.~ Kimberlina ~.
I'm still alive and kicking...
Jul 27, 2007
No change! I've been stuck at this160 mark for months! I'm gonna start up my liquids diet again. Just to jump start it! And in OCT im gonna start my Plastics. Keep praying I keep losing! thanks!
BEFORE~273
AFTER~160 so far~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
BEFORE~273
AFTER~160 so far~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
updates..15 months P.O
Jun 11, 2007
Here is a before at 273lbs!! 
AFTER at 160lbs!
I think I'm needing an update here! so here it goes...
I'm down to 160lbs! This last 30 lbs are a pain in my ass! Ive been stuck here for 2-3 months now. I'm wearing a size 10. which is nice. Never in my life I ever was in a size 10. So my next goal is to wear a single digit! Lets hope I get there! I'm starting my plastics in Oct of this year, which Im exicited for. Im hoping I get approved for the tummy tuck! Lets hope!
AFTER at 160lbs! I think I'm needing an update here! so here it goes...I'm down to 160lbs! This last 30 lbs are a pain in my ass! Ive been stuck here for 2-3 months now. I'm wearing a size 10. which is nice. Never in my life I ever was in a size 10. So my next goal is to wear a single digit! Lets hope I get there! I'm starting my plastics in Oct of this year, which Im exicited for. Im hoping I get approved for the tummy tuck! Lets hope!
Happy 1st Bday to me!
Mar 15, 2007
Wow I cant believe its been a year! ONE YEAR! WOW! Time flys!
A year ago I sat crying on here, so scared about my surgery. Sitting here a year ago in back, chest and leg pain. But today I feel so much better. NO More Pain! I have so much energy! Its amazing! I still have about 30-40lbs to go. But So far I have Lost a TOTAL of 101lbs! I still cant believe I'm here a year later, and healthy! I wanted to Give a HUGE THANK YOU, to everyone who I met along the way, this web site and my support group. You are all amazing people, and I wouldnt be here if it wasnt for all of your inspirational letters, your prayers and so on...I love each of you dearly. THANK YOU!
"So thank you for standing right by me
thank you for being behind me
And watching me grow and letting others know
That you still believe in what I'll be ...
And I hope I can give back
A little bit of what you've given me"
Kimberlina
273/172/140ish
3/15/2006
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Here is my Before and After...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~AFTER~~~~~~~~~~~
A year ago I sat crying on here, so scared about my surgery. Sitting here a year ago in back, chest and leg pain. But today I feel so much better. NO More Pain! I have so much energy! Its amazing! I still have about 30-40lbs to go. But So far I have Lost a TOTAL of 101lbs! I still cant believe I'm here a year later, and healthy! I wanted to Give a HUGE THANK YOU, to everyone who I met along the way, this web site and my support group. You are all amazing people, and I wouldnt be here if it wasnt for all of your inspirational letters, your prayers and so on...I love each of you dearly. THANK YOU!
"So thank you for standing right by me
thank you for being behind me
And watching me grow and letting others know
That you still believe in what I'll be ...
And I hope I can give back
A little bit of what you've given me"
Kimberlina
273/172/140ish
3/15/2006
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Here is my Before and After...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~AFTER~~~~~~~~~~~
FINALLY MET HER
Dec 31, 2006
I finally met my OH Angel! She is So awesome! SHe lives about 2 1/2 hours from me. SO J eremiah and I packed my PT and headed her way! We had a wonderful time in Cleveland.
I am down to 181lbs. I feel good. I need to start to Tone. Joined a GYM Finally! So things are going good with my weight. For the First time in My life I got to wear something a little sexy. It was shocking for me, But I did it, and it Felt GREAT!
MARIS AND I 12/06
7 months....
Nov 26, 2006
I'm a little over 7 months, and my weightloss slowed down sadly.
I'm down to 188. I'm terrified that this is all I will lose. I pray that I keep going. I'm joining a gym in DEC. To do more weights with a trainer. Hopefully that will help. I'm drinking water like crazy. about 80-90oz a day. All I do is PEE! LOL...
Well keep me in your prayers please so I will lose to my goal. Thanks!
ME @ 188
I'm down to 188. I'm terrified that this is all I will lose. I pray that I keep going. I'm joining a gym in DEC. To do more weights with a trainer. Hopefully that will help. I'm drinking water like crazy. about 80-90oz a day. All I do is PEE! LOL...
Well keep me in your prayers please so I will lose to my goal. Thanks!
ME @ 188
Still here and Kicking....
Oct 18, 2006
10/04/2006
I'm here and doing well. I hit a "down" mark where I thought I wont lose anymore, and that I failed. I was really hard on myself. But I did lose more. I'm down to 191! It feels great. But I still have my moments where I think I failed and wont lose anymore. But this site is always here for me, for support, your positive remarks, and I thank you all for it.
I'm here and doing well. I hit a "down" mark where I thought I wont lose anymore, and that I failed. I was really hard on myself. But I did lose more. I'm down to 191! It feels great. But I still have my moments where I think I failed and wont lose anymore. But this site is always here for me, for support, your positive remarks, and I thank you all for it.
Updates...AND I DID IT!
Oct 18, 2006
9/05/2006
Yeah due to Popular demand, I MUST UPDATE! SO here it goes. Guess what I'm in ONEDERLAND! 199! I dont ever remember being under 200! It feels great. I'm fitting into 16, and 18 are getting slightly big. I dont even know where to shop. Its so odd. I'm lost. Do I go into Misses/Juniors/womens??? I have No clue! LOL So its funny watching me shop, looking like a lost puppy!
Yeah due to Popular demand, I MUST UPDATE! SO here it goes. Guess what I'm in ONEDERLAND! 199! I dont ever remember being under 200! It feels great. I'm fitting into 16, and 18 are getting slightly big. I dont even know where to shop. Its so odd. I'm lost. Do I go into Misses/Juniors/womens??? I have No clue! LOL So its funny watching me shop, looking like a lost puppy!
But Trust me Its hard. WLS is NOT a easy way out! Its a Mental struggle everyday, for the rest of my life. So make sure you know every detail. B4 you make this life changing event!
Here are a few great tips I got from my GOOGLE Group.
The Top Ten Reasons why Weight Loss Surgery is NOT “the easy way out”
Here are a few great tips I got from my GOOGLE Group.
The Top Ten Reasons why Weight Loss Surgery is NOT “the easy way out”
10. It's very expensive. Many health insurance companies don't pay for the surgery, and even when they do, co-payments and other costs add up quickly. Also, it can become very costly to constantly replenish wardrobes as the weight comes off.
9. Recovery can be very painful. Besides the pain from the surgery wound, patients may experience nausea or severe gastric distress. Patients with sleep apnea may become sleep-deprived, with all of the associated adverse affects, when they must discontinue use of their CPAP machines to avoid disturbing the staples creating their tiny new stomach pouch.
8. Recuperation can take a long time. Patients may be “out of commission” and absent from work for a prolonged period of recovery time. In some cases, patients may not be able to return to work or normal pursuits for up to 10 – 12 weeks.
7. It's hard work and a major time commitment. For optimal results, patients should engage in aerobic exercise for up to an hour daily. For bodies unaccustomed to vigorous exercise, this can be very hard. It's also a real challenge for WLS patients to learn all they must about nutrition so they can assure that their food and vitamins are sustaining their body. Finally, it can be exhausting to consciously, carefully and painstakingly chew every bit of food that enters your mouth.
6. Vomiting isn't fun. Nor is diarrhea. It may take patients many months (and frequent episodes of vomiting or diarrhea) to identify incompatible foods and to learn the practical limits of their newly reduced stomachs or digestive systems.
5. It takes extraordinary courage to consciously limit food choices for the rest of your life (and potentially limit social opportunities built around meals). For many patients, life after WLS means treating food as a fuel, not as a source of drama, excitement, comfort or a central life focus: i.e. eating to live rather than living to eat. While some procedures may be reversible, for most patients WLS is a lifetime commitment, requiring a lifetime of major lifestyle changes.
4. Weight loss surgery can be dangerous. As many as .5% of surgery patients may die from the procedure, and up to 5% may experience debilitating medical complications (especially if they listen to their peers' advice more carefully than their doctor's.)
3. It takes great bravery and strength to deflect other people's judgments and society's myths about obesity. Fat people are often blamed and shamed by family and friends with simplistic advice, unrealistic solutions, and uninformed prejudices. Whether it's for genetic or metabolic reasons, diet and exercise, willpower and discipline have never, by themselves, been enough. Our appetite regulators simply don't work. Without WLS, we don't know when we're full!
2. What gives anyone the right to judge which path is right for another? Is a person who runs a 10K taking a “better” or “tougher” route to wellness than the person who walks vigorously every day? Is working with weights better than water aerobics? Different strokes for different folks. Each of us finds our own right way, and how dare others judge our path to health and longevity! By their reckoning, the most courageous thing would be for us to suck it up and die young.
1. For many morbidly obese people, WLS may be the ONLY realistic alternative for achieving a long, healthy life. The newest research provides irrefutable evidence that body weight is largely a function of genes — just like height or a family propensity for cancer. These genes help regulate appetite and metabolism. People prone to obesity seem to gain excessive weight easily, while finding it difficult or impossible to lose it. That's why diets almost always fail and why WLS is currently the only viable weight loss option for many morbidly obese people, according to endocrinologist David Cummings of the Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System. Most people can lose no more than 5-10% off their "natural" body weight by exercising and eating wisely. Decades of diet studies show that more than 90% of people who lose weight by dieting gain it all back within 5 years. "There are exceptions, but when you are speaking of general rules, the only people who are able to lose more than 10 percent of their body weight and keep it off are people who have had gastric-bypass or other bariatric surgery
Update...
Oct 18, 2006
7/25/2006
Well I'm still here and Kicking. I'm doing good. My weight has slowed down a bit. I think its b/c Im eating the "norm" But not he junky. I'm down to 209. Size 18/20. Which is good for me b/c I used to be a 24/26. My surgery my waist was 58 and today was 47. So I lost a few there. Which is nice. Still its a struggle everyday. Its very mental. Everyday there is a new challenge, but I know in the end it is so very worth it. God still blessed me thus far...
Well I'm still here and Kicking. I'm doing good. My weight has slowed down a bit. I think its b/c Im eating the "norm" But not he junky. I'm down to 209. Size 18/20. Which is good for me b/c I used to be a 24/26. My surgery my waist was 58 and today was 47. So I lost a few there. Which is nice. Still its a struggle everyday. Its very mental. Everyday there is a new challenge, but I know in the end it is so very worth it. God still blessed me thus far...
1 More to go!
Oct 18, 2006
5/23/2006
one more to go, and I am down 50lbs! I cant believe it. I so very happy about it. WOW. Still NO complications! God still blesses me everyday, and I cant thank him enough. I'm eating normally. Getting in al my protein, but its still hard to get in all my water. I'm trying a little more everyday, and my bladder is thanking me for it in BIG WAY! LMAO
one more to go, and I am down 50lbs! I cant believe it. I so very happy about it. WOW. Still NO complications! God still blesses me everyday, and I cant thank him enough. I'm eating normally. Getting in al my protein, but its still hard to get in all my water. I'm trying a little more everyday, and my bladder is thanking me for it in BIG WAY! LMAO
Drus that are safe and Not safe...
Oct 18, 2006
5/8/2006
More good info for everyone to use..
More good info for everyone to use..
NSAIDS
Drugs that can damage the pouch
Do not take time-released capsules – we do not process properly.
Drugs that can damage the pouch
Do not take time-released capsules – we do not process properly.
Some meds need to be adjusted after WLS – check with your PCP (you may need to take them in smaller dosages, multiple times throughout the day).
Drugs that can damage the pouch:
Advil
Aleve
Alka-Seltzer
Amigesic
Anacin
Anaprox
Ansald
Anther-G
Arthropan
Ascriptin
Asprin
Asproject
Azolid
Bextra
Bufferin
Butazolodin
Celebrex
Clinorial
Darvon compounds
Disalcid
Dolobid
Erythromycin
Equagesic
Feldene
Fiorinal
Ibuprofin
Indocine
Ketoprofen
Lodine
Meclomen
Midol
Motrin
Nalfon
Naprosyn
Nayer
Orudis
Oruval
Pamprin-IB
Percodan
Ponstel
Rexolate
Tandearil
Tetracycline
Tolecin
Uracel
Vioxx
Voltaren
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Drugs that are considered Safe:
Benadryl
Colace
Dimetap
Dulcolax-Suppositories
Fleet Enema
Gas-X
Glycerin Suppositories
Imodium AD
Milk of Magnesia
Mylicon
Peri-Colace
Phazyme
Robitussin
Safetussin
Sudafed
Triminics (all)
Tylenol
Tylenol cold products
Tyenol EX Strength
About Me
Macomb, MI
Location
28.3
BMI
Surgery
03/15/2006
Surgery Date
Jan 02, 2006
Member Since
