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Patrick Coates, M.D.
I met Dr. Coates at an informational seminar on 4/20/04 and loved how knowledgeable he was about the surgery. He easily answered questions and never had to second guess his answers. Due to his confidence I requested him as my surgeon when I saw my PCP to request the surgery. My surgery was on 8/3/04 and I had no complications at all. Dr. Coates did a wonderful job on me and I couldn't be happier with the surgery! I reccomend him to anyone who is interested in the surgery.
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  • Parenting - I'm finally pregnant after trying 9 years!!!
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Kristy T.'s Journey

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Describe your behavioral and emotional battle with weight control before learning about bariatric surgery.
Before learning about bariatric surgery I felt that I was destined to be fat. I had tried so many diets over the years that I had given up trying to keep track of them all. Eventually I adopted the mentality that nothing works so why try. All that did for me was put on more weight.
Latest Surgery Support Comments

  • Comment by Chele on 8/19/07 10:20 pm
    Happy Birthday Kristy! You certainly have a lot to celebrate. Hope your day was awesome. You have your health, hubby and BEAUTIFUL daughter Alice. Blessings to you!
  • Comment by Marathon Diva on 1/12/07 9:19 pm
    Just wanted to stop by and congrats on gettin back into your size 6's! woohoo!!
  • Comment by Celest J. on 11/22/06 1:05 pm
    Just wanted to send you some love. Big hugs, Celest
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Ok...got it figured out
on July 5, 2007 12:10 pm
Ok...so I have this whole "Why am I not loosing weight?" thing figured out.  Turns out I sent my body into conservation mode.  Yep...my body was freaking out because I wasn't taking in ENOUGH calories.  Go figure right?  So my last post started 3 days of just grazing & eating just about everything...and I lost 3 lbs!  I averaged 300-400 more calories than I'd been taking in and I lost weight....so I guess that's what I need to do...eat more!  Go figure right?  So at least I've lost 3 of the 4 lbs I gained...yea!  Now I'm back to only 6 lbs to loose instead of 9!  YIPPEE!
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Still feeling fat...why?
on June 28, 2007 11:20 pm
Ok...so I knew that going into this that the mind journey would be hard.  I mean...I figured that it would take my brain a while to catch up with my body...but come on now.  I'm nearly 3 years post op and I still see myself so much bigger than what I am.  Why do I still obsess on the scale?  ARGH! 

Anyway, I've been trying to get the rest of my baby weight off and for the life of me it won't come off.  I've modified my diet to a much lower carb diet than what I was eating before.  I'm averaging 1000-1100 calories, 70-80g protein, 40-50g carbs, & 40-50oz water a day.  Ok...so I could up my water intake...but aside from that...I don't know what else I could do.  Most of my carbs come from veggies...I don't do bread, I've limited myself to one fajita size tortilla a day, no more chips, no more crackers, no more cheez-its, no more goldfish, no more pretzles...so what the hell?

So aside from that I've been pretty busy.  Alice is 11 months old now (ok...well she will be in a few days) and is all over the place.   I can't believe my baby is going to be a year next month!  So we're busy planning her birthday party.  She's not only crawling, but she's cruising, feeding herself, standing by herself...next is walking...it's just a matter of time.  Oh...and my girl loves sour.  She loves lemons & pickles...go figure!  Silly girl.  Anyway, here are some recent pictures of her.

mmm....dinner  Feeding herself with a spoon  Mama's pickle girl  alicelookingup.jpg  alice6-12-07.jpg  whatmama.jpg

Til next time...
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A long overdue update
on May 1, 2007 12:32 am
So...I was reminded last week that I hadn't updated my little blog here since December.  My how time flies.  Well...I'm still battling those last 5-10 pregnancy pounds.  I just can't seem to get rid of them even though I'm back into a 6-8 jean. I've noticed that my hips are still a little wider than before...but that's to be expected with pregnancy.  I think most of all I'm still sick & tired of my skin.  It's just so gross...and I'm sure that's what making me feel like I'm still fat.  I dunno...I guess part of me is still afraid of loosing too much weight...and part of me wants to loose more weight.  Everyone tells me that I'm fine where I am...and I guess they are right.  I mean...I'm still down just over 100 lbs and have been able to maintain that weight loss now for a good 2 years.  I did have a mini wow moment recently.  I had to break down and take my wedding rings in to be resized.  And wouldn't ya know...it's a new record for me.  Before I had surgery my wedding rings were a 10...now...they are about a 5.5...can you believe that?  My hands are nearly 1/2 the size they were before!  

Now...if only my belly was 1/2 the size now!  I'm starting to feel way fat again...I notice that a lot of my post op friends are now getting their PS done...and I'm so jealous.  Here they are...all small & skinny...then there's me....with this big ol panni...and the only way I look 1/2 way decent is when I wear this damn girdle.  I know that it's dumb to feel this way...but I can't help it.  Now I'm starting to feel trapped by my skin...almost the same way I felt traped before by my weight.  I could be so much healthier...but exercise SUCKS right now.  It's to hot to do it with the girdle and too uncomfortable to do it without it.  Especially now that the weather is warming up...I see all these cute tops...that I can't wear because of my skin.  If I don't wear my girdle I have this giant belly roll that makes me look like an "if it don't fit don't force it" violator...and if I do wear my girdle...it shows.  So I'm kinda limited on what I can wear this summer.  Oh god...I have to look into getting into a swimsuit.  YIKES!!  Who would have thought that even after a 100+ lb loss that I'd still be afraid to wear a swimsuit.  Fact is...I think I had more confidence wearing one when I was 250lbs than I do now.  I just want the confidence that I thought I would have at this point...damn skin.  But I can't have it taken off yet...not only because I can't afford the tummy tuck...but also because I want another baby...and I'll be damned if I pay all that money to get all tight & pretty to stretch it out again.  Hell...at this point the only thing my skin is good for is pregnancy.  I know it's not as big as some people...but to me it is.  I'm just so tired of it...anyone care to wave a magic wand to make it go away?  

Well...on a lighter note...my darling daughter is now 9 months old.  My how time flies.  She's doing great...no teeth yet...and she's not too interested in the chunkier foods...but I'll just keep trying.  She rolls everywhere...and gets up on her hands & knees but isn't crawling just yet...but I'm sure it's right around the corner.  She had her 9 month shots the other day...took 'em like a champ and didn't even flinch.  As for her weight....she's a petite thing...17lb 13oz & 28.75 inches long.  We also had her baptized on 4/15...my mom was in town for a few days as they were passing through on their way to Washington.  I'm so glad that my mom was able to be there for such a blessed event.  Here are a few pics we did for the occasion.
Alicebaptism1.jpg3generation4-14-07.jpgAlice8half2.jpg

So aside from that not a whole lot is new...just waiting to get into the RN program...which is taking forever since Delta College refuses to remove a W from my records even though I had a perfectly good reason (and the instructor agreed) for droping my class.  Oh well...nothing I can do about it.  So...there's my update...comment if ya feel the need...
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All's well here!
on December 20, 2006 11:18 am
So...it looks like I just got my Friday's mixed up...my mom's coming afterall!!!  YEA!!!!!!  So I get to make another trip up to the Sac airport THIS Friday to pick her up.  We called my dad and got the scoop...so I told him this time to email me flight numbers so I know exactly which flight she's on!  I'm so excited!  

Oh yea...we took Alice in to see Santa...she took the most adoreable picture!!

AliceSanta12-16-06.jpg

Well...I gotta go finish shopping!!
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It's a happy time of year right?
on December 16, 2006 12:24 am
Ok...so it's coming up on Christmas...and I'm a mommy now.  So this should be an awesomely happy time right?  So why am I so bummed?  I'll tell you why.  Last Saturday I got a call from my dad saying that he was surprising my mom with a flight out here from AZ to CA to see us for Christmas.  Now...my mom was out of CA when I had my daughter and hasn't seen her in person yet.  I'm elated.  So excited I can hardly sit still.  He tells me that she'll arrive on Friday (the 15th...or so I understood) and needs to know if she'll need a car.  Nope...got that covered...I got the day off of work to go pick her up and will easily drive her anywhere she needs to go.  He goes on to tell me that she'll come home on Christmas Day & under no circumstances is she to find out about this.  Later that day I get an email from him telling me that she'll arrive in Sac at 211pm leaving at 9am on American West airlines.  No flight number.  So...Monday at work I get authorized to take Friday off.  Then on Tuesday I get an email from my mom saying that she got a call from my dad and that he has to go in for a head CT on Friday morning at 730am because the doc saw something funny on an MRI he had done some time ago.  Well because he told me she's not to know...I'm thinking it's part of his plan to get her into Phoenix to fly out here.  Boy...I was wrong.

Now fast forward to Friday...2pm...I show up at the airport & wait....and wait....and wait...nothing.  I call her...phone rolls directly to voice mail.  I'm thinking she's on the plane and it's been delayed.  But I'm not entirely sure because I have no flight number.  So I give up and go to the airline counter...they have no record of her on any flight that day.  So I call her again...and she answers!  I ask her where she is (thinking she's departed the plane and is walking towards me) and she tells me that she's in her car.  HUH???  She tells me that the CT was quick and only lasted like 10 minutes and that they are getting ready to meet up with like 40 people and go out to some place.  HUH????  I thought she was coming to see me & Alice!!!!  I'm confused!  Did he cancel the flight because of the doctor call & not tell me??  So I tell my mom "I'm not sure if I'm supossed to say anything" (meaning the trip out) and my mom tells me not to and that she'll call me tomorrow.  HUH???  I don't get it?  So we hang up and I call Adam crying...I soooooo wanted to see my mom.  I miss her more than anything and I really want her to meet my daughter!

So I cry my way home...get my daughter into bed for a nap & bum around the house.  I'd had plans for today...we were going to come home, go out for dinner, take Alice to see Santa...but she's not here...and it looks like it'll be April before I see my mom again.  Oh well...................
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Weight Log:
Start weight - 254
Pre-op - 244.0 - 10 lbs gone
Week 1 - 232.0 - 22 lbs gone
Month 1 - 214.0 - 40 lbs gone
Month 2 - 196.0 - 58 lbs gone
Month 3 - 176.0 - 78 lbs gone
Month 4 - 167.0 - 87 lbs gone.....I hit my 75%!!!!!!
Month 5 - 158.5 - 95.5 lbs gone
Month 6 - 154.0 - 100 lbs gone!!!
Month 7 - 148.0 - 106 lbs gone
Month 8 - 149.0 - 105 lbs gone
Month 9 - 146.0 - 108 lbs gone
Month 10 - 146.0 - 108 lbs gone
Month 11 - 142.0 - 112 lbs gone 
Month 12 - 140.0 - 114 lbs gone - GOAL!!!!!!!!
Month 13 - 137.0 - 117 lbs gone
Month 14 - 137.0 - 117 lbs gone
Month 15 - 137.0 - 117 lbs gone
Month 16 - 137.0 - 117 lbs gone - PREGNANT!
Month 17 - 135.0 - 119 lbs gone - (-2 lbs)
Month 18 - 138.0 - 117 lbs gone - (+0 lbs)
Month 19 - 144.0 - 110 lbs gone - (+7 lbs)
Month 20 - 147.0 - 107 lbs gone - (+10 lbs)
Month 21 - 152.0 - 102 lbs gone - (+15 lbs)
Month 22 - 158.0 - 96 lbs gone - (+21 lbs)
Month 23 - 161.0 - 93 lbs gone - (+24 lbs)
Month 24 - Not sure...was in the hospital after delivering Alice
Month 25 - 151.0 - 103 lbs gone

Measurements: (start vs. current)
Week 1 post op: (start)
Waist - 52.25 inches
Hips - 51 inches
Thigh - 25 inches
Arm - 17 inches
Bust - 51.25 inches

16 months post op:
Waist - 35.5 inches - 16.75 inches gone!
Hips - 39 inches - 12 inches gone!
Thigh - 19.75 inches - 5.25 inches gone!
Arm - 11.5 inches - 5.5 inches gone!
Bust - 40 inches - 11.25 inches gone!

Clothing: (start vs. current)
Pre-op: (start)
Shirt - 2X to 3X
Jeans - 24/26
Dresses - 2X to 3X or 24/26
Bra - 42D
Shoes - 9.5 wide/10 regular

25 Months post op: (current)
Shirt - L
Jeans - 8
Dresses - M
Bra - 36DD
Shoes - 8 or 8 1/2 (depends on the shoe)