Tanya-RN
This was written on 7/2006:
Here is some information about me: I am 38 year old with 2 teenager girls, Amanda 18 and Nicole 15. I have a very sweet supportive boyfriend named Jim. I have been an ICU nurse for over 10 years now and love what I do ( most nights ) I work 7p-7a so I am part vampire most days lol
I did this surgery because for right now, I don't have HTN or DM but if I continued at being so overweight I would develop these diseases and I want to live. I used to think this was for my girls to have me around to be a grandmother. Now I know this is for me- to live and have a life!!!!
I was a skinny kid and very active tom boy. When I hit puberty, my body changed and in so, I became bulimic to maintain a certain weight. I had some serious childhood traumas and I kept my body looking as a child instead of growing up. I weighed 118 pounds and loved how I looked. Then when I got pregnant with my first child- I ate myself to gain 50 pounds. Never totally lost it all and then only gained 17 with my 2nd child and lost 40 more pounds. I don't think I have been below 140 for 20 years.
My highest weight was 261 that I know of. I did not get on the scale for years and years not wishing to face the truth. I also stopped being in front of the camera and started shutting myself in the house- I went to work and small kid things but I stopped dancing, parties, parks or anything recreational. I tried to go to the rodeo last year and the overhead bar would not close over my chest- swore I had had enough and hated myself.
The weights I do remember are 208 cause it was the time when I was dating for the first time after my divorce and 162 back in 1999 when I took myself to Cancun for a reward alone and had the time of my life. I think my total weight goal would be 130 pounds- although I would be in heaven being 125!!!!!
| Week Post | Amount Lost | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| 0 Day of surgery | 0 | 252 |
| 1 8/9/06 | 10 |
242 |
| 2 8/16/06 | 15 (-5) | 237 |
| 3 8/23/06 | 18 (-3) |
234 |
| 4 8/30/06 | 22 (-4) |
230 |
| 5 9/6/06 | 25 (-3) |
227 |
| 6 9/13/06 | 30 (-5) |
222 |
| 7 9/20/06 | 30 (-0) stall |
222 |
| 8 9/29/06 | 33 (-3) |
219 |
| 9 10/4/06 | 38 (-5) |
214 |
| 10 10/11/06 | 41 (-3) |
211 |
| 11 10/18/06 | 43 (-2) |
209 |
| 12 10/25/06 | 46 (-3) | 206 |
| 13 11/1/06 | 50 (-4) | 202 |
| 14 11/12/06 | 54 (-4) | 198 |
| 15 11/15/06 | 56 (-2) |
196 |
| 16 11/22/06 | 58 (-2) | 194 |
| 17 11/29/06 | 60 (-2) | 192 |
| 18 12/6/06 | 62 (-2) | 190 |
| 19 12/13/06 | 64 (-2) | 188 |
| 20 12/20/06 | 68 (-4) | 184 |
| 21 12/27/06 | 68 (0) | 184 |
| 22 1/3/2007 | 69 (-1) | 183 |
| 23 1/10/2007 | 70(-1) | 182 |
| 24 1/17/2007 | 72 (-2) |
180.8 |
| Week Post | Amount Lost | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| 0 Day of surgery | 261 pre-surgery | 252 |
| 25 1/24/2007 | 74 (-2) |
178 |
| 26 1/31/2007 | 77(-3) | 175 |
| 27 2/07/07 | 78(-1) |
174 |
| 28 2/14/07 | 79 (-1) |
173 |
| 29 2/21/07 | 80(-2) | 172 |
| 30 2/28/07 | 84 (-4) |
168 |
| 31 3/07/07 | hospital |
|
| 32 3/14/07 | 80 (+4) hospital | 172 |
| 33 3/21/07 | 80 | 172 |
| 37 4/18/07 | 78 (+2)hospital | 174 |
| 38 4/25/07 | 83 (-5) | 169 |
| 39 5/02/07 | 82 (+1) | 170 |
| 40 5/09/07 | 87 (-5) YEA!!! | 165 |
| 41 5/18/07 | 88 (-1) | 164 |
| 42 6/1/07 | 88 (0) | 164 |
| 43 6/15/07 | 91 (-3) | 161 |
| 44 6/22/07 | 93 (-2) | 159 |
| 45 6/29/07 | 93 (0) | 159 |
| 46 7/6/07 | 93 (0) | 159 |
| 47 7/13/07 | 95(-2) | 157 |
| 50 8/2/07 1 Year Later |
98(-7) | 150 |
| 10/14/2007 | 109 (-11) | 141 |
| 11/11/07 | 114 (-5) | 136 |
| 12/31/07 | 129 (-15) |
121 |
8-2-06 252 (surgery) wearing tight 20 and 22 pants/ 20-22 shirts
8-9-06 242 -10
8-16-06 237 -15 (-5)
8-23-06 234 -18 (-3)
8-30-06 230 -22 (-5) too loose 20's but too tight for 18's/18 shirts
9-6-06 227 -25 (-3) total inches lost 22!!!!
9-13-06 222 -30 (-5)
9-20-06 222 -30 (-0) stayed this weight for a damn week sigh
9-29-06 219 -33 (-3) 8 weeks post op 2 months
10-4-06 214 -38 (-5)
10-11-06 211 -41 (-3) uniform was 2x and now a Large!!!
10-18-06 209 -43 (-2) the scale is stuck
10-25-06 206 -46 (-3) 12 weeks post op 3month checkup
11-01-06 202 -50 (-4) total inches lost 56
11-08-06 200 -52 (-2) damn scale WONT hit Onederland!!!!!
11/12/06 198 pounds- I am in Onederland!!!!!!
11-15-06 196 -56 (-4) Size 14 Jeans!!!!!
11-22-06 194 -58 (-2) Feeling so wonderful NOW!!!!!!
11-29-06 192 -60 (-2) 16 weeks Post OP Uniform is now a MEDIUM
12/06/06 190-62 (-2) scale is moving too slowly!!!!
12/13/06 188 -64 (-2) 2 lbs a week??? Size 12 dresses!!!!
12/20/06 184 -68 (-4) much better loss this week
12/27/06 184 (0) scale is stalled
1/3/07 Happy New Year!!!! 5 months 183 (-1) still stalled and pissed
1/10/07 182 (-1) 1 pound a week- this is CRAZY and making me MAD
1/17/07 180.8 (-1.2) hate this slow loss!!! going to take forever to goal
1/24/07 178 (-2) ok this is the pattern now -2 lbs a week
1/31/07 175 (-3) I am at another goal early and it is my 6 month mark
2/7/07 174 only 1 lb but will take it :)
3/2/07 7 months post op 168 (-8) this month -93lbs highest and -84lbs surgery
3/24/07 bought 11/13 pants from walmart jr section!!!! All 3 of us shop same area
4/17/07 wearing size small shirts and size 10 pants can you believe it?????
5/2/07 wearing size SMALL uniforms!!!! Was a 2x 9 months ago
5/11/07 I weigh 165 pounds and finally the scale is moving again- stalls suck
6/15/2007 I weigh 161, the same exact highest recorded weight- all downhill from here!!!!
7/15/07 I weigh 157 and wear 9/10 JUNIORS!!! Can you believe how small in less than 1 yr?????
I tried on size 8 jeans at Old Navy and had to go back and buy SIZE 6 OMG never wore a 6 9/14/07
Tried on and fit and then bought size 4 jeans and size 6 are a little big LIFE ROCKS 10/14/2007
7/24/2008 almost 2 years to the day and I weigh 119 pounds- bounce between 116- 125 - life is the best ever
Mini Goals:
weigh 208- was this weight when I got divorced Done 10/16/06
weigh <200 not for 8 years Done 11/12/06
weigh 180 by New Years Eve 2007 Done 01/12/07
weigh 175 by my birthday Feb 2007 Done 02/02/07 early!!!!
weigh 170 by my birthday Feb 2007? Done 3/2/07 hospital but weight is 168
weigh 165 Done 5/12/2007 I cant believe it finally
weigh 160 by June 1st 2007 Done 6/15 only 2 weeks off LOL
weigh 155 by July 4th 2007 Done 8/2 month off
Goal weight 150 by 1 year surgery date 8/02/07
BMI no longer obese status Done 12/16/06
BMI no longer Overweight/normal BMI Done Aug 2nd, 2007!!!!
size 14 jeans Done 11/12/06
size 12 jeans/dress Done 12/13/06
size 11 jeans Done 3/21/07
size 10 jeans 5/23/07
size 9 jeans Done 7/4/07 9/10 JUNIORS small shirts
size 7/8 jeans Done 9/14/07 and Extra Small scrubs
size 5/6 pants (would this be possible) YES IT IS POSSIBLE AND I WEAR 6's and those are kinda big in fact
Size 4 done 12/01/2007 even with my PS garment I now wear a solid 4
size 2 Never going to happen IT FREAKING CAN HAPPEN- I AM NOW A SIZE 2 WITH NO PS GARMENT 12/25/07
SIZE 0 pants/skirt I AM THERE AND NEVER GOING TO LEAVE THIS- I CANT FREAKING BELIEVE I WEAR A ZERO 2/6/08- STILL WEARING IT ON 7/23/08
Ex Family- shown I look skinny and hot Done 11/26/06
Telling my family my real weight and how much I really am now done 10/6/2007 they said they never would have guessed that
Plastic Surgery Consult 8/2/2007
Plastic Surgery COMPLETED 10/31/2007 LBL BL/BA
12/25/2008 Christmas- I am still 1 yr post op from my plastics and I wear a size 0-4 depending on the jean- usually a 0/2- this is the most amazing surgery and it changed my world!!!! I weigh 115 lbs this am :)
261 lbs February 2006
I am 8 months out -90 pounds and a size 11!!!!!
