Need to post more...
Oct 14, 2009
Well here I am finally getting some pics on here and posting. I don't get on here to much anymore..but really need to..I miss it very much. I am 180 right now, I have lost 160 lbs!!! I am soooo happy. It honestly feels like a dream..I pass the mirror and have to look twice. I am smaller now then when I got married. I am in size 12 jeans. I can wear clothes from Americain Eagle!! I don't have to go to the plus size section anymore..and I can actually fit in booths now. The other day there was a guy looking towards me and I was turning around to see who he was looking at. My step-son said "Mom that guy was checking you out!!" I about died!! Not used to that happening!! Well I better go...I am going to try to start posting more.
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Finally Posting!!
Aug 21, 2009
Hello everyone! I haven't been on here in a while. I do miss it. I have lost 145 lbs!! I still can't believe it is real. It has been 8 months since my surgery, and I hope to lose about 45 more lbs. But being where I came from if I stay here I will be happy. I have been showing again....I bought a 5-gaited horse...it is truely a dream come true. I have been riding everyday..I can't believe how much I missed it. I am in a 14 now, and I have actually bought Americain Eagle jeans!!! Another thing I thought would never happen. I can lay down without choking and sit in a car with my legs crossed!! I am going to make a list from my other list of before I had surgery. I have thought alot about that list lately and am really wanting to look at it. I get pretty emotional about the entire thing...I still feel like I weigh 340. I don't think it ever leaves you. I am going to try to put some pics on here this weekend..I need to. Well lets go see whos on the main board.
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5 months out!!!!
May 19, 2009
Ok...I have not posted in a while. I have had my computer turned off till I go back to work. It has been 5 months since my RNY, and I have never felt better. I have been riding, I have been showing, and I am in the process of buying a 5-gaited horse!!!! I am sooooooooo happy. I have lost 114 pounds and am in a size 18. I go to a trainer 2-3 times a week. Sometimes I have to stop and think is this all real?!?!?!? I can't remember the last time I felt this good. Thank you Dr. Rossi. I am going to go for now, but I am planning on getting on here more often.
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Love My RNY!!!!
Mar 10, 2009
Well, here I am almost 3 months out. I have lost 85 lbs!! This is by far the best thing I have ever done. I am able to do things I haven't done in years. And yes, the BIG thing...I have rode a Saddlebred again!! I am going to show one of my best friends horses this summer. I hope to next year buy a five-gaited horse. I think it would be good for me to start easy this year. I can not explain the feeling of being back in the saddle. I wasn't going to ride yet, but she keep saying I could...and I just did! I was tearing up the whole time. It feels AW-SOME!!!!! I am exercising 4-5 days a week, I have actually jogged a little bit. I am only able to do it for a couple hundred feet, but at least I am doing it!!!!! I walk about 2 1/2 miles 2-3 days a week, and jog 4 times during that walk. I go swimming the other days and do laps. It is fun. I can not believe I have lost 85 lbs. It seems like a dream! Well, I am going to try to download a couple pics.
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Happy with my new life.
Feb 10, 2009
Well here it is Feb 10, and I am 8 days from 2 months out. I have never felt better! This is absolutely the best thing I have ever done. If anyone is reading this that is still trying to make up their minds whether to have the surgery or not......PLEASE DO IT!!!!! You will not regret it. I have lost 71 lbs and feel great. I can eat about 1/2 cup of food, and feel "satisfied". I am really lucky in the fact that I have not had any problems. I have tolerated food extremely well. I can eat lettuce, beef, milk, nuts, fruit and many other foods with no problems. I am a little freaked out by it, I was ready for alot of stomach aches. I am hoping it will stay this way. I have not tried a full blown salad yet, but I have ate a sub from Subway. ( A six inch sub made 3 meals for me) It had alot of veggies on it. So, I am hoping I can tolerate a salad. I am going to wait a couple more weeks. I just made Eggfaces mini donuts. I had a small taste of one of them before I put the icing on...it was sooo good! I am going to eat one after while, I had to eat supper first. There are so many different things you can fix, that are so very good and still within the limits of what we are "allowed". Sometimes I feel like I am in a dream. It is so nice to be able to get full on so very little. I wish I would have been able to do this earlier in my life. But I am just so thankful I was able to have it period. It feels so good to be able to sit in the car and be comfortable. To be able to sit in a booth at a restaurant more comfortable. So many things are already happening!! I am so excited! Well I am going to go see what is on the main board.
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Trying to get ready.
Dec 13, 2008
Well, I am trying to get ready. I had to go yesterday to Charleston to meet with Dr. Rossi. He assures me that they will give me something in my IV for the sickness I always have after surgery. I feel a little better about that. My mother is very nervous, she is just worried. I hope and pray she feels better. I also had to do all the pre-op testing. That was a mess. You go here...then there...then back here. But at least I got it done. We went yesterday to the motel across the street from the hospital to get another room. Sara got us one...but I think we needed two. Gina is staying the first night also, and mom is too. We got one through Sunday so Jake and mom can go take a shower and mom will have somewhere to sleep. I think Jake is staying in the room with me...that's what he says. I still can't believe this is happening!! I can't believe this is real! I feel like I am in a dream. Like I am watching someone else do this whole thing. I hope I don't get to nervous Thursday morning. I really don't want to ask for a sedative! I think I can do it. I mean God is with me...he has brought me this far. I need to post on the main board a question of what all to take to the hospital. Everyone is so helpful. I did get to eat a salad yesterday! I asked Dr. Rossi if I could please have one. He said yes...so I did! I also had a piece of chicken. That salad was the BEST thing I have ever ate!! I almost cried. Of all the things to crave...a salad! I think that just means that my body was needing some vegetables. I am so ready to start my new life. I know it will be tough the first few days...even months...but I also know it will be so worth it. I just hope and pray I don't have a lot of complications. Well hell for that matter ANY. When I posted on the main board that I was approved...I got so many supportive responses. When I heard things like...."you are in for a wild ride." and "...get ready for people not to recognize you." I just beamed! I can not imagine myself losing that much weight. I know you have to see it before you live it...but I don't mean it like that. I know I can do this. I will do this. It is just so hard to believe that the thing I want most in the world....is about to happen. Amazing. I really have a hard time seeing this. Well I better go Jake gets off in a little while and we have a date! I will post before I leave.