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Gained to 150 down to 138, 3 to normal weight 

i forgot my birthday, 8 years ago yesterday i had surgery. time has flew over the last 8 years or life has been so much fun that the days pass so fast.  i am so happy for this suregy and what it has meant to me in my life, even though i stray off course at times my life couldn't be better.
 my motto in 2002 was.........2002 and a new you.......boy it has been a new me and with each passing year i strive to enjoy life more each day. life if good!!!!!!

wow totally shocked this evening, received my OH magazine in the mail and was shocked to hear of Kirk Thompsons passoing in august. Crow had surgery 6 months before me and i watched his progress along with many others and exchanged emails. i am sad , depressed, hurt and angry that i haven't kept in touch with many friends i made through this surgery. i know Kirk is looking down still cheering every one on , with encouragment and with his wonderful thoughtful ways.
  i check in from time to time on the site but have lost touch with many on here, due to the lifestyle i have aquired since wls. live life to the fullest as if it was your last day on earth ,this is  how been how i have lived since surgery, in the process i have lost touch with many . stopped coming by to encourage and support stopped  so hear i sit sad and wanting to run to the comfort foods but i fell i know have an angel watchingaover my shoulder keeping me in check.Kirl might of been a crow on earth but his wings have changed and he is is now a angel soaring to new heights, never stop living but take  a rest stop to chat with friends

Post-Op Dietary Plan for Roux en Y Gastric Bypass Surgery Patients

As with all surgical weight-loss programs, it is imperative that Roux en Y patients adhere to dietary recommendations following surgery. For the first 18 months after gastric bypass surgery, patients must restrict themselves to consuming less than 800 calories per day; after 36 months, patients may consume no more than 1200 calories each day. In addition, patients must avoid eating sugars and fats to prevent "Dumping Syndrome."

my husband still isn't happy with my weight , says i am still to thin , no pleasing a man i guess ..haha he hates the feeling of my ribs i guess but hey i found them after all those years and i kinda like them haha
 wish i could keep in touch with some of the old post ops that were around when i started my journey.  YOU ALL OUT THERE??? GIVE ME A SHOUT! sure would like to hear from them . well i stopped in to say  life is great , i am still around and checking in when i can . just at work right now ....shhhhh   love life   even with my size i still have the head  problem of feeling fat after 5 years  i remind my self a 4 or a 6 isn't fat but my head still can't understand that , no one ever said this is easy  , even long term post ops have thier struggles, with some of the same old feeling and habits i guess but  is is worth every minute of feeling healthier !  hugs

wow , never would imagained time would fly so fast and i would be 5 years out and feeling this great.
 5 years ago i started this amazing journey, though it was a little rough , i was determine to a better life and health. i reminded my self through all the little problems as a new post op , this isn't forever, this is a chance to use wisely in the 18 month time frame of losing , i had to make every moment count to get to my goal. i reached my goal and even got below goal. who would of thought i could of ever felt so great or wear a size zero. 
 well the newbie stage was so long ago and it is the maintance stage for life. the joys and sorrows of the friendship and hardships have been a wonderful learning experience for me in many ways. 
 the most important single thing i could ever relate to any pre op is , please read and learn all you can before you have surgery, understand what all the post ops are telling you. don't worrry about losing the weight it will come off , when it doesn't the inches are melting.don't worry .....but follow those rules. make the best of this chance of a healthier happier life but understand it is not easy at first but with determination and will power you will look back 5 years later and think it was very much worth all you have been through to be healthier.
 i also have long ago left the zero size and have settled between and 4 or 6 in clothes , which is perfect for my height.
  the best thing you can do is thank Eric who started this site and reach out and help others on thier journeys, i can't been on the site ad much as i use to , sure miss it too. but my heart and thoughts are with every one here. i stayed on here and supported many of my wls sisters and brothers here. i wish every one sucess and miss those who are no longer with us but watch as a angels above.
  i hope to update my picture soon, boy it is wonderful to be 5 years out but the worst  thing about this is i am 5 years older. and a little wiseer.
  believe , trust , care for others, research, understand and becommited.results are amazing and you will love the healthier you.
love and best wishes to you all as you go through your journey, 
yes as we all say ....in a heart beat! yes i would do it it again to feel this great.
 great big hugs to you all .....just think 5 long years of feeling great and living life !!!
 

The work outs going pretty well, still have to baby the arm as I am still in some pain and have no strength in using it, I finally broke down and called the ortho for a recheck as something is not right. it has been three months almost 4 and i can not lift anything heavy, the coffee pot is hard to lift, i have been working out trying to build the strength up but nothing. i have to assist any work outs with my left arm,  but all in all the working out again it great i feel so much better . my body is responding again to toning up and with in the next few months i hope to be back at where i left off 2 years ago.
  I am somewhat worried about the arm as it is hard to work out with it and the daily pain is getting on my last nerve. it pops so loudly when i raise my arm then the pain lets up , so something is not quite right i feel any way will chat with the doctor on 2/15. on thing for sure i would never have that surgery again it hurts like hell and that is putting it nicely.
 i do see that my arms are toning up and the flab goining away again so maybe by summer i will have tone arms again.
 i bought a cardio board for my palites , oh my goodness that thing kicks my butt ...hehe need it kicked at times but i am so happy with after 3 years of sitting on my butt and unable to work out to finally get back at it. i have been waking up at 2 am and can't sleep so i go work out till i have to get ready for work at 3 am then off for my hour commute , i hate that i sit behind a desk about 11 hours a day and sit for about 3 hours commuting so a good work out feels great it really stretches my muscles and feel like a great message.
 if i was to recommend any thing for a newbie or preop it would be a pilates machine. i feel it helped me get so small and tone after surgery now here it has been almost 5 years ....yikes times is flying. but i am still a size 4  i don't think i will be a 0 again but hey a toned up 4 is my goal. just eat like crazy with the working out , seems i get a little hunger thing going on when i work out but i am trying to listen to my body , and eat when it is hungry and stop at full,
 goal at the moment is to be tones up by my 5th anniversary in april for a new pic. well off for coffee cup #2 and working out this early am , 
POSITIVE THOUGHTS CREATE POSITVE RESULTS.
 I WILL DO IT............... CAUSE I CAN ! 
LOVE MY WLS FAMILY!

updating my profile been a long time since i have posted and the changes trew me for a loop with the new format. i was fearful that this site will lose so much information from older potops due to the changes constantly going on . i couldn't get the hang of this one and was going to give up till....... a wonderful angel ......Debbie M... came to my rescue! thank you so much.hard for this old gal to learn new things
 well here is the latest on me and my almost 5 year journey.finally i am back at my work outs. i have been away from them for 2 years! yes 2 years wow .. finally feels good to work out again. i had hives for 18 weeks a couple years ago and had to stop my work outs. all the testing show i was allergic to everything but........dogs, cockroaches,food and men ! now that shows what i an not allergic to haha.. then last year i fell on an outstretched arm hurt the back ..5 buldging dics and then in october they did surgery for a torn rotator cuff. 2 tears and shaved the collar bone//can you say ouch ? i sure can. well 3 months later i have slowly started my work outs and i must say i love working out again.. no i didn't hit my head but it sure feels good to start toning up what is sagging in the last 2 years. i am in a size 4 and some 6 were i was a zero but i am still where i should be at my height.
 i worked out every day since surgery till 2 years ago and now i am getting back on track . i still remember those days of losing and working out after surgery. i am almost 5 years post op can you believe it? time sure flies.
 i strongly believe that working out all my muscles after surgery helped with not having the dreaded plastic surgery, even though now i have to retone up some saggy areas i love to work out and feels so great today just finished a 30 minute  workout on the pilates machine .. i swear by it too it is the easiest and what helped
me so much after surgery. 
i hope that many will not lose the information here as change is hard whether it be in losing weight and lerning to eat different to the changes on the site . yes we grow through changing but sometimes change can be bad . just my thought on the matter.
 miss being on here a lot but the way i work..up at 3am on the road at 4am , work at 5am then home by 5 pm. not much  time for life greatest pleasures . chatting with you all is something i sure miss. i will try to do more updates to help those starting there journeys see how us oldies are still doing .
 never give up , think positive....stay positive. hugs! 

wow almost 4 years post op and i couln't be happier. time sure flys. to update on me.. well i drop to a very thin level that concerned my doctor and husband. the hubby wasn't exactly thrilled that i was showing bones like a anorexic person. well the doctor wanted me to gain a few pounds to be in the normal range,it was hard at first letting go of the fear of gaining it all back , but they were right. i wa too thin. if i had gotten an illness i wouldn't have any thing else to lose i would be all bones. i had some mental ajustments to make in doing this but succeded, i wear a size 4 today and watch what i eat better than before , i eat more than i used to but i still stay in the normal range.
my father passed away about 1 1/2 years ago suddenly and i started the grazing thing. well i have that under control now. i log what i eat on fitday. i get my protein in again and i have to learn to drink more water and exercise to of my down falls lately. i just lost 6 pounds this last week from eating healthy again, i don't want to drop too low again but just eat healthier. so i know for a fact at alomst 4 years post op it can be done again , yes if you use this tool like you were taught you can lose weight.
so never say your to thin as you can be and never say this tool failed you all you have to do is folow the rules and eat right and it will come off. just think healthy not skinny so much. i was obsessed with being thin and now with being healthy , how things have changed. work hours long and it is hard to eat right so by planning my meals on fitday one day in advance i can stick to it better, i know what i have to eat and what i have left to go when it comes to snacks at night and dinner. it sure has helped. I work in an office of mostly obeese people and they eat for any reason around here , cakes to every event cookies, junk and it was hard at first but they even say Rhonda can't have this , i reply yes i can but don't want it. i won i don't want it! i have the power of choice, and i choose me! i have power of my body and what i shove in it. i am in control not the food!what a great feeling too!
to make this long story short ,,learn from this tool and use it wisely.
happier and healthier loving this life!

boy where has the time gone? i am now over 2 1/2 years post op and it does not seem possible. i have been so busy with life that time just flies now days. working and having so much fun doing things i never would think of before my wls. just thought i would post and let you know that there this a wonderful life after wls and believe me i am living it! and loving it!