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Agustus Lyons
Dr. Augustus Lyons is awesome!! My first experience with Dr. Lyons was for a minor surgery on my shoulder and I was extremely comfortable with him. Once we finished talking about my shoulder, I asked him about RNY as there was a lady in the lobby that was talking about him doing her surgery and how pleased she was with him. His bedside manners are outstanding and he's gave me the comfortable feeling.
Only one thing I didn't like is that he pretty much told me I had to quit smoking or we couldn't do the surgery ... GUESS WHAT... I'm going on 5 months SMOKE FREE!!! TY DR. L!!!!!!!!!! (yes I'm still mad LOL) Office staff... they are pretty good. Bariatric Coordinator Tammy Beaumont... OMG what can I say about Tammy! She's been in our shoes and knows how hard it is. She's been there every step of the way with me and I can't thank her enough! From every experience with him so far I'm VERY impressed! I would and have recomended him to others.
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  • Comment by ConnienTX on 5/20/08 7:38 pm
    So sorry to hear you're having problems, sending up good thoughts and prayers that all goes well!
  • Comment by Yvonne McCarthy on 5/11/08 6:26 pm
    How better to do this than to go to Mexico and then come back and have surgery?? You've got George as your angel and it just doesn't get better. I can't wait to see you on the other side!! hugs, Y
  • Comment by Sharyn S. on 5/10/08 5:44 pm
    Congratulations on your surgery! Keep us posted on your progress.
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4 Months 11 days....
on September 23, 2008 5:44 am
WOW... talk about slacking on the posting... Yep that would be me!

I'm putting up some pics and putting up some measurements.... SHOCK is all I can say.

Starting weight: 345
Today's weight: 257
Loss: 88
Gain: MY LIFE!
BMI start: 57.4
BMI today: 42.8

Measurements:

DATE 8/22/2008 9/23/2008 TOTALS
WEIGHT 269 257 12
       
NECK 13.25 12.75 0.5
UPPER ARM 15.5 14.75 0.75
FOREARM 11.5 11.25 0.25
CHEST 46 43.5 2.5
WAIST 47.5 41.5 6
HIPS 58.5 55 3.5
THIGH 33.5 32 1.5
CALF 19.75 19 0.75
      15.75
       
%BODY FAT 38.9 34.3 4.6
FAT MASS 104.641 88.151 16.49
LEAN BODY MASS 164.359 168.849 -4.49
FM LOSS/GAIN 0 -16.49 -16.49
LBM LOSS/GAIN 0 4.49 4.49

I'm feeling TONS better... and LOVING IT!!!!
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posting laziness...
on August 15, 2008 5:26 am
So Here's some of my latest posts... ENJOY!

Post Date 8/3/08 7:47 pm
Topic: RE: SUNDAY 8/3 NIGHT WATCHMAN

Good Evening All,
Today was a pretty good day... Spent all day with the munchkins (same as yesterday) and stayed cool. Movies all day to keep them occupied. After they went home I took my FIRST of DAILY trips to 24hr Fitness!

HAD AN AWESOME WORKOUT TONIGHT!
I did 1 mile on the treadmill then off to the bikes...
Did 5 miles on the bike then back to the treadmill to cool down...
Did 1/4 mile on the treadmill to cool down then down a freakin flight of stairs (all the cardio is upstairs) and hauled my ass home.

Gonna head to bed cause I'll be back up there by 5 am!
Taking my work clothes with me in the morning cause I plan on working HARD and I'm not coming home before work.

Already prepared for the week...
Vit's are bagged up...
Lunch is prepped and in containers. 
Bottles of water in the freezer already ready to go! 
SF puddings are bagged up and sittin by the door by the gym bag to go in my cabinet at my desk.

Sean thanks for the reminder to get my stuff together *HUGS*

LET'S DO THIS!


Post Date 8/11/08 5:08 am
Topic: RE: Grateful Post..

 

Grateful...

For the strength to get my a&$ outta bed at 415am.

For the drive that I have to work this TOOL we all have.

For the determination that keeps me going.

For my children and the "I love you mommy" "I miss you mommy" that I get daily from them.

For my friend E that can always put a smile on my face and encourages me.

For my friend David that REALLY opened my eyes last night.

For my OH family... I know I haven't really been there but I'm working on ME right now and I have to pay attention so that I don't fall off the wagon and stop working out.

 

For being SMOKE FREE 7 1/2 months!!!!!
For being ALCOHOL FREE for 13 weeks (I know it's not a long time but ya know... I could have used a drink the other night but that's O K LOL




Post Date 8/14/08 7:16 pm

Topic: RE: THURSDAY 8/14 - NIGHT WATCHMAN

TODAY...
Today was a good day!

I did my workout this morning (was in the gym at 445) and was working for an hour (1mi on the treadmill *20 minutes* 9.5 miles stationary bike *30 minutes*).  Went to work.. had a few conference calls.. got those out of the way.  Had my appointment with a personal trainer Chris... great personality (met him the other day before he made an appointment with me to come in so he didn't know who I was when he called me to set up a meeting) at the gym to do my evaluation and get my measurements in.  From his measurements I'm only 39% fat LMAO.  From his scale I've dropped 8 lbs since my last Dr appt. (now down to 274) so I'm gonna go with his scale cause my one at home is close to that as well.  After my meeting with Chris... I went back upstairs and got on the treadmill, 1 more mile tonight, and off to the sauna to stretch it out.

I have decided that I'm going to purchase some personal training to make sure that I get in gear the right way so that I can continue to follow through with this. 
As you can see I am totally committed to this process of making my life BETTER!  (and working MY TOOL!)

I told Chris that I call it my tool... his comeback was well with your tool I'm going to give you some extra tools to make your tool work for you, then you will have plenty of tools.

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lazy about posting...
on August 9, 2008 6:45 am
So I'm lazy about posting...
Here's an update...
Starting size 30/32
Today's size 22/24
Starting bra size 44DD
Today's bra size 38DD

Weight loss, 64 lbs

Working out 4 times a week... walking at least a mile and riding 9 miles a day.
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1 month Post-op
on June 12, 2008 1:29 pm
I weigh in on the scale there (not the normal scale as we were at a different office) so I get on... and it reads 301.6 boy did I get angry!!! I look at him and tell him "your scale sucks! I'm going to the regular office to weigh!"  He's cool with it.. calls the other office and tells them I'll be there before noon to weigh lol  I go and weigh in and GUESS!!! I'm 299.0!!!!!  I'm SOOOOO THRILLED!!!
Of course he did get on me about the protein and told me I need to work harder on it and try other things but get it in!!!
Another WOOHOO... I put on a pair of shorts that used to be SKIN TIGHT on me a year ago and today... THEY WERE FALLING OFF!!!
TOTAL LOSS so far... 46
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ribbon
on June 11, 2008 4:40 pm

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