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April 28^th 2009

Well .. tomorrow is the big day.. the day I meet with the surgeon…

I am down to 223… I started taking some water pills yesterday to see if that will help me go down some before my appt

I called the Dr’s office and they said I can go in at 8am to weigh in!!! I’m so happy about that .. I was going to starve myself until my appt at 3:45..Im glad I decided to call and ask

            I’m also happy.. the weather for this weekend has changed.. it is now saying it will not rain on Friday.. which is good cause we are going to the Bronx Zoo.. yay.. I’m so excited about our min vacation to NYC…  it will be raining on Sat but we are doing the museum of natural history.. so it doesn’t really matter.. although I would have liked to take the kids to central park .. but we will see…

            I have a bad cold and feel like crap .. but am in a good mood because of all of the above..  Im dying for tomorrow to come to see what the surgeon will tell me

Well, Im back to weighing myself everyday again.. I do better this way, because then Im more conscious of what I eat… When I don’t weigh myself everyday my mind tells me it is ok to have a lil bit more of this and a lil bit more of that as I have time to work it off before the next weigh in..

So far.. Im at 229.0 which I am really happy about.. Im out of the 230’s and the 240’s and only have  12 more lbs to go before loosing the 10% I need to loose before surgery.. so Im really psyched about my progress so far..

Ive been running every night .. I started with 1 ½ blocks of running and 2 blocks of walking and Im now up to 6 blocks of running and 6 blocks of walking.. very impressive if I say so myself!! 

I got the Wii Fit.. which is so much fun.. I do about 30 min of that in the evening but will move it upto 45 at least.. by this week..

I even do yoga with it in the mornings.. Yoga?  Me? Wow….amazing!!!  lol

Tomorrow I go for my sleep study.. I just want to get it over with already.. I know its going to be a nightmare but I have to do it .. so I will..

Only 13 more days before I see the surgeon and with only 12lbs to go before I hit my goal.. it is looking like I might just pull it off.. or at least be very close to the 12lbs. Weight loss..

Ok.. so Im down to 227 which means Ive lost 14 and have 10 to go .. the thing is I see the surgeon is 6 days.. Im hoping and praying that if I don’t loose the 10 by then .. which I probably wont .. I will at least loose 5 because Im hoping he will still schedule my surgery with only 5lbs to go!!!  I have been wanting to do the wii fit everyday but haven’t.. Ive been really tired and have been lazy in the evenings.. I stopped running.. for no reason whatsoever.. I decided Im not going to run and just do the wii fit everynight.
I see the Dr on Wed and on Friday we are going to the city for the weekend.. I cant wait.. Im not going to be on any diet.. Im just going to enjoy myself. Especially with White Castle.. lol   we are going to the Bronx Zoo and the museum of national history.. plus walk around time square.. so Im hoping with all he stuff Im going to eat and all the walking Im going to do will balance itself out.. I will be back on weight watchers on Monday..  We have girls night out this Saturday… we are going to a dinner/movie show.. so you eat dinner as your watching a movie.. I’m just having coffee for bkfast and will have 0 pt soup for lunch.. I will order something non fried from the menu….I cant jeopardize my weigh in the following Wed…

Well, Im back to weighing myself everyday again.. I do better this way, because then Im more conscious of what I eat… When I don’t weigh myself everyday my mind tells me it is ok to have a lil bit more of this and a lil bit more of that as I have time to work it off before the next weigh in..

So far.. Im at 229.0 which I am really happy about.. Im out of the 230’s and the 240’s and only have  12 more lbs to go before loosing the 10% I need to loose before surgery.. so Im really psyched about my progress so far..

Ive been running every night .. I started with 1 ½ blocks of running and 2 blocks of walking and Im now up to 6 blocks of running and 6 blocks of walking.. very impressive if I say so myself!! 

I got the Wii Fit.. which is so much fun.. I do about 30 min of that in the evening but will move it upto 45 at least.. by this week..

I even do yoga with it in the mornings.. Yoga?  Me? Wow….amazing!!!  lol

Tomorrow I go for my sleep study.. I just want to get it over with already.. I know its going to be a nightmare but I have to do it .. so I will..

Only 13 more days before I see the surgeon and with only 12lbs to go before I hit my goal.. it is looking like I might just pull it off.. or at least be very close to the 12lbs. Weight loss..

Well, I had my sleep study this Friday and it wasnt pretty at all.. just as I imagined.. I didnt get any sleep and was feeling so claustophobic they had to unplug me a few times  in the evening..
I just know they are either going to tell me they have to do it over or that they got enough info to know that I have sleep apnea... yeah, my luck ususally works that way....
well, I can honestly say that Ive dieted for a very long time and have never gained weight due to my period.. I have my period and I gained a pound so Im really hoping and praying that it is due to my period...

well Im very happy today.. I weighed myself this am and am 229.. I am so happy to be out of the 230's
I now have lost 12 lbs and only have 12lbs to go..
I see the surgeon in 2 weeks so Im hoping that by that time Ive lost the 12lbs.. I know it is wishful thinking but I will try my darnest to do it..

I now run ever night.. Im upto 4 blocks.. which is not much but its a lot more then I was doing last week..lol

Its been a while since Ive updated.. but Im just been feeling so buhhh lately

First, I go to my pulmonologist appt only to find out I have to do a sleep study test.. uhhhh!!!!  I asked him why, he said just to be sure… hello!!! I don’t snore and don’t stop breathing in my sleep.. the Phy Asst at the surgeons office thought due to this and that my fat is not centered around my neck that I wouldn’t have to have one done.. well, I guess I do…

Also, I am having a heck of a time with the 10%..first I was on weight watchers but that was moving to slow, so I got on medifast for a ½ day and $140 later.. .then I was on the Atkins for a little under a week and now Im back on weight watchers.. I had an appt today with my surgeon but rescheduled it for 3 weeks from now… by the time I go to him I want to be as close to loosing the 17lbs I have to loose as possible.. I go for my sleep study next week so by the time I see the surgeon he would have all my results.. and the only thing left to do would be the 10%.....

            I went for a mammogram yesterday but she didn’t want to do it because I had breast reduction surgery 2 months ago and she rescheduled me for August…so I missed ½ day of work for nothing.. although being home early was so nice…

            I really have to stay on track with the weight watchers this time and will do what I’ve never done in my diet history… I am not going to weigh myself until the surgeon weighs my in, in 3 weeks.. this is really hard for me as I am use to weighing myself every single morning… the bad part of it is that I have a scale at home and 2 at work so they are all around me beckoning me to weigh myself., but I am going to be strong and not do it

 

 

APRIL 9^TH 2009

            So I went walking at a brisk pace last night for about a mile.. this morning I walked my dog and tried to walk at a brisk pace as well.. Im still struggling not to weigh myself ,  but so far Ive been strong  and haven’t caved in to do it!!  Today is 3 weeks exactly before I see my surgeon if I could loose 5lbs a week that would be great because it would mean by the time I see him I would only be about 4-5 lbs away from the weight I have to be, before they will schedule surgery.. so Im really working hard to get these pounds off as quickly as possible before then.  I have to start drinking more water, especially as I’ve been having soup for lunch everyday… I know what sodium does to my body.. .but I hate water and only drink it if I really force myself to do it.. even with crystal light, don’t like it.. but like I said I will do whatever I have to do, and that includes drinking lots of nasty water..

I started a food journal since Monday.. and have been doing good even document if I have a mint.. yesterday I only drank 2 cups of water.. shame on me!!!  Today I will do much better

           

Well I saw Kathleen/dietician today.. one more visit down ..

These are my next appts…

Tuesday I have the education session which I should have done at the beginning but didn’t..

Wednesday, I have to see my PCP which I have only seen twice in 5 years. Between that time Ive been pregnant twice.. I don’t know how she will feel about this surgery but the bariatric Dr’s want a PCP support letter.. hopefully all will go well with my PCP giving that to me.. I also need a routine physical so Im getting that done then as well..

Monday the 30^th I have my 2^nd visit w/the psychiatrist.. she said she needs to read to me the report to send into the Bariatric Dr.. ok, couldn’t she just send me a copy and me call her to tell her I agree with it?? Or couldn’t she just read it to me.. all these $20 copays are killing me!! 

April 2^nd.. I see the pulmonologist which what the NP said should be a breeze being that I don’t have problems sleeping and she said because I don’t carry my weight around my neck.. Im hoping I don’t have to do the sleep apnea test.. they don’t even have a TV there.. and that is the only way I fall asleep, especially in a strange place..uhhhh

My final appt is to the Surgeon.. which is on April 8^th. ..

When I first went to him in February 17^th I was upto 241.. today I weighed in with the dietician Im 234.. Im hoping to have lost at least 10 more pounds by the time I see the surgeon .. I have to be at 217 in order to have surgery scheduled and the auth req submitted to the insurance (which is where I work). Im hoping if Im just a few pounds off he will schedule it anyway.. so my main goal right now is loosing as much as possible..

 

Im currently doing Weight Watchers which is what Ive been on and off for about 5 years now.. it’s the only diet of the many Ive tried that I actually see results.. Im also taking the Alli pill .. which to be honest I don’t even know if it works or not..

 

I went to a tennis class last week and pulled my calf muscle.. ouch!!! Right when I started having fun.. and sweating my butt off.. I cannot wait until it is better so I can go back.. today Im starting to walk outside after work so I hope the muscle doesn’t act up.. I waited a week to do any excersise for fear of  reinjuring myself.. then I will definetly be screwed..

 

 

my name is Dee I am 36  yrs old. and am going through all the loops to have the gastric bypass.. I have alway been thin.. maybe not thin.. Im Puerto Rican so I had all the curves and butt , lol
I have been married for 15 yrs now to my hubby Ben and have 4 kids.. Marissa 11, Brandon 10, Cody 2 and Logan 6 months.. I have been overweight since after my first child. and have been on and off diets ever since.. I ballooned upto  241 which is the biggest Ive ever been... which is actually the weight I started with on this journey.  I just had breast reduction surgery and went from an E cup to a D cup.. Im sure I wont be enjoying these for long because they will prob be deflated once I have the surgery and start loosing the weight.
I see the dietician tomorrow and after that the pulmonologist and then the last appt would be the surgeon.  my nutritionist told me if they find gall stones that they will have to removed them.. I had a gall stone attack this summer but was pregnant so they didnt remove..
Its funny because when I was not fat I never even thought of my weight.. I guess I didnt appreciate not being fat..
I cant wait to go shopping for clothes that are not int the plus size. I can wait to run around with my 2 yr old..

Anways this is all for now I have to get back to work...  I wil write back after my dietician appt tomorrow