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Wear a bathing suit with confidence.

Category: Emotional Wellbeing   
113 People
 in progress, 
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stop avoiding long lost friends due to my weight

Category: Friends and Family   
44 People
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9 People
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Fit comfortably in the desks at school even though most of it is in my head.

Category: Education   
2 People
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0 People
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Play sports again

Category: Hobbies & Interest   
8 People
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0 People
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No longer have to shop at Lane Bryant and the Plus Size dept. of stores

Category: Other   
20 People
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  • Family & Friends - Thanks for the support..
  • Fitness & Exercise - I love playing sports esp. volleyball and softball
  • Humor - i love to laugh.. who doesn't?!
  • Dogs - I love my dog Grace.. I want to be able to keep up with her when we're playing
  • Meeting People - Getting to know peoples stories is inspiring and helpful.
  • Dancing - i miss clubbing with the girls
  • Dating - I love my HaBiB
  • Education - I went back to college and am now part of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society!
  • Cosmetics - I love MAKEUP!
  • WLS in your 20's - oh yay! ppl i can relate to..

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  • Comment by Kathy W. on 5/20/08 11:03 am
    Good luck Hun! Tomorrow is your day!
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It's abOut tiMe i ThiNk...
on September 7, 2008 3:01 pm
So I'm about 3 and a half months out right now... I'd say it's about time to update this here profile thingyy... lol So I'm doing great! No problemss... I only got sick once (after eating some chicken with steamed veggies from the Chinese place) Boy will THAT never happen again lol I've lost about 80lbs n went from a size 26... to a 16! YAYYYYYY!! Hm.. what else is new? .. I just started school again n I'm sooo glad.. still don't have a freaken major but I'm workin on it... Umm I've been awesome though... I feel like my old self again.. finally comfortable in my own skin.. I'm eating good.. I just feel g0od all around.... I wish I could get to the gym more but I have a feeling that now that i'm back in school I'll have more time b/c i'm not working full-time... go0dtimesssss hehe... So I guess that's about it for now... Hopefully it won't take me another 3 months to write againnn lol
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Finally...
on June 6, 2008 7:05 pm

So I'm a lil over 2 weeks out and life couldn't be better! I am very happy that I had this surgery and I can't wait to see what direction life will take me in now. I can't wait to join a gym and go back to school! Everyone has been really supportive (except for the few haters at work) but whatever.. everyone loves to tell their story about their neighbor's, cousin's, brother's, dog's, babysitter's, mom's, friend, that had a friend, whose friend had the surgery and this and that happend to them and blah blah.. well SAVE IT!! I did PLENTY of research before I even started this whole process and I KNOW what I've gotten myself into.. a happy healthy new me! So don't let ANYONE discourage you with their ridiculous stories! Some people just don't really know anything about this and they try to act like they do... womp womp.. I'm over it! Alright well I'm off to have one ounce of a scrambled egg..  I'm sure I will be writing again soon..

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"Oh you're far from done!" (said by the lovely nutritionist)
on February 17, 2008 5:19 pm
So... I had an appt. with the nutritionist that my PCP referred me to on Feb 7th..and clearly played myself when I told her that this was the only thing I had left to do until I meet with the surgeon... BOY was she excited to tell me that I was misinformed!  So after picking up my ego off the floor as she slapped a HUGE packet infront of me.. she enthusiastically explained how I have to call some lady and get a packet, go to a support group meeting, meet with the SURGEON's team = nut/pysch.... and THEN... and only THEN.. can I meet with the surgeon. So with that ... I went home and made EVERY SINGLE phone call I had to make .. and made all the appt.s... There all in the beginning of March.. So I have to just sit back and try to relax in the meantime.. which is NOT going to happen.. All I can think about is.. every moment that I don't spend researching or thinking about what I'm going to say I feel like I'm going to say the wrong thing.. or forget something.. ughhhh.. stressing as I think about it.. But i have a feeling that once I start talking that whoever it is will see that I'm sincere and I'm really serious about everything I say and do..
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Cloud 9
on January 17, 2008 7:03 pm
So I went to see the dr. today and he said that I'm doing really well and that I'm a wonderful candidate for WLS and that he's going to write the referral to the surgeon and that a nurse will be calling me soon to set up an appt. with the SURGEON!! YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY I'm s00oo freaken excited!!
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Officially freaking out!
on January 16, 2008 4:45 pm

Ok so I have the dr.'s appt. tomorrow (you know the one where he's suppossed to give me a referral to the surgeon).  I am freaking out...I can't believe that this is happening and I just won't believe any of it until I see an actual surgery date!  I feel like the time is going fast and slow at the same time..I haven't seen the dr. since Nov.15th.. and I've lost 11.5lbs in a month.. then gained almost 7lbs back.. and I lost the rest and now I'm offically 13 or 14lbs down from the original.. So CLEARLY he will see that I tried really hard..over the last 2 months and I struggled.. and that this is a constant life-long battle.. and I need help

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Hey EvEryone! basically i'm 21 yrs old and have been struggling with my weight all my life.  While i've always been very active and involved on sports it still never seemed to make me any less hungry.  After having surgery for a Pylonidal Cyst in my Senior yr of highschool in 2004, I began to gain weight.  In my freshman year of college I played Volleyball for school and during that year I just fell apart; mentally, physically, and emotionally.  After failing classes and not being allowed to play softball, I fell into a deep depression and turned to drugs, alcohol..and food.  I didn't care about myself or what happend and I got myself into some situations that I still cringe today when I think back... I finished out the year and was ultimately told that I could not return which was fine b/c there was nothing for me there.  I came home and changed my phone number and tried to get my life back together.. that was 2 years ago and I have not done any drugs since. When I came home I was working in a warehouse and from the bad sneakers I was wearing and standing all day, plus the pressure that i was putting on my feet, I ended up developing a heel spur and had to have surgery.  Just when I thought I was going to be ok... I had been going to the gym and playing softball for the towwn.. I was soo close.. by the time i had surgery I could barely walk.  But I would still go to the gym and run on the treadmill until I couldn't even walk back to my car.  I gained about 30lbs from being in the wheelchair for 2 months and I just found out that I have to have surgery on my foot again! I mean really.. *sigh* When i was in 10th gr i was about 180lbs..12th gr - about 200lbs..after coming home from college - 240lbs....after surgery on my foot - about 260lbs.. and now i'm currently about 300lbs and 5'7 1/2 ft tall.. I'm doing Weight Watchers now and it's helping as far as food choices.. i'm more conscious.. but it's not helping with the PORTIONS..which is my biggest problem.. plus i'm inactive due to the foot.... so I really hope that I may  be able to have surgery.. i just want my life back..

 


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