- Name: Dabba Doo X.
- Username: dsroberts0317
- Location: Crosby, TX, USA
- Member Since: 2/8/2008
- BMI: 31.3
- Surgery date scheduled
- Surgery Type: Lap Band (03/14/08)
- Surgeon: Garth Davis, M.D.
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Surgeon TestimonialGarth Davis, M.D.I absolutely love Dr. Davis. He is so kind and caring to his patients. I found it very easy to trust him. I am so fortunate to have found him.rnrnHe has such a great personality and a wonderful sense of humor. I would (and have) recommended him to anyone who needs a wls surgeon. I also have to mention that he is the best fill doctor! He's in and out of there before I know I was even stuck. |
Hello! I am 37 and I have been married for nearly 16 years and we have 2 kids. I was never overweight as a child/teen, but after I started working I started gaining 20 lbs here 20 lbs there. Like most of us, I have dieted and lost, but it always has come back, and then some. I have just decided that I have to do this for myself and for my family. My husband and daughter are both overweight and now my son is starting to be. I need to make alot of changes and I feel in order to do that I need to have this surgery.
Other then a wife and mom, I am a pre-school teacher (i work 3 day a week) and I love to scrapbook and quilt.
Okay, I am completely sucking right now!!! on November 2, 2009 6:15 pm
I am currently weighing 202.0 I don't know what is happening to me. Last spring I started doing taebo in conjuction with walking and it started working. I was down to 193.0. then I got sick and didn't exercise for about 3 weeks and that blow it for me. I basically took the whole summer off.
I was able to maintain my weight, so I wasn't too worried about it until I started gaining. I gained 9 pounds. I have gotten back in the exercise routine of walking and and doing a eliptical for 30 mins a day, but It doesn't seem to be helping. My eating is out of control. Not the amounts, but what I actually eat. I have completely fallen and I can't seem to get up. I crave sweets all the time. I can't break the cycle and I don't know what to do.
I am completely frustrated and I know this is my own doing. I just have to figure out how to get myself out of this rut. A thought just came to me...I had be take prozac ever since before my surgery and I took myself off during the summer. I wonder if this could have contributed to some of my problem??? I guess I need to research that further....
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1 year Bandiversary!!!! on March 18, 2009 6:41 pm
Okay, so I am a little late in posting this but here goes!
(I forgot it was my bandiversary until I got an email from OH the day after)
This has been one heck of a year. Lots of ups and downs, but mostly ups.
First the important stuff: I weigh 201.6 lbs. I am down 60 pounds.
I am a person who is really hard on myself so in the beginning it has hard for me to accept that I was a slow loser. I have to say that I have come a long way. I am proud of myself, of my weight loss. I know I still have a ways to go, but I am worth it and I will do it.
I can't get over the changes in the last year. I am down to a size 16 from a 26. I enjoy exercise. Yes, I said ENJOY EXERCISE! I need it. My body welcomes it. I feel so good after I've done. For the last year my exercise has amounted to walking 4-5 days a week. about 2-2.5 miles a day. I had been at a plateau for a couple of months and even started experiencing a gain (9 pounds). I went and got a fill and upped my exercise. I am now alternating my walking and taebo. Let me tell you, it is kicking my tail, but I am loving it. I lost the extra 9 pounds and hopefully I am on my way down.
I know some people will look at my loss in a years time and think it's not that incredible (i know, I was that way a year ago), but I am happy with it so far. Do I wish I would have lost it all by now; sure, but I also know that I didn't gain this weight in a year, so I have alot to be proud of.
I am so thankful for my friends and most of my family. They have been so supportive. Always congratulating me and encouraging me. Letting me, see me, thru their eyes. It has been hard for me to see the changes. I know I have changed, my clothes are smaller, etc. but in the mirror I see the same girl. If it weren't for them I don't think I would have realized how drastic the changes have been.
I have met some really cool people that I would have never met if not for this surgery. Sisters and brothers who have walked the same walk as me and who truly understand where I am coming from. Thank you to my OH family. You rock!
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A new year and nearly 10 months post-op! on December 29, 2008 6:32 pm
As the new year is upon us, I am taking some time to reflect on this wild ride I started on last March. When I began this journey I weighed 261 pounds. This morning I stepped on the scale, (fully clothed) and weighed 199! My weight loss has been slow compared to some others, but I think that I has been just right for me.
This time last year, I was depressed and hating life. I hated shopping for clothes, and I never wanted to go out. One year later, the new year feels full of possibilities. I still have 49 pounds to lose before I reach my goal, but from where I stand now, that goal is obtainable. I might not get there before my bandiversary, but I will get there before my 2nd one!
It feels good to wear "Normal" sized clothes. and even though that normal size is an XL, I am very proud of that accomplishment. The pictures from this years holidays compared to last years are remarkable. I can finally see a difference.
I am so grateful for my band and for my new lease on life.
Here's to the new year and the new me!
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Six months has flown by...... on September 29, 2008 7:14 pm
Well, sort of! First of all I totally missed my 6 month bandiversary because of Hurricane Ike! We had so much going on with no electricity that I totally forgot about it.
I still have good restriction so I cancelled my Sept appt and my next one is scheduled for Oct 9th. I am down a total of 55 pounds, 42 since surgery.
I haven't been exercising like I should since school started. I just don't have enough time with running my kids to band and football. Hopefully it will get easier in a month or so when football is over and band competition is over.
I am getting all kinds of compliments from people who have known me for a while. They are completely amazed at how much I have lost. It's kind of funny, because I don't see it when I look in the mirror. I see it on the scale, I know I am wearing smaller clothes, but when I look in the mirror I still see the same person. That is a little scary to me, because when I was small, I saw a fat person. I don't know how to see what is there. I don't know how to change my perception of myself. Any suggestion????
It has taken a long time (5-6 months) but I have finally come to terms with my band. Meaning, I have accepted that there are foods, I just shouldn't eat. There are foods I just can't eat and this is not an overnight process. It takes time to relearn behaviors, it takes time to lose the weight, it takes time for your body and your brain to catch up with the surgery. Once I accepted that, this process has gotten alot easier for me mentally. I have quit beating myself up for not being further along and for every bite of food that I eat that I know I shouldn't. My goal is to eat right 90 % of the time, and I allow myself treats 10% of the time. This seems to be working for me.
All in all I am pleased where I am. I would have never been down to 206 without this surgery. I haven't been this size since I got pregnant with my first child 15 years ago. I actually am wearing a size XL shirt and size 16 in pants. I am very pleased with that.
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First of all, I am a complete Dork!!! on August 21, 2008 1:02 pm
My last blog post said that I was celebrating my 6 mos bandiversary; well it turns out I can't count or add or whatever...it's only been 5 months. So I will post next month about my "6 months". I had a small "almost" meltdown today. I was getting a bag of clothes ready for the donation center to come and pick up today. I started going thru the clothes piled up on my dresser in the drawers. The things I knew where too big, I put in a pile on the bed, the ones I wasn't sure about..I tried on. Well once I figured out what all didn't fit anymore (and by not fit, I mean I could but on with out unbuttoning them, etc.), I added them to the pile. The problem came in while I was putting the clothes in a large garbage bag. Something came over me, and I had that "what if I need these again" feeling. "What will I wear when I gain the weight back?" I have never had a problem getting rid of my clothes when they were too small. I never hung onto them, but for some reason I didn't want to let go of the ones that were too big! Well, I buckled down and placed them in the bag. I tied it and placed it on the porch. The truck came by a few minutes ago. It was hard to see them go, but now that they are gone, it is a relief. I will never need those clothes again EVER! That is an amazing feeling! | Leave a comment.
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