Crystal_Ortiz
12-7-2004
I have just attended Dr Spivak’s seminar and I was really impressed with him. He seems extremely knowledgeable and very experienced and I fully trust him. I had went to this other Doc office and it was more in advertisement and ad the huge billboards on the freeways and then I found out that the Doctor that had not had much experience on his clock so I said NO WAY. Also when I was considering the Lap band at that time he said he had just started doing them so that it would be an experience we could have together… what I don’t think so I ain’t your guinea pig nope so that office was a for sure NO. That was about 3 months ago. I had Dr Spivak’s website of my computer for sometime and I would glance at it every know and then but never gave much consideration then one day I said okay I will call them up and see what steps I need to take. So Here I am I have attended the session and guess this is the route I am going to take
12-13-04
I had my first appointment with Dr Spivak it went okay I guess we just talked he said I was very healthy no major health conditions other than being Morbidly Obese (such a scary word sound like if your some kind of disease to all human-kind) I went in there with the mind set of the Lap Band but considering that I am 340 and have never been able to stick to any diet plan he said that would not be a good option for me and that my success would be with the RNY. Okay that was a shocker and some would say okay he just wants to make more money off of you, however I don’t see it that way a majority of his experience is Lap Band, so he stopped doing RNY for a while cause they would only used one role of staples, but then they did a trial with double row and he saw the success was better and the health risks had dropped so he began t do the RNY again. I truly believe this Doc knows what he is doing.
Okay so I have Cigna POS (PPO) and they require a whole bunch of crap like 3 consecutive months of Medically supervised diets and Psycho Evaluation and of course Doc release. My problem here is that I don’t have the 3 months diet stuff and don’t know if I want to pay my Doctor 20 a month to tell me I am fat and that I need to diet and excercise and lose weight so I can be healthy and weigh myself. Shoot I can do that on my own. I have that already in my charts but that info was told to me when I went in for visits when I was sick. What my insurance wants is for me to go to the Doc for weight loss only nothing else and me I don’t go to the Doc unless I’m sick like I said I already know I am fat. But they will submit it anyway but not until the beginning of the New Year. Oh yeah I’m suppose to have my secondary kick in which will be United Health Care EPO, I heard there easy and their requirement is just a high BMI he that is an easy one for me.
01-07-2005
Well Happy New Year this hopefully will be a year of change for me. I called Dr Spivak’s office and there going to send it to Cigna their pretty confident it will be denied but that is okay cause then we can use my secondary which is United Health care we just need the denial from my primary. So sit back and wait. Now I am getting butterflies and not sure if this is the right decision I am making. I am soooooooooooooooooo lost and depressed but heck I am always depressed.
1-11-05
Called Doc office verified it was sent office yesterday to insurance I hope it does not take so long to come back so we can send it to United Health. They told me to get going on my Psych Evaluation and my upper GI and PCP release needed. I have scheduled a Doc appointment with a new Doc my old PCP who I love is not under Cigna anymore and I have to use Cigna so oh well here I go again to a new Doc. I made my Psych appointment they’re both actually scheduled for Thursday 1-20-05 so guess I will kill 2 birds with one stone. I heard the Psych is quite time consuming oh well guess I will just need to get it done. My Bariatric doc said I don’t need a stress test or anything else other than lab work since I am so healthy that seems a bit odd to me my regular Doc will probably schedule me to do some of those things I really want my surgery done by the middle of March and no later So I can lose a bit before my trip in July cause were going to this river where you ride down on a tube all day. Hey I need my fat butt to fit in there okay :)
1-18-05
I called the insurance company to see if they have received the paperwork from the Doc office and they said no, they asked if I knew if it was mailed or faxed so I called the Doc office and they sent it snail mail uhh that sucks, it was mailed out on 1-10-05 so I’m assuming Cigna should receive it no later than 1-24-05 I am allowing 7-10 business days. I need this to go through quickly cause if they are going to deny it then I want to send it to United Health Care ASAP. But heck if Cigna approves then whoopi woo But FAT CHANCE that will happen. So anyway I am learning to deal with the fact that this WLS is not by best option but is more than likely my only option. I’ve thought about it a whole lot and look at is this way; I can have a lifetime of battling my weight up and down up and down this diet and that diet, depression, low self esteem, health issues, relationship problems etc... Or I can suck it up give up some stuff that is not good for me anyway and have the WLS and be in better shape and better health and know that at a lower weight I will be a more ambitious and lively person. Here is a list of that my weight keeps me from doing.
1- Bungee jump – oh I want to do this so bad but there are weight requirements.
2- Amusement Parks- I love to go to Six Flags but I can’t anymore cause last time I went I was at around 280 and it was a tight squeeze then so I could only imagine now.
3- Kneel down- This is probably the simplest thing for most people but my weight has gotten me to a point to where it just hurts me to kneel especially my right knee. I think this is due to a fall. Oh this makes cleaning the bathtub a very interesting site.
4- Bend over to pick up stuff over and over w/out feeling light headed.
5- Have energy to play with my dog in our backyard.
6- Run- I have not done this in ages but I want to be able to run somehow I feel I could get really hooked on this one when I am able.
7- Walk into a store and be able to always find clothes that fit me that do not contain Lycra or spandex.
8- look awesome in a skirt and heels.
9- be able to wear hills longer than 5 min
10-Clean my house without having to stop for breaks.
11- having the energy to go fishing again with my BF, you know it takes a lot to walk to the end of the peer carrying all that crap.
12- Walk up stairs without getting winded.
13- Walk into a restaurant and not worrying about if they have a table available cause if I sit in a booth by boobs are on the tabletop.
14- Wear a bra that fits and that I do not have to pull down every 10 min from the back.
15- No more back pain
16- Walk into a store like Victoria Secret, and now have everyone stare at me like oh my geesh what is she doing here.
17- Have the confidence to speak in front of a large group w/o worrying about them looking at how fat I am.
18-Eat out and not have people stare at me like oh my geesh should she really be eating that.
19- Walk thru a crowded area and slither on thru without worrying about my boobs or but bumping into someone.
20- Not having a total breakdown every time I need to dress up for a special occasion because nothing fits or what does fit me makes me feel like I’m 40 when I am only in my 20’s
21- Worrying about my college; hoping they have tables and chairs and not desks cause I won’t fit.
22- Sit in a chair without the chair digging into my hipbones.
23- Attend sporting events at the arenas and feel comfy in the seat.
24- Walk around Wal-Mart without getting cramps on my legs after 45 minutes. Cause I love Wal-Mart.
25- I want to go to the mall and feel that I fit in and walk into any store and be able to try stuff on.
The list goes on but I’m not much of a typist. So now looking at this list I cannot believe I have let myself be deprived of all these wonderful feelings. I am now truly confident that WLS is a good options for me, however I just don’t want to become a person who is always in and out of the hospital. But I will need to take care of my self and take my vitamins do my follow ups get my protein drink my water and follow all pouch rules. I believe that my life will always have restrictions with food whether I diet naturally or WLS. Any regular diet and exercise has never worked due to lack of motivation and I have learned to accept that I am that type of person. There are also a few downs to having the surgery like:
Never being able to eat a normal sized meal...but what is normal who made up this rule?
Low sugar forever, well like my BIO teacher said that stuff is not good for us anyway there is no true nutrition in it unless it is natural fruit.
Saggy skin well I guess this would be either way cause my cousin lost weight and started at around 310 and is now down to 181 and her tummy is still lose and she is 19 so I figure I’m 24 and I am very tall and have always had a large body frame so If I work out the right way no slacking I should be somewhat decent, not like I ever want to pose for playboy or anything J
Protein protein protein, but hey that is the filling stuff right.
No cokes, well this will hurt but I am already working on this and it’s not that bad.
Possibly no chicken wings ahhhhh nooo these are my favorite well maybe in a few years I can have a few.
No more tortillas, hey I’m Hispanic can we say BIG problem here
No Ice Cream, oh my geesh I am going to die…maybe L
No NG tube, well I hope I never really need this.
No alcohol, hmm we’ll work this is later on possibly.
Hair loss, well I do have lots of it so may not be that bad.
Vomiting, well it takes a lot for this to happen to me but who knows.
Well I really had to make this entry cause I really need to point out all the pros and con’s.
01-19-2005
Okay I am being real brave and I am posting my pre-op measurements today I can not beleive that I am do this but oh well I need to remember.
Waist-50 (last time I checked it was 52)
Belly-58
Under Breasts-55
Hips-61
Upper Arm-18
Below Elbow-13
Upper Thigh-30
Calf-18
Ankle-10
Wrist-7
Neck-18
1-25-2005
Myself and my Husband just joined up with 24 hour Fitness since I will be going thru the WLS soon I figured I better get a jump start on working out, alos I would like to drop 10-20lbs before surgery. Well we went last night and when we walked in it was jam packed and you know how the gym is always full of very fit people. I never understand why that is...I mean a gym is suppose to be a place to get in shape and stay in shape but why are 95% of the clients there in shape Well any way we walk upstairs to go to the cardio machines which the walk upsatirs was good enough for me and all the cardio machines were full I mean all the treadmills, bikes, starir climbers, and elliptical machines. So here were are standing there looking like idiots then I notice that someone gets off an elliptical machine so I figured okay I will try it well darn thing you have to keep it moving just to start it and when I got on it it was at full incline so here I am trying to keep it going so I could get the incline down and the darn incline would not go down so about after a few minutes I got off of it then it hit me how out of shape I was because my legs felt so wobbly so I was like okay forget this crap so we went down stairs to do the weights and one of my all time favorite machines is the leg press I have always had strong legs and been able to do the leg press at 80-120 lbs and 3 sets of 10 well I did do the 3 sets last night but ouch my legs were so sore. Last time I went to the gym was around this time last year but I can not beleive thay a year later and 10lbs heavier I would be that out of shape so that was a big slap in the face for me. Well were going back today round 2 ding ding ding. So lets see who wins this round me or the dreaded gym. Well Wendesday I have one of the free orientation sessions with a trainer so will see how that goes this time I am telling them what I want. Hopefully after the surgery when I start losing weight I will be more confident to go to the gym but right now I just feel like a freak side show. Well I just wanted to express my feelings on how this trip to the gym made me feel.
January 28 2005
Wow it’s been quite a few days since my last update well I am still pre-op and have had a majority of my pre-op work done. I had the Psychological Evaluation 1-20-05 and also had a pre-op physical with my regular MD DR. Loya and it went okay I guess. Well she chewed my butt out for not taking my Thyroid medication and then she sent me to have a Chest x-ray and blood work, also in the office I had an EKG done and that was normal Yippee!!! The chest X-ray came back great, and as far as the blood work well apparently my thyroid was within normal range. I asked them to double and triple check and even had the doctor call me back cause I have not taken my pills in over 6 months. Well I guess that is a good thing. Oh yeah my Liver Function blood work came back all normal and I guess in the past it showed I had a fatty liver so that is one major worry I don’t have and my Cholesterol is all within normal ranges. So pretty much all in my health is well except being an over sized WHALE!!! Lol lol lol lol I guess one thing that does scare me is that I am so healthy now except the weight issue that I wonder if I am going to make myself a very sick person after the surgery… GEEESHH I hope not???
Well my mom is coming to Houston she will be leaving Thursday late night and will arrive Saturday at midnight she is coming down so she can be here with me for the surgery and then she is going to stay for a while so I can help her out get back on her feet. Hopefully she does not drive me crazy or me driver her crazy. We have not stayed in the same house for longer than 4 days in over 5 years.
Well in July were going on a trip to the Frio River, which is located in Concan, TX next to Gardner State Park. (Near San Antonio) we are going with my brother-in-law and his wife and 2 girls then another couple friend of theirs and their 3 kids. We’ll be leaving July 6 and staying for 4 nights, the plan is just to go tubing down the river all day and party, however since I will be pot-op very little drinking for me. I hope I will be able to drink a little bit, what I thought I would do is order some of the low sugar mixers from www.Bariatriceating.com there like 7.00 a bottle so It can’t hurt to try and I can mix them with Vodka or Tequila. I just hope that my weight is down enough so that I can be comfy floating for a few hours on an inner tube. I’m at 340 right now and hopefully plan on losing 70-80 by July if I have the surgery in the beginning of March or late February so should get me to about 250-260 which from what I can remember when I was that weight I was about a size 18 that should not be that bad I should at least look somewhat decent. Well that’s all for know.
January 31, 2005
Well I received a letter from Cigna and they state that they are unable to substantiate medical necessity for the procedure since they did not receive Letter of Medical Necessity, Recent History and Physical, Psych Eval, and office notes for MD supervised weight loss program for 6 month period. Well for me that is not bad news it’s actually great news. Confused aren’t we??? Well see I have a secondary, which is United Health Care and they are about the easiest to get approved thru, however since Cigna is my primary I had to go thru them first so after they denied I could use my secondary. I guess I’m pretty lucky that I have 2 insurances cause most people only have 1. So I called my Doc office to make sure they had received the letter and they said they did but they were going to forward the needed info minus the 6 month history to Cigna to see of we get an approval. I was kind of wondering why but oh well they know what their doing. They also informed be that they did send it to United Health and that they had rec’d a call back from United for some additional info which was provided. So they about 2 hours later I received a call from Rachael at the Doc office and she said Cigna called and advised her that they would have to start all over again since Cigna did not receive the required info within 24 hours I was like what the hell the letter was just dated 1-25-05 and received 1-28-05. Oh well I don’t want to deal with the anyway. So all I need to do is sit tight and wait, I already had my upper GI Friday. Hopefully I can have this surgery this month but heck I’ll settle for beginning of March.
02-02-2005
Okay, I have been approved I received mt letter from UHC they state that they are pleased to offer coverage,I can not beleive this is really happening to me I still think I am in a denial stage. It's like I know I am going to have the surgery however I can't quite grasp the situation. So all I need to do if finish some labwork which I will probaly get done tommorow after work the just wait for the date. My mom is coming to town so that should help out a bit.
Oh Ivan is having his nose surgey 2-21-05 so he will be out of work 3 whole weeks. I hope all is okay with us having surgery at around the same time. I am so mesmerized at the thought that I will be healthy and skinny soon, OH MY GOSHHH I am going to Be THIN WOW.
Today we went to go look at some excersie bikes and I found a few that I like but still am undecided whether I should go with the recumbant or the upright. I want to have it here at home so that I have no excuses. I still have my Gym account but It would be nice to have for the AM.
As with dealing with the emotional and physical changes that I am coming up against I am worried but feel that I am strong enough to get thru them so I am not worrying much cause I know all the sarifices will be well worth it in the long run.
Well Gotta go
02/16/05
Well it has been a full week since I had my surgery and I am still in shock. This ha been a very rough time for me. My surgery was done 2-8-05 witout any complications I stayed in the hospital Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and was released Mid day Saturday. When I got home I was not feeling good still in a lot of pain and feeling very jittery and dizzy. I still had the damn jp drain in my tummy which was a pain in the but. I ate jello and a shake but that was about it I really was not very hungry which felt very weird. Well I kept having these sharp pains in my lower abdominal area so I just took the meds and relaxed. My family came over to visit which was okay and of course my mom made food for everyone which did not really bother me, however the beans really looked good. So Later on that evening I crashed out and about 5am I awoke with sharp pains again in the lower abdominal area and again I took pain meds and took my vitamins. So all through out Sunday I slept eating and drinking very little. I was extremely nauseated and in extreme pain finally about 7pm the pains were so bad that I asked Ivan to take me to the hospital. So here we go back to the hospital and as I was walkig to the ER I got that nasty feeling that I had to throw up and sure ebough I started dry heaving...what a nasty thing to expirience. Well once I got to the ER they paged my Doc and started an IV and gave me some Demoral which soothed me but knocked me out. Then Ivan came in and said the nurse wants you to drink these 2 cups of stuff so that they can do a CT Scan on you to check for leaks I Was like what the hell The Doctor already checked for leaks In the hospital after the surgery but they wanted to make sure that there was no blockages or anything so here I am felling very sick and I got to drink this crap well any way as I was drinking when I got to the second glass I started getting very sick and began to dry heave and oh my guee what happened next while I was hacking up my brains I expelled my extremely built up gas and shocked the entire Nursing staff lol lol lol can you beleive it and boy did it feel good all Ivan could do was laugh and I wanted to also however I was in to much pain to laugh. So at the ER mu doc ordered a CT scan, chest and abdominal x-ray, blood work and meds. The they said they were going to admitt me to ICU I really was not in shock but then the nurse metioned seomething about a blockage and that they would have to go and operate again the I got really scared. Well I knew what I had got myself into so I sucked it up and when I got to the ICU incame about 4 nurses and hooked wires and tubes up to me and then I fell talked a bit with my family and then fell asleep. So the next morning I was feeling a bit better but weak and nauseated a bit and I was told that there was no blockage whoo hoo!! however I needed to be observed a while longer.
Oh another thing that began to bother was my right leg. I have these superficila veins that make my thigh numb but never really bothered me well anyway after laying down so long they began to bother me and so the doc had the hospital run a doppler study which found nothing basically just lose the weight and it should help the numbness. Well I'm really tired and still feel very edgy so I will finish this update tomorrow. I still have alot of left side pain.
3-10-05
Went to DR Spikak I was having incison pain well he said it was just adhesions and it will pass so far so good. Here are my updates.
My Highest Starting weight 348 Current 319 Total Loss= 29 Total loss in inches = 17in
May 11, 2005
WOW I have not updated in a long while! Well it was my 3-month Anniversary May 9th and I am down 53 lbs or so and I wear 3 different sizes 18/20, 20, or 22. It’s so crazy but certain parts of my body have not caught up to the rest. Well over all I have been doing well no major health issues have occurred which is great. I eat almost anything I want except I still stay away from Beef and Pork, it’s just to tough for me to handle. I will eat Sausage but usually not the casing and I will do ground beef. I have a really hard time drinking my water and getting my protein in I guess it’s just out of laziness. I can drink real well and even gulp to a certain point but I’ve just never enjoyed water and have always had a hard time with it. Let’s see for my vitamins well I take them when I remember, this is something else that I need to work on. My hair has been falling out for about 2-3 weeks. I really was not expecting this to happen so soon. Fortunately I have lots of hair so maybe it won’t be very noticeable. (I Hope)
Since I have now had time to adjust to my new lifestyle I can say it’s not that bad. There are days when I wonder if I made the right decision but then I just think about how I felt before the WLS and I know it was the right choice. WLS has caused so many changes in my life that I never actually thought would happen to me. For example everyone told me that my relationship would change and I was like “nahh it’s not going to change I know it will be the same”, well let me tell you I was WRONG! Yup Yup my relationship has changed dramatically. My Significant other and me have been together 6 ½ years and are now going to separate. I think now that I have developed so much confidence in myself I’m not afraid to go for what I want and do what I want to do. And that’s exactly what’s happening. About a month ago was online and I starting talking to this Guy in NM and we just hit it off and were talking on a daily basis multiple times a day. While talking with this guy we grew a connection with each other. Now I knew it was wrong with me to continue talking with this guy being that I had a Boyfriend but for some reason at the time I didn’t care. Well it eventually caught up with me and I was busted two weekends ago. Well I thought It would really affect me that I got busted but at the moment I was not really concerned that I had been caught. Well this incident made me really look at what I wanted out of life and it has made me make some major decisions. I talked with my BF and advised him that I wanted to separate cause I need some time to see what I really want out of life now of course he thinks it’s all because of this guy but actually it has nothing to do with it. I’ve been very unhappy the last 2 years but never had the courage to do anything about it. I got involved into a relationship when I was 17 and my BF is all I have ever known. I just need to know I can make it on my own and handles everyday life situations by myself. Well this is not going real well with him but I know it’s what I need to do. At times I look at him and think “no I can’t leave him this is how my life has been for 6 ½ yrs I’m to scared to change it” but then I really have to think if I know for sure what path I need to take and that answer is NO. So I will be moving Memorial Day weekend. I never imagined losing 50+ lbs could change my life so much. Well that’s enough updating for me and I will try and update my profile a bit more.
First Measurements were on 1-19-2005
Waist-50 Update 6-20-05 46 -4in
Belly-58 Update 6-20-05 55 -3in
Under Breasts-55 Update 6-20-05 46 -11
Hips-61 Update 6-20-05 55 -6
Upper Arm-18 Update 6-20-05 17 -1 (UGHHH)
Below Elbow-13 Update 6-20-05 12 -1
Upper Thigh-30 Update 6-20-05 28 -2
Calf-18 Update 6-20-05 17 -1
Ankle-10 *********************
Wrist-7 *********************
Neck-18 Update 6-20-05 16.5 -1.5
Total Loss -68 lbs and 29.5 inches at a little over 4 months out. I guess I'm doing okay. September 20 2005
7 months out
Well it has been a very long time since I have updated my profile. So much has happened in my life that I will just give a brief overview cause I don't like to type much. Well I was let go from my job about a week and half ago and this was completely devastating to me cause I have never been fired from anywhere in my life. I had been at my job for 4 years and I had a job that I enjoyed very much and sometimes I still can't beleive that I will never work there again. Oh well to hell with it I guess, their loss not mine right. ( sigh.. thast what I keep trying to tell myself) Well me an relationships are nota good thing right now, see I have had a few male friends here and there but I guess i'm just not ready to settle down. I am still in school, but I am falling behind in that also. I guess I;m just slowly slipping into some sort of depression.
As far as my weight loss, that pretty much SUCK BIG TIME right now cause I have not lost crap since I last saw Dr. Spivak on August 29 and at his office I weighed in at 258 and i'm at 257 now so I think my surgery has stopped working for me, but I guess it's my fault cause I don't do the things i'm suppose to. I always drink when I eat and I don't drink al the water I am suppose to plus I eat crap like chips and salsa and I have been drinking almost evry weekend when I go out with my friends. One thing I can say that I don't do is I don't try and eat sweets even sugar free stuff I won'r eat much of. I always buy the icecream and it sits in the freezer and goes bad, whichis a shocker cause I was a icecream queen. Oh well guess if it's not the real thing then why should I bother with it. I just feel like my all is going to waste. I think I just got to caught up in the moment with everything. I am not excersising cause I just don't have the energy, also i'm not taking my vitamins. I swear I am just not complying one fricken bit and I think it was when I noticed the weight stopped coming off I just said fuck it and realized that maybe this is as skinny as I am getting. Well I just wanted to make a quick update about my recent life drama so till next time.
7 months 10 days out
Starting weight 348 current weight 257 Total loss of 91lbs
10/13/2005
Well I have finally made the century club, I am at a loss of 101 lbs at 8 months post-op. I was a bit fustrated a few weeks ago but i'm okay now that I have lost that additinal 10 lbs in just under a month. Well I have started to drink lots more water and not snack on too much low sugar empty calorie crap. I also have stopped drinking so much diet sodas. I will have a diet mountaindew every now and then or go to sonic and have a diet cherry limeade maybe once a week but I try to not to over due it like before. When I had my 6 month check up my Doc was not worried and said my weight loss was just fine so I'm not going to worry so much. Okay where am I at at 8 months let's see....
Jean size from a 26 to a loose 18 whoo hoo loss of 4 sizes
Blouse size from a 30/32 to a 18/20 a loss of 3 blouse sizes
Well my bra size has gone from a 48 DD to a mere 42 C or sometimes if i'm lucky a D. ( not to thrilled about the cup loss)
I can now jog for about a block without stopping.
My back never hurts me
I can get up in AM without feeling any pain.
I can fit on an airplane seat and have the seatbelt fit with extra slack.
These are just a few of my wow moments I have had. However in the past 8 months I have learned alot aboout who I am and what I want in life. I have now decided that I want to go and be a full-time college student at a University but first I am going to get my 26 college credit hours so It can be a bit easier to transfer to a University so far I have 11. So I am looking for a small part time job like waitressing so I can still make okay money but be able to get myself thru school. I know that going back to school full time is a huge sacrafice but it is deffinetly what I want. Well guess that all for now and I'll update in another few months.
September 1, 2006 UPDATE
First of all I would like to apologize for not posting to the TX board since like March. I left Houston on a spring vacation and never returned. I am currently living in New Mexico which is where I grew up. I have had some pretty major life changes occur. In the past 5 months I have gone thru 2 relationships, a bad memorial weekend accident, returned to college, and most importantly lost MORE WEIGHT. Okay First of all when I came here I starting seeing a guy and thought I was in love but that went sour real quick. Next in May for Memorial day weekend I was being a courageous explorer and took a ride down a zip line, Well on my second trip down the zip I lost grip and fell about 10 feet or so. From the accident I was rushed to the ER and had my left upper eyebrow stitched with 5 stitches and had an emergency Spleenectomy. This was a very difficult surgery for me to recover from and compared to my Gastric-bypass surgery I would rather have the gastric. I required about a month and half to recover but in that time I had been reacquainted with this wonderful man by the name of Chris. This man was the brother to my old high school friend Jessica. Well I always had a major crush on him however he was 5 yrs older and my friends’ brother so that was a no no. Well we met up again hit it off really well and are now living together. This man has totally changed the way I view life and has made me such a happy person. Well enough of that. Well I'm also enrolled back in college and actually I'm attending a University so overall I'm doing Great.
NOW FOR THE PART CONCERNING MY WEIGHT-LOSS
When I had arrived to New Mexico I was weighing around 227 or so I believe and did not lose much the first 2 months I was here however I have now lost an additional 34 lbs so I am at 193 so here is my overall view of weight loss.
2-8-05 351 * *
3-10-05 319 -29 -17in
5-9-05 295 -53 *
6-20-05 280 -68 -29.5in
7-5-05 275 -73 *
8-13-05 258 -90 *
9-20-05 257 -91 * HIT A PLATEAU EWWW
10-13-05 247 -101 CENTURY CLUB WHOO HOOO!!!!
10-27-05 246 -102 -52in
12-20-05 237 - 111 Finally Broke my longest plateau ever
1-6-06 235 - 113 slowly going down, & just back fr vacation
1-9-06 232 - 116 10 Month anniversary
Total Loss -116 lbs and 58 inches at exactly 10 months.
2-7-06 229 -119
3-8-06 226 -122 Stalling again
Hmm I've got a 3 lb a month pattern going on for last 3 months
06-2006 219
08-2006 193 Whoo Hoo Finally in the 100’s
11-16-06 179 COngratulations to me I hit Doctors goal weight now just 9 more lbs to my goal weight.
November 16 2006
Well I just weighed myself today and I'm at 179 that means I have lost a total of 172 lbs in 21 months. It did take me a little longer than others to reach goal but I have done it and I'm happy. I feel that my body will still lose some more but I'm not gonna freak if I don't. I am very comfortable with my new self and never regret the surgery. I will update more later but for now just had to post the goal met
Date Weight Loss Loss in inches
2-8-05 348 * *
3-10-05 319 -29 -17in
5-9-05 295 -53 *
6-20-05 280 -68 -29.5in
7-5-05 275 -73 *
8-13-05 258 -90 *
9-20-05 257 -91 * HIT A PLATEAU EWWW
10-13-05 247 -101 CENTURY CLUB WHOO HOOO!!!!
10-27-05 246 -102 -52in
12-20-05 237 - 111 Finally Broke mt longest plateau ever
1-6-06 235 - 113 slowly going dwn, & just back fr vacation
1-9-06 232 - 116 10 Month aniversary
Total Loss -116 lbs and 58 inches at exactly 10 months.
2-7-06 229 -119
3-8-06 226 -122 Stalling again
