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Hello my Obesity Help Family,

It has been a while since I have posted but I have had some difficulty logging into my account. (lol)  I celebrated my one year surgeryversary on Dec. 26, 2011 and I am happy to say that on that day I was 107lbs lighter! WOO HOO! I feel great, I look great, and there is no turning back for me! I am enjoying this new jouney. I use to hate the shop now I love to go into the store and slide on those size 12 jeans especially when I went into surgery wearing a 22/24.

I am still 32 lbs from my goal weight which is 160lbs but I am working hard everyday to get there. I went from a 297lb woman who woke in the morning wondering what will I eat today, physically inactive, high blood pressure,  and caring for everyone else except for me. Now I am 190lb, I work out 5 times a week, I can jog 1.5 miles, I am eating well, my skin is great, my energy levels are high, my self esteem is through the roof, o and did I mention my blood pressure is normal and I said goodbye to Toporal. Last but certainly not least I am now first on my list of priorities.

This journey has not been easy. In the onset I was admitted to the hospital 3 times for severe dehydration as the smell of food made me sick and water hurt my pouch so bad I couldn't drink it. Those first 6 months were the hardest. My first thoughts were what did I get myself into? I now realize anything worth having is worth working hard for. After pushing pass those first 3 to 6 months things got easier and I got a little stronger day by day! I have plateued from time to time but that's okay it took me longer than a year to put on 150lbs and understand this is a marathon not a sprint. Who could complain anyway I lost 100lbs in 9months.

After loosing 107lbs 32lbs is just a piece of cake! Once I reach my goal I will update you again! Thanks for your support having a forum to share this journey with has been key in my success!

A SPECIAL THANKS TO ONE OF THE GREATEST SURGEONS IN THE WORLD DR. TIMOTHY KUWADA,  and the team and staff  at Carolina's Weightloss Clinic I couldn't have done this without you, you guys have truly been my angels!

Hello OH family,

It has been a while since my last post but I wanted to update everyone on my progress and the ups and downs of my journey so far. Well, I am officially down another 10lbs and my current weight is 205 lbs which means, I have lost 79 lbs to date.  I am so excited and I often think about where I was on the scale last summer and I am blown away by the change.

So now for the downs as of July 27th, I will be 7 months out and I am finding that the cravings are back! Geesh......  Especailly the chocolate cravings. So a good friend of mine told me to try the Atkins Bar and boy are they yummy. Not only to they curb the sweet tooth but are great for keeping you full and curving the appetite. The funny thing I am finding is while Gastric bypass forces you to eat less it doesn't change your mind about food. I make a conscious decision everyday to eat well but those favorite foods I loved before surgery I still love them now and let's just say I am fighting the fight of my life (but I am winning)!

With the boys out of school for the summer it has become increasingly harder to get my workouts in so, I have adopted a higher protein reduced carb diet to make up for the lack of exercise. I am finding that my body acutally responds better to a lower carb diet and I may be sticking with it.

If I have any fears it would defintiely be going backwards and falling back into bad habits. I now understand the daily decision an drug addicts has to make to stay clean. I went through way to much to get here to go backwards, and I refuse to do so.

A lot of people say this is the easy way out but I think this is by far the hardest thing I have ever done. It's has been hard but well worth every minute. I feel great, look great, and I have a new leash on life! I love my RNY and I will shout it to the mountain top that this process has changed my life!

Losing the LBS and loving it,

Felicia Goodson

Starting Weight: 284lbs
Current Weight 205lbs
LBS lost 79lbs

Hello Everyone,

It has been a while since I posted but, I figured I needed to get back on more often and continue with tracking my process! After initially having the surgery I thought to myself what in the world have I done. I had a really hard time the first 60 to 90 days. I was admitted to the hospital twice for dehydration, I had to go to an infusion center once a week to do IV's because I couldn't even stand the smell of food without getting sick. It got so bad my Dr. said if you can't start eating we are going to give you a feeding tube.

Well May 27th I will be 5 months out and I have lost 70lbs to date. I went from a sized 22/24 to now wearing a 13/14. I am so excited. I feel great, I have tons of energy and I get so many compliments. It feels good to work out and eat well. I have actually found I don't enjoy the unhealthy stuff as much because it makes me feel horrible.

RNY has changed my life and I am excited about my new journey and what lies ahead. I have so much more confidence. It feels good to go out with my husband and friends now and not be the fat chick at the table.

What is funny is my husband can eat whatever and not gain 1lb. I look at food and gain 10. Most of our friends and their wives are really thin so I always felt insecure eventhough, I still weigh 215lbs. I feel great about myself and I can go out feeling good about doing so because, I look just as good as the other wives at the table.

The first month if you would have asked me would I do it again I probably would have said no, now I would say " THIS WAS THE BEST THING I HAVE EVER DONE!!!!

Losing the LBS and Loving it!

Beginning Weight: 284lbs
Current Weight: 215lbs
Goal Weight 150lbs
Lbs to loose: 65lbs

Ok, so I recently posted that I had platued and the weight was no longer moving. Well today I weighed and I was 5lbs lighter! HIP HIP HOORAY! I was feeling like I was going to be fat forever but the scale proved me wrong today and I needed to see those lbs disappear!

I have been hopping and skipping all day today and I am yet again excited about my new journey. I know there will be good days and bad days but I am in it for the long haul! I guess when I had the surgery I thought I could wake up wave a magic wond and say poof.........fat girl be gone! Well I quickly got a reality check!


A good friend of mind reminded me when she said: "Felicia you didn't gain the weight over night and you are not going to loose it over night!"

Thanks for all of your support! obesityhelp.com ROCKS!!!

Peace and Blessings,

Weight Today 235lbs!!

Well, it has been sometime since I posted last but a lot has transpired since I had my surgery. Shortly after surgery I went back in the hospital twice due to extreme dehydration as I found it very difficult to get liquids in and let's not even talk about protein. The smell of food made me sick so needeless to say I wasn't eating either. (No broth, no jello, no nothing.) My taste buds were totally different after surgery. I went through many changes both physical and mental that I don't think I was prepared for. I cried for days thinking did I do the right thing. As I bounce back I know I made the right decision.

Well as of Feb. 27 I will celebrate my 2 month "surgeryversary" I am much better I am drinking and my appetite is starting to come back and I am now trying different foods. I am growing discouraged however as I dropped 43lbs very quickly after surgery and I have now plateued and this plateued has stuck around for about 3 weeks now.

So of course I am now fighting the mental demons that cause me to wonder will you be the one to have this surgery and not loose the weight? I am trying to stay postive and on track. I have just been released by my surgeon to exercise because I had some early complications so maybe this will get the scale moving again.

Since going through this process I marvel at the people who say that WLS is the easy way out. This journey is far from easy!

I am going to do all I can to stay focused and not give in to the thoughts that I won't be successful at this either!

Staying the Course! This too shall pass!

Starting Weight 283lbs
Present Weight 240lbs
Goal 150 lbs

In playing this game called life I have faced both many joys and pains, but whatever challenges I have faced, I am thankful to God that he has blessed me to become the woman that I am.

A little about myself.......I married my high school sweet heart and we have been together for almost 16 years but have been married for 10. We don't have the perfect message (if you find one please show me (lol)) but we have a pretty amazing marriage! To our union we have three wonderful little boys who I am so blessed to call sons and we have one little girl who died while I was 8 months pregnant. (RIP Destiny Faith)

So, I have come to this place in the road where I have gotten to be over weight and many things in my life caused me to turn to food for comfort. Outside of life's challenges my life has become out of balance, and out of control, and I have 120 extra lbs. to prove it. As any other caring, loving mother the first thing I did wrong was I stop taking care of me, and began taking care of everyone else. All of my time and energy was dedicated to caring for the ones I love.

Other things that contributed to my obesity was disappointments in life that caused severe depression.  One of the darkest times in my life was the loss of my daughter. As you can imagine having three sons one could only wish for a little girl.  When my husband and I found out we were having a girl we were ecstatic. I was excited to meet this little angel so that I could care for her. I had visions of us shopping together, laughing together, going to the salon together, playing dress up, and all the wonderful things that a mommy and daughter share. When I went in for my Dr.'s visit because of some complications and symptoms I was experiencing at home I learned that my dreams and aspirations for my baby girl were gone.

As I sat in the hospital going through a normal birthing process only to deliver a baby,  that I would not be able to take home, but I was faced to go home and plan her funeral I was devastated.

I turned to food as my drug of choice. I sat in the house for months and cried and ate until a good friend of mine said to me Felicia, "I know you are hurting but when are you going to move on and stop handing out invitations to your pity party?" Of course at first I felt she was being selfish, but I realized I was being selfish. God had given me three beautiful little boys to care for and love and how did I honor that gift by mourning what I lost instead of celebrating what I already had!

Needless to say, for years I have battled with weight I have tried Adkins, Weight Watcher, Jenny Craig, LA Weightloss, Perricone Diet, HCG shots in conjunction with Phentermine, and who knows what else! With all of these programs, I obtained some results but nothing lasted. All of these programs were very costly to up keep.

So here I am, with a Surgery Date set for Dec. 27, 2010 and ready for my new journey. The battle with weight is officially over and I can spend my energy and time on something else. I am ready to lead a healthy life so that I am able to see my children graduate college, have families of their own. I want to grow old with my husband and travel the world and be able to buy one airplane seat! (lol) No more being the only fat girl or wife at the table.......but I will be the healthy beautiful girl at the table, not the fat girl with a pretty face! (lol)

I am excited about where this journey will take me!!!! Let the journey begin!

Hello Everyone,

My name is Felicia and I go to Carolinas Weight Management and Wellness Center and Dr. Timothy Kuwada is my surgeon.

My surgery date is Dec. 27 and I have chosen to have the Gastric Bypass. What about you guys?

Hello Everyone,

I started day one of my liquid diet on yesterday. I had a very hard time, let's just say it was a long day. Day two was a lot better and I feel as though I have a lot more energy today than I did the first day. If I have one grieveance it is the awful headaches I am experiencing. Have any of you had this problem.

If you have completed the liquid diet share your survival tips with the group.