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June 28th 2016 I celebrated my 4 year surgiversary! I weigh 138 lbs!  My lowest was 132 and I have creeped up a few pounds this past several months.  I have to thank the people that I have become friends with on youtube and facebook!  The WLSFA has been my passion and have made great lifelong friendships within the community.  I am ready to let those two worlds collide and check out the OH Community!  

I have been attending several local surgeons support group in the area that I live and love being able to pay it forward so to speak with sharing my journey and keeping me accountable.  I will just keep on keepin on!  This was the best decision I have ever made!  

Down 80 lbs!  Walked in a 5K last Sunday.  It was tough.  All in all everything is going great.  I am wishing my back and knee didn't hurt so much.  I thought the weight loss was going to help me in those areas!  I will keep on losing and see if there is any relief in my future.  I also wish that getting to the gym weren't so dang hard!  I have gone to the gym but not as regularly as I would like.  Even with my appropriate selfishness attitude, being a mom and grandma that babysits always gets in my way.  I have days I feel skinny and days I feel fat, it is such an emotional and mental state of mind the majority of the time!  I will keep going forward and see where my body wants me to stop.  Hopefully in the 150's! 

Carbs and candy are harder to keep at a distance.  Gonna start adding a few carbs to the diet.  Not many and NO bread!  :-)

Some hair loss but not crazy. Vitamins are good, learning to chew chew chew and eat slowly cuz there are times when things get heavy on my chest.

 

Well, two months on the losers bench!  The weight loss has been constant and getting better each week.  I had stalled around week 3 and 4 but things have been picking up.  I started in December at 272, Pre op weight was 252 and today I am 213.  I couldn't be happier with the loss.  What I could be happier about though........my back and my gallbladder.  My back has hurt constantly since surgery but I did fall one week post op but it just doesn't seem to get completely healed before it starts hurting again.  AND then, the gallbladder!  I sooooo wish the surgeon had taken it out during surgery!  He said it was scarred and there was a stone in it.  I had and an ultrasound a few weeks ago and YES there is a stone Mr Obvious!  I get to go back into surgery to have it removed this Friday!  Not too happy but what am I gonna do.

I have gone from a size 24 to an 18 which is AWESOME.  I really want to lose the fat around the belly but I need to be patient and it will go.  I have lost my butt and my tailbone hurts when I am sitting at work.  I squirm the last several hours at work.  :-) I am thinking about a butt pillow.

I have incorporated a more variety of foods, like shrimp, chicken, tuna etc.  I am afraid of carbs and avoid them at all costs.  I have had several parties where there was cake and cupcakes but have not had the urge to partake!  Yeah me!  Butttt, I would love some cold Round Table Pizza King Arthur Supreme.  I have been the pillar of strength since December 2011!  No chocolate, no cake, no soda. 

I do wish that the gym light bulb switch would turn on.  Maybe when I am feeling better.  Every week I say that I am going, but don't.  I wish I could just get there. 

So happy I did this.  Sorry hubby, but this is what I needed.  I needed to be selfish this time and do it for me! 

Well, its been awhile.  I am back on the grid.  I went into surgery exprecting to have the RNY and due to an Ulcer, (2) Hernias and a scarred gallbladder, I came out sleeved. 

It took a few days to wrap my head around it.  I felt very unprepared mentally since I had studied the RNY for years and in detail for the past six months. I guess God had a plan that I was not aware of.  I am okay now that I have had a chance to do some research and watch some youtube sleevers that have led the way for me. 

Lets talk numbers.  I hit my highest weight of 272 (I am sure higher but didn't weigh).  On the day of my pre op appt, was 251.  Today I weighed in at 228.  Thats 44 total and 23 since pre-op appt.  I don't remember my weight the day of surgery.  That day and the day after are just a blur. 

I did get a bit nausious the following morning and was uncomfortable for the most part, but the hospital was Johnny on the spot with the pain meds and I took full advantage.  I was sent home with the liquid Lortab and took it a few times and haven't taken any since my follow up appt when the drain tube was removed.  I did have gas pains, under my right shoulder blade seemed to be where it liked to gather.  Nothing that I couldn't handle though.

I was a good girl with liquids and protein shakes.  I am on pureed now but i only do cream soups and beans.  I did have mashed potatoes a few times but since they don't have that great of a nutritional value I only eat those if there is nothing else to choose from. 
I was VERY weak the first week home and of course fell the second week and feel like a bruised my left side.  I called the Surgeon and he didn't think I hurt anything with the surgery and to call my GP.  I don't know if its a pulled muscle near my ribcage but it hurts when I walk and sometimes when I drink I get a sharp pain in my side.  I actually rode my bike around the block last nite with no pain when I did it but woke up sore.  I have not been big on shakes but do enjoy the Isopure with some Gatorade for protein and a Premier Shake from Sam's Club as well.  I have been doing the scrambled egg thing for dinner and soup for lunch.

Well.  I am back alive and kickin'.  More to come.  :-) 

Today is the first day of my two day pre-op diet.  I was lucky not to have the required to weeks.  Since I have lost 30 lbs since the first of the year and have been on 1100 calories for awhile that I should be good to go!  :-) Today is Monday and surgery is Wednesday.  FINALLY!

I went shopping this weekend to purchase a variety of liquids to get me through the liquid phase before and after surgery.  I bought anything from Isopure, muscle milk to cream soups.  This should be interesting.

I am very excited and not really nervous at all.  I am beyond ready for this and can't wait to start this journey!  I do believe the journey began on January 1, 2012 when I started my better eating and lower calorie life!  I have only indulged once or twice with candy and fried foods.  This is a big deal for me!  I have eased up the past several weeks with many "last meals".  As of today that is OVER! 

My co-workers are the best and I know that I can count on them when I return with my new tummy.  I am excited to get active and can't wait to start losing significant weight so I am not so embarrassed at the gym.  I do like the gym but am embarrassed to go on a regular basis.  That will soon change.  I will be able to keep up and join classes and not be intimidated! 

Home is going to be a bit of a challenge.  Husband thinks we should accept eachother as we are and that he thinks I am sexy.  But sexy to him does not take away my back pain that I have every day and don't mention it anymore because I know he gets tired of me saying so.  I struggle daily with just doing the laundry and picking things off the floor.  I want to feel better.  There will be some MAJOR adjusting of the meals and food for him and the girls.  I am not going to answer the question "whats for dinner" for the next few weeks until I start introducing soft foods.  I wish my husband would join me on the weight loss portion of this journey with me.  I am just going to hope for support.  I appreciate him loving me for who I am no matter what size.  I choose my size to be smaller!  I would like to see him at a healthier weight but I do love him for who he is.   He of course thinks that when I am skinny I will leave him for a younger thinner man.  I told him that he is the last man that I am willing to put up with!

Well, no jitters yet, just excitement for a fresh start!  Can't wait to see me in next year at this time!

Yahoo!  Got the call on Friday to let me know that the insurance approval came in.  After my call on Monday and they said that they hadn't submitted it yet, left me a bit panicked.  I did receive my pre-op to do's and had them done on Friday.  Than got the call from the Surgeon.  Maybe it was a test?  lol  But I passed, so onward we go.

Surgery is schedule for the 27th of June.  Chuck has taken the week off.  He really wants to go to camp during my first week after surgery.  I am thinking after the fourth day or so.  We shall see.  It would be nice to recover without dogs and children.

While at my PCP's office getting my EKG my weight was 249.5.  I asked what my weight was last time I was in and she said 265.  But had my highest of 279.  I had reached 289 at one point but it must have been between appointments.

I have been slowly purchasing supplies of Blender bottles, mixers and sample protein etc.  I have gotten a few vitamins samples.  I have been taking some Flinstones vitamins and that was before I had scheduled the surgery.

I have been stalking Facebook and Youtube Videos.  I just started adding groups and individuals that inspire me.  I am addicted to Youtube.  The videos have helped this past month while waiting for my last weigh in and the approval.  I recorded a view and deleted it.  I will get the courage soon.  I think the pre-op videos are okay for others but each doctor is different and I was mainly looking for weight loss results and numbers while lurking.  I found GastricRose, Exit Melanie and Reinventing Ed and became hooked.  The worst part was watching the WLFSA Meet and Greet in Vegas and wanting to go.  It just wasn't in the cards this year, but next year for sure!

I have been nailing the water, need to exercise and get to 1100 calories before surgery.  I can't wait to be on the Loser's Bench! 

I have another appointment with the Surgeons office.  We miscalculated and I weigh in one more time.  The dieting and exercise have taken a back seat.  I have waivered within 2 lbs or been the same for several weeks.  I did go to the gym and started using some of the machines for my arms and did the usual treadmill and rowing machine. 

I need to refocus again.  The waiting is the WORST!  The first four months were a breeze.  As always, I give in to lazy habits and let the excuses creep in, too busy, please the family, etc.  This was suppose to be the year of me!  It lasted a month. 

June 27th can not get here soon enough!  I have lost 30lbs, purchased a food scale, bowls, utensils, protein powder and a few of the required vitamins and of course the body shapers!  I want to be on the losers bench, I want to start this journey and be able to lose weight without the starving.  I want a do over with my eating and exercise. 

Enough of my ranting.    Today is a new day!  I can do this!  Only 47 days!

Had my monthly weigh in and visit with Dr. Patching.  I lost 5 more lbs last month.  They are submitting to the health insurance and have a pre op appointment June 7 with surgery for June 27!  Sooooo excited.  Watching You Tube Videos and stalking websites to stay focused.  We are having another Biggest Loser Contest at work which will keep me on task till surgery.  I started at 279 and am down to 252.  So glad to be on this journey, even pre op. 

I am 83 days pre-op.  Last night I attended a local weight loss group in my area.  It was so great to see people that have made this their lifestyle.  I soooo want to be part of that demographic!  I want to be someone that can be an inspiration to others.  

The waiting is the hardest part.  I am good to go, accept for the six month weight management pre-requisite.  Weigh ins for April and May ahead and surgery in June.  So want to "Get R Done" and move forward.



 

After viewing many youtube videos and hearing several people talk about the help they received from this site, I decided to sign up and get started.  I have been considering Gastric Bypass for MANY years.  I have supported many friends and family members through it but never thought I would be able to afford the surgery financially or be able to take the time off work to recover.  But those were just excuses.  So.... after contemplating for again another year, I had my Family Doc refer me for Weight Loss Surgery.  I went to Dr. Patching's "seminar".  There was about 5 of us.  I sooooo fit the profile.  This was in November.  Since I have Blue Shield of CA.  I needed to meet the six month weight prerequisite.  So each month I weigh in, the Dr. gives me a weight loss goal and we wait.  I have done all of the pre-op tests and studies.  So time is the only thing holding me up.  (Hopefully!)  We will put in for the referral at the end of April.  Surgery is scheduled for June 27.  I truly wish it was tomorrow.  I see others having their surgery and losing weight and am sooooo jealous!  I want to be you!  I have lost 23 pounds since the first of the year.  I am so ready for surgery.

I am excited to give/receive support through this site!  I am searching for knowledge and guidance and as I go through the process I hope to be an example for others!