April 2004

Apr 28, 2004

4-12-04

Hey everyone,
I'm still here....lol....I went down the shore this past week (the new jersey shore or just jersey for us people from pa..lol).  I had a great time. Walking
and going to the beach. We went to the Cape May Zoo and I walked and pushed my sister in her wheelchair up and down the hills and ramps, lots of exercise.  I enjoyed spending time with my mom and my little sis steph and my kids and my niece Danielle. We had alot of fun. we even had 3 easter dinners with my aunt and uncle over...lol. And I still lost weight..yippie! I ate more carbs than i wanted to, but I also ate alot of protein, no sugars, low fat. I think I did pretty well. the day before we came home we got up and got ready went to the zoo for a couple of hours (couldn't do that last year)then went to the cape may boardwalk to the arcade. I didn't even get tired. Oh and the day before that I went bowling. I haven't bowled in geez 15yrs. I had alot of thin moments, even though I have a ways to go.
My stretch size large pants are getting baggy. I don't really know what size I am going to be wearing. I am in an 18stretch jeans I think....lol...I can't
judge size for anything anymore.
Okay, I am gonna go, gotta clean and I am trying to work on working out. I need to make exercise a regular part of my daily routine.  Okay, I'll talk to you
all later.
Lisa
339/228/???   -111
lap/rny  10-23-03 Dr. Williams

04-19-04

Hey everyone,
I have had a pretty great weekend. The weather was sooo awesome I actually made it outside. I took my kids to the movies two days in a row...lol...I saw 13
going on 30 with my 9 yr old son, I loved it, he really wasn't sure about seeing a girl movie, but I promised him we would go back the next day and see Walking tall starring the Rock. We went outside and played football in the parkinglot while waiting for my daughter, niece and two of their friends come out of the Punisher. It was awesome that I was able to move around like I could. Me and sam had so much fun. I can still throw, after all these years of inactivity. It was a great day.  The next day I took my son and my daughter and my neice and the same two friends to see Walking Tall, it was a really good movie and The Rock is sooo cute...lol. I know he's married...lol. One of the things I noticed was that we could all fit into the car together. before losing 117.5lbs I'm lucky I fit in the car. I just hope I never lose sight of the small things that mean so much.
I go to my surgeons today for my 6 month checkup. I will let you all know how it goes. I feel good and if it werent' for the hair that I am shedding
everywhere, I really could forget I had surgery. I definitly would do this surgery over again. I am so grateful I am getting a life back. And still in time to spend time with my kids before they are fully grown.
My daughter has lost about 50lbs by watching what she is eating and she has given me some of her bigger pants and guess what, they fit! so I don't think I
have an insurmountable amount of weight left to lose. Maybe like 60 more pounds. We'll see, I'm only going on six months out so who knows if I can actually hit my personal goal of 140 (which would be 84.5lbs to lose). I'm just trying to concentrate on one day at a time. (oh and my bmi is below 40, which is totally awesome!)
Okay I'm gonna go. I'll be back later after my appt. to update.
Bye.
I want to keep all of you pre and post ops and everyone who suffers from this horrible disease of obesity in my prayers.
Lisa
339/224.5/???  -114.5
postop 10-23-03

04-21-04

Well here it is 2 days before my 6 month anniversary. it is hard to believe it has been half a year already. I weighed in at 221.5 this morning, so now I
have a grand loss of 117.5. I am getting closer to my next goal of being under 200lbs, only 22lbs away! I am going to work out today, exercise seems to help. 
The other day when I went for my checkup, they were really impressed with my weight loss and the fact that I am not having any problems. Well except for a
rash and my hair falling out. They did tell me I needed to get more active and also increase my calories to 1000 a day or more if I start exercising alot.
And I go back 10-22-04 for my 1 year checkup, which will be the day before my rebirthday, I thought pretty cool...lol.
So that night me and my son went for a walk and went to the playground and swung on the swings (haven't done that in decades), then we walked around the
block. I figure that was pretty good for getting started.  Today I am going to try a workout tape. If I am still too clumsy for that, I'll go for a walk around the block. If feels good to be able to move around without that extra weight.  I kept looking in the mirror at the doctors office and at my before picture, it is hard to believe that I actually looked like THAT. No wonder I was crying while taking the before pics, I don't have mirrors in my house (except my medicine cabinet one in the bathroom), a good way not to have to look at yourself. But now it makes it hard for me to really judge how i look. I know my clothes are getting bigger and then I'm moving into smaller sizes, but when I look at my body, I just see fat. I'm sure you other postops can understand this. It is weird. I look at my clothes and even though I am still big they look little.  I don't know how I am going to be able to get my brain to catch up with my body when I get smaller. I wonder if I will be able to make it down to single digit sizes. That will blow me away. Okay I gotta go and get moving.
I'll talk to you all later.
I will keep all of you pre and post ops and everyone suffering from this horrible disease of obesity in my prayers. I would also like to keep all of our
soldiers and our government in my prayers too. I hope this war ends soon in iraq.
Lisa
lap/rny postop 10-23-03
339/221.5/???  -117.5 

4-23-04

Hey Everyone,
So here I am 6 months out from surgery and as of this morning I am down drumroll please.............................119lbs!!!
I can't believe it. It hasn't sunk into my thick skull yet....lol. I am getting smaller everyday, and sometimes I notice it, like how skinny my arms are
starting to look when I am holding onto the steering wheel. Its weird because it is so fast. Then again it doesn't seem fast enough...lol, will i ever be happy? I think YES. I am so glad I had this surgery and got another chance at having a life. I have now been walking all week. I am going to start walking twice a day to up my exercise.
I am going to start keeping track of everything I eat again to see where my calories fall, I need to get in at least a thousand a day and I don't know if I
am. I hope that by the time I am out a year, that I will be at or near my goal. I am think 140 lbs...which leaves me 80lbs to lose...at my current rate of about 10lbs a month it should take me 8 mths to lose, so I will be around 160lbs at a year, I'll take it, in fact I'll take 170 even...lol...but we shall see what happens.  I am still losing hair, been upping my protein, can't wait till it stops.  Okay well i've gotta go, got an appt. with the vampire for my 6 mth blood work. I hope everything still is looking good. I am faithfully taking my supplements so it should. Okay love ya all!
I will keep all of you pre and post ops in my prayers as well as everyone suffering from this horrible disease of obesity.
Lisa
lap/rny 10-23-03
339/220/??? -119lbs

4-29-04

Hey Everyone,
Well I am stuck on a darn plateau (spl?), can't stand it. I know that I have lost really fast to get here, but it still sucks. But on a good note, my
boyfriend stopped by this morning and saw me in a new skort that I bought yesterday and he said that I was looking really good and he was afraid that I was going to leave him and break his heart. LOL...that is too funny. It made me feel good. I was going to say to him that there is no ring on this finger, but I didn't want to upset him. Even though this is the final year I am giving him to make a commitment to me. Either he gets his act together and lets me know that I am more important than other things in his life (I can't explain here on a public forum, but I am not trying to be some bitch), he just needs to make some choices.  If he doesn't I have to make some decisions in my life.  Anyway, back to the weightloss issue. Even though I am not losing weight, I must be losing inches, I'll take that. I can't keep focusing on the scale. I want to get smaller though, and the numbers don't matter. I am moving around so much better and can shop for hours...lol.  I can't imagine how I'll feel after I get 60-80lbs more off.  I am starting to feel younger. I was starting to feel very old over the past couple of years and it was so depressing. Even though now I still get depressed, I am working through it and it helps that I am not physically stuck to a couch anymore because of my physical limitations.
I guess the only way for me to go now is up and I wouldn't have been able to make it without going through this surgery. It has truely saved my life. And it
has also helped my children. I can go out and do things with them now. I don't always have to say I'm sorry, I wish I could but I can't, I'm not able to. Now I can just jump up and grab a jacket and we are off.It has been so freeing with these 120lbs gone, such a weight lifted off of me (literally and figuratively speaking...lol).
Okay well I've gotta go, life calls.
My girlfriend Esther had her revision surgery (from vbg to rny) on monday and she is doing well. She will be discharged tommorrow, I am so happy for her. I
know she has been through a lot and I am hoping her recovery will be a smooth one. If you want, stop by her page and drop her a note, her name is Esther colella.
Okay I will keep all of you pre and post ops in my prayers as well as everyone who suffers from this horrible disease of obesity.
Lisa postop lap/rny 10-23-03
339/220/???


About Me
PA
Location
36.0
BMI
RNY
Surgery
10/23/2003
Surgery Date
Jan 16, 2003
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Before & After
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I cried taking these pics .(I had 63in waist and was 64 in tall !)
340+lbs
1yr and down 154lbs. (my waist is now 34in. as of 11-7-04)
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