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To wear clothes from the regular stores

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be able to Exercise without pain!

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To keep up with my 4 yr old

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To have WLS and Lose 120 lbs.

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  • Comment by Ms Shell on 5/9/07 1:56 pm
    Welcome to the Cali board! Enjoy your stay and those lovely 24 months of Kaiser classes...I'm on week 6 :(
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My journey for WLS began some day in Jan 2006.  I don't remember the exact day but i do remember the reason.  My then 2yr old son decided to run into the middle of the street and I could not catch him.  He was almost hit by a car and I try to run after him but my knees started to buckle and I was out of breathe.  I was too fat to run after my own child and because of my food issue, my soaring waistline nad thighs that burn upon walking, I almost lost the one thing in this world that means more to me than myself.  My son made me go crawling into my PCP's office for a referral for wls in Feb 2006.
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The best birthday Gift
on June 4, 2009 5:55 am
Finally after weeks and weeks of bouncing between 5lbs, it finally happened.  I finally hit Onederland.  And on my birthday too.  I woke up this morning feeling like, ok let's get the corny cubicle decorations and balloons over with.  Try to smile at the people who say you look great to your face, but then say I can't believe she had "that surgery" and she cheated(yeah ok, as my pouch decides to play Throw some D's and reject whatever food it doesn't like that day, I took the easy way out).  But right now, none of that matters because it's my Birthday, I'm 29 and finally made it to Onederland.
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6 month check up
on May 19, 2009 8:39 pm
and it's not good.  I'm anemic, my PTH is elevated and Vit D is low.  So that means I'm leeching calcium from my bones.  Nice.  And my vit A is low too.  My B12 is too high.  That seems to be the only thing I absorb.  And I am in a stall.  NUT thinks it's because I'm not eating enough, I skip meals and my diet is not up to par.  I should be getting about 1200 cal, I'm not.  I should be incorporating protein, fruits, veggies and starches in my diet.  I don't.  And I'm a slow loser.  Yeah, but I'm doing good with my B12.  I guess that's the cause of my tiredness and general disdain for life right now.
Sad thing is I take my vits daily.  I guess I just don't absorb them.  So now I'm on super doses of vits.  My goal for the next month is to switch up my exercise to break this stall, increase my food calories and eat a more balanced diet.  Wow.
If you are reading this and slippin on the vitamins, please correct it now.  Apparently it's hard to fix deficiencies especially the vit A one.  And since I'm so young(hahaha) I need to correct that calcium things like now or be a hunch back in 40yrs.  Oh and if you like your teeth too.  Apparently you need calcium to keep your teeth in your mouth. LOL
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Life is too short....
on May 4, 2009 9:32 pm
Last night my little cousin died in a car accident.  She was only 23yrs old.  5yrs younger than me.  She was so beautiful, smile that could melt the coldest of hearts.  Her personality lit up rooms when she walked in. The last time I saw her was last year.  She lived 30 minutes from me.  Family is the only thing you have when all the chips are down, when the wheels stop spinning, the money runs out and your love packs their bags and moves on from your life.  Family is who will always be there, even when you step on their heads to climb your way to the top.
I tend to take things for granted and never realizing the blessing it is to have friends and family in my life.  Those who love me despite all my faults, ups and downs, and my constant need to be free of them.  I took my friendships for granted, my health for granted and my youth for granted.  No day is promised and I'm so grateful for being able to tell my friends and family how much they truly mean to me. If you are reading this, I pray that you do the same.  Make amends with those in your life that are on the fritz. Appreciate the blessings no matter how small.  Recognise the beauty in yourself because this is the person most likely to be left out.
And if you can please keep me and my family in your prayers. 
I love you Meka.  I was truly blessed to have you in my life for the last 23 yrs.
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is it just me
on April 27, 2009 6:49 pm

or does everyone else's pouch gets grouchier the further out they get.  I'm eating less and less as time goes by.  Nothing seems good, everything smells great until it's time for fork to hit mouth.  Then, yuck.  I wave of disgust and nausea hit me and I end up eating a stick of cheese.  Man, if you would have told me a year ago I would be surviving on cheese and beans, I would have laughed at you. 
My diet is very much like the beginning:  string cheese, refried beans, chili.  I choke a couple of bites of chicken and fish down.  I had 3 slices of an apple and that mug is still deciding if it wants to go down or come back up.  This WLS thing is definitely a roller coaster.  Who ever thought the chick who never met a hamburger she didn't like, would be turning down food.  SMDH

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Could it be, yep it is
on April 20, 2009 12:24 pm
I'm in a 14.  I couldn't believe it.  I had to try on several things that was a 14 too, you know, just to be sure.  Damn it feels good.  Last time I was in this size was 2001, eight whole years ago.  I felt so good I was almost tempted to get on the scale.  Notice I said almost.  That daggone scale will be the death of me.
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My Story

My story isn't any different from anyone else's.  I have been overweight for the majority of my life.  I have been on a diet since I was 11, so if its out there, I have been there and done that.

I started researching WLS in 2005 while on Weight Watchers.  While everyone else was losing 2-5 lbs a week I was losing 0.  While my friends were shopping at the cute little store, I was shopping at the "big girl" stores.  It gets frustrating to say the least.  My current health issues have lead me to making that ultimate decision to have WLS.  I would love to go the gym and not hurt from 10 minutes of walking on the treadmill.  I would love to play ball with my son, currently I am sitting on the side lines.  I would like to be able to paint my own toe nails.  I know it sounds crazy but I can't do it.  I feel like WLS is my last and final hope to keeping the weight off.

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