scheduled my office consult w/ Dr R Jan 4th. I hope that will allow enough time for me to get my letter and records from the PCP. i know that i will have to do the dietician/psychiatric evaluation & they offer it all in one day...at my surgeon's office!!  Again i have to wait until after Jan 1st to go to his office or do my evals due to the fact that my primary ins will not pay for any of this..pretty much my hold up is waiting for my secondary to be effective.  Im hoping the wait is the worst of my worries........I had hoped to have my surgery for my bday which is Jan 14th but it looks like i will be lucky if it even happens the end of Jan. So realistically im looking at feb.
I have no worries or fears as far as having surgery. I have been reading so much about what i can and cant eat...what to drink and when to drink it...so much to soak in ! I  have read so many profiles on OH so tonight i decided to finally create my own profile. I have gained so much inspiration from evryone on here and i do wish everyone the best of luck on their journey!!