Cynthia O.
Hi, my name is Cynthia, but everyone calls me Cyndie. I am pretty new with this stuff so please bare with me through this.
My weight loss story began a long long time ago. Like, when I was a little girl, I can remember going on diet after diet and it seemed like nothing at all worked for me. Well, when I heard about Carnie Wilson having it done and how they had reduced her stomach size and it made her lose all that weight really fast it really appealed to me. I started looking into it and researching it. The more I researched and looked into it the more I wanted it. But there was one thing holding me back from getting it done. I was chicken for the pain.. Well, about 10 years ago I got pregnant with my youngest son and weighed 280 lbs. While I was pregnant with him, I gained 60 lbs. I have been steadily gaining ever since I had him. In the summer of 2006 I weighed in at 430 lbs. and a BMI of 67. I was astonished to say the least. It was embarrasing to weigh that much. I developed Severe Sleep Apnea, COPD, High Blood Pressure, problems with my feet and legs and so on and so on and so on. Well, I go in touch with this wonderful Dr.'s office in Newport News, VA and set up an appointment to go to there free siminar. I went in Feb 2007 and I finally had my surgery done on June 19, 2007. That was the happiest day (other than the births of my children and of course when I married my husband.) Anyway, I feel wonderful now. At my 2 week checkup I had lost 30 lbs. At my 1 month check up I had lost 35 lbs. At my 2 month check up I had lost 55 lbs. I haven't weighed since last month so I don't know how much more I have lost as of yet. I would recommend this surgery to anybody that needs a drastic lifestlye change. It has definitely changed my life. I am ready for all the changes that are still to come too. I will keep you posted.
9/4/07
Well, I went to my neiborhood Dr.'s office today and I have now lost a total of 72lbs. YIPEE!!! I am so proud of the progress that I have made so far. I will sure continue with this job in progress. I would do it all over again!
9/13/07
Update time.....I went and weighed this morning and I am down another 6 lbs. That makes a total 78 lbs. lost.
9/18/07
Update time again.....I went and weighed this morning and I have now lost another 3 lbs. This time it is a total of 81 lbs lost. I am so happy. YEA!!!!!!!!!!
10/12/07
Update time.....I went to see Dr. Clark yesterday and my visit went really good. Everyone there was so impressed at my weight loss thus far. I have lost now 82 lbs. since surgery and I am 89 lbs lost since my heaviest. I am just so glad that it is coming off. I have to start back to drinking some of the protein shakes because I am not getting in all of my protein a day that I need. I am supposed to go back to see him in Dec. for my 6 month checkup. I have to go and get blood work done a couple of weeks before so that Dr. Clark has the results before I go back to see him. Right now I am at 341 and I would like to be below 300 by the time I go back to see him. I hope I can lose 42 lbs before I go back. I am keeping my fingers crossed. I will keep you updated!
10/30/07
I just thought I would update this again. I went to the neighborhood Dr.'s office yesterday and weighed. Guess what. I have now lost 100 lbs even. I am so excited!!!!!!!!! Now I just have 150 lbs left to lose before I will be at my personal goal which will be 170 lbs. Right now I am at 330 lbs. I feel like I have made a big accomplishment with that 100 lbs. I have gone from wearing a size 32 womens clothes in pants and tops. Now I am able to get into a 3X in tops and I am able to wear a size 26 in pants comfortably. I can get into a 24 but they are tight. It won't be long before I will be in them. I am so happy with this journey. And to believe, My journey has only just begun. It has been 4 months and 12 days since my surgery. It is an exciting jouney!
11/22/07
Hello! I haven't posted in a bit so I have some catching up to do. I went and weighed I think it was on Monday (this is Thursday) and I had lost another 10 lbs. which makes it a total of 110 lbs lost now.
Oh, before I forget, today is Thanksgiving Day so Happy Thanksgiving Day to everyone. I am right now over at my parents house helping my mom to cook and bake everything for dinner. We won't be eating until late because Mike has to work at the prison until 6:00 this evening. So, after he gets home then we will eat Thanksgiving dinner. I hate it that he had to work today. I am going to hate it even more that he has to work Christmas Day too. Oh well, at least he has a job. I have to be thankful for that.
I am Thankful that I have 3 good kids and a wonderful husband that takes care of me and these kids. He is a good man. He has his faults but then who doesn't.
Well, I had better go for now. I will post more updates soon! Take care and Happy Turkey Day!
12/14/07
Hey, it's update time again. I went back to go see Dr. Clark yesterday and I am doing really good. I have now lost a total of 121 lbs since my highest weight. I have gone from weighing 430 lbs now down to 309 lbs. I still have 139 lbs that I still want to lose. I know with Gods help I will get to my goal. I will just take some determination and discipline. I can't believe how far I have come. To believe that 6 months ago it hurt just to get around from all the weight that I was carrying around with me all the time to now being able to just simply sit in a booth at a restaraunt. It is amazing. I finally see a light at the end of a very long tunnel. I used to only see darkness. I had gotten to where I didn't even want to live anymore. Now I look forward to spending the rest of my life happy and healthy. And I also look forward to the next time I can step up on the scales and see that I have lost at least another pound. Now I can't wait to get down below 300 lbs. It will be here before I know it.
Well, I had better close for now. Have a good day!!!!!!
1/08/08
Happy New Year everyone who is reading this. I haven't posted anything lately........sorry! Well, the last time that I weighed was this past friday which was 1/4/07. I weighed in at 300 lbs. That is only 9 lbs since my last Dr.'s appointment. I feel that it has slowed up a whole lot. I was wanting to be at like 250 by the time I went back to the Dr in March but I don't think I am going to make it to that goal. Maybe I can make it to at least 270 lbs by my next appointment. I hope so.
Anyway, we had a nice Christmas. Kyle and Brandon (my 2 oldest sons) went to thier dads house for Christmas and my husband had to work all day. So, it was just me and Austin (my youngest son) all day.
My husband and I celebrated our 4th Anniversary on last thursday (1/3/08). It is hard to believe that we have been married that long.
We went this past Sunday to get new pictures taken of our family and they turned out so good. I can't wait till we get them back. I will post them as soon as I get them.
Well, I had better go for now. I have a bunch to do today and I sure don't feel good.
Have a good day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1/08/08
Well, I figured that I would post again today. I went to the Dr today because I was not feeling good and I have been running a fever. When I weighed it said that I am now 295. That gives me a total of 135 lbs lost. That means I only have 125 lbs left that I want to lose. I know I will get there eventually. Slowly but surely. It will happen with a lot of self discipline and prayer that God will help me get to where I want to be. I really want to get down to at least 159 lbs, that way my BMI will be in the normal range but I am afraid that I will look sick if I get down too low. I will be satisfied if I can get down to 170 lbs though. Even at 170 lbs it is still considered Overweight. I don't want to be considered that. I have been that all of my life. I want to be normal for a change. Maybe once I lose all this weight on my own and I maintain my weight for a while, then I can get my "bat wings" taken care of and get my tummy tuck done then it will put me down to where I am in the normal range. I hope so. I just have to pray that it will be in Gods will that it will be done.
Well, I had better go for tonight and clean up the kitchen. Have a good one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
04/23/08
Hey, sorry I haven't posted anything on this in a long time. I have now lost a total of 168 lbs. On Feb. 4th my sister-in-law had the surgery. My dad had the surgery on March 24th and then my mom had the surgery on April 14th. My brother just had the surgery done yesterday. They are all doing very good. The same Dr. did all of our surgeries. Dr. Clark is a god send. My family loves him to death. He has saved all of our lives and made it to where we are going to be able to live longer and healthier lives.
Onto other news, I have also been busy moving. My family and I have moved to Newport News, VA so that we can try to give my kids a better opportunity at a good education and so that my middle son won't have to go to school so many hours out of the day and he has a chance to be a kid.
Well, I had better go for now and get back to work. I still have some unpacking to do to get my house straight.
Take care!
5/19/08
Well, today marks 11 months since my Gastric Bypass. I went back to Roanoke Rapids this past weekend with my family and we had a good time. I weighed while I was there and I have now lost a total of 184 lbs. YYYYYYEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH! I am so happy with the success that I have had thus far. I now weigh 246 lbs. I only have 76 lbs left that I want to lose. I have a feeling that I won't lose a lot of that until I have my plastic surgery done on my arms, legs and tummy. I hope I can get especially my arms done soon. They are really bugging me. I have called them "Bat Wings". A friend of mine calls them "Bingo Arms". They look really nasty. I went to a support group meeting last Wednesday and they were discussing plastic surgery, now my husband wants me to have a boob job done also. They have this one procedure where they cut all the way around your mid section and pull your butt, legs and tummy to where they are supposed to be. I want that done. I think I will be much happier though once I get my arms done.
Anyway, I better go for now. I will try to post more again soon. Hopefully I will have some new pictures to post soon.
Take care!
8/11/08
Well, it has been a while since I have updated my blog so I am here now to update it. I have now lost a total of 202 lbs. I am now down to 228 lbs from 430 lbs. I feel so much better. I am now able to wear mostly size 16's but I wore a pair of dress pants to Church yesterday that were a size 14. I was so excited. And they weren't even too tight. I am now a whole lot smaller than I was when I was in High School. My brother had the surgery done in April and he has lost 115 lbs. I saw him this past Saturday and he looks so much better. I am so glad that he decided to make this life change. My mom and dad and sister-in-law have also done very good at thier weightloss success. I now only have 58 lbs left that I really want to lose. People keep telling me that I really don't need to lose anymore but I know that I do. I will be satisfied when I get down to 170 lbs. But in time it will happen. I just have to pray about it. I am hoping to lose it maybe by New Years. That would be nice. Well, I had better go for now. Bye!!!!
10/7/2008
I am now officially half the woman I used to be. I have lost a total of 215 lbs and I now weigh 215 lbs. I feel like I have reached such a big milestone. I only have 45 lbs left that I want to lose. Oh, I have also found a hernia in the apron of my stomach. Hopefully when I go to the plastic surgeon and they try to submit it to insurance hopefully insurance will approve of me to have a tummy tuck done. I am hoping. I wish that they could just cut me all the way around and get all the loose skin that is on my back as well. That would be a tremendous help also. Then all I will have to have done is my arms and my legs. I will feel better once I have it all done.
I know that it is all in my head and that other people probably feel the same way that I do but I still kind of see myself as a big person. Not as big as I used to be but I still feel that way. I need to get that out of my head but it is hard to when you have been a big person all of your life. People tell me all the time now that I don't need to lose anymore weight but I still feel like I need to.
Anyway, I had better go for now. Will write more later!
