"Sometimes winning is losing"  

Look out New Life 2008 !

DATE, WEIGHT,  POUNDS LOST, COMMENTS  and  BMI

January 19, 2007, 236lbs First appointment with Dr. Fuzz  BMI 39.7
May 30, 2007, 240 lbs.  Surgery day   +4 lbs.
June 28, 2007, 214 lbs. -25 lbs.  First month followup with Dr. Fuzz
August 15, 2007 187 lbs.  -51 lbs.  11 weeks post opp
August 30, 2007 179 lbs. - 61 lbs.
September 9, 2007 173 lbs. -67 lbs.  My 49th birthday
October 24, 2007 165 lbs. -75 lbs Happy birthday Dad!
November 29, 2007 155 lbs. - 85 lbs.  Happy New Years (Doctors goal 80 pounds)
December 20, 2007 152 lbs. - 88 lbs.   Merry Christmas

Happy New Year 2008 !

May 16, 2008 142 lbs. - 98 lbs.
April 16th, 2008 140 lbs. - 100 lbs!  Yeah My Goal!
May 29, 2008 135 lbs. -105 lbs!  
........................... maintaining................

1/30/2018  I have gained weight and currently hold at 170.  I am working to try and get that back down.  Making changes.   This weightloss surgery is a great tool to get your weight down but it will be up to you to keep it off!  If you don't follow the rules!  Then look out!

So you want to hear my story....  well where do I start...  don't fall asleep zzzzzzz  Well it all started with mom and dad.  My dad a native of Tunnelton, W. Va.  was in the air force stationed in St. Johns , NFLD, . Mom and her sister where out running around when they met my father.

                         

              Dad and Mom before me!                                              Dad and Me in 1980 
After they married, my brother Jimmy was born in 1956 and while he was a baby, dad got out of the military and they moved to Alexandria, Va. where my dad's parents were living.  I was born in 1958 in Alexandria, Va.   weighing 7lb 9oz.   I never had a weight problem as a kid.  As a matter of fact I was tall and skinny like my daddy.  At the age of 19 I began modeling.  I was told that I could wear anything and make it look good.  My dad warned me that one day the weight may come on.
 

                      

                     My modeling days in 1978 

 I was never over weight until I moved to the Carolina 's back in 1980.  I think I was a size 10 when I moved to Columbia, SC in 1980.  I learned to cook some good country cookin with some yummy fat back and that was the beginning of my yoyo dieting and weight gaining.  Here I am today!   

 

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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 The Ten Commandments of Weight Loss Surgery

1. THOU SHALL NOT DRINK with thy meals.
This means never! This is cheating...cheating yourself. It washes the food out of your pouch and allows you to eat more. This will slow and eventually stop your weight loss. PLUS you will not be getting all the benefits of the wise choices you have filled your little pouchy-poo with.

2. THOU SHALL EAT SLOWLY, very slowly.
This is not a rule for the first few months post op. This rule is for the rest of your life. If you eat too quickly, you will surely stretch your pouch. Eat too quickly and you will learn the hard way...the nausea is stifling. Oh and CHEW CHEW CHEW!! And when you think you are done, CHEW SOME MORE. Or your food will keep coming back to visit you.

3. THOU SHALL TAKE THY VITAMINS.
This surgery is a great tool for weight loss. But, as with all benefits, there are costs...and malnutrition is one of the potential prices of this surgery. Take a multivitamin supplement every day for the rest of your life and it is one you may never have to pay. You will also need to have your blood checked periodically for B-12 levels.

4. THOU SHALL EAT ADEQUATE PROTEIN.
What is adequate? I am not a physician, so I cannot say for sure. I have heard everything from 50-60 grams a day (which equals about 2 oz. Of protein) to a much higher number ...(to figure out the amount of grams of protein equals in ounces, multiply the # of grams by .0353. That will give you an ounce calculation. It may not sound like a lot, but when you get down to brass tacks, and really look at what you eat at a meal, are you getting in at least 2 oz of meat at a sitting? Then filling in with the rest? Meat is usually very heavy and it is hard to digest so it ends up being the last thing we work on at a meal. A lot (I did not say all) of post ops tend to take more of what rests comfortably in their pouch...all I am saying is to be aware and then adjust so you are meeting those requirements...above all be balanced in your diet (DON'T FREAK CAUSE I USED THE D WORD HERE....definition of diet-from Greek diaita, literally, manner of living, from diaitasthai to lead one's life-
a: food and drink regularly provided or consumed
b: habitual nourishment
-PLEASE NOTE-DIET does NOT translate to STARVATION or DEPRIVING ONESELF on ANY level...it merely suggests a habitual eating style...)

5. THOU SHALL EXERCISE.
Just do SOMETHING. Even if it means starting off simply...take the stairs instead of the escalator or elevator. Park at the furthest spot in the parking lot. Carry your shopping basket instead of pushing the cart (on small shopping days of course...LOL).

6. THOU SHALL DRINK at least 64 ounces of water, everyday. It seems that some people have problems doing this. Use a water bottle and carry it with you everywhere. Sip all day long. Or refill a gallon jug and drain it every day. Do it in 2 pitchers. Do it with 2-32oz sport water bottles. Please note however, that if you are drinking coffee or tea with caffeine, you will have to compensate for the diuretic effects of the caffeine. Caffeine robs your body of water, therefore, you will not only be unable to count the coffee or tea, but you will have to drink an extra cups of fluid for every cup of regular coffee or caffeinated tea that you drink to compensate for the diuretic effects of the caffeine.

7. THOU SHALL EAT WELL BALANCED MEALS.
I think my doctor said it best: Protein first and foremost, then green/yellow vegetables, then fruit, then starches.

8. THOU SHALL NOT EAT SUGAR, in ANY form....no candy!!!
Treat yourself with some fresh fruit!!

9 THOU SHALL NOT modify these commandments to suit thy needs. It will not work. You will only defeat yourself physically.

10. THOU SHALL LOVE THYSELF and be happy with the body God gave thee. God did not intend for all of us to be supermodels, and this surgery will NOT make you one. Happiness comes from within. Be happy with who and what you are. Or you will defeat yourself mentally. Then the battle will be lost before it is ever even begun.

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About Me
Lewisville, NC
Location
21.9
BMI
RNY
Surgery
05/30/2007
Surgery Date
Sep 19, 2006
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