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7/10/11 ----- CENTURY CLUB!! - Oh. My. Gosh. (!!) I got on the scale this morning and it said 286.4 ... meaning I've lost 105 pounds! Holy cheetos! I did it, I broke the 100 pound mark and am now in the 200s. I ...

5/17/2011 ----- Progress Photos... - Wow. What a heck of a month it's been. Job hunting sucks. The teaching job I thought I had in the bag fell through at the last minute. So, I applied and got hired on full time at t...

Haha! I remember that. I just picked a book and camped out in the...

4/3/2011 ----- 3rd mini goal? Check! - Sweet! I made my third mini goal today.....at 331.4 I am officially 1/4 the way to my goal of 150! This all still sometimes doesn't seem real. When I get below 300...jeez, I haven'...

Oh dear! Hang in there! It WILL get better and it's not for...

Congratulations!! You'll be in my thoughts...let us all know when...

3/21/2011 ----- Thoughts... - Funny how our mental ups and downs don't always match our physical ups and downs as we go through this whole transformation process of WLS. I got on the scale this morning and weig...

3/14/2011 ----- 2nd mini goal achieved! - Yay! Finally, after a very slow week that threatened to be a stall, I lost 1.6 pounds to make my 2nd mini goal of 50 pounds lost! Sweet! I can't really "see" the weight loss yet bu...

2/26/11 ----- I DID IT! - I did it, I did it, I did it! I made my first goal marker! I weighed in today at 348.8, just below my goal marker of 349. So, I am now "officially, technically" closer to 300 pound...

2/24/11 ----- Goals and Baby Steps - Okay, so I've decided on some baby step goal markers. I'll focus on each one, one at a time, instead of freaking out over the fact that I need to lose over 200 pounds (OMG!). So, m...

2/12/11-----Progress...or, How do you move a mount - Yay! Almost 37 pounds lost so far! I'm almost at 349, and then I can say that I'm "officially" closer to 300 than 400 (I started at 392, yikes)! I know these little milemarkers may...

1/31/11 ----- 30 lbs gone in just this first month - Sweet! Counting from the weight at which I started the pre-op diet to now, I've lost nearly 30 pounds! ...And I'm GOING to count the weight I lost during the pre-op diet, 'cuz it's...

1/20/11 ----- Day 10 Post-Op and I'm feeling prett - I don't want to jinx myself but....this hasn't been too hard so far. I haven't had any problems with nausea, vomiting, dumping, or pain. I'm tender but I wouldn't call it pain. ...

1/16/11 ----- Recovering now... - Had surgery on Monday the 10th. Came home on th 12th. My hospital stay was actually fairly nice (considering I just got sliced and diced!). All the nurses and staff were great, fri...

1/5/11 ----- 5 more days to go ... - ... until surgery! Yikes, I'm actually feeling a little nervous now, finally. Then I go read or crochet something and try not to think about it. I have my pre-op testing & consult ...

Day 2 of the pre-op diet and ...... - I'm STARVING!!! I've lost 8 pounds in these first 2 days (yeah, I know it's mostly water weight but, hey, weight is weight as far as the heart is concerned) and OMG is it hard. I'v...

Got a Date! - 12/28/10 ----- I've got a date! January 10, 2011 will be the beginning of the rest of my life ... the healthier, happier version of my life! I'm so excited! 

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Got Approved! - 12/27/2010 ----- I got the best Christmas present ever....I git approved for my RNY!!! I should hear from the surgery scheduler today or tomorrow to get the exact date, but it'll b...

Now, the waiting game begins ...... - Finally, after beginning this whole process back in January 2010, everything's been submitted to the Bridges Weight Loss Center. Now, I just have to wait for them to hear from my i...