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Reach My Goal Weight By My 1 Year Anniversary

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Reach Onederland by my birthday...

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To shop in the women's section instead of the plus size section.

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stop avoiding long lost friends due to my weight

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Join the century club.

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Surgeon Testimonial

Jeffrey Friedman M.D.
My surgeons name is Dr. Jeffrey Friedman and he was wonderful and still is. His bedside manner is great and it feels like you are his only patient because he makes you feel important. He takes the time to talk and discuss any concerns you may have. He is caring and gentle and makes you feel at ease. The day I went into surgery I was nervous until he came in and talked to me. It put me at ease and made me feel so much better. I would definately recommend him to anyone and everyone thinking of having this surgery.
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  • Comment by SailorsBelle on 11/22/10 6:49 am
    Congrats on your surgery today! You will do great! *hugs*
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10 months out
on September 12, 2011 8:23 am
I am 10 months out and the scales are moving much slower. I was stuck at 200 for a long time and now at 195. I know what I am doing wrong and need to change it. Today I am going back to taking my pills on schedule, getting my protien in properly, and making sure I drink enough water. I have been getting my protien in and taking my pills until 3 days ago so i am getting back on track with that. The water has been hard lately so I bought me some bottled water and that is all I am going to drink today so I can get use to it again. I hope the scales start moving again because I would like to hit my goal of 170 by a year out, which I dont think is going to happen. Anyway I am doing good but we have had some major changes lately. I moved to an apartment that is double the size  of my house, and got a new dog. We love the new apartment and we are much happier here. Finacially we are bad right now but I am hoping that will get bette soon. I am looking for a job but since I havent worked for 8 years no one wants to hire me. Anyway thanks for letting me rant. I will update again soon.
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34 weeks
on July 19, 2011 1:51 pm
I am 34 weeks and my weight loss slowed to a hault while I was on vacation. I was not a very god rule follower on vacation. I had not even taken a drink of soda till I went on vacation and I ate fried foods. I am just lucky I did not gain any weight. well I am happy i am losing again.
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Week 30
on June 21, 2011 5:51 am
I did not write last week but I did not really ahve any news anyway. I had not lost any weight and nothing new. This week I am going down again but I was eating things I shoudlnt so i am trying to get back on track today. I am going to Ohio to visit family this weekend comming up and we have a lot to do before it gets here. We did not think we were going to get to go but now that we are we have to clean, pack, and get our finances together. Anyway I am feeling good this week and can not wait to see all of my friends and family. The only sad thing is that I only have one pair of jeans, a skirt and 2 shirts to take on the trip. Oh well I guess it will save room for packing. I will update next week.
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week 28
on June 6, 2011 9:18 am
Well this week was pretty good except I am probably not going to get to go to my reunion like we had planned because we do not have the money. I am so disappointed. I was really looking forward to this and now we can not go. I wouldnt mind too much normally if it wasnt for the fact that this is my school reunion and it wont happen agian for a long time. I had some bad gas pain over the weekend and thought I might have to go to the ER because it was really bad. It finally went away after 5 hours of pain. Thats really about it, I only lost 2 pounds this week but I am still working on it. My math class is finally over with and now I am starting new classes. well I will update again next week.
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Week 27
on May 30, 2011 4:33 pm
I had a big lose this week which I am happy about. I feel great and I am doing great. I am going to see my husbands family next month and a bunch of people from high school. I am a little nervous but mostly excited for them to see me. I weighed 220 in high school and most of them have seen me last year when I weighed 340 so now that I am down to 212 I do not think hey will know what to say. I am hoping by then I will be down below 200 which I have not been that low since Jr. High. Anyway  I will update later.
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My Story

 Hi my name is Angela Lawson and I had surgery with Dr. Friedman in Pensacola FL. I was not an over weight child until I reached 13. At the age of 13 I started gaining weight and had no period and they did all kind of tests and didn't know why. I tried all kinds of diets and even joined the marching band in high school. Marching band was a lot of work and while working out I also dieted and never saw any change in my weight. Finally at the age of 18 I met a guy who didn't treat me right and emotionally abused me and at that point I didn't eat because of him and lost down to 200 which is the lowest I have ever been. Not a healthy way of losing it either but with no eating and exercising a lot I lost weight. I then got away from him when he started physically abusing me and went through a stalking phase an everything. I met a new guy who is now my husband of 10 years and he treated me right which is when I started seeing the weight come back. I was up to 230 when I got pregnant, he died at 2 minutes old and even though I was on birth control I got pregnant again and he had a bad heart and had to have heart surgery at 9 months old. With all of this my weight ballooned up to 260. I then went on the depo shot and gained more weight that made me 298. 6 Years later I got pregnant again after getting off the depo shot and then got pregnant again on birth control resulting in my weight ballooning up to 338. I started seeing Dr Huynh in April and I got down to 329. I just want to be able to be healthy, happy and be able to play with my kids and have more energy. I was at 317 the day of surgery which was Nov. 22nd 2010 which is my middle childs birthday . Everything went great I felt bad the first day bt after that it wasnt that bad.