Clita C.
My old posts from 5/07/06 to 7/27/06
Oct 17, 2006
5/7/2006 Well, here goes....I have never updated my profile but Ihave always gotten inspired by reading everybody else's so I thought it was about time that I did. I have been a member of the site since April of last year. I was referred to the site from my Aunt who has had WLS herself. I have learned so much from all of the members here. I go to work and have to jump right on the site to see my favorite everyday posters....its like an addiction or something!!ha....So my story goes like this. I was around 160 lbs in highschool which was just right for me. I started getting heavy when I was around 19. In school I played basketball and could eat all I wanted and not gain any weight cuz I was working out so much. WELL, then I had stopped working out and kept eating the same amount so that didn't work so well for me....Imagine that!! So anyways, with each child I gained lots of weight and not much fell off afterwards so I just got bigger and bigger and as usual I tried all the dieting from no fat to no carbs blah blah blah. My cousin had the surgery a few years ago and then her mom did as well and I saw their results and got motivated to start looking into it and here I am today....happier with myself than I have been in a long long time. I spent my whole twenties being miserable with myself and hating to look into a mirror, avoiding cameras, not having many pictures with my kids, and I am sure you know the whole list!! I am turning 33 on the 17th and I just wished I would have done this a long time ago. I am so happy happy happy!! There are several people that I work with that are looking into it as well. I am trying to help them with the process as much as I can. I want them to feel just as happy with themselves as I have. One girl that I work with just had hers done in April by my Dr and she is doing great. There are a couple of others that are going thru the process but they have a different insurance plan than I do so its a little trickier with them. Well that is enough for now, hopefully I can stay up to date.
Oops, almost forgot....my highest weight was 324lbs and on the day of surgery 9/6/05 I was 314 and now I am tinkering between 205-207. Cant wait til Onederland!!
5/8/2006-Well today is Monday and I have had a bad day already but I am trying to keep my chin up. I left the house at 6am this morning and got a flat tire while driving....argh Then I called my insurance company for roadside assistance and she told me the company reimburses for tire repair but they dont send anyone out to fix it. What kind of roadside is that?? Anyways, of course I was late for work. I just like when my day starts out like that. Oh well, I did weigh this morning and I am at 204 so that is one thing going my way today!! Hopefully I have broke my month long stall!!!!
5/10/2006- Finally got the message board situation figured out. Thanks to Amy being so efficient. It was saying my posts were being moderated and I kept thinking why are they watching me?? She fixed it, however; it seems its been happening to lots of others. Well, yesterday I stepped on the scale again and it read 203 so just 4 more pounds to go til I am in the 100's. I will freak out when that happens!! This is so great and I love this new version of the website. It looks so much more updated and I finally have figured out how to put pictures up so that is exciting too. Signing off for now....laters
Mothers Day 2006- Hope all Moms out there have had great day. Mine has been alright. I didnt get to see my mom cuz she had to work but hopefully I will get to soon. My husband, my oldest daughter Cassidy, and I went to eat mexican food today. I mostly had the chips and salsa and picked at my other food. It had beef tips and threw most of the tortilla part aside so I think I did pretty good. Its getting easier to be able to go out and eat now and feel somewhat normal. I like that only a small amount of food makes me full and I always take a doggy bag home. My daughter and I went and ate mexican food again yesterday and we shared a plate. We ate for $10 so that was pretty good. Works out well this way. I guess I better rest since tomorrow is Monday and its back to work....argh
5/23/2006- Fooey!! The Spurs lost last night to the Mavericks in game 7. Oh well, it was a good game and they still played well. Maybe next year!! I weighed in at 202 so its coming but awfully slow. I have decided once I hit 199 then I will stay off the scale for a while so it cant go up to 200 again the next day or something. You know how the scale can teeter between numbers for a while.
We are having a baby shower for a girl at work today and they are serving hoagie sandwiches. I will have to find something else since I am not even going to try to eat all that bread. Maybe just the sandwich meat and cheese will be good with some pickles. Yummy, that sounds pretty good actually.
5/30/2006- I finally did it!! I weighed in this weekend at 199.8!! I am so excited. So now I will stay off the scales for a while since it tends to flucuate back and forth. I dont want to get on it too soon and it be 200 again. NO WAY....I tried on my husbands pants the other day and they fit. I could not stop giggling. Its a great feeling and I am so happy I did this for myself.
7/4/2006-Happy 4th everybody. I guess today I will go to a couple of bbq's if the weather gets a little better. There has been some rain here. I went to Fiesta Texas yesterday and it was great. I fit on everything with no problem at all and had a great time. Last time I went I was so paranoid that I would not fit that I didnt have a good time. I did fit then too but it was much tighter and I was so scared so I ended up annoying my husband and blah blah blah.... Well I hope everyone has a great day. BTW, I weighed at 194 today so I have lost another 4lbs or so. Must have been all the walking and sweating from the park!!
7/27/2006-Well I go to my vein stripping surgery tomorrow morning. I am pretty excited and a little scared of what the pain might be like but the Doc says it should not be that bad. I have had these ugly things for so long and have always been so paranoid about them. Some of them are huge and the Doc said I was WAY too young for my legs to look like this. I have not been losing lately. Just a pound or two every few weeks but as long as it keeps coming I can be patient. I have really had issues with snacking lately. I have eaten too many carbs. I cant not go back to my old ways so I have to find some will power in me somewhere. Well I guess I will sign off now....pray that I wake up tomorrow!!
