- Username: robinsaxton
- Location: Columbia, MD, USA
- Member Since: 9/12/2005
- BMI: 24.4
- Post Op
- Surgery Type: RNY (03/15/06)
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Member Interests
- Fitness & Exercise - like weight-lifting. Makes me feel better, stronger, slimmer
- Needlework, Knitting & Crocheting - Enjoy crosstitching! Working on a baby blanet, taking 4ever :)
- Aerobics & Aquarobics - love water aerobics. Want to get into that soon
- Walking - Want to do it more. Fibromyalgia makes me hurt but I need to walk more in spite
- Singing - Love to sing. Like all kinds of music, on the worship team at church
- Cooking & Baking - I love to feed people!
- Christianity - Born again, spirit filled, love God and Love God's people
- Army - 17+ years. Husband retiring next year (06)
- Rubber Stamping - Just getting into this. Seems like a lot of fun and I like scrapbooking too.
- Gospel - Favorite music is Christian but I also like Country and just all kinds of music.
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Wishing you all the
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your life changing
journey~~Kim
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One Year Anniversary!!! on March 15, 2007 9:01 am
I just wanted to announce that my official weight loss for one year is 108.5 lbs! I am so happy with my results. This has been such a wild year. The beginning was very difficult but I was determined to make the best of this opportunity. I made it through the rough spots and I am so glad that I did this for myself. I still have 18 lbs to reach my personal goal. For the first time in my life I not only believe that I CAN and WILL reach my goal, but I also believe that I will maintain my weight loss. That is a very good feeling. For years, everytime I started a new program or diet I was always waiting for the other shoe to drop and to fail, once again. Not this time! This is for life!!! My family is so proud of me. I am hoping that I am teaching my girls that a healthy, balanced life style is possible.
It feels so good to hear my husband call me skinny. I love shopping for clothes. I love hearing how good I look, I also actually believe it when someone tells me how nice I look. I do enjoy the looks I get from men, not that I am seeking them out but it is nice to see a man look at me and smile and know he isn't thinking or seeing how fat I am. It's nice to feel good about how I look. It's great knowing that no matter where I go, I will fit. I will be able to sit in any seat, or even on my husband's lap without making his leg fall asleep. I am physically fit and I enjoy exercise and moving. I don't dread doing anything physical anymore because I know I CAN and I won't be so sore I can't move the next day.
I think the best thing about me that has changed is my outlook on life. I feel better about myself, I love me, what I look like and how I feel. I see things in a whole new way. Our life still has many of the same problems, trials, and life issues that come up. But my attitude is positive and upbeat no matter what. Sure I still have bad days but all in all, I am happy, joyful and looking forward to living life to the fullest!
Thanks for sharing this journey with me. I am sorry this was so long.
Hugs, Robin
272/163.5/145
72.75 inches lost
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Plastics Approved! on March 9, 2007 5:34 am
I can't believe this! I received a call late yesterday afternoon (3/8) from the case manager at Walter Reed Plastic Surgery clinic. She spoke with the surgeon, Dr. Bonnecarre and he told her that there won't be any charge because of my massive weight loss and because I am a Walter Reed by-pass patient. The lower body lift surgery is covered!!!! I am going to call back the week of March 20th to schedule my surgery date. I am still in shock. I started crying on the phone when Mrs. Hill told me. I really hope this will make a difference. I hope they can at least get 4 inches off of my thighs. They will also lift my butt! That will be cool. They will lipo the outer thighs and give me the tummy tuck.
I am so excited! This is going to be happening very quickly. I have two months to get 10-15 (pushing for 20) more lbs off. I can do it. I know I can. My hope is that after the surgery I will be able to wear a 12 in jeans comfortably. I also hope that I won't have to alter my pants in the waist and that I can wear skirts/dresses that match in the waist/hips. That will be a dream come true!!! No more elastic waists. Maybe I can even buy skirt/pant suits that are the same size in the bottom as the top. That would be so cool.
I must give thanks to the Lord for His blessings. He has answered so many prayers in the past year. And the blessings keep coming. I am very humbled! I love the Lord so very much, and I would love Him even if he weren't answering these prayers. But I thank Him for His love and blessings!
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Plastics update... on March 8, 2007 9:49 am
I am quite frustrated right now. The case manager, Sylvia, said she would know something by last Thursday (Mar. 1) about Tricare paying for my surgery or not. Well, I called her on Thursday, she wasn't in. I called on Friday, no answer. I called on Monday and her vmail message changed to say she would be out of the office until today, March 8th. I called again today and still nothing! She told me today that she would try to get information by tomorrow. She doesn't realize that I will call her again tomorrow, and every day that she says she will try to have information for me. When it comes to things like this, you have to be the squeaky wheel or else you will get left behind. I will be polite but I will call her every day until she does what she said she would do. She is the one who gave a specific timeframe. She needs to follow through. I hope to know something soon.
The reason I want to know soon is because I want to either be free to prepare and get excited or just put it out of my mind. If Tricare won't pay or if what I have to pay is a lot, then I cannot have this surgery for a very long time. We don't have that kind of money and I can not ask my husband to try and finance this and add another bill to our already stretched budget. I keep praying that I will hear something soon.
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Getting our mind caught up to our bodies! on March 8, 2007 9:43 am
It truly does take awhile for our head to catch up to our body. About a month or so ago my daughter brought me a picture that I had taken about 3 years ago. I had a real "lightbulb" moment when I looked at that picture. I realized for the first time that other people do NOT see that girl when they see me now. Even after losing 100+ lbs, I still felt as if people were seeing me at 275 lbs. Where ever I went I thought that others still saw the old me, even though I see the new me whenever I look in the mirror. It's almost as if I walk away from the mirror and forget what I look like now. I would be in the stores shopping in the misses section and see someone looking at me and think that they must be wondering why I am shopping here because this fat woman can not fit into these clothes. Then when I looked at that old picture, I realized that, NO people do not see the fat woman shopping in the misses section. They see me, 106 lbs lighter, someone who belongs in the misses section! It's kinda weird. I still have to remind myself that others are not seeing me at 275. I don't know if I will ever be free from that, hopefully in time as I learn to live with my new self, I will stop thinking that others see the old me. And in time hopefully I will stop forgetting what I look like when I turn away from the mirror.
I hope that I become familiar with who I am now and more comfortable in my own skin. I know that will only help to boost my self esteem and keep me motivated to keep the new me around and never let the old me come back.
Most of my friends, who are not overweight nor have they experienced something like this, do not understand that I don't think in my mind that everyone sees me as I am now. They don't get it. That's okay because I don't get it either. Although I am starting to get it. I think that I just need time to get to know the new me. Become familiar with me. As I spend more time in my new body, the old body will fade into a distant memory. I hope anyway.
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A new outlook/attitude! on March 2, 2007 6:15 am
I read this on the Maryland board and loved it so much. I hope you too can gain insight, a fresh new outlook about food and perhaps remind yourself why you are or have done this! Enjoy!
DEAR FOOD: I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE COMFORT YOU BOUGHT ME MANY TIMES IN MY LIFE. I BELIEVE MORE THEN ONCE THAT YOU SAVED MY SANITY. WHEN I WAS SCARED, ALONE, A YOUNG TEEN AND NO FAMILY, I TURNED TO YOU AND WHEN NOBODY WOULD LISTEN I SHARED MY PAIN AND LOSS WITH YOU. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE GOOD TIMES I SHARED WITH OTHERS WHILE EATING A DELICIOUS MEAL. I HAVE GOOD MEMORIES SHARING A GOOD MEAL WITH PEOPLE VERY DEAR TO ME. SO FAR, SO GOOD. BUT IT HASN'T BEEN ALL GOOD, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN YOU AND I. MY DEVOTION TO YOU, MY OBSESSION WITH YOU. HAS REEKED HAVOC IN EVERY AREA OF MY LIFE. YOU BECAME A CRUTCH FOR ME TO HIDE MYSELF, TO COMFORT MYSELF PHYSICALLY WHILE IGNORING MYSELF MENTALLY AND SPIRITUALLY. THE EFFECTS YOU HAD ON MY BODY AT FIRST DIDN'T COMPARE TO THE COMFORT YOU BOUGHT ME. BUT THAT CAUGHT UP WITH ME AND MY BODY PAID A MUCH TOO HIGH PRICE. MY SPIRIT SUFFERED, MY MIND SUFFERED, MY SOICAL LIFE SUFFERED, MY ABILITY TO WORK SUFFERED, MY ABILITY TO BE AN ACTIVE MOTHER/FATHER SUFFERED, MY RELATIONSHIPS SUFFERED. FOR ALL OF THOSE REASONS I WORKED ON MY "SELF" FOR A VERY LONG TIME TO PREPARE TO SAY GOODBYE TO THE ROLE THAT YOU PLAY IN MY LIFE. IT TOOK TWO YEARS FOR ME TO LEARN TO FIND COMFORT ELSEWHERE, TO RECLAIM MY LIFE, TO RECLAIM MY OWN POWER OVER MY FUTURE AND MY BODY AND MY HEALTH. I'VE TAKEN THE PLUNGE AND PURGED YOUR IMPORTANCE IN MY LIFE. YOU ARE NO LONGER NEEDED FOR ME TO FIND SOLACE IN HARD TIMES. YOU ARE NO LONGER GOING TO BE THE PERSON I RUN TO FOR COMFORT, I AM NO LONGER TOO WEAK EMOTIONALLY TO TURN TO MYSELF, TO FIND OTHER WAYS TO FEEL BETTER. ALREADY I SEE THE DIFFERENCE PHYSICALLY SINCE BEGINNING MY PATH TO REDEFINE OUR RELATIONSHIP. I FEEL BETTER THAN I HAVE IN YEARS. I AM NO LONGER AFRAID TO LOOK IN THE MIRROR. I CAN ALSO FEEL HUGE CHANGES EMOTIONALLY. I AM SO MUCH STRONGER AND NO LONGER NEED YOU THE WAY I ONCE DID. SO FOOD, THIS IS GOODBYE. I WON'T CALL YOU MY FRIEND BECAUSE MANY TIMES YOU WEREN'T. I WON'T CALL YOU MY ENEMY BECAUSE MANY TIMES YOU SAVED ME FROM A DOWNWARD EMOTIONAL SPIRAL. BUT I WILL SAY THAT WITH THIS REDEFINED ROLE IN MY LIFE I AM READY TO ACCEPT YOU INTO MY LIFE AS A TOOL TO STAY HEALTHY AND STRONG. WE WON'T SEE EACH OTHER AS MUCH ANYMORE, AND HECK WHEN YOU HIT MY PLATE ALOT OF YOU WILL BE THROWN INTO THE TRASH. I AM LEARNING THAT THERE ARE VALUABLE THINGS YOU CAN OFFER ME AND I'M CHOSING ONLY THOSE VALUABLE THINGS. FROM HERE ON OUT YOU ARE MERELY A MEANS OF EXISTANCE, A FUEL FOR MY BODY WHICH IS NURTURING MY INNER SELF, DON'T BE SAD TO SAY GOODBYE, I AM NOT, I THINK WE'LL GET ALONG MUCH BETTER THIS WAY. SIGNED..... A VERY HAPPY WEIGHT LOSS PATIENT.
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