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I just am busy.....and I love it that I can move enough to be busy!!! I am currently at 164 lbs. I still need to lose 14 before plastics. I am looking into that-plastics. I need plastics-evrywhere. I cannot wear a short sleeved shirt or a swimsuit because it just looks gross. I also need it because my butt hurts from sitting for like 2 minutes. I won't go into dtails, but it is a skin issue and my buttbone.i am not complaining. If I were to never get plastics, i would still do it all over again. I went Christmas shopping last WE and i thought the mall was small!! This was the mall that i could not shop at  3 years ago at all because of painful joints. i just need to get to my PCP and get her to say that my surgery is medically necessary-at least some of it which she will do I think. God is so good!!I am off of disability and am looking for a job. no more depression or the meds that go with it. I love God and (to a lesser degree but still) I love my DS!!!

Merry Christmas all

amy

Hi guys!! I have not added to my blog in awhile and I since my 1st anniversary of the switch part of my two part surgery is in a few days I thought i should sit down and write.  I am so busy and that is amazing to me. Two years ago I could not walk across the room without pain and today I can barely find time to sit down at my computer. Amazing!!

i went to my doc abut a month ago fo my yearly check-up (surgeon) and at that time I weighed in at 181lbs. Last week I weighed 174  so I have lost a total of 248lbs. My Doctor said he would have never recognized me if not for my chart. I barely recognize myself, but it is not the way I look, but the things I can do and how i feel that are so different for me. Here are just a few changes.

Before I wore a size 36W Now I wear a 12-14 in JEANS which I never wore before.
Before I worried if i would fit or how I would look doing things Now i do what I like and could care less what people think.
Before I could not play ball or anything with my kids now they have to ask me to slow down and wear out before I do!!
Before I never walked anywhere now I walk everywhere.
Before I hated to be seen by old friends now I love it.
Before I did not work now I am going to be working in a daycare!!

What is really strange is that as I try to think of things to write i find it really hard because i just live now and there are so many changes that I barely recognize the person I used to be. I am still me inside, but I am so much happier and more confident because my body is not holding me back. 

I am planning on losing 25 moe lbs and then having plastics as I need them to get rid of a lot of extra skin.  Then I will see where I am and go from there.

I give God the glory for this because it is Him that keeps me and enables me to do anything I do.

I do love my DS and i hope that anyone reading this that is living in a body that has become a prison reasearches this surgery and honesly considers having it as it will change your life. Hugs to all my friends and all of you that i am yet to meet-amy

Merry christmas!! I am doing well and thought i should updaye. I will be 6 months out from stage 2 on December 27th. I have lost right at half of myself. I was 213 a few days ago and will be there at 211. I am amzed that people still stop me to ask if I have lost weight. What do you say when you have lost 210lbs and they are just now noticing?? Its still nice though to hear people tell me how good I look and I just answer politely. I am so busy with the work I do at my church for Jesus. I love working with the little ones there and being able to keep up!! I did have my first vitamen panel a few months ago and was def in A and zinc. I still have a bit of a breakout problem on my chin, but its just a matter of getting the vitamins right. All is well. Hugs-Amy

Hi-I am three months out from the second half of my surgery in 2 days, so I thought I should blog and update everything. Thefirst thing I need to do is get some new pics, but I am so bad about that. Today, I reached a new milestone. I ONLY have 100lbs lef to lose. Tha sounds so anticlimatic except that I have lost 192lbs so far and know that it is just a matter of time. As of today I weighed 230lbs. At 211, I will be exactly half of the woman I used to be, and that is hard to imagine. I am still losing well. I have lost at least 35lbs since my 2nd surgery and am happy with that. The bathroom issues that were really a problem at first have been resolved (unless i eat potatoes or white flour), and I can go and do anything I want. I now wear a 1X -2X or a size 20(in button and zip jeans even!!). I am even borrowing some of my daughters clothes. I am looking forward to getting the rest of the weight off, but I am not consumed with it. Right now, I am just serving God in the church by helping with ministries and just loving people. I can enjoy my family and an just living a great life.  I know its just a matter of time until the weight comes off and then I get plastics.  See you all later. I don't see my doc until Nov 5th(yes the day after the election in Chicago-LOL)

and i am not even looking at a scale because it is near TOM and I ALWAYS gain a ton, so I will post that later. I had lost 16 lbs after the first 3 weeks though and people are noticing. The last month has been challenging but great. The DS issues I most feared are not a problem for me for te most part and I keep feeling better and am learning how my body works now. I am getting probiotics at the local health store soon and expect good things from taking them. I was not a protein girl, but am learning how to get it in and not get bored. I love the full DS!! I don't have to run from any food, but choose to stay away from some most of the time. I feel awesome and am going back to teaching my3-5 year olds next week at church. Believe me-this takes energy!! This is also one of the things i could not have done prior to my 2 stage DS. Life is good!!! Hugs to all-Amy