Dawn H.

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Date	15-Mar	23-May
neck	15 7/8	14 1/2
right arm	16 1/2	15 1/2
bust	46 1/4	41
waist	46 1/4	41 1/2
hips	49	44 1/2
thigh	27	25 1/2
knee	16 1/4	16 1/4
calve	17	17
	234 1/8	215 3/4
weight	213	182

Down 50 pounds total!  Woo Hoo!  a little over 18 inches gone! 
I dont notice too big of a difference in my pics however the clothes I wore for the one month pics are really loose! I just keep plugging away 2-3 pounds a week.  My feeling is as long as I am losing I'm happy! 

What a difference a month makes.  I am not regretting my RNY anymore.  It has been quite a month of adjustments, but it is getting much easier.  My energy is back to normal most days now.  I am down 16 pounds since surgery so with the 21 I lost before that is a total of 36 pounds.  I am done with pureed foods, trying to eat soft tender meats now.  My nut does not want me to have any carbs at this point, except beans, but I have to admit, every couple of days I have 1 cracker. 

Well, I am one week and one day out and while I must say I feel better today then a week ago, it was much more painful that I thought it would be.  Everyone that is out a ways says that it was worth it, it is still too soon for me to say that!  I am struggling to get my protien and water in at this point, I am sure it will get easier as time goes on.  I'll just keep plugging away at it and hopefully, soon, I wont regret what I have done!! 

Another visit to the surgeon today, weighed in at 210.  Everything is set to go for in the morning, had to have more blood work done too. 

Date	15-Mar
neck	15 7/8
right arm	16 1/2
bust	46 1/4
waist	46 1/4
hips	49
thigh	27
knee	16 1/4
calve	17
weight	213

I had to go see the surgeon today, he wanted to weigh me I guess to see how I was doing on the pre op diet.  I was down 14 pounds so they were very happy with me.  He told me to keep it up, the more wt I have off before surgery the better.  All I want is a big juicy steak, baked potato and a beer!  Oh well.  I have been having a lot of anxiety, from everything I read it is very normal.   I am scared, but I am not too scared to do it.  This is the secone time I have lost this same 14 pounds in less then a years time, you know, lose, gain then lose it again.  I want to be healthy so here we go....  Two weeks from today it will all be over and I will be begging for them to let me come home from the hospital! March 24 can not come fast enough!  

February 26th I meet with the Nut.   She went over the post op eating plan with me.  I will start right off with pureed meat even while in the hospital.  She says I feel full on 1-2 T. of food.  A lot of what she was going over with me I already knew from doing so much reading and being on this web site reading.  We talked about the stuggles I was having with the liquid diet I am on.  The shakes and thick, I have a upper respiratory infection with thick drainage and ofcourse my friend gerd.  All of these combined are making it difficult for me to get the shakes down and keep them down.  I explained to her how I examined the Nurtrional values of the shakes and bars and feel I could eat the same amount of values/calories eating normal food.  She smiled and told me I was too smart!  She said while she can not officially tell me it is ok to not use the shakes, she has had several patients that did exactly what I told her using chicken yogart and cottage cheese and lost weight.  She said the key is to just lose wt, that is what he is expecting.  Well I am, so we'll see what he says. wt  228.2

I met today with the nurse, my wt. was up, I have been eating my last meal for the past week!  OMG I weigh the most I ever have.  I have to be on a preop diet, starting tomorrow, until I have surgery.  The nurse said it was to shrink my liver, lose some wt  and to prove my committment.  I have to drink a shake (VHP, very high protien) by Optifast and have a protien bar three times a day.  NO FOOD!!!! OMG if I could stick with this I would not need surgery!  I'm going to do it.  I am determined!  It would be good to be down in wt before I have surgery.  So D day is only 28 days away, so since I have to be on clear liquids the day before surgery I only have 26 days to do this.  I will be counting the days.  wt 232.4

March 24th at 0800!!! Woo Hoo!!!! I go see the nurse and the nut next week.  Then I start the liquid diet, that I am not too excited about!  Hopefully time will fly!!!

I faxed it to the surgeon, the nurse said she would set up all of my appointments and get back to me!!!! I'm so excieted!