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Still the same weight
on November 5, 2007 9:54 pm
I'm still the same since the last post.  I am eating terribly though.  I know this.  I have to get it under control.  I have to get this weight OFF!  

I feel as though I am losing inches.  At the beginning of the school year I bought a shirt with my elementary school on it.  I bought it small and it would not button up so I had to wear an under shirt with it.  I knew I would be getting into it soon.  Well I had not put it on for a couple of weeks (it would not button still then) and today it buttoned and looked good!  So that was encouraging.

I know I will get off this plateu thing or whatever it is.  It is just frustrating.  I am going to start doing tae boe and I'm waiting for it to come in the mail.  I walked some today and that made me feel better.

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6 month news!!
on October 21, 2007 7:45 am
Well I finally had my 6 months check up with the dr.  I weighed in at 226 lbs for  a total loss of 85 lbs!  The dr. said I was right on track but I do not feel like it.  I feel disappointed in my exercising and my eating habits.  I have done better in the past week with eating and just can't get motivated to exercising.  Maybe the wedding will be motivation!!!  I need to get into a nice sized wedding dress!!!!!  Adam proposed last week and I am so excited.  Our date is set for July 12 so I have 9 months to get the rest of this weight off!!!

Here are my measurements:

Neck:  13.5"  ~~~  -2    goal: 12           
L arm: 15.5" ~~~ -3.5               11
R arm: 14.5"~~~ -4.5                   11
L wrist:  6.5"~~~ -1                   6
R wrist:  6.5"~~~ -1                    6
Bust: 45"~~~ -11.5                       40
Under Bust:  39"~~~ -9          29-31
Waist: 39.5"~~~  -13                    28
hips:  47"~~~ - 12                      36
L thighs: 23"~~~ -8              17
R thigh: 23"~~~ -8.5                    17
L calf: 15.5" ~~~ -3                       13
R calf: 16"~~~ -2.5                        13
L ankle: 9" ~~~ -1                       8
Rankle: 9":~~~-1                         8

81.5 inches gone forever!!!!  I still have a ways to go but I AM going to get there!!!  I will not let myself down.
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Beyond Frustrated
on September 20, 2007 5:52 pm
I am BEYOND frustrated!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I am hardly losing ANYTHING!!!  I am so upset and I can eat almost anything and I feel like I am just slipping back into old habits.  GRRRRRRR!!!!!  I want to cry.

My current weight is 231.  I have lost less than 8 lbs in one month.  That is AWFUL.  I feel like I did this all for NOTHING.  I hate myself for it.  Here is my inches:

Neck:  13.5"  ~~~  -2    goal: 12           
L arm: 15.5" ~~~ -3.5               11
R arm: 15"~~~ -4                   11
L wrist:  6.5"~~~ -1                   6
R wrist:  6.5"~~~ -1                    6
Bust: 45"~~~ -11.5                       40
Under Bust:  39.5"~~~ -8.5            29-31
Waist: 40.5"~~~  -12                    28
hips:  47.5"~~~ - 11.5                      36
L thighs: 23"~~~ -8              17
R thigh: 23"~~~ -8.5                    17
L calf: 15.5" ~~~ -3                       13
R calf: 16"~~~ -2.5                        13
L ankle: 9" ~~~ -1                       8
Rankle: 9":~~~-1                         8


Total inches lost: 79.  I want to cry.  I have done this all for nothing.  I know I have lost some but I could have lost 80 lbs in six months without having surgery.  I feel like I am done and will not lose much more.  Sorry for the lowsy post but that is how I am feeling.

Rita
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The scale is moving again!
on August 17, 2007 5:37 am
Well hooray!!  The scale is moving once again!  I don't have much time to update but its been a ride let me tell you!  I'm sitting at about 237.8 right now and was 236.4 before I started my period.  hopefully that will be over soon and I will see more pounds drop! 

Here are my new measurements.

Neck:  13.5"  ~~~  -2    goal: 12           
L arm: 16." ~~~ -3               11
R arm: 15.5~~~ -3.5               11
L wrist:  6.5"~~~ -1                   6
R wrist:  6.5"~~~ -1                    6
Bust: 46"~~~ -10.5                       40
Under Bust:  39.5"~~~ -8.5            29-31
Waist: 40.5"~~~  -12                    28
hips:  48"~~~ - 11                      36
L thighs: 23"~~~ -8              17
R thigh: 23"~~~ -8.5                    17
L calf: 15.5" ~~~ -3                       13
R calf: 16"~~~ -2.5                        13
L ankle: 9" ~~~ -1                       8
Rankle: 9":~~~-1                         8

Total inches lost: 76.5!!!!!!  Woohoo!!! Its coming off.   Malachi comes home next week.  I start teaching kindergarten in a week and a half and Adam and I have a wedding date set for July 12.  Life is good and God is awesome!!!!
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Frustrated!!!!
on July 23, 2007 6:20 pm
Sometime I think I am done losing weight.  I am so frustrated and wish it could come off faster.  I am down to 243.6. Only 3 lbs in ten days.  I am so depressed about it.  I'm going to try to do some measuring to see if those have improved...will see...i know i'm obsessed but I really am sad about missing goal two months in a row...i feel like I am missing my window of opportunity to lose.  

Here goes...

Neck:  13.5"  ~~~  -2    goal: 12           
L arm: 16." ~~~ -3               11
R arm: 15.5~~~ -3.5               11
L wrist:  6.5"~~~ -1                   6
R wrist:  6.5"~~~ -1                    6
Bust: 48"~~~ -8.5                       40
Under Bust:  40"~~~ -8            29-31
Waist: 41"~~~  -11.5                    28
hips:  48.5"~~~ - 10.5                 36
L thighs: 24.5"~~~ -6.5              17
R thigh: 24"~~~ -7.5                    17
L calf: 16" ~~~ -2.5                       13
R calf: 16.5"~~~ -2                        13
L ankle: 9" ~~~ -1                       8
Rankle: 9":~~~-1                         8


Total inches lost:  69.5!!  Total lbs lost 67.4.  Grr...i need to change something.

Rita

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My Story

Well I like many stories I've heard have been overweight most of my life.  I am 5'6" and I currently weigh about 293.  Yuck!!!  I never dreamed I would be this heavy and I can feel it every time I move in every part of my body.  I am the mother of an incredible 5 year old little boy who is VERY active.  Over the past couple of years I think I have been merely surving.  I am a very very active person normally but these past couple of years as I have gotten heavier and heavier my activity has beocome very minimal and I am always tired.  My head and back hurts a lot.

I have a great job that I think would improve drastically with WLS.  I have been on a diet off and on since I was at least ten years old and I've probably lost as much as I weigh throughout the years.

I have a great life that I really would like to be happy and enjoy!  My son is wonderful, job is incredible and I have a very amazing boyfriend who is incredibly supportive of me in every way including my desire to have WLS

Here is what I DO NOT like about my life because of my weight:

Hurting when i play on the floor with my son

my constant back pain

being tired when i wake up and exhausted when i go to bed

sitting on a plastic chair scared that its going to break

sliding into a booth and getting embarassed cause my fat has to be squeezed into that space made for normal people

not enjoying exercise (i used to enjoy it alot)

CPAP machine (UGH)

looking in the mirror and seeing a round basketball for a face

wearing a size 24 and not being able to shop in a regular store (as much as I love the ladies who work at my local lane bryant I DO NOT want to shop there anymore)

MY HUGE BOOBS (i don't want tiny ones but good grief they are like milk jugs and are part of my back problem i'm sure)

shaving my legs...if you are big you know exactly what i mean

not being able to wear a cute belt cause it only accents the WRONG curves (or rolls)

being winded after only very little exertion

And other private things that i'd rather not mention but if you are or have been an overweight woman you know what i'm talking about as well....

So there it is....my story to some extent.