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Jack F. Rutledge, M.D.
I first met Dr. Rutledge about 4 years ago when I went to a WLS seminar and I thougt that if I went thru with the surgery..he was going to be the one to do it. There were three other doctors in the seminar with him, but I knew he was the one for me. Fast forward four years and we meet again at a weight loss seminar. He was the only surgeon there but I had made up my mind four years before. I turned in my paper work and requested a consulation appointment with his office. Went to the appointment on December 14, 2006 and I thought he was little distant. Did not feel really comfortable with him after that visit. But I talked it over with some friends and they said his bedside manner was not as important as his credentials. Then one of my friends made me reallize a few things that could have influenced my judgement. 1) I was scared 2) I was PMSing 3) I was scared!! 4) a little personal stress going on at the time. So I knew that the main problem was ME on that visit. His office was very thorough in getting my paper work submitted to my insurance company and I got approval in exactly 10 business days and had a surgery date three weeks later. I had to have one more office visit with Dr. Rutledge and he wanted to met one of my family members. My mom was not really wanting me to have to surgery and did not want to go to visit with me. But she came and I was afraid that would be a disaster but you know what....my mom and aunt both got along great with Dr. Rutledge..which is saying a whole lot. They normally do not get along to well with Dr's. :-)rnrnSo on the day of my surgery I had a few friends and family along with me and he was even great to my friends. My friends Monica and Michelle were back in the surgery prep area with me and Monica called him Dr. McDreamy and he just laughed. He noticed right away that my mother was not present and he went out into the waiting area to talk to her before he started my surgery!! How is that for concern and courtesy? I would give him a five! !(I work for a call center and 5 is the highest score you can get). He came to check me over the next day and I was cleared to go home. I will have a follow up appointment next Thursday and go from there. I think Dr. Rutledges bedside manner and surgical competence are both excellent!
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  • Comment by ibiss11 on 9/22/08 2:43 pm
    U look amazing!! Keep it up, is a never ending battle!
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    Hi Stephanie! I just wanted to wish you good luck with your surgery. I know you'll do great! I wish that you have a speedy recovery. Let me know how you're doing while you're at home.
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    Congratulations on your upcoming surgery! Wishing you all the best an uneventful and speedy recovery.
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Memorial Day Challenge
on March 30, 2008 8:55 pm
So I did not meet my goals for the Easter Challenge but I am not giving up!! I joined the Memorial day challenge and my goal is listed below.

CW 163
GW 155

163

Memorial Day Goal: 155
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Monday Morning Weigh Ins
on March 30, 2008 8:38 pm

WOOHOO!! Finally moving back down..not much of a loss but I will take it!!  Down 0.6 pounds this week and looking forward to a bigger loss next week!!


HW 327
SW 322
LW 163
CW 162.4

 

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Did I just do that?
on March 30, 2008 1:23 pm
Can you believe it? I made it thru an entire week with OUT binge eating!! WOOHOO!  Over the last few months it seems like at least every other day I was standing in front of the pantry or the fridge looking for something to eat and then eating it....eating til I got sick.  It did not matter what it was either and when I did my calorie total, it came out to be more than double what I should be having (triple if I use the low end number of caloires!!)  But today I am happy to say that I have had 6 days and this will be day 7, that I have not gone over my high end of the calorie range.....two days I went over but by less than 100 calories and that is so nice to see on my trackers!  

But the question was bout did I just do that....ok..I had a fat girl moment or a greedy kid moment....I actually licked my plate (((cant believe I posted that)))  I had an apple with some SF Caramel for dessert at lunch and I wanted every bit of my 1 tbsp of caramel and I licked my plate....oh it was so good.  But anyway...such is life and life is such! I did it, and will probably do it again when I have more caramel..that is like one of my favorite things ever!! 

See you later tonight for my weigh in!  I have been retaining a lot of water here lately and have an appointment tomorrow to check things out.  If I go to the appointment, I will let you know what I find out.  

Bye
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Non Scale Victories
on March 28, 2008 5:30 am
They count too!!  You know I have been having a hard time lately with making good eating decisions....and I have experienced a wieght gain...I did the 5 day pouch test and lost 6 pounds and after it was over...I have since gained 7.8 pounds.....I am not blaming it on the test though....I am th one who decided at midnight after finishing the pouch to go and binge eat and have been pretty much binging every two or three days since then getting in more than twice the calories I should be getting. 

So anyway....Today I am happy to report that I have a few non scale victories that I am so proud of!  And I am going focus on those things more than the scale moving down and do what I need to do to keep the scale from moving up! lol I have lost 87% of my excess body weight so far and I am working towards the 100% mark..slowly but surely.  

Here is a list of my most recent non scale victories...

1) 4 days in a row eating with in my calorie range
2) 4 days in a row with out binge eating 
3) 5 days in a row of working out so far (Sun-Thurs and twice on Tues and Thurs)
4) Went in the store for gum and they had Easter candy 50% off...I circled that clearance table like a vulture picking up the candy, and walking around with it like I was going to buy and then thought about what my goals are and left those M&M's right on the table
5) This hotel brought in some cookies yesterday to the office and I love sugar cookies, have not had one since way before surgery and they were so tempting...I had decided I would have one since I had been eating good for a few days.  I got a sugar cookie, and peanut butter cookie, and a macdamian nut one....got in the car and was thinking...What am I doing?  I called my bf and told him what I had done and asked him if he wanted them (He loves sweets and I know they are not good for him either but I am not at the point where I can throw food away yet and I get pleasure seeing or knowing that someone else enjoyed the foods I wanted) So I did not eat the cookies he came and got them I went and worked out and that was it!
6) After my work out class, we had dinner since it was the last day of the 12 week session, grilled chicken salad and fruit salad.  I ate pretty good..no cheese,  light Italain dressing, and salad greens, no crackers.  But for some reason after I left I felt like I was starving!  I mean I wanted something else to eat and I thought I was going to loose it.  I could feel a binge coming on.  So I called and talked to my bf and while he tries his best, not very helpful....he even mentioned how good the cookies were I gave him! UGH I had a high protein cereal bar in my purse and was ripping it open as I drove down the street..mind you I had just eaten my salad about 30 minutes ago...but I stopped my self and put it down.  I did not throw the bar out the window...and it kept calling me but I am happy to say it is still uneaten, I put it in a zip lock bag to have later.  But I was still craving something and I did not know what it was.  I had to pray about the urge to binge...I am such a binge eater..I will stand in the pantry and eat whatever carbs I can find.  Thankfully last week, I got rid of all the snack foods I had in my house.  This really works...if you don't have it around you cant binge on it.  I used to decieve myself and say I could buy this stuff for my daughter and it not bother me but I was really buying those things so I could have them for me when I wanted to binge out.  I started texting one of my friends that goes thru this thing too and she help get me back grounded, I got on line and shot a few messages out on the boards for help just to keep busy, got me some crystal light and a piece of sugar free gum...and guess what?  I looked up and two hours had gone by and I had not given in to the temption to binge eat!! Thank you Jesus!

This journey really is about choices....you have to recognize what is true hunger, head hunger and boredom and deal with them accordingly.  This was a case of head hunger where I was really craving those cookies that I did not eat and my dinner was not the cookies and did not satisfy me at all because of the craving for the cookies.  But I made it thru and am now on day 5 of eating well, and staying within my calories!! 

See ya
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Easter Challenge Results
on March 24, 2008 7:42 am
Did not meet my goal at all..I lost down to 156.2 during the challenge but today I am back up to 163..so I netted a big fat zero pounds lost.  I am going to press on though..I signed up for the Memorial Day Challenge and will keep the same goal...to get to 155.  So I know what I did wrong on the Easter Challenge and I will try to correct it this time around.   Here goes!   


327 Highest Weight
Surgery Weight 322
Surgery Date January 31, 2007
Current Weight 163.4
Goal Weight 155.2
My goal is to drop 5% of my body weight(8 lbs)....which may be more aggressive than I thought.....almost 2 pounds a week....I have 9 weeks to do so!

Heres to a new challenge!
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