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Brent Bruderer, M.D.
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  • Travel - drove through a lot of the US, flew to CA, FL, & Cancun
  • Parenting - I'm a stay-at-home mom with my daughter Kylee (5) & son Morgan (2)
  • Music - I'm into heavy, hard
  • Gardening & Horticulture - I love growing pumpkins and landscaping our yard with the hubby
  • Camping - We have an '09 fifth wheel Wildcat 30LOFT, NICE!
  • Tattoo - I have 4 and always want more
  • Auto Racing - World of Outlaw races and Nascar (been to the Daytona 500 the last 2 years)
  • ATV - We have an old 3-wheeler I like to take out when it will run. Would love a quad!
  • Pick-Ups - I'm a truck girl, especially when they're loud and jacked up
  • Deer Hunting - I love to hunt. I have the Browning buck mark tattooed on my upper back
Hey there, my name is Nichole. I'm 27 years old and live in North Dakota. I had gastric bypass surgery on September 15th 2008. I'm ready to get out of the 200's and enjoy life to the fullest!! 
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I can't believe it's been a year!
on September 17, 2009 6:29 pm
Sorry I don't get on here very much anymore, I hardly even Facebook!
So, it's been a year and 2 days since my surgery and I'm glad to say all is well! I'm still working at my oil tools store. I started in the office, but moved out to the store to be amongst the people. I sell parts for the oil field and pipelines in our area. i used to go on more deliveries than I do now since we're pretty short-handed there. I love my job, I've learned SO much, plus I get to give people crap. Being a smart-ass is kinda my forte.

I thought I would mention that I'm living a normal life, eating what I want to (for the most part) and still being able to have a "drink". When I signed up for this, I wasn't sure what kind of lifestyle I would have after all, but I still enjoy everyhting I used to, just at a much smaller scale.  

So here's my new stats, I totally lost my measurements I took when I started, but these numbers are good enough for me: 
This morning I weighed 164 - starting weight was 288 total weight loss  -  124 pounds
(I set a goal of 113 pounds loss with the Doc)
I now have a BMI of 23.5 rather than 41.3, which I started with.  

Well, I better pack it in for the night, Just wanted to update things since I hit this important milestone. I'm doing way better than I ever imagined and I hope the best of everyone out there going through this whole thing. It's quite the ride, so put your hands in the air and enjoy it!!!  
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10 months have gone by...
on July 27, 2009 7:38 pm
and it's still going well (knock on wood). I'm hanging steady at 171.5, which puts me at 116.5 lost. I hope all is well with all my OH buddies, sorry I'm not on here as much, I've been having too much fun on Facebook. Shame on me!!
Take Care!!!
~Nichole
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9 months down
on June 15, 2009 7:22 pm
Hi all, just dropping in to update for another month down since surgery. Today I weighed in at 176 pounds! No freakin way!! That puts me at 112 lost, only 1 pound away from the goal I set with the doc back in September. CRAZY!!! Well anyhoo, I better get back to paying bills. Hope all is well. Adios,
~Nichole
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it's been 8 months!
on May 15, 2009 4:24 pm
Hey gang, figured I better keep up with my monthly posts. It's been 8 months and I'm down 103 pounds. Hells yeah! Life's great, that's about all I have to say. 'til next time, laters.
~Nichole
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100 pounds lighter!!!!
on May 3, 2009 8:12 am
I did it! I've lost 100 pounds! (as of Thursday, April 30th - 7-1/2 months post-op) WOO HOO!!

I can't believe this is me. Things are still going great. I hope everyone else out there is doing good! I better jet, take care-
~Nichole
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I'm 5'9"+ and have struggled with weight as long as I can remember. I remember being called names in elementary and started hiding food in the 3rd grade. I broke the 200 mark my Junior year in high school, even though I was active and in track/field as a thrower (I guess I should've been a runner). My family moved around a lot when I was growing up. I was born here in ND (Oct. 7, 1981), then we moved to Palestine, Texas, moved back here, back to Texas, back here, then to Fresno Cali., back here, back to Texas, then back here to N.D. when I was a Sophomore in H.S. (1996). Amazingly we're all still here. I met Darren when I was 17, he was 20. We married August 10th 2002 when I was 20 and had our daughter Kylee 1 year and 6 days later (Aug. 16 2003). Our son Morgan was born July 24 2006. I have a great life and a wonderful family.