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Holy crap, I weigh less than what my drivers license says (it says 175 - I weigh 167).
I've gone from a size 24 to a 10!!! I have 8 bags of clothes ranging size 24-14 to give away!
You pay for shipping and you can have all of it!
I sleep like a champ and wake up feeling as if I can take on the world!
My legs are carrying the weight, as expected...i'm in the gym about 3-5 times a week.

I wouldnt change anything for the world!

Good luck to all my WLS friends out there! Keep up the good work.

Weight: 222
Butt: 47.5
Calves: 18
Arms: 14
Neck: 13

Feel pretty good in the mornings, I routinely wake up about 10-15 minutes before the ole alarm goes off. Had to stop the liquid protein supps they were distroying my colon. So, I try to get my protein in through food and bars. Currently using the Atkins Cinnamon Bun Bar 15 grams of Protein and 1g of Sugar. I basically eat scrambled eggs, grits, fish, chicken, boiled shrimp, chopped pork (Sonny's BBQ), refried beans, and SUSHI! (No rice no seaweed).

Now at night and in the evening I take a dive bomb. There for a few days I would have to lay down and take about a 30-60 minute "power nap". It is slowly getting better. I still haven't had a TOM (Time of the Month) since February ( I have PCOS). My lower back has been starting to bother me, so maybe its coming? 

I have still only had one craving and its not a hunger craving its a taste craving...I'd love to have a bite of a Whopper Jr from Burger King. I don't want to eat it...just taste it. Everything I have had in he past month has been so bland. =( 

Still having issues with the "sugar free" stuff still tasting way too sweet.  

Weight: 236.4
Chest: 43
Butt: 50
Calves: 18
Arms: 14
Neck:13

Wow, the weight is falling off and everyday I am feeling better. I cannot wait to get to Weds. So I can start the soft / puree'd foods. No longer having to take the Roxicet for pain. It no longer hurts to walk to the bathroom in the mornings. I used have bad pains in the bottoms of my heels when I first got up and limped and hobbled to the bathroom everymorning. I hated that. Well I haven't had that since I got home from the hospital. Still have a little congestion (Asthma) left over from the anesthesia but I still do my breathing exercises. Going to the gym with my husband as soon as he gets home from work. Walking really makes me feel better. I miss the ellipitical but I will gladly wait.

One thing I have noticed is I still have a lot of pressure under my boobs after sitting for more than 15-20mins. This makes my insides feel all bunched up. So that keeps me moving. I also noticed that I was refreshed when I woke up this morning and didn't feel like "sleeping in". So I figured I'd pass this along to you guys. My Unjury order arrived this morning. Man these things are sweet and I don't mean slang sweet. I feel as if I am sipping on sugar, Other than that they are ok.

Surgery date: 4/13/09
Weight:          249


Day before surgery sucked...lots of water, chicken broth, jello, and that fun Magnesium Citrate experience.

Surgery was at 07:30 am at Emory @ John's Creek, with Dr. William Johnson of Atlanta Bariatrics

Arrived at the hospital at 05:20 we were a bit early, I didn't sleep much the night before. Got settled in and medicated, next thing I remember is rolling down the hall to my room.

I don't really recall much of Monday night, I do know I got a reality check with the pain. I don't like intravenous narcotics and was way out of it. I hadn't requested any all day. I requested some meds at 8:00 pm. Just before that I was in tears and the pain was nothing like I expected, vomited up blood twice and the pain just under my boobs was devastating. Felt like someone had punched or kicked me in the sternum. "Gas" the nurse tells me..."you need to go walk" so with the help of my wonderful husband I started walking. It really did help so much that I made sure I was up walking about every 2 hours. I also have asthma and the anesthesia decided to aggravate it...I had a lot of fluid in my lungs. Oh by the way, there is a Nurse or a LCT coming in every 2-4hrs so you don't get ANY sleep. Then some random lady came in at some point late Monday night to "take some blood" I told her where to get blood best from my arms and after three sticks later she got it. Grrr... Monday night into Tuesday morning was the worst pain.

Tuesday they allowed me to "rinse and spit" water. I felt like a stranded survivor on a remote island. Shortly there after I got to sip a 1/4 of a medicine cup of water. They switched me over to "Roxicet" for the gas pain and it is the BOMB. remember I don't like narcotics, so this stuff didn't knock me out and make me all loopy. Tuesday I walked a ton more and the nurses were complimenting me on how well I was doing. I got another breathing treatment and did the breathing exercise thingy several times. By late Tuesday I was feeling tons better...not much pain...The new nurse told me to take the Roxicet every 4-6 hours and it helped sooo much.  The good news came, you get to go home Wednesday, everything looks good and you are doing great.

Wednesday I woke up around 6am and ready to walk. My sweet husband was up with me every time I wanted to pee, poo, or walk. He was amazing and I am so blessed to have him in my life. The nurses started taking tubes and disconnecting me from various stuff. The grossest was the "bulb" I had coming out of my old stomach. I was glad to lose the IV tubes too, my arm was all bruised and starting to ache. Dr. Johnson showed up around 08:15 and said I could go home and that I had done great. After he walked out I hopped out of bed threw on the sweats, t-shirt, no bra ( too painful ) and the tennis shoes. I was out of there by about 09:30ish.

Keep in mind I hadn't had a shower in 3 days and my hair looked like I had ran cooking oil through it and I am sure I smelled right nice. Once I got home I took a "cool - luke warm" shower and felt soooo much better. I got in MY bed with My hubby and took a nice 2 hour nap. It was nice to be home.

I ate at every place I love: Dunkin Donuts, Outback Steakhouse, Sonny's BBQ, Ninja (Sushi), Taco bell, Burger King, and Papa Jacks. My "last meal" was Outback steakhouse, Prime Rib medium rare, sweat potato (butter and cinnamon), House Salad, ranch dressing, cheese, croutons, and the cheese fries "layered" I decided this was the last crappy food I will ever eat again.