Starstelle G.
Pre op 246/ most current 172.5
How do I start with my story?? lol
OK - I was not always overweight... was a very skinny kid and teen.... I started gaining weight in my early twenties, and all my doctors we stumped as to why. I gained close to 80 pounds in one year alone! I started thinking about WLS about 3 or 4 years ago... and really started looking into it in 2004.... I had started the process of getting insurance approval for RNY in 2005, but lost my patience with the insurance company... but kept the idea in my head.. I changed insurance companies for 2006. By this time Dr. Ben-Meir had started doing the Lap Band. I felt more comfortable with the Lap band, so I researched it... the plussed outweighed the plussed for RNY (for me).. so I went ahead with getting insurance approval... I was approved within days of submitting! I am happy that I have had this surgery...
I am sure all of us know what it is like to be overweight... feeling run down all the time, embarassed to go shopping... hard time tying shoes, etc. Add to that, everyone compaired me to my younger self... I was having a hard time even liking myself as an obese person.... I just did not respect myselfor love myself... how could I expect my husband to love me, if I could not love myself??? (but he did!)
Now, I still have a ways to go, but my outlook has improved! I know what I have done has been the best thing for me health wise.... mentally and physically!
Here are my numbers:
246........ 04/20/2006 (start of pre op diet)
233........ 05/04/2006..... -5 Day of surgery (-13 total)
228........ 05/11/2006..... -5 (-18 total)
225........ 05/18/2006..... -3 (-21 total)
222.5..... 05/25/2006..... -2.5 (-23.5 total)
220.5..... 06/01/2006..... -2 (-25.5T/12.5 Since Surgery)
220........ 06/08/2006..... -.5 (-26T/13 SS)
218........ 06/15/2006.... -2 (-28T/15 SS)
215........ 06/22/2006..... -3 (-31T/18 SS) 1.5cc
212........ 06/28/2006..... -3 (-34T/21 SS) 1.5cc
215........ 07/06/2006..... +3 (-31T/18SS) 1.5cc vacation did me in
209.5..... 07/13/2006..... -5.5 (-36.5T/23.5SS) 1.5cc
208.5..... 07/20/2006..... -1 (37.5T/24.5SS) 3.5cc
205........ 07/27/2006..... -3.5 (41T/28SS) 3.5cc
203........ 08/02/2006..... -2 (43T/30SS) 3.5cc 3 MONTH MARK
200........ 08/10/2006..... -3 (46T/33SS) 3.5cc
199........ 08/17/2006..... -1 (47T/34SS) 3.5cc Mini Goal meet! YEAH!
196........ 08/24/2006..... -3 (50T/37SS) 3.5cc 50 pounds GONE!
192........ 08/31/2006..... -4 (54T/41SS) 4.5cc
191........ 09/09/2006..... -1 (55T/42SS) 4.5cc
189........ 09/14/2006..... -2 (57T/44SS) 4.5cc
188........ 09/21/2006..... -1 (58T/45SS) 4.5cc
188........ 09/28/2006..... no change 4.5cc
188........ 10/05/2006..... no change 5.6cc
186........ 10/12/2006..... -2 (60T/47SS) 5.6cc
183.5 10/19/2006.....-2.5(62.5T/49.5SS) 5.6cc
183.5 10/26/2006 no change 5.6cc
183.5 11/04/2006 no change 5.6cc 6 MONTH MARK!!!
181 11/09/2006 -2.5(65T/52SS) 5.6cc
179 11/16/2006 -2 (-67T/54SS) 5.6cc
178.5 11/23/2006 -.5(67.5T/54.5SS) 5.6cc
177 11/30/2006 -1.5(69T56SS) 5.6cc
175.5 12/07/2006 -1.5(70.5T/57.5SS) 6cc
172.5 01/18/2007 -3 (73.5T/60.5SS) 6cc
170 02/15/2007 -2.5 ( 76T/63SS) 6cc
168 02/22/2007 -2 (78T/65SS) 6cc
167 03/01/2007 -1 (79T/66SS) 6cc
170 03/09/2007 +3 (76T/63SS) 6cc
166.5 03/15/2007 -3.5 (79.5T/66.5SS) 6cc
165 03/22/2007 -1.5 (81T/68SS) 6cc
168 03/29/2007 +3 (78T/65T) 6cc
164.5 04/05/2007 - 3.5 (81.5T/69.5T) 6cc
164.5 04/12/2007 no change 6cc
161 04/19/2007 -3.5 (85T/72SS) 6.6cc
165 04/26/2007 +4
161 05/10/2007 - 4 (85T/72SS) 6.6cc
161.5 05/17/2007 +.5 (84.5T/71.5SS) 6.6cc
163 05/24/2007 +1.5 (83T/70SS) 6.6cc
161 05/31/2007 -2 (85T/72SS) 6.6cc
163 06/07/2007 +2 (83T/70SS) 6.6cc
163 06/14/2007 00 (83T/70SS) 6.6cc
162 06/21/2007 -1 (84T/71SS) 6.6cc
162 07/03/2007 00 ( " " " " ) 3cc
162 07/23/2007 00 (" " " " ) saa
164.5 07/30/2007 +2.5 (81.5T/68.5SS) 3cc.. needing a fill
166 08/10/2007 +1.5 (80T/67SS) 4.2cc
162.5 08/20/2007 -3.5 (83.5/70.5SS) 4.2cc
164 09/03/2007 +1.5 (82T/69SS) 4.2cc
164.5 09/19/2007 +.5 (81.5T/68.5SS) 4.2cc
167 10/10/2007 +2.5 (79T/66SS) 5 cc
165 10/22/2007 -2 (81T/68SS) 5cc
165.5 11/05/2007 +.5 (80.5T/67.5SS) 5cc
164 11/20/2007 -1.5 (82T/69SS) 5cc
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