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ALL I CAN SAY IS WOW!!! WHAT A MIRACLE.............
(It's starts from the begining)
I am now 6 months post op and down to 155 lbs from 270. Can you believe that? I sure can't. I put on a size 10 jeans the other day and almost passed out. I can't believe how fast the weight has fallen off. I haven't been a good girl though. I forget to take vitamins and I don't get much protein in. I only like Taco Bell and eating pinto's and cheese that's a whole meal for me. I like eating cottage cheese. Sometimes I may eat an egg but I just don't feel hungry and I am so happy with the weight loss I don't want to do anything to mess it up. I would tell anyone to GO FOR IT! I would do the surgery over and over again if I had to. The surgery has changed my life so much. My knees and back don't hurt anymore. I actually have shin bones!!! :) I don't retain water and I don't have diabetes. Asthma has even improved!!! The only problem I still have is still thinking I am fat! I go to buy clothes and still go to the plus sizes and thinking I can still fit them. I know it's going to take some adjusting. I was fat for 11 yrs and only thinner for 6 months. By the way it's really hard buying clothes because I don't stay in a size very long.
Ok....I am now 8 months post op as of December 1st. I now weigh 145 !!!! I can fit into 9-10's. I am feeling better and better everyday. I am only 11 lbs from goal. I should be 134 according to the charts. I want to get down to 115 and a size 5-6. I eat alot of pinto's and cheese from Taco Bell still and cottage cheese.
****February 6th 2002... I am now down to 135 and wearing sizes 6-8's!! I am so happy with the surgery. Now all i need is a boob job!....I love the weight loss but i really lost my boobs!!!..I don't have alot of extra skin just some on my stomach but it's been going away also but i still want a tummy tuck... I still don't eat right I just forget all the time. I still don't ever feel hungry. I have had alot of hair loss...my hair is thin but i keep it up all the time. I will post some new pics as soon as i get them. I was told I look like Barbie the other day and i almost passed out!... he he... I am also in the process of a divorce but very happy about it. Men are pigs lately and it makes me so mad that they stare at me. I feel you didn't look at me when i was fat so you don't have the right to look at me now!
Ok...I'm bad...I didn't post yesterday and it was my 1 year anniversary. I just want to thank all the other fellow wls friends who emailed me to tell me congrats! The support has been awesome and i enjoy helping other's all time now so if you have any questions or need someone to talk to feel free to send me an email. I am now down to 125- size 2-4 !!! BOOBS are down to 34B I can't believe how much i lost of them!!! GOOD news though. I am headed to Oklahoma City this coming up Tuesday May 6th for a boob job!!! YIPPPPEEEEE!!! I am going to Dr Hill. I am getting implants over the muscle smooth bag....I have asked and asked alot of questions and a few people i know have gone to him. It's expensive here in Dallas for a boob job it's like 6500.00 here and only 3100.00 in OK. I still feel wonderful! I am on some kind of mission now to make my body perfect. I just feel i didn't go through all this to not have a nice body and be healthy! It's so funny the other day I was running up some stairs and i didn't even run out of breath it's amazing all the little things you start noticing....like feeling your rib cage or colar bones it's just amazing! I am so greatful for the surgery it has totally changed my life in so many wonderful ways i can't even begin to tell it all.... I will post after the boob job....i have pics of before and after i will try to post both..i don't know if they will let me but i will try..i definately need to post an after pic because the after pic on this site is when i was a size 12.......
Well it's been 17 months since the surgery and it sure seems like time has just flown by. I am 129 still a size 2-4.... I am not gaining or losing anymore. I would like to be 115-120 but if i don't get there OH-WELL!!! I am happy with my size I just don't like my stomach and thighs. I am working on getting some more surgery. I know a very reasonable priced surgeon who is just awesome! Email me if you need his info. Implants are 3100.00 you can put 500.00 down and pay it out and once its paid for you go get them done!
Well May of 2005 will be 3 years post for me. I just had a full body lift with Dr. David Morales in Dallas. He has an office at Baylor. I had my surgery February 18, 2005. He is awesome! I am so glad I went to him. I now have a flat tummy and a butt with no hail damage! It was a painful surgery but I went back to work a week after the surgery! I still have some swelling on my tummy and haven't tried any jeans yet. I know I weigh 127 and 6 lbs of it is my implants. I still would do the gastric bypass surgery over and over. It has completely changed my life for the best. I am so much more healthy and have a nice body now! I just wish before you had the surgery that they would let you know you are going to be happy losing all the weight but then it creates another problem that you will hate and it's all the extra loose skin! One day your over weight and made fun of and the next day your thin and being called a Shar-Pei! Well, I can now say after 12,500.00 I am no longer a Shar-Pei! I finally have the body I have been wanting back for 15 years! I promise as soon as I heal I will send before and after pics. Like I said before my after pic is me a size 10 and now I am a size 0-2! Oh... One more thing I have found out. If you go back to drinking cokes (diet or anything) YOU WILL NOT LOSE ALL THE WEIGHT THAT YOU WANT!.... I haven't touched Coke or anything carbonated since my surgery! I drink lots of water, and tea and eat about a bag a day of sonic ice!
11-26-06.... I am almost 5 yrs post.... Thanksgiving passed... sometimes I wish I could eat like everyone else but then I remember a moment on the lips.... life time on the hips. I have remarried almost 3 1/2 yrs ago to a wonderful christian man. I have 3 kids Emily-15, Robby 12, and Joshua 7. We are hoping to adopt in March a baby girl if God blesses us with her in our life. I still can have children but I don't want to take any chances of gaining ANY weight back. I know that probably sounds selfish but after spending close to $70,000 on my new body who would want to take that chance? (Gastric bypass, full body lift, 2 breast implant surgeries: saline then silicone) Never had surgery on my face thank you God for making everything there go back to normal! I was skinny all my life and a cheerleader in high school. I was very snoby and judgemental and made fun of people. I got pregnant with my daughter and gained 111 lbs! I am grateful that I gained the weight. It brought me back down to earth and made me a kinder more gentle loving human being. I was the big/obese person and was made fun of. My nickname was FC (fat Christy)... people moo-ed at me and would making beeping noises at me (like a truck backing up) I would park close at the malls and one time someone put a note on my car.... "Maybe your fat a$$ would lose some weight if you parked further" I cried... God actually knew and knows what he's doing! I am changed for life. I am more compassionate and caring of others. I am very happy about the surgery and would tell anyone GO FOR IT! (if you ready to have a new life and be healthier) Just chose a really great doctor! PS... I don't eat sonic ice anymore.... it hurts your teeth......LOL just drink lots of water and tea.... I still haven't drank any carbinated drinks! I can't stand them and I think they do slow the weight loss down or even make you gain... even the diet ones! They have so much sodium and make your retain water.
