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20 weeks post op tomorrow - I have finally crossed the 75 pounds lost marker!  Today I weighed in at 248.8, making me sub 250 for the first time since the early 1990's!  And I have a new goal now... I have de...

16 weeks and 3 days - Weight   254.6 today, meaning I have crossed the 70 pound mark!  I am thrilled beyond words.  I am starting to run out of clothes to wear!  I have really ramped up the protein supp...

14 weeks... - I finally crossed the 60 pound mark on March 23.  It seemed like it took forever to go from 50 to 60 pounds, and I did suffer through my first real stall during that time.  The sca...

11 Weeks Post-Op - Weight:  268.6 pounds.  Have lost 56.4 so far, and my BMI has dropped a full 10 points since surgery. I am a regular at the gym, can now walk a mile or more on the treadmill and...

YES! I've crossed the 50 pound threshold! - It took nine weeks and three days but the scale this morning said it loud and clear...274.4!  Fifty and a half pounds gone from my life forever.  I keep visualizing a 50 pound bag ...

9 weeks post - op - Feeling great, energy returning in leaps and bounds now.  Eating almost anything I want, just following the rules and learning to listen to the stomach when it says "I am full."  I...

8 weeks Post-Op - February 11, 2010.  Weight today:  278.0  47 pounds lost!    Next mini goal: fifty pounds. Had my check up with Dr Hill yesterday, and he is very pleased and said he was proud o...

Well it took 7 weeks to happen, but... - Today was the day.  I had my lunch and promptly brought it all back up.  Guess it was just too much too fast because I felt fine before and after the incident.  Live and learn.  I ...

I am a member of the gym... - Got the paperwork all done today and tonight went for my first "workout."  I am intentionally going at this slow and steady so I was pleased to do 10 minutes on the treadmill, at a...

Tomorrow I am joining the gym - It seemed as good a time as any...February first.  A new month, what better time to start a monthly membership at the fitness center?  I want, more than anything, a safe place to w...

Uh-oh! Setback? - January 28 I noticed some bright red blood present when I had a BM.  First thought?  Fissure.  Later that day, after another trip to the bathroom, I started thinking hemorrhoid, as...

Thoughts on 40 pounds - Tomorrow I will be 6 weeks post-op.  Today, I crossed the 40 pounds lost threshold.  Yes that is exciting in and of itself, but for me, 40 pounds has special significance.  Twice ...

Feeling better; medical leave extended; More WOWS! - Well, in spite of my wish to post more regularly, I see some time has elapsed since my last posting.  I am happy to report that I am feeling better than in my last post.  I still h...

Not such a good week - I have to admit I don't feel as good this week as I did last week.  Maybe the travel is catching up to me?  Maybe my body is simply telling me, "HEY!! You did something MAJOR to me...

First WOW! 1/02/10 - Just to see, I tried on all of my rings which are all size 8, and they all spin on my finger and slide to my knuckle!  So then I got very brave, and went to the closet and pulled o...

First Post-op Follow up visit with Dr. Hill - Was on Monday, December 28, 2009.  Weight was 301.0 pounds, down a full 20.4 since my December 9 office visit with him. By now I am sure I am below 300.  I looked it up in my medic...

Once again, playing catch up! - I had every intention of posting while I was in the hospital but for whatever reason, I could not get the wifi to work for me so I ended up sending my laptop home with my mother ba...

Today I FINALLY got my surgery date - Two weeks from today...December 17!  I wanted to skip out of the hospital today telling everyone I saw that I had my date.  I kept in under control though!  Lots of phone calls to ...

Such a silly thing to be excited about... - I can't believe how little it takes these days to get me excited about my upcoming DS!  No, I still don't have a date, but I did order and receive my blender bottles last week and ...

Thoughts on the night before Thanksgiving - This is the first time in years that I am neither traveling for nor hosting a Thanksgiving, and so it seems a little strange to have nothing to do this evening before! I find mysel...

To get the vaccine or not to get the vaccine? - That is the question.  I was going to pass on the H1N1 vaccine but so many of the kids at school have been so very sick that I decided to think seriously about it.  I called the Ba...

Inspirational Stories and Photos - I just had to note this for future reference.  Today is Brok's one year surgiversary and he posted on the DS board, including some jaw dropping, awe-inspiring side by side before a...