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Go to DisneyWorld and fit on all the rides with my children!

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Wear a bathing suit with confidence.

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be able to go shopping with my skinny girlfriends!!!!

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6 months Already!?!?
on April 23, 2008 12:53 pm
I can't believe it - but it is true - I am 6 months out of surgery today! I have lost 50 pounds to date and feel great! My progress has slowed and I NEED to get back to the exercise program, but I can say that even though I am not exercising right now, my weight has stayed the same. No loss, but more importantly NO GAIN! 

I have already called my exercising buddy and we are going tomorrow AM. I am really looking forward to summer - and already loving the spring!! 

Thank you God for my band! I am a new woman!
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Ahhh....warm weather!
on February 27, 2008 12:02 pm

I just returned home from a much needed vacation and it was wonderful! My 4 year old and I went to go visit gma and gpa in Naples, FL. (whenever my boys turn 4 I take them by themselves to go visit their grandparents and to take their first airplane ride - we have so much fun having one on one time together.) The weather was perfect - about 80 - 85 degrees every day - no rain, just a few clouds one day. 

I did lots of lying on the beach - not feeling so self concious - and did lots of shopping - I bought a couple of pairs of size 18 shorts! I was soo excited!! I even bought one pair in a 20 and had to return it to get the smaller size - it has been a while since I have done that!! All my shirts are 1x. I had a really hard time at first because I wanted to take the larger sizes into the dressing room, but my mom made me get the right sizes. I was just sure they weren't gonna fit, but they did- easily! It was so much fun shopping!!

The great news is that I did not gain! (nor did I lose!) I am exactly what I weighed when I left - 251. I did not diet while we were there - I ate everything I wanted, including crab legs dripping in butter - OH BABY were they yummy and ice cream two times - yum-o! 

We had a blast and are happy to see the rest of our family - we missed them a lot - but we now miss gma and gpa and the warm weather and palm trees!!  

I will post some new pics of me on vacation - I can start to see the weight loss!!

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My worst fear...and ...it HAPPENED!
on February 14, 2008 4:43 pm
My worst fear of all this lap band stuff was getting stuck and throwing up! Well, today I ate a pita chip and the next thing I knew I was in MAJOR pain and knew this was not going to pass. I have been stuck many times, but pretty quickly it passes and I move on. Not today, today it did not move on, but it stayed for a long time...it felt like an hour, but it was probably on 20 min. or so. I was sliming so much and spitting in the sink and finally I puked, a little at first and them whamo...it all came up! I NEVER want to do that again!!!! 

I am about 4 weeks out from my second fill and for some reason I have been VERY tight this past week. I think the fill is really working now. I guess since I had to go thru that I will learn from it and remember to follow the rules! 

Glad that is over - hope it never happens again!
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The flu is NO fun.
on February 4, 2008 11:37 am

I had the flu yesterday ...it sucked...body aches, chills, fever and the poops. I went out with the hubby Sat. night (and yes I did look pretty darn cute!) and after we got home I just didn't feel "right"; woke up the next morning feeling like I had a bad hangover - but I only had 2 drinks over a span of 5 hours - so I knew it was not that! As the day progressed it was obvious that I was sick! I slept ALL DAY I don't get to do that very often! I am feeling a bit better today - no more chills, aches and fever - but my tummy is still a bit sour. 

I didn't eat a thing yesterday - just drank water - and the good news is that between the flu and my TOM leaving - I have lost 3 pounds and am down to 254 - that makes 40 total pounds gone!!! 

I guess that is one benefit of the flu....

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I went shopping!
on February 2, 2008 3:51 pm
I went clothes shopping for the first time since getting the band. My pants were looking a bit baggy and my hubby and I are going out tonight and I didn't really have anything "cute" to wear. Well, I decided I would try a size 20 and it fit perfect!! That is 2 sizes down...YES!!!

Needless to say, I was very happy!

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My Story

SMALL VICTORIES

10/29/07 - Wore pants that were too tight - and they FIT!!
11/6/07 - Someone said they thought I looked like I had lost some weight - I said "yes, I did! - Thanks!"
11/11/07 - My ticker went to under 100 pounds to lose!! YIPPEEE!!!
01/13/08 - Able to pull jeans off without unbuttoning or unzipping!
01/23/08 - 3 months & made it into the 250's!

STATS

294 # - highest weight ever
286 # - date of surgery (10/23/2007)
271# - first fill (11/28/2007)
266.6# - second fill (1/8/08)


I am a 32 year old mother of 3 beautiful boys. Ages 5, 4, and 2 years. I have a wonderful and supportive husband of almost 11 years. I have not been overweight my entire life, just most of it! :) As a teenager I was bigger than most of my friends, but as I look back now I realize I was the PERFECT size for me. I am not built to be a size 6 or 8. I am built to be a size 12 or 14. I am comforable there and I look pretty darn good.

My journey to WLS and the lap band began 4 years ago. I had had enough and made the decision I wanted to go forward with it. But that was all the farther I got, I was denied by insurance 2 times and then I guess I just gave up. We were also planning to have another baby and I felt that I should wait until after we did that. Jump to 4 years later and I have my third boy and we are DONE with having kids and I now have the money to fund the operation! YIPPEE!! I called the doctor and they scheduled me right away for October 23rd.  The timing and everything has worked out perfectly - I thank God for that - I know His hand was involved in all of this!! 

If you want to know what I am looking forward to just read my Goals - they say it all!!!

 

 


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