jessicae
jessicae posted a discussion topic 13 years, 11 months ago
Bathing Suit shopping - ok, i admit... i have had 1 bathing suit in the past 15 years. it was a blue mass of fabric and i only wore it in the dark in a hotel pool two times.
i'm still REALLY self co...
jessicae posted a discussion topic 14 years ago
running on treadmill vs. road? - so i was up to running 10 minutes on treadmill... i go on the road today and almost passed out! my lungs were burning and i was hurting!
any advice? dont' think i'll make t...
jessicae posted a discussion topic 14 years ago
stall - so months 0-4 i went from 280 pre op to 202. month 4-5 i went from 202 to 196. wtf?
6 pounds in a month? AND this is the month i started exercising more (jogging/walking c...
jessicae posted a discussion topic 14 years ago
successfully jogged 1/4 mile today! - i'm starting to train for a 5k in april and a 10k in august.
today i jogged (at 3.2 mph) for 5 minutes and did .25 miles. normally i can only go a minute and a half at atime b...
jessicae posted a discussion topic 14 years, 1 month ago
i did it. ONEDERLAND. pretty long post for an am - i knew it was coming. i wondered how i would react. i stepped on the scale this morning and it read 199.6. i got off and got on again 2 more times. 199.6.
i remember grad...
jessicae posted a discussion topic 14 years, 1 month ago
all i want is a 0.8 pound loss! - I am at 200.6 again. i went up to 201 for a week and now back down. i did some extra running on the treadmill this morning to hopefully push it under the 200 mark. i've built u...
jessicae posted a discussion topic 14 years, 1 month ago
NSV's keep on coming - i went to visit my old workplace (i left last year and come back every other month to visit). I was last there mid-December. I got such amazing reactions from walking in there.....
jessicae posted a discussion topic 14 years, 1 month ago
4 month update and my birthday! - today is my birthday! my 4 months were on 1/29/12. As of this morning i am 200.8 pounds! Sooooo close to onederland which was wishful thinking for my birthday goal. thought i w...
jessicae posted a discussion topic 14 years, 1 month ago
4 months out today - not feeling to great lately due to some more dehydration issues and ER visits... aside from that my stats look wonderful. down 78 pounds and almost in Onederland, and down 37 inch...
jessicae posted a discussion topic 14 years, 1 month ago
was in ER until 5 this morning. - came home from work yesterday and started with ridiculous diarrhea from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. started feeling shaky and dizzy and was assuming was getting dehydrated. my husband came...
jessicae posted a discussion topic 14 years, 1 month ago
How do you know the difference between a virus and - ok, tmi i know, but i haven't had diarrhea since the week after surgery, and went once today at work and then 4 times since i got home an hour ago. i did have 2 small pieces of c...
jessicae posted a discussion topic 14 years, 1 month ago
Is a PPI needed? - i took it right after surgery but then had a hard time continuing to take it (supposed to open up a capsule and eat in 1 teaspoon full of yogurt 2x daily). i have texture issues ...
jessicae posted a discussion topic 14 years, 1 month ago
several shopping NSV's - my counselor (who recently lost weight) is giving me all her size 16's. I'm in a size 18 now but can fit in most of the 14-16 shirts and a few of the 16 pants. i went shopping t...
jessicae posted a discussion topic 14 years, 1 month ago
3 1/2 months out and 72 pounds down. - for some reason anything beyond 70 to me sounds like a lot. at 50 lbs down i was like "eh". and 60, i was "hmm". and now at 70 + i am "really?!". i still can't tell in the mirr...
jessicae posted a discussion topic 14 years, 1 month ago
just for fun... - just for shits and giggles i tried on my pre surgery pants (size 24/26) and they look like clown pants on me now! i knew they'd be big but didn't know THAT big. crazy to think o...
jessicae posted a discussion topic 14 years, 1 month ago
so thankful! - ct scan at surgeon's hospital went off without a hitch. 1st nurse skipped on the iv and called her back up since i told them what happened to me at my local hospital on tuesday (...
jessicae posted a discussion topic 14 years, 2 months ago
Ring Size NSV - my wedding rings are too big! so as not to lose them, i bought a $70 cubic zirconia ring on sale for $35 in a.....
SIZE 7! my wedding rings were a 10, i had some size 8's lay...
jessicae posted a discussion topic 14 years, 2 months ago
so frustrated! - i went to my local hospital outpatient building to have my ct scan done today (with iv contrast only). after 4 nurses and 8 needle sticks, they offered to have the picc team come...
jessicae posted a discussion topic 14 years, 2 months ago
nervous about CT scan Tuesday - i have to have a follow up CT scan with iv contrast done on Tuesday due to the issue with my spleen that happened during surgery (gastric artery was knicked attached to spleen, lo...
jessicae posted a discussion topic 14 years, 2 months ago
oy vey with the hair loss. - yuck. coming out in handfuls as i'm in the shower this morning. let alone when i brush/comb it. disgusting. i guess it's time to up my protein shakes from 1 to 2 per day. hop...
jessicae posted a discussion topic 14 years, 2 months ago
did i miss something? - i feel like most of the vets that i really looked forward to reading their posts are no longer posting. either that or i am just totally missing them. usafwife, sassyitalian, je...
jessicae posted a discussion topic 14 years, 2 months ago
update on lab work and can I say how much i love m - So my bilirubin had come back high after 2 tests. Because the surgeon said it's mostly indirect bilirubin, it probably is not gallstones but instead hemolysis (had a spleen infarc...
jessicae posted a discussion topic 14 years, 2 months ago
repeated bilirubin test - any medical field people out there? my bilirubin was slightly elevated 1.7 mg/dl a few weeks ago, my surgeon repeated the test with direct/indirect levels and all were slightly h...
jessicae posted a discussion topic 14 years, 2 months ago
dr. said no goal set? - quick poll... last check up with my dr. i asked when we would set my goal weight? his response was he doesn't set goal weights. he said some people never get to it and others su...
jessicae posted a discussion topic 14 years, 2 months ago
size WHAT? - went to Fashion Bug to pay my credit card bill and started looking at the dresses (my work holiday party is the end of january). got a size 16 black dress and IT FITS. still in ...
