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Surgeon TestimonialAndrew Duffy, M.D.Dr. Andrew Duffy is the best!!! He is with Yale University Bariatric Surgeons - a center for excellence and he is in with Dr. Robert Bell. I went to the seminar on 12/8/06 and listened attentively to all they had so say. Needless to say when Dr. Duffy presented I just knew that this is the guy I was looking for to do my surgery - he knew his stuff and he was kind and sensitive to my questions. I was getting frustrated because I could not get an appointment for my psych eval prior to 1/07 and he was kind enough to give me the name of Mark Gaynor, LCSW and I got an appointment right away. My paperwork was all complete and in Dr. Duffy's office by 1/2/07. Since I did not get a call with an appointment by 1/3/07, the very next day, I decided to e-mail Dr. Duffy on our Groupwise system that we use at Yale and I said \"I am hoping God places it in your heart to read this e-mail - I need a date!!!\" and he read it - I got a call with a date four days after. I feel confident and I know that I made the right decision. The staff is great, Jane, his nurse manager was great - she had R&Y a couple years ago and looks great and she used to work as an OR nurse where I work which is part of Yale too. Member Interests
- Artist/Muralist - I paint the most beautiful stills and christian art in acrylics on canvas
- Basketry - I love making beautiful dolls and gift baskets that are unique
- Hispanic/Latino - I was born in Panama, Republic of Panama came to US at age 24.
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Lost my cool over the weekend..... on August 31, 2009 4:31 am
Yup.... totally lost my composure ... I got up in the wee hours of Saturday morning to finish setting up baskets with school supplies and other necessities that out of my own volition I would give to some needy kids in the high risk community where the church I attend is located .... this is totally unaffiliated to any church or any group ... I have met these kids during outreach work and they have called/approached and/or in their parents have expressed some of their needs. I felt like doing something about it ... my little drop in the bucket... my little grain of salt. I always hop on OH in between breaks and upon getting up and I visit my favorite R&R board and first thing I read is a post by a young man stating he just had to post whatever... so I open the link and just blew a fuse in seeing this black man and his wife with three guns and some cash which was bad enough when immediately below it the wife comment "guns and butta". I FLIPPED .... and I am still FLIPPING ... go ahead and think I am overreacting ... when I and others are busting our arses trying to work with these young men and women who are perishing before reaching early adulthood shooting and cutting and killing each other in gangs and on the street and get ROYALLY PISSED OFF when I see a brother sending such an IRRESPONSIBLE MESSAGE ... and I could give a rat's arse if it is a joke ... when these younger ones see what appears to be another BRO making it with "guns and butta" they are not looking as smiles and satire or whatever the lame excuse was for posting the crap ... they are seeing a cool thug and they are thinking and associating "Beretta with cheddar" don't you get it ... the wrong MESSAGE goes out ... When just over the weekend the radio reports 3 shootings amongst teen in a little county on a Friday night the last thing I want to see is a nincompoop flashing a gun and writing "guns and butta" ... I FLIPPED ... I stepped out of character and I am still seething because I still think they didn't get it ...
I want to thank all the wonderful people on the site that I imposed my rant on ... thanks for bearing with me..... this is the link to me making a royal arse of myself on Saturday.... and yes go ahead and HOLLA BUTTA!!!
http://www.obesityhelp.com/forums/rantsandraves/4011413/KISS-MY-ARSE-AND-HOLLA-BUTTA-I-AM-STEPPING-OUT-OF-CHARACTER/
I DON'T MIND SHARING MY BUTTA!! on August 29, 2009 5:31 am
WHAT'S UP WITH GUNS AND BUTTA ... I AM STEPPING OUT OF CHARACTER RIGHT HERE AND NOW AND I WILL SHOW MY MY GUNS AND MY BUTTA....
WHEN I WAS FAT I WORKED JUST AS HARD AND MAYBE HARDER ... MY DH'S KIDNEYS SHUT DOWN HE WAS OUT OF WORK AND DISABLED RAN UP A BILL WITH THE DIALYSIS ... I WORKED EXTRA SHIFTS AND THREE JOBS .. IF I SLEPT TWO HOURS I SLEPT TOO MANY YET MY KIDS WHEN TO SCHOOL ...AND TO COLLEGE ... AND NEITHER THEY NOR I EVER BEGGED FOR BREAD ... THERE WERE NO GRANTS NOR SCHOLARSHIPS THAT WERE NOT FULLY PAID BACK ... YET I AM HAPPY TO KNOW THAT MY TAX DOLLARS GO INTO A SYSTEM WHERE OTHERS CAN BENEFIT OR I MYSELF MAY BENEFIT SHOULD THE NEED ARISE ... CAN SOMEBODY HOLLA BUTTA????
WHEN I WAS FAT I SHARED MY BUTTA......
AND NOW I AM THIN I AM SHARING MY BUTTA - RIGHT HERE AND NOW TODAY I AM TAKING KIDS IN THE HIGH RISK COMMUNITY CLOTHES AND SCHOOL SHOPPING WY MY VERY OWN HARD EARNED BUTTA .... CAN SOMEONE HOLLA BUTTA????
AND I AM MAKING BASKETS FOR THOSE GOING AWAY TO SCHOOL ... THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY WHOSE PARENTS WORK THE MINIMUM WAGE AND CANNOT AFFORD IT ... SO IF SHANIQUA NEEDS A MONITOR I BOUGHT HER A REFURBISHED FLAT SCREEN LCD 17" MONITOR ... CAN SOMEBODY HOLLA BUTTA.....
OHH WAIT WAIT WHEN I WAS FAT I DONATED THE COMPUTERS FOR THE KIDS IN THE COMMUNITY AND TAUGHT THE TEENS HOW TO TEACH THE YOUNGER KIDS HOLLA BUTTA SOMEBODY....
AND LAURA NEEDS A LAPTOP FOR COLLEGE SO I GOT HER A NETBOOK BECAUSE I COULD GET THREE AND ONE FOR FREE SO I AM KEEPING ONE AND I HAVE THREE TO HELP THREE TEENS ON THEIR WAY OFF TO SCHOOL SOMEBODY PLEAAAASEEEEE HOLLA BUTTA!!!!!
AND WHEN CARMEN NEEDED A BLOW DRIER I AM MAKING A BASKET WITH BLOW DYERS AND CURLERS AND CRUNCHIES THAT I NO LONGER USE AT MY SHOP AND SOME THAT I PURCHASED CAN SOMEBODY HOLLA BUTTA???
A WHEN LITTLE MARISSA ASKED ME FOR A NEW WIG I WENT AND GOT ONE FOR HER ... MY BEAUTIFUL LATINA 16 YEAR OLD QUEEN SUFFERS FROM ALOPECIA FROM EXPOSURE HER PARENTS HAD TO SOME RADIATION DURING PREGNANCY ... SO I BOUGHT HER TWO WIGS WHY SHOULD BE GO OFF TO SCHOOL AND WORRY ABOUT HER SELF ESTEEM? HER MOMMY CANNOT AFFORD IT AND I DON'T MIND SHARING MY HARD EARNED BUTTA ... CAN SOMEBODY HOLLA BUTTA????
I LOVE SHAMIKA AND SHANAYNAY AND CARMECITA AND JULIANITA AND KIMBERLY AND SARAH AND PETRA AND SIMONE AND CLARA AND ALLYSON I DON'T GIVE A RATS ARSE IF THEY ARE WHITE OR BLUE OR YELLOW OR GREEN CAN I HEAR SOMEBODY HOLLA BUTTA???
AND WHEN THERE IS AS DREAM FOR OUR NATION TO HAVE HEALTHCARE FOR EVERONE TO BE HEALTHY AND FREE I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU BUT AS FOR MY I DON'T MIND SHARING MY BUTTA!!! CAN SOMEONE HOLLA BUTTA???
WHEN I SEE THE POOR I HUG THEM AND I SHARE MY BUTTA FAT OR THIN IT DOES NOT MATTER... HOLLA BUTTA!!!!
BECAUSE IT MAKES ME HAPPY I HOLLA BUTTA!!! BECAUSE MY SON GAVE UP A NEW PAIR OF SNEAKERS FOR JAMES' BASKET I HOLLA BUTTA....
BECUASE MY BABY GIRL PUT ON A GOWN AND GAVE GIFTS AT CHRISTMAS TO THE LITTLE KIDS I HOLLA BUTTA!!!
BECAUSE I AM MAKING BASKETS FOR THE KIDS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE IN NEED AND I AM HAPPY IN DOING SO I AM HAVING CHRISTMAS IN AUGUST AND I AM HOLLAING BUTTA....
BECAUSE I AM BLOWING 1.5k OF MY OWN VERY OWN TAKING KIDS OUT FOR SCHOOL AND CLOTHING SUPPLIES BECAUSE I AM PAYING IT FORWARD BECAUSE THERE WAS A TIME I COULD NOT TAKE CARE OF MYSELF AND MY GAY FRIEND AND HER PARTNER CAME AND COOKED AND CLEAN AND TOOK CARE OF ME I AM SO NOT IN THE JUDGEMENTAL BUSINESS BUT WHEN I SEE THIS PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE BULLSHIT I GET TICKED OFF AND START HOLLAING BUTTA... BUTTA... I EARN MY BUTTA AND I DON'T MIND SHARING MY BUTTA ... SOMEBODY HOLLA AT ME BUTTA!!!
BECAUSE I WAS DEAD ON MY FEET AT 327 LBS I NEEDED MOBILITY AND STAMINA TO MISSIONARY MY BUTTA ... SO IF TODAY I TAKE PICTURES OF MY BUTT AND PUT THEM IN AN AW POST AND MIX BUTT WITH BOTTA PLEASE SOMEBODY HOLLA AT ME BUTTA!!!!
I GET ON THE TREADMILL, DO BIKRAM, YOGA AND I SWIM AND I RUN - I AM
AT MY DESK FROM 6:00 AM TO 3:00 PM ... TO THE GYM AND HOME TO WORK ON MY TRANSCRIPTION PROJECTS FROM 7:00 PM TO 2:00 AM MON TO FRIDAY AND MY WEEKENDS ARE FOR ME ROTATING WITH HELPING THE GALS IN MY BRAIDING SALON SO I EARNED MY BUTTA.... HOLLA AT ME BUTTA....AND I AM SO NOT TIRED NOR RUN DOWN BECAUSE I ENJOY WHAT I DO AND PEOPLE AROUND ME FIND ME ENJOYABLE BECAUSE I CHOOSE TO BE KIND AND COMPASSIONATE ... I DON'T WAVE GUNS ... NOR WAGE WARS NOR AM AM PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE AND CAN DISCERN WHERE YOUR CHAISTINESS IS COMING FROM ... SOMEBODY HOLLA BUTTA...
I LOST OVER 200 POUNDS..... HOLLA BUTTA...
AND... For you who are so critical of me and chose to hide behind email attacks.....
“Do not judge so that you will not be judged. “For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you.“Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? “Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ and behold, the log is in your own eye? “You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye".
So try to stomp on me, just try to douse my inner flame, try to squash every ounce of beauty I hold within me.
You won't succeed...
AND YES I AM SHARING THIS FROM AN EMAIL A FRIEND SENT ME BUT I AM SO FEELING IT I AM ADDING SOME OF MY OWN WORDS TO IT!!!
SO YOU THINK I AM A BITCH? AND I DO NOT REPRESENT???
YOU HAVE A PROBLEM I DON'T ...
BECAUSE I COME LIKE I AM AND WHILE YOU LOOK AT THE OUTSIDE HE SEES THE INSIDE ... THE HEART... WHERE IT IS ALL WORTH IT .... YOU HARD HEARTED SO AND SO YOU... SHOVE YOUR GUNS!!!! I RATHER SHARE MY BUTTA!!!
THIS IS MY BITCH ... AND I CAN LIVE UP TO IT...
When I stand up for
Myself and my beliefs,
You call me a
Bitch.
When I stand up for
Those I love,
You call me a
Bitch.
When I speak my mind, think my own thoughts
Or do things my own way, You call me a
Bitch.
Being a bitch
Means I won't
Compromise what's
In my heart.
It means I live my life MY way.
It means I won't allow anyone to step on me.
When I refuse to
Tolerate injustice and
Speak against it, I am
Defined as a
Bitch.
The same thing happens when I take time for
Myself instead of being everyone's maid, or when I act a little selfish.
It means I have the courage and strength to allow myself to be who I truly am and won't become anyone else's idea of what they think I 'should' be.
I am outspoken, opinionated and determined.. I want what I want and there is nothing wrong with that!
So try to stomp on me, just try to douse my inner flame, try to squash every ounce of beauty I hold within me.
You won't succeed.
And if that makes me a bitch ,so be it.
I embrace the title and am proud to bear it.
B - Babe
I - In
T - Total
C - Control of
H - Herself
B = Beautiful
I = Intelligent
T = Talented
C = Charming
H = Hell of a Woman
B = Beautiful
I = Individual
T = That
C = Can
H = Handle 'anything'
HOLLA BUTTA....
IF YOUR BROTHER IS DOWN .... LEND HIM A HELPING HAND ... HOLLA BUTTA!!!
IF YOUR SISTA IS IN NEED ... REACH OUT WITH A SMILE ... HOLLA BUTTA!!!
IF YOU OWN A GUN ... MORE POWER TO YOU ... GET YOU ARSE IN THE INNER CITY AND TELL THE KID THAT IS GETTING LOST TO THE STREETS THAT THERE IS A BETTER WAY ... TO PUT DOWN THEIR WEAPONS... SHARE YOU WEALTH... AND WEALTH IS NOT PAPER MONEY... IT IS TIME,,,, IT IS TALENT.... IT IS A SMILE.... IT IS WILLINGNESS ... AND ABOVE ALL IT IS NOT SELFISH...
SOMEBODY HOLLA BUTTA!!!!!
OFF MY RANT ... AND MY SOAPBOX.... HAD TO GET THIS OFF MY CHEST AND IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT ...
IT IS ALL ABOUT BUTT AND BUTTA (lol) NOW I TOTALLY LOST MY COMPOSURE ... YOU PASSIVE AGGRESSIVE SO AND SO .... YES YOU!!! CALL ME A BITCH ALL YOU WANT TO.... IF THE SHOE FIT JUST SAY OUCH AND KEEP IT MOVING!!!!
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YOU DON'T KNOW ME ... DON'T YOU JUDGE... on August 27, 2009 6:49 am
For you who are so critical of me and chose to hide behind email attacks.....
“Do not judge so that you will not be judged. “For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you.“Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? “Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ and behold, the log is in your own eye? “You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye".
So try to stomp on me, just try to douse my inner flame, try to squash every ounce of beauty I hold within me.
You won't succeed...
SO YOU THINK I AM A BITCH? AND I DO NOT REPRESENT??? YOU HAVE A PROBLEM I DON'T ... BECAUSE I COME LIKE I AM AND WHILE YOU LOOK AT THE OUTSIDE HE SEES THE INSIDE ... THE HEART... WHERE IT IS ALL WORTH IT .... YOU HARD HEARTED SO AND SO YOU...
THIS IS MY BITCH ... AND I CAN LIVE UP TO IT...
When I stand up for
Myself and my beliefs,
You call me a
Bitch.
When I stand up for
Those I love,
You call me a
Bitch.
When I speak my mind, think my own thoughts
Or do things my own way, You call me a
Bitch.
Being a bitch
Means I won't
Compromise what's
In my heart.
It means I live my life MY way.
It means I won't allow anyone to step on me.
When I refuse to
Tolerate injustice and
Speak against it, I am
Defined as a
Bitch.
The same thing happens when I take time for
Myself instead of being everyone's maid, or when I act a little selfish.
It means I have the courage and strength to allow myself to be who I truly am and won't become anyone else's idea of what they think I 'should' be.
I am outspoken, opinionated and determined.. I want what I want and there is nothing wrong with that!
So try to stomp on me, just try to douse my inner flame, try to squash every ounce of beauty I hold within me.
You won't succeed.
And if that makes me a bitch ,so be it.
I embrace the title and am proud to bear it.
B - Babe
I - In
T - Total
C - Control of
H - Herself
B = Beautiful
I = Intelligent
T = Talented
C = Charming
H = Hell of a Woman
B = Beautiful
I = Individual
T = That
C = Can
H = Handle 'anything'
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LIFE BOOK on August 26, 2009 8:01 am
Health:
1. Drink plenty of water
2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar
3. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants, and eat less food that is manufactured in plants
4. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy
5. Make time for prayer
6. Play more games
7. Read more books than you did in 2009
8. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day
9. Sleep for 7 hours
10. Take a 10-30 minutes walk every day -- and while you walk, smile
Personality:
11. Don't compare your life to others - you have no idea what their journey is all about
12. Don't harbor negative thoughts or worry about things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment
13. Don't overdo; create healthy limits
14. Don't take yourself so seriously; no one else does
15. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip
16. Dream more while you are awake
17. Envy is a waste of time, you already have all you need
18. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner with his/her mistakes of the past - that will ruin your present happiness
19. Life is too short to waste time (or energy) hating anyone
20. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present
21. No one is in charge of your happiness except you
22. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class, but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime
23. Smile and laugh more
24. Agree to disagree - you don't have to win every argument
Community:
25. Call your family often
26. Each day give something good to others
27. Forgive everyone for everything
28. Spend more time with people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6
29. Try to make at least three people smile each day
30. What other people think of you is none of your business
31. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick - your family and friends will. Stay in touch.
Life:
32. Do the right things
33. Get rid of anything (or anybody) that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful
34. GOD heals everything
35. However good or bad a situation is, it will change
36. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up
37. The best is yet to come
38. When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it
39. Your "inner most" is always happy - so, be happy
DON'T WORRY!!!! BE HAPPY!!! 2.5 YEARS OUT AND I AM HEALTHY AND LIVING, LOVING AND GIVING ... AND YES I HAVE ISSUES BUT I KNOW TO SAY I AM SORRY AND TRULY MEAN IT ... I CAN PICK UP THE LITTLE PIECES AND KEEP IT MOVING....
I HAVE KEPT A JOURNAL OF MY POST WLS JOURNEY AND I AM KEEPING ONE FOR AS LONG AS I HAVE ALL MY FACULTIES (LOL) WHICH MAY NOT BE TOO MUCH LONGER (LOL) .... I AM MAINTAINING FOR LIFE....
HEADING OUT TO THE POOL ... TAKING A PIC OF MY BIG BAZOOKA FOR R&R BOOTAY CONTEST...
AND ME AT WORK... EVERY DAY WALKING HAND IN HAND WITH THE WOMAN I USED TO BE ... MY FORMER OUTWARD PERSON ... WE WALK HANDS IN HANDS BECAUSE WE ARE ONE AND THE SAME ... SHE KEEPS ME FOCUSSED AND GROUNDED ... HER DELIVERANCE MY RELEASE.... MY RELEASE HER DELIVERANCE...I AM NOT!!! GOING BACK....
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...she won me over with kindness ... Love the... on August 24, 2009 12:09 pm
I can't believe I went into her establishment five years ago with major attitude ... I was ticked off at the whole world ,,, so angry and fighting an internal battle within me while on the outside I kept my cool and my composure ... on the inside I was angry, dead or dying I can't even rehash those feelings today and it was not at all weight related.... but more the invasion of my body in a most grotesque experience that had consequences.
I was determined to find something good in the very places where a lot of others won't go and I went deep into the inner city on a drug infested street corner dodging bullets and the johns and the addicts and the prostitutes and the street kids about to run me over on their bikes and I saw her .... with a broom she was sweeping the sidewalk and every so often she would stoop and pick up a needle, a piece of glass, paraphernalia... and every so often with a smile one of those kids would get off their bikes and talk to her and somehow they would seem so different afterwards because somebody cared .... and I won't see that same kid on the street again... I said nothing... the little church was all busted up and falling apart ... the walls were all broken but I felt good it there because it was as busted up as I felt...
I painted a mural in there, I told the Pastor to 'bite me' in there and I told the deacons to get a life. One of the unemployed deacons said he was the head and not the tail and I told him certainly not he was an 'ass' ... five years ago ... ticked off at the whole world I found the capability to love unconditionally in a busted up little building where with love and with patience I overcame my inner turmoil...
I can't begin to tell you how rude and disruptive I was .... yet I felt so fulfilled by bringing clothes, and toys and food and everything else I could for the missionaries .... I took all the unclaimed clothes in my uncles dry cleaners and all of mine and my daughters and made a big tag sale as a fund raiser for them while my DH cooked and did a bake sale yet I continued to be angry and disruptive ... and I kept watching her ... she never ever once reacted to me in anger and in any other way that was not with patience and love even when I was at my worst ... I am ashamed of myself when I think about it.
One day I asked her when I saw her open the little food pantry and was handing out baskets of food to the people and when she took her own funds to help someone in need pay for their gas bill ... I asked her "HOW DO YOU DO IT?" and her answer was "I JUST HAVE TO LOVE THE PEOPLE" and I saw such honesty in her eyes...and I told her we will help the people but we will also show the people to help themselves and I was sooooooo happy to be a part of it ... a part that I could do.... and I began to love the people...
My DH and I brought carpeting for the floors ... my DH was the janitor until his leg issue that we are still battling with beginning this year and still going .... while on Saturday mornings we would go clean the building and we saw things grow as she worked helping and empowering the people ... teaching them how to fish.... we saw the teens finish high school and go on to college ... and I got to make them their going away baskets....
Well she just turned 60 and I was so wrapped up in my personal things I had brought her a gift but completely got the days screwed up ... I did not even have wrapping paper in the house and at the zero hour decided to just put it all in a basket and I came up with the weirdest basket I have ever put together ... I got her a Dell laptop and a portable workstation and a whole bunch of goodies and I also placed some of my floral pens in there .... wrapped it all up ... I thought mine was the ugliest and goofiest gift ... and I gave it to one of the teens to bring it to her .,. I did not want to parade down no isle for any presentation ... she knew the basket was from me and the kid felt good bringing it to her .... her smile said it all .... this was Friday night ... me, my goofy gift and my pastor ...I am so glad I met her and got to know her ... she is a friend and a true sista ... I am so glad she did not judge me and accepted me just the way I am - I was at my wits end - hating myself and God when she told me all she had to do was to love the people ... and that made a big difference ... because then and there I chose to love me and all the people with all their issues and differences .... love is easy and it makes me happy .... AND I MUST SAY THAT THAT CORNER IS CLEAN TODAY....
And were we are ... my pastor and I on Friday night and my goofy basket...who would put a laptop in a basket????
and here is me today ... tired as a dog ... because good Karma hit me up with hundreds of transcription reports over the weekend ... my other side business and my kids and I typed and typed into the wee hours of the morning .... but I got my second wind now ... and I am going swimming after work and then I am going home because DH has porgies on the grill (lol)
it is all good ... and all I have to do is love the people ... that simple.... I will be back to my dolls and packaging and sending them out ... got to get to Staples to get more boxes ...
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No lloran, no cagan, no mean y no chupan ... NO... on August 8, 2009 1:54 pm
They don't cry, they don't caca, they don't wee wee and they don't suckle ... no siree ... they are on R&R and they ROCK!!! and yours truly made them with LOL -LOTS OF LOVE!!!!
CALLING OUT DAT DAM MARTITA ..... WHERE'S DAT CRAZY SISTA AT.... MAKING DOLLS DATS WHAT...
hold up, hold up, just got two hands .... others are coming up..... and N.M. i got you too.... (lol)
Mi Cubanita Linda....
Y mi adorable Bear...
La enfermera Caro...
Y la picara LessofKim
Jamille y sus nenas
Y el guapo Snicklefritz
N.M. (Nicci) - Guapisima...
Pricess LeaAnn...
Reina LeaAnn
Que linda es Michelle...
WELL I HAVE BEEN HAVING SOOOOOOOOO MUCH FUN.... AND THERE ARE ALL OTHERS TO COME... I CUT AND I SEWED AND EVEN FOUND SOME TINY DOLLS LIKE THE ONES FOR JAMILLES'S DOLL ... AND WHILE MY MESS ROOM IS STILL MESS .. ALL THOSE PICS ARE IN MY DANGER ZONE BASEMENT THAT NEEDS WICKED PAINTING (LOL)... DH KEPT SNAPPING AWAY AND ACTING ALL NICE AND WARM AND PERKY ... I ALREADY TOLD HIM I WORK BETTER THAN CIALIS (LOL)....
MAKING ANOTHER BATCH TO POST... SO FAR MY DAY LOOKED LIKE THIS...
MAKING DOLLS.... HEY CARO DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH SHOES????
IT IS MY BIRTHDAY TODAY!!! on August 5, 2009 4:42 am
... and I am 2 1/2 years old ... yup 2.5 years post WLS ... this woman who two and a half years ago lay in bed watching Lifetime, painting and making dolls while she polished off a whole rack of baby back ribs or a whole tray of lasagna (yes, all by myself)... I was a volume eater,,,, a compulsive eater ....a happy eater, a tearful eater ... good or bad... hungry or not whatever the occassion, the time or the feeling -- I would eat ... real food ... not ever into chips or sweets. I refused to exercise and while I always worked and participated in extra curricular activities I could call myself being sedentary because almost always I would be sitting down or laying down .... today, I get to do all those things plus I am MOBILE ... I seek out and run every other 5K, I do steps, aerobics, weights, hot yoga (Bikram) and I swim... I have restriction, satiety, portion control and I make the appropriate choices for me and I refuse to go back ... it did NOT feel good and I am not allowing myself to go back there ... I am in control of me and if I have to kick my butt into gear each morning and remained focussed all day that is good for me ... I am forever looking back at how I made myself sick with my food addiction ... five co-morbidities and a tons of hospital bills are all behind me ... I am alive today, I am healthy and I am HAPPY!!! All the things that 2.5 years ago I did not dream I would be doing today.
327 pounds my highest weight recorded by my Cardiologist...
285 pounds at time of WLS surgical seminar -
254 pounds on day of surgery 2-5-07
Lowest weight post WLS:110 lbs (too low ... increased complex carbs intake)
Current weight: 118 - 120 pounds and maintaining there for past eight months.
I am happy ... life is happening with all its ups and downs ... and I am not at all deprived ... so today ... I will head to the pool after work and swim laps nonstop for 1.5 hours ... tomorrow I get to go to the casino with my DD .... and over the weekend I will paint and make dolls ...
MY DOLL I MADE ON SATURDAY....
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