Kaye A.
I am 43 years old and have 4 children ages 13,15,18 and 20.
I teach prechool to children who are disabled.
I have been over weight most of my life and am excited to lose, but very scared about the surgery.
I am 215 pounds and only 5'1' tall, so I feel a little like a square at times.
WLS was something I had never considered until one day (the day before my daughters wedding) I went to the cardiologist. She checked me over and then asked me how the wedding was coming. I told her it was OK. She then asked me if I would like to see any of my other 3 children get married. She said that if I didn't lose weight and lose it quickly that my heart could not handle it. I definately wanted to see my children grow up.
she suggested looking into WLS. I went home in tears and told my husband, he said that he would be in total support of it. That is why I started checking into the surgery.
Goals I have of things I would love to be able to do.
* To have a normal blood pressure without medication
* To walk without everything hurting
* To fit through a turnstile without lifting my stomach up
* To fit in my car without the steering wheel hitting my stomach
* To do a cartwheel
* To wear a pair of capri overalls and look good in them
* To cross my legs
*To shop in the regular size clothes
8/23/2003
I had my surgery on July 29th, I feel pretty good except for some gas now and then and I can't keep one of my pills down.
The surgery went well and the Dr. and Hospital were great!
11/26/2003
I am almost 4 months post op today. I feel great! I have lost 63 pounds and feel like I am finally starting to get all the energy that everyone talks about.
I have not broken any records in the speed category at this weight loss but I do feel great about how fast I have lost it.
I am wearing a size small top and a 16 bottom. I still want to go to the plus sizes to shop out of habit, but I don't have to anymore. Yeah!
12/17/2003
Today I have lost 70 pounds and only have 25 to go! I am so excited to be at this weight. 145.
2 weeks ago my mom inlaw brought me some size 14 pants. I thought they looked so small but tried them on anyway. They fit!
Today I tried on some size 12's, they zipped up but were tight in the stomach. The good news, they fit.
I am so grateful for this surgery!
1/1/2004
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
As of today I have lost 75 pounds on this journey!
It is amazing to start the year as a person that is just over weight and not morbidly obese. It makes me so happy to be here.
I wear a size 12 and yesterday I bought a pair of overalls. One of my goals was to be able to wear overalls.
My new years resolution, continue on to goal and stay at that weight!
2/6/2004
I am a little over 6 months post op and I am feeling great. I wear a size 8 pants and a small top. I am 11 pounds away from goal and have lost 84 pounds. The last bit of weight seems to be coming off at a snails pace but it is coming off.
I have become addicted to looking for clothes at the clearance sales it is so much fun to be able to buy clothes I feel good about wearing.
Most of all I am grateful to God for the help he has given me in getting through this surgery and to lose the weight.
2/28/2004
I am amazed that I actually managed to lose a few pounds this month. I had a plateau for about 3 1/2 weeks. I was so grateful when it was over! I am just 7 pounds from goal, so close I can almost taste it. I wear a size 6 now, something I could never even imagine because I have never worn that size before.
I am constantly amazed when I think of where I have come from in the last 7 months.
3/26/2004
1 1/2 more pounds to go. It seems like a dream. I am so close.
I have never made a weight loss goal before, so I feel pretty excited that I actually will this time.
It is hard sometimes to lose that image of being MO, I still feel that way sometimes and the self concept part will take a long time to heal.
I am happy though and excited to maintain even though I fear that word "maintenance".
I thank God each and every day for this wonderful opportunity and for the tool that will help me the rest of my life.
3/31/2004
Can you see me dancing! Can you hear me shouting!
I made it to goal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Today I wieigh 120.
Oh, I forgot, last night I did a cartwheel, it was one of my weight loss goals to be able to do a cartwheel.
215/120/120
Starting measurments:
Chest: 42
Waist: 38
Hips: 56
thighs:30
Arms: 14 1/2
Pants size: 24
Todays measurments
Chest: 32
Waist: 24.5
Hips: 34.75
thighs: L 19.5 R 20
Arms: L 10.25 R 10.5
Pants size: 4 or 6 depending on the cut
Weight loss:
Starting July 29/03: 215
August 27/03: 194 - 21
Sept 30/03 176.5 - 38.5
Oct 28/03 164 - 51
Nov 25/03 153 - 62
Dec 30/03 140.5 - 73.5
Jan 27/04 133.5 - 81.5
Feb 24/04 128.5 - 86.5
March 31/04 120 - 95 at goal
June 13/04 113 - 102
Nov 16/04 110 - 105
6/13/2004
Wow it is hard to believe that it has been almost 3 months since I made goal and soon it will be a year since I had surgery.
I think that I have finally sort of stabilized at about 113. I tend to go up to 114 then back down to 113. I feel good at this weight and really don't want to go any lower.
Life has changed since loosing all of my weight. I feel better I look better and my husband says I even act better LOL.
I pray that I will be able to maintain this weight loss for life.
7/29/2004
It is so hard to believe that just one short year ago I walked into the hospital at 5'1" weighing 215 pounds and wearing a size 24 pair of jeans.
Today I weigh 112 pounds and wear a size 4 or 6.
I am so grateful for the chance I have had to have the surgery and be given this wonderful tool that will help me the rest of my life!
The year has gone quickly and the weight came off pretty quickly too.
103 pounds in 8 months.
LESSONS I'VE LEARNED
**Be patient!!!! The weight will come off. It is normal to stop for a few days or a week but it will start again.
**Stay away from food that is going to cause you to have big cravings.
I found that the cravings go away after awhile, but if something is a trigger food for you and is going to cause you problems, don't eat it!
**Follow your doctors and nutritionists orders, they really do know best.
**Be prepared to get sick or to dump.
** One that is so hard for me to understand is that weight will always be an issue to somebody in your life. It may not be too much weight, it may be too little.
I thank God everyday for the new lease on life I have.
I hope that everyone pre and post will hang in there and continue working on this wonderful journey wherever you are in it.
11/04
It has been awhile since I updated. I am now 16 months out and maintaining at 110 which I reached sometime in July. I am very happy at this weight! I now wear a size 4 which is something I never thought I would see. I honestly didn't know that I was that small under all of the fat.
My life hasn't had any really dramatic changes but I am able to do the things that I do with much more ease.
This is the first time in my life that I can actually say I have maintained my weight and not automatically started gaining as soon as I reached goal.
I thank my Father in Heaven for this surgery each and every day!
This is me in July at 110
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It's hard to believe it but I have actually maintained my weight loss for a year now.
March 31st of last year I made it to 120 pounds. Now I weigh 110 which I like even better!
I always thought that if I could lose and maintain for a year that would be success since I have never maintianed for even a month before.
I now know that success is maintaining for the rest of my life.
I am so greatful for this surgery and I am praying for all of the pre and post ops each day that you will find success.
It's been a great 20 month journey.
Have a great day!
5'1"
then 215
now 110
then size 24
now size 4
July 29th 2005
IT'S BEEN 2 YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow it is hard to believe!
2 years ago I was wheeled into the operating room a morbidly obese woman. weighing 215 pounds and wearing a size 24 pants.
I had felt for so many years and after so many diet failures that there was no hope of me ever losing the weight and had quit trying.
I was so excited to have this surgery and so hopeful that it would work.
It took me 8 months to reach my goal which was 120 pounds. I went down to 110 and now weigh 115.
This has not always been an easy journey. Like all other journeys we take in life there have been stumbling blocks and discouraging times but the good always outweighs the bad.
Today I am happier and healthier and I thank my Father in Heaven and a wonderfully skilled surgeon. for this new lease on life.
I have learned that no matter what your weight and no matter how confident you are about keeping it off, you still need to watch what you eat. I am learning to keep my food journal updated so that I am aware of what I am eating. I got to the point where I thought I could just eat, but when those 5 pounds crept back on I took control of my eating again.
No matter where you are in this journey, keep the faith. It is worth waiting for the surgery and it is worth struggling through losing the weight!
5'1"
Then: 215
Now: 115
Then: size 24
Now: size 4
Then: Unhealthy
Now: Healthy
May 5 2006
It has been a long time since I updated. I am still weighing in at around 115 and still love being able to wear small clothes.
It is amazing how much your life can change in a few months.
In December I was diagnosed with stage 2b breast cancer. I had found a lump in October which nobody thought anything about. Everyone was surprised when the biopsy came back positive for cancer. I had a mastectomy in January and have been having chemotherapy since then. I will finish the last chemo on the 11th and then will start radiation. It has been a long and tiring road but I am grateful that I had lost the weight because my body was so unhealthy before.
About Me
Brigham City, UT
Location
22.3
BMI
Surgery
07/29/2003
Surgery Date
Jun 16, 2003
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