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Goals

get small enough for my husband to pick me up

125 People
 in progress, 
72 People
 achieved this

be able to buy clothes at a NORMAL store!

47 People
 in progress, 
25 People
 achieved this

Journal my throughts regularly

23 People
 in progress, 
3 People
 achieved this

Wear knee-high boots that actually fit on my calf

133 People
 in progress, 
57 People
 achieved this

help others who struggle with obesity

19 People
 in progress, 
4 People
 achieved this
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Surgeon Testimonial

Donald Waldrep, M.D.
1st Impression: Real life McDreamy
Impression over time: Still McDreamy, but a little goofy too
Office Staff: Friendly, helpful; but make sure you stay on them about disability
Like least: NOTHING; I LOVE Dr. Waldrep!
Future patients should know: He is a TALL, SKINNY man, but one who truly understands what we're going through!
Aftercare: It is mentioned NUMEROUS times that you have to commit to your follow appointments, and dietary guidelines.
Risks of surgery addressed: He has the blue packet which outlines EVERYTHING that can go wrong, it was very informative!
Rate him overall: 10+
Both surgical competence & bedside manner are important, and Dr. Waldrep has plenty of both!
Jenci S.'s Journey

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Describe your behavioral and emotional battle with weight control before learning about bariatric surgery.
I went through my teens trying every diet imaginable. Nothing worked, and by the time I reached my late 20's I realized I was an anti-diet person. I was at a point where I said no to everything. I said there was no diet that would work for the rest of my life, so why try. Also, I didn't think I had the willpower to "diet", I was a closet eater. If no one was looking, I would stuff my face!
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Surgiversary
posted on 1/12/11 8:02 am
One year!  One freaking year!  Incredible.  I am down 159 pounds since I began this journey, and 125 pounds lost since surgery one year ago today.  Not too shabby!

I am sitting here reflecting on the last year.  The hospital stay which lasted longer than a "normal" stay for a RNY surgery.  The drain, and that crazy velcro band you had to wear in the shower to hold the drain so it didn't pull out.  Having my husband change my bandages because I couldn't make myself remove the tape.  Eating broth, jello, and those HORRIBLE protein waters.  Then my first "real" food, tuna with olive oil and lemon juice, man, nothing had ever tasted so good.  To my first closet purge, and the incredible struggle I had with letting go some of my favorite clothes.  To learning that a meal isn't a platter, but maybe a tea cup saucer size.  (Still trying to get my brain to accept that).  To realizing I needed to track my intake because I wasn't getting enough protein.  Then realizing that yes, it is important to take all your recommended vitamins.  To realizing that I might be on anti-depressants for the rest of my life, and that is ok.  To being able to shop in any store, and find clothes that fit.  To realizing that I am a beautfiul woman, and more men are noticing that fact.  To learning that yes, my butt was HUGE, and no, I couldn't "really" fit into any chair like I thought I could.  To walking around the park at lunch, and then walking a 5K fundraiser, and surviving!  To looking at pictures and crying because I just didn't realize I was so fat, so obese, so lifeless.  To realizing that I had become the elephant in the room.  My weight was the one thing that I never talked about. 

One year later I have also come to realize just how easy it is to fall back into old habits, and how damaging those habits were and are.  I have also come to accept that at first this was easy.  No work required.  Now I have to want to be this size.  I have to work to be this size.  I thought last January 11th was the first day of the rest of my life, but I can honestly say today is that day.  Today is the day I recommit to this lifestyle, and to myself.  I have a small window of opportunity to grasp this life, to hold on to being thin, and to run with it, quite literally, to run.  This is the Jenci I want to be 60 years from now.  Ok, I'll accept a few more wrinkles, but no more pounds.  I do not ever want to weigh over 200 pounds again.  I am here today, and I am staying.

Happy surgiversary to me.


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