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Goals

Get into a single digit Pants Size

2 People
 in progress, 
3 People
 achieved this

not have to shop in plus-sized stores or departments

16 People
 in progress, 
13 People
 achieved this

weigh under 200 lbs.

26 People
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12 People
 achieved this

Get Healthy, lose 100lbs, feel good about myself again.

7 People
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5 People
 achieved this

wear normal calf-high boots

15 People
 in progress, 
6 People
 achieved this
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Gail Wynn, M.D.
My first impression of Dr. Wynn was comforting. She is really soft spoken & a great Dr. Her staff are also great.
Member Interests
  • Travel - I love to travel
  • Dogs - I have a female puggle named Pixie
  • Dogs - I have a male chi-spaniel named Chucho
  • Music - I love listening to Bachata, Reggaeton, Merengue & Salsa
  • Language - I am fluent in English & Spanish

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HW 2010(started working out on my own) 240  Pre op (liquid diet) 228  SW 219 CW 139 GW 130      
Goal 1: 199 lbs  DONE
Goal 2: 175 lbs DONE
Goal 3: 155 lbs DONE
Goal 4: 140 lbs DONE
***Goal 5: 130 lbs***

  

         

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9 lbs to go!
on March 11, 2013 7:49 am

Did I read my scale correctly!!??? YES, I DID!!!!  9 lbs to go & my goal is to be at 130 lbs by July 2013. I have faith in myself that I can do it. Hey, I know that's 4 months away but you never know if that dreaded stall will appear. I almost forgot how important it is to keep a food diary along with proportioning your foods per servings & exercise is. Well, I'm off to the loser's bench. See you in a little while. 

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My Fitness Pal
on January 10, 2013 9:47 am

Well, It's been a while. I started MYFitnessPal on 1/6/13. I needed to start my food diary again.  Lost site there for a while & over the holidays I went up to 152 lbs. Since Sunday 1/6/13, I've lost 3 lbs. Yaaay me! My Husband is doing this with me & he's lost 2 lbs. I'm back at it again! I'm hoping to be 130 lbs by July 2013. I'm back on the loser's bench & it feels good!  My "real" weigh in will be on Sundays. I hope it will stay 3 lbs less or better yet, I hope I'll lose a little more.  I will update my ticker then. 

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How much longer?
on December 12, 2011 9:14 am

 Well OH fam. It's been a while since I've been on OH & that's because I've lost no weight what so ever in about 2 months. I actually gained a pound in there in between. Yup! I had went back up to 154lbs. This past wknd, I managed to lose it & go down to 151 lbs. Boy was I so happy. I got motivated. I am going to switch things up. However, the way I lost the weight was sickening. I got sick for the wknd. I mean really, really sick. Throwing up & diarrhea.  Yuk! I was doing both at the same time. Literally! Never before has that ever happened to me. Well any way, I lost 3 lbs doing that alone. I hope that was a kick start to my weight loss. Decided I am going to start Zumba & UFC training on the XBOX 360 today & get back to walking. I got depressed there for a while because I was not losing anymore weight so I stopped exercising, but this morning I woke up decided to get back on my grind. I refuse to stop losing weight after my 1 year & not get to goal. I am going to log on OH everyday. I need to keep getting inspired. I guess I'm going to have to throw Face Book out the window. OH will be my new FB.  I am looking forward to my OH fam to keep me motivated & going. I am also looking forward to making it to goal. I again have gotten my hopes up.  Well OH fam. I am going to take my seat on the losers bench. I fell off, but I am getting back up. Need to dust myself off & try again. See you guys there. 

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(^.^) 1 lb in 1 month & FIL called me FAT!!!
on September 8, 2011 11:22 am
 1 lb in 1 month. REALLY!!!!!!! How can I shake this weight? My goal was/is to be at 130 lbs by my 1 year anniversary on October 19th. Well I am giving myself until October 30th. 24 more lbs to go. Will I get there or am I going to stay where I'm at?  Feeling depressed. I've been trying to stay away from my father in law as much as I can simply because he calls me FAT. I've come a long way & I know this. I am overweight now but I now feel FAT. I mean really FAT. I don't see him much, but when I do that's what he calls me. I told him that when he says that it hurts my feelings. But he doesn't seem to care. I almost cried the other day but I held it in. This is coming from an obese man might I add.  I don't know what else to do to kick the weight loss in gear.  So upset right now.  Well OH fam, I'm going to go back to the losers bench & wait this thing out.
    
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ABOUT TIME!
on August 8, 2011 11:55 am
It took a while to get to 155 lbs, but I got there. Now to get to my next goal of 140 lbs. I am hoping to get to there by mid September.  I am hoping to meet my ultimate goal of 130 lbs by my 1 yr  in October. On my way to the losers bench OH fam. Later!
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I've been battling my weight all my life. I was always the "Gorda" (fat girl) of the family. For yrs. my weight would go up & down. I don't remember weighing under 200 lbs since middle school. When I got pregnant with my 1st born son, I tipped the scale at 300lbs. It took for me to get pregnant with my 2nd son 5 yrs later to drop to 250 lbs. Stayed there for a while. Well for about 1 1/2 yrs. By the time my daughter came around I weighed 230 lbs. I guess getting pregnant 2 more times did me some good. It helped me lose the weight. I couldn't keep any food down with my last 2 pregnancies. (With my 1st 1 I wanted to eat everything in site.) After having my daughter, (my 3rd child) a few months later I had a tummy tuck. (that was in 2005) I stayed at 230 lbs for 2 yrs. Then my sister brought up the lap-band in late 2007. I looked into it with out telling anyone except for my hubby of course. I went to my doctor & asked about it but then she said I just needed to diet & exercise. I asked for diet pills, but still a no go. Then 1 day I felt sick so I made a same day appt. & my Dr. wasn't available. I had to see another Dr. Thank GOD he answered my prayers.   He brought up my weight. I told him I've tried so hard & so many diets it's just no use. He said, "don't give up & I'm going to give you a referral to see a WLS." I thought WOW! Are you serious? Went home & made my appt. I had to wait 2 mths of course but it was so worth it. Went through the process & got my lap-band in 2007. It absolutely worked for me. Well, although I would lose & gain it back for about 3 yrs. I finally went down to 175 lbs in November 2010. THEN........I got into a car accident 12/2010. I couldn't exercise any more. The weight started coming back until I realized that I needed to go back & see Dr. Wynn. (my surgeon) I weighed myself & the scale said 240 lbs. Sure enough that's what the scale read when I saw my surgeon. She decided to do get me an appt. to get x-rays & her findings were that my tube for the lap-band was bent & needed to come out. We could do another lap-band or the VSG. I opted for the VSG. I didn't like the lap-band much. So October 19, 2010 I was sleeved. I'm loving it!!!  I love sitting on the losers bench. Can't wait for the day my sisters look at me one day & say WOW you are no longer "gorda" (fat). Because even At 175 lbs, I was still the biggest in the family.