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Get more involved with playing with my children

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To wear a bathing suit and not be embarassed!!

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Be able to bend over and paint my toenails!!

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L. Steve Weinstein
2005-My first impression of Dr. Weinstein was great. Though he talked a little fast, if I had a question he would gladly go back over it with me. The office staff was great. They're all kind and wonderful. Dr. Weinstein made it very clear that I had to have a support group before and continue post surgery and find someone one on one to talk with who has been through the surgery. There is a class called BEGIN that I have to take before the surgery...lookin forward to it. All in all I think Dr. Weinstein is GREAT!!rn2008-He remembered me and my DH after almost 4 years!! He still had a great bedside manner and was ready to get me in to have surgery!
Member Interests
  • Meeting People - I love meeting new ppl...so if you wanna chat feel free to email me
  • Parenting - Have a 2 year old daughter and infant son
  • Billiards & Pool - I like to play whenever I can
  • Movies - Going to the movies with my friends and family is always fun!!
  • Tattoo - Have two tats...Rose on my back and Baby Dragon on my chest
  • Married - Have been married for 6 years and it is GREAT...he is my support system
  • WLS in your 20's - I would like to have this surgery before I turn 30...we will see!
I'm a 29 year old office assistant in Mobile, AL.  I am married to an awesome & supportive man and father!  I have two wonderful children, a two year old daughter and an infant son!  They are my world!  I have been overweight my entire life including childhood and I need to make this change! 
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I think I'm starting to get it
on September 17, 2009 1:54 pm
It has been 3 1/2 months since my surgery and I'm down 27 lbs.  When I lost 9 lbs before my surgery and 10 more lbs right after surgery I thought I had it made!   But once I started on solids everything came to a screeching halt.  For over the next two months my scale did not move but up 2 lbs and down 2 lbs....over and over again!  It was soooo frustrating!  I keep telling myself I was in bandster hell...and I was...to a certain extent.  Yes, I had no restriction.  No, I did not change my old nasty eating habits.  My thinking was I want to eat what I want, when I want, just in smaller portions.  I was eating things just because I could and that, my friends, is not good. 
I've had 3 fills so far.  I now have 6cc's in a 9cc band.  Most people would think I'd have some sort of restriction.  I don't know what I was expecting to happen but I guess that I would eat and feel that typical fullness I used to feel before surgery and I didn't....so I'd keep eating. 
I think my brain and my stomach finally had a conversation and I think it went something like this:

Stomach:  I'm still hungry...feed me!!!
Brain:  No, baby, you ain't hungry...if you would just slow down and assess you'd see that you are SATISFIED.
Stomach:  Oh....yeah.  Well I guess I am.  How bout that!

Since this conversation has taken place...I've lost like 5 lbs  

Also, I've noticed that they had a conversation about how often I must eat.  I don't feel compelled to eat at certain times a day (except lunch due to having a certain lunch hour).  But I don't feel like I must snack.  I'm trying to listen to my body signals, like stomach grumbles and whatnot.

I hope this is going to start a new beautiful relationship with food that I've never had before.  One that does not involve thinking about it so much.

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One month out!
on July 2, 2009 1:17 pm
I really still cannot believe that I made it to the other side!  I'm down 20 lbs and already feel so much better!  When I had my surgery I weighed 313 lbs and now weigh 293!!  The lowest I have ever been for the last 12 or 13 years was probably 290 lbs.  I will probably jump for joy when I reach the 280's LOL  I just wanted to say thank you for everyone's support!  OH has definitely gotten me through alot.
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It's done!
on June 5, 2009 2:16 pm

I did it!  I finally did it!  Had my surgery on the 3rd of June and now I'm home and feeling GREAT!!  I can't believe how good I feel.  Yes, I feel soreness but it's nowhere I thought it'd be like!  I can't believe I'm on the loser's bench!!!!
Thank you all for the kind words and prayers!

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Liquid diet...
on May 28, 2009 12:02 pm
I'm 5 days into my pre-op liquid diet    I'm so ready for this part to be over with!  I did aight with the 1st 2 days and these last few days I've been doing great....but I'm missing my food!!!!!   I've lost 4 lbs so far so that's a plus.  Just can't wait for this next week to fly by and be on the loser's bench! 
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I AM....
on May 1, 2009 9:00 am
APPROVED!!!!  I can't believe it!!  

I should get a call within next week to set up my appointment with the surgeon and the BEGIN class.  I should get my date on that day!  I'm sooo excited! 

Thanks to all of ya'll that have helped me along the way!!
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Hello!  My name is Brandi and I live in Grand Bay, AL.  I have been overweight my entire life or as far back as my memory can take me.  I have gone thru the ridicule of adolesents that no one should ever have to go thru.  As I became an adult it has gotten easier.  I found love at the very young age of 17, got married to my wonderful husband in May of 2002 at the age of 22, had a beautiful daughter in 2006 and a son in 2008. I've maintained a great job working for the local government for over 8 years. Life for me really couldn't get any better for me.  I truely love my life...except that I weigh a whopping 300 lbs. and I'm just shy of 30.  I am "Extremely Obese"!!  As of right now I don't have any kind of obese "side effects" like diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, etc.  But I do have bad knee and back pains from my weight.  I know that if I continue with the path that I'm traveling that I will eventually get these "side effects" and possibly die.