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04/29/06
Well I finally have time to update again. Everything is just so busy!! With trying to plan a wedding and finish up my masters degree and work ... it's like I have no time left!!
I am scheduled for Plastic Surgery on May 25th for my boobs & arms! I am excited, but also a little nervous!!! I think I'll be happy with the results though.
Everything is still going great for me. I am staying at the same weight now pretty much. I wear a size 8/10. And all of my labs have still been excellent.
All in all everything is fabulous! I'll post after my PS.
02/21/06
Ok ok, I know it I am horrible!! I cannot believe I have not updated since July! But to be fair, I have been really busy!!
Let's see. I am under 150lbs now! I am in a size 10!! Woo Hoo!! I am getting married in September! Ok now I'll be a little more detailed.
All of my labs have still been great. I have had no problems from this surgery at all other then having to have my gallbladder removed. I was considering ps this summer, but since we decided to get married in Sept that's out. It was a choice -- PS or get married??? What can I say marriage won out! ha! But he loves me as I am anyway. And I'm healthy now; and that is what matters most right?
I am still working full time and taking 2 classes this semester, yeah that's a pain .. but it will all be worth it one day.
I promise I'll try to update more regularly!!!!
07/18/05
I go next week to see my nutrionist. My nutrionist will go over my food journal with me and all of that. But I seriously think I am going to talk to my dr about plastic surgery. I weigh right at 165lbs now. My initial goal was 175, and me and my nutrionist talked last time that 150ish would be a good place for me. So I'm going to see what he thinks about it all. I just have the typical skin issues - arms, thighs, stomach, and the boobs could be lifted! haha. But we'll see. Just had some free time and thought I'd post for a minute.
I'll be done with my class in a few wks too!!! YAY!!!!!!
06/09/05
I went to see my nutrionist today. He said everything was going great. I have lost around 150lbs (and that was clothed! lol). He wants me to keep a food journal for a few wks just to check on what I am eating. I also had the metabolic cart (i think thats right) done today. I had to breathe into a machine for around 10mins and it tells how many calories I burn at rest. So now they want me to follow a calorie diet sort of. Just try to keep my calories under that until I reach goal and then keep them at that level or slightly above. Doesn't sound too bad. But we'll see I'll keep you posted and I'll put part of my food journal up to just in case anyone is interested in checking it out. Yay @ -150!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
05/23/05
GREAT NEWS!!!!!!!!! I weighed today and I am at ....... 175lbs!!!!! Which was my original goal of what I wanted to be at!!!!!!!! YAY MEEE!!! Of course for me to be 'normal' I need to be about 155 or less, so now my new goal is 155!!!!!!!!!!
05/16/05
I know I suck! I've been very slow about posting about my year post op visit. But I had some problems. The wk b4 my scheduled appointment I started having severe pain in my right side. So I finally broke down and went to my PCP. He said hmm sounds like your gallbladder. Set me up for an appt to have an ultrasound the following day. So I go there - and the lady said yeah you have some gallstones. So I called Dr Facundus and they said they could see me the next day! So then I go see him and he said well I can do your surgery tomorrow! Because he didn't want me having to hurt any longer. But everything went well with that. He even looked around at all his previous work to make sure everything was still looking good. He said everything looked great. Other then, he said most of us after loosing a great amount of weight will have a pocket(s) that is created. It's nothing major, but since he was in there he closed that up. He said he didn't get that opportunity in all, but since he was in there he just went ahead and took care of it. And leave it to be to be weird! My gallbladder was attached 4 times to my liver - where as 'normal' people's are only attached once. Yeah just my luck. Then I followed up with him in 2wks. He said everything was looking great and my weightloss was going wonderfully too. He then scheduled me with an appointment to see my nutrionist at the end of May.
When I go to see Hunter (my nutrionist), I will have a metabolic test done? I think that's what it's called anyway. I will have to breathe into a machine for about 10mins. Then it will tell how many calories I burn at rest. From that they will be able to put me on a calorie diet. To finish losing my 30lbs or so. Then when I reach my goal I'll be able to control it. Simply eat a little over that, and if I gain a little weight here and there - always go back to eating that or less. Sounds simple eh? Yeah right! But anyway I'll get this done the 31st.
My weightloss was pretty good for a year. At least I was happy with it. I'm just under 190lbs. I've lost 18in in my Bust, 20 in my waist, and 18 in my hips. So that's pretty good too! I'm not in a size 14/16 and mostly Large shirts, but some XL you know how clothes are.
I went to one of my best friend's wedding this weekend. Ha, there was so many people there that didn't even recognize me. I don't get it. I don't think I've really changed that much. But maybe I have. I have a picture from it - if anyone is interested just email me and I'll give you the link to my pics.
Well I guess that's it for now - I'll post again after my appt with Hunter.
04/17/05
Well things have been very busy around here. My little niece came into this world on April 7 at 7:39am. She is adoreable! Holden is adjusting fairly well. My weightloss is still pretty steady. No where near as much as the start, but I am almost a yr out now. So I had anticipated it to slow down. But I am now about 17lbs from my initial goal and 33lbs from what would make me 'normal'. So I am very happy. I go for my 1yr check up on May 6th. I wonder if he will bring up plastic surgery at all. If not I may and see what he says. Well Just wanted to touch base. 17 or 33lbs to go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
03/17/05
Seems like forever since I have been able to post. Things have just been busy. Everything is still going great. I am now 10mos out. I am only 30lbs away from MY goal. My doctor never really set 1 for me. And said he thought my goal sounded resonable enough. Once I get to this goal, I'll set another I'm sure. But I just want to reach this one. I had hoped to by my 1 yr anniversary, but I don't think I am going to make it. That doesn't bother me though. I'm happy with where I'm at. And now that it is getting warmer I'll be excercising more. I've did what my nutrionist said - and I am getting my fruit everyday now. I'm still in a size 16/18 in clothes. I do have some 14s that fit, but are too tight in my opinion. They have scheduled my sisters c-section for April 13. So in less than a month I'll have my new niece! I'll write again next month!
02/08/05
I went to my 9mo nutrionist appointment yesterday. He estimated me to be down about 133lbs. So thats fab!! I also had an amazing moment. I stopped by Lane Bryant - which is a store I have loved for many years. I'm in a size 18 jeans right now, can wear 16s but they are a little tight. However they was having a sale and I saw a skirt and top I liked, so I went ahead and got a 14/16 - they was out of 16/18s. I figured hey I can wear it in a few more mos. I got home and tried it on just for the hell of it - IT FIT!!!! It was a tad tighter then I like to wear stuff, but IT FITT!!!!!!!!!!!! In just another mo or so I won't be able to shop there no more! WoW!!!
But my nutrionist said what I was eating looked fine, he said for me to get in a little more fruit is all he could see. I don't eat fruit by maybe 2 times a week. He wants 1 fruit a day! But I do in the summer, I'm a fresh strawberry kinda gal! Lol! But I'll up my fruits I guess. Anyway just wanted to post the latest. ta'ta
01/09/05
Wow a whole new year! I am now 8mos out. 10 more lbs to go to my latest goal of under 200lbs! My last blood work was slightly disappointing. My iron was just a little low. But my dr is not too concerned because it was only my iron saturation and it was 13, 15 - 55 is normal. So nothing too drastic really, but he did up my iron a bit. Other then that things are still going great. I have noticed some hair loss, but my mom says I'm noticing it more then anyone else. And I notice tons of new baby hairs so I'm not stressing it too much. And hey anyone who has this surgery knows that hairloss may be a part of it, so really I don't get why some flip out about it like they do. Oh well. My sister goes this Friday to find out what her baby is going to be. I'm still almost positive it is going to be a girl, but we will see soon. I've also got some pictures of me up on a new site, so if any of you are reading and wish to see just email me and I'll give you the link! And for any of you single people out there -- come over to the Singles board. I've been going there for awhile now and it is great. I've met several people who are really nice and I really enjoy talking to. So give it a try!
12/15/04
Well things are still going well here. I ordered a bow flex and got that in this week, now I just have to get it put together and I can get back to excercising. The 2 jobs I've been working don't leave much time for the gym. But I do try and do sit-ups and my excercise tape as much as possible. I can't wait to get under 200lbs!! It is sooooo close now!! It's exciting! Well since I had a few spare moments I decided to do a quick update, but I don't really have anything great to report. I am now 7mos out and down 113lbs so yay me! Now if I get get this other 20lbs off I'll be under 200! I can't wait!
11/06/04
As of yesterday I am exactly 6mos out and down about 103lbs. It's been up and down from 100 to 103 a few times when I weighed. But I am very pelased with this. I realize many have lost a lot more and some may have lost less. But the biggest thing to me is that I'm happy. And as long as I'm losin - I'm happy.
10/27/04
I have officially lost 95lbs!!! I have always wanted to be down 100 by 6mos and it is just a few days away. I've had a few scares with my hair the past few wks. I've noticed a little more coming out then usual - but my Aunt who is also my beautician says it may just be a bit of my imagination, because she can't see much of a difference. But I am going back on protein shakes and all of that just in case. I already take biotin and use nioxin shampoo and have did this since right before my surgery, so maybe if I do lose some it won't be too terribly noticeable.
I have went down about 12 inches in my waste, about 8 inches in my hips, and about 8 inches in my breasts. So all in all I am very happy with my success so far. I've had several people really start to notice now. I saw a lady that my mom knows the other day and she was like Lord girl you have lost some weight! Most people around here do not know that I had the surgery. Mainly just my immediate family and 1 of my best friends. I guess the main reason I didn't want anyone to know is because I was afraid this wouldn't work just like diets have never worked for me. Plus I knew folks would always be looking to see and asking me questions - and basically I am kind of a private person about things like that.
09/01/04
Well my bloodwork all came back fine. So I'm going to stick with the vistavitamins. It's so much easier to swallow 8 pills a day then to have to be chewing all of those. For me at least. I'm now almost down to a size 22 in pants!! Yippeee!! I've slacked up on my excercise though and I must get that back going. I've been sick for a few wks so I haven't felt like bothering with it. But now that I am finally well I'm going to get back at it. Because I firmly believe that excercise is a must!
08/22/04
I have been on vistavitamins for awhile now, I love them! I got to get my blood work this Wednesday so maybe everything will be ok. I haven't did my measurements yet, everytime I think about it I'm in bed or something. But I'm going to do that soon. I have went from a size 28 pants to a size 24 though. So I know my inches are for sure going down!
07/30/04
Everything is still going great with me. I am almost 3mos out now and I have lost around 60lbs. I go to see my counselor in 2wks so I'll know an exact amt then. I try to not weigh a whole lot, because I don't want to get discouraged. I just try to do all the things I should. I'm going to look into buying the vistavitamins - the kind you swallow!! I tried the chewable ones and IICK! I hated them! But I am so sick of having to chew all these vitamins.
I'm planning to do my measurements again at exactly 3mos, so I'll post then how much I've lost in inches and everything. I do know I am down a pants size almost 2, but they are still a little too tight.
07/14/04
I'm starting to suck at updating. I get stuck on reading the boards and posting and totally forget about this. I am still being totally dedicated to working out. And I see a major difference in now then before I started, so for anyone that is not working out like they should be - GET TO IT! I do 30-45mins of cardio 5 days a wk and lift weights 3 days a wk. I'm still doing pretty good with my eating, but I have tried a few things now.
I ate pizza (all the toppings and part of the crust), I've had a hamburger (with a few bites of the bun), AND here is the biggie - I do not dump on sugar!!!!!! In fact I have never dumped. But I tried the sugar thing a few times here and there, I may of just not had enough to dump but I've had all I wanted. I tried some homemade vanilla icecream - just 3 or 4 bites and I've had a few bites of cake. I also had a few mixed drinks 1 night - no problem. I realize a lot of you reading this are probably thinking WHAT IS THIS GIRL DOING - I CANNOT BELIEVE SHE WOULD BE DOING ALL OF THIS BLAH BLAH! Well I decided from the start I was not going to give up everything, I would eat it in moderation. It's my choice and is not for everyone. But it was mine. I don't believe it has hindered my weight loss any. I am happy with what I have lost. I am a little over 2mos out and down 55lbs. So although my few bad foods may seem bad to you - it's how I choose to live. Like I said it is not for everyone, but it is for me and I don't over-do.
I was a little worried that I didn't dump, because now what is stopping me from eating a lot. But I realized I was what would stop me! I have went too far to mess it up. Having a treat ever once in awhile is fine (in my eyes), but I won't go back to eating a cookie for a snack. It will just be a Treat for myself!
06/21/04
Well I'm back from vacation. It was great. I think I ate too fast 1 day though. That's all I can figure out at least. We were eating breakfast and I was talking and everything and just got to going to fast. I felt a little sick for awhile, but then it went away. I had a salad while I was gone too, it was fabulous! I love being to the point I can eat a lot more things. I now eat a few almonds for a snack or some sort of fruit. I love fruits! I mainly ate chicken while I was gone, but I did have a few bites of steak and I did fine with it. So far I haven't found anything that disagrees with me. I'm going to put up a sample of what I eat in a day.
Sample Menu:
Breakfast- 1 egg with cheese
Snack- glass of milk
Lunch- Lean cuisine low carb meal (eating a little less than 1/2 of the veggies)
Snack- handful of almonds
Dinner- grilled chicken, greenbeans, squash (eating only a bite or 2 of veggies)
Snack- few pieces of fruit
And that is typically an example of my day. Sometimes I may have an atkins shake for breakfast. And I may not always have 3 snacks, but it is usually around that. My nutrionist wanted me to try for 3 meals and 2 snacks a day. But all in all things are still going well. This week I have to get back to my walking. I opted to swim last week since I was at the beach.
06/10/04
5wks out and down 31lbs!! I saw my nutrionist this week and he said I seemed to be doing great. Next week he said I could go to eating pretty much anything I wanted. To still concentrate on protein 1st, and then look to getting in some vegetables and fruits. I told him I'd already ate some cantaloupe and he said that was fine. I leave this Saturday to go to FL for a wk. I wish I could of had this a few months and I'd be going looking a lot better, but there's always next year. I have other exciting news now too. I am officially under 300lbs!!! Yay for me!!
06/01/04
Today I had my 1st post-op appt. Due to some scheduling problems I didn't get to see him until 4wks out, unless I had any problems which I hadn't. I had lost 27lbs!! And he said everything looked great. That he would probably give it 1 more week before starting swimming, but that is fine with me.
He said to up my excercise to 5 days a week now instead of just 3, so I'll be starting that tomorrow.
05/24/04
Now I am 3wks out. Down almost 25lbs!! No pain at all. My incisions are almost totally healed, I have 1 that isn't completely healed yet but almost! Things are going great so far.
I am still struggling with all this water! I have never been a huge drinker, so making myself drink all the time is really hard but I'm getting better. I typically do pretty good with my protein, but there was a few days that I just absolutely felt I couldnt eat or drink anything else so I didn't make it but I'm trying!
I am walking 3 days a week and plan to increase as time goes by. I typically do the walk away the pounds tape and I enjoy it.
05/10/04
I pretty much have 0 pain. A little bit if I get up too fast or something, but even then it is not unbearable. I'm doing better with the water, but I still find it hard to get the full amount in. I think it will be easier once I'm actually eating something instead of just liquids. I actually feel great. So far this has been a breeze for me. Which kind of worries me, when is the bad going to come??? I was never in much pain, I never felt sick at all, and I never had the really bad gas pains like others have talked about.
I had my 1st moment of missing food yesterday. For some reason I was really really craving a grilled cheese sandwich. I don't know why even, this is something I ate a lot of anything. But I would have killed for one yesterday! I just did something to take my mind off it and went on about my day. Other then that I haven't really missed food either.
05/07/04
The pain is so much less today! I'm getting up a lot better. I still try to walk and use my spirometer pretty often. I'm still having some problems getting all my water in. So far I haven't been able to get over about 40oz. But I'm trying!
05/06/04
Well I'm home. Everything went great! Yes I am very sore and in some pain, but other than that things are good. I ate 5 meals of 2ozs today and had about 28oz of water. I am going to get my full 6meals and 64oz of water tomorrow! It was just hard to get it all in today with being checked out of the hospital and all of that.
The staff at Crestwood is amazing! I really adored my daytime nurse. She was great!
The dr said I did great. I walked a lot after my surgery and tried to not use a whole lot of my pain medicine. I had to take pain medicine when I got home today though, the car ride was horrible!
05/05/04
Well It is almost 1am and I have to be at the hospital at 6:30. It is an hr drive from my house, so yeah why am I up?? haha I just cant sleep. The dr called today and wanted to know if I could be there at 6:30 instead of 8, and I said well sure! I'm all for getting this over with quicker. Having to drink the magnesium citrate really really sucked! It had me gagging!!
Well I'll post when I get home. I'm really not nervous now like I have been. I'm mainly just excited!
05/04/04
Well the big day is tomorrow. I have to be there at 8am. Today I am on all liquids. I have to start drinking Magnesium Citrate at 2 this afternoon (dreading that!) and then nothing to drink after midnight. So this isn't going to be a great day. I know I'll be wanting to drink at like 2am, even though I never typically do. It'll just be the because I can't factor.
I'm actually feeling pretty good about everything. I mean yes I am nervous and a little bit scared. But all in all I can't wait and am feeling like things are going to be great! I'll post again as soon as I get home. Thanks to everyone for their encouragement.
04/26/04
9 days and counting ...
I have gotten all of my vitamins now and also took a few tips from others I read about and went ahead and ordered some TriOral! I don't want to wait til I have to have it.
I hate chocolate, and I couldn't find vanilla cib no sugar added around here. Everywhere has chocolate though. So I finally found some online and ordered that. So basically I think I am prepared for the 1st 2 wks at least. I've got some sugar free popsicles, jello, pudding, and applesauce. I also got plenty of bottled water (but that is all I had been drinking anyway), and some flavored water. I also got some of the atkins drinks and mix and some protein mix. So I think I am basically ready.
I am starting to plan out what I need to carry to the hospital. I am carrying loose fitting clothes (probably 2 outfits, just in case), lip balm, a book, and that is about all I have came up with so far. If anyone knows of something I may need please let me know. But from what I've read I won't really need that much, so no need to over pack.
04/21/2004
Well I had my last appt with the Dr before my surgery. They said all my pre-op testing was fine so I will for sure be having surgery on May 5th.
I had a few questions for him. Mainly about lifting things and when I'll be allowed to go swimming. He said 4-6wks about the swimming. And about 6wks before I could lift over 15lbs. I'm planning a trip to the beach in mid-June, so I should be fine to go swimming by then.
Well just 2 more weeks to go. I still find myself to be very excited and nervous about the whole thing. But all in all I can't wait.
