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Not much to report, 258 day of surgery and as of last Wednesday, 194. I'm in a size 16 jeans and large or X-large shirt, depending on maker of the clothing. I feel pretty darn good but need to get better about working out. Since its cold I never want to go anywhere. Hoping by summer time I'll lose the rest of my 38+ lbs and feel 150%!

Okay, I wont be going back to see Dr. White until April so we'll see where I am at that point, but as of my appointment 3 weeks ago, I had lost 52 lbs! I'm hoping that by my 6 month check up I will be completely done with the weight loss. Cathie, Dr.Whites nurse seems to think that I will accomplish this by the way I've been losing so far. I really need to step up my game as far as working out goes, I feel awesome when I do workout so I need to keep going! Whats nice about the gym where I go is that child-care is provided so it really leaves me when no excuses!
Maybe this sounds vein but I would really like to have a tummy tuck by this spring, possibly a breast lift & some lipo on my thighs, but I wont do this until my weight loss is complete. I am determined to make this happen!
I really need to get my behind to a support group meeting! I always say to myself, is that its too far away, but I would really like to meet everyone that I talk to on here! Plus get to see my bariatric buddy Cathie!!! I miss her tons! Havent seen each other since before her and my own surgery!
My daughter who is 3 1/2 yrs old, and shes tall for her age, weighing 41lbs, is really hard to pick up! I cant believe I carried around one of her on my body! No wonder my joints and back her constantly!!! Def. feeling better about the way I look and feel! 
Hope everyone is doing well and hopefully I'll get to see you all soon! 

This year has been absolutly crazy, and scarey and wonderful to say the least! In June I scheduled my meeting with Dr.Whites office, in July I attended the seminar and in September I was given the gift of life back again. I was 258lbs when I started this journey and now I weigh in at 206lb on my home scale. I go back on the 5th of Janurary to see Dr.White so we'll see how different our scales are on that day.
I notice such a difference in lots of things now, my joints dont hurt, my back doesnt hurt, I have WAY more energy, I feel better in my clothes. My sugar is way better, blood pressure is WAY better, I dont snore anymore, and I just feel better in general!
I do have my days, but the good out way the bad by far and I'm looking forward to 2011, especially this summer! I have so much that I want to do this summer, including go on my husbands Harley with him, go to Cedar Point, camp, swim, and wear CUTE summer clothes! We always go canoeing in September over Labor Day weekend and I'm looking very forward to that this year! I wont be the "fat girl" that no one wants to ride with in the canoe. Theres so much to do and I cant wait to do it! Happy New Year EVERYONE and good luck in your journey! 

I have to bring my daughter with me, is this going to be okay at Dr. Whites support group??? Whose all going???

Okay, so today was my 6 week check up with Cathie at Dr.Whites office. I'm 36 lbs down, and I've lost 36% of my weight so Cathie says I'm ahead of schedule! I was really happy but sooooo overwhelmed with all the pills in my life now! I feel good otherwise, but hate gettings things caught! It really hurts and I feel so crappy after!
Hope everyone is doing well, see you December 6 at Support Meeting!

Tomorrow is 5 weeks post op and threw up for the first time tonight. I got turkey stuck and let me tell you, that SUCKED!   I actually was so miserable that I put my fingers down my throat and made myself throw up just to get it out. I feel much better now!
I was 258.5 when I started and now I'm 230 according to my scale. I go to Dr. Whites Office on November 15th, so I guess we'll see what he says when I go. Hope everyone is having great success and I plan to attend the next support group in December, so we'll see ya then! 

So according to my scale I'm down 21 lbs, and my 3 weeks will be on this coming Wednesday. But I'm making the mistake of weighing myself everyday, sometimes a couple times a day. And when I see the weight bouce around it freaks me out. I start to feel like I did when I "dieted" before.
I have noticed that my clothes feel different, they feel looser and fit better. My only down fall is that I havent got my butt back to the gym and I REALLY need to! Other then that, its all a test, to see what agrees with me and what doesnt. I've not thrown up yet but a couple of times I thought I might.
Hope everyone else is doing really well and progressing nicely!

Okay, so tonight I had to make brownies for my daughters preschool class, and needless to say I had to lick the spoon. It was wonderful but now I feel soooo guilty and scared to gain weight.
ALSO, I'm so waiting for the weight to just fall off that I weigh myself, seriously, everyday and I know that I shouldnt. On a good note, I was having a hard time trying to get into my size 22 pants before surgery and today I went to Meijers and bought some XL jogging/yoga pants! I couldnt believe that I could actually get into them! 
QUESTION....Muscle Milk, has anyone tried it?? I'm using it while I'm waiting for my Unjury order to arrive. Please write me if you have any insight to this.

So here's what my menu consisted of today:

BREAKFAST: Oatmeal made w/ water & a tab of cr. peanut butter

LUNCH: Ricotta cheese, mozz. cheese, and SF spaghetti sauce

DINNER: Smashed sweet potatoes w/ a lil bit of spray butter

SNACK: SF Choc. Banana pudding

Along with my liquids that I take in daily, and my husband had the nerve to say to me while I was eating my pudding, " You sure are eating alot." I could have KICKED HIS A**!! I was and still am soooo mad!! So I let him know about it, and he said, " "Go ahead, let your new stomach explode cuz you're eating too much!" What a d***! I have no idea how to feel, its like he wants me to fail or something. What the heck do I say to all of this????

Alright, well I finally feel like writing about my experiences with GBS so here goes nothing.

I had surgery on Sept. 29th, at around 11:30am at Toledo Hospital and I got up to my room around 5:30ish. The first time I tried to walk I seriously wanted to puke. I was light headed, and weak and nausous, it was horrible!

Thursday, I was ready to go, the doctors came in early that morning and I thought for sure I was going home shortly after. NOPE they took their sweet ole time discharging me, but hey I was happy when they said SEE YA LATER! 

The first couple of days were fuzzy and blurry, between pain meds and napping I dont really remember much. I know I didnt feel good but as I started to get things figured out, plus my B12 shot, I started to feel a LOT better.

My one week check up came and went and I'm down 14lbs. I could not find a protein shake that pleased me so for now I'm drinking Muscle Milk, it has 25g. of protein per container and low sugar. It kind of taste like Boost or Ensure. I also had to order Celebrate Multivitamins because I couldnt STAND the kids chewables. They make me gag! 

Well, all in all, I feel a lot better and hope that I continue to lose the weight.