tig797
IN THE BEGINING:
The day of Surgery
WEIGHT: 299 LBS
BMI: 48.3
SIZE: 28, 3X
I like almost everything about me except my wieght. I would like to be less round. I have sleep apnea, and high blood pressure. I want to live long enough to see my grandkids, if I ever have any. My mother, aunts, grandmother and a couple other family members all died before they were 45 years old. I don't want to do that.
12/21/03 I gained 10 pounds! I am now at 294, I am trying to lose and gained. After Christmas I am going to lose 10 pounds before surgery. I looked in the mirror, you would never believe what I saw......I am fat. I have been lying to myself all these years. It is funny because I have been big for 20 years and never really looked in a mirror. What a realization. Am I crazy has this happen to others? More later.
01/02/04
Today was a new day good things seem to be happening all around. I have not gained any more but i have not lost any. Monday I am gonna start a pre-surgery diet to help lose some before the big day. Only about 47 more days, February 18, 2004 is gonna be the big day. My hubby keeps looking at me and saying are you sure, you want to do this I love you just the way you are, I will love you small but I love you big also. I have decide that I want to lose my breath when we make love from the pleasure not from the fat. I have told him this, he just smiles. What will be will be, it is all part of the journey.
First of all I must say THANK YOU to the wonderful lady who did my profile, Leigh Ann Robert, isn't it beautiful! Today is a good day I got to talk with my angel for the first time on the phone. My children gave me some news today....1) My daughter told me "You are not fat you are just big boned. 2)My son Frank told me "You are not fat... everybody else is just anorexic". Man you just gotta love kids. I had to tell them they are wrong I am fat. I am at one with the universe. I am fat, I have a bunch of kids, a bunch of animals, a husband that worrships the ground I walk on and if people have a problem with any of this then to bad. I am having the surgery in 38 days(today is over) and I will live and lose just what I want and the world will be a beautiful place. My husband asked me to renew our wedding vows on the one year anniversary of my surgery, he has been talking about doing this for awhile because nobody was at the first wedding. I think it is beautiful what a wonderful thing for him to want to do. I have lost a few pounds. I have decided to make a list of things I am looking forward to after I lose my weight:
1) horse back riding
2) Hiking down the canyon on HWY 32
3) Playing with my daughter
4) having more kids
5) swimming (not feeling like a whale)
6) camping in places with out electricity (cpap)
7) take a long walk on the beach with my husband at sunset
8) shopping at Fredrick's of Hollywood
9) make love all night long
10) Oh yeah, most of all Live to see my children grow up, get married and have children of their own, and to grow old with my husband.
01/18/04
Hello, everybody I thought I would give a little update. I started my new college classes, College Algebra and Business English. Not my favorite classes but it has to be done. I lost 9 of the 10 pounds I gained. That makes me very happy. I am doing the measuring today, so I will know where I am now and have a reference when I start on the losing side. More later the children and hubby are all wanting my attention.
01-22-04
I finally got my mesurements done. So I am gonna list them here so i can keep track of what they are, so here it goes.
NECK:17"
CHEST:54"
WAIST:48"
HIPS:55"
SHOULDERS:54"
THIGHS:(L)30",(R)30"
CALVES:(L)17.75",(R)17.5"
BICEPS:(L)15",(R)15"
FOREARMS:(L)11.5",(R)11.5"
So I was right all these years "I have an hour glass figure .....It just happens to have three hours worth of sand in it." I never knew I am so well proportioned, everything is pretty much even. Well I can't wait to update how these go down. Only 28, (well 27 now), days left. I am so excited and not really scared anymore (yet). Love and Kisses to everybody, Dana
2/16/04
I decided it is time to do the last update before my surgery.
Yesterday we had a party so I could spend time with the people I love or like. I learned interseting things at that party. Like the fact that my stepmother and most of my sisters could not be bothered to come over. Out of my four siblings One came to the party, and one is coming to the hospital. Anyway enough of that.
I am not scared or even nervous. I am looking forward to it, I am ready, at peace. My life will be so much better when I lose half of me. I think Doctor Cooper is the greatest. He truely is a no bones about it, here are the facts, you can do what I say and be successful or not. That is what I like. I think it
makes him a great doctor. He is not a wishy washy doctor.
I weigh the same today that I wieghed the first time I went to Doctor Coopers office. It has been up and down in that time but now it is the same. Life has been a roller coaster'; return true;" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true;">roller coaster this past year. It looks like I am at the bottom of the hill and about to start climbing up to the top.
This is it from the fat side.....next post will be from the loseing side
Dana
Ps, everybody know the LORDS PRAYER, lets all give it a round.
8/3/04 LIFE IS GREAT!!! EVERYTHING IS WONDERFUL!!!! I have gone from a 28/30 to a 12/14. I am down 90 lbs. I would do this again in a heart beat. I dont take any high blood presure meds or use the CPAP any more. I am doing almost everything on my list already. More later.
11/14/2005
I am now down 149 lbs so I went from 299 to 150 lbs, I have gone from a size 28/30 to a size 7/9, my waist went from a 54" to 28". I am doing everything on my list and more. I am in the middle of a divorce, turns out my x likes big women, and I just didn't do it for him anymore. any questions email me.
I still feel wonderful and very lucky. My life is so different and better, don't get me wrong things are hard. I love my life. I am able to do so much more then I ever thought possible.
22 March 2006
I am pregnant, I have wanted a baby for so long I cant believe it is true. More later
Ok sorry it took a year. I had an awesome little boy Oct 19th, had a few problems but he is stronge and healthy. I have a wonderful man in my life now and just bought a new house and things are wonderful. I did gain 30 pounds so I am trying to find the right weight loss plan or the doctor recomondations for what to eat after surgery. They real problem was my blood pressure it went up after I got pregnant and so it caused problems and i had to eat all the time to be sure baby got enough but he did and he is great. If anybody has any sugestions on getting the loseing started again please let me know.
I will get my new pictures up here soon.
Love and kisses to you all
26 November 2008
Wow, I cant believe how fast the time goes. My surgery has been wonderful the only thing I cant throw up! Makes me crazy sometimes. Lets see all kinds of wonderful things happening. Moved up in my job, got rid of one man and got a better one, my daughter joined the Army, my son turned 2yrs old, got a new foster daughter, And am now looking at buying a bigger house with more property, and am having another baby! I cant believe pregnant again. This will be the last. Pretty good I think for someone who they said would never have children. I would do this surgery again in a heartbeat if I had to make that choice again. My life is wonderful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love and Kisses to you all
March 27, 2009
Well, once again life changes. The man is gone! I just cant seem to settle down and relax and keep a man. The foster daughter has moved out. So I dont need to buy a bigger house. The baby will be here in 2 months and she is doing well. Yes a new baby girl. My oldest is still leaving for boot camp. My boy is climbing the walls and is very well. We found out he is allergic to dog so that sucks. I am thinking of packing up the kids after the baby comes and moving. I can transfer my job to a different Army base just not sure where we are going yet. Been doing alot of looking. I just want out of here and Need a fresh start. So we will see what is in the wind, what the Goddess brings forth into our lives in the next few months.
Love & Kisses
