kcox1960
Introduction
Apr 16, 2008
I began my journey in September of 2005. I went to my primary care doctor and asked for a referral to have the RNY. It only took two days to get it. The frustrating part was when I called Dr. Storey's office to make an appointmednt and was told that I had to go to his seminar before I could even get an appointment. This was the first Tuesday of October and he had his seminars on the first Monday of the month. I had just missed it!! Oh well, that gave me another month to research the surgery.
Old Profile journal
Apr 16, 2008
On November7. 2005, I went to his seminar with my husband, Steve, my mother and her fiance. It was very thorough and a bit scary...for them. I had already made up my mind.
November 8, 2005 I made an appointment with Dr. Storey for the next day.
November 9, 2005 I had my first appointment with Dr. Storey and was told that I needed an endoscopy, a psych evaluation and to attend a nutrition class, which would be held on November 21. Ok, more waiting.
November 10, 2005 I made an appointment with a psychiatrist.
November 11, 2005 I had my psych evaluation with Dr. Schmiege in Pasadena. (I passed!) :)
November 14, 2005 I had an endoscopy at Bayshore so Dr. Storey could see the condition of my previous surgery...a gastric stapling domne in 1983. That evening, Steve and I attended the nutrition seminar and was told how things would be and how to get all of the nutrients that would no longer be coming from food. I was so happy...Steve got more apprehensive.
November 23 I had my second appointment with Dr. Storey. I learned that my pouch from my 22 year old gastric stapling was shaped very strangely and that I would be having an open RNY on December 27, 2005. Finally a date!!!
December 1, 2005 Trisha called from Dr. Storey's office to say that my insurance had been approved and that I need to start full liquids on December 20th and come in to his office on December 21 for a written test and final questions.
December 21, 2005 I took my test and only missed one question. Dr. Storey answered my questions and I went out to finish Christmas shopping. My husband and son are very nervous about me having the surgery. They want me to change my mind. My husband says that he loves me the way I am and my son thinks that it is too drastic. I told them both that we will just have to agree to disagree on this one. The liquids is going ok. I was really cranky the first day, but now I'm in my fourth day of full liquids and it doesn't bother me that much. I am just so excited and feeling a little bit selfish because I know that my family is afraid for me to do this and I'm doing it anyway.
December 27, 2005 I got to the hospital at 5:30 AM with my husband, Steve. We were joined by Mom and Howie, her fiance' by 7AM. I am so lucky to have such a strong support group.
December 29,2005 I lost a lot of blood in surgery. I am not hungry and what I do eat makes me have a bowel movement. This is quite the inconvenience since I can not reach around my enormous butt to wipe. I am bigger now than when I came to the hospital with swelling and gas. I am also very, very uncomfortable.
December 31 2005 Got to go home but this wasn't really an accomplishment. I am thoroughly miserable. Although I am using every ounce of restraint I have, the four letter words are flowing. Not your run of the mill damn, shit, hell...I've pulled out the big guns. I've been begging to God to help me or take me. It can only get better...I hope.
January 2, 2006 I'm not really sure what all has transpired, but I will do my best to recreate it. I had trouble breathing and couldn't get the pain under control, so Dr. Storey told me to come back to the hospital. I was checked back in. I have never needed oxygen in my life, however, I can not get from by bed to the bathroom with out it. I am being taken all over the hospital to get every kind of test imaginable. I have had a CT Scan, echocardiogram, some sort of leg ultrasound. Tons of bloodwork and chest Xrays.
January 3, 2006 Last night was wild, but the best that anyone can do is that I have pneumonia. I have been set up with an infectious disease doctor and Dr. Stein, a pulmonary doctor.
January 4 2006 was told I could go home, but Dr. Stein said that I was too sick to leave. After the ordeal and pain of going home last time, I am in no hurry now to leave. Dr. Stein wants to clean my lungs and run some tests on them to determine the type of pneumonia that I have. I was given a blood transfusion because I am not recovereing the blood lost in surgery. I feel a little bit better after the blood.
January 9, 2006 The lung test didn't go as planned...complications and I end up on a respirator and in intensive care until January 10th.
January 10, 2006. It is not really my style to skim over the gory details, but I am not ready to deal fully with what happened. The hopital team was amazing, but I have never been so frightened in my entire life, so maybe we can talk about this another day. I was, once again, face to face with the love and support of my family and friends and feeling so touched by God and blessed. Anyway, back to my room on the surgical floor.
January 11, 2006 Dr. Storey moved me up to pureed foods. This will have much more meaning when I get home and am doing the preparing. I hate to sound ungrateful, but the hospital cooks are no match for me. God bless Steve, he has been bringing me soup from Panera every day and it has been delightful! Time to go home...I miss my dogs...I miss my grandbabies...I miss my home in general.
My son and daughter-in-law came over to visit without the munchkins and we had such a wonderful visit. I over did it and became very tired. I am still feeling very swollen but Dr. Storey told me not to worry about that now. I have to get over the pneumonia and rest at home. I have awaken at 1 am and decided to update this page. It is my hope to track my journey every day...at least in the beginning. Getting tired, though, so back to bed.
January 14, 2006 Stve drove me to work for a few hours to get my month end stuff done. I got too tired to finish out the year, maybe tomorrow or Monday. I can't really rest knowing that it needs to be done. I have weighed on my scales, even though I said I would wait until I went back to the doctor. I am at 230. I can't get excited about that, though, until it is official on Dr. Storey's scales. I will buy a doctor's scales next week.
I am noticing that the swelling ids going away. Still some in my abdomen, but you can tell in my face that I am losing weight. Yeah! Mom got me some really cute clothes for Christmas that I CAN'T WAIT TO WEAR! I'll put in a picture as soon as they fit. Maybe in a couple of weeks!
I could not be more blessed. My family and friends have been so supportive...even though they didn't want me to do this and I scared them with the complications. They all call every day to check on me. I really want to get better so I feel like visiting with them all. For now I am still too weak to overdo the visits. We usually get loud and laugh a lot, so I'll wait a bit longer.
I haven't seen the grandbabies in about three days. They are supposed to come over this afternoon. I am really looking forward to that. Steve is overboard on being protective. He watches over me like a hawk. I am blessed, again, with the love of a good man who really loves me. Thank you God!
Eating is going well, I think. I have bowel movements every time I eat. Too much info? LOL...I need this to be an accurate journal. I have only thrown up twice and it hurt, so I am being more careful. I don't tolerate caffeine too well, so I am skipping it. I still try a cup of coffee wach morning, but usually don't finish one cup. Tea is ok. I have been craving fried green tomatoes and shrimp. I do best on malto Meal and soup, so for now that is what I will eat.
January 17, 2006 I tried tuna with miracle whip yesterday and on three bites kept me full all afternoon. Also, I had a scrambled egg for breakfast yesterday and did well. However, today I tried scrambled egg for breakfast and got sick. I guess I just need to take it one day at a time.
I bought a new shirt yesterday and my husband went crazy. Everyone said I looked like I had lost and that I was looking thin...yeah right! The coolest thing was my husband's reaction. He kept hugging and kissing me...cool, huh?!
I am causiously excited about this. I haven't wieghed at the doctor yet...that happens tomorrow. I don't want to count the weight on my scales. I bought a professional doctor scale and it should be here next week. Until then I will only use the weight at Dr. Storey's office.
1/18/2006 Went for my post op checkup and am down 20 pounds in three weeks. Bummer. By my old scales I was down 24 pounds. So I went shopping with my Mother for her wedding dress and totally overdid it. Thought I was going to die on the ride home. Way too much too soon. Oh well, live and learn.
I got the protein supplement that my doctor told me to start using. I added one scoop to cottage cheese and yogurt. It tasted pasty and wasn't to good. The worst part was that my stomach woke me up at 1am very upset about the protein. I could not get out of the bathroom. This was not a very good day.
1/25/2006 Went for my second post op and have lost another six pounds. That is 26 down. I also got my new doctors scale and it is right on with my surgeons scale. Found out today that I have a small hernia that we won't need to worry about for awhile. The best news is that I can eat real food now and return to work. My first real meal was 6 shrimo scampi with zucchini. It was wonderful and I didn't get sick...YEAH!
2/9/2006 Wow, since I have gone back to work I haven't had much time for anything else. I bend and carry and climb to do my job and have done quite well. I think all of the extra vitamins I take has helped me. I feel much stronger now than I did before surgery. I went through a two week stall and got really depressed. I have now lost 30 pounds. I'm six weeks out, so I guess that is not too bad. I wore a pair of size 14 jeans yesterday and that felt wonderful!
02/20/2006 Well it is 11 days since my last post and I am only down a total of 33 pounds. It is so frustrating for me. I work my butt off and I go so long with no loss. I am having the same thoughts that I'm sure everyone else has. "I will be the only one that this surgery doesn't work for". I have read on the messageboard that others have a "cycle" of weight loss. Maybe this is mine. One week lose and two weeks nothing. If it is I can deal with it. We go to Amsterdam in April and I really want to be down 50 pounds by then. Guess I will just have to work harder.
2/21/2006 Well, I took my measurements last night. I had not done this before surgery. It was not a pretty picture. I am so depressed about not having lost more weight and then seeing my measurements put me right back to square one mentally. In the future when the scales stall, I will have something else to compare.
Neck: 15.5
Wrist: 7
Upper Arm: 15
Bust: 46.5
Under Bust: 41.5
Waist: 39.5
Abdomen: 45.5
Hips: 46
Thigh: 24.75
Oh well, today is another day.
2/26/2006
Today I weigh 208. I am anxiously awaiting "onederland" Hopefully before we go to Europe in April I will be well into the one hundreds. I took my measurement, too. I lost on all areas except my wrist!
Neck: 15.25
Wrist: 7
Upper Arm: 14.25
Bust: 46
Under Bust: 39
Waist: 38.25
Abdomen: 44.50
Hips: 44.75
Thigh: 24
Total inches this week: 8.25"
A friend and I took our grandkids to walk in the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Kick-Off Parade yesterday. It rained on us the whole time, but the kids had a ball handing out flags to the people gathered to watch. We had a ball, too. It was also quite a bit of walking, so I'm good for the weekend! :)
I have had trouble this week with the foods I have eaten. I had several foods that I have already done well on, and after a couple bites, I got bad cramps and couldn't eat it. Another example that I need to take each day as it comes.
I also quit my job on Friday and that is a huge relief! My husband is thrilled with my decision, he hated my job! Yard work, here I come! :)
3/6/2006 This week was pretty uneventful. I did a lot of housework and yard work. The scales started moving again...yeah! I weigh 203 and that is a 41 lb loss. Here is this week's measurements:
Neck: 15.25
Wrist: 7
Upper Arm: 13.75
Bust: 45
Under Bust: 39
Waist: 37.25
Abdomen: 43.50
Hips: 44.25
Thigh: 24
Total inches this week: 4.25"
Total pounds this week: 5
3/20/2006 Yeah "wonderland"!!! I weigh 199 today. That's a total of 45 pounds gone! I have had a crazy week and a half. Steve's friend came in from Oregon and we ate out a lot and partied a lot. I went to my first support group meeting yesterday and felt really good when I left. It is so nice to talk to people that understand the sstrange feelings I have about food and weight loss. Here is this week's measurements:
Neck: 15
Wrist: 6.75
Upper Arm: 14.25
Bust: 43.25
Under Bust: 38.5
Waist: 37.25
Abdomen: 42.5
Hips: 43
Thigh: 24
Total inches this week: 4.50"
Total pounds this week: 4
3/27/06 Here is a post that I felt compelled to write this morning. I had a hell of a weekend:
First off, I am sorry that this is so long. I feel like I need to cleanse my heart by confessing. I feel so guilty that I can't even think straight. It all started Saturday night when I couldn't sleep and took an Ambien. Yeah, I know...trouble. It might have been alright if I had gone back to bed, but no, I had to watch TV. When I got up Sunday morning my house spelled like burnt popcorn and there were 10 chocolate wrappers on the coffee table. I had eaten chocolate!!! 10 chocolates to be exact. I also had cooked, and burned, two snack size bags of popcorn and eaten those, too!
My entire family was all coming over on Sunday so I was really stressed out and nervous about being the perfect hostess and making sure everything went well. Well, it didn't! We got into one of our famous contraversial conversations and my son ended up leaving and I ended up going into the house to clean. (that's what I do when I feel cornered or helpless) Anyway, after everyone left, some guys from my husbands work called & wanted us to come down to a place they were hanging out. Normaly I am the designated driver. I felt so bad that I started drinking everclear margaritas. I NEVER DRINK!!! But I had about 8 drinks and got totally plastered. I did feel better last night, but today I feel really guilty for going so far off my eating plan this weekend.
Anybody else ever have a huge slip up like this? To make matters worse, I never even dumped!
Thanks for letting me vent.
Kim
I added an updated photo to the bottom. I am still very frustrated about the events on Sunday,
3/28/06 Well, yesterday was my 3 month anniversary. I am at 199 per my scales. That is the same as last week...damn! I go to see Dr. Storey tomorrow for the official weigh in. I am rather depressed. Here are the measurements for this week.
Neck: 15
Wrist: 6.75
Upper Arm: 13.75
Bust: 43.25
Under Bust: 38.25
Waist: 37
Abdomen: 42
Hips: 43.25
Thigh: 23.5
Total inches this week: 1.75"
Total pounds this week: 0
4/4/2006 No inches lost this week, but I weigh 194.75. That's 4.25 pounds lost last week. I am getting very excited about our trip to Amsterdam on the 24th. I had wanted to lose 60 pounds before I went, but that probably won't happen. I did have to buy a size 12 jeans, though. Woo Hoo! All of my other jeans are just too loose. So yeah for me this week!
5/10/06 Wow, it has been awhile since my last update. Things have been going great. We went to Holland for nine days and had a ball! I literally walked my ass off. :) Since we have been back I have been working on my Mom's house and yard. Great exercise! Here are my stats:
Weight: 185
Neck: 14.75
Wrist: 6.75
Upper Arm: 13.25
Bust: 43.25
Under Bust: 38
Waist: 35
Abdomen: 41
Hips: 42
Thigh: 22.25
Total inches since last update: 5.75"
Total pounds since last update: 9.75
02//20/08
It has been a very long time since I have updated! Wow...so much has happened. Our middle son has moved back home to go to culinary art school. He started with French Pastry...damn! Everything looked sooooo good. I have to admit to tasting small amounts and it was wonderful! I have to trick myself by tasting desserts just before I go to sleep, so when I dump, usually, I sleep through it. I don't do this very often because sometimes it doesn't work!
It seems that during times of stress I dump regularly and often...even on things that normally are ok. I have also begun losing again. I went for almost a year without losing more than about 5 pounds. I am down to 156 now...incredible! My personal goal is 150. My doctor's goal for me was 170. I think now that maybe I'll go for 140. I know that you can't go completely by the BMI calculators, but I will still be in the overweight catagory at 144. I am in a size 4 jeans (made with stretch denim) and cordoroy pants. I even have a pair of 4's that I can pull off without unbuttoning! I wear size medium and large tops because of the big boobs. Thankfully they still look good from my plastic surgery that I had in 1987. Everything else sags, though! I have so much loose skin! If we ever get our son on his own, maybe I can start getting plastics.
I am pretty happy about the way I look. I would LOVE a face-lift, though. I had NO WRINKLES before surgery and now my face looks all lined up!
Here are my stats:
Weight: 156
Neck: 13.75
Wrist: 6.75
Upper Arm: 12.5
Bust: 40.5
Under Bust: 34.75
Waist: 31.5
Abdomen: 36.75
Hips: 38.5
Thigh: 21.5
Total inches since last update: 18.5"
Total pounds since last update: 29
November 8, 2005 I made an appointment with Dr. Storey for the next day.
November 9, 2005 I had my first appointment with Dr. Storey and was told that I needed an endoscopy, a psych evaluation and to attend a nutrition class, which would be held on November 21. Ok, more waiting.
November 10, 2005 I made an appointment with a psychiatrist.
November 11, 2005 I had my psych evaluation with Dr. Schmiege in Pasadena. (I passed!) :)
November 14, 2005 I had an endoscopy at Bayshore so Dr. Storey could see the condition of my previous surgery...a gastric stapling domne in 1983. That evening, Steve and I attended the nutrition seminar and was told how things would be and how to get all of the nutrients that would no longer be coming from food. I was so happy...Steve got more apprehensive.
November 23 I had my second appointment with Dr. Storey. I learned that my pouch from my 22 year old gastric stapling was shaped very strangely and that I would be having an open RNY on December 27, 2005. Finally a date!!!
December 1, 2005 Trisha called from Dr. Storey's office to say that my insurance had been approved and that I need to start full liquids on December 20th and come in to his office on December 21 for a written test and final questions.
December 21, 2005 I took my test and only missed one question. Dr. Storey answered my questions and I went out to finish Christmas shopping. My husband and son are very nervous about me having the surgery. They want me to change my mind. My husband says that he loves me the way I am and my son thinks that it is too drastic. I told them both that we will just have to agree to disagree on this one. The liquids is going ok. I was really cranky the first day, but now I'm in my fourth day of full liquids and it doesn't bother me that much. I am just so excited and feeling a little bit selfish because I know that my family is afraid for me to do this and I'm doing it anyway.
December 27, 2005 I got to the hospital at 5:30 AM with my husband, Steve. We were joined by Mom and Howie, her fiance' by 7AM. I am so lucky to have such a strong support group.
December 29,2005 I lost a lot of blood in surgery. I am not hungry and what I do eat makes me have a bowel movement. This is quite the inconvenience since I can not reach around my enormous butt to wipe. I am bigger now than when I came to the hospital with swelling and gas. I am also very, very uncomfortable.
December 31 2005 Got to go home but this wasn't really an accomplishment. I am thoroughly miserable. Although I am using every ounce of restraint I have, the four letter words are flowing. Not your run of the mill damn, shit, hell...I've pulled out the big guns. I've been begging to God to help me or take me. It can only get better...I hope.
January 2, 2006 I'm not really sure what all has transpired, but I will do my best to recreate it. I had trouble breathing and couldn't get the pain under control, so Dr. Storey told me to come back to the hospital. I was checked back in. I have never needed oxygen in my life, however, I can not get from by bed to the bathroom with out it. I am being taken all over the hospital to get every kind of test imaginable. I have had a CT Scan, echocardiogram, some sort of leg ultrasound. Tons of bloodwork and chest Xrays.
January 3, 2006 Last night was wild, but the best that anyone can do is that I have pneumonia. I have been set up with an infectious disease doctor and Dr. Stein, a pulmonary doctor.
January 4 2006 was told I could go home, but Dr. Stein said that I was too sick to leave. After the ordeal and pain of going home last time, I am in no hurry now to leave. Dr. Stein wants to clean my lungs and run some tests on them to determine the type of pneumonia that I have. I was given a blood transfusion because I am not recovereing the blood lost in surgery. I feel a little bit better after the blood.
January 9, 2006 The lung test didn't go as planned...complications and I end up on a respirator and in intensive care until January 10th.
January 10, 2006. It is not really my style to skim over the gory details, but I am not ready to deal fully with what happened. The hopital team was amazing, but I have never been so frightened in my entire life, so maybe we can talk about this another day. I was, once again, face to face with the love and support of my family and friends and feeling so touched by God and blessed. Anyway, back to my room on the surgical floor.
January 11, 2006 Dr. Storey moved me up to pureed foods. This will have much more meaning when I get home and am doing the preparing. I hate to sound ungrateful, but the hospital cooks are no match for me. God bless Steve, he has been bringing me soup from Panera every day and it has been delightful! Time to go home...I miss my dogs...I miss my grandbabies...I miss my home in general.
My son and daughter-in-law came over to visit without the munchkins and we had such a wonderful visit. I over did it and became very tired. I am still feeling very swollen but Dr. Storey told me not to worry about that now. I have to get over the pneumonia and rest at home. I have awaken at 1 am and decided to update this page. It is my hope to track my journey every day...at least in the beginning. Getting tired, though, so back to bed.
January 14, 2006 Stve drove me to work for a few hours to get my month end stuff done. I got too tired to finish out the year, maybe tomorrow or Monday. I can't really rest knowing that it needs to be done. I have weighed on my scales, even though I said I would wait until I went back to the doctor. I am at 230. I can't get excited about that, though, until it is official on Dr. Storey's scales. I will buy a doctor's scales next week.
I am noticing that the swelling ids going away. Still some in my abdomen, but you can tell in my face that I am losing weight. Yeah! Mom got me some really cute clothes for Christmas that I CAN'T WAIT TO WEAR! I'll put in a picture as soon as they fit. Maybe in a couple of weeks!
I could not be more blessed. My family and friends have been so supportive...even though they didn't want me to do this and I scared them with the complications. They all call every day to check on me. I really want to get better so I feel like visiting with them all. For now I am still too weak to overdo the visits. We usually get loud and laugh a lot, so I'll wait a bit longer.
I haven't seen the grandbabies in about three days. They are supposed to come over this afternoon. I am really looking forward to that. Steve is overboard on being protective. He watches over me like a hawk. I am blessed, again, with the love of a good man who really loves me. Thank you God!
Eating is going well, I think. I have bowel movements every time I eat. Too much info? LOL...I need this to be an accurate journal. I have only thrown up twice and it hurt, so I am being more careful. I don't tolerate caffeine too well, so I am skipping it. I still try a cup of coffee wach morning, but usually don't finish one cup. Tea is ok. I have been craving fried green tomatoes and shrimp. I do best on malto Meal and soup, so for now that is what I will eat.
January 17, 2006 I tried tuna with miracle whip yesterday and on three bites kept me full all afternoon. Also, I had a scrambled egg for breakfast yesterday and did well. However, today I tried scrambled egg for breakfast and got sick. I guess I just need to take it one day at a time.
I bought a new shirt yesterday and my husband went crazy. Everyone said I looked like I had lost and that I was looking thin...yeah right! The coolest thing was my husband's reaction. He kept hugging and kissing me...cool, huh?!
I am causiously excited about this. I haven't wieghed at the doctor yet...that happens tomorrow. I don't want to count the weight on my scales. I bought a professional doctor scale and it should be here next week. Until then I will only use the weight at Dr. Storey's office.
1/18/2006 Went for my post op checkup and am down 20 pounds in three weeks. Bummer. By my old scales I was down 24 pounds. So I went shopping with my Mother for her wedding dress and totally overdid it. Thought I was going to die on the ride home. Way too much too soon. Oh well, live and learn.
I got the protein supplement that my doctor told me to start using. I added one scoop to cottage cheese and yogurt. It tasted pasty and wasn't to good. The worst part was that my stomach woke me up at 1am very upset about the protein. I could not get out of the bathroom. This was not a very good day.
1/25/2006 Went for my second post op and have lost another six pounds. That is 26 down. I also got my new doctors scale and it is right on with my surgeons scale. Found out today that I have a small hernia that we won't need to worry about for awhile. The best news is that I can eat real food now and return to work. My first real meal was 6 shrimo scampi with zucchini. It was wonderful and I didn't get sick...YEAH!
2/9/2006 Wow, since I have gone back to work I haven't had much time for anything else. I bend and carry and climb to do my job and have done quite well. I think all of the extra vitamins I take has helped me. I feel much stronger now than I did before surgery. I went through a two week stall and got really depressed. I have now lost 30 pounds. I'm six weeks out, so I guess that is not too bad. I wore a pair of size 14 jeans yesterday and that felt wonderful!
02/20/2006 Well it is 11 days since my last post and I am only down a total of 33 pounds. It is so frustrating for me. I work my butt off and I go so long with no loss. I am having the same thoughts that I'm sure everyone else has. "I will be the only one that this surgery doesn't work for". I have read on the messageboard that others have a "cycle" of weight loss. Maybe this is mine. One week lose and two weeks nothing. If it is I can deal with it. We go to Amsterdam in April and I really want to be down 50 pounds by then. Guess I will just have to work harder.
2/21/2006 Well, I took my measurements last night. I had not done this before surgery. It was not a pretty picture. I am so depressed about not having lost more weight and then seeing my measurements put me right back to square one mentally. In the future when the scales stall, I will have something else to compare.
Neck: 15.5
Wrist: 7
Upper Arm: 15
Bust: 46.5
Under Bust: 41.5
Waist: 39.5
Abdomen: 45.5
Hips: 46
Thigh: 24.75
Oh well, today is another day.
2/26/2006
Today I weigh 208. I am anxiously awaiting "onederland" Hopefully before we go to Europe in April I will be well into the one hundreds. I took my measurement, too. I lost on all areas except my wrist!
Neck: 15.25
Wrist: 7
Upper Arm: 14.25
Bust: 46
Under Bust: 39
Waist: 38.25
Abdomen: 44.50
Hips: 44.75
Thigh: 24
Total inches this week: 8.25"
A friend and I took our grandkids to walk in the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Kick-Off Parade yesterday. It rained on us the whole time, but the kids had a ball handing out flags to the people gathered to watch. We had a ball, too. It was also quite a bit of walking, so I'm good for the weekend! :)
I have had trouble this week with the foods I have eaten. I had several foods that I have already done well on, and after a couple bites, I got bad cramps and couldn't eat it. Another example that I need to take each day as it comes.
I also quit my job on Friday and that is a huge relief! My husband is thrilled with my decision, he hated my job! Yard work, here I come! :)
3/6/2006 This week was pretty uneventful. I did a lot of housework and yard work. The scales started moving again...yeah! I weigh 203 and that is a 41 lb loss. Here is this week's measurements:
Neck: 15.25
Wrist: 7
Upper Arm: 13.75
Bust: 45
Under Bust: 39
Waist: 37.25
Abdomen: 43.50
Hips: 44.25
Thigh: 24
Total inches this week: 4.25"
Total pounds this week: 5
3/20/2006 Yeah "wonderland"!!! I weigh 199 today. That's a total of 45 pounds gone! I have had a crazy week and a half. Steve's friend came in from Oregon and we ate out a lot and partied a lot. I went to my first support group meeting yesterday and felt really good when I left. It is so nice to talk to people that understand the sstrange feelings I have about food and weight loss. Here is this week's measurements:
Neck: 15
Wrist: 6.75
Upper Arm: 14.25
Bust: 43.25
Under Bust: 38.5
Waist: 37.25
Abdomen: 42.5
Hips: 43
Thigh: 24
Total inches this week: 4.50"
Total pounds this week: 4
3/27/06 Here is a post that I felt compelled to write this morning. I had a hell of a weekend:
First off, I am sorry that this is so long. I feel like I need to cleanse my heart by confessing. I feel so guilty that I can't even think straight. It all started Saturday night when I couldn't sleep and took an Ambien. Yeah, I know...trouble. It might have been alright if I had gone back to bed, but no, I had to watch TV. When I got up Sunday morning my house spelled like burnt popcorn and there were 10 chocolate wrappers on the coffee table. I had eaten chocolate!!! 10 chocolates to be exact. I also had cooked, and burned, two snack size bags of popcorn and eaten those, too!
My entire family was all coming over on Sunday so I was really stressed out and nervous about being the perfect hostess and making sure everything went well. Well, it didn't! We got into one of our famous contraversial conversations and my son ended up leaving and I ended up going into the house to clean. (that's what I do when I feel cornered or helpless) Anyway, after everyone left, some guys from my husbands work called & wanted us to come down to a place they were hanging out. Normaly I am the designated driver. I felt so bad that I started drinking everclear margaritas. I NEVER DRINK!!! But I had about 8 drinks and got totally plastered. I did feel better last night, but today I feel really guilty for going so far off my eating plan this weekend.
Anybody else ever have a huge slip up like this? To make matters worse, I never even dumped!
Thanks for letting me vent.
Kim
I added an updated photo to the bottom. I am still very frustrated about the events on Sunday,
3/28/06 Well, yesterday was my 3 month anniversary. I am at 199 per my scales. That is the same as last week...damn! I go to see Dr. Storey tomorrow for the official weigh in. I am rather depressed. Here are the measurements for this week.
Neck: 15
Wrist: 6.75
Upper Arm: 13.75
Bust: 43.25
Under Bust: 38.25
Waist: 37
Abdomen: 42
Hips: 43.25
Thigh: 23.5
Total inches this week: 1.75"
Total pounds this week: 0
4/4/2006 No inches lost this week, but I weigh 194.75. That's 4.25 pounds lost last week. I am getting very excited about our trip to Amsterdam on the 24th. I had wanted to lose 60 pounds before I went, but that probably won't happen. I did have to buy a size 12 jeans, though. Woo Hoo! All of my other jeans are just too loose. So yeah for me this week!
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5/10/06 Wow, it has been awhile since my last update. Things have been going great. We went to Holland for nine days and had a ball! I literally walked my ass off. :) Since we have been back I have been working on my Mom's house and yard. Great exercise! Here are my stats:
Weight: 185
Neck: 14.75
Wrist: 6.75
Upper Arm: 13.25
Bust: 43.25
Under Bust: 38
Waist: 35
Abdomen: 41
Hips: 42
Thigh: 22.25
Total inches since last update: 5.75"
Total pounds since last update: 9.75
02//20/08
It has been a very long time since I have updated! Wow...so much has happened. Our middle son has moved back home to go to culinary art school. He started with French Pastry...damn! Everything looked sooooo good. I have to admit to tasting small amounts and it was wonderful! I have to trick myself by tasting desserts just before I go to sleep, so when I dump, usually, I sleep through it. I don't do this very often because sometimes it doesn't work!
It seems that during times of stress I dump regularly and often...even on things that normally are ok. I have also begun losing again. I went for almost a year without losing more than about 5 pounds. I am down to 156 now...incredible! My personal goal is 150. My doctor's goal for me was 170. I think now that maybe I'll go for 140. I know that you can't go completely by the BMI calculators, but I will still be in the overweight catagory at 144. I am in a size 4 jeans (made with stretch denim) and cordoroy pants. I even have a pair of 4's that I can pull off without unbuttoning! I wear size medium and large tops because of the big boobs. Thankfully they still look good from my plastic surgery that I had in 1987. Everything else sags, though! I have so much loose skin! If we ever get our son on his own, maybe I can start getting plastics.
I am pretty happy about the way I look. I would LOVE a face-lift, though. I had NO WRINKLES before surgery and now my face looks all lined up!
Here are my stats:
Weight: 156
Neck: 13.75
Wrist: 6.75
Upper Arm: 12.5
Bust: 40.5
Under Bust: 34.75
Waist: 31.5
Abdomen: 36.75
Hips: 38.5
Thigh: 21.5
Total inches since last update: 18.5"
Total pounds since last update: 29
