MugsyMann
PREGNANT!!!!
Dec 08, 2012
Oh wow, I really haven't updated this in way too long! Two and a half years post RNY, I am finally pregnant! Before the surgery I had 8 miscarriages. The last one broke me and was all that I could take. And we decided not to try anymore. At the time I was mistakenly under the impression that I would not be able to get pregnant after WLS, and that is what held me off so long from having the surgery before then. It was only when I talked to my surgeon that I learned different. And now, here we are, expecting a new arrival in May! I can't believe how many ways this surgery has changed my life for the better!
Quick Update...
Jan 13, 2011
Well, I'm down to 178 as of this morning. Weight is coming off A LOT slower now. But I'm ok with that, at least it's coming OFF! Starting to find that my food tolerances are growing. I've tried a bite of sugar here or there and stuff I shouldn't. Not often and not enough to be an issue. I can tolerate more but refuse to give in to bad eating habits EVER again! I tried on a pair of my old jeans the other day. I now fit completely in one leg. That is such an awesome feeling! Now if I could just get the motivation to go work out!!! Before it got cold I was walking at the park simply because I love to be outdoors (just not in cold weather). But I can't tolerate cold weather since I've lost the weight. I freeze to death all the time and the cold literally makes my bones ache! Both my husband and I have a membership to the community center which has a fitness center, but he's always working and I hate working out alone, so I never make it over there. And that's sad because the community center is just a walk across the soccer fields away from my house! Motivation where are you?!?
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So close to a BIG goal!
Aug 07, 2010
Holy moly! I just realized that I am just 16 lbs away from a really huge goal of mine, to be under 200 lbs! You can bet that there will be tears and happy shouts on the day that the scale says 199 for sure!
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Ready for Life!
Jul 15, 2010
I thought it would be a good time to update. A friend of mine has invited me to go out of town to San Antonio with her and two other friends for a girls' only weekend and shopping trip to the San Marcos outlet mall. We leave next Friday morning at 8am. I'm looking forward to it but I am also dreading it somewhat. Even though I've lost 60 lbs, I am still feeling awkward and haven't quite wrapped my head around the fact that I am much smaller now. I still have that "fat girl" mentality and view of myself. I was going through my clothes today trying to decide what to take with me and realized that all my clothes are now way too big. It feels weird. I find that my sense of fashion styles are changing too since losing weight. I don't try to buy the clothes way too big in order to hide myself now. I actually buy them to fit when I do shop.
I was looking through the photos on one of our cameras that I plan on taking with me next weekend and found one of me at my heaviest weight of 298 or so. I can't believe that is me in that photo! I have dropped 7 jean sizes since then! It was all I could do not to cry. I look at that photo and I immediately remember panting for breath, having to sleep with a machine every night, uncontrollable high blood pressure, asthma attacks, painful joints, constant fatigue and the inability to do most things that I wanted. For a long time I avoided family and friends because I was so self conscious. Any time we got invited anywhere I would come up with some excuse not to go. So at least I am coming out of my shell lately. I am doing more and more with my friends and I have even joined a meetup.com group for making new friends.
I think I am ready for life to begin again. Good thing, because I don't think it will wait on me to decide from the sidelines!
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I was looking through the photos on one of our cameras that I plan on taking with me next weekend and found one of me at my heaviest weight of 298 or so. I can't believe that is me in that photo! I have dropped 7 jean sizes since then! It was all I could do not to cry. I look at that photo and I immediately remember panting for breath, having to sleep with a machine every night, uncontrollable high blood pressure, asthma attacks, painful joints, constant fatigue and the inability to do most things that I wanted. For a long time I avoided family and friends because I was so self conscious. Any time we got invited anywhere I would come up with some excuse not to go. So at least I am coming out of my shell lately. I am doing more and more with my friends and I have even joined a meetup.com group for making new friends.
I think I am ready for life to begin again. Good thing, because I don't think it will wait on me to decide from the sidelines!
Zippidee Doo Dah...
Jun 24, 2010
Ahhh.. so I gave up meat and have gone vegetarian. I feel 100000% better! No more puking! And what's weird is that I've been getting in all my protein on the vegetarian diet but wasn't able to when I was eating (or trying to) meat. I have developed such an aversion to meat that last week when my husband stopped in the grocery store aisle to grab tuna, I gagged. And when we were watching Man vs Food on tv and it showed a ton of meat, I had to run and puke because I just thought about having to eat it...lol. Nope, I am a carnivore no more! I will happily stick to my tofu, beans, soy and cheeses!
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Blahhh
Jun 03, 2010
I am so tired lately. I know it's from not being able to get my vitamins, protein and fluids in. But that crap is really hard to do when everything I eat and drink makes me nauseous or throw up. This ulcer and the nausea from the Nuvaring are killing me! And what I can eat one day, I can't the next. THAT is really pissing me off because I have no freaking idea how to eat now. I have developed these huge dark circles under my eyes that get worse every day. It's a running joke between my husband and I that he can tell how bad my day has been by the extreme vampire eye bags I get. I'm getting really frustrated. I never thought that as much as I used to love eating that I would now HATE food so badly. I swear if I could just live on drinks from now on I would. Oh, but wait! I puke those up too, so never mind!
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Not Feeling the Love for Andy RNY!
May 20, 2010
For the last few days I've been having a lot of trouble getting anything in. Protein maxes out at 27 and that's IF I don't puke it up as soon as I eat or drink it. Vitamins are even coming back up. And to top it off I am dehydrated because even water is giving me issues. Everything that goes into my pouch hurts! My surgeon thinks I have a stricture so as soon as my husband gets home I have to go to the hospital tonight. Great, just flippin great. I get to be a pin cushion while they try to get a big ole needle in deflated, dehydrated veins so that they can keep me on fluids overnight and do the endoscopy procedure to fix this issue in the morning. Yup, Mr. RNY is not my friend right now!
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Happy Dancing!!
May 06, 2010
I woke up this morning feeling just plain AWESOME! No aches, no pains, nothing but tons of energy and the overwhelming desire to be outside and ACTIVE! I think I am going to work in my flower beds and replant some flowers that my sweet husband bought me last night at Home Depot! I can't believe how GOOD I feel. Even the pain from the torn stitches in my side is gone! What a relief! This is going to be interesting to see how I lose weight now that I can be a lot more active.
My husband and I were watching television the other night and I was telling him that the scale had said that I had lost 1.5 lbs since the previous day. I know that was 100% due to how active I was that day! So when he went to grab a bite to eat in the kitchen I decided to try on a pair of my jeans that I hadn't been able to wear in 2 years. So I did. My husband came back into the living room to find me standing there bawling my eyes out..in my jeans!!! So yesterday I had to go to the next town's courthouse to pay for a stupid traffic ticket. I held up a pair of my favorite capris from my "still too fat to wear" pile and thought to myself, "there is no way that I can get into theses yet". But I tried anyway, and they FIT!! They not only fit, they fit WELL! I am so stinking happy!!! Last night we had to make a quick run to Home Depot and I threw on my favorite pair of denim capris. I knew they had gotten really loose but didn't realize HOW loose until the more I walked in Home Depot the lower they slid off my rump and I had to keep pulling them up...lol! This feels so great! I am LOVING life!
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My husband and I were watching television the other night and I was telling him that the scale had said that I had lost 1.5 lbs since the previous day. I know that was 100% due to how active I was that day! So when he went to grab a bite to eat in the kitchen I decided to try on a pair of my jeans that I hadn't been able to wear in 2 years. So I did. My husband came back into the living room to find me standing there bawling my eyes out..in my jeans!!! So yesterday I had to go to the next town's courthouse to pay for a stupid traffic ticket. I held up a pair of my favorite capris from my "still too fat to wear" pile and thought to myself, "there is no way that I can get into theses yet". But I tried anyway, and they FIT!! They not only fit, they fit WELL! I am so stinking happy!!! Last night we had to make a quick run to Home Depot and I threw on my favorite pair of denim capris. I knew they had gotten really loose but didn't realize HOW loose until the more I walked in Home Depot the lower they slid off my rump and I had to keep pulling them up...lol! This feels so great! I am LOVING life!
Video Blog
Apr 29, 2010
I have decided that I want to do a video blog. I will be making a few changes with the next one, but until then, here is the link to the first one.. leave a comment!
My Weight Loss Blog
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My Weight Loss Blog
So Over Today!
Apr 28, 2010
So today hasn't been a great day for me. I started out feeling really well then late afternoon just started feeling really tired, achy and nauseous. I haven't been able to get my fluids in or my protein today. I've only gotten about 36 oz of fluids in and gotten 32 g of protein in. I have been graduated to soft foods. Not so much! I tried salmon. I chewed it extremely well but it didn't go so well. I think I may have eaten too quickly. I threw it up after only 5 minutes of being finished. I'm going back to liquids for a few days at least. My NUT can kiss ole rosie! My lower left side below my incision has started to hurt now along with the upper left side. I went to the bathroom earlier to wash my face and realized that I have these prominent dark circles under my eyes as well now. I swear I look like I've been beaten! Ugh! I am so over today!
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About Me
Keller, TX
Location
30.7
BMI
Surgery
04/12/2010
Surgery Date
Jun 27, 2009
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