nfarris79
nfarris79 posted a discussion topic 13 years, 9 months ago
OT and x-post: AIDSwalk in DC - Just spreading some of my joy in registering for this - NOT asking for donations from my OH family!
On October 29th, there's a walk in DC at Freedom Plaza to raise money for th...
nfarris79 posted a discussion topic 13 years, 9 months ago
OT and x-post: AIDSwalk in DC - Not soliciting donations AT ALL but wanted to spread the word for some locals about this event:
I just registered for the AIDSwalk to raise money for the Whitman-Walker clinic. It...
nfarris79 posted a discussion topic 13 years, 9 months ago
OT and x-post: AIDSwalk in DC - Gonna put this on some local boards too. Not asking my OH family for donations but just wanted to share this part of my life and bring some awareness.
Just registered for the 2...
nfarris79 wrote a blog post 13 years, 9 months ago
NUT visit - So I met today with my permanent NUT - back to what works! I absolutely love her and she's so supportive & informative! She was happy to hear that I'm down to 160.4 lbs (though th...
nfarris79 posted a discussion topic 13 years, 10 months ago
5.5 month photo - Giving credit to my husband for taking a good picture.... Now if I'd have just remembered to tuck back the batwings.....
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nfarris79 wrote a blog post 13 years, 10 months ago
more NSVs - Now that I'm down to 165lbs, time for more NSVs! My 100lb gift to myself was $100 worth of clothes from Victoria's Secret (and maybe her secret isn't that she's anorexic but that s...
nfarris79 posted a discussion topic 13 years, 10 months ago
To keep or to exchange? - So I'm not quite 6 months out, down 100lbs, 60 of which since surgery. I've gone thru sizes fairly rapidly in the past few months and am down to a size 12/14 now. I treated myself...
nfarris79 wrote a blog post 13 years, 10 months ago
Make it work - Stealing a line from Tim Gunn, when life starts to get you down, only allow yourself one option: make it work. I could have spent the day wallowing in stress and self-pity. But ins...
nfarris79 posted a discussion topic 13 years, 10 months ago
mistake in my favor! - So I just got my shipment of Quest bars - I'd ordered a box of vanilla almond and a bar of chocolate brownie - and when I opened the package, I freaked out b/c I thought they sent...
nfarris79 wrote a blog post 13 years, 10 months ago
Getting there... - So I just saw my PCP today and I'm inching closer to my goal of being off cholesterol meds! Our plan is to reduce from 10mg Crestor to 5mg, then revisit this after my next labs in ...
nfarris79 wrote a blog post 13 years, 10 months ago
Ugh. Stall. - So after those momentous changes, in transitioning from obesity to overweight and losing a 100 lbs, the stall hits! Haven't lost weight for the past week and scale is creeping up ...
nfarris79 wrote a blog post 13 years, 10 months ago
Food in my fridge is driving me insane - Yeah, everyone struggles with head hunger, so this isn't unique to me, but I need to do this post to vent. The food is calling to me. Like if I were schizophrenic, I would literall...
nfarris79 accomplished a goal 13 years, 10 months ago
TO LOSE 100 LBS.
nfarris79 posted a discussion topic 13 years, 10 months ago
Down 100 lbs! - I actually weighed in yesterday but just too busy to post; I'm officially down 100lbs! 40lbs was preop but I think back to September of last year, right before my first consult wi...
nfarris79 wrote a blog post 13 years, 10 months ago
Century Club - I'm down 100lbs!!! Wooo hooo!!! If I weren't so busy today, I'd have more time to reflect on this accomplishment but just wanted to post it for posterity.
nfarris79 wrote a blog post 13 years, 10 months ago
The end of obesity - Today I have officially ended my struggle with obesity. I am now "overweight". I took a picture of my scale this morning saying I'm 168.8, making my BMI 29.9!!!
nfarris79 posted a discussion topic 13 years, 10 months ago
"just" overweight now!!! - I did it! I'm no longer obese!!!!!!!! To have my BMI under 29.9, I needed to be less than 169.0lbs. This morning I weighed in at 168.8!!!! I actually had to take a picture of the s...
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nfarris79 wrote a blog post 13 years, 10 months ago
on the edge - So for the past week, I've been creeping back from the edge of overweight BMI. Soo close to 29.9 that it's maddening..... I weighed 170.2 lbs last week. Then it went up to 170.6, ...
nfarris79 posted a discussion topic 13 years, 10 months ago
size 12 fits!!! - I looked at the jeans thinking "there's no way these are gonna fit". Um, yeah, I am officially in a size 12! Cannot believe it.....
nfarris79 wrote a blog post 13 years, 11 months ago
Wouldn't have had such a good time..... - Pre-op, 96 lbs ago, I wouldn't have been able to spend 7 hours in high heels, wear a size 16 bridesmaid gown, run all over doing errands for the brides.... I am so grateful for th...
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nfarris79 wrote a blog post 13 years, 11 months ago
NSV - Yesterday I went shopping with my friend and got a few pairs of size 12 pants - thinking ahead already! So I did a load of laundry (b/c I think clothes that other people who've tri...
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Germantown, MD
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24.3
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Surgery
04/13/2011
Surgery Date
Jan 07, 2011
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