EMILIE B.

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Okay, I know. It's been way too long since I've been actice on this website. I need to get back because I feel like I"m falling off the bandwagon and I don't want to!
I want to be a success story! I haven't gained any weight. I haven't really lost any for the last 6 months or so. That's fine with me. But, I want to make sure my eating habits are where they need to be.
   With that said, I'm 16 months out now. I'm down to a size 4-6. NEVER IN MY LIFE BEEN THAT SMALL! I was a size 10 in 5th grade so I'm serious when I say that!!!
    My weight is 133. I vascillate between 131 and 134 on a regular basis. Dang that cursed 130 goal! Will I ever see the 120's? I'm so darned close but never seem to get there! I just wanna say I made my goal, ya know?

   I'm so grateful I have had sugery. It's not been an easy road. I have had random, unrelated health issues since RNY but as a whole, I feel GREAT!
   I can walk longer distances. I had major hip surgery and was looking at another one and now that is not an issue!! PRAISE GOD!!!
   I work with youth and keep up with them! WOOT WOOT! I have a 3 year old....enough said!

   My hubby is wonderful and compliments me all the time. He thinks i'm too skinny! that is a foreign concept to me...I confess. But I like it when he says it anyway!  I see pics of me from 2 yrs ago and it's hard to imagine I was that girl. My doctors say I am a perfect example of a RNY success story. I have told them all to tell me that in five and ten years down the road!!
  

Wow! In just a couple of weeks, I'll have my one year surgiversary! i can't believe how fast this year has gone! Since I'm rarely on this site anymore, I figured I'd update now.
I've officially lost 100 pounds! I have been hovering at about the same weight all summer. So I don't see myself dropping any more any time soon. I still haven't made my goal but I'm okay with that. I'm wearing clothes that are between 6 and 8's! My tops are smalls and mediums:-)

I wish I can say this has been a pain free, hassle free year but that simply isn't true. But, I'm still here and it's not as bad as some of the other stories I've heard. I'm so grateful for the weightloss and pray I continue to be faithful in my eating habits and so in the years to come, I'm as successful as I am now.

I'll be posting a couple of new pics!

So, I'm nine months out now. My weight loss is really slowing down. 3 pounds last month but hey, at least I'm still losing. I'm getting to the point where people are telling me to stop losing weight. I figure my body will tell me when I am done. I haven't changed my eating habits necessarily and am now wearing between a size 8 and 10. Crazy! I'm six pounds away from being where I was when I got married. ( I was only thin then because I did an Atkins plan and dropped 6o lbs.)

My main concern now is the fact that I have been having difficulty swallowing food. Everything I eat and drink causes discomfort to some degree. But for the last two weeks, several days have been a great deal of pain radiating across my chest to my left underarm. Tomorrow I see a specialist and have a scope done. Yuck. But hopefully, I will know what the pain is being caused by and my doctor can do something about it.

So, there ya have it!

Haven't been on here for a while so I thought I'd write a quick update. I'm almost 8 months out! I'm down 90 pounds as of this morning! I'm 147! I'm about a size 10 but it depends on the brand. I have everything from 6's-12's in my closet. I haven't been this low since 1991. Less than 20 pounds to go for my goal weight of 130. Weight loss has slowed dramatically over the last three months but I'm still losing so I'm not complaining.

I'm still having a hard time getting all my protein and liquid in. You would think that after 8 months, I'd have it down by now but I don't. I'm having a hard time eating meat so I have to be creative with my protein intake. I feel like my food (esp. meat) gets stuck going down and takes a long time to digest. I'd be worried if this only happened after surgery but it started well before surgery and is hereditary on my mom's side. She struggles with it and so did my grandmother.  If it gets worse, I'll see a doc but not yet.

I need to exercise more. I've been lazy. I admit it.  Hopefully now that summer is coming, that will change. I know I need to get my rear in gear simply because I hate all the sagging skin.  No bikini's for me yet.:-)

Well, there ya have it! I'll be posting a couple of pics soon!

I'm not quite five months out yet but am a bit excited for the simple fact that I am now a size 12! I'm completely out of plus sizes. I'm down to 163 which is 75 pounds lost since the start of this whole process.

Every time I go to church or hang out with friends, they can't get over how much I've lost and keep telling me how good I look. THey always ask me how I'm losing weight and my response is always the same. "I stopped enjoying food." I hasve chosen not to tel the majority of people about surgery. It's none of their business. I see my surgery as a tool to help me not eat the amount I used to but everything else is a choice on my end to better myself.

I love the compliments. I'm loving having the weight off and feeling better. I love the fact I can shop anywhere for clothes.

Yay! that's it.

Well, Feb 2nd, I'm four months out.  I'm not great at keeping track of inches lost and what have you, but I'm down 67 pounds total. I'm right at 170 right now.
  I feel pretty good overall but struggle with not getting my protein levels in. I'm better about my liquid intake but am getting only about 700 calories a day in. I really miss food and most of it still makes me sick with severe stomach aches.  My hair is falling out like crazy but who cares, I'm down 70 pounds!!! I guess it's a small price to pay (well, that and I had to pay for surgery myself, so I guess I paid a big price...whatever...)

I'm down from a size 20 to a size 12 or so. I bought a pair of size 13 juniors jeans and a size 12 women's jeans! I'm in between a 12 and 14 in most stuff. I have to get new shoes since all of mine are too big and need all my rings sized down too. I told my hubby, he should just buy me a new one:-)

Well, that's about it!  I'm exercising on my wii fit daily and loving it! It's not the hardest workout I've ever done but considering I wasn't doing anything before, I'm pretty proud of myself for being consistent with it for the last three months. I'm getting in 30 minutes a day.
It's weird. I still look in the mirror and see the same me. I don't mean I look at myself as fat. I have always seen myself better in a mirror than pictures detail. So, often times, I don't notice the weight loss but everyone else does so that's very nice and certainly reassuring.

I'll get some updated pics whenever I get a new camera!

Today is Christmas morning and I cannot sleep! I don't know if it's because there are presents under the tree, begging for me to open or simply God trying to get my attention! Either way, here I am. I'm going to enjoy today! Be with family, bless my family,enjoy food and fellowship.
TOmorrow is another day as I will be traveling to a funeral. I pray for the White and the House families and pray today will be blessed even in the midst of their sorrow. I pray today will not be marred forever by the loss of Sarah but they can rejoice she is with her Savior.

Merry Christmas to my friends and family here on OH.

As Christmas approaches, I am confronted with the sobering reality that a dear friend is dying and I will most likely be at a funeral Christmas eve. Sarah is 34, married with three young girls and was diagnosed just one month ago with pancreatic cancer. Sarah is the best friend of one of my best friends (Beth). I grieve for my friend and her loss. I grieve for Sarah's family and children. I ache at the fact that Christmas won't be the same from this point on.
 I believe in miracles. I believe healings. I believe God can heal her. But, that is up to Him.  In the light of this circumstance, my obsession with weight loss, what I get for Christmas, allmy wants and whines seems so stupid.
  This Christmas, I pray I see things from a less materialistic stand point and remember that Christmas is about faith, family and friends. I'm getting back to basics.

This is a no biggie post. I am now two months post op. I'm down 41 pounds total. I know my waist is down four inches and I've dropped two sizes.

Sure, not bad but certainly not where I'd hope to be at this point. I didn't gain weight over surgery. I just seem to drop it slowly.

Although I do not regret surgery, I am bummed because I can't tolerate alot of foods I used to. As a matter of fact, most food just doesn't taste very good any more. I don't really enjoy it. Hard to eat my protein and drink my liquids when I can hardly stomach it. But, that's just where I'm at right now. I'm hoping it will get better.

I hope at 4 months post op, I'll be doing much better!