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I have been having a lot of joint pain the last few days so I called the doc at the surgeon's office.  He wanted me to come in today to check it out.  He gave me a prescription for a high-dose Ibuprofen and sent me on my way.  As with any doctor's appointments, there was a weigh-in.  At my July 1 weigh-in I had lost a total of 15 of my required 20 pounds.  Today my total weight loss was 23 pounds!  Holy Cow!!!  That is 8 pounds in 2.5 weeks!  Now I just have to maintain that and I am good to go!  I have my last dietitian appointment on August 1 then it is all up to the insurance people!  We are getting sooooo close!

I will be Thin By Thirty!

I have been starting to stress out a lot about the surgery and what my future holds.  As always, retail therapy works wonders!  Yesterday I went on Amazon and bought two books: Fat Chances by Erin Shaw (a memoir of her experiences with obesity and weight loss surgery) and Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery by Patt Levine (a cookbook).  I am excited to get both but more so about the memoir.  I am interested in how others have handled everything that goes on with being obese and having surgery.  I also went out and bought a book today called The Everything Post Weight Loss Surgery Cookbook by Jennifer Whitlock Heisler.  It has a lot of amazing information about the whole surgery process, not just recipes.  I have started researching and/or buying some of the many, many, many things I will need for the days, weeks, and months post-op.  Who knew there was so much to get? 

I will be Thin by Thirty!

I have been big my whole life but I got really big in High School, College, and beyond.  I topped out at 386 pounds at the beginning of this year.  I finally decided enough was enough and started looking in to having Lap Band Surgery.  I met with the awesome Dr. Ben-Meir at St. Vincent here in Cleveland and he nixed the Band idea!  After some discussion and careful consideration, my mom and I decided that the Gastric Bypass would be a much better option for me.  I am now working through the insurance process and hope to have my surgery on September 19, 2011.  I am on my last month of supervised diet and have lost 21 pounds of the 20 I needed to lose.  I am getting excited , but oh so nervous!  I need all the love and support I can get so please follow along with me and help me become the person that I want to be! 

I will be Thin by Thirty!