Cindy W.

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Hey all! I really enjoyed my first and not last OH Conference! What fun we had. What beautiful people I met!!! Gosh...so much shared, stories, funnies, small girl talk, what to do now, tips and tricks for snacks and food items, exercise and what counts as exercise, etc etc etc....so many things..

I really enjoyed this!
The speakers were phenomenal! They really care about us@ 

Big thanks and kudos to all the OH Staff that put this together! Without  you ALL, it would not be possible!

Bigger thanks to Eric................owner and beginning of the OH site!

Thanks for giving us something to use as an additional and very worthwhile tool for our success!!!!

To anyone thinking about this as part of your life journey..just take the first step. Go to a preop information seminar or doctor meeting and get facts. Educate yourself and immerse yourself in a sight like this one. Learn about it everyday! YOu wont regret it!


i know I am enjoying my journey! I cant wait to see what I am when I grow up(lose this weight and become the  Me that has always been here, but hiding behind weight, issues and a xxl shirt!)


To all my new buddies!  God bless you on your continued journeys!
Success starts with you, continues with you, and becomes you!


One day at a time.........one step at a time.........We can Do this!!!!!

Good morning fellow OH losers!!
October is drawing to a close. The winter darkness is starting to settle in. And the cooler weather. THe leaves up here are so beautiful. I go outside every morning and sit out with a cup of coffee and enjoy the beautiful view. I have been struggling still with food,dumping/hypoglycemia. I also am losing at a snails pace. The whole month of Sept , my scale stayed at 202-204. Finally in Oct it dropped to 200 then 199.  It bounced back from 196-199 every day now. The whole month of Oct. Nothing. I feel good and am enjoying my smaller clothes and being able to do more. I just am anxious for a few more pounds to drop off. I dont want this to be the end of my weight loss journey. Was hard to go to support group and hear all the weight loss. Even the lapbands are losing more and faster than I am. I dont eat more than 600-800 per day. I would think that in starvation mode for the RNYers that my body would finally drop the weight and not hold on  to it like it is. I know I said i wanted to lose slow, but gosh.......

I know I will look back in 6 more months and have to smile at this journal entry. Im just feeling like, with all the things we are doing without now, a little perk of weight loss would be nice.   

I am in size 14s now. I was wearing 18-20 before i started this.

I am getting my big gal clothes and suits ready for the clothing exchange in the ATL Conference next week.e
I cant wait to meet HappyPeach and a few others from online.   Rooming with Ms Peaches will be fun!

Congrats to all that have done well and have tried hard this past month!


Enjoy fall....get out and see some things........................make some crafts, but most of all....Love yourself like no other..Love yourself more and more each day. You deserve it!

Well, we made it! Thru another summer!!
I could feel the touch of fall and smell it and taste it as I rode on the back of the motorcycle the past few days..What a beautiful feeling and smell........The trees are just starting to blush.......I cant wait to see God's rainbow start to appear in all the fall foliage again. As a Floridian(raised there as a child) I am in awe of such beauty here in the foothills of SC and up towards Asheville.  There are sooooooo many beautiful things to see and places to go. I need to get my camera out and take alot of pictures this year. The waterfalls are especially beautiful.  I dont think Crayola made all the colors that are there in the panoramic view of the mountains when fall is upon us. There are hues and colors that Ive never seen before and the way the sun hits the trees as it is making it's ascent into  the morning sky  and then descent back into the evening air....is so breathtaking. To have vision is a gift.........to be able to see all of this beauty.


I hope you all have a wonderful week. Go see something you havent seen in a while. GO see something new. Put a mental picture of a beautiful place in your mind while your out so youll have something to reflect on when you are feeling a little blue...................................

Keep up the good work all of you! We are truly Winners in this battle to better health! In the end, we win!

a whopping 9 pounds lost! Wow..i guess it finally decided that it could not hold onto my past any longer! 
I am 210 as of this morning....................
10 pounds from the 200 mark......................................I am getting so excited!
I still worry every day that I am eating too much..
I dont like eating 5-7 meals, and drinking all the time. I want a break from it every once in a while. I want 3 balanced meals and maybe 1 snack. Thats it!  Talk to you all later!

I am estatic! Finally, after 4 grueling weeks of continued recovery and no real food in sight, the scales have begun to work again. I had begun to give up hope. Even tho they tell us that some of us have stalls and some of us for long periods, it is still very difficult mentally. I mean gosh! They are telling us to focus on eating and drinking all the time !Thats so contrary itself to the lifetime of not eating because I was fat. Not getting dessert, saying no to second helpings. Saying no all the time and still being the fat one. It does a mental thing to you when after surgery you are thinking about it all the time now. Did I get enough in? counting protein grams. counting cups of water. Am I really eating too much because that scale isnt moving. Is my surgery a failure? Yes Ive gone thru all this in the past month. I told my doctor office that they need to help us not only with surgery the physical side, but also the mindset side. And when we come in and say we are having this issue, a psych is not the Only answer! No I am no in need of a psych. I am in need of further counsel from a Bariatric office on how to deal with the changes mentall now that I have to make in order to be continued successful with this!

Its one thing to have surgery and lose. I want to keep the weight off. I do not want to be on a up down scale any longer in my life! I wanted this to be set free from the prison of being labeled and sized as a fat woman.


OK............whew..I feel so much better that I got that off my chest. See? Isnt OH Wonderful? Is anyone out there? Can you read this? what are your thoughts ? Huh huh huh?(smiling..i have a crazy sense of humor here too!).

Thanks for reading if you dared to! IM off to lose more weight and wait out the next stall.......

Well I am not sure why it was so long or why me? but I have not lost any weight for 4+ weeks. The scale kept on saying the same thing.  I got a new scale and I weighed this morning. Guess what? I lost 2 lbs. Finally. IM happy with that at the moment. I go to my suport group meeting tonight. I will be asking them about this stall and us so called "Lightweights" as people on here have indicated that I am. I had 110 pounds to lose total. I have lost 33 pounds now.

20 preop and then 6 right away after surgery. Then a small 2 and then nothing for 4 weeks. Must be something our bodies go thru at individual paces to try to recover, recuperate from major surgery, etc.

I am going to "Keep on Keepin On" in this journey! 

Thanks for everyone's support and for listening to me whine while the scale stayed the same! 

I want to always remember what I looked like and what I dont want to look like again. WOWSA! the backside was a shock totally. I have never taken a picture of my backside or side view.   and a long time since my front view! Yikes!!!!!  Im glad thats over!Whew!!!    Anyway.....................i went out today and got my hair cut off!!!! its cute and it is Sassy Like me! Made me feel pretty good today.  I also got my grandson a little toy cellphone that plays all sorts of music and a big elephant that you push his nose and he is like tickle me ELMO> shakes an makes sounds and a song and stuf. Its soooooooooooo funny. I brougt it home and put in front of Eli and he just looked at me with these huge brown eyes with a look? What the heck is that thing? I fell over laughing at him. Well at least he grabbed the cell phone toy and likes that part......

Still puny most days. After I eat each meal I get ill and lose all my energy and have to lie down. I need to have doctor check my blood sugar for something going on I think. I spend all my energy real fast and putter out...............like i am out of gas. Havent been able to walk or workout for over a week. No energy at all and nauseated/ bleh.

This too shall pass.
This too shall pass.
This too shall pass.
Three TImes. Then it means something!
Toodles all!

Heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy my OH friends! 
I hope everyone is doing well. Each day a little better and the journey worth it!
I had a week stall and finally when I stepped on the scale tnis am, another 4 lbs gone. I am finally at 30 lbs lost! I am happy with my weight loss.  I really do not want to lose a huge amount in a short amount of time, because of the possibility of health issues with fast weight loss. I would rather build good muscle with working out at the gym and work on my body looking really good when I have hit my goal of 110 lbs gone. And might I add the word FOREVERRRR!! to that...hahahha.

Even with the struggles I am having, no regrets....Even when I have a puny day or my pouch cramps up, NO REGRETS!!!!!    

Thru all this, it is worth it.  Writing my thoughts on here and in my journal helps me along the way. Encouragement from friends on here, has been a tremendous help. For that I am forever grateful!
Thank you CD,Peaches,Misty, Tony, Hope,  KathyOH,Wii,Judy,Bob,Rob,Spanky,Steve,Mike,Sarah,Beckstar,Patti,Peggy, and on and on..

I went to the hospital for an EGD. Doctor thought it might be stricture happening where small intestine attached to pouch area. says that happens sometimes when healing. I dont remember anything after having my IV.  Doctor said I have a ulcer in that area and thats what is causing the problem. So back to protein drinks for a few days and medication to help it heal. I feel like ive been kicked in the stomach this morning.  My mood is better tho. emotionally not all over the place. Just scared of that feeling I had when food got stuck. It is no fun. Quite painful. I dont wish that on my worst enemy. Wait? I dont have any enemies....thats good...Well I wouldnt wish that on anyone.
I havent lost anything this past week. And I havent been eating/ My body must be in starvation mode and has shut down.  It will turn around soon.    I write about everything I am going thru because it is important to let people know of the different things going on. Hopefully it will help others on this journey too.

Thank you everyone that supports me, prays for me, makes me laugh, and helps me keep ME in check!
I appreciate the kindness shown on here. Alot of great people on here!!!! We are all winners!!!!

The good with the bad...the process of healing and the journey back to healthy living.
I had a blockage yesterday. Wasnt dumping and wasnt just a temporary thing. I spent the afternoon at the hospital and they did another Barium Swallow study.  Today I go to the hospital GI LAB at 11 to have an endoscope and dilation done. Doctor said that possibly a stricture where the small intestine attached to stomach. During healing sometimes it shrinks a little smaller than should be and needs to be adjusted. Thank goodness I will be sedated for this.
Im not hungry.   Havent eaten in a few days and that part is just an amazing thing.  Have to be careful with that tho because you have to eat and drink to live.  I went to my support group last night and talked about what I wrote on here. The part where I spent most of my life avoiding overeating/multiple meals and now I have to think and breathe and dream and constantly eat and drink all day night. THat is hard for the overeating mental part. They will help me thru this.   I am doing ok this morning emotionally and feel ok. Just want to get back to recovery and healing! Keep your chin up is what I am telling myself. Beats hugging the toilet......laughs....at least I still have my sense of humor!