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Below is what was on my old profile. I will try to be better in updating my info more often.
I have been approved for my surgery through my current insurance Cigna. My surgery date is scheduled for 12/19/2005. I am currently on a pre-op diet, low carb south beach type to shrink my liver.
About myself. I am 32, married, no children, a dog and a cat. I am newly self employed (using previous employers insurance for surgery) while on cobra.
Looking foward to loosing at least 100 lbs over the next year and then trying to have a baby!
Ok today is 12/22/05 I am 3 days post-op. Eating baby food...mac and cheese not so bad with salt and pepper :) I am sore a little around the belly and incisions are starting to itch. Of course having the gas issues with the left shoulder and I am walking, walking, walking. My hubby and I walked around the golf course today. Trying to set a schedule of not weighing but once every two weeks to a month as not to get to anxious. So I am not sure what I weigh right now.
1/7/06 I have not been here in a while, shame on me!!! I am now eating most anything I want but having problems drinking the proper amount of water. I am sick with cold/flu type symtoms and the weird thing is I am soooooo hungry! I try to walk a little but with this sickness it makes it difficult. then I found out I have a pinched nerve in my back (great). Also my Dr says not to exercise for weight loss purposes yet....I guess God has a plan!!! I have posted on the message board and ready several times that the first 6 weeks is the hardest. I guess that is really true!
1/17/06 OK I think that I have a bit of depression, not sure if it is due to the surgery (anesthesia) or being sick with bronchitis or being at home all the time. One minute I feel like I can take on the things that I need to do....finding a job, getting my MK business off the ground, and starting school in the fall. I have decided that I want to be a teacher. At 32 this seams like a very long and involved process because I will be 35 when I get my degree (whew I feel like I am getting old) Why didn't I go back to school sooner???? Oh well not worth beating myself up over now. Also I have been interviewing with Bellsouth but they want me to be able to accommodate their schedule for 6 months without having to take any time off....so I am left wondering how am I going to get my fills????? Which is something my hubby brought up. I would love to make my MK (Mary Kay) business work, I just feel lost and at the end of my rope with how to get new customers. What's a girl to do? But vent on my message board for the whole world to read. But one bright light is that I have my first fill next Tuesday January 24!!!! I need to ask my Dr how he handles fills in the documentation it says every 6 weeks but I have noticed on the board that some people go back in 3 weeks or wait longer to have another fill. I guess it is something I need to bring up!
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1/25/2006.....FIRST FILL!!!!
Ok I had my first fill yesterday. I was a little scared because of what I have read and heard especially about the first one. However, Dr Webb being so wonderful, he basically calmed my fears while doing the fill! I told him of my concerns about "digging around" in my port. He had me lay back on the table with a pillow under my mid back, and then do a half crunch, with hands behind my head. Of course my breasts are so large that I could not see a thing LOL! :) He told me that if he had any problems finding my port that he would not keep poking me, that he would send me to over to the hospital (right behind his office) and put me under flora to do the fill. I LOVE DR WEBB!!! By the time he told me about the flora, he was done! The feeling of the fluid in the port is really "weird", then when it hits the band my stomach made a huge growl, there was a little stomach cramping for about 30 seconds, felt kinda like gas. Then of course I had to sip water...no problems there! I found out I have a vanguard 10 CM band and that it holds up to 11.75 cc's. He had put 2cc's in at surgery time because he said it was a little loose and yesterday he put another 3cc's in....so total for now is 5cc's. I am not sure if I have restriction yet as it was done at about 4:00PM EST yesterday and it is 7:00 AM now. So I have only had a little green tea and this morning a protein shake. So time will tell. He said that if need be I can come back in as little as 2 weeks or as distant as 6weeks but not to wait any longer than that.
Another exciting thing is that I have definitely lost some inches....inches are soooooo much better than pounds....that is when you see it in your clothes!!!! I will be measuring today and posting what they are. I had an interview yesterday with Lane Bryant for a management position.....I know we all love Lane Bryant ladies!!!!! Don’t know if a job there is a good thing or not but anyway....almost all my clothes are from lane Bryant….cant make money if I am constantly spending it!!!! I wore the blouse I have on in my before pic and a skirt that only a month ago (even with pre-op diet weight loss) was really tight and did not zip all the way. Well it fit PERFECTLY!!!!! And it is a size 22/24!!!! I am so excited it is one of my favorite items in my closet....but luckily for me Lane Bryant has made it one of the staples in its line and is available in sizes down to 12.....12 I can only imagine....wait a minute....I only have to wait!!!! :) Anyway the shirt was loose and with a few more inches it will look really big on me!!! How exciting clothes looking big on me!!!!!!
02/06/2006
Ok I have not measured yet....I really need too. Every time I think about it I get to doing something else. Also need to take some pics have not done that lately. I am going to get another fill on Thursday. This will be fill #2, It will be 2weeks tommorrow but I know I am eating way too much the last week. I dont have restriction yet. However I do watch what I am eating (most of the time). Also took a challenge on the band board to not weigh for 2 weeks. Have another week to go and am trying to hold out but the scale is calling my name!!! LOL
02/10/2006
Yesterday I got my 2nd fill. It was easier than the first (because I knew what to expect). Dr says I have lost 4 pounds since first fill 2 weeks and 2 days ago. Said that is perfect. Dr Webb is so great he said in a year I wont care it was ONLY 4 pounds. He is happy with my success....therefore I am happy! :-) His scale is about 1 1/2 to 2 pounds more than mine...probably because of clothing....at home I weigh myself buck naked! So I can imagine size 24/26/22 (whatever I have on that day) is going to weigh at least a pound maybe more. (crazy but think about all the matierial in these big clothes) I am doing well with my weight loss. I am learning how to eat and having less and less problems with golf balling ! Right now I am back on liquids, tomorrow will be mushies and then next week back to regular food. Hopefully I will have better restriction. I now have 7 cc's in my 10 cc band. In the other part of my life, I am praying to the Lord that he provides me a way for income and for the rest of my life. I know that there will be something that he has planned for me and he will take care of us (me and hubby) so I just need to set back and let him work within our lives.
02/13/2005
I took a two week challenge from fellow bandster...Jason...on the board, I vowed 5 lbs in two weeks and it is official today I am 5 lbs down!!! WOW my body sure heard that vow!!!! I have taken another challenge of 5 lbs in the next two weeks! It did help me to stay off the scale...I stayed off for an entire week and only on the day of my fill....Thursday did I cheat....I did not want to be upset or shocked at the Dr's offices. So I knew what to expect. I am now shooting to go from 279 to 274 in the next two weeks!!! At this rate I will be to my goal weight before I know it.....2 weeks at a time!!!!
3/10/06
Have not been on in a while so here I am. I now weigh 273 so it is officially 40 lbs down. I will be supper excited when I am less than 250 I have not seen that it almost 8-10 years. Wow I sure have been carrying this weight on me for a while. Not much to report just that I had another fill last week. He took all the fluid out and said there was only 6 cc's, he said they are not sure what happens to lost fluid. But anyway I am back up to 7 cc's. And all week I seamed to have pretty good restriction however now it is lessening. I feel hungry more often but I am going to give it another week before I go in for another fill. I have been bad not eating what I am supposed to. I think if my weight loss stalls I may start writing down my calories. And my eating habbits are not what they should be. I have been eating only about twice a day and then having a couple of snacks but we will see, the scale knows all! LOL!
3/15/2006
I am still at 273 after a little tussell up to 275 and now back to 273 I think I weighed to often this past week. I am calling for an appointment tomorrow for a fill. I am definately eating too much and too often. So I will see when they can get me in. Also my shrink lowered my Paxil to 20 mg a day from 40 mg. So hopefully I can get off it soon. Most of my life stress's are gone (at least the ones that drove me to medication). So I hope that I can get off this so called "fat drug" ASAP not to mention they have been finding more problems with babies that mother took Paxil during pregnancy and since that is my ultimate goal I want to be as healthy as possible.
3/22/2005
I called the Dr office last week only to find out he is out of town and doesnt have anything available until April 11....seams so far away. Trying my best to keep of the weight I have lost. I weighed and was down to 271. I have been saying I have lost 41 lbs and was please when readjusting my ticker that I have lost 42 lbs!!!! YEAH!!!! Anyway the lower dosage of Paxil seams to be doing ok....cant wait to come off it completely. Also I am on a real health kick and want to put only healthy organic things in my body. Kinda hard to do when you are on a " diet" at least life style change....I dont like all the artificial flavors and colors and pesticides, and hormones and everything in our food that is not natural. I have decided that since I am trying to get healthy with weight that I should do it for an all over make over inside and out. I am trying to get rid of all those bad things and only put healthy things in my body!
4/08/06
OK just a few more days and I will be infor my fill. I wonder if I have lost any fluid like last time. I did manage to loose 3lbs since my last post. My weight has fluctuated for the past couple of weeks but mostly due to TTOTM. So I am down to 268 and counting. Wow I cannot believe that I have lost almost 50 lbs!!! I love my band and am sooooo happy I did this for myself! I have changed our food out to organic...mostly still a few things hanging out in the pantry but I dont have a desire to touch them. I think that may be the reason that I have lost another 3 lbs because that did not happen until I changed over. I personally think that all of the chemicals, anti-biotics, hormons, and pecticides that they put on/in/feed too our food has an effect not just on health but our weight too! Just my thoughst of course!!!
6/2/06
Wow it has been two months since I last posted. I cannot believe how time has flown. I am currently down to 253, that is exactly 60 lbs down. I think I am at my sweet spot as I seam to have been losing a pound almost everyday. Just waiting to see what will happen at my next fill which is in two weeks. Nothing new to report other than that. Still not exercising like I am supposed to....cant help but wonder when I do get off my butt and do some exercise how fast this weight will go down then.
6/22/2006
I went to the Dr for a 6-week appointment. I did not get a fill because I think I could not stand another .01 cc...I probably would not be able to swallow. I have gotten off my booty and am now exercising. I am exercising an hour a day. On the tread mill, elliptical, and the stationary bike and of course stretches. I want this to get me to start loosing a little faster. Dr Webb (WLS surgeon) told me I am a perfect lap-band patient; I am loosing 1.5 pounds a week. I would like to be loosing a little faster and think that if I can loose 62 pounds without exercise then just how much can I loose with exercise???? :) I am feeling better and sleeping better since I have been exercising so either way it is worth it.
6/26/06
I just updated my weightloss ticker and realized that I only have 99 pounds to go!!! Wow I am out of the 3 digit range!!!! How exciting! Guess the exercise really is working!!!
6/28/06
Had to update my ticker again and now I am down to 248...I have not been able to exercise all week due to messing up my knee. I have decided not to do the bike anymore, that was the problem. I should have known better, when my knee was making bad sounds I should have stoped and moved on to something eles. But no I am hard-headed and continued!
08/08/06
Wow it has been over a month since I last posted. I am proud to say I am down to 235!!! Yup that's right 235!!! I have went so long without posting because I have been on several trips, business and personal. First I went to Dallas TX for the Mary Kay Convention called Seminar!!! Then came home for 4 days and left for Chitown....Chicago, my kind of town....Chicago...... Actually my hometown! Saw the family, did the tourist thing and was so impressed by my city that I felt blown away (excuse the pun...you know "the windy city" and all). I am now SO proud to call it my home town!!! They have really cleaned and greened the city in the past 5 years! Anyway while in Dallas I was really good about my eating....very healthy meals. Well when I got to Chicago with my Grandmothers home cooking and all the great food, I was not so good. But managed to get down to 235 and am pleased as pie about that!
9/24/2006
It has been about 1 1/2 month since I last updated. I am down to 228 on a good day but still fluctuating between 228-230, so I have lost but not that much since my last post. It is kinda frustrating but hey a loss is a loss, right?! I had an unfill last week of about 1 cc, down to 7.5 cc's due to slimming and pb'ing. I was ok until about 3 weeks ago when I had added stress in my life. My hubby and I decided that he is going back into the Military. So I am excited but a bit nervous and I thing this caused a tightening of my esophogus and a narrowing of my stoma. Because I had not had a fill since May and was doing fine until then. However now at least I can eat my small meals like I am supposed to so I am getting back on track. Other than that just trucking away at my Mary Kay biz and trying to be active and get exercise in when I make time for it. And it is MAKING time to exercise because I sure can find other stuff to do. Anyway that is all I have for now.
10/06/2006
Alright I was out here tonight updating my pics and thought I would calculate my current BMI....I am at 41.7!!! I am only 10 pounds away from being in the next catagory of "sevearly obese"!!! Which is a whole lot better than "super morbidly obese" which is where I started! It helps me look over the past year to see where I have come from because I get frustrated and start thinking....when will I ever loose all of this extra weight......but wow I have come a long way!!! So right now I am just morbidly obesse, which for once is better than being "super"!
OH YEAH!!!! Gotta give a shout out to my "Angel" Shannon!!!! She has hooked me up!!! She has given me soooooo many clothes that she has grown out of or should I say shrunk out of!!! God Bless you Shannon because I know you have blessed me!!!!
Non Scale Victories/NSV's
*no particular order
To be able to wear my hubbys clothes.
To shop in regular stores not just plus size.
To shock someone I have not seen in a while....DONE
For my hubby to be able to pick me up (thinks he can now but he is fooling himself)....ALMOST
For all my clothes to be so big that I have to give them away and start over......DONE.....NOW I WANT TO DO IT AGAIN
To share clothing with my sister (never been able to do that)
To give my mom clothes that I am tired of (she is between size 8-12)
To be released to get pregnant!!!
To get pregnant!!! ***even better than the first!!
Go on rides in Orlando and not worry about not fitting into the seats, or not being able to go through the turnstiles.
Not being caught of gaurd by the honesty of children.
Fly on an air plane and not spill over to the next seat.....DONE
Knees to stop "popping" so loud because of the weight they have to carry.
For people to notice me for Tonya and not see my body first....I THINK I AM HERE BUT WONT KNOW FOR SURE FOR A WHILE
To fit into a size 18 (have not seen that since I was a senior in HS)......DONE!!!!!
To fit 16-dont rember fitting into a 16, I think I just went from plus size kids clothes to an adult 18.
For my neice to notice my belly is not so big anymore!....SHE TOLD MY SISTER THAT HER AUNT T WAS NOT FAT ANYMORE!!!!
To get ready in the morning without sweating my make up off....DONE....MOST DAYS BUT THEN AGAIN I DO LIVE IN FLORIDA
To be taken seriously as a beauty expert with my Mary Kay business.
To sit on my hubbys lap witout worrying about breaking him!
To never have a seat belt (even in a back seat) that wont fit comfortably.....SO FAR SO GOOD ON THIS ONE