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quit taking prescription meds

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lose 50 pounds by September 12

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Ronnie Keith, D.O., F.A.C.O.S.
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Patiurple's Journey

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Describe your behavioral and emotional battle with weight control before learning about bariatric surgery.
Trying different diets and failing, only to try again. And then finally just giving up on diets. I discovered diets did not work for me that I needed to change my lifestyle and after doing research, the bariatric surgery would be a tool I could use to help me accomplish the battle of the bulge.
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  • Comment by anewbecboo on 11/13/07 8:22 pm
    Pattye, I'm so sorry that I missed your surgery day!! Welcome to the LOSER's bench sweetie!!! I was talking to Shirl and she mentioned you had your surgery and I was so bummed to have not known!! I will be praying for a smooth and speedy recovery, and the ability to use your tool for optimal success for a healthier and thinner new you!!! May God bless your journey! big hugs and love, Becky
  • Comment by judyanne on 11/2/07 7:38 pm
    Monday is your day! Just remember you are on the journey of a lifetime. Try to enjoy every minute. It may sound weird now, but know that you are cared for and prayed for here, and all too soon this will be but a memory and you will be an inspiration to someone else. I am waiting for you on the losers' bench!
  • Comment by mlou on 11/2/07 12:02 pm
    Good luck, Pattye! Wishing you a safe and successful surgery and a quick and easy recovery.
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FOUR YEARS AGO
on November 6, 2011 4:35 am
Its been four and I have gained weight. tried stopping the soda it worked for a little while but its back again. I guess i need a brain over haul. Need more surgery to fix a hernia and a blockage but I am outting that off as I just dont want any surgery yet but I hate how I look. Certain clothes  look bad on me...I cant wear anything that hugs the waist it makes the hernia look bigger cant wear sweats the area below the tummy tuck sticks out ...I am so ashamed of how I look and I guess thats why I drink the dew. Anyway, I am still happily married to a wonderful man and Life is grand beyond description. Its fantastic to have a husband that tell me how gorgeous I am and that everyday he loves me more....amazing four years
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its me again
on June 30, 2011 4:07 pm
I have suffered a lot since 11/5/2007. I realized i was out of control went and begged for help and was offered MEDS to help me..WTF anyway I declined them.
I went to the basics protein and water  that lasted about a month and bam found myself eatting crap again. Im off and on the wagon. But after having a serious car accident last monday (20) i decided to take complete repsonsiblity and control again. I am now down to 3 16 diet mtn dews and have not had any candy in over 2 weeks YEAH me.  Found a protein shake thats does not make me sick another YEAH. I miss my walking and hiking havent been able to do either for 3 months. A huge bone spur has made the above impossible. I refuse surgery so its a slow going for recovery. And now I am not allowed to do any core exercises due to internal damage.. just my luck.
But I am blessed with an amazing husband who is always there for me and has flatly told me that the whole family is to eat my way...Our 14 year old son agrees says my way is the best. so after friday both will be home and we will see how long the low carb high protein life style lasts...
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forever ago
on March 28, 2011 10:28 am
I knew I hadnt blogged in a long time diodnt see much reason to.
Since my last entry my life has changed dramatically.
I went from dating a guy who wls to finding out he wasnt ready for a relationship to getting a wink from a great guy and within a month and a half getting married.
Hes the best thing that has ever happened to me but at the same time I have fallen from the regime of WLS to where I am gainign weight and have lost control of my addiction..
I have gained around 40 pounds. I blamed it on steroids and now its pure addiction on my part. I have no support group to go too any more. Keith's are more about newbies then for us old post ops. So I Am alone dealing with how to get myself back on track. FOr me I did the best when I had someone to be accountable to. Shirley and I havent talked in a long time..her life is extrememly busy and I never know when she can talk.
For my peeps here its like since i got married they dont call or come around.
I know where all this got started..the first diet mtn dew  it tasted so good I started with one and now I drink them all the time..nothing tastes better that junk food with pop so here conmes the junk. I dont even think I have hit my protein goal in months. DOnt keep a food journal either. I lost my mojo and cant seem to get it back.
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new year 2010
on January 4, 2010 11:30 am
so I am 2 yrs out and still not at goal.  But damn do I feel good. Not had to have surgery since august 17 and I am happy about that.
broke up with Scott lost over 270 pounds when i did that. And now back into being Me  me me!
Been doing things I havent been able to do in along time nd enjoying life. learned so much about me and now I am learning to live agasin.
My goals for 2010 to lose more weight exercise and just love life.
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22 months post op
on September 23, 2009 1:11 pm
it seems my journey has not suppose to be an easy one..another surgery has taken place and another recovery time. i am so trying to stay up beat and think positive. but with scott's attitude  i just done see us staying together...this last surgery has opened my eyes to the reality of what life would be like with him and i refuse to be with someoen so negative, and who finds so much fault with me. he  is driving me away faster then he got my heart...i am done with him as I am with the weight that i lost.
I would rather be alone then with him...sad to say I dont have the feelings I had before...I now see why he is single..and has been so for over 12 years..

I am more confident with myself and i DONT NEED THE CRAP of a man like that.
I am doing great with the support group that I lead and I am helping others...
when its right for me to be with someone then it will be until then I am happy to be by myself
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My Story

It's a story...I have been overweight most of my life. I was outcasted in school. I used humor to hide the pain, and food to make it feel better. In high school my popluarity was because I dared to go against society. I did not act like a normal fat person and I never thought of myself as such.  Until ...My jeans started to get smaller and then I couldn't find any to to fit. Where I use to walk for miles I couldn't even walk for blocks.
I quit hiking and horseback riding. Then I quit swimming. But I got married and divorced.  Finally I had enough and tried dieting only to lose and gain back. Got a trainer and lost weight only to gain it back. I lost my best friend last year and went into a deep depression gained weight and "woke" up in May determined to lose weight. I researched WLS and decide this was it. So here I am.
There is alot more to me than just this but I got to leave something to talk about.Stay tuned for more....