Mary Jo P.

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i made the 50 lb mark by september 1st! as of this morning i am down 54 lbs, weighing in at 167! that means 4 more lbs to overweight BMI and 31 lbs to normal BMI. my next dr appt is not until december, for my 6 month check up. my goal for 6 months is to be at 150, which i think is realistic. i am 14 weeks out as of yesterday and i am very happy that i am losing at a "slow" and steady pace. 12 more weeks til my 6 month anniversary. this is a wonderful tool, i am so blessed!!!

i have been "stalled" for the last 5 days, go figure. i am now down 48lbs and i am dying to lose these 2 lbs by the 1st so i can say i reached the 50 lb mark! i will be 1/2 way to goal in just 3 months, i will be very happy with that! things are still going pretty well. i have tried the foods i was most worried i wouldn't be able to tolerate: red meat, salad and rice...and they all settled just fine! rice i have only tried once, red meat twice and salad once. i also had almost 1/2 tuna melt the other day and did ok with the wheat bread, but still try to stay away from the carbs! my problem right now is just not eating enough and definitely not getting in enough protein. but i am doing the best i can right now, things will get better once i start to feel hunger! and i know that time will come!

wow time sure does fly! i am 11 weeks out tomorrow and i am down 45 lbs now. i am hoping to be down 50lbs by sept 1st, my 3 month anniversary. i think i can do it! i am 13lbs away from being just overweight! woohooo! still 40 lbs from normal. i will get there and i cannot wait!

Hello everyone! Nothing much really going on here. I am now down 37 lbs...just looked back at my june 28th post and had lost 22 lbs then. WOW, i did not realize that I lost 15 lbs this month, I am psyched! the weeks seem to come and go and i always feel like i am not losing anything. i am hoping to maybe lose a pound or 2 before monday, that's my 2 month anniversary. i don't go back to the doctor til august 10th. i will get my final diet, my life diet, then. i am kind of excited about that, don't know why since i don't really eat that much anyways. i think it will just give me a feeling of normalcy, being able to eat with no restrictions. plus i want to have a salad! today i ate cajun shrimp pasta from red lobster, for lunch and then for dinner. between the 2 meals i ate about 1/2 of the lunch portion. probably not the best choice, but i actually craved something for the first time since surgery and that was it! we shall see how the scale feels about that in the morning! but so far, things are great and i am so happy and grateful for this surgery!

I haven't updated in awhile. I am 6 weeks out now and down 31 lbs! People ask me a lot if I am glad I had this done and truly I am. I realize that having less to lose, I may not lose as much, as fast. But 31% of my excess body weight in 6 weeks makes me pretty damn happy! Some days I look at myself and can't tell any difference. I know that will change. I have noticed that my visor in my car is always down and the mirror is always open! lol i am always looking at my face, of course that's the one place I can tell for sure. I told the kids tonight, I have cheekbones again! This is an exciting roller coaster ride, definitely has it's ups and downs. but the feeling i get when i am up, outweighs all the downs! no doubts about this surgery at all, this was the best thing i could have done for myself and my health and my kids, mentally and physically.

just a quick update! got on the scale this morning and i have finally reached 199!!! i am so happy to have reached the 100's! i am down 22 lbs, so 22% of my excess body weight is already gone!i am 4 weeks out tomorrow and very happy with 5.5 lbs per week! could have never done that before this surgery. i go back to work tomorrow. i am a little nervous about that, only because i want to make good food choices. so i have a lot to prepare for tonight. i hope people notice my weight loss too. i am sure they will. i was out of work from february til may and when i went back people were telling me it looked like i lost weight and i had probably lost 8-10 lbs. so they better notice with 22 lbs gone!

well, last wednesday i was at 206, gained 2 lbs. don't know how that happened! but they came off and now have only lost another pound. i am down a total of 18 lbs. i wish it was coming off faster, but i am trying to be patient. i am following all the rules, so it has to start coming off sooner or later! i hope....

I should really stay on top of things here! So, Thursday I went for my one week follow-up and lost 17 lbs! Of course, I had been weighing myself daily and already knew, but still. Dr. O'Malley didn't even say anything about my weight loss, so when I brought it up, he said he doesn't even really like to look at it until 6 months out. Got my new prescription for trinsicon, then went and got my bloodwork done. I go back to work on the 29th, yuck. I love being home. It is nice spending the day with Gianna, my 3 year old, it's nice being home when my other 2 get home from school. I wish it could be like that forever, but.... now i was getting on the scale everyday, wednesday i was 204. thursday-204, friday-204, saturday-204, sunday-204! what's up with that? so today i finally told my son, take this freaking scale and hide it from me! only give it to me on wednesdays to weigh in and then hide it again! please please please let it be under 200 on wednesday! although i highly doubt it! i will post again on wednesday to let ya all know where i am for my 2 week anniversary!

Well, here I am, 5 days post-op. Still don't feel too good, but I guess that is to be expected. It does get a little better each day. So day of surgery, I got to the hospital at 8:15. They brought me back to pre-op, started my IV, gave me shot in my belly for blood thinner. Dr. o'Malley stopped in to see me for a quick minute, then Dr. Clark, the anestesiologist came in and told me what he'd be doing. shortly he gave me something in my IV and it was off to lala land! Don't remember a thing until I woke up in recovery. I remember thinking, "oh my god, its already over". Then I was just in and out, a lot of pain and nausea. I did one lap around the nurse's station the day of surgery and had to stop, started dry heaving. Boy, did that hurt. Got morphine and phenergan, slept awful that night. Nothing to drink or anything the first day. Day after surgery, about midday they brought 1 oz cups of water and said i could have 2 an hour. I was only drinking one an hour, so weird! Then dinner, I got broth and jello, could barely eat that. Had not even half the broth and a few bites of jello. Went home on Friday and stayed with my parents for a couple days. Now I am home, don't feel much like eating, but trying to get liquids in and some food. Very tired, gonna ask doc about b-12 shots when i go see him on thursday. Got to meet Eileen in the hospital, who I met thru OH via email, so that was cool! I got on the scale this morning and am down 10lbs from morning of surgery. I hope thats good, I feel like it is! Well, will write again soon!

Yesterday was pretesting, and what a chore that was! I am very impatient and I guess even a little hot-headed. So, my appointment was 1:45pm, I get there about 10 minutes early. Figured I didn't need much extra time because they gave me my paperwork to fill out prior. So, about a 1/2 hour passes by and I'm still sitting in the waiting room. ANNOYING! Finally they call my name, I go over and the girl says I have to sign a couple papers. One for my family spokesperson, one saying I have requested a private room and for my telephone to be turned on. Then she tells me to have a seat in the waiting room and a nurse will come get me. Ok, so now ANOTHER 1/2 hour goes by before a nurse comes and gets me. WTF??? Yeah, now I'm really ticked by this point, there for an hour before the nurse even comes to get me. Takes me to get weighed (222 yesterday)brings me in a room, takes my blood pressure, then tells me I have to see 3 people and he walks out! First, an older man comes in, says he is physician's assistant, listens to my heart and chest and back, tells me his story about his WLS. He lost 100 lbs and gained 40 of it back. Great! Exactly what I want to hear. Then tells me there's a pool party 2 years post-op, for all the women and you have to wear a bikini. Says, he will be the lifeguard in his Speedo. lol Out the door he goes. One down, 2 to go. Next, a nurse comes in and talks to me about day of surgery and how things should go. Talks about my meds I currently take and says I can take them up til day of surgery and even day of. Liquid diet day before surgery, nothing after midnight, blah blah blah. Tells me a technician will be in to draw some blood and then I go up to 2nd floor for chest xray. Okay, bye-bye nurse. Then comes the tech, does EKG and draws 3 tubes of blood. Had thingy tied sooooo tight around my arm, I thought it might cut my arm off! Then asks me if I had a free parking pass, I didn't, asks me if I want one. I say, no I'd rather pay for parking. Haha, no really I want one! So that was cool, free is always good! Then I was off to the 2nd floor for chest xray, waited about 20-25 minutes for tech to come get me. First room we went in, machine wasn't working. Carried my bra to the next room! and got my xray. Finally done!!! Gosh longest day ever! I was there for like 2 1/2 hours and I am so glad I am done with that. Now I anxiously await June 1st!