2Rbetterthan1
10-23-2006
Yes I am terrible at updating this site. I (Leann,cuz you know Robert wont do it!lol)am 11months post op I have lost 100lbs and I am at my surgeons first goal for a short time period then i add a couple of pounds if I dont eat right but the cool thing is for the first time in my life If i make the right choices for a few days following the gain I am back at the goal!!!! There is freedom in that! I still have another 10 to my goal of 125 but for the first time in my life I actually know it will happen! I didnt work out as hard this month and that is why im still not at my goal but know I know what happens if I dont work out as much! Its preety cool because I know am a runner/jogger about 8-10 miles a week it was more but know its cold and the treadmill is boring but hey thats 8-10 more than I did before! I actually have muscles too you just cant see them because of the extra skin guess it was more streched than I thought. but Im still happy!
Robert is doing well. he has lost 140+ lbs he has about 45 more then he will be at goal! Hes my studmuffin know ! lol He hates when I call him that! shh dont tell him I told you! he never looks on here anyway! There are lots of life changes going on. We are about to move back to Georgia and its a stressful time Robert and I will be seperated for a min. of a month. Im sure we will do fine! I will add pics to our website in the next day or so . Be sure to check out that link!
I think we would both agree that surgery was a good choice for us! we both have more energy we are more involved in zanes life as well as life in general! This surgery has given us the chance at a normal life that was way to overwhelming to conceive 100 lbs ago! We both knew we were not healty, it botherd others I think more than us. And 100+ lbs seemed like such a mountain to climb and this surgery gave us the kick start that we needed. Know we have been educated on how to make better choices on food and exercise we know it can change at any time but with this kick start we have a normal weight to begin and more control over gaining or loosing 5 lbs vs. 100 lbs. the mountain is now a mole hill! Thank you to eveyone who has been supportive! your awsome!
4-18-2006
Well we are just a few days/weeks shy of our 5 month anv. of WLS. What a journey. We can eat anything that we want now just try to make better choices most of the time. Robert has lost 100 lbs and Leann has lost 75 lbs. Robert is halfway to his goal and Leann is 35 Lbs shy of her goal. But the loosing has slowed down. alot! I think that we both would say we would do it all over again! This has been well worth the ride. Life has been awsome. Robert did have a stricture in Jan and once that was fixed he is feeling so much better know! He has a new passion for chicken enchiladas! Its kinda funny I think that would be all he would eat if he could. We are back to drinking 1 protein shake a day. we just cannot seem to get it all in by food alone. Very close though. We have found that if you take coffee, cream, splenda,and unflavored protein, soy milk and ice its pretty darn close to a frappachino. Love it!!! At this point Robert has gone from a size 56 pant to a 44 and 2x shirt. Leann is in 14 pants and med tops. Shopping is fun and expensive even if we do alot of clearence and second hand. But I guess there are worse things to complain about. We get lots of encouraging comments everywhere we go. I just wished we could see ourselve thru others eyes. We see some change but I dont think we see as much as others can see. Check out our website to see updated pics!
1-1-06 Happy New Year!!!! We are so excited about the great things the new year will have for us! We had pretty low key holiday season with both of us recovering from our WLS! I have posted new pics to the website. I made collages so you can so side by side comparisons! It's truely amazing to see the diffrence. When we look at each other everyday its hard to notice the diffrence until we saw the collage. Robert has the most noticible change. My clothes especially my jeans dont fit any more. I have dropped one pant size and 2 shirt sizes. My weightloss has slowed only because I cannot stand protein anymore! We are trying new ways to drink it. But I am trying to get most of it from my food now. So that means I am eating more like I am supposed to. Just have to remember high protein low fat! So the numbers for us this week are Robert is -40 lbs Leann -37lbs. I have a 6wk appt this week so I will get the official weighin at the dr which is some time diffrent from our scale hopefully not to diffrent though! Dont forget to look at the website!!! Love Leann and Robert
12-15-05 It has been a week since Roberts surgery! He had a difficult time in the hospital for the first couple of days. He was placed in stepdown ICU for a day and a half. He has a G-Tube that he will have for a few more weeks. He especially had a difficult time with the Radioligy dept With a huge lack of patient care and then for some reason they placed him on a guarney and when they tried to get him to lay flat(difficult in itself) they droped the back of the bed a few inches and caused him a great deal of pain! (This is a very long story short) He was in the hospital for 5 days. The good news is that he had his 1 wk appt yesterday and he has lost 20Lbs!!!!! I also had my 3wk apt and have lost a total of 27 lbs. I am feeling much better I am back to work and started working out again. I do find it hard to remember to eat! Crazy as that is. If I want to be successful I really need to eat more and exercise more so i stop conserving my fat!
11-30-05 Lets see if third time is a charm! I have written this update 3 times and it never shows up. hmmm dont know why. Today I have my 1 wk post op appt. They took out my drain!!!!! It felt like someone punched me really really hard in the gut but Im alive My official weight loss is -17 lbs!!! Very exciting I have to say My tops fit a tiny bit better but my hiney has seen no change guess thats gonna take alot more than 17 lbs lol I feel good except for alot of dizzyness but Dr. says its because i need to drink more so I got in 94 oz of water yesterday and will do the same today. I can now add the wonderful world of pudding, refried bean,egg beaters, and cottage cheese. It will be nice to have a variety. I had some beans yesterday they wernt all that great but It was nice to chew something. Roberts surgery is next Tues. He doesnt say much hes not a man big on words. He is excited and nervous but thats all I can get out of him. I hope that it didnt scare him for me to go first. I know he will do great and will pass my loss up very very quickly!
11/24/05 Im home!!! I am changing suregery date for Roberts date now so as to confuse all possible! I had my surg. on the 21st other than my emotional breakdown before surgery I did great! I like alot of others have a huge fear of being put to sleep. Losing control. I made it through just fine and actually got to come home a day early! Walk walk and cough breath and walk some more. I dont remember much of the first day. The second Im glad Robert was there to take care of me! If it wouldnt have been for him I think the nurse would have forgotten about me altogether! but that same nurse made it possible for me to come home a day early(prob. wanted me out of her hair) I was very bored. I cant sit still for long periods and just stare at the walls. My son hasnt really seen me for a couple of days but he will come home tonite after they eat Turkey dinner. So I better get rest while I can! Robert realized how important it is for him to be in the best health possible I can only hope that I can take as good care of him as he did me. I am so lucky to be blessed with such an awsome husband!
11/16/05 So now I am getting nervous!!!! I am still very excited but just want to get it done. I had the pre op stuff today. I am so glad that we picked Dr. Snyder and not the Dr. in Greeley, co that we were going to use! Dr Snyder is so personable even when he is in a hurry. He has so much confidence that it makes you feel like he is the best one for the job and I believe he is! My friend Deedra who had WLS in April is mad at me because all i am required to do is fast on clear liqueds for 2 days and take Colace not drink the poopy drink she had to! lol Robert has a surgery date its is Dec 5th, 2005!!!!!! We are both on the way to a healthy forever! I will take measurements and pics this weekend and keep this updated about once a week.
11/06/05 Ok, So its 5:30 in the morning this is all I (Leann) can think about! I got my surg. date a little over a week ago and it seems as if time has stopped. It seems like the 21st will never get here. I have to tell you that at first we didnt really want to tell many people what we were doing simply because we didn't want to have negative energy. But our of excitement you can't help but share. People are much more supportive than I gave them credit for. Robert still has not gotten a date, I hope he gets one soon. I hope that his wait goes much faster. I am so glad that we get to make this journey together. Nothing like having a built in support group. Robert has lost 10 lbs in the past 2 weeks I am soooo proud of him. I only 5. He is much more diciplined (sp?) than I am. So he will be good at helping me get through the rough spots. I have learned alot about the both of us. We are both emotional eaters. We need to find a way to get over that hill. My friend Deedra has been a godsend! She had surgery in April and has been a wealth of support and information for both of us! She is probably tired of me asking her questions! lol
10/27/05 We got our approval letter. Leann is scheduled for the 11/21/05. Robert is still waiting on sleep study results. We really dont know if this will effect surgery date but we are wating till its completed before contacting Dolly. I (Leann) am very excited. I am sad however that Robert and our son will be doing nothing for thanksgiving except staring at me! We went to our first support group meeting last night meet some real intresting people! It's nice to know your not alone.
10/22/05 Robert and I both are waiting for approval from UHC. This weekend we both rec'vd letters stating that coverage is available and pre auth is pending!!!! We are both very excited to see when our surg. date will be! Both Robert and Leann have been overweight our entire lives. With our 3yo we really are looking forward to keeping up with him. I(Leann) want to take him to amusement parks next summer and actually ride rides with him. Take him bike riding with me actually driving the bike etc. My understading is that we will have the surgery about 3 wks apart. However the CardioPulmologist(sp?) asked Robert to do a sleepstudy. We have already completed all the requirments that Dr. Snyder had for us. I.e. the Cardio Pulm. the pcp blood work the phycologist testing and interview, and the pre op nutrition class! Isnt it kind of crazy that the two holidays that surrounded by food is the time we are expecting to have surgery. We both have been really watching what we eat and why we eat. Its amazing how much we use food to celebrate, comfort etc. I have noticed that I actually get full rather early in a meal but keep eating because 1. it tastes so good 2. Its still in front of me and I cant waste it. How sad! I will just blame it on my mom! lol That is the easiest thing to do!lol
