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weigh under 200 lbs!

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Constantine Frantzides, MD, PHD, FACS
One Year Ago - On November 23, 2010 Dr. Frantzides did my Laparoscopic RNY. I was 298 lb..Today I am 185 pounds. I lost the total of 113 pounds. I went from size 26W (pants) to 12 and 1X (shirts) to S.
My life before this surgery was going only in one direction - the grave. I was 29 years old and so severly obese that some nights I was scared to fall asleep. I was miserable and depressed and I felt like my life was going to hell.
Dr. Frantzides changed that. He gave me something no words can explain. He gave me this feeling of freedom and re-birth. I am a new person now, seriously. I have sooo much energy, so much motivation, my spirit is back, my smile, my thirst for life.
All of you people out there, that are sitting on the couches and dont know if surgery is the right way - dont hesitate. Dont waste time. Surgery is the right way, but only if you have the right Dr. and if you are reading this, you have found him. I am the living proof that he exists. Happy Holidays.
LuckyMama's Blog
LuckyMama's Blog

6 Months Post-op and 85 Pounds Down
posted on 5/24/10 8:50 am
Hello Everybody,

I've marked my 1/2 a year post-op :) The changes are amazing. The outcome is more than I could have ever asked for. As you can see I have lost 85 pounds so far, which is a lot, for only 6 months, and I feel amazing. I am so much more active now, some of my skinny friends cant keep up with me when we go out shopping :) There hasnt been a day that I dont think of my amazing Dr. who did this miracle and kept me alive, did an amazing surgery with no complications and kept on his promise that my life will just get better from now on.

Before my surgery my ankles used to swell up so much that I could barely walk or stand for more than 30 min at a time. Now I walk hours at a time and I look at my feet and there are this perfect, little ankles, no pain, nothing.. and I cant believe its me. I got so used to being morbidly obese that I forgot that there is a different way to live life too. I used to be shy to get into certain stores (for clothes) or even if I did with my mother ( because she is 130 lbs) I will just feel so out of place.. now, I even look through the racks of clothes and try some of them..and they fit...They fit. I went down from size 26W to 14. Can you believe this? I cant. I still see a fat person when I look into the mirror but people around me dont really see that... I wonder if I will ever see what they see?

My food habits had changed so much since surgery. Now, I crave healthy things so much. All I think about is veggies, fruit, salads, grains, skim milk, proteins..I dont buy anything bad. I dont eat any fast food. I dont drink any pop ( I used to have 6 regular Cokes a day before surgery), I dont smoke ( quit that habbit  7 years ago)... To be now, seems like living healthier is so much more easier that living bad. I dont think it takes more planning or is more expensive as people like to say, I just think that it needs the right set of goals and set of mind. Everything else falls into place.




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