Jeff Gudim

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Hey Everyone, Well this week has been pretty good. I weighed in today and lost another 7 pounds, so now i am down 124 pounds since march & 61 since surgery in November. But thats not the only WOW i had. This weekend we are going away to a dart tournament and i need some new pants. I went to Big & Tall to get something. I told my wife i think i should try on a 4X sweatpants,she said ok. Well they were really lose so i ended up with a 3X. Use to wear a 5X-6X....Then i saw a pair of Khaki shorts i said maybe i will try on a 60, well i ended up fitting into a 54. My eyes went (O)(O). i have a pair that were 60 but i rember getting a 6X and trying on a 70. I was so happy i couldnt hold back the PERMAGRIN i had. Well anyway that is this weeks update & hopefully we will do well at the tourny. ADIOS til next week. 

Well yesterday was 8 weeks out since surgery & i am feeling great. I am down 117 since i started this program in March & 54 down since surgery, I now weigh 403. I was really pushing to try and get to 399 but thats ok 6 pounds in one week is just fine. I cant remember the last time i was this low. I was 380 coming out of school in 1991 and i was 420-440- in 2002 when Jeffrey Jr was born. I have started going back to the gym again and have now moved on to the Eliptical even though it only says 350 pounds i still use it. I also used the bike for the first time in probaly 20 years and boy did i pay for that one, i was so soar. Well just wanted to update everyone, tonight or tomorrow i will be updating photos also. Have a great week. 

Well it has been an interesting week for me & my Family. Christmas was great but dinner went down hard. The kids were very happy and thats all that matters. On sunday i was kinda worried about my weigh in on wed., I dont know why just was. On Monday we got one hell of a snow storm, 10 - 12 inches of snow but that wasnt the bad part, the winds were crazy and the drifts showed it. On Tuesday My wife called to tell me that she is being Laid Off on Monday. Wasn't I HAPPY!!!! And to end the night off My dog tried to bite my daughter for the third time, so today i had to let her go to a new home. She was neglected when she was younger and we just got her a month ago but i couldnt take the chance. My daughter cried til 2 am cause she didnt want her to go. I felt like an ass!!!!!! Then i went to my weigh in today at the Nutritionist office and i was like as long as i dont gain i will be happy. Then BAM the scale showed 409, I lost 8 pounds this week for a total of -48 since surgery & -111 since i started this program. And to beat that its my Birthday HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!!!!!! Cya next week 

Ok so week 5 was a busy week with xmas parties and kids starting sports. I lost another 3 pounds in week 5 so that put me at -34 since surgery & -97 since March. I am still getting use to losing a small amount of weight. week 4 i also lost 3 pounds and i was pissed!!!! I was told by some good friends that i need to relax and let things flow.


Week 6 - 12/21/2010 - lost 6 lbs this week & I am now 103 pounds lighter since March & 40 pounds lost since surgery. I am very very happy to have reached this point. I feel great and I am not in as much pain as before. I am still not hungry and cant get use to eating. I have no desire to eat. I am still not use to getting compliments, this is something that has never happened before. But i am trying to get use to it. I still have alot to lose and cant wait for the rest to come off. Cya next week

Well this week started off good by going to the gym and working hard and eating is coming a little easier but not always great. But then i went and weighed in today and the scale read 426 down 3 pounds, ONLY 3 FREAKIN POUNDS, i am so AGGREVATED!!!!!! i knew it was coming where it was going to slow down but i didnt think it was going to effect me like it has. I was dumbfounded but i also know i need to just start working harder and not think about it. At least its not gained any right. Well i hope that i am going to kill it next week. Sorry but not much to say this week, cya next week 

Well today i went to weigh in and i was down another 9 pounds. Not bad considering the weather has been shitty around here. But it shouldn't be an excuse, i believe i am joining the gym finally cause i cant take these cold walks too much longer.

Well this was my first week of soft foods and thanksgiving week to boot. I am having a real hard time getting the meals in so i am still doing 1 protein drink a day. I cant stand the taste of food after it has been chewed on for so long. I am going to try and get better at this though.

Sometimes it is hard to be in this position. I know i am losing the weight cause i see it in the numbers and feel it in my activity and how my clothes feel. My shoes feel really lose and every time i walk my socks bunch up, BUT it is hard to hear from everyone that i am losing when i really don't see it myself. I love the compliments and understand that i am losing but not seeing it is killing me. I am not a person who really cared what i looked like but now that i am losing the weight i want to see it. oh well eventually it will come to me.

Well i go see the surgeon on Monday for my 1st post - op visit  and see what she has to say. I am going to work my ass off this week because most of the pain is gone now. I am so ready to resume to be able to do stuff again.

See ya next week!!!! 

 Well today was a little rough. I started out the day fine and had my protein drink this morning then for snack had applesauce which tasted like heaven. then for lunch i had refried beans some cheese & taco sauce and everything went down fine. Then came the big feast and let me tell you i really wasn't that hungry so i had 1 ounce of turkey & 1/4 cup of mashed potatoes and that was it. It was unreal usually i am the one with the biggest plate and today i had the least, usually i finish before everyone else but today i was the last one at the table. What a feeling. So everything went down great and about a half hour after i ate i had this wicked heavy feeling in my upper chest. so i decided to go outside and walk around. Wow did i BURP BURP BURP, i couldnt believe how much i burped. So after a while i started to feel better. I came in the house nad laid down for about an hour and finally started to feel better, I think i mave have eaten to fast even though i t seemed forever. Anyways afterwards we decided to go to a friends house and play cards. it was a good time.
Made it through my first turkey day as a loser WOOHOO!!!!

Well is has been a pretty good week but some days were very frustrating. On thursday i decided to go out to the store to do a little grocery shopping and decided to get some water because we were out. then when i got home i decided to go for my walk. I finally had started doing my mile walk again but i also want to get back down to 21 minute mile so i pushed real hard and did it in 23 minutes. Then i went right to the car and got my water out of the van and when i got into the house i felt this unbelievable pain below my incision on my left side.so with the advise from some other preops i just sat and relaxed all day thursday and all day friday.
Saturday i went to my kids basketball clinic and stood for 3 hours and felt like shit when i came home, so i laid on the couch for a couple hours and got rid of the nasty feeling.
BUT since then everything has been great i am back to walking once to twice a day and the pains have gone away. i do get some pain here and there when i twist or bend over to quick.
Then today i went to weigh and I LOST 12 MORE POUNDS WOOOOOHOOOO!!!!!!! 
19 pounds since surgery and 82 pounds since March i am very happy with that and now have more motivation then ever.
I have a DR appointment on Dec. 6th and i want to be below 400 thats 2 weeks but i will be happy as long as it goes LOL. cya next week 

well today is my first week post op and everything has gone very well, no complications as of yet. I have been walking everyday at least .6 mile and some days over a mile but it depends. Went to my post op PCP appointment today and i LOST 7 POUNDS WOOHOO!!!! I also am now off my Diabetes medicine and they cut my water pill from 160mg a day to 80mg a day to see if the fluids stay off of me. I have had a pretty good day so far. 

I will try to update my blog every week to keep anyone updated that checks things out. Cya next week

Well i am home and recovering but i will try and start from the beginning of the day on 11/10/2010

I woke up at 6 am to get ready for the big day and of course i was nervous as hell. got my kids up for school and gave my son a hug and told him how much i loved him before he left. then at 7:30 the phone rings and its my surgeon she says there has been a wrinkle in the schedule and wanted to know what my timeframe from here to the hospital was(all i could think was great they are going to delay my surgery) so i told her i was suppose to be there at 12 and she asked if i could be there by 11am and i said of course. I then gave my daughter a kiss and hug and told her how much i loved her and we both started crying. Went and took a shower and cried some more.
So we packed up and headed out for the hour drive to portland maine medical. We(My wife,My sister & me) arrive at the hospital at 10:30 and was really getting nervous. went to admitting and they said it will be a few minutes. We sat down and then bam off goes the buzzer and we were off to prep for surgery. when i weighed in my surgery weight was 457 and i was so excited. so we went in and got me ready the surgeon came in and asked if i was ready and the best thing that happened was the nurse that prepped me up sat and talked to us until they came to get me because she had RNY back in 1994 and looked great.

Well then all the emotions hit me and i started crying like a baby, I told my wife how much i loved her and told her to tell the kids how much there daddy loved them, she said you can tell them yourself when you get out, gave my sister a hug and told her i loved her and then we were off.

So here is the timeframe of everything
Arrived @ hospital @ 10:30
Prepped for surgery @ 11:00
RNY Surgery @ 12::00 - 4:00
Recovery from 4:00 - 7:00
Got to my room @ 7:30
Started to get up and walk around 7:30 - 7:45


I got up a couple more times that night and let me tell ya it felt like someone kicked me in the gut about 40 times with steel toed boots.
i didnt sleep real good but I was comfortable and my roomate was having alot of problems and was a real jerk. The Nurses were AWESOME. I got up and started walking at 4 am and i walked about every 1/2 hour 45 minutes until they told me at 10:30 i could go home....so i only had a 24 hour stay at the hospital. I WAS VERY HAPPY!!!!!

When i got home we pretty much rested and relaxed, today has been a pretty good day and now i am able to tolerate the pain a little better as its going away.

I will try to keep updating asmuch as possible

11/10/2010 Is a new start to My new life!!!!!!!