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LAST WEEK my mom's best friend came over and had a BBQ dinner with us. When she saw me she says to me hi barbie lol I thought that was kinda funny, i was saying to myself , i am FAR from being a barbie lol yes even though i am 4'11 and 139 lbs , i don't feel that way at all... but i tell ya , it is nice being called barbie instead of being called FAT :-)

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Yesterday we had 4th of july party over my parents house. My dad and mom cooked a delicious BBQ dinner. i had chicken and salad. My mom's chicken is sooo good. My Aunt Kathy and unlce Tommy came over , they haven't seen me since my sister's going away graduation party, they almost died when they saw me... lol they kept saying OMG , OMG , OMG LIZZY you look so beautiful ... WOW!! aww it feels so good when my family and friends say that to me... i had a great time yesterday :-) When my hubby and I came home , we watched a movie with Brad Pitt. and they went upstairs and watched the fireworks :-) It was amazing!! Withlove, Lizzy

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I just want to shoutout to my friends, family AND Everyone over at DR Vohra's office , without ALL of you, i couldn't get through this! thank YOU so very much for all your love and support..... I love you all so very much.

NOW that i lost -141 pounds i feel like ...

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I am a slow loser.... i am not complaining, and i am not worried at all. because i know i will lose the weight... :) I guess some people are just slow losers...But i will tell ya ... the weight WILL come off ... I just keep up the excrisng , drinking alot of water and eating right ....and I KNOW I will be so amazed in another few weeks ... just keep moving forward.... :)

and best of all , i see the results!! my body is tighting up, shaping and toning... as i excrise.... i love it :)

alrighty , i didn't write about this but i would like to add it here so i can come back and read it again ....it's about Dumping ... ugh ...

to entirely avoid dumping , you must keep your: sugars, Carby foods , Oil's, and FATS , ALL VERY low as possible.

I dumped twice , but i remember the one time i REALLY got sick was when i dumped so badly on coffee. I had 3 cups of coffee in a row... and i added too much sweetner in my cup. and BAM.... the room began to spin , spinned for HOURS , i got sick in both ends , ( if you know what i mean lol ) , ran to the bathroom. I got very sweaty and terrible neasusa and all this did not stop , for 5 hours straigth...... it started at 12 noon , then it stopped at 5:00 pm. ahhh , let me tell you , i would never do that again how stupid of me to do that... but lordy , i love coffee... lol but i can't have too much of it.. THE sweetner killed me. also the caffiene gets me sick too. So i am limited to coffee... my body now can't take too much of it. THAT DAY i didn't eat or drink until that night... i couldn't at all.

just be careful and READ ALL LABELS to see if they have ANY sweetner in them....

it is hard when you go out to eat , so to be on the safe side of things , i usually order a nice chicken breast and a small salad. Tell them NOT put no creamy , buttery oily toppings and sauces on the chicken. and the restaurants usually do that for me. trust me , you don't want to be out with friends and family and get sick like this , it isn't pretty... so try ordering light and easy does it with the toppings that they soak on the foods. be careful ordering out.

OH and make sure you CHEW your foods until it is very soft when you are out eating with your friends and family.... thats another thing we all should be careful about.... pay attention , don't swallow your foods fast, OR it may get stuck and then you will uncomfortable for a while until the foods get unstuck.

Ok , lets see , last year MAY 13 , 2005 , i had to stop excrising from hernia. I started to get depressed because i was not excrising. that is normal. excrising helps to keep the depression away. So i was unable to do anything. a few weeks , the hernia went back into it's wall and i was able to excrise again. :) it took about 4 months and i gained 10 pounds back from NOT doing anything... i was SO mad at myself , i complained alot to myself and to my hubby... i was so sad...

recently , MAY 18 , 2006 , i developed a hernia AGAIN... due to lack of fiber in my diet.... ugh!! it was NOT fun. i had to STOP excrising all together again.... TODAY ( JUNE 14 , 2006 ) i started back excrising... i love to run with the hernia i was atleast running... that kept me going and i lost muscle mass from not excrising and just sitting... so that depressed me but i am NOW BACK into the gym and working out ... my surgeon cleared me , thank goodness


******HERE is my workout schedule*******


i workout 6 days a week , and i take sundays off.

this is what works for me...

my workout schedule

I get up early and i run 2 miles , then later on in the early evenings, i run another 2 miles. i run 4 miles total in a day. i am trying hard to increase that... :-)

i love doing my walk away the pounds excrising video tapes. i do the 2 mile tape as soon as I get up 5:30 am , then after i run my 2 miles. after that ... i go to the gym (CURVES) - every DAY , it is only 30 minutes and i am OUT of there :-) I love it..... it works FOR ME :-) After that , i get on my treadmil and do 2 hours, I spit it up , i do- 1 hour in the moring and another 30 minutes in the afternoon. then another 30 minutes at night.

ON Monday, WED, and SAT's , i weight train with my hubby with weights 45 minutes to an hour, it all depends on what we are training that day and then i hit the heavy bag for 1 hour. and also kickboxing after that, my hubby uses a shield and i kick and punch it ( 1 hour)hehehe, i enjoy that alot :-)


****ABOUT Hypoglycemia****

some of us here went through this or ARE going through this too. One year ago i was having this LOW blood sugar problem. I took care of it AND got it all under control. I went to the DR and told him about what i was feeling - Low blood sugar , Hypoglycemia.

My surgeon told me that i was eating the wrong things and i had a insulin rush that went through The pancreas way too fast, that made me feel shaky, trembling and sweaty all over. just like you.

So basically my DR told me that overreating to much of carb foods WILL give off too much insulin which WILL drops the blood sugar.

My sugreon also told me to never eat carbs by themselves. Always eat carbs mixed with protein and fat. AND eat ALOT more protein then anything else.

So i wrote down what i was eating and kept a journal. and basically , yes, my surgeon IS right.... thats what i was doing. thank goodness i saw my surgeon about this and he told me what i was doing wrong....

NOW i am feeling ALOT better and do not have this problem anymore. :-)

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withlove
Lizzy

OMG i am sorry if I MISSPELLED SOME WORDS , I AM SO EXCITED , PLEASE FORGIVE ME LOL


Today is my 2-year surgiversary! And, WOW, what a ride this has been! Oh gosh, there's been ALOT of tears of sadness, frustration and fear in the hospital, i had complications with low hemogloblen i when home , a day later had to go back for another week, finally, now 2 years later , tears of happiness, gratitude and good health!

i never active poster on this board. I always lurked about and read alot. and did tons of research throughout this awesome site. So i was a silent member for a very long time. I just want to say.... Many thanks to all of you here in OH site, you've been such a wonderful inspiration to me over the 3 years i've been reading and lurking on the boards. You all kept me going with all your stories. i love reading all about your weight loss, etc. THANK YOU OH!!

My family and hubby who have cheered me on along the way and inspired and motivated me and filled my head with lots of important information for life as a WLS patient. They've been so awesome and omg i am gonna cry lol....

my hightest weight was 280.........i lost -140

i am now 140 lbs. 2 years later.

i am NOW in a SIZE 4- 6 !!!!!!!!!!!!!

i am 4'11

so being at 280 made me so FAT and wide!!!!

i was in a size 26- 30 !!!!!!!!!

i am a good WLS patient my DR says , because i follow all the RULES, i came too far to screw up this surgery and eat the wrong things that i am not suppose to. Like my DR wants, i eat 2 times a day , no snacks. excrise 4-6 hours a day depending on what training i am doing. that includes , ( spread throughout the day...) this is what I do: running 4 miles (every morning) , treadmil 2 hours (every morning) , video walking tape (every morning), Curves 30 mins ( 2 times a week). and weight train with my hubby (2-3 times a week). So i am good with myself. THE bad thing i do is , at trader joes, they have flaxseed chips that are too awesome to pass up. so i eat that. and plus i over do it with the sugarfree ice pops , then later on at night , i have gas from the sweetner in them lol my hubby suffers , ohhh well... hehehe BUT for the most part i am good i do not cheat because i do not want to get SICK and dump ( i dumped 2 times , thats enough for me lol so now i am very good)

....I am a house wife, no children i don't know if I want any yet, i love my NEW body so i don't know lol being a house wife is not an easy job, lol as some of you may know... so it is easy for me to do my excrising.... when my house things are all done... i do have a cat and dog , i bring my dog running with me , then after take my mom, then after take my sister, and my hubby lol then who ever else who wants to run with me.... ya know , never in a million years i thought i would be running lol oh lordy... i love it!!

due to hernia's throughout the years ( i had a hernia last year too in May 13, 2005 and then this past May 18, 2006 again. wow both in May oh man) ... i had to cut out some parts of my excrising. the heavy weight training i was doing. I was toning up my arms and upper body and lower and i had to stop. but then the both hernia's seem to manage to fall back into place after i totally stopped my excrising. I am blessed with that both times and did not have to turn to surgery to repair it , thank god for that. I had a cat scan to look closely at it and it is now fully gone. My DR said i can start back slowly... i can not wait to get back in full force again. and eat more of fiber with my meals and take fiber choice to be regular in the bathroom. I do drink TONS of water throughout the day, so that is not a problem. Its just that i always eat my protein first and i get full and don't eat anything OTHER then the protein after i am all done with my meal. SO , when I have my meals , i am eating most of my protein and then stopping and having my salads , sprinkle of flaxseed on it with some apples or what ever... but i do need to eat fiber alot more to help me. My DR also suggest me to get a stool softner too, so i need to get that.

When i met my hubby , he was so heavly into weight training . he's WAS in good shape (needs to loose 20 lbs now) . UNTIL he met me, and we got married 8-8-99 and we got fat together. WELL i got fatter... lol and got comfortable.... that is just sad , i wish i never let myself go like that. BUT anyway , my hubby is also working out again and hard. HE knows what he needs to do to get back that great shape he had 8 years ago lol. he is lucky he has only 20 lbs to loose. and also I NEED to loose another 20-25 pounds and i am happy with that. MY hubby has a body builder body , so his muscles will bounce back easily. because he always works out alot and trains. we are now eating the same thing at dinners. he told me the other day when he started his dieting that he will eat what I eat.... i said alright , thats easy!! So together we will loose our 20 pounds and work out together.

throughout this WLS journey , really , my hubby has stood by me and loved me so much. he took care of me in the hospital , HE slept in the hospital every night with me , to make sure i was getting taken care of the correct way and not being ignored. some nurses there were just horrible. sorry to say but they were. One day in the hospital room, i was laying BACK in the chair and needed to get up, so i told the nurse to please slowly push the foot of the chair in underneth my feet, she said , um, how do I do that ? i said , well you need to kneel down and place the thing in very slowwwly and push the head of the chair forward to make the foot of the chair to go in, she said , nah huh, i am not gonna kneel on my knees. and shook her head. and made a face at me... thank god my hubby saw that and reported her after this....( because later on she also was caught sleeping on the desk with her head down at night. my father said something to the head nurse lol oops it just slipped out ) Well , she did not go slow with the chair ... she forced it forward and well ?....yup , I got slammed hard and flung forward and then my surgery area was hurting ALOT.... THEN when i needed help (bathroom) lol, ( i did not ask ANY of the nurses to help me so i asked my hubby because i couldn't help myself. the bending sideways to clean myself was hard and standing was hard for me too, because of my stomach was hanging infront of me. there was alittle pain right after surgery around the surgery area.

2 hours later after the surgery, they had me up out of bed and and walking. i felt like i was gonna fall asleep with what drugs they gave me lol. the nurses walked behind me with a wheelchair when they got me walking the halls. i walked half way up the hall , then i fell back into the wheelchair, i felt like i was going to pass out ( 2 hours after surgery!!) I was saying to myself ..WHAT ? WALK ??? OMG!! and they brought me back to my bed.

the day after i had my leak test and other testers and the 2nd day i was allowed to eat something, did not at all eat lol a week later i started to eat alot more then i did. at first you do not want anything to do with food , not even take a sip of water after the surgery , and now i say bring it on!! lol.

It was just amazing how now i am so much healthier and thinner. i can't believe it. I would do this surgery over in a heartbeat. IT sure saved my life. I had diabetes and all the co-mo. At nights, i would be woken up by my hubby from sleep apnea. oh gosh it was horrible.

My family would like me to stay at this weight because THEY THINK that i look too thin, but honestly, they do not SEE whats underneth my clothes lol sooooooooo... I want to be happier and loose another 20-25 lbs and i will be so happy!! and ya know what ? if it takes me another couple of months , i don't care , as long as i am loosing and have a healthier life now.

Anyway , i better end this , it is getting too long. i am sorry about that , but it is my 2-year surgiversary, and i wanted to brag alittle today.

EVEN though i was never an active member on OH site....I just wanted to thank you guys for everything. you all really inspirated me so much...

thank you

P.S - Goodbye Lane Bryant forever!!!!
hehehehehe.....
HELLO - all the nicer and thinner clothings!!
goodbye fat feet and sneakers, hello high heels

OH here is my updated pic below :-) i love this yellow sweater :)
love you all,

Hello everyone,

I am doing great, i am eating very good and i feel so healthy!!

My family thinks i am getting too thin and small..... They say this is a good weight for you , don't loose anymore weight!!

My hubby says to me lastnight, i guess we have to buy you baby clothes soon , hmmm ?? because you are getting so tiny!!! lol i started to laugh , that made me feel good lol hehehe........

I tell them, well , i can't stop , only my body can do that. lol Whatever happens , HAPPENS.....

For me , myself , i would LOVE to lose another 30 lbs. and i will be good ....

Right now , i am at 140 lbs. and to me that is still TOO BIG for my height and frame..... i am only 4'11 and tiny built body frame.

So i would LOVE to see my weight about 114 - 120LBS.
MY MAIN personal goal is to be at 110 lbs.

I doubt if I will get there though..... lol i am HOPING one day i will be at that goal weight..... ahhh

I got a check up with my DR and everything is going great...

Except for i found a small bump on my upper inner thigh, I told my hubby about it and he checked it out and said , hmm maybe it is a herina ? so i called HIS surgeon to get it checked out asap. I got in there to see him a week later) , and ya know what ? WHEN i went to see his DR (who did his hernia surgery) and with in a week the small lumpy thingy went away....... awww man , i was so scared.

Anyway , i called DR Vohra to see if HE did hernia's and the office said YES! So i went into to see him and he said that he didn't FEEL anything there right now ..... BUT he did say to TAKE IT EASY working out and all...... don't disturb it... so i am taking it easy and walking alot...... who would think that a herina thingy would go back into it's wall ?? lol hmm it worked itself BACK into it's hole lol good!!!!!!!!! i am very happy lol.......

lets see ? what else is there , i have a cyst i have to watch out for on my ovaries. It sometimes hurts when I walk ... BUT i havwen't felt anything for a long time though ( 6 months ago ) I need to go get a check up with this soon..... i hate going to the GYN lol yuk But now since i lost all that weight , it doesn't HURT all that bad anymore when the DR takes a paps mere (sp??) So i am happy with that though lol, i will update with this news when i go later on this year.



This is what i have usually to eat BELOW.... this far out post op-

BUT since then i changed my eating habits to only eating 2 times a day back to the basics that DR Vorha had me on since my WLS. and i have been losing weight. SEE my NEWEST entery all the way at the bottom


breakfast - oat meal with a hand full of each of - blueberries and soy nuts.

for lunch - i usually have shrimp 6 pieces. OR a BIG table spoon of tuna with salad and a small cut up apple. - a small piece of banana ( ONCE A WEEK because banana's can be constipating ) I NEED to get some Potassuim in my diet.

Snack - if I get alittle hungry i usually have a half of protien bar to help me get through to dinner or maybe a piece of fruit.

for dinner - I usually have whatever i feel like having , yes of course PROTIEN FIRST...... i have chicken OR Steak , (small piece and CHEW WELL) OR turkey hamburger ( 1/2 ) Maybe a dinner from TRADER JOES ( I absolutely LOVE that store!!), And i always try to fit in some salad and a vegie WITH a piece of fruit.

I try to eat small portions so I get everything in and all my calories. ALL the good nutrition that i need for the day :-)

For my water this is what i have below

throughout the day i have 64 oz of PLAIN water
Sugar Free Orange aid drink ( i drink 2 cans - 12oz each )
i have Propel drink ( 16oz )
and i also have sugar free ice pops.... my favorite yumm..

I will update pictures soon......

hugs & kisses
Love you
Lizzy

Here are pictures from the Summer -JULY 2005-

Here are some more easter pictures of me :)

I have colar bones lol gosh I have alot of bones I never had before..... This is so awesome! hehehe, aww i love loosing my weight so much.

I am so very happy :)

my highest weight i was - 280LBS

I am now 150LBS

before surgery i was 255.

hugs & kisses
Lizzy

Today is March 26 day before Easter :)

Here I am weighing at 155 LBS

I made the Century MARK!! I lost 100 LBS - WOW! :) I am SO HAPPY!!

Since the beginning of the surgery - i was 255, now i am 155 lbs!

I am doing so well! I am excrising, walking, and doing all the things i am supose to do! I feel wonderful and beautiful. It's about time lol......

I don't need to visit my DR until next year around this time.

I am so thankful that i have no problems and things are going so smoothly for me with this surgery. All i want to do is go to the clothing stores and buy NEW clothes lol

I now wear a size 14 BUT they are getting TOO BIG on me now.

I am between the size 14 and 12 ...... hehehe i am so happy!!

i can not wait to get into a bathing suit

The only problem i am having is my legs.. they are still heavy looking and I hate this so much...... Althoguh , i need to deal with this in a positive way and do the best that i can do to try to get the weight off of my legs.

God bless..... and have a Happy Easter
withlove,
hugs & kisses
Lizzy

6 months post op. 175 LBS.
Starting weight 280
before surgery weight - 237
my current weight - 175
all together i lost 105 LBS.

Hi there

I am doing good. things can not be better for me. i am so happy because all the weight is coming off of me. I am looking at pictures and i can't believe it that i weight that much before. Although , underneth my arms , my thighs , and tummy, is loose skin, i don't like that part. AND all those places that i mention still has weight to come off too.

this past week , i was depressed , because of a fight me and mom had. but it is over. So i am happy. and i don't want to talk about it anymore with anyone cause it will just bring me down and get sad. Anyway, so i didn't excrise this whole week i gotta admit, i should have but i didn't feel like doing anything.

Oh Plus , i am getting my period alot heavier. I never got my period. so it was making me sick to my tummy and the cramps. oh boy did that hurt. lol I sat and watched Dr. Phil and Ophra and my other shows on Food TV network. I did not go off track on my diet and eat whatever i wanted. I couldn't , or i would get sick, that is the amazing thing about this surgery. I love it. i thank god mom pushed me into having this surgery because i love my NEW life.

I am able to sit and cross my legs. THAT is the biggest thing i ever wanted to do. TO sit like a LADY. I never could have done that if I didn't have this surgery.

I am 6 months post op and i wear a size 14 - 16 jeans and shirt. I can't believe it. with in 6 months i can wear nice things.

Another 65 lbs to go and i will be at my goal weight. Which is 110 lbs. Oh i will just be more happier at that weight. I really can't believe it when that weight goal comes around. AND before i know it, it will be HERE! I say about another 6 months or so. OR SOONER .....I will be at my goal , WITH ALOT of LOOSE SKIN ...... oh well LOL ...... i rather that then weigh 280 LBS anyday. i don't think i will be doing any other surgerys after this one, i don't want to remove the loose skin. ONLY because the LAST surgery i had , scared me with the blood work and all of that.

I met the new nutritionist at DR. VOHRA'S office the other day. Her name is Daniel, What a nice lady. I really like her alot. The other nutritionist, KIM. She took over when Daniel took off for a bit. I don't know why she left. maybe she had a baby ? I don't know why. But Daniel is back now. I think she left around my surgery date ( June 8 ). Anyway , KIM , the lady who took over Daniel's place for a bit , SHE looked and act like she did not want to be there. she always had an attitude. But anyway, i am glad that daniel's back and i met her finally. Gabe the PN. always talked about Daniel the nutritionist.

I wanted to be at a certain weight goal when my birthday came. and I just weighed myself and I am at my goal BEFORE my birthday. I CAN'T BELIVE IT!!!!!

hugs & kisses

Lizzy

I had my Dr's appointiment. HE said that i was doing so well and that i am doing awesome

He says to me, are you getting sick, nausuas, or throwing up at all ??

I said nope!!! :)

he said to me, what are you eating and how MANY TIMES are you eating ?

i said 2 times a day.....
I love ground turkey meat ..... with zucchini, and yellow and green peppers

I drink 512 oz or MORE of water everyday.......

and i go to curves, walk every morning - 2 miles a day.

Ohhh he said WOW!!! Lizzy you are doing FABULOUS!! This is what i wanted to hear .......

When I stepped on the scale , i said to myself OMG!! This is great i lost ANOTHER 13 LBS IS GONE!!!

When I see my weight coming OFF ...... This keeps me going.... and feeling great........

Ohhh I can't wait to see MORE of my weight come off!! I am sooo HAPPY!!!!

i finally reached my goal and did 30 minutes on my treadmil today! I wasn't at all out of breath .... i can't believe it......
YES! woooohooo!! I can do it , anyone can!!! lol

Hugs & kisses
Lizzy