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Lose 25lbs by the New Year

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be able to cross my legs

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Get through surgery without complications

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Get into SHAPE!!!

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Run a mile

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  • Comment by alexia3 on 10/12/07 7:19 pm
    I wish you a quick and painfree recovery- here's to sucess!!!
  • Comment by Shell Marr on 10/12/07 12:07 pm
    YEAH...how exciting TODAY is YOUR day!! Hubby and I will be thinking about you....See you on the losers bench!! :) Shell Marr (banded 6/21/07)
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UPDATE
on January 23, 2008 1:05 pm
I haven't udated my profile in a while but all is well and the pounds are dropping slowly but steadily! I AM NOW DOWN 68LBS AS OF THIS MORNING!!!!   I am greatful for this wonderful tool I truly don't think that I could have gotten this far without it!  
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THANKFUL!!!!!!
on November 20, 2007 3:35 pm
Today marks a significant mildstone on my journey toward a healthier, free me!  It has been one month and 7 days since my surgery and I have lost a total of 50lbs !!!!  GOD has truly blessed me!!! I have to give him all the credit.  I look at myself in the mirror and am completely amazed.  I have experienced so many different emotions from joy to saddness, grief, lonliness, frustration, excitment and so many more.  I am grateful for my success thus far.  I have no regrets.  I am loving my band!  My next mini goal is to lose 15 lbs.  Stay in peace! 
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Surgey
on October 13, 2007 12:43 pm
I am home, banded and ready to take my spot on the losers team!  Thank you all for your kind words, support and prayers!  I am a little sore but overall I am feeling pretty good. I am a bit tired....going to take a nappy poo. Update more later. 
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Unbelievable to me....
on September 28, 2007 9:55 am

9-28-07

This morning I went to Roger Williams Hospital and completed all of my pre operative tests: EKG, blood work, chest x-ray, and meeting with the anesthesiologist.  I got there right at 9:30 this morning and I was finished at 11.  It went quicker than I thought.  

I am still in awe of this whole thing.  It is almost like I am watching the process unfold for someone else and not myself. I am excited that I will be banded soon but it just seems unreal.  Is this normal?  Hmmm... well back to work...  

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I have a date!!!!!!
on September 17, 2007 1:08 pm

9-17-07

I finally have a date for my surgery!!!!  Oct 12.  I begin my pre op diet in 2 wks and I am ectatic!!!!!! It is a bit overwhelming but exciting.   Doing the Happy dance

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               Well, what can I say my weight has been an issue pretty much as long as I can remember. I struggled with my weight for the last 12 years. I am a BIG GURL... But the funny thing is that I liked the way I looked. At least I USED TO like the way I looked! My weight was always proportionate. That was until I was put on some medication that caused me to gain 50 lbs in a couple of months. Then 40 lbs turned into 90 lbs and things spiraled from there. I have always been heavy but I have reached a point to where I don’t like the way I look in certain clothes. I USED TO love clothes shopping and buying dress clothes. I would rarely wear jeans or dress down. I would always dress up. And never would I wear an un-tucked shirt. I mean that would have been the worst thing ever . Now, I have to worry if a shirt is long enough to cover my stomach and jeans are my everyday wear.
        My decision to get the lap-band surgery emerged when I became completely depressed and miserable as the 30yr old, 326 lb BIG GURL! And when I realized that I must do something now my health before it becomes a serious issue. I want to be a participator in my life and not spectator.
        After a year of intensive research of the lap-band and gastric-by-pass surgeries, weighing the pros and cons of each, I have decided the lap-band is best for me. 

 


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