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Alan Y. Newhoff M.D.
first impression: Dr. Newhoff seems like a likable serious gent. He's been doing bypass for quite some time, and his experiance is something I'm relying on.
Don't like: He gives lectures like someone who has given one too many. A little dry and tired.

I personally believe surgical competence is better. It's nice if the person is nice, and I expect at least common courtesy. But, in all honestly the doc can be a giant A** so long as he's really really good at what he does.
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Weighing in
3 days ago
Today: 147 pounds
previous goal: 150 (met and exceeded)
New goal? Maintain until a second opinion has been obtained
Highest Weight 335+ (my scale would go no higher the 330)
Pre-surgery weight: 319

Total lost:
from highest: 188
After Surgery: 172
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Mmmm lunch
3 days ago
I don't know what to call it, but it sure is good! I take:

1 container of single serve plain cottage cheese.
1 light sprinkle sunflower seeds
1 sprinkle dried soy "nuts"
1 generous shake Parm cheese. Even better if I can fresh grate it!
1 generous sprinkle of black legumes (in the precooked poch from TJs)

Mix and NOM! High protien count, a little calcium from theCC, easy on the pochie and oh it's scary how yummy I find this.
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New scale
7 days ago
And I'm right where I was supposed to be. So. whee. Still wish I'd fall magically into a pile o' cash- but that ain't happening. So- I live with this body the one I created by over indulging in stupid stuff and making silly choices. Sure I've lost the fat but apparently the skin is my new BFF. There's no making it go away. 

eh at least I'm healthy, I look good in clothing, and my husband can carry me across the house (heehee!).  I'm having serious hair ADD again. I went from a light blondish red to a unnatural darker red. I've got to give it a few days to see how much I really like it. It's a emi-perminent red so, even should I love or hate it it'll fade.  I'm trying to encourage my roots to grow. I seem to have forgotten my natural color- so it's semi-perminent colors henceforth. Or.. henceforth until my mind is changed again by a redhead with prettier hair then me.. then it's off to the boxes again to see if I look good that color.
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stupid food- WARNING this is a RANT!
on August 16, 2008 7:44 am
Slider foods verses the good for me foods have me unhappy.  It's easy as pie to eat one tiny peice of chocolate. Even chips, in small portions go down easy.  The stuff that I'm SUPPOSED to be eating.  Steamed veggies: I can NOT eat more then a bite or BLEAGH they come right back up. gross.  Dense protien, it's okay if I eat nice and slow. HAmburger? Oh hells no. I have to have ground turky, and never in burger form. Taco form is fine, as long as it's moist.
Plus my scale is totally broken. It'll show me three sometimes four vastly diffrent weights depending on the day., This is driving me nuts because I now can't moniter my weight.  I'm scared I might be gaining, I'm having such difficult food issues. I need to put myself back on the basics. I've got a lot of it right. When I need lunch I go right to my cottage cheese with a sprinkle of dried soy "nuts", sunflower seeds, and parmisian cheese.  That's good stuff. BReakfast sucks. I'm sick of eggs, bacon smeells great but thus far has been a mouth feel dissapointment. I'm tempted to just gulp down my shakes, eat my protien bars for solids and give up all together on gosh darn stupid food. BUT, that's definatly not gonna happen because then my cravings for crap will take over and I'll be a blimp again.
My kids are both in school. I'm going to be starting a class soon. And I've finally got the time to go to the gym and write. Hopefully going to the gym will get me back opn track. 

MEH! And gurr. I'm not happy with my silly body right now, but I'll get over it. 
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Two years
on July 25, 2008 7:30 am
I'm two years out! Yesterday was my Surgiversiry. A crazy busy but "average" day for me.  My quota of vitamins is crazy, and clothing is weird, but still fun. Overall, I'm still absolutly estatic. I look at my old pictures of myself and I'm just dumbstruck. I know why I let myself get there. I remember this woman real well. I'm just not her anymore! Well- parts of me are, the best parts with a little of the garbage, because noone's perfect. Two years and I'm at goal. I'm cute enough to turn heads. I can ride a Roller Coaster and a horse. I can RUN! And not get winded (more then a normal person anyway). I can walk for hours and I'm fine. My sleep apnia is gone. No more pre-Diabeties. No more So stressed ancles that they're always twisting. Nope, I can wear SEXY shoes with only the regular shoe/foot issues. 
So! Happy two years to me! May the rest be as good if not better!
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My Story

Hi! I'm Amber. On my 30th birthday I weighed my highest weight in my life 335 (and probably more.) I was depressed, I struggled to keep up with my new baby, my older daughter, my active husband and my life. I was feeling ugly and out of the loop. I always dressed as well as I could, hoping people'd see the pretty girl inside. One day at a shoe store I saw a girl trying on a series of sucessivly smaller shoes. She was kinda chubby, but pretty, and she was grinning like crazy as she put on a size 7 shoe and it fit. I must have been staring, and moping over my ugly size ten slide on shoe selection 'cause she sat next to me and told me her story. I'd heard of gastric bypass before. I just didn't think of it in terms of myself. But after talking to this girl it clicked. I did massive resurch. I found THIS amazing site. I went and talked to my surgen. IT took three visits and a pile of papers to convince him I needed this surgery. He told me he'd never met a successful RNY patient. It's too bad he dosn't work at the clinic anymore, or he'd have known he was meeting one then! I'm Finally at my inital goal weight. I was 150(ish) during my high school years. I felt attractive at that weight, so that's been my goal since this surgery. Initally It was really to get below 300, then to get below 200. Everything beyond that seemed unreal.

 


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