today is my 6 year anniversary since my surgery, i can't believe its been that long, im maintaining at size 0s and 1s, compared to xxxs 6 years ago.
today is november 23rd 2007, i have been married 36 years, my weight is stable at 115 pounds, even though i still see the fat lita yet after almost 6 years, lol i don't think that will ever change!
I guess I'm going to have to start over with my profile, i screwed up and hit a button putting my old profile over to this one, it's confusing as heck or I'm dumb as a rock.
I have been trying to lose weight most of my adult life, I have been on every diet known to man, I have my consultation appt. coming up January 24th, at 12:20 pm,I also have full approval, and have 2 letters of medical neccessity from 2 different doctor's and a copy of my medical records to take with me.
I only have 2 more days until my consult appt. I hope Dr Starling gives me a surgery date real soon after, I am so ready to start losing this ugly fat....
Well I have hit a bump in in the road,, my surgeon's nurse called and said that my insurance wasn't approved yet,it was ony approved for the consultation that i went to last month,the insurance office told me it was all approved, my surgery is still,feb 27th ,but ,might have to be canceled or postponed, will have to wait and see,, my pre-op was canceled for now, that appt. was to be on feb. 14th... hopefully will hear more tomorrow,...
february 12th 2002
I get to go to my pre-op appt. on thursday,, the nurse called me and told me I could still come for that,the only thing is the pre-op testing is only good for 30 days, so if I end up having to reschedule my surgery, and it goes over 30 days, then I will have to repeat some of the pre-op testing...wish me luck, please pray for me!!!!!!
february 15th 2002
I had my pre-op on the 14th!!!
I am back,, wow what a day, almost 5 hours of getting stuff done to me:) I have never been poked and prodded so much in my life,I had a chest xray, an EKG , took 4 tubes of blood, talked to the guy who will putting me to sleep, did admissions, got a pyhsical, (don't know how to spell that ), haven't heard from the insurance company yet, maybe tomorrow,the insurance will cover this surgery as long as it is medically necessary,I was hoping she would call while I was gone...talked to the nurse telling me about the tubes I will wake up with in my body, I just hope I am sick enough for this surgery so the insurance will cover it, sounds silly huh....I got home around 5 pm my time and then had to go up town and get stuff for supper and cook supper, figures huh (normal womanly duties)
February 18th 2002
I have been been approved!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! surgery is on for the 27th...yipee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
February 20th 2002
I still can't believe that next week at this time I will be postie,, I got my certification letter in the mail today,,so I know this is really going to happen, wow huh...
February 22nd 2002
4 more days, (not counting today of course) and I will be on the other side...losing....
February 23rd 2002 This is my last weekend not losing, as of wednesday the 27th I will beginning my new way of life...
February 25th 2002 I thought I would post my before measurements, these are rough measurements,because I measured myself... didn't have anybody to help me.check them out below.
I am a postie... wow those are wonderful words... still tired but doing better each day...my weight was 270 the day I got out of the hospital,hopefully fliud gain from the Ivs.
March 14th 2002
I went for my 2 week check up, have lost 13.5 pounds so far,, would have like it to be more, but I will take anything I can get, Dr. Starling says I am doing great, don't have to see him for 3 months...
March 21st 2002 I have lost anouther 20 pounds, I weighed 224 this morning when I weighed myself, it has only been three weeks too, cool huh.
I have lost another 5 pounds since my last posting here,, also another 1" and 1/2 off of my waist,, I wish it would come off faster, but my surgeon says I am doing great...:)
April 14th 2002
I went to my PCP on Friday the 12th and had my blood levels checked, my cholesterol went from 255 to 187 and my blood pressure was only 118/80, this surgery really works..
April 27th 2002
I am 2 months post-op today, I weighed myself this morning and now weigh 205 pounds wow huh, that's 53 pounds in 8 weeks, next time I weigh it will be below 200 pounds yippee!!! going to do my measurements later on today...
I am just a few days over 3 months post-op now,I feel great,except when I eat something that doesn't agree with my pouch, I haven't weighed myself for almost a little over a month now,I want to try and wait until the 13th when I go back for my 3 month checkup with Dr. Starling, I know I am way below 200 pounds now,my 18s are getting loose,, I just hope it keeps melting off until I am a size 4!!!!:)
I weighed myself this morning and weighed 187, that's down from 270 pounds wow!!! I also did my measurements and I have lost 42.5 inches since my surgery!!!!:)
June 15th 2002
I weighed myself this morning, I weighed 183 pounds, I told my daughter to hide the scale from me, I was weighing myself almost everyday and believe me it is not a good idea,,weigh once a month and that's it!!!
June 27th 2002
I am 4 months post-op this morning, I weighed 178 pounds,my weight loss is a little slow to my liking, but it is still coming off in inches also, so I am still doing good!!! I have lost 80 pounds and 48.5 inches in 4 months!I also measured my height, I must be standing up straighter now, I was 5' 2 and 3/4 but I am now an even 5' 3" is that cool or what!!!:)
Happy 4th of july , I am still losing good, haven't weighed myself, don't again until the 27th. of july, I am walking at least 4 miles a day now,skipped today, shame on me huh... but we had to go away early, going to walk later on if it cools off.
July 6th 2002
I am now into size 13s jeans, is that awesome or what!!!that's down from a tight 28 jeans
July 18th 2002
I am walking 7 miles every other day now, I also go down and do weights every other day at the club, I weigh in again on the 27th, which will be my 5 month anniversary, hopefully i have lost more,I am getting really saggy in my belly and even noticed my thighs are getting wrinkly,,icky!!!but I am exercising and I look good in clothes:) just not nude:( who cares huh!!
July 27th 2002
I am now 5 months post-op, I weighed myself this morning, I weighed 167 pounds, that's 91 pounds and 57 inches so far, almost to the century club!!! I am in size 12 jeans now and size 7 undies!!!!! that's down from 28/30s in jeans and 13s in undies, wow huh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I weighed my self this morning, I weigh 156 now, and I am offically in the Century Club, 102 pounds lost so far,,and it hasn't even been 6 months yet... awesome...huh!!!!
August 20th 2002
I now weigh 152 pounds, I am going to do my measurements again before the 27th so I can see how many more inches I have lost, I am into 12s easily and some 10s,, life is great!!!!
I weighed myself this morning ,I now weigh 147 pounds, I should be at goal by Christams easy,, I only have 28 more pounds to go to get to my personal goal of 120, and 18 more pounds for my doctors goal of 130!!!!
September 3rd 2002
I weighed myself this afternoon, have lost 2 more pounds over the weekend bringing my weight down to 145 pounds, must have been all the extra walking,, life is great!!!!
September 5th 2002
I am into a size 10, and they fit great!!!!!
September 10th. I weighed myself this morning, I weigh 142 pounds, wow this surgery is so awesome and the exercise doesn't hurt either!!!
September 12th 2002
I made an appt. to see a Plastic Surgeon ,my consultation is on september 16th.hopefully they are taking the pictures for the insurance company then, my Pcp already sent in the refferal for me, and my wls surgeon and the plastic surgeon will be sending letters of medical necessity also, so maybe with a lots of luck and praying I can get rid of this hanging belly.
september 13th 2002
my weight is now 139/140 pounds, I am within normal range for my height, I am not over weight any longer... awesome huh
September 16th 2002
I went for my consult for my panniculectomy today, everything went pretty well, took lots of pictures for the insurance company and told me what was going to happen, hopefully inurance will approve this, just playing the waiting game again.
September 20th 2002
I have been trying to break this darn platuau, but I can't seem to get below 139 pounds, I am losing more in inches and I am into a size 8 easily, so I am still losing body fat, I am going to take my measurements next friday the 27th which will be my 7 month anniversary, so well see what the inches are then.
September 24th 2002
I have been approved for my panniculectomy, my surgery date is December 2nd.that's on a monday, I also lost another pound, I now weigh 138 pounds, I hope to lose at least another 10 or 15 by my surgery date, and the plastic surgeon said that he will be removing about 10 pounds or more of extra skin!
September 27th 2002 Today is my 7th. month anniversary, I now weigh 136 pounds,I am getting better everyday!!!
Well I am still waiting to hear whether my boob job has been approved! it hasn't even been a week yet though, so I will wait until at least the 8th. to call my insurance company and ask them, I am just glad my panniculectomy has been approved, at least I will have a cool FLAT BELLY!!! my weight keeps wavering between between 135 and 136 pounds, so I will be updating my weight soon.I am losing about a pound a week!!!:)
October 4th 2002
I weighed 134 pounds this morning, I have offially lost more then I weigh,I have lost 136 pounds, is that cool or what!!!
October 8th 2002
I just got the call!!! I am also approved for my breast lift/reduction, I can't believe my insurance company, they are so awesome!! to top it all off I lost another 2 pounds!!!
October 12th 2002
I now weigh 130 pounds, I am at goal for my doctor's goal, but I want to get down to 115 to 118 pounds, which I should be pretty close to after getting my tt and breast reduction.. life is great!!!
October 15th 2002
I finally found out how much of my intestines were bypassed during my wls surgery, 150cms,(which makes it Distal)I was hoping that's what mine was! my cholestrol level is now normal,it is 158, the Doctor says that is perfect..
October 18th 2002
I now weigh 129 pounds I can't remember the last time I was this weight, one month from today,I will be in pre-op for my tt and boob job, then 2 weeks later on the 2nd. of december I will be in surgery..Yippee!!!
October 21st 2002
Today is starting out to be a great week, I lost 3 more pounds over the weekend, bringing my weight down to 126 pounds, that's on my home scale of course, but I stepped on it three times, and it was the same everytime. I actually feel skinny today!!!
October 24th 2002
I just had to write this in my profile, I am sitting here wearing size 3/4s jeans, they were my wish jeans,guess I got my wish huh, THEY FIT ME!!!!!!!!!!
I got an e-mail from someone this evening telling me to stop my bragging about my weight loss and that everybody was sick of it... so from now on I will put my updates in here and not on the board!!!!
October 27th 2002
I went to bed last night thinking maybe I was braggin too much until I got some e-mails from my friends saying don't worry about one jealous person, so I will be posting and posting and posting all I want about my accomplishments!!!
October 30th 2002
Well my weight seems to be leveling off, I haven't lost any pounds for a couple of weeks, inches are still coming off though,and my tt/boob job will take all the extra skin around my belly and make my boobs nice and perky again instead of droopy. I am already at my own personal goal for clothing size, which is a 3/4s in my jeans now and small and medium tops,which will change after the surgery cause the 3/4s are already loose in the waist and legs!! my weight is hanging right around 125 pounds and the PS. will be taking off at least 10 pounds of skin,he said, so that will put me at my goal weight too,Below 120 pounds!!!:)
Wow It's November already, I can now say my surgery for my tt/boob job is next month, heck it's less then a month now:)I am more lor less just maintaining my weight now,I really don't need to lose anymore weight,the tt/boob job will take off what I need to lose now,(excess skin and droopy boobs:)
November 8th 2002 Well I have 9 more days until my pre-op appt.and 23 more days until my tt/boob job, I am down another 2 pounds,bringing me to 123 pounds!!Yippee!! I'm not trying to lose weight anymore, I figure my body will stop losing when it is ready to stop losing.
November 18th 2002
I went for my pre-op today for my plastic surgery coming up on December 2nd., everything looked real good, and the nurse will call me next friday to let me know what time to be at the hospital, I did find out my tt is actually called a Abdominoplasty, so my muscles will be tightened if needed and any extra fat removed and my waist will be pulled in also so it is much smaller,in other words, I am getting the whole nine yards:) my breast job is actually called a Mammoplasty,the nurses told me today I should be about a size 2 or smaller after my surgery,, awesome huh!!!
November 19th 2002
I am into a size 3 now and weigh 121 pounds, just had to write this down!!!
November 27th 2002
I did my measurements today, I am now 9 months post-op, hard to believe I was 149 pounds and 98 inches bigger nine months ago!!I will do my measurements again at 10 months post-op,I am having my Plastic surgery on the 2nd of December,only 5 short days away!!!
November 30th 2002
Only one more day until my abdominoplasty/mammoplasty surgery and I am getting more nervous by the minute, I can not imagine what my belly and boobs are going to look like, I have been looking at this wrinkly belly and these hound dog ear boobs for so long I won't know what to think when they look normal again.
I made it through my tt/boob job, came home on tuesday evening after a one night stay, I think my daughter hit every darn bump in the road on the way home:( Right now I wouldn't reccomend this to anyone, but I do love the look of my very, very tight, flat tummy and my new boobs:)I am still walking all bent over and probably will be until these darn drains come out next friday the 13th.I have two drains in my lower tummy area,they took out the breast drains tuesday morning, my plastic surgeon told me that he took almost a pound off of each breast and a little over 2 pounds off of my belly, he said it weighed less because I had very little or no fat, it was just extra skin, and he also said my tummy muscles were in excellent shape, so remember to do those exercises ,it helps,I haven't weighed myself since sunday night, I was 121 pounds then, so I don't know if I have gained from fluids while in the hospital or lost because of no appetite since surgery,I just started tolerating foods a little bit today,I do notice that my belly holds much less then before, I think because of the tight flat belly, I get full after just one bite now, if I eat more then that I get nauseated,same for water or fluids, I used to be able to drink almost a glass, now I have to sip it,go figure..huh!! will update more later when I feel better!!!
December 6th 2002
I weighed myself this morning for the first time since sunday night before surgery, I now weigh 118 pounds, my weight sunday night was 121/122 pounds, my belly and my breasts are still very swollen, so I should lose more yet!! but I am satisfied if I don't.. loving my new flat belly and high perky little boobs!!!
December 9th 2002
I drove for the first time today since my plastic surgery, it easy getting in the car, getting out was a totally different story":( but I handled it,my new tummy and my new boobs are healing nicely, still swollen but that's expected!! I am going to love my new body when this is all done.Heck I love it now!!! I am down to 117 pounds now, awesome huh!!!
December 14th 2002
I got my drains out yesterday, boy did that feel better afterwards, they also took out two stitches from my boobs too,I weigh 115 pounds now, must have been because of getting the drains out yesterday,life is getting brighter everyday..
December 16th 2002
I am down to 114 pounds now, my tummy is so flat and tight and my boobs are nice and perky and firm, life is great..
December 17th 2002
I lost another pound, I am down to 113 pounds, my size 3s are loose, going to have to look for some 2s.:)
December 20th 2002
I am into size 2s now,I don't want to really lose anymore, just get back to exercising after I am cleared to do so by my Plastic Surgeon, my weight is wavering back forth between 112/113 pounds,I am so happy now with my new body and better health.I will be doing my measurements again on the 27th, which will be my 10 month post-op anniversary.
December 21st 2002
I stepped on the scale this morning and I have lost 2 more pounds, bringing my weight to 111 pounds!!! I must have stepped on that thing three times cause I thought, this isn't right,I even made my daughter come look and she verified it,,:)
December 24th 2002
My weight keeps wavering back and forth between 111 and 114 pounds, guess I am starting to stabilize at a certain weight, so I put my weight back at 113 where it has been for the last couple of days, I am very happy with that anyway, better then 270 pounds anyday, huh I made the mistake of going back down to the club abd exercising yesterday, Big Mistake!!! my belly and my breasts were swollen again this morning, my plastic surgeon told me no exercise until he sees me on January 24th. guess he knew what he was talking about huh,, so now I gotta concentrate on walking around this darn house(too cold outside) and drinking lots of fluids to get rid of this swollen tummy and my swollen boobs!!! My 2s are still fitting fine so I am still going strong!!!:) Merry Christmas Everybody!!!
December 26th 2002
I made the mistake of going down and exercising, on monday the 23rd. and ended up having my incisions all swell up, took me two days of massaging and extra extra fluids to get rid of the swelling, I guess my plastic surgeon knew best when he said no exercise until he sees me again on january 24th. won't do that again until I get his okay... still holding steady at 112/113 pounds, I have been really blessed this year and I hope all of you are blessed with as much good luck and joy in 2003 as I have had in 2002...
Happy New Year!!! my weight has been stabilized at 110 pounds now for almost a week so I thought I would change it on my profile finally, I am very happy with my progress so far, I have been having a little trouble eating lately, can eat maybe 2oz. at the most and I am stuffed, this is okay though, I just eat smaller portions more often then.which keeps me less hungry too.my belly and upper abs have been sore lately from swelling from my tt/mr and my breast are still swollen some,but getting better, I am 1 month post-op from my plastic surgery today..
January 6th.
My weight is still holding steady at 110 pounds, sometimes it even goes down to 108 pounds wow huh!!!
january 9th.
I have been having some trouble about obsessing over losing more weight, how do I get over this obsession , I am wearing size 2s and they are loose in the waist and legs, how do I convince my brain that I don't need to lose anymore weight?I keep thinking ( hey 5 more pounds would be perfect!!
January 11th.
My weight has dropped a couple more pounds and has been holding steady at 108 pounds, so I thought I would update it here in my profile,life is going great,I love my new body, I know I have to stop obessing over losing these last few pounds, but I feel great and eat enough, I have plenty of energy!I am in size 1s now!!!!I am fit at 50!
january 13th.
My weight has dropped again, it is now 107 pounds, and has been holding there steady the last few days, so thought I would update it here, I feel good, and I am eating what I should, so I am not worried about my weight,I am not trying to lose, I figure my body will settle soon at a weight it is happy at,I had a little bit of a back ache this morning, but I took one of my pain pills from my tt, and it is gone now,of course it could have been because I was up and down the ladder patching and plastering the ceiling huh:) well I hope everybody who is waiting to hear about approval gets the good word today and good luck to all going into surgery this week,,May God watch over you in you time of need!!!
January 16th.
I changed my name on my profile to (littlebites from now on) on my profile, were moving to Wisconsin in a few months, so the other one won't work very well..., my weight is still holding steady at 107 pounds, I am not trying to lose weight now, just keep it steady, I am even snacking once in a while,which is kind of nice because I don't feel deprived that way..
January 20th.
I changed my profile name again,it is now littlebitesforme, kind of fits me huh, my weight is still wavering back and forth from 106 to 107 pounds, I have my 6 weeks check up on friday to see my plastic surgeon,hopefully he will make an appt. to get this dogeared things off of my hips and upper sides by my breasts..he said he will do it at no charge.
January 22nd.
I started back with my weight training, this morning, so well see if my swelling comes back like it did before at 3 to 4 weeks post-op when I tried, it felt good to get back to it though.
January 27th.
I am 11 months post-op today,I weigh 106 pounds,I have lost a total of 164 pounds and 106 inches,my life has changed so much since last year at this time,I would do it all over again, but I am glad I don't have to:)
January 30th.
I had to put my hubby in the hospital on Monday the 27th. he found out he had diabetes, he is going to have to have shots of insulin daily, maybe twice a day, he's doing much better today then he was on monday when he went into the hospital,I am still hanging on at 106 to 108 pounds, it goes up and down,this is normal I am told, I have been too busy taking care of my hubby lately and running back and forth to the hospital, so I haven't paid much attention to my eating, so I was sick last night, cause I ended up eating something that didn't agree with me, anyway I am glad I still get that (dumping thing), cause it makes me behave myself, I haven't eaten much today, cause my belly is still upset from yesterday,that's okay though I drinking lost of water to flush my system out!
I updated my profile today, I weigh 105 pounds now, I am so happy with my new body and better health, my hubby keeps telling me I am skinny enough, I know I am, and I even snack now and then to keep my weight at 105 pounds, otherwise it tends to go lower then that!!! butI am happy anyway and healthy..
February 8th.
Well, it's still winter,:( but at least it's sunny outside, I am wavering back and forth from weighing 104 to 105 pounds on my scale, I am very happy, I am definitly skinny now, sure don't need to lsoe anymore weight, I even snack on carbs now and then to stay where I am or I continue to lose.. but life is great anyway, I did my measurements this morning, they are 32"23"31", cool huh...
February 11th.
I got the call for my appt. for my plastic surgery revision's to be done,it's on March 11th. at 12:00 pm, my plastic surgeon is going to make my hip incisions longer to come around my back to tighten up my hips and my butt some more and he's also going to take off the extra puckers of skin on the ends of my breast reduction incisions also, I am going to have a nice tight butt now too:)
February 15th.
I am doing really well these days, my weight is staying right around 104/105 pounds, my hubby's diabetes is under control,now if spring will just come, I will be happy as a clam:)
February 20th.
I will be 1 year post-op on the 27th. of this month, can hardly believe it's been almost a year, I am very happy with my new body and improved health, so is my Personal care Physician, I get my revision's next month, going get rid of some more loose skin....
February 24th.
I am almost 1 year post-op from my wls, last year at this time I had three days to go,, my life has changed so much in the last year, for the better, I can do so much more compared to before,, there's no better feeling then being thin and healthy and happy..
February 25th.
I hope everybody who is waiting for approval hears the good word today and all your dreams come true, my life has changed so much in the last year, I can hardly believe it will be 1 YEAR on the 27th. ( this thursday) I have my appt. with my surgeon who did my wls on thursday, can hardly wait to see his face, he hasn't seen me since I was about 2 months post-op, Since last year I have lost 166 pounds and over 107 inches,I started at 270 pounds and I am now 104 pounds,I had my tt/mr/br on December 2nd. of last year and I will be having my revision's surgery from that on March 11th.my PS is going to take off the extra puckers of skin on my breast reduction incision's and extend my hip incision's to around my back to tighten up my butt and hips some more,I hope all of you who are just going into this wls have very good results and get healthy and happy, I know I am!
I am still doing good, staying at 104 to 106 pounds, I have been having a little trouble with sweets lately, but I have been trying to behave myself, I dump from anything with over 4 to 5 grams of sugar or fat in it, so you would think that would make me behave huh??? no such luck, I haven't had anything sweet or anything high in fat today and tomorrow will be even easier for me!! I hope!! anyway I agree with Liza Branch, on the falling back into old habits, it is very easy to do, this wls has kept me from going overboard on anything and of course if I do I pay for it by running to the bathroom:(,I get my revision's for my plastic surgery next tuesday the 11th., my plastic surgeon informed me that, since he is extending my hip incision's around to my back that he will be giving me a butt lift too,needless to say I was thrilled,No more saggy butt!!! he is also going to remove the extra loose skin from the ends of my breast reduction incision's which will make the incision's on them longer as well,Good luck to all the pre-ops going into surgery this week and if your still waiting,, don't give up, this wls is so worth it..... love ya valita
March 6th.
Well today felt like a spring day, the snow we got the other night is melting fast, I am staying right around 104/106 pounds, I have been having trouble with grazing as everybody calls it, I know I don't need to lose anymore weight, but I don't want to gain any either, I really need to figure out some kind of way to keep myself busy , so I stop grazing and munching on carbs, anybody got any ideas???, I get plenty of exercise, so I don't need to worry about that, I know this probably sounds silly worrying about the carbs when I am at such a low weight, but I am going to start tomorrow and go back to stage one for a couple of days, and stay away from the carbs!!!
March 10th.
Well tomorrow is the day for my revision's, I can hardly wait to see how much different my butt looks after the lift my ps is giving me tomorrow, I have the diarreha tonight, I think it's nerves, hopefully it will be gone by the time I get to the doctor's office tomorrow morning, will update more soon after I get my revision's all done and out of the way..
March 13th.
Well, it looks like it's going to be a nice spring day here in the midwest, I'm doing pretty good, I got half my revision's done on Tuesday, so I got one saggy butt and one tight butt cheek, plus I got one real nice tight side by my boobs where my ps took off the extra skin from the ends of that incision, the rest is going to be done on the 28th. of this month, he couldn't do it all at once because the local medicine was hurting my heart, he said if I would have been bigger(heavier weight) that he could have probably continued, but since I was so small, he couldn't weird huh, anyway, he took a little over 2 pounds of skin from my right butt cheek and the right side of my incision for my boobs, the skin he took from my butt cheek was about 10" long and about 7" wide and the breast skin was about 3" wide and about 4" long, the nurse showed me after I got done , talk about gross looking!!! total time was a little over 2 hours, and it was the weirdest feeling to be laying there awake while he was cutting and pulling on my skin, I could feel it a few times when he would catherrize/burn the veins to stop the bleeding and a few times when he was cutting, so he kept giving me more local medicine, he said I will probably lose about 5 to 6 pounds total of extra skin, , my weight is still at 104/105 pounds now, but I am pretty swollen up, and sore, the thing is when I start getting healed up, I go in and he will be doing the rest of me,,, I feel fat as hell right now, because I have to wear this binder again and I am so swollen up, Ronnie says it's all in my head to be thinking I look fat, must be cause I have to wear these darn sweats again, cause the jeans rub my butt incicion's really bad and I can 't move around like I need to, cause he said No Bending Over, and basiclly the same as when I had my tummy tuck, the scar will be all way around me when he is done on ym hips,,looks weird right now cause it stops halfway,well I have went on and on and on huh, guess I better get off here and try to fix Ronnie's breakfast.. love ya.
March 17th.
I have been having trouble with grazing, and I have to get back on track, I haven't gained any weight, but I'm afraid I will if I don't get back on track,I am starting as of this very minute, 6:02 pm on March 17th. no more sweets or carbs until I get my bearings and my act back together, I think the reason I have been having trouble is because of my last surgery, it was kind of scary,( being awake and all during surgery) and I still got the other half coming up on the 28th)., well I gotta go get a glass of luke warm water and sip,sip,sip, helps me to keep from eating!!!!
March 20th.
Wow!!! the first day of spring!! it's almost 60 degrees here in the Midwest,, I am doing better at my eating, haven't been grazing like a few days back,,, I did notice if I eat a little for breakfast, (which I normally hate to do!!) it helps me from grazing, I have noticed I can eat more then when I was early post-op, I guess this is normal, after all I am almost 13 months post-op, I still try not to drink with my meals, sometimes it's hard,but I am at goal weight,actually below my goal, so I do have a sip now and then with my meals to help get something down that feels stuck,, I want to start my walking again, but with my revision surgerys, I haven't been able to,maybe after I am healed up from all my revision surgerys, then I can get started again,my membership for the exercise club here in town runs out this month, and I am not renewing it since we are moving out of state after our daughter gets out of school for the year,I hope everyone who is waitng for approval gts the good word today, and welcome to all the new posties!!!! love ya Valita
March 24th.
Were going house hunting wedsnday!! I am getting a perm tomorrow(tuesday) I can't wait!!! I have been having trouble with my weight again, I am getting really tired looking, at least that's what Ronnie says, we had a family reunion yesterday and my mother in law chewed me out for being too damm skinny!! I told her she use to tell me I was too damm fat!!! I try to snack on carbs,but lately that has been making me ill,My system is getting more touchy, I can't eat anything with sugar or fat in it or I get really bad diarreha, I can eat about 1/2 to 3/4 cp of food Max, I am beginning to think my pouch is shrinking!!! weird huh!!,I hope you don't mind me whining to you , I am kind of worried, cause I am down to about 102 to 103 pounds now,I think I lost more weight because of my butt tuck and the breast revison's surgery on the 11th., cause he took about 2 to 3 pounds of skin then, and will be taking the same amount again this friday,that's when I get my other half of my butt tuck and breast reduction( dogear ear removal),I have been getting the flu for the last few days,which doesn't ehlp me with my weight loss problem, but that won't make a difference for my surgery friday, cause it's all done under local medicine,anyway I have to figure out how to keep my weight from going down anymore, if you got any tips, let me know, I can't snack on anything high fat and I can't tolerate sugar at all anymore, used to be able to but guess that has changed, and carbs aren't much better, I have been living on mostly fat free lunch meats and cheese's and I also drink lots of ice tea, I have a habit of chewing on ice, I heard this is a sign of something missing in our system ,but don't know what, anyway I know that caffene is a no no, but I do drink at least a pot of coffee a day with fat free/sugar free creamer and the fake sugar,(sweet and low) I tried the splenda and equal , belly can't tolerate them,, sweet and low is the only one my belly will tolerate
March 27th.
hi all you awesome people, I am feeling much better today,my weight is still going down some, but I am working on getting it maintained so it will quit dropping, I am at 102 pounds now, on a more cheerfull note, we have been working on trying to find a house, to rent in wisconsin, we found one today, it's in a town called Darlington,which has about 1500 to 1800 people,compared to this one were in now at 27000!!it's a cool looking little two bedroom, it's on a big end lot next to a park and a bike trail and even has a river running next to it a short walk away, it has a deck off the back door, it was a little messy today when we looked at it cause the guy that is renting it now is still moving out, the rent is 425.00 a month, which still makes it almost 200.00 cheaper then what this house is per month we are going to have to get rid of alot of stuff, cause it's smaller then this one and it's only a one story, no attic storage space, but it does have an attached garage, and he said our dogs and our cat are no problem, that was the big decision maker right there, cause every other place we have looked at or even called about ( Said NO to our pets!!!)if any of you love your pets like we do you will understand that , I think Ronnie,( my hubby) was a little worried about telling him we wanted it, cause it's a big step for us,moving back home to his home town, no turning back now though cause we paid the first month and then were going to pay the deposit off when we move in, there are so many places I can get a partime job up there,, were going up to get the key, hopefully somtime next week, he said the other guy is supposed to be out by the first of the month and then the landlord said he will shampoo the carpets and make sure everything is clean and in working order, the stove and fridge are included, so were going to leave our stove here and take our fridge and he's going to put the extra fridge in the garage for us, is that cool or what!! were moving sometime next month,I am so excited that I almost forgot about my appt. tomorrow, for the rest of my revision's,, well I better go, love you all lots.. valita
March 31st.
I made it through my latest revision's, so I am all done, with my buttlift and dogear removal,, I am still a little sore, but I look great and can't believe the difference in my body!!!
I'm back online, alot has been happening to me since I have been off line, I passed out at work about 3 weeks ago and fell to the concrete floor knocking myself unconsious, I was in the hospital for 2 days and had to have a blood transfusion, I am severely Anemic (I think that's how it's spelled) anyway I am doing better now, still very dizzy and my balance is off some and I have a few headaches, the doctor said that could last for as long as 2 years, my weight has kind of leveled off at 109 pounds. my doctor warned me to no lose anymore weight,he says I am not even on his chart for the weight/bmi chart, but you know me, I still obsess over those few pounds, I bought my first string bikini,, and have been laying out on our deck every weekend, so I am brown as heck, I have also been lifting weights to tone up my arms, you should see my muscles now:) I am only working 4 hours a day now,I was working 9 until my accident, my doctor says no more then 4 from now on and I can't lean over or twist too much , cause I get dizzy really easy, I have more blood work to be done on the 28th. of this month, he checked it about two weeks ago and said my blood levels are still screwed up and need to be regulated, I am on iron pills 3 times a day now, and they give me the poops something awful...
I am now 17 months. post-op from my wls, my weight is holding right around 108 to 113 pounds, somedays a little higher because of tension or my period, I still do my carb counting for my eating, keeps me on my toes so to speak!! I try to keep my below 50 a day, this week I am doing 20 a day and no more!!! I feel so much better when I behave myself and eat right!! I did notice I can eat more then when I first had my wls, which is understandable I guess, since I am over 1 and 1/2 years out from my surgery...!!!
Well alot has been happening since I have been gone, I had a total hysterectomy with vaginal reconstruction and have had a seizure in the last month , but my doctor doesn't know what caused that yet, so he has me on seizure meds three times a day to stop anymore seizures, other then the above I am still holding steady between 110 to 115 pounds, I am still in size 0s in pants and xs tops, I tend to have trouble with carbs these days, I try to stay away from them, but it's hard!!!
November 13th.
I lost 4.5 pounds since yesterday morning, I feel so much better when I don't eat, sounds weird huh, I did the cottage cheese test this morning, by the test, my pouch is just over 3oz., not bad considering I will be 21 months post-op on the 27th. of this month..
Wow this year is flying by, I will be 1 year post-op from my plastic surgery tomorrow,, I am so happy with my new body. If I could just win the lottery now,I will be totally set!!!
December 9th.
I have been having one of those days today,I have had people look at my before and after photo's and tell me I must be so thrilled, I am to a certain extent, but I keep thinking my tummy isn't tight enough from my plastic surgery, do any of you long term posties ever feel this way, my belly is loose when I sit and I am told even by my ps that this normal, and for my age(51 and having two children) that my skin isn't going to have as much elasticity as when I was younger, am I being too fussy?? I see my ps again for my 1 year post-op appt. on the 23rd. of this month, my 1 year anniversary was the 2nd.of this month, he is going to check for any fluid build-up and fix a dogear on my left side,, he will probably tell me the same thing, that I look great and to be happy!!! I keep obsessing about losing more weight and my ps said not to lose anymore weight, cause this could cause my tummy skin to look looser too.I know I should stop being so obsessed with my weight, and please don't say I have Body Dismorphic Disorder, I know I probably do, I have lost over 160 pounds and over 120 inches since 02/27/02 so Why am I not happy????
december 12th.
well it's still colder then crap here,now I know why I shouldn't have moved to Wisconsin!!! the dogs feet freeze real quick when they go outside, hopefully it will warm up a little bit to get rid of some of the ice I was just sitting here thinking about the last two years and this is how it has went!!!
1. my wls surgery on 02/27/02 (6 days in hospital) 2. my tt/mr/br on 12/02/02 (1 night in hopsital) 3. my revision's/buttlift on 03/12/03 and 03/28/03(this was out patient and done while I was awake) 4. my concussion on 07/16/03 (2 days in hospital) 5. my hysterectomy/with vaginal repair on 09/15/03 (2 days in hospital) 6. my fainting/seizure spell on 10/11/03 (emergency room) 7. my appt. for more revision's on 12/23/03.
yeah it's been a hard two years, and then I wonder why I am so stressed out!!!!!I hope you don't mind me telling you all this,,it helps to get it off my chest!!!!!!
talk about a busy two years huh, hopefully 2004 will be a relaxing one ,I'm counting on it!!!!, love ya lita!!
December 30th. This year is almost up, it's hard to believe how fast this year has went by, my life has changed so much, I am down to 108 pounds now, and I am going to KEEP IT THAT WAY!Life is great!
24 months post-op Feb.27th neck-----------12" breast---------32" waist----------23" hips-----------30.5" thighs---------16" calves---------11" ankles---------7" wrists---------5.5" my weight as of March 2nd.is 105 pounds
Jan 1st. 2004 I have decided to try and stop being so obsessed about losing that 1 more pound!!! (so to speak) I still want to weigh 105 pounds at the most, and that is only 3 more pounds, there I go again, Obsessing!!!:) oh well I will try my best to make this a healthy happy new year!!!
Jan. 7th. 2004 I weigh 107 pounds now,my family says I am getting too skinny, but I love the new me!!!I eat mostly protein and cheeses and some fruit(mostly apples)and i try to stay away from too many white carbs!!! Life is AWESOME!!!
Jan.28th. 2004 I am still holding steady at 106/108 pounds,, my life is going pretty well, I would love to have some extra money to get my thighs and upper arms done, but unless I win the lottery, I will keep these wrinkly thighs, my arms aren't too bad, cause of lifting weights,I am going to take my measurement next month which is when I will be 2 years post-op..
<----Feb 2004 updates----> Wow I can't believe it's February already,, I joined Fitday.com and I have been keeping track of all the foods I eat, I eat right around 1000 calories a day, unless I get busy then it's more like 500 calories..:)I am maintaining my weight very nicely at 107 pounds, it even goes down if I don't eat enough,I would rather it do that then go up though, if I eat something I shouldn't it tends to come right out the other end,(sorry kind of gross huh:) we got snow last night here in Wisconsin, about 4 inches,it looks like a winter wonderland around here...
Feb.11th.
I made the mistake of trying a couple bites of a cake I made over the weekend for my hubby and daughter, NEVER AGAIN!!! I got the dry heaves, sweaty, dizzy, my stomach was cramping so bad and I had the squirts so bad I was in the bathroom all night long, needless to say all I have had today so far is water!!!! my stomach is still upset, I am not going to be stupid and try anymore sugar again!!!!! talk about feeling like death warmed over !!! I haven't weighed myself in over two and a half weeks,, I think I am going to weigh myself this coming friday, and then not again for anouther month
April 10th. I have been offline for a while and been very stressed out, partly because of my mother-in-law dying and my hubby training for a different job, so he is on 1st. shift instead of 2nd. same factory, my weight has been staying prety much the same, my blood sugar has been running low, this morning it was 68,, but I feel great other then being cold all the time, my daughter says it's because I am so darn skinny,, I have been tanning the last week or so and I am turning nice and dark!!!, I noticed my wrinkly thighs don't look half bad with a tan:) anyway hopefully I can keep this dran computer running and stay online this time, I got an external modem and so far it has solved my problem with getting kicked offline,, Have a Nice Easter !!!!! love ya all valita
April 23rd. My life has been pretty busy the last while , I am supposed to be going into the hospital for an Endoscopy,, to see how big my pouch is and he also is going to check all my blood levels,, I have noticed I can eat more lately, well sometimes, but when I mentioned it to my surgeon who did my surgery he said to have his nur
