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8 months
on October 2, 2008 6:45 pm
I'm down to 130lbs!  I remember weighing myself in 8th grade and seeing 132.  I am smaller than i have been in a looooooong time.  I feel great!  So great, in fact, that I got a skinny girl haircut!  I love what this surgery has done for my health, my self-esteem, and my change of lifestyle.
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6 months after the fact
on August 9, 2008 10:24 am
Well it has been 6 months since my surgery.  I literally cannot believe how much I have changed both physically and emotionally.  I still am having trouble loading pics and don't have the patience to figure it out. 

I am now down 80lbs!  From 225 to now 145!  I am in a size 10, sometimes an 8.  I have not been this small...well ever!  Everyone tells me I look like I did in high school and have my old outgoing fun personality back.  I feel great. 

My surgeon's goal was 150.  My goal is 140, maybe even 135.  But I still want to look healthy so I will see how 140 looks.

I would do this surgery over in a heartbeat.  It is the best decision I have ever made.  I am so thankful that someone was sensitive the day that Aetna made the decision to approve me. 

I think one of the strangest changes is the fact that before I could never have imagined sitting around in a pair of jeans.  They were so uncomfortable.  Now I am sitting around in my size 30 7 for all mankind jeans and loving how I feel.  Oh and I have a belt on with them!  Because I need the belt to keep them up!

Life is good.  Having this energy and feeling so good about myself has made every other aspect of my life better.
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waiting...
on January 28, 2008 10:07 am

I finally got over strep, I literally thought I was going to die.  I don't ever remember being like that when I had strep as a kid.  I was quarantined to the bedroom so Sam wouldn't get sick (and knock on wood, no signs of sickness yet).
Today I feel much better and was actually happy to see my students.  I think that they missed me.
I am just waiting for pre-op testing and the 20th.  I keep thinking all of these things that I am doing in 2008 and each time I think about them I get so excited because I know I will be healthy and thinner.  It's great!

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My Story

My story is simple.  I did not struggle with my weight until college.  I was always a little bigger, but I was very active in sports and extra curricular activities.  After I lost weight my freshman year (from a broken heart ) I got myself together and got happy.  Happy meant having fun, and having fun meant eating out, going to parties, and so on.  After graduating I was probably 35 lbs heavier than when I started. 
I got a job in the "real world" and soon after met my love.  Patrick and I had so much fun together.  I was new to DC so he showed me all of these amazing places that the nation's capital has to offer.  Oh, these amazing places always come with great food.  So we indulged...a lot!  I went from 160 to about 185 very quickly.  I guess I didn't notice until wedding time came around.  I used Atkins to get myself back down about 15 pounds, then right after the ceremony I was back up again.

Marriage leads to children, and we had our first in 2005.  I had the "eating for two" mentality so I ballooned to a weight I am too embarrassed to discuss.  Being working parents has been very difficult both physically and emotionally.  Add in the typically financial strife that many young families experience, stressful jobs (I am a teacher, hubby worked as a catering manager and went to school full time until he finished his degree) and you've got bad eating habits, little exercise and poor health.

My son Sam and my husband Patrick are my life.   I want to show my son what it is to live a healthy lifestyle.  I am at the same weight now that I was when i had Sam at 9 months pregnant.  Exercise attempts have lead to disappointment.  Disappointment has lead to the , "oh screw it" mentality, and you are back to doing everything wrong again.

I was approved Friday January 11th for WLS.  With a history of high bp, high cholesterol, depression, and a family history of morbid obesity (my dad had RNY last December) I thank that person at Aetna every day for reading my paperwork and actually caring about my wellbeing (maybe they felt like being nice seeing as it was a Friday).

I am ready for this journey!

 


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