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I'm very pleased to meet the new me
Today is my birthday! on May 7, 2008 11:41 am
Today I turned 33 I feel grateful and pretty mellow. I weigh 145 I am a size 6 and I just started training to run. I thought I was going to die the first time I ran, It was harder than I imagined but I will not give up!
God Bless You All!
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One Year gone by... on March 23, 2008 8:50 pm
weighing in at 148 lbs in one year I have done what I struggled with and failed at for over 10 years! God is awesome and amazing.
I am so happy to be free of my weight issues and finally finding myself. I am a survivor and weight can no longer keep me weighed down.
If you are post op - keep at it, all pre-ops know this, it is doable, and very possible to be 100% happy with who you are!
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will I see the Light on February 19, 2008 7:30 pm
okie Dokie, so now I have to "make" myself eat to maintain a certian weight. My hubby wants me to stay right where I am and I want to aim for 20 more pounds lost. I am 2 pounds away from my pre-surgery goal, and I love me!
I have absolutely no booty and I complain about it daily so my plan of attack is to work out until May on my glutes and see what I can accomplish.
I have added more calories to my daily routine in order to stablize I need to tone more and have a TT, thigh and arm lift in my opinion, but if I dont oh well - the only person who see's me naked could care less about my wrinkles. I would like to go sleeveless this summer though so lets see how brave I'll be.
So now that I realize I've beat my fat demon, and changed my lifestyle what do I do.... Do I live and be content or obsess about the minor inperfections and wrikled skin? i look at myself in the mirror and awe at how lovely I feel compared to the old me, and then say.. I should fix this or that. Do i have nothing better to do than find fault with "something"...So I must say to myself, when will I be happy-content and not nit pick myself? will that day ever come, or will I always be my own worst critic?
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Fallen and won't get up on January 13, 2008 4:27 pm
I have fallen in love with the person I have dreampt about being. I can jog, jump rope, cart wheel, seriously, I do cart wheels til I'm dizzy with my kids, I can wear heels all day, cross my legs and wrap my foot behind my ankle. I sit, bend and squat... without complaint. My husband is amazed, my mom and dad just grin when they see me. I'm not as shy as I used to be, i am back in school getting my RN degree and I still have my own at home salon, I love my life, I can do anything, the only thing stopping me in the past was me. I feel so awesome, and I can honestly say I love me. I am addicted to shopping though, when I start I can't stop so my hubby has limited me to every other month, plus I am still losing so I give everything away in a few weeks of buying it but I love the process, for those pre-op... do resale shops eBay is awesome, and if you see somethin you want and its too small, be patient, it'll fit you before you know it. I used to wear a .. well let me start by saying a while back I'd rather be hung than tell this... but I was a 26/28 maybe bigger and now I'm a 10/12 I want to get down to an 8 but my family is already saying I'm too small. I disagree but what I'll do is tone and tighted and in a few months look into a tummy tuck and arm lift. I would actually say forget the tummy and just do my arms if I had to choose just one. I worked out so hard that my stomache actually isnt as bad as i thought it would be. I can eat whatever I like.. but I don't. I know me, I know how easy it is to gain weight so I look at myself in the mirror while I eat "goodies" That helps draw the line. I wouldnt dare blow this gift, God has given me something I couldnt give myself... another chance. I cry in gratitude as I run, and jump with my kids. I am so glad I'll be around to love on my family and if I leave this earth It wont be because I was obese... but everyone will know I was happy before I went. My husband litterally doent know me some times. He walked past me one day twice, I had him meet me out after I left the salon getting a fresh cut and color. I laughed so hard. he said he honestly didn't recognize me.
he thinks I was always beautiful, and he'd tell me all the time hoping I would feel it, but now he knows I finally feel the same way too. It makes loving someone so much easier, when you dont have to convince them they are loved....
Thanks for Reading this is Sharmie at 10 Months out!
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6 months on September 7, 2007 7:19 pm
I am six months out come the 12th and I am already down 100 lbs. I am so excited and proud of myself. I am truly thankful to God for blessing me to stick it out and make the necessary sacrafices to be where I am at today!
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Archive
My Story 
I go before the U of M review board for approval on Aug 1st. I have been struggling with my weight loss for about 10 years, I am very much anticipating the surgery.
August 2, 2006
I was approved by the U of M bariatric program.
July 26, 2006
it's 8:20pm and I just ate for the first time today, a bowl of chicken noodle soup. I felt so low and tired and kept getting online looking at before and after pictures of the veteran weight loss patients on here. And the more I looked the worse I felt, I am so tired of struggling in this hefty sack I call my body. I cannot wait to be able to do my daily chores with all 4 of my kids around and not feel like the pain is going to kill me.
until next time ~
August 2, 2006
I just got off the phone with "Shannon" she is our contact person for the program. I am not scheduled for a definite surgery date, BUT! they are looking at the end of September. I have my first meeting with the surgeon August 29th I am very excited It'll be here in no time.
until next time~
August 7, 2006
Well I am waiting, and waiting some more. I am kind of having a hard time not knowing when my date is exactly, but I am excepting it. I am very excited to be able to have surgery. I feel so alone though at times, and maybe even consumed with thoughts and hopes about the surgery. I can't wait to feel good, real good like work out and enjoy it good. I twiddle my thumbs and hope for the best, and I also hope they call me early and say "you've been bumped up!" Boy oh boy, I'd be the poster child for happy, The Lord would be a truly good prayer answering on-time God.
until next time~
August 21, 2006
Hello, I am sitting here reading amazing profiles and feeling teary. I have prayed and asked God to bless me for so long that I feel it's all starting to unfold. I am finally getting closer to my date. I just want to say Thank YOU Lord, for all of your blessings, I pray that all goes according to plan and that God guides the hands of my surgeons. I pray that my recovery is expediant and that I have awesome looking skin without plastic surgery, I pray that my weight loss success surprises even me, and that I take this tool and work it to the best of my ability. I am proud of myself for making it this far... with hopes of reaching the finish line.
until next time~
August 29, 2006
I am SO happy with how my surgeon meeting went. I was told Sept 25th is my due date LOL It'll be my new birth date, I am so so so so so excited, I may lose my 15lbs jumping on the furniture, rolling in the floor giggling like a little girl, or the usual "uh huh" I got it dance, workin the hips feeling the flow, I'm having a personal party and I don't mind if I'm the only one who hears the music!
until next time~
September 14, 2006
As of yesterday I officially found out that my surgery is cancelled, aparently the intake worker I have at my insurance company told the people at the bariatric program that "IF" they submitted my paperwork it would be denied, So they did not submit it! and told me to keep on waiting it out.
I am hurt, upset, frustrated, confused, and overall unhappy with the turn of events and way in which I was handled. I think things could have been done better. Why don't I have a say so? What if I wanted them to submit me anyhow? Why wasn't I asked what it is I wanted? Oh yeah... because they don't care!!!!!!!!!!
February 22, 2007
Well I'm updating after a long break and jumping all my isurance companies hoops I am having surgery soon, about 18 days away. I am nervous.. and excited. I can't help but think of all the things I'll be able to do and places I can go. Wow it'll be awesome. Say a prayer for me. until next time....
March 1st 2007,
My Paperwork was submitted today, for approval from M-Care. I am praying that God blesses me and I get a YES!!!!!! right away! God Bless Until next time.........
March 5th, 2007
Today I got the call! I'm APPROVED!!! I did it. I am so blessed to be able to say I have the rest of my life to look forward to. There are SO many things I cannot wait to do!
March 10th 2007
I am SO excited today, I am finalizing All my plans to get ready for Monday morning, I have to arrive at 6am my surgery is at 7:30a.m I am freaking out! I am so happy it's here, I am also nervous about the after affects. But I have NO reservations about my decision... I know this is what God has planned for me, I am very grateful!
Until next time~
March 19th 2007
I am one week out. At home relaxing, healing up nicely. I'm a bit sore, I dont know how long I'll be sore but I'm hoping I heal up well, and fast. I am sleepy right now about to take a nap but I will write soon about the details of my surgery and the complications I had to overcome, which ended up having me spend 5 days in the hospital in stead of 2 to 3...
"details"
I was in the hospital for 5 days becasue I had a bleed at my staple line it caused a blood clot in my pouch... I was throwing up blood and in miserable pain.(my pouch was filling up with blood and then causing me pain when it got too full and I'd throw up) My wonderful surgeon knew what was wrong the moment he saw me. They put a tube down my throat and flushed my pouch with water until the blood clot that the bleed had formed was gone... the extra time I spent was I assume for monitoring because I was fine in 2 days...
Ok I know some of you may think I'm nuts but I;m Just now getting the energy and words ti kinda say whats been going on in my life since surgery. I am 1 month and 4 weeks Post op. I feel real good, I'm enjoying my family and the warm weather. I still have pain from time to time and just found out I have a very small ulcer. I am leary of what to eat or so because of it... I know spicy foods are not allowed from what I've heard. I dont know why I have pain or why I get so tired at times but I assume its all part of the healing process. I have my 2 month Dr visit on tuesday, thats 4 days from today, so I will post more once I see the doctor.
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