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I have been overweight all of my life.  School as a child was a joke or actually I was the laughing stock of the "small town" school that I grew up in as I was always "fat" so, this past January of 2007 after spending numerous New Years' Eves all alone, I decided that 2007 was the year for "ME".  I was going to do something for me this year, after all, my daughter would be turning 21 and it is time to spend time on ME.  I did just that. In March I went to the Baylor Irving Weight Management Program, attended a required night about Gastric Bypass Surgery (can't remember now what they call that visit) - you meet the doctors, pre-ops, post ops, nutritionist (Carol Sheer) and you just learn all you can about this process. You fill out the initial paperwork, contract type stuff and then you just go from there. They have an insurance person that processes things, sends in an initial request for this surgery and most normally you get the 1st denial - which tells you what is required by the insurance company to become pre-authorized for this surgery. I rec'd that information and took it to my PCP and the rest just seemed to be a breeze for me from there. I had all of the tests done previously because of other health issues, but the only thing that I needed to do that I hadn't done was the "90-day" nutritional counseling, so I started that process on May 9th, 2007 and we finished it up on 8-14-07 (My birthday). The paperwork was resubmitted to my insurance carrier in 8-17-07 and about 2 weeks later (they have 45 days) I was advised that I had been approved. ISN'T THAT KEWL - I WAS SO EXCITED THAT DAY - I COULDN'T STAND IT !! The next step was to set up an appointment with the surgeon's office which was something like 9-17-07 I think and then they gave me some things to get accomplished prior to the actual setting of the surgery appt. I then had to see Carol for an extensive visit (2 hours) on nutritional counseling AFTER bypass surgery and I also needed to make an appt with the Hospital AFter surgery care nurses on what to expect in the hospital, after bypass surgery, care, etc...............Once I advised the surgeon's office of those 2 appts - but surgery was scheduled for 10-16-07 at 7:30am. I was the FIRST surgery on the schedule for that day. At least - they weren't behind at that point and the rest is history from there. I just feel that I really had an easy experience. I sat back and just let the paperwork, the pcp and the insurance person do what they had to do and just tried to relax because ALL GOOD THINGS TAKE TIME !!
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12-5-10
on December 5, 2010 7:15 pm
Okay - I'm not doing well
I hate the holidays
I'm a part of a wonderful new group on the OH boards call The Weight is Over and well - the support there and on OH is just wonderful............I"m really struggling and I continue to gain weight....

Goals for the month of December:
1)  Call PCP and have them run tests for thyroid problems, diabetes rearing its head again?   Just gotta check
2) Deal with goals......by the day first and then on to weekly goals
3)  Get a grasp on this additional weight.

I don't want to attend parties or even see family with my new and additional weight gain because I don't want them to see me up on poundage...............I started this journey at about 350+....338 consult weight and got to 199....Surgeon's office had me at 194...and that is my actual goal weight to get too as of now per doctor.   I am back up to approximately 235 as of 12-5-10 and I'm not happy.     I had a fall this summer and just can't mobilize due to leg/knee injury and now that winter has showed up, the arthritis is rearing its ugly head now too.  I haven't felt this pain in my legs, knees since PRIOR to WLS back in Oct of 2007.......I don't want to be like this and only I can do something about it and NOW.......THE TIME IS NOW !!
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1-1-2010
on January 1, 2010 6:03 pm
Imagine writing in this blog today..................the first day of the new year................I absolutely REFUSE to write a New Years' Resolution.   As Mary Poppins said:  "that is a promise - easily made -  easily broken" 
How many times have we set ourselves up for failure..........set up  - started dieting on 1-1 of every year and by 1-30 of every year - have failed another diet plan..........

THIS IS A WAY OF LIFE...........EATING HEALTHIER FOR A HEALTHIER "US"............."ME".............you get the picture...

I am going to post my goals here and try to work on attaining them by 9-27-10.  The date of the TMB Cruise.

I don't have too many personal goals in my life.   I just live day to day...........Take it one day at a time....but here is what I have so far...

1)  Excercise or start an excercise regimen -  do it faithfully  for 30 min a day/......at least 3-4 times a day.....

2)Stop obsessing about food again.    Do things to get my mind off of food..........gotta get back to basics.....

3)  Get to goal weight of 150..hopefully by 9-27-10 - but if not - I'm not going to freak out either....but I would like to get out of the 200lbs...........again................180 would be nice !! 

If you are a newbie reading this...............it does become more difficult the further out of surgery you get.......so do all you can do to break those horrible habits before they creep back up on you.     GOOD LUCK !!
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4-29-09
on April 29, 2009 7:53 pm
WEll - I just found 2 more pics that I've been I've been looking for that  I knew existed and they were taken about 6 weeks prior to surgery when I got my new car.....9-4-07.      I didn't even KNOW WHEN I was going to have my surgery at the time of this pic....but I know that I had been approved and was waiting on my date to meet the surgeon and start that 2 weeks proces sof extensive counseling for eating AFTER WLS and get to know what to expect AFTER Surgery............

I'm amazed at when I look at them pics from 9-4-07 at how far I'm come and I'm so excited.   Makes me want to jump start things and kick my self to get going once again -  I"ve only got 50 more lbs to go and these will be the most difficult.  I've kinda stayed around the same weight for the past 8 mos or so - give or take......I have no one to blame but myself...but all in all - I really can't COMPLAIN at where I've come from and how far I've come.................143 lbs gone.......I want to say forever and ONLY I can control that.....but I can only hope that I"ll never gain it all back.

I learned this past weekend that a friend of mine from church is having lapband in late June.  She is really excited and hopefully will get acclamated with the OH group on here and learn all she can because I know that she will be a success too.  They watched me back in late 2007 when I had my surgery and although I don't see them regularily and saw some of them for the first time in over 18 months...........they see my progress and my success...and well - I am NOT going to let anyone down !!   Even myself........

Today - I sorta had a "WOW" moment.......A coworker noticed and asked how far out I was since my sugery.   It has been about 18 months......if I added right.heheh  lol..............she was amazed at how well I had done and that I had kept my weight off during this period.......some thing that I have been losing too................I don't think so........but I'll take those comments because they keep me wanting to keep going.........if that made sense....

The past few days  - I've noticed that a pair of shorts that I was wearing a few weeks ago - seem to be very loose.....so I guess maybe what they see if the inches going away....even though I don't see those - because I get on the scale every week and don't see those numbers melting away..........Unlike most advice that is given out and I missed that........I FAILED TO TAKE ANY MEASUREMENTS THROUGH MY JOURNEY........SO I really don't know how many inches I"ve lost.......but I know I was wearing shirts:  52+ and 28 pants...........NOW:   16 shirts;  Pants: 16-18s......depending on where and what and how they are made............TMI - bra/size - has gone down too.............undergarments are much much smaller too.....
It all adds up................

I'll have to consider myself a success...................(((((((huggss)))))))))))))

Thank you to all that have supported me through my weight loss journey and continue to support me as I continue on my journey and for all of those that pray for me too...............through my illnesses and challenges..................(((luv you all)))
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1-10-2009
on January 10, 2009 11:18 am
Okay - here is what's been happening in my neck of the woods.

Been feeling pretty good.
As prior to WLS patient...the holidays just suck........................I started nibbling on everything just prior to Thanksgiving Week thru the week of Christmas.   I just chalked it up and excused it as to the holiday blues................I still get those I guess.        I don't like the holidays that well - I guess just because my mother passed away 1 week prior to Thanksgiving back in 1996.   I KNOW - NO EXCUSE..............BUT IT DOES EXPLAIN MY BEHAVIOR NOW THAT I LOOK BACK.

I remember that she was always ILL during the months of NOV, Dec, JAn.  I guess holiday blues........she was more or less a single parent raising 2 teens (my brother and myself)            I'm deterined to try to break that cycle, so I tend to try to get really really busy and work all the time to avoid holiday busy ness............
I only gained about 8 lbs and with that little gain - ticked me off and then I was really scared that I may have hurt my pouch..........if only I could take back what I had been doing for 4 weeks.      
Then..........I gained control..........I just needed to "get back on track"..revamp though processes..............tell myself that you are looking too good now and doing too well to go backwards since you haven't hit your goal yet - you have 50 more lbs to go..............so I decided on the evening on 12-25-08 was the time to get back on-track.    I let my friends and co-workers know that they had to stop me......hold me accountable and that is working.

On Sunday 1-4 I got sick at weekend job.  My stomach hurt for about 4 hours.  I was thinking gall-bladder attack.  Not sure....drove myself to the ER to make sure nothing wrong with pouch after all.    Labs, ultrasound, CT Scan, exrays - ER doc advised all normal.............What was strange to me was that they were going to keep me overnight and put me on a liquid diet.............NPO (nothing my mouth) after midnight for the possiblity of doing a scope on Monday 1-5-09.
On Monday morning..........I see my surgeon who had done my RNY 14 months ago..............they want to do surgery.   Go in and take a look around - thinking maybe stricture which is really hard to diagnose, check out for possible intestine twisting, close up empty spaces (when you lose weight like we do - really fast -  very common) and repair the OLD hernia AGAIN  - holding up with MESH..............okay - the CT wasn't exactly NORMAL - but did show that my hernia had turned black again................... surgery scheduled for this week    was actually on 1-6-09.         Okay - stayed on liquid diet all day Monday and NOT Much until after surgery on Tuesday........TALK ABOUT GETTING ME BACK TO BASICS...........Thank you Dr. Matin....................

IF ONE EVER QUESTIONS THE ABILITY OF THE 5-DAY POUCH TEST......TRY GOING ON LIQUIDS FOR 2-3 DAYS............ and then trying to eat again after surgery............MY POUCH REALLY TIGHTENED UP.............
3 BITES  - and I'm full.   whoo hoo...............I got back that beginning of WLS feeling again..........now if I don't screw this one up again............
BUT............I'm not able to get all of my water in again.......nor all of my food requirements - protein, calories...etc...
so  - taday  1-10-09..........I DON'T FEEL WELL............WEAK, TIRED AND JUST VERY HEADACHY.......

Thank you all who are following my blogs.....not much information in mine........but I just really don't know where to go from here.   This is a lifestyle change and I  - only I can work this tool......................only I can make the correct choices to remain on track..................There will be times that I go off......but thats okay - this is  a lifestyle change............at least when I go off track now ...................I don't gain back 20 lbs........maybe just 1-5 lbs.........and then gain control again.

(((Huggss))) to everyone out there.
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Daily Diary 12-17-08 Wednesday
on December 17, 2008 3:53 pm
Today was my office / team Christmas Party
I made brownies................I DIDN'T EAT ANY OF THEM.........TOO RICH FOR ME............the smell of them wasn't agreeing with me too much !   That is a Good thing - huh ? 

We had a little of this and a little of that.
I went for the homemade Chili and  Rotel Cheese dip w/crackers...I know - I know............then I ate too much and was miserable.  Then about 1 hour later - I was ready to snack again.................snack snack snack.....

I'm waiting for dinner tonight.  Dinner at Church Christmas Party -  now - those ladies' know how to cook.  I'm going for the meat, casseroles and veggies !!  

At 14 months out yesterday - I'm finding myself eating mindlessly and that is the purpose of starting to keep this diary....to see if I can figure out what and when is the trigger times for me to eat and WHY !! ?   I use to love food and I'm starting the desire to wanting it again......................I liked it when I had food fear....................bring that back.........I need to go into another mind set once again !!

 

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