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7/20/2009

Wow - time flies. I should have stayed closer to this site. It's helpful! Well I am now 2 yrs and 4 mo. out. About a year and a 1/2 ago I met a great guy and a lot of my resolve slowed down - but I am picking it back up. It's completly my fault. You know you get comfy and it's hard to stay on track. I am back in the gym and got to a low of 225lbs. But the first part of this year I handled some unexpected stress with eating like a homeless kid that was let into a buffet for free!

So I gained like 25 lbs and now am back at right around 250. Which is where I was 6 mo out! So even tho that is still good for a total amount loss - I should be under 200 now. It's time to get back into serious mode. So I am journalling and eating my biggest meal for lunch and no food after 7:30pm.

Working out has been a great help -except I want to eat more. I don't know if it's my mind thinking I deserve it since I worked out or actual outcome from increased activity.

Anyway - I plan to blog more now and whip myself back into shape.

TAKE CARE 
TS

Sept 4th 2007

 

Today I had my 6 month check up for my WLS. The actual 6 month anniversary won't be until the 20th of this month, but you get the gist. I have to say I am happier than I have been in a while AND scared to death at the same time. I think most of us agree that the fear of failure looms over us like a black cloud. So I need to not always push that feeling away and keep it close. At 6 months things start to feel real normal again. (At least for me it has) I can eat more - the rules get harder to follow- and you can fall back into old habits easily. So while I've had great success - I want to keep going. Here's to all of us that struggle every day to stay on track. KEEP IT UP!

I am at 254lbs with a BMI of 41. When I started at this hospitial I had a BMI over 60 and weighed 369. But my grand total from when I shit the brick of a lifetime - stepping on the scales in June of 2006: I weighed 411lbs which makes my total lbs lost 157. So yes - I have lost a Paris Hilton and maybe one of her Louis V. suitcases filled to the brim! But seriously more than the scales - the little things that make me happy are being able to sit in a booth with no worries ~ buckling the seat belt ~ shopping with options ~ crossing my legs and being able to reach things that I couldn't before!

Today's appt. helped get a kick in the pants to tighten up my regimen. So here are the things I am going to really start working on with renewed spunk:

+Not drinking during meals and waiting the 1hr after I eat too

+Picking the right foods when I eat

+Working out more

+Journalling &...

+Be better with vitiamins. Now that I am at 6 months I have my docs blessing to take real pills instead of chewables - so that is a good thing. I should be able to stay on sch. with them now that the yuck factor is elminated.

Somewhere along the way I think I've lost count. But this last appt. was the best by far.  My wound is now closed and still healing a bit. BUT NO MORE PACKING OR BANDAGES!!!!  Not to mention I am finally feeling back to normal. I lost 8 lbs in the last month and just am happy to be progressing.

Eating  has been a little tricky lately. But I am able to eat 3 meals a day now. I had to give myself a quick swift kick in my own ass to get back on regular vitiamin schd. The chewable ones are seriously getting to me but they gotta get taken! So after a week of slacking here and there I am back baby.  A little bit of sabotage from someone helped in that effort. The sabotage (conscious or not) didn't work. So I now know to be on the look out. Not that I have been perfect. I have had a baked potato (made two meals from it) and I shouldn't have that until I am much further out. Also I've tried to eat out about 3 times and 2 of those times it's just not gone well. As in puking. Now I am still picking things that are off the lite menu but I think I need to stick to my kitchen to be safe.  There is nothing like being scared of what you are eating. That only makes sense if you are eating that deadly blow fish, ya know!

So far I have been lucky to not be tempting by sweet things- I hope that stays the same. Still haven't had bread, pasta, or rice since before March 18th.  I think it's rice I miss the most right now... but ask me tomorrow and I may say bread. I think my  head really misses just sitting down to a big round meal with a little meat, veggie, starch and bread. But hey  that is not happening. So there goes my little confession.

I go back to see the Dr in about a week just to wrap up the who wound thing. I hope to have my first labs done soon and I know this next appt with include a visit with my nut. & the shrink. So no worries. 

Not to drone on but some more good things have been since my WLS on 3/20 - I can shop at Lane Bryant again - I have gone from a size very tight 30/32 to a 24! 
Crossing legs now-
Driving and sitting in the car so much better-
Sitting in movie seats and some auditorium seats so much better-
And I am at 291lbs - which must be the first time in at least 10 yrs. So I have joined the YMCA.

So let me shut up  - I am just in a great mood. I know not everyone can be but know it will get better.

Take Care,
T

I am in the 200's for the first time in a LONG time. Just barely tho at 299.5 lbs! But I will take it.  So far so good with foods. Although the other day I had my first vomit... 3 hrs after eating the same old stuff that has been fine....turkey. It was terrible.  So I've been taking extra time to make sure I am eating slow.  

On the wound side of things.. it's getting better but DAMN I am so tired of it.  Still packing it and it is becoming a quicker process.  Along with my Doc I have decided to go back to work (half days) next week and then back to full time. I think even tho it will be rough at first , going back to work will help get me back to "normal".  

All in all I am doing better and can't complain (2 much).  :)  But off topic  I want to send a prayer out to the victims of the MAY 3 1999 Tornado.  I was in it and GOD blessed me and kept me safe that day while the storm blew the house off its foundation.  But 44 people died that day so when things get tough for me I need to remember that I am so lucky to have made it out of there. I hope time has healed some of the pain for those families.  

TINA

It's been a month and now I am at the STAGE 3 foods. I was surprised. So that makes things better. I am still only getting about 2 meals in a day. I am also getting all of my vitamins in except I struggle to get all 3 doses of my calcium in. But I know it's gotta be done. 

My wound is still open and my best friend comes every day to pack it. She is also a RN but the best damn gal to put up with me. It's been more sore lately but I guess I am doing more. The infection appears to be gone and my surgeon thinks it may be closed up in about two weeks  - so I hope so. I am let my doc know all about it and he has looked at it. So I hope all is okay. I love my Doc but he can be a little bit of a speed doc with the appts.  I feel like I have to slow him down. 

The last two weeks I love 16 lbs! So that is good. That puts me at 311 lbs - which is kinda odd  because my weight 1 year ago was 411. So with my pre op work and now the WLS tool I can say I've lost the most weight I ever have in my adult life! 

Take Care,
Tina

All is good so far! I can't believe it, but I have lost 28lbs in the two weeks since my WLS. But you don't eat for a couple of weeks and you will lose weight. i suppose!  My wound from the infection is doing fine and I really feel as if that is the only thing keeping me from being 100% so I hope I am not babying it too much. 

I feel good and stage two foods are great!. I am eating about 2 tbls of food from the list at a sitting. Oh and also started all of my supliments. 

So change is a coming!

Take Care
Tina

Well THANK GOD all is okay.  But I had to go back to see my Doc this last Thursday.  My largest incision was bright red and infected. So I think that the pain I was linking to recovery was really the infection. It was very sneaky tho. It never got "red and angry" looking until Thursday. It looked a little odd after I tried sleeping on a bed too soon. Then it started feeling tight and any which way I moved hurt. 

So I called the PA and she called in some antibiotics. But as the night got on the pain was really bothering me and the red was travelling so I made the decision to go up to the baratric hosp.  My PA met me there - saw it and called my surgeon. This was all after 9pm. My doc cam up and explained that it was infected and he would have to open it up and let it drain. I was a nervous wreck! But he told me I would feel much better once it was drained. AND IT WAS SO MUCH BETTER. So I think it set my recovery back a tad but hey I am not complaining. Off all the things that could go wrong - this is minor. One of my best friends and the best gals in the world is a RN and she is coming over everyday and pakcing the wound. I can't thank her enough!

I go for my two week check up this Tuesday, yeah! Soft foods should be where I get to step to and he will check the wound. The only thing we are concerned about is when we get the culture back for the wound... we hope it's not the nasty staph that is antibiotic ressistant. The Doc says that can get very expensive.  So fingers crossed that it's just a plain old normal infection.

Still feeling better everyday. I have been on the liquid thing since March 18th. It's still not as bad as I thought. But I am ready to move on to chewing some grub!

Take Care
T

Well I kinda still can't believe it. But I came home yesterday after my surgery on Tuesday. Everything went great. I wish everyone could have the knowledge and compassion of the staff at WEIGHT WISE. My surgeon Dr Toby Broussard was excellent.  So many things have been going on so I wont get too wordy. But email me if you have questions

I will give a litte point by point of things that have stood out to me.

*It hurt more than I thought - but it is getting better everyday!

*Sip water every 5 mins to ensure you get ur 64 ozs in everyday.

*Liquid Loratab is awesome. 

*Sitting up in a firm chair seems to be better than a cushy  chair.

*Being positive will help, trust me.

*I haven't eaten since Sunday and I don't even think about food right now. I don't know if it the surgery or recovery but eating is not in my head currently. That is a good thing to me!

And shout out to Jen B - She is having her surgery in April and I know she will do great! She has been sending out good thoughts and prayers for me since I went in,,,, like I know a lot of you have also done.

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU.

Now that my surgery date (3/20) is right around the corner I am finding it harder to stick to a diet. I keep thinking - well I can't eat this again so I should eat it now. BAD IDEA. So I am going back to basics... my two weeks started today so that is it. I gotta put good things in my body. I have had 34 yrs to eat crap and I've done so good up until now. So that is my own gripe out to myself. 

The last thing I want - after all this time- is to have a gain before my surgery. Since May 2005 I have lost weight every month. So I gotta step it up STAT! 


Also I had metabolic tests ran this Mon to see where my heart rate needs to be to work out smarter and not harder. I highly reccommend this test. It is called V20 and RMR here in OKC but I am sure there are diff names for it. You wear a mask that measures your breathing while resting and then while working out. Let me know if you have questions. I think it is great!
That is all...
T

I can't believe I didn't post at all in FEB. It was my B-day month and I did a lot of celebrating. But I did lose 2 lbs in Jan and working with my docs to get my 5 yr weight docs. Got that together and today... I got the call. My surgery is schd. for March 20th.  Whew. So I have all kinds of things going thru my head. I am going to update my profile and start working on my list of things to do. 

T