FrancineG
Whoa! 2 year Surgiversary snuck up on me!
Sep 04, 2011
If it were not for an email from OH, I would not have noticed it's been 2 years! I haven't been on here for a long time (been on Facebook), but I would like to update people on what's happened to me.
Due to some stresses in my life, I was starting to gain a bit of weight back. Then, I started kickboxing. I LOVE KICKBOXING!!!
I just barely started on July 2 and I can already see a big difference in my body! I freaked out a little bit at first because the scale actually moved up! But then I learned that you actually can gain weight the first 3 months of serious exercise due to fat turning into muscle and muscle weighs more than fat. If I can upload the before and afters I will. It took me quite a while to find an exercise program I can stick with. Because of my condition (transverse myelitis), it's hard to find something I can do. I can not only do kickboxing (hitting a bag, not people), but the lump I use to have on my back from stress it completely GONE! My joints don't hurt or feel stressed when I do it. It's been great. I totally believe beating the bag has made all the difference in the world!
I can honestly say 2 years out that WLS is the absolute best decision I have made next to accepting Jesus as my Lord and Savior, marrying my husband and having my 2 beautiful daughters! I have had no adverse reactions to the surgery other than when I am eating something I shouldn't or eating too fast. I would recommend the Sleeve to anybody considering WLS.
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Due to some stresses in my life, I was starting to gain a bit of weight back. Then, I started kickboxing. I LOVE KICKBOXING!!!
I just barely started on July 2 and I can already see a big difference in my body! I freaked out a little bit at first because the scale actually moved up! But then I learned that you actually can gain weight the first 3 months of serious exercise due to fat turning into muscle and muscle weighs more than fat. If I can upload the before and afters I will. It took me quite a while to find an exercise program I can stick with. Because of my condition (transverse myelitis), it's hard to find something I can do. I can not only do kickboxing (hitting a bag, not people), but the lump I use to have on my back from stress it completely GONE! My joints don't hurt or feel stressed when I do it. It's been great. I totally believe beating the bag has made all the difference in the world!I can honestly say 2 years out that WLS is the absolute best decision I have made next to accepting Jesus as my Lord and Savior, marrying my husband and having my 2 beautiful daughters! I have had no adverse reactions to the surgery other than when I am eating something I shouldn't or eating too fast. I would recommend the Sleeve to anybody considering WLS.
It's been a while!
Jun 14, 2010
It's been a while since I've been on here and SO MUCH has gone on. I hit a plateau that felt like it was going to last forever! It finally broke this weekend! Just in time for my oldest daughter's graduation from UCLA! I would have liked to have been below 170, but hey, I'll take whatever I can get. I lost 3 whole pounds just this weekend!!! I've had problems with bursitis come up making exercise almost impossible. Today was the first time in a long time I've been able to do my Turbo Jam workout. The great part is that I was able to do it way better than when I started doing it! I was able to jump!!! The Transverse Myelitis interfered before with my ability to jump and it still hampers me. However, I'm getting to the point that I almost feel like I can RUN!!! I'm afraid to try though because I'm scarred of falling down. If I can get to a treadmill, I am going to try it! At least I'd have something to grab on to if I start to fall.
I just finished an Administrative Assistant Training class LAHC and am about to start job hunting. I need to get out of the preschool. I am worth so much more than they are willing to give me. Like I said before, lots going on.
Mostly, I just deliriously happy and proud that my oldest daughter graduated from UCLA. I am more proud of her than words could ever express. Hopefully there will be wedding bells for her by next year. More incentive to get rid of the rest of this weight. At least I looked better for this graduation than I did for 8th grade and high school. Well, that's all for now. I'll be back when I get the chance. Still lots going on. Such is life. Keep rockin' your sleeves out there!!!
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I just finished an Administrative Assistant Training class LAHC and am about to start job hunting. I need to get out of the preschool. I am worth so much more than they are willing to give me. Like I said before, lots going on.
Mostly, I just deliriously happy and proud that my oldest daughter graduated from UCLA. I am more proud of her than words could ever express. Hopefully there will be wedding bells for her by next year. More incentive to get rid of the rest of this weight. At least I looked better for this graduation than I did for 8th grade and high school. Well, that's all for now. I'll be back when I get the chance. Still lots going on. Such is life. Keep rockin' your sleeves out there!!!
SEVEN MONTH SURGIVERSARY
Apr 03, 2010
Wow!!! What an exciting month this has been! A friend of mine and I decided to sign up with Central Casting to be background actors. I worked my first job this week!!! I was freaking out at first. They asked for bright and vibrante clothes. All my bright and vibrant clothes no longer fit me!!! I was calling people to ask for clothes. My niece brought over her size 14 stretch skinny jeans. I said, "No way am I going to fit into that!". Guess what??? I WAS WRONG! I DID FIT INTO HER SIZE 14 STRETCH SKINNY JEANS!!! I wore them for the shoot and wore them again the next day to my regular job. I got so many compliments! This more than makes up for that stupid scale incident! I am prayerfully considering quitting the preschool in June and going into background acting and doing temp work inbetween jobs. Love my new life!!! (on a side note...sex is sooo much better too! Hee hee hee!) 
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I AM NOT HAPPY!!!
Mar 13, 2010
*SCREAM**CRASH* SCALE GOING THROUGH THE WINDOW!!! IT'S BEEN LYING TO ME!!! MAKING ME THINK I WAS DOING SO MUCH BETTER THAN I ACTUALLY WAS!!! But at least I do fit into a size 16. They can't take that away from me!!! I just had my 6 month check up with my surgeon. I always weigh myself at home so I can know what the difference in weigh is between my scale and theirs. MY SCALE IS OFF BY 23 POUNDS!!! 
Here I thought I was already out of the obese range only to be cruelly thrown back into it my traitorous scale. Well, needless to say that thing has been trashed (called my husband and had him so it. I would have beaten it with at sledgehammer before trashing it!) I have a new scale now and it matches with the doctors office. I know I should look at the fact that I have been going down in size. I'm trying, but this is a fresh wound that will take a couple of days to heal. I'm tempted to go off the deep end but I won't. That's just what the enemy wants me to do. I won't give him the satisfaction! I have lost a total of 70 pounds (not 90). Now, I need to contact OH so they can help me with readjusting my health tracker. *LOUDLY SCREAMING* Okay, done with the rant. On to the business of getting rid of this fat! 
NO LONGER OBESE!!!
Feb 20, 2010
I am so deliriously happy!!! For the first time in over 20 years I am no longer OBESE!!! I've hated that word since before I knew what it was. I saw that word for the first time in Jr. High. Remember when they check our general health in school. I saw the nurse write that word in my chart and I just knew it was not a nice word. I was very upset when I found out what it meant and I did not think it was okay at all! Now I am simply overweight, so happy that the scale is finally moving again and looking forward to the day that I can say I'm a "normal" weight!!! Thank you Lord!!! Praise be to God!!! 
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I'M A SIZE 18!!!
Feb 12, 2010
Sorry I haven't posted for a while. I've become a Farmville addict! My way of hiding I guess. I was getting extremely frustrated because I hit one of those famous plateaus. I didn't want to belly ache (pun intended) about it so I just avoided coming on here. I quit weighing myself for a few weeks and people were telling me how thin I was looking but I just figured they were comparing me to my pre-surgery weight. I had a very, very, very rough week at work. I went on a wee bit of a chocolate binge as a result. I didn't want to get on that scale figuring I was back up to the 190's for sure, but I made myself do it. Lo and behold, I am now 176!!!!!!! PTL, I'm finally out of the plateau!!! Not only that, but I slipped into a dress I haven't worn since the early 80's. I'M A SIZE 18!!! I started crying. I was so sure I was doing badly (grazing). Well that was just what I needed to see today. I'm back to feeling much better about myself. God knows I needed something after the week I had at work. The Toddler teacher injured herself on her day off so I had to spend the week in the Toddler room. No exercise this week, too exhausted. Although I did take them for a walk in the Bye Bye Buggy yesterday (Stroller for 6). I am thrilled.
On another note, I've decided to do something I've always wanted to do. A friend and I went up to Central Casting to register to be extras in Movies/TV/Commercials. I'm hoping to make enough to be able to quit my current job. They have us on a skeleton crew and I can see the writing on the wall. I pray I can get enough work to not only replace, but surpass my current income doing something I've always wanted to do but didn't have the nerve to do. Wish me luck! Or should I say "Break a leg"?
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I started crying. I was so sure I was doing badly (grazing). Well that was just what I needed to see today. I'm back to feeling much better about myself. God knows I needed something after the week I had at work. The Toddler teacher injured herself on her day off so I had to spend the week in the Toddler room. No exercise this week, too exhausted. Although I did take them for a walk in the Bye Bye Buggy yesterday (Stroller for 6). I am thrilled. On another note, I've decided to do something I've always wanted to do. A friend and I went up to Central Casting to register to be extras in Movies/TV/Commercials. I'm hoping to make enough to be able to quit my current job. They have us on a skeleton crew and I can see the writing on the wall. I pray I can get enough work to not only replace, but surpass my current income doing something I've always wanted to do but didn't have the nerve to do. Wish me luck! Or should I say "Break a leg"?
Christmas 2009
Dec 26, 2009
Not only was this my first Christmas post op, it was the first one we spent at home and I cooked. With my other condition (Transverse Myelitis) I haven't had the strength to clean and cook. The good Lord gave me the stregth I need to do both. I was very, very tired and sore after, but we had a blessed time. I didn't eat much, but that was more due to being tired and in pain than to the sleeve. But I'll take it any way I can get it!!! And now I'm out of the 190's and have moved into the 180's!
On another note, my mom is starting to make me a little crazy. I had a piece of pie and she said I was eating to much. I calmly but firmly told her that since I'd hardly eaten much of anything, the pie wasn't going to do anything to me. And I was right! I weighed myself before dinner and again this morning and I did not gain anything. Another Holiday, conquered! With the help of my Lord and Savior whose birthday we celebrate with much joy. Hallelujah!!!
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On another note, my mom is starting to make me a little crazy. I had a piece of pie and she said I was eating to much. I calmly but firmly told her that since I'd hardly eaten much of anything, the pie wasn't going to do anything to me. And I was right! I weighed myself before dinner and again this morning and I did not gain anything. Another Holiday, conquered! With the help of my Lord and Savior whose birthday we celebrate with much joy. Hallelujah!!!
Three month and one week Surgiversary!!!
Dec 10, 2009
I know, I know! I'm a week overdue for posting my Three month picture. First, my Internet was out for a few days, then I decided since I was going to be dressing up for our preschool Christmas program, to wait till that day (just a couple days after Internet came back). I GOT TO WEAR A BELT!!! I was so jazzed and got so many compliments. I've been fighting with myself over what I'm putting in my month and lost a couple of battles, but I've been sticking with it for the most part. I've gone back to riding my bike with my dog, Fiona (the diva) and I started doing Turbo Jam! Wish I had the money for a personal trainer, but I know I can manage with God's help on my own. Blessings my OH family. Have a great Christmas season and don't forget to give Jesus a present!
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I tackled my first holiday and won!
Nov 27, 2009
Yea!!! My first Thanksgiving post op was so great! Dinner was at my sis-in-law's house. Her husband is a GREAT cook!!! (It was a shot-gun wedding! We told her she had to marry this one! LOL! JK!) I served myself on a dessert plate instead of the regular dinner plates. I only served myself a little (nothing balancing or sliding off the plate) I served a second time and could not finish it! I was slightly dissappointed and jazzed at the same time! Dissappointed cause there was a lot of good food but jazzed that I couldn't pig out. I had one bite of hubby's dessert (no sense serving myself since I knew I could eat a full serving) and was satisfied. And this morning, THE SCALE MOVED DOWN!!!!!!! YEA!!!! PRAISE THE LORD!!! CHRISTMAS! BRING IT ON!!! THE SLEEVE ROCKS ON!!!
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My Scale Repented!!!
Nov 05, 2009
I am offically in Onederland!!!! I will post the picture as soon as I can find my cable for transfering pictures. WOO HOO!!!! Nothing taste as good as being thin feels baby!!!!
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About Me
Wilmington, CA
Location
28.8
BMI
Surgery
09/03/2009
Surgery Date
Mar 05, 2009
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Before & After
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