- Username: motiv8ted2l0se
- Location: El Mirage, AZ, USA
- Member Since: 4/16/2008
- BMI: 45.8
- Hoping to have surgery
- Surgeon: David Podkameni M.D.
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Checking in for myself...... on November 11, 2008 7:37 pm
I needed to log in here and see how i am progressing. I am down roughly 21 lbs now, so not much progress from my last post. I will admit there has been some minor health issues that made me not focus so much on my diet. I had my back go out and then developed gastritis from the anti-inflammatory I was taking. I lost focus there and then went out of town for a week. I came back and am more focused, but still had 2 days this week when I "watched" what I ate and then "watched" the scale flex back up a little. I think I am back to where I need to be mind wise so the scale should start moving that way as well. Actually though despite the slow change in the scale...I am down 21 lbs in 7 weeks. That is 3 lbs a week. Ok...I am patting myself on the back! I will try to check in sooner. I need to stay with this because the holidays will be rough and my goal is to stay with the 3 lbs a week through the end of the year!
Till Next Time.
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Rough Week on October 22, 2008 7:39 pm
So at the start of this week I was down a total of 19.4 lbs! Pretty darn awsome for just over 3 weeks. Anyways, I went up a little and was at 18. It happens I know. Actually, I was even ok with it, but yet I am finding it hard to be motivated this week. I hurt my back last week and it is still bugging me. I can't do much more than walk because of it. The bike and stairs both aggrevate it. Then of course I was taking several meds so I now have gastritis. Can we say ouch!!! My tummy hurts and eating soothes it for a bit. So yesterday and today I have found it hard to stick w/my eating plans. Today I feel so bad I don't even care if I hit my 10,000 steps. Tomorrow is a new day and I am hoping to get my motivation back. I am sure the scale will be up some, but thats alright. I am still doing awsome, and everyone needs a splurge now and then.
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Can I..... on October 10, 2008 5:08 pm
possibly do this on my own? At times I wonder if I can, but it depends on the moment. Other times I just can't wait to get to April and start on a different loser's path. I am now down 10.2 pounds in just under 3 weeks. If only the weight would keep coming off like this, but I know it won't. In fact, last week I only lost a pound and was sooo frustrated. I have totally changed my eating habits and am working so hard at this, it seems so unfair how easy the weight packs on and how slowly it comes off. On a really positive note, my PCP today seemed much more supportive of surgery today. She asked if I needed anything for Gateway, and I said not until I go see them. She then said she would document everything we talked about. She was very proud of me for the weight I have lost which was nice. Anyways, I am doing it for now...the real question is can I keep doing it...so the weight plus some doesn't come back. I guess we will weight and see.
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I have a new favorite number.... on September 29, 2008 5:03 pm
and it is 5.6 (lbs to be precise)!!!! That is what I lost the first week using my new body bugg! When I saw the doctor we agreed I would follow WW at home, but I have to be honest, I hadn't really attempted it. So then I bought my body bugg at the OH event the weekend before last, and it has totally motivated me. Following its plan, I should lose 2 lbs a week and I more than doubled that!! Woohooo  I am so excited. Off to another week on it and I am hoping for equally good results! Using my bugg helps me to see that I need to be up doing more, and if I want that ice cream or hamburger its more excersice, walking, and moving! Well that is it for now. I have my next doctor appointment on the 12th of October and I can't wait!
I love my body bugg!!!
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On the way.... on September 12, 2008 7:09 pm
to the losers bench!!! My name is Samantha...and I want to be a loser! I got in with my PCP today and have the official first visit for the required 6 months medically supervised diet! There scale there was a lot nicer than mine at home....262.2 is the poundage I start with! On my scale at home...I was that...in my birthday suit in the morning! I thought i would weigh in around 267 or so at the office. Not that I am complaining! My new doctor seems very nice though a little hesitant to support the bypass. I guess I'll stick it out and see. She just told me a horror story of another patient that has a bypass (I didn't ask if RNY/Sleeve ect) but she said she has been ill ever since because she can't absorb any protein. She is emaciated on top and has massive edema in the legs. Well...I know these things can happen. I am well educated on the risks and benefits so that didn't scare me at all...the thing that did is that I was hoping she'd be a huge advocate of WLS and then when she wasn't it threw me off a little. Anyways, I guess I will take it month by month with her and see where that gets me.
Until next time.
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Hello everyone and thanks for taking the time to check out my piece of the world wide web! My story....hmmm....where to start. I was always very thin in my childhood and teens. I didn't think I would ever have a weight problem. I watched my mom struggle with her weight for years, but as much as I loved her I guess I thought, "that will never be me." If only good intentions were all it took. In my teens I often called myself fat because I had some area or other that would jiggle. I remember being a size 2-3 for many years. A few years ago I found an old bag of high school clothes, and I couldn't believe that I actually had a few skirts that were size 0!!!! Oh to be that "fat" again. I made a all to common teen mistake and became pregnant at 16. I must have weighed all of 110 at the time, but my weight did get up to 165. I quickly lost the weight, though I did have a few added curves. I still didn't weigh more than 120. A few years later a few pounds crept up and I remember weighing like 145. At that time my mom had lost a lot of weight and only weighed a few pounds more than me. (Her high weight is 300+) Mind you when she is on a strict diet it is more like a starvation plan! Fast foward to 1996 when I was pregnant again; I gained 25-35 like recommended. That put me in the high 170's. I was a few years older so the weight probably wouldn't have poured off anyways, but I got pregnant again when my son was only 4-6 weeks old!! Irish Twins! They are 3 days short of 11 months apart. I think that did my metabolism in. I have had weight issues ever since. Not long after the pregnancy I had Norplant implanted for birth control. I swear that I lost the sensation of being "full" when I had that in. After the last baby I stayed in the 180's for awhile, but when I broke the 200 barrier I freaked out. Since 1998 I have done Weight Watchers, Atkins, and Jenny Craigs. I can lose weight on all of them, but then life happens and you all know the story. I gain it back plus some. I had settled in at aroun 217 for a couple years when I ended up pregnant again in 2005! 7 years after my last baby. I have always had bad morning sickness throught all 3 pregnancies and this 4th one was no exception. I was even taking Zofran for it. Even with this medication in my system I only gained 8 lbs for the whole pregnancy. I knew this meant that overall I had to be losing weight. Sure enough the day after she was born I weighed in @ 195 lbs! This was the lightest I had been in years and vowed to keep losing. Yeah right! Fast Forward to present day. I have had a series of health issues the last year. Multiple surgries for abcesses, an accident on my scooter which left me with a broken wrist, and torn ACL and meniscus on my left knee. In March I had a short hospitalization for an abcess and I weighed around 225. In April I had another hospitalization for removal of an infected gallbladder and weight 236. Here we are in September and I weigh in at around 267!!!! I just can't struggle this way for life. I want to enjoy my kids. I want to hike again. I want to live. So....I have thought about WLS before. Started thinking about it a couple years ago, but it was not an option as my health insurance doesn't cover it. I wish I could say that I fought the system, hired a lawyer and got them to pay, but instead I took the easy path and accepted, "No." My brother also started talking about it and I was a little jealous even though I knew he needed it more due to his co-morbities. I have so far lucked out. Borderline blood pressure for me and a some urinary incontinence. However, I learned at th end of last year that the hospital I work at was merging with another company that I knew covered the surgery. I had worked with someone who had it done with them. Since then I have been on bated breath waiting for the merger. It has finally happened! We continue with our benefits this year and then on 1/1/9 we change over!!! I am soooo happy! I have a PCP visit scheduled for 9/12/8 to start the 6 month medically advised diet. I have obtained all my old records to show a 5 yr weight loss hx. Found one old sheet from 1996 showing my weight at 156. I am getting all my ducks in a row. In January I will get the psych eval done. I will also schedule an appt for February to my surgeon. By March 12 everything will be ready to be submitted. From what I am told, it is pretty quick and easy to get the approval from there! I can't wait. I am hoping to have surgery by mid April. About a week after I am hoping to have my ACL repair done. That way I can be totally focused on the new me. I will be able to walk with out fear of my knee giving out, and I will be losing weight! A total win-win for me! Well, that's my story. I will keep you posted as I move along. By the way my brother is doing great and less than 2 months out he is down 68lbs. No more jealousy, just in awe of him!
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