Lynette W.

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AMAZING that a year has already past.  I remember the weeks leading up to surgery and thinking that time was going sooo slow and it was never going to come, and NEVER did I believe a year would go by so fast and with soooo many GREAT changes!  I started this journy at 242 lbs and a slow start on the scale, but after I got advice on adding more protien to all the other things I was doing everything finally fell into place, steady weight loss and an amazing journey!!

On my anniversary July 28, 2007, I weighed in at 138 lbs.  Total loss of 104!!  IN ONE YEAR!! UNBELIEVABLE!!!!!   And that's just the number, not all the other wonderful changes!!

                     July 28, 2006                               July 28, 2007
Pant size         24-26w                                            8 some 6
Shirt size         2XL or 22-26W                               Med or 6-8

More Energy
No more acid reflex
No more back pain
No more snoring/ sleep apnea
sleep more soundly at night/ more restfull
wear a bathing suit
have more confidance and self esteem
fit in a car seat belt without worry
climb stairs without getting winded and tired
go to the state fair and "want" and do go on rides
MORE willpower over food choices!
love to cloths shop now
ride a bike
can sit on the floor confortably and can get UP off the floor without trouble! 
and on and on and on.........

I know I have said this before but again, THE BEST decision I have made in my life so far  was to have WLS!!!

                       

Cant believe another month went by again!!  Summer goes way to fast around here (winters are sooooo long)  
I also can't believe it's been a year since I've started this journey.  I want everyone reading this that may be thinking about wls or anyone just beginning.....THIS IS THE BEST DECISION OF MY LIFE!!!! I would do it again in a heart beat, no questions asked!!!  I feel soooo much better and have so much more energy and confidance that I enjoy life again!!!
This month was slow on the weight loss side but that is just fine by me, I still lost 2 pounds and that is amazing to me, I think I have about  12 pounds to go for my goal!  I have reached my docs goal I think.  I weighed in at 139 pounds.  That's a total weight loss of 103!!!  
Ok, here's the downfall for me...my skin is sooo yukkky, on my tummy and upper arms and of course my chest...so loose and needs to be lifted.  Thinking about my choices, but not to seriously yet, I want to continue to try exersice, even though that doesn't seem to help much.  Surgery is just so expensive and I'm also not ready to be "laid up" yet.
Anyway, have a Great 4th of July everyone!!!
Till next month!! God Bless you all!!!

Today is my 10 month post op anniversary and I have hit the Century Club!!!  101 Total pounds lost!!! That is so amazing to me, that I have lost over 100 pounds in less than a year!!  I remember last year at this time looking at all the before and after pictures and reading there profiles and thinking to myself, "wow these people are doing great,  I wonder if I will be as successful or if I will always struggle"  I never really believed that I would get to this point so fast.  This surgery was a Blessing,  I can't believe all the changes I have gone through in the last 10 months and all the emotions I have experienced!!  Every day I have a WOW moment, just by looking in the mirror, it's still hard to believe its really me.  Anyway, enough of me rambing on and on.  
This month went really fast again, I have been very busy with my new position at work and again been eating a lot of my food on the run.  Way to many carbs, I am really dissappointed with myself that I can't make better choices when I'm in a hurry, to many doritoes and animal crackers in the work vending machine.  I am going to buy a mini fridge and put it in my office so I can have "better" munches on hand while I am working (fruit, veg and meat), that is my goal for this month!  
My youngest daugher got confirmed this month and my God daughter graduated from high school yesterday,  time is fliing by so fast, it's so hard to believe how fast they grow up!
I also am going to make the goal of finding more time to exercise this month, I need to put at least a half hour a day aside for that.  
Weight loss is slower now but that is normal,  I just so happy do be down 100 pounds and have all this energy and confidance that I'd be fine if I didn't loose anything else,  not that I don't want to loose another 10-15 pounds to be at my goal, but I'd be satisfied here also!!
Till next time, take care and God Bless you all!! 

This month was a crazy month for me.  I lost a total of 5 pounds and that was amazing because I didn't get in much exercise time and my eating choices were not always the best.  I did have a couple morning were I had gained a pound or two, but then I would eat right again and lost them again.  I have been stuck at 146 for almost a two weeks now, but again not doing to much to help the process.  I have been busy with a promotion that I got at work and haven't had a lot of time for me.  But I am very excited for this new position and I know everything will get back to normal soon.  

My food choices this month were pretty much the same as always except I did try sweets this month.  I had a m & m cookie, sugar free peanut cluster, sf chocolate chip cookie, and sf peanut brittle.  All these things made me feel a little sick after eating them. (I would almost get like a hot flash and feel light headed at the same time with a stomach ache)  so that was good because it helped me make the choice to not try them again.  But I also ate more carbs also, like doritos, and french fries.  Eating on the run is not a healthy food choice for me.  I am working on that though.
Also have been very bad at taking my vitamins and calcium tablets.  I have noticed that I have a lot less energy and overall I just feel plain wore out.  Not a good feeling.

On the plus side, I did spend a little money on me this month for new cloths.  I went shopping for an outfit for my internal interview and found that I can were a size 8 pants!!!!!!  I couldn't believe it!  and after I was offered the new position, I went out and bought about five new outfits!!!  That was a lot of fun, to try on things and everyting fit and even some were to big!!  
I also finally got my new vehicle Wednesday (been waiting almost 2 months for it).  Chevy Colorado, crew cab, with a sun roof!  

This next month my goals are to try and get to 100 pounds lost, post my new pictures (I have to have my daughters take some of me), take my vitamins daily and get to the gym more.  I am so excited summer is finally here, I love to grill out and spend time outdoors, maybe I will invest in a bike again and exercise that way!  Till next time, Lynette

Well, another month flew by again!  It's so hard to believe that it's already been 8 months since surgery.  So many wonderful things have happend since that July day and I would do it again in a hearbeat!!
Not much happend this month, I lost 4 more pounds (almost under the 150 mark!!!).  Weight loss had slowed down considerably, but on the plus side NOT gaining is just as big of an accomplishment!!  It still is so strange to loose this weight and try to imagine it never coming back like all the other times.  But that in itself is motivation enough not to overeat, make healthy food choices and stay away from sugars and to exercise!!  
My main foods that I ate this month were: chicken, homeade Veg beef soup, tacos, burritos, salads, steak, way to many oranges (but they were soooo fresh and good) but I found out that orange juice has a bad effect on our new pouches and can cause a stall.  Also had some potatoes, green beans, corn, a few chex mix, pork chops, thin crust pizza.  Mainly anything I want that is healthy, just in smaller portions than before.  Still haven't tried bread, rice, pasta, chocolate, cakes or any other sweet foods.  I have no desire to and they just don't appeal to me anymore, I hope that stays that way for the rest of my life!
I fit comfortably in size 10 pants now also can fit into size "Med" for shirts!!!  This is so wonderful, there are so many nice things to ware in these sizes and for once they acually look good on me, downfall is that I am SHOPPING way to much! :)  But I have been going to the second hand stores and finding some wonderful deals on very nice cothing.
Take care and if you ever have any questions just email me, I'd be happy to chat and help if I can!
Till next time, 
Lynette

Well, I started to write this after my 6 month appointment but I got sidetracked.  so here it goes, my 6 month appt went good, I had all my blood work done and everything came back "normal"  whick was good because I thought I was deficient somewere because I have been really tired lately, just plain wore out, no energy.  My docs scale said I was at 164, down 78 pounds since pre-op.  The Nurse Practitioner was very pleased and said I was doing great.  She also said that of course I would not be loosing as fast now and to be patient and just keep doing what I have been doing and it will all come off.  I'm about 20 pounds from their goal, 30 from mine, but even if nothing else came off I would be happy,  I am so much happier now, my whole perspective on life has changed and that alone is worth more than anything.  I feel like living again, going out and enjoying life!

I lost my insurance through work at the beginning of the year and so my 6 month appointment was the first without it....welllllll I got the first bill on Friday....just for my "LAB" work my bill came to $607 (that doen't include the office visit).  OUCH!!!!! I almost cried, but then I remebered that it is worth every dollar!!! 

Well since my appointment, I weighed yesterday on my scale and it read 156, meaning 158 on my docs scale then.  So another 6 pounds gone!!!! YIPPEEE!!!  
Till next time!!!!

Wow, time sure seems to fly by now.   It's hard to believe the Holidays are done and another year is gone.   But WOW what  a year!!  WLS is the best desicion I have ever made!  I feel so much better and have so much more energy and ambition!  I am down to 162 (on my scale at home which is about 2 pounds lower than my docs) a total loss of 78.  The weight is coming off a lot slower now but at least it's still going down and not up!  
I still haven't pushed to many food yet, still no chocolate, bread, rice or pasta.soda or anything with high sugar.
I feel I have been eating a few to many carbs, I haven't gained weight by doing it but maybe I would of lost more.   Carbs like crackers, potatoes, hashbrowns, baked chips and again crackers, all types.  So I want to cut back on these again, I am still getting my protien in and Vitamins and Calcium tablets, and when I'm at work I get LOTS of water in but when I'm at home I don't really drink anything (need to work on that also) .  
Hair loss is still an issue,  I started lossing a lot of hair at around 3 months, it has slowed down but I suppose it has because I have A LOT LESS hair to loose, my hair is really thin now, but I feel I still loose more than I should, I hope it ends soon.  But as far as I can tell this is the ONLY downfall, and I don't even think this is a down fall with all the benifits of the surgery!
I will write again after see the doctor in a couple of weeks.  I can't believe 6 months have gone by already!!