Rhonda-C.

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Let this be a lesson that nobody is ever free from fat forever and pounds lost after Gastric Bypass Surgery are not pounds gone forever!  I always heard that there would be "bounce back" weight associated with the "end of your surgery progress" but in the past 5 months or so, I have slowly gained 18 lbs. It seems so stupid to me that I would just not worry about weight anymore, but over the summer, I wore lose, easy fitting clothes to stay cool.  (It hit several 3 digit days here and it was hot!)  I wore a bathing suit almost all summer and had a great time hanging out with friends, took several trips to the beach and just relaxed.  I enjoyed a few beers here and there and just really ~really~ really~ really~ENJOYED my summer!  LOL!
So anyway, too much fun is not good for the waistline....(your ass either!)  Sorry for the curse words, but I am so mad at myself I can't stand it and cussing makes it feel better!  LOL!  So... It is starting to get a little cool at night and it is football season which always brings out the jeans so I put on a pair the other day and to my horror.... they were so tight I looked like a fat pig poking out over the top of the waistband.  Well, I had my cry... I got pissed at myself and I got on Craig's list and found me an elliptical trainer and my husband bought it for me on Saturday.  (It is for both of us to use!)  
This morning... I did my first 15 minutes on it and almost died!  I can not believe how good a workout it gives.  I am so out of shape and have not done a flippin' thing all summer except have fun (but I already mentioned that didn't I?)  So here's to new beginnings.  I cut out one Large cup of coffee this morning (coffeemate is sooooo fattning!)  So I am going to get me some Sugar Free DaVinci syrups for my coffee and start using fat free cream of some kind... gotta go shopping.  I am evaluating my diet and cutting the crap out.  No more night time snacks and less cheese and other fats.  I have got to get this 20 lbs. off and lose another 24!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1  My ultimate goal is to be 130 lbs. and I know I can do it!  I had to come here this morning to "confess"  - re-group - look at those old disgusting photos of me and gear up for the new me!  I want to get plastic surgery to "fix" the skin issues, but there is no reason to do that until I get the foundation fixed (my muscles)  I am on that post-exercise high right now and I am soooo excited.  Tomorrow I will be sore (can't believe I could only do 15 min. - how embarrassing!)  but I am going to work at this hard and achieve my goal!  Wish me luck... I am bringing sexy back~!  LOL!

January 10, 2007
Well another 6 months has gone by and it's time again for another
update.....  Somehow over the past 6 months I have lost another 9 lbs.
making my current weight this morning 156!  That makes my total weight lost
to date 164 lbs.!!!!!  I got lots of new clothes for Christmas and all
of them were size 10 or Mediums!  I am still losing and still would
like to get down to 140.  That is what I still work for everyday!  I have
started back weighing myself everyday.  I know it is a bad habit and
discouraging when the scale doesn't move, but it does keep me focused.  I
started back the daily scale thing over the holidays when I would eat a
no-no food like a cookie and then feel horrible and then of course
weigh myself for a few days in a row to see my damage.  I guess I will
always have this love-hate relationship to food.  No matter how much weight
I lose, or how great I feel, I still "sometimes" eat something wrong,
beat myself up about it, feel guilty and then vow never to do it again. 
I still have severe dumping which helps me keep those food demons at
bay 99% of the time, but that 1% of the time which is usually "that time
of the month" I eat a bite or two of something "bad for me" and pay the
price and ... well I just have to find better alternatives.  I still
can't do anything fried, and too many carbs make me have severe low blood
sugar which feels like I am going to pass out then I have a severe case
of dumping so I avoid the bad carbs.  I do eat lots of veggies,
lentils, beans, chicken and fish, cheese and eggs.  I have not had a
"bathroom" problem as I eat lots of veggies to help my digestive system move the
protien.  I just feel so blessed to have been able to have RNY when I
did.  My insurance company quit paying for anyone to have it done the
year after I got mine done.  I really feel like it was the absolute right
thing for me to do at the absolute right time in my life.  I am still
loving life and living it to the fullest and this year, I am in the
process of starting my own interior design business.  I got my interior
design degree in 1991 but allowed self esteem problems, and self-doubt
keep me out of the field I so desprately wanted to persue.  I now have the
confidence to move forward with the career I worked so hard to get a
degree for.  Yes, I let weight hold me back from my dream for 16
years.... but now I have the confidence to persue it!  It is going to be a
fabulous year! 

July 6, 2006 
Well, I am finally updating this profile again! It has been a great 6 months. I continue to lose inches, and some weight. I am down to 165 now. I don't lose everyday, however I don't weigh myself everyday either. I jump on the scales once or twice a week to keep myself in check. I eat right and feel great. I think this surgery is the very best thing I could have ever done for myself. Other than the hanging skin (not too much, but enough I want it gone) I am looking better than I have in 20 years! I wear a size 12 ladies clothing and some 10's and have no problem at all shopping anymore. I am very active, go lots of places, play with my 3 daughters as if I were a teenager... I feel awesome. My baby, now two years old, is talking up a storm and when she sees photos of me before weight loss surgery, she recognizes me and says "yes mommy, that's you when you were "big-mamma". I am glad I am not "big-Mamma" anymore. I run and chase my kids, take them swimming, go to theme parks with them and ride all the rides, go to the beach with them and do it all! I am just loving life and loving having so much fun with my family. I still have 15 lbs. to lose to meet my Dr.'s goal of 150 and would really like to be 140 lbs. but I work on my daily eating habits, try to keep up the protien, stay away from starch and sweets and it pays off.... one month at a time, I am still losing (about 1 lb. a month) Hey, It works for me! Good luck to all of you on this journey... it is a long hard ride, but worth every "bump in the road" along the trip! Best wishes to you all who read this!

Dec. 8, 2005
I am doing great!  I am 175 lbs. and feel better than ever!  I have
lots of energy and am so excited about the holidays!  I am not afraid of
gaining weight this year and know that no matter what, I CAN achieve my
goals!  I am 35 lbs. from my goal and am getting closer every day!  I
am losing inches as well as pounds and fitting nicely into size 12 pants
and ladies medium shirts.  I will say it again, I feel better than I
have in 20 years!  This is the best decision I have ever made! Merry
Christmas and Happy Holidays to all who read this!

October 16th, 2005
This has been a very busy fall season.  I spent a great weekend getaway
with my sister and a few girlfriends on the beach just chilling out
with some mom "free-time" in September.  Also, my 4 year wedding
anniversary and 1 year surgery anniversary was also spent on a beach weekend
get-away.  I enjoyed getting that last bit of sun before the winter season
sets in.  I spent a great day at the pumpkin patch with my family 2
weeks ago and now we are gearing up for the 3 big holidays.... Halloween,
Thanksgiving and Christmas.  As soon as Christmas is over, I start
counting down to spring and the beach vacations again!  What a cycle of
life... always so busy!  My update is that I am down to 180 and am feeling
fantastic!  While the weight loss has slowed down dramatically, I am
still losing and am noticibly losing inches.  I am in a size 14 and many
14s are loose on me.  I am even in a pair of 12s... I am smaller than I
was at my high school graduation when I was wearing a size 16!  People
who I don't see often are still amazed when I see them after a long
time and still remember me at my old size.  People who talked bad about me
being heavy are now asking for my old fat clothes. I am just so happy
with my success and feel so great every day!  I count having this
surgery as my biggest blessing in regards to my health, because without it, I
would not get to enjoy my lifes very best gift from God... my children
and my husband.  I could not be any happier!

September 1st, 2005
Well, it is my anniversary month - just 14 days from now is the actual
date.  I have lost 134 lbs. and feel great.  I have one more pound to
lose before I am no longer in the "obese" catagory.  I hope in the next
few days to drop that one pound or more, and just be "overweight"... 
at 5'6" tall, and 186, I am wearing a size 14 pants and large tops.  I
feel better than ever and know it can only get better, the more I lose. 
My goal is still to be 140 lbs. - so I have 46 lbs to lose.  That goal
is still in sight and now I can finally see the light!  Eating is
fine.... I can eat pretty much what I am supposed to and can not eat what I
am not supposed to, so this tool is doing it's job!  Surgery is the
best decision I have ever made and feel wonderful!  I will update on my
actual anniversary - smile!

August 3, 2005
Back from Vacation!  I spent a week with the family on the beautiful
emerald coast of Gulf Shores Alabama.  It was great and I even  managed
to lose 2 lbs.! I had lots of seafood... oysters, shrimp, and fish!  I
had fun, got lots of sun, and relaxed the whole week..... I didn't want
to come home!  I wish I could just live on a beach somewhere -
anywhere! I just love the feel of sand between my toes and the feel of the
ocean breeze... It was pure heaven!  But back to reality... school starts
on Monday and I have to make sure the girls are ready!  We are already
back to a schedule... cheerleading practice, 1st grade orientation,
dinner, bedtime.... the whole nine yards to get ready for the big first
week! Whew.... I am already tired and ready to go back to the beach for
more rest!  LOL!  Anyway, will update more later.  Glad to be back to the
message board, but wish I was still on the beach!

June 26, 2005
The scale is moving again... I am down to 195 and so glad to be out of
the 198-200 zone where I floated for a week... make that 2 weeks!  I
was about to get a grenade and toss it under that blasted scale!  LOL! 
Maybe now I will drop more weight and get going on down closer to my
goal.... I am wearing size 14 shorts today and I am very happy, just wish
they were a size 10 LOL!  Are we women EVER happy?  It is getting
harder to see that scale move... I need to do some weight resistance
exercise to build more muscle so it will do some of the calorie burning for
me!  will check in soon on more progress!

June 20th, 2005
Well I am finally in Onderland!  I was stalled out there for about 4
weeks and I was a little upset I couldn't move the scale but 2 days ago I
got on it and it finally moved!  198!  I hope I won't stay here forever
now!  I knew I was probably not gettin in enough protien as I had
started skipping breakfast.  Well I added back the breakfast and wa-la... it
worked.  Who would have ever thought I would have to ADD calories to
lose weight!  I hope I am on the sliding scale again... will post later
with more details on how I am doing, but I feel really great!

June 2nd, 2005
Well it took 2 weeks to lose these last 3 lbs. and the slow weight loss
is driving me crazy!  I am at 200 exactly yesterday and today.  I was
sure I would be in Onderland by now.  Frustrated at it all, but I know
exactly what to do... up the water and exercise!  I can't really
complain unless I am doing something about it!  Sooooo... guess I will stop
complaining and do something!  I got a face with my posts this week and
my husband helped me post some other pictures here on my profile.  I
have more coming.  I never realized how I never let anyone take a full
length photo of me until I went looking for one! Well I will update in a
few days... hopefully with a new weight!