April1490
My name is April. I am 27 years old and I am hoping to have Gastric Bypass Surgery. I have been thinking about getting this surgery for 2 years now and I am finally in a position to do it. I have medicaid so it has been a little bit of a struggle but, I was so glad to have found Dr. Schoen's office. I had my first consultation today 7/26/06 and I am very excited. I have my nutrition class on Sunday and am hoping to get my Psych evaluation done sometime next week. After that I should be scheduled for surgery with in 4 weeks. For now I guess I have to wait. Thanks for reading.
8/31/06
I found out today that I am approved. I got a letter in the mail from Medicaid. My surgery is scheduled for 9/21/06. 3 weeks form today. I have my pre-ops next week. I hope that goes well.
My Name is April. I had my surgery on September 21, 2006. So today I am 4 weeks post op. I have lost 30 pounds so far. I am doing good so far. Eating good. I can pretty much eat anything. Just very little meals. I started out at 254 pounds.
November 7,2006
Seven weeks out on thursday. 32 pounds so far. I just came off a 2 week plateau. But, I started working out and that seems to have helped. I am really going to start keeping track of my protein. I know I am not getting enough.
November 14,2006
Eight weeks on thursday and I have lost 37 pounds. I am so glad my plataeu is over, I am not looking forward to the next one. I am leaving for Florida on Saturday. That should be fun. I just wish I was a lot smaller. Oh well.
November 28, 2006
Thursday I will be 10 weeks post-op and as of today I have lost 43 lbs. I cleaned my closet out a little bit today. I got rid of all the size 24's I won't be needing those ever again. I am wearing 22's. I can fit into my 20's but they are still a little snug. I can't wait untill I fit into my 16's. That is the lowest size I have in my closet. It will be nice when I can buy some new ones because those don't fit anymore. I have my check-up with Dr. Schoen tomorrow and we will see what their scale says.
December 8, 2006
Well today I am 11 weeks out and I have officially lost 45 pounds. The scale said 209 today. I have my last class of the semester today. My goal was to lose 50 pounds by the end of semester. I am pretty close. My next appointment with DR. Schoen is March 21. My 6 month anniversary date. My goal for that appointment is to have lost 90 pounds by then. I think it is doable.Everybody keeps saying that I look good so that is nice. I am starting to notice it. Escpecially in pictures.My face was getting so huge. How did I let my self get that way.
December 14, 2006
So 12 weeks ago today I was having my surgery. As of this morning I have lost 47 pounds. I now weigh 207. Next wednesday will be my 3 month anniversary since my surgery and I hope to have lost 50 lbs by then. I think it can be done. I just can't wait untill I get under 200. I haven't been under 200 lbs in about 5 years. How sad.
December 17, 2006
So today I have officially lost 50 lbs. I weighed in at 204 this morning. It is pretty amazing how in just 3 months I have lost that much. I wonder how much I am going to loose in the next 3 months.I will have to have Brian take a picture of me on the 21st, my 3 month surgery anniversary.
Janurary 1, 2007
Well, I have officially lost 55 pounds today. I am now under 200. I weighed in at 199 this morning. I just can't wait until i get down to under 190. That is the smallest I remember being in a long time. I wieghed that about 6 years ago.
Jan. 5, 2007
Just checking in to record my weight. 196 this morning. 58 lbs. 15 weeks out from surgery. The weight is just melting off this month. I like that.
Monday Jan 8, 2007
195 this morning.
Sunday Jan, 21, 2007
Today is my 4 month sur. anniversary. I weighed 189 this morning. That makes it a 65 pound loss in 4 months.
Thursday Feb 1, 2007
So I was stuck at that 189 for a few weeks. Today I weighed 187. I kicked up my protein and I started losing again in about 2 days. I was getting a little lazy with getting my protein in. But now I see how important it is. i want to loose another 11 pounds by feb 21. I hope I can do it. I started at the gym this week. i like it so far.
Tuesday Feb 6, 2007 Weight 184. I have officially lost 70 pounds. 70 pounds. Man that it alot. I have about 50 more to go till I get to my goal of about 134
Tuesday Feb 13, 2007 Weight today 180 even.I can't wait untill it gets in the 170's I ordered some more protein drinks today. I think that is what really helps me. I can never get enough protein in with just food.
Sunday Feb 25, 2007
5 months out weight is 177 lbs. I have lost 12 pounds since Jan 21. I can eat a little more than I used to be able to. I hope to be at 165 by March 21, 2007. That will be my 6 month surgiversary.
March 9. 2007
176. The lbs seem to be coming off very slow this month. What is up with that.
March 18, 2007
I weighed about 174 this morning. So I have lost about 5 pounds so far this month, but I have gone down a whole size. I now can fit into a 14. I guess while I was not losing pounds I was losing inches.I leave for Arizona on the 28th and I hope to be in the 160's when I go. I can not remember the last time I was a 14. Maybe 10 yeasrs ago. I have my six month check up next wednesday. So that will be interesting.
APRIL 2, 2007
I weighed 170.5 this morning. I can't wait to be under 170. I am in between a 12 and a 14 right now. My 14's a alittle big but the 12's don't quite fit.
April 11. 2007
Weight was 168 this morning.
April 25, 2007
I weighed 163 this morning. I have officially lost 91 pounds in seven months. We are going to Arizona agin in June and I hope to have lost another 15 by then. I have 8 weeks until we leave. I think I can loose that by then. Maybe even more.
May 10,2007
Weight 158 this morning. I probably will have lost 100 pounds by my 8 month surgeversary. If not more. 6 weeks from today we will be leaveing. I think i can loose another 10 -12 pounds by then.
May 16, 2007
156 this morning. 98 pounds gone. I can't beleive it. I only have about 26 pounds to go to my goal of 130. I need to get a 7 month picture up. I am wearing 12's now. Thats crazy.
May 31, 2007
150 pounds this morning. I have lost 104 pounds since my surgery and I am 8 months out. I want to loose about 20 more.
June 14 2007
147 pounds this morning. 17 more to go. I can't beleive that it has almost been 9 months since my surgery. We are leaving on Sunday to go to Arizona. That should be fun.
July 23, 2007
Today I weighed 140 pounds. I had to have my gall bladder out on the 19th because it was giving me troubles. Dr. Schoen took it out and I feel much better. Dr. Schoen said that i shouldn't loose any more weight. I am were i should be at 2 years out. I have lost 88 % of my excess weight. i just want to lose 5 more punds. I can't beleive I have lost 114 pounds in 10 months. This time last year I was having my consultation with Dr. Schoen.
August 14, 2007
136 this morning. I need to add some more pictures. I have lost 118 pounds in almost 11 months. CRAZY!!!!
December 31, 2007
Today is the last day of the year and I weighed 133 pounds this morning. It has been an awesome year. I think my weight has stabilized. I really haven't lost mush in the last couple months. I was hoping to get under 130 but Dr. Schoen said not to lose any more weight. I went to Arizona last week and saw all my friends. That was nice. Some people are telling me not to loose any more weight. I am happy with where I am at for once in my life. I am going to post a recent picture on here soon. I am wearing a size 4 or 6 for the first time in my life. It is fun to go shopping for clothes now. I need to buy a dress for a wedding and Iam excited to go shopping.
September 18, 2008
Okay so its been quite some time since I posted. I am almost two years out. Well back before I got pregnant in April my lowest weight was 123. Now I am 23 weeks pregnant with another boy. I ve gained 19 pounds so far. I hope not to gain too much more. Its been hard gaining weight again when your so used to losing it. But I know its for a good reason. The baby is due in Jan 2009 and I hope to be back down to at least 130 by April 1st. So for those of you reading this I lost a total of 131 pounds in 19 months. Pretty awesome. I know that even though I am gaining a little weight from being pregnant that I will never be 254 pounds again. I have done so well that have inspired two friends to get the surgery too. I am so glad I did it. For those of you out there reading this trying to decide if the surgerys right for you. DO IT!!!
