JennaMi77

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Working in an office is a hedy thing...everyone has an opinion. I have a supervisor and manager who are tremendously supportive, a group or 'work buds' who know (vaguely) what i'm heading for, and a group of horrible women in accounting who have always got advice because they are stick thin, and KNOW that getting thin is "80% about what you eat and 20% excersize, nothing else matters..." (Everytime I hear this particular woman say that, among other things, I want to scratch her eyes out) I have been working out 6 days a week at the gym with a personal trainer and where my weight has not gone down a lot, my stamina has gone way up. I feel stronger, and I like myself more.

That's all I needed to vent about.

I still haven't gotten my date though I have finished with all the pre-operative tests. I would like to hear from some peeps who havd gone through the Roux-en-y and share the pre-anxiety, their hospital stay, the post anguish...anything that might help me with what I am likely going to encounter.

So its been a while since I wrote ANYTHING at all, but this is what I know for sure. I can be determined. I can stick with a diet AND I can even do so while on vacation in Montreal (the poutine capital of the world.)

I am at 253, down (i think) 10 lbs from this time last month and after a trip.

Not bad...

I find myself getting hungry, but I chew gum or have a drink...not easy, but getting on the scale isn't as scary when the numbers are going down rather than going up.

So, though I am sure nobody is reading this, (doesn't matter I am just glad to have an outlet) I went for my appointment with the clinic last week and weighed in @ 264, this morning, I weighed in (at our company's Nurse Office) and I am at 258. I am seeing results and it IS motivating! :)

Well, I've never blogged before, which is to say I've also never shared with perfect strangers something so personal. Being another voice is just as comforting as it is daunting. Sometimes I wonder if everyone else looks at me the same way as I look at myself: A beautiful person buried in a rather large body. I have been accepted into the bypass program but have not yet received my date. I am scared. I am excited. I have NEVER been less than a size 18 in EASILY the past 15 years. I am not going to be unrealistic, but it doesn't hurt to dream.

Today I went for the UGI X-ray, one word...NASTY. I am scheduled on Aug 22nd for the Abdominal ultrasound and the bloodwork I am going for on Monday (July 18th). My next appointment with the clinic isn't until September 13th, sounds like a long time, but it will go by FAST.

Is anyone else out there reading this is or will it be my own little bit of therapy?

By the way, my name is Jenna.