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Hit 175lbs

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Gregory Dakin, M.D.
I am happy with my choice of Dr. Dakin for my rny gastric bypass surgery. He and his staff are clearly very well versed in the procedure and all that accompanies it. I felt 100% confident going in to surgery in his hands. He's a smidge brisk for my liking, but hey if that's what it takes for him to get the job done then that works for me. Their office is very busy, so if you need something you should be sure to follow up. Be your own advocate and you will be very happy with Dr. Dakin and his staff.
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Hi, I'm Jess. I'm loud, I like to make people laugh, and I'm getting less fat by the day! Hoping to meet some other fun, funny people who have had surgery (or plan to).

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never thought it would happen
on January 16, 2010 10:07 am
I reached my old, original goal of 175 today. I revised my goal a few weeks back to 165 because I knew I could do it, but a couple years ago 165 sounded like a complete joke, 175 was like a beautiful dream, and around 200-225 was what I thought would maybe be realistic with surgery if I was lucky. YAY ME!
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scratch that
on December 10, 2009 8:26 pm
15 lbs to goal. I decided to change my goal from 169 to 165. 4 lbs...who cares right? I decided I do. If I can get to 167.5 I will literally be half the person I was when this all started (my highest weight was about 335). If I could be a smidge under half the person I was that would be magical! So even though today I got slightly further away from my goal weight I got slightly closer to another goal- running! I joined a gym recently because it's been too cold to do my "fitness walks" (aka me hoofing it around my super gorgeous historic brooklyn neighborhood as fast as I possibly can while jamming to some tunes and taking in the scenery) and when I walk on the treadmill there I've had the feeling like I want to run...so today I decided to try it, and I actually did it for a couple minutes! Um, I dont think I've ever jogged/run in my life... so the fact that I felt like I couldn't even hold back the urge to do it was kind of hilarious. I guess losing 155 lbs (haha, it kills me that I have lost 155 lbs...!) makes a girl want to spontaneously burst into a jog? :-)
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almost there
on December 5, 2009 10:25 am
11 pounds to goal. What?!? Yeah, it's crazy!
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times flies when you're having fun
on July 28, 2009 8:08 pm
Wow, I can't believe it's been a year since I saved my life. It seems like just yesterday I was eating a tablespoon of food here and there, desperate to finally be able to sleep on my stomach again. Now one year later I eat what "normal' people eat and no more feeling like maybe they accidentally left a crowbar on the left side of my belly when they sewed me up after surgery. Life now isnt perfect, but I didnt expect it to be. From my heighest weight I'm down about 140 lbs. I've lost practically a whole (skinny) person, and gained the less fearful more self-confident person I always knew was buried under all that fat. I still want to lose more. I need new boobs and I have scary arms. But I'm living. I was always alive, but now I'm living.
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my body is a ONEderland!
on May 19, 2009 9:47 pm
Ok, it's more of a saggy droopy freakshow than a wonderland, but it's a saggy droopy freakshow that weighs less than 200 pounds so I'm pretty excited! I am in the process of moving (procrastinating on cleaning/packing by cruising OH!) and in my mass cleaning I found a journal I had from over 10 years ago. In it I wrote about how much I disliked myself and how miserable I was in my 275 lb body. Amazing to think that now I weigh 80 pounds less than I did as an 18 year old... I have no idea when I last weighed under 200 lbs. I was probably about 13 years old. God, that's scary, and it makes me sad. But it also reminds me that having WLS was probably the best thing I've ever done for myself.
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I've been fat as long as I can remember, and in a lot of ways I let being fat control my life. I decided I was ready to take control away from my life long "friend" fat, and opted to have gastric bypass surgery 7/28/08.