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Surgeon TestimonialJamie Loggins MD.WOW! What can I say about Dr Loggins and his staff! They are awesome! I had a few issues during surgery and Dr Loggins skill got me through and has given me this new life! His staff is dedicated, responsive, and caring! I believe he surrounds himself with very intelligent and skilled co-workers! The pre-op and post-op program are very detailed and thorough. Expect to jump through hoops, but it WILL be worth it! Corinne, our Nut is awesome! She is hard on us, but for our own good! I wouldn't have lost anything pre-op if it hadn't been for her \"looking over my shoulder\"!! Dr Loggins was great at taking the time to answer ALL of my questions, more than once, if needed! I never felt rushed with him or his staff. Dr Loggins seems to really care about his patients, their outcomes, their concerns, and their health! His surgical skill is unmatched as far as I am concerned! If you have any questions about Dr Loggins or his staff, feel free to send me a message! I'd love to answer any questions you may have!!!rnrn Member Interests
- Humor - Love Bob Marley! Anything that makes you laugh can't be bad for you!
- Cats - I have 3! Nothing like having a cat purr and make everything feel better!
- Walking - I love walking outside and soaking in the sun!
- Music - Love it all! I love my iPod! Maybe I'm still a kid at heart?
- Dolls - I collect porcelain dolls, mostly Disney (Pooh, Tigger, Eeyore) kids stuff.
- Photography - Hardly any pix of me in this house cuz I'm always taking them!
- Camping - LOVE the RED SOX!!!!!!!! GO SOX!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Softball - My daughter is a Freshman is on the Varsity team at OHHS! Love watching them!!!
- Computer and Internet Surfing - A day without this puter thingy!?!?! I think not!!!!
- Reading - I love historical fiction or a good suspense novel.
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Peeved or hormones........I don't know... on September 29, 2008 5:08 pm
I think my hormones are raging or something...it IS my TOM!!!!!
So, today.......this lady gives me a compliment (I guess) by telling me that I am looking "really skinny"! YEAH RIGHT! is what I'm thinking! Then, she says, "You're at your goal, right? You must not have any left to lose....we (I don't know who she was talking to about me) were talking about you the other day and saying how much you've lost and how skinny you are now. Are you feeling ok? Are you eating ok?" OMG! I HAD SURGERY TO LOSE WEIGHT!!! YIKES! Maybe I am being too sensitive? Maybe it's just my hormones? I guess I'm just tired of hearing people tell me that I'm skinny when I KNOW that I still have a ways to go to reach my goal....and even further to go to reach Corinne's goal for me!
I know it'll take a while for my head to catch up with my body...but, sheesshh....enough with the skinny remarks!!! Guess I'm so used to the "oh, you'd be so pretty if you were skinnier" comments that I can't deal with the reverse now????
I REALLY am not posting this to offend ANYONE!!!!! I apologize if I DO offend anyone! I just needed to vent! I'm REALLY SORRY!!!!!!!
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WOOOHOOO!!!!!!! I HAVE ISSUES!!!!!!!!! on September 28, 2008 9:53 am
With my SKIN.....what were YOU thinking??? I have a couple of areas under my right arm that won't heal up (hydrenitis or something) and now one under my left breast! WOOHOO! Never thought I'd be excited about having skin issues! I took a coupla pix of them so I can date them and have them as "evidence". Maybe it will help me with plastics down the road? Keeping my fingers crossed!
Also, DD and I did the American Heart Association Heart Walk today! We walked 4 miles in the rain and we got soaked to the bone! It was fun and for a good cause, so it was all worth it! Amazing to think that I don't think I COULD have done that walk last year! Amazing the changes! Gotta love em!
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FINALLY!!!!! on September 27, 2008 3:44 pm
I'm NOT complaining....I KNOW there are stalls!!! It's just REALLY nice to see the scale finally move in the right direction! Seems like A LOT of us on the Maine OH board are finally seeing some downward trends....it's ALL GOOD!
I finally have reached my goal of losing 120#!!! 120.5 gone as of this morning!!!!! WOOHOOO!!! 13.5 more pounds to get to MY goal! Still 28.5 to get to Corinne's goal for me (PROLLY AIN'T happening without plastic surgery!!!!) I'm just TOO excited to see the scale moving in the right direction!!!!!
I'm feeling better too! Not sure what happened on Thursday, but, Friday was a little bit better and today I feel "back to normal" (if there is such a thing in my life!! HAHA) Still haven't had much luck increasing the calories as I had planned (I'm just not hungry since I was sick feeling on Thursday!) I'll see how it goes and try to increase my calories a little at a time, as I can!!!!
I'm still working out as much as I can! I can now do 45 minutes on the eliptical at the gym (I'm using the "hill" program on level 8 and I burn about 280 cals during that 45 minutes...according to the machine---not sure how accurate that is!!!!) I'm also doing some abd work---gently-- still trying to make sure I don't "pull" anything again! Working the arms pretty hard but amazingly, I'm not getting very sore from all that! Working the legs a little bit, but they get quite a work out on the eliptical and during the cardio stuff, so I don't concentrate on them too much. I usually finish off with 15-20 minutes of work on a bike or treadmill, just to make sure I've gotten enough cardio stuff in! It's all good!
We got lucky today! Mom and Dad went yard sale-ing and found us a treadmill for $75!!!!!! Mom says it's pretty nice too! Can't wait to get it up here so DH and DD can use it too! We can ALL use the exercise!
So, things are going well! It'll be interesting to see how my blood work comes out at my 6 month check up in a couple of weeks!
Thanks again to my Lord and Savior for this wonderful life and tool! To my surgeon, ALL my family and OH friends! I couldn't do this without you!!!!!!!!!!
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Interesting phone conversation! on September 24, 2008 7:25 pm
I've been reading on OH (mostly the RNY forum) about this RMR or BMR test (resting metabolic rate and basal metabolic rate) which helps you determine how many calories you need to be taking in to maintain or lose weight. It's based on your age, sex (male or female, not whether or not you have any...haha), height, weight, and, if you are tested, it measures the oxygen you exhale or something. This info is plugged into formulas which gives you the calorie amounts. SOOOOO...I was checking around to see if anyone around Lewiston/Auburn does this test so I could see how many calories I SHOULD be taking in. Yeah...Cheryl, I KNOW 600 probably ISN'T enough!!!!
I plugged in my numbers into some online BMR calculators and it said that I should be having like 1300-1400 calories/day!!!! WHAT???? No way! I can't imagine eating that much food!!!!!!! YIKES! So, I called Fitness World to see if they did this test so I could maybe get a more accurate reading/test done. The first guy I talked to had no idea what I was talking about, but he put Dr Christie (I think that was his name) on the phone! He talked to me for over 40 minutes!!!! (That's why I didn't meet you to chat Cheryl! haha) He asked why I wanted the test, my goals, how much I had lost, type of surgery, blah, blah, blah.
According to him, the test isn't terribly accurate anyways and the online calculators are ALMOST as good (his opinion). So, he says that I probably have my body in this "starvation mode" as I am only getting maybe half of the calories that I SHOULD be getting. I told him how our "bible" says at this stage, I should only be getting 600-800 cals/day and that it increases at 6 months to 800-1000 cals/day. He still thinks that I am not getting enough and that my weight loss will probably stall...even longer...if I don't up my calories and "good carbs" a bit. Like I said, he talked to me for 40 minutes about this stuff...did some math for me and was amazed at how much I had lost already, and even told me about WWII POW's and how their starvation diets worked. He WAS very knowledgeable...it was very interesting!!!!
So......NOW........what do I do? Up the calories and hope that the weight finally starts coming off again? Keep with what I've been doing, knowing that I'll probably lose at "my time" of the month? Do I call Corinne and talk to her or wait until I see her in a couple of weeks? (I've been waiting this long that 2 more weeks probably won't make much of a difference?!?!) I'm still kinda confused! I just don't see how increasing your calories can help you LOSE weight!?!?! BTW...he also stressed that the number of calories he gave me was ONLY IF I continued to work out as I have been (5-6x/week for at least 30 minutes)
Oh MY! I just don't know! Guess I'll play it by ear and see what happens! If anyone has some words of wisdom.......please share!!!!! I'm VERY willing to listen!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks!!!!
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I'm SOOOO bad!!! on September 23, 2008 12:09 pm
I'm so frustrated with this crap of gaining and losing the same 1-2 pounds all the time that I'm starting to make some REALLY bad choices! I'm carbing it up WAAYYY too much! Today, for example, I've 2 fortune cookies, some sf chocolate, and some sf apple crisp! OYY!!! Yeah, I've gotten my protein, fluids, and vitamins done! AND, I KNOW this is how my body works.....I usually only lose at my time of the month and then "stall" the rest of the month...but it's still annoying! SHEESSHH! NO...I DON'T expect to see the scale move every day! BUT, a pound a week would be nice...MAYBE?? I know, I know! I NEED to quit whining! I AM grateful for all that I've lost so far! I just get frustrated at times and this "self-sabotage" with the bad choices doesn't help the "stall"! Sometimes, I'm just not a very good example for others (or myself).
The other part of this is that I'm working out like an idiot and STILL not seeing the scale budge! I do some form of exercise 6 days a week...jog/walk, stationary bike, exercise bands at home, work out videos, or the gym...depends how much time I've got! You'd think with all the exercise and the few calories I'm eating, that the scale would just be plummeting! NOT! Yesterday, for example, I did an hour of cardio stuff (40 mins on the hill program on the eliptical, then 20 more minutes on the hill program on the stationary bike, then I did a pretty complete arm and leg work out on the weights....isn't that enough?? SHEESHH!!!) I think I even overdid it on the abs as I've been having some pain in my lower left abdomen since yesterday. I'll probably give it a day or two to see if it will go away on it's own, but it's annoying! And, I only ate about 600 calories yesterday! According to the equipment I was on, I burned at least 450 with just the cardio stuff, not counting the weight lifting stuff. So, what gives?? I'm tired of trying to figure this all out!
I wonder sometimes if such few calories is sabotaging my metabolism, ie: putting me almost into starvation mode. I don't understand all that stuff, but I'm just kinda wondering how it all works! So, today, I'm taking a day off from walking and exercising (like today is the day to do that with all the bad stuff I've been eating! haha) But, I gotta rest the belly a bit too and see if that pain goes away. Maybe tomorrow will be better?
Tomorrow's another day! I WILL make better food choices and see if the body is feeling up to some more exercise. Who knows? I KNOW I SURE DON'T!!!!!!!
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