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I haven't posted in a while, due to life being very busy.  I am amazed at my results from the LBL that Dr. Gavin Dry did this past Aug 15th, 2017.  I see him in march.  My drain were in for 5 weeks; after the removal of the 2 in my thighs (that I believe drained the areas of fluid in my lower back) I developed what looks like 2 pockets of "something" after the swelling was down.  I don't know what they are.  Left over fat pockets?  Semertomas? or something.  I had 3 sessions of Velashape done on my front above my belly button on some scar tissue.  The area in particular that was targeted is less bulbous, and I hope it continues to go down. 

I have only went into the gym literally 6 times since my surgery.  Lazy, busy, and then side pain stitches.  I think it was the kettlebells that did it.  I am going to hit it hard between now and my next surgery date.  I had a total of 18 lbs of excess skin removed, but gained some weight.  I am hitting the gym extra hard between now and my next surgery date.  I can't believe I actually gained some weight.  Ugh!

I am horrible when it comes to pictures, but I am going to start taking some and find the time to post them.  There is a huge difference of the day before my very first surgery and now and I wouldn't change anything except my time frame.  I should have begun this journey way sooner!

It is very hard not to fall in love with this place.  The staff is amazing and Dr. Egrari is vveyr open and honest.  I love everything that I heard.  

I am going to see 2 other surgeons and get a consult with them and do price comparisons.  I was not happy that if I want my insurance to cover my LBL I will have to submit all the paperwork & get recompensated.  CareCredit is what they push for financing and it is a very easy process.  

Just wanted to post this for those in these steps.  Also, be does charge a $100 consult fee, but it was worth it.  The facility charge is a bit WOOOWW.  5k per session.  So, my three seperate surgury dates will have 15k worth of facility fees.  

Moody blues.  

I left a post last month saying big update post incoming...  Well, this is it with a twist.  Today, I had my 1.5yr checkup with my doctor.  Since my last visit in December I have lost another 25lbs.  WOOHOO.  However, I have gained 3 lbs since March.  =( Oh, 3 lbs. lol I know, but i promised those 3 lbs have weighted so heavy on my mind and body they could almost be 100lbs.  I quit smoking and was a non-smoker for OVER a year.  Really it was from June 2013 until July 2014 that I was a non-smoker.  Guess who is smoking again?  Moreover, I don't know how to quit this time.  The first time around, after smoking for 10+ yrs.; it was easy smoking = no surgery!  I don't have that incentive this time around.  

I look at what a transformation my body has made, all the good the weight loss (still totally 240lb down) and think your going to ruin it with ending up with cancer and still dying early!  Why??  Did you pick them back up??  Crazy Lune!!

Anyways, I digress.  So, today was my 1.5yr check up.  I got approved for plastic surgery.  LOLOL.  I need my middle, thighs, arms, neck, boobs and sideboob skin all done.  I wouldn't mind having my rear done also.  How in the world am I going to afford these?  I really would settle for stomach/back, thighs, and arms.... but heck after considering all those and shelling out for those...a couple grand more and I can have it all done!  Looking into insurance options now, but they are not going to cover cosmetics. And, woe is my who bathes twice or three days a day.  So, i have not had the skin infections.  I shower before the gym, after the gym, and before bed.  Who knew being clean would end up costing my a 100 thousand plus??  But, we shall see.  My doc was very happy with my results--although he knows that I have gained a bit of weight.  I know with my period it brings on 3-4lbs and I am due to start soon so maybe it is all water weight.  

He asked me straight up, "are you smoking?"  Of course, i reeked of cigarette smoke.  I vaped and smoked on the 2 hr drive to the appt.  So, I told the truth.  Quite simple, you have to quit and I need to see you back in 3 months to see if you have gained anymore weight.  Together we are aiming for 10 entire pounds by September!

No plastic will touch me (or should) without me being smoke free for 4 weeks at least. And, there is my incentive for stopping smoking again.

All this skin, I thought who the "f" will care--well that is something they don't prepare you for.  ALL THE SKIN!!  AND YOU DO CARE!!  You work your butt off in the gym, for give up sugars, carbs (potatoes), sodas, etc...  For this new life style, this life saving life style....Only to look like a starving elephant when naked!  I am in a size 14 and wrap my self in enough spandex to cloth a small nation, yet in a swimsuit and naked i resemble that starving elephant!!  Imagine a huge elephant, proud and strong...then imagine that elephant draped in skin folds!  

And, men! That is another can of worms.  My baby making window is closing, I am 34!!  And, now to add to the books is not finding someone who is attracted to a 440lb woman!  But now a man who will accept this "starving elephant"! .......  I would never change what I did.  And, it is just a bleak moment.  I am a beautiful, strong, and smart woman!  Just one who is finding herself in a very moody blues moment!!

Until next time, 

GoingStrong!!

 

It is sad, but true.  I am just checking in to say I will be checking in to post a huge update!  Quick notes:  Totally I am down from 440 to 200.  @#$%^  YES!! 240lbs LOST; accomplished in 16months!!  I can't believe it, but it is a reality.  LOVING IT!

I can buy clothes from a regular department store.  I am no longer worried about sitting in booths at a restaurant.  yada yada more to come, I PROMISE.  I did upload some photos though.  I will be back in a couple of days!!  See you soon.

 

Well, I did not make my 50lb weight loss goal for these past 3 months.  I did, however, make 47lbs!!!  Which is just as wonderful in my books.  I am so excited about how well things are going.  It seems like just yesterday that I was going on the table.  These past 9 months have gone by so quickly.  In total I have now lost 187lbs.  And, my hips alone have lost of 20inches!  OMG.  I have lost a friend (more like a friend-enemy, because I really didn't like "it" hanging around all the time).  I know that I am my hardest critic, but this is for everyone:  you will slip, not make ur goals, surpass your goals, do better, do worse, etc... BUT NEVER GIVE UP--BECAUSE YOU ARE WORTH IT!!!  I wish you all a very wonderful (rest of) week.

xoxoxo

Well, hello all.  I am getting ready to go on the 19th of August for my 9mth check up.  Excited and scared that I have not lost what I need to have lost.  I am over 160 pounds down and of the course of the last 3 weeks I have hit a STALL.  Officially, the longest ever and really the first one tbh.  I have just lost a couple of pounds here over of the last few days.  I am hoping that some of this was water weight.  I did not start my period on the 4th like I should have (and no, I'm not pregnant) so I am thinking water weight possibly. 

Watching my food intake and increasing water and the gym.  Hopefully, over the next 10 days I will see some loss.  Chin up and have a great weekend EVERYONE!!

Hello Friends,

So, I just got home yesterday from my big 6th Month Check-Up.  Things went well.  I did not meet the 50lb drop from 3 to 6 months.  (That was the goal he set for me).  I did lose 40lbs though.  I am making it my top priority to lose 50lbs these next 3 months before my 9 month check up.  As it stands, I believe I am going bald.  LoL.  Well, not to funny; however, I am the only one to notice my hair loss (besides my mother).  No big deal it will grow back.  That is what everyone says and even my Doc.  Just to let you know how much hair I am losing.  Think of uncooked spaghetti noodles.  I am losing 1 to 3 clumps about 1/2 the size of a spaghetti noodle each shower.  No telling how much I lose while I brush my hair.  In summation, about a spaghetti strand a shower.  At least I have been good at losing something.  I haven't started Biotin yet, but I am going to.  I have not been to town to pick up a bottle (they tell me it is about $50.00 USD a bottle.  We will see. 

Good News -- None of my pants fit.  Even old faithful(s)-my stretchies!!  Hah! I swear, at the gym, I will end of mooning all the people on the stair steppers because my pants just keep sagging and sagging.  I am 11 pant sizes down.  From a 32-34 to a 22-24.  Okay, technically I guess I should say 10 pants sizes down, but I am counting from biggest pair to smallest pair.  Thank goodness for my sister who has saved every pair of jeans from her biggest to the her smallest phase in life.  She is outfitting me in a "new to me" wardrobe.  And, she always has spent lots of dough on her clothes - Ergo, I am in hog heaven! 

My medicines are back on track and I am taking them regularly again.  I thought that my lapse in taking my meds might be the reason I was losing hair.  So, I jumped back on them immediately!  And, I have been on top of not missing any doses. 

Issues -- @ the moment I have been a slacker about getting my butt to the Gym.  Since, school is out for the summer and my routine is off, I have been skipping the gym.  I MUST get back in the groove, and find my "gym time".  I miss it, plus I miss the tanning bed.  It's a shame and I know it.  That one reason I drag my booty to the gym some mornings is just so I will not miss a tanning day.  /sigh  How, to fix that issue.  I know I love dropping weight and seeing my body tone up.  Those are the reasons that I get to the gym on the other days.  I know that my max is 18th month to really use my "tool".  So, I need to make sure I don't loose my momentum.  I guess I should just be thankful that I still have a drive to get to the gym no matter the reasons.  Don't get me wrong.  I love the gym.  I feel like superwoman when I come out and beautiful and accomplished.  And, those are things that I have not felt in a long time.  I can't thank my doctor enough and my resolve to get this surgery.  It has changed my outside appearance and let me shine again  (just had a mental image of sun rays trying to glow through layers of fat and the fat melting away). 

Life is looking great.  I am a HUGE selfie "taker" although no one sees them but me.  My face has changed so dramatically and I do have have some loose skin here and there.  But that is ACCOMPLISHMENT.  VISUAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS!!  I will get some pictures uploaded of all the skin and my new face just for you guys.  I might have promised that a couple of post ago, and if I did I am sorry that I have not done that yet.  They will be incoming soon.  440 to 299 OMG in 6m, for those that aren't fond of math, that is a loss of 141 TOTAL POUNDS.

Also, I can fit in ANY chair without having to worry the entire time if the chair and I will be crashing down into a pile on the floor at any moment.  Short story, I sat in a chair the other day and noticed a sticker on it and decided to read it.  It was the weight limit sticker and I could NOT believe it.  I was 50lbs under the limit, not 50 over which use to be the case.  I did a squirmy little happy dance in my seat.  It is an amazing feeling to not feel like the BIGGEST person in the room.  And, I can tie my shoes without cutting off my oxygen.  Plus, I am sleeping better and my CPAP # has been lowered.  And, I no longer weight 300 something.  I am in the 200's.  Six Flags here I come--soon!  AHHAHAHAHHHAHAHYEAHHHAHH.  #hottotrot #canttellmenothing #sistersnicknameforme"slim"

So, I am responding to some post this afternoon, and then I decided to check in on the forums and I came across this:

 

So the good news is...my back fat and love handles are all gone and there is no lose skin.

That's because it all drooped down to my ass.

My ass is now in my upper thighs

My thighs are now in my knees

But damn my ankles are skinny!

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lol...just have to keep looking until you find the silver lining.

kekosmom
on 4/12/14 11:34 am - Canada   I love IT!!!

My last post was in Jan.  Wow!  That is such a long and short time ago.  I have successfully attended my 3 month post-op appt.  And I was down 98 lbs!!    Dr. Kelly says I am good to go until my 6 month.  He says I should be down another 50lbs by then.  I raised him 10 more.  (Go Go Power Misce!!)

I have been horrible lately about staying on the vitamin wagon.  I have started to pick up my slack this past week.  I found out that my wonderful gummy, chewing multi vitamins were hiding hidden carbs and I didn't want to eat them nor the cost of the bottle.  So, I begrudgingly chewed them-- one here, one there...  They are all gone.  I fed them to my kids. That is one way to get vitamins into em'.

The one thing that i have begun to notice is I am losing some of my hair now.  I am hoping the increase and return to my vitamins will solve this problem.  However, the little hair loss in nothing compared to my NEW me.  It is amazing what 100 pounds gone will do to a woman.  I am relearning how to live.  Literally.  Hitting the gym, pretty regularly and loving it!  Fitting inside a tanning bed. Yeah, Yeah.  I know it is bad for the skin and it will not help with elasticity. Blah. Blah.  Blah.  I want to do it.  And, I know that the knife is going to be a "must have" if I want to achieve my ultimate goal.  There is loose skin already.  I am noticing it mainly on the bottoms of my arms.  I will have to post a picture when I get my sister to take one.  I imagine it would be hard for me to take a decent shot of my arms while holding the camera (you get the picture haha).

I took a nasty spill on the asphalt last week and I thought that I was going to die!  I am so thankful that it was not 450 hitting the pavement, but 328.  I seriously know that the impact (pun intended) would have been greater on my knee if I has not lost some of the weight.  But overall, the knee ended up being just really sore for 2 days, and I have some major bruising. 

This post seems all over the place, but I want to include as much as possible.  My ticker OMG--I use to look at other peoples and say Gosh, I would be happy with 1/2 that.  I am one of "those" people now.  I love you guys and the support and the outlet for everything.  I will make more effort into posting.  I hope that one day I can help some Person.  Just like some of OH's post have helped me.

Getting on with my life:  Misce C.

Okay, so last time that i wrote, I believe I was totally pissed off because of my measly 1 pound weight loss...  Well, as it turned out I lost another 3 lbs before I saw Dr. Kelly which made me feel so much better!  He also said that everything that is going on is completely normal and I am right on track.  I literally had surgery 47 days ago and I have lost a total of 67 lbs!!!!!  My eyes bug out at that number and I can NOT believe that I have come so far is so short a period of time. 

I have a doc appt. with my PCP this Thursday and I will be talking with him about so medication to help me with my moods.  Oh, and Doc Kelly added a monthly B12 shot into my regiment.  Yea, more meds....  No, it really doesn't bother me, but I have been remiss about taking my meds this week.  I am getting in about 1/2 of them and just forget to take the rest.  Oops.  I know I will be better starting tomorrow.  Thank you guys for all the positive feedback.  And, Stacy T.  I don't know where you went, but send me another Friend Request/Message. 

Still eating on Proteins here.  NO carbs!!  Any questions just ask.  God Bless and GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF US (2014 IS OUR YEAR!!).

~Misce C.