Kim C.

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I did my weekly weigh in and I am officially in Onederland.  I only lost 1.5 pounds, but to be under 200 pounds is the best feeling ever.  I have not seen this number on a scale in over seven years!

It is really starting to hit me that I will have RNY surgery in less than two weeks.  I had my pre-op interview with the hospital and the nurse asked a million questions.  I really hope that I answered everything correctly, it is now all a blur.  I just started drinking green tea and the nurse told me that I must stop drinking.  The Lipton cranberry and pomegranate is so good.  I really hope that my doctor re-instructs me next week, my mind is very busy with making sure that I get everything set up before the big day.  Still excited about getting the surgery, but nervous also!! 

The first day of eating no/low carbs was so hard for me.  I love eating pasta, bread, and sweets.  The second day was a little easier and today was even better.  I have also lost 4 pounds since starting this diet.  I have less than 2 weeks until surgery day. 

 I finally have the date for my surgery on March 1st.  I am happy, excited and nervous all in one.  I am ready to start dropping the weight and moving on to a healthy me.  I though that I would have to do a liquid diet before surgery, but my doctor is only requiring me to do a no/low carb diet.  I am so happy to hear that.  I was not sure if I could handle just liquids before, and after surgery.  I was also told not to gain weight in big bold letters.  I'm so ready for the challenge and will not do anything to delay my surgery. 

My Endocrinologist has made all of the referrals to get me closer to having WLS.  I have cleared and completed the three procedures, and saw the surgeon and he will give me my tool to weight loss the last week in February.  I'm getting excited and nervous at the same time.  I'm so ready to get it done and move on to a better life!

I have finished with my visits with the dietitian and she will send a note to my doctor.  Next week I have an appointment with the therapist, hopefully my last!  I am so ready now to find out if my insurance will approve me and get my new life started.

Weight loss journey, that is what it feels like when I finally decided to have weight loss surgery.  I have been over weight for most of my life, and obese since the birth of my first child, 23 years ago.  My body can no longer support all of this weight and it is painfully telling me that it will not function like this much longer.  So, I have personally seen the good, the bad and the ugly of weight loss surgery.  I have seen a person that has lost the weight and looks great.  I have seen a person that lost the weight and then gained it back.  I have seen a person that was in ICU and could have lost their life because of weight loss surgery.  But I must take this journey to better my life and hopefully the life that I have with my husband and children.  So my journey with my insurance company will be a long and bumpy ride.  It started in July with a visit to the Endocrinologist and the word that I did not want to hear was Diabetic and she let me know that I have all of the signs pointing that way.  Then came the blood work and setting up appointments to start my weight loss boot camp.  Dietitians, therapist, reading, and support groups are the tools that are going to help me thought this journey to permanent weight loss and a healthy life. I have learned so much about myself and why I have used food as a friend instead of fuel for my body.  I now know that I can and will be successful in maintaining the weight loss after surgery. With all of the information that I have read and have been told, I now feel as though I am truly ready to graduate boot camp and have the surgery and ease on down the road to weight loss!