Lori M.

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Hey Everyone!!

If you are like me and most of the time not motivated to go and exercise out in the hot AZ sun that you should DEFINITELY consider buying a Wii and a Wii fit.  I bought it last week and it's been so super fun I am getting addicted to it!  It's never been so much fun to do 30 min's of exercise a day.  There is Yoga, Strength training, Aerobics, and balance games.

The only negative to this game is exactly what I feared.. I haven't been exercising nearly as much as I need to be so I have been losing fat but not really gaining a ton of muscle.  Now this week I have been exercising and when I did my Sunday weigh in, nothin.  A big goose egg for weight loss this week.  My motivation strives a lot from the scale changing basically almost every week but I am going to work through my plateu because I know it will be better in the long run.  I will be gaining muscle and still losing fat.  That should be apparent at my next weigh in at my doctor's office.

The Wii is $250.00 and the Fit I think is $80.00...  There are other games that are also really active and fun to play so if you have kids or just like to play video games it will definitely be a great investment.

Love,

One satisfied customer.

I am happy to say that as of today I have 98lbs to MY goal weight.  My doctor wants me of course to get down to my "ideal body weight" which is 160.. I don't think I would ever want to be that small.  My goal for myself has always been 200lbs.  My husband says that I will probably get down to that weight and want to lose more.  I'm not sure about that.. but if that does happen so be it.  Coming from my highest at 452.. I'd say 200 is a pretty good goal to have.  I am excited to finally be in  the 200's... I haven't been there in a very long time!  At one point in my life I was also convinced I would never be there again.  I am feeling great and still losing.  It's been a good experience all around.

Well the tough stuff is hopefully behind me.  I had my surgery two weeks ago.  The surgery went good no complications.   I'm still getting used to my new routine. 

I can't handle the protein drinks I had picked up so I ordered some different ones online and they are supposed to be delivered today.  I was trying to drink the Isopure but 20oz is a lot when the stuff doesn't taste very good.  They actually could have tasted worse but being limited to taking a lot smaller sips was taking a long time to drink the 20oz and then I was feeling like crap afterwards.

For the first month I think Dr. Blackstone really focuses on protein.  All the foods that are on the ok list are all protein foods.  It's nice to be eating solid foods because the surgery of course is a huge change in my eating habits.

I have luckily not had any puking or frothing so I am crossing my fingers that continues!  It seems everyone has their puking story so I'm sure it will happen one of these days.  Although, there has to be a small few that didn't have any problems in the beginning, maybe I'll get lucky enough to be one of those people!

I'm sure there will be lots more to come.

A little TMI for those of us still preparing for surgery.

I took my Magnesium Citrate at about 2:00 and it really hasn't been as bad as everyone made it out to be.

I seriously was afraid I was going to be on the toilet for hours just sitting and waiting.  I have watched some TV... I get an urge once in awhile and I've been in there a couple of times.

I'm pleasantly surprised thus far... I guess it could be because I did what they said to do with the not eating too much food in the couple days before the surgery.

Drinking 10 oz of that nasty stuff has been the worst part of it all.

My surgery is tomorrow.  I have to say I am more scared now then I have been through this whole process.  I just have so many things going through my mind right now.  I guess today just feels like it's actually happening.  Like tomorrow I am about to change my life forever.  I know that's what everyone has been saying this entire time but I guess it wasn't REAL until now it's like wow... it's 24 hours away.  I am SO scared.

I know that the risks of death during surgery are pretty slim... especially with all the research and improvements that have been done with this surgery in the last 15-20 years.  I guess I just worry though.  A couple of my old co-workers and I were talking about death the other day.  I didn't chime in but one said she wasn't afraid of dying and the other said she was.  If I think about it... I am afraid of dying.  I guess I don't really know why though.  I have dealt with death for most of my life.. and although each person meant something different to me... there is always a hole left there where they once were.  I guess I am sad that the people I love would have the same feeling about me if I was to die.

Of course in real life not in my deep thought world I don't think I am going to die tomorrow.. but of course I just have every possible situation going on in my brain.

I guess I should close before I just start rammbling.  If I think of more later I might be back.

My surgery is 5 days away.  I had my pre-op appointment with Dr. Blackstone on Monday.  I'm so glad I didn't have to have the CT scan I thought I was going to.  Dr Blackstone is a really great lady.  I have heard so many good things about her I sorta felt like she wasn't going to live up to everything I have heard about her.  I was really impressed with her.  I was really starting to get scared about if I was making the right decision and she was really straight forward and went through so many different things.  I felt sorta silly because when she asked me if I had any questions I couldn't really think of anything.  I guess I feel like the information I have received thus far as answered a lot of my questions.

Work has been really stressful these last few weeks with trying to get everything put together before I leave.  My manager and my team had a great day at the fair today.  They call it a "team builder"... we hang out as a team to build up our Morale.  We worked a half day and then we left.  It was a great time and it was fun to hang out with everyone before my surgery where it will probably be almost a month before I come back to work.  Because of that though it just means more work that I haven't been able to finish because we have a lot of team and award stuff scheduled in my last few days.

Anyway... I'm getting excited... and I'm still nervous.  But I am feeling good about everything.

Today is my 2 week mark.  I'm getting pretty excited and I'm starting to think about all the things after surgery.  I have my preop prep class tomorrow at the hospital.  I'm hoping to learn lots of good information!

The week I found out my surgery date was rescheduled I was in the lunch room talking to a co-worker of mine.  There was a lady in the lunch room that was sorta listening to our conversation and she kept getting a little closer and a little closer... then she finally said she had her surgery 3 years ago.  I was surprised!  She said that she and the girl that sits across from her had the surgery and started asking me about mine.  The girl she was talking about came in right after that and they got so excited that I was having the surgery the one just jumped around and gave me a great big hug.  They sat and talked to me for awhile about different random things about the surgery.

When I got into work this morning there was a little card that the girls had made me that had a picture of the procedure on it!  It was so funny and they just had a little note congratulating me on my upcoming surgery.  It was super cute!  They also bought me some baby spoons.  It was so sweet of them.  For some reason I was feeling all "cry-ey" this morning and it almost made me cry!

I guess that's all for now.. I should be going to bed... I have the day off tomorrow.. but I still have to get up early!

I went to my PCP on Thursday 10/4 to have my preop tests done.  I got on the scale and I am down 13 lbs since I originally saw Dr. Blackstone in July.  I'm so excited!  It's not the 28 that I was supposed to lose.. but maybe by my surgery date I will be down the rest.

I am definitely starting to feel more nervous about the surgery and my life afterwards but I am so happy that this is happening for me.  I first thought of having the surgery when I was 19.  My insurance didn't cover the surgery at that point so I just sorta kept going with my life.  5 years later I have been given the opportunity to really go through with it and I'm glad because I don't have the same fears as I had when I was 19.

At that time in my life I don't think I was ready to make such big changes.  I didn't really even know who "I" was... and I definitely wasn't close to being married or having a serious boyfriend that would have been there with me through the process.

My husband is great and has been a huge support person for me.  It's interesting that everyone always asks "So what does JoJo think?"  I don't know what they expect him to think... maybe they are just asking to ask... but I just tell everyone that he supports me 100% and will do everything he can to be there for me... it helps to know that I have such a great guy that loves me no matter what.

I got a call yesterday that I had the chance to move my surgery date to 10/23!  In case this isn't dated (which I am pretty sure it is) that's 21 days away!!

I'm excited, nervous, scared, overwhelmed, and relieved.

I'm so excited to have a date that is not into 2008.  I don't have to worry about my insurance not covering it because it's already been approved.

I'm nervous because it's a life changing surgery that I know I am ready for but of course I hear crazy stories of everyone's surgery and I wonder about the unknown.

I'm scared for what Dr. Blackstone is going to say if I haven't lost enough weight.. or heaven for bid gained.  I'm just really hoping I haven't gained.  I don't have a scale so I can't track my progress... That doesn't help for motivation sometimes.

I'm overwhelmed because I just feel like it's all of a sudden so soon and I have still so much to do and there is so much to prepare for.  I have to make sure my work stuff gets covered, and that the HR department knows I am taking three weeks off.  My husband and I have been looking at houses and we found one we really like.  It's a new build so it would be next year before it is done but just knowing that it is becoming a reality with everything else is so scary!

Mostly I am relieved because it seems that it's all going to work out the way it should.  I know I am ready for this surgery and funny as it may be ever since I went to my seminar in June I have been saying October would be a really great time to have my surgery.  And as it works... that seems like it will be a reality.

Thanks for reading!

I recently found out that my insurance is having open enrollment in late October of this year.  If there are any changes to our insurance the changes will take effect as of Jan 1st.  Unfortunately my surgery isn't scheduled until February of '08.

I guess in a sense I'm worrying about something that might not even happen. I guess it just seems like the chances of a company all of sudden electing not to cover the surgery are sorta high since I have heard of companies doing it before.

My husband thinks its a good idea to talk to other surgeons but I think he may just trying to be supportive of whatever decision I choose.  The rest of my family thinks I should wait it out and hope for the best.

I like to gamble... but I don't know if I want to gamble on being able to get the surgery or not.

The scheduling lady at the dr's office called me the week after I had called and said the dr had some black out dates that she may not end up taking.  If she doesn't, my surgery could be rescheduled before the new year, so I guess that is where I am at currently.  I am trying to stay on track with the weight loss they are wanting me to lose before surgery.  Getting this sort of imformation is hard though, it makes me want to just go eat some good food and get lost in it all.  And I thought I wasn't an emotional eater? ha.