torissa

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Well I am now 15 weeks out and I have lost 60 lbs. I have had some rough times lately, sending my hubby to Iraq for the 3rd time. He will be gone for 15 months. My current goal is to lose the rest of my weight before he comes home for R&R which is about 6 to 7 months since the day he left. So I have until Dec or so to lose another 60 to 65 lbs, my surgeons goal was for me to weigh 177 or so, If I went with his goal I would only have 30lbs left to lose but I would like to be thinner than my husband for once in our marriage.  I have seen alot of changes in my body but I am not happy just yet. I can't wait to show my hubby my great body. I am looking for people in my area to go to the gym with and start toning some flab off my body. I started out wearing 22/24 and I am now between size 18 and 16, I actually went to old navy and bought some size 16 capri pants and I was shocked. I laid in the bed the other night trying to recall the sizes I was in high school, my senior year I was a 16 because my junior year I ballooned up from a 13/14 to a 16/18 because it was the worst year of my life in many aspects. my sophmore year I was a 13/14 for the most part, my freshman year I was a size 11/12 or so and my 8th grade year I wore mainly 8/10 but I did fit into a tight pair of 7/8 wranglers,(they are supposed to be tight, like a second skin) LOL. Anyway I dont know what size I will end up but I would like to get down to 150 or 160 depending on how I look and my bone structure. I do NOT want to look freakishly thin. I think thats going from one extreme to the other. I would absolutely love to wear sun dresses or a swim suit in public without thinking that I look like a beached whale. Like I said I am trying to get a bunch of women together to start working out and tone some of this loose skin up and get rid of it. I was reading another profile and I was thinking damn I feel just like that when she said something about being able to see her belly button without lifting the fat roll or the flap of skin. Shopping is so different now, I dont "like" it just yet but I can see myself starting to get excited about what size I will be in, in 6 months or so. I think I am losing too slowly now which means I am doing something wrong. I need to work on that I have had some set backs recently with my hubby leaving and me wanting to eat all the fun things and stuff since he wont have decent food while he is in Iraq but I need to kick the weight loss in the ass now. I hope to be posting more good news in the next few months. I love getting emails so if anyone wants to chat let me know ok!!

Well here I am a couple days after the surgery, I havent felt like sitting at the computer to get anything put in. The surgery went well and I am home doing fine. I had some of the problems other people seem to have with gas. I have felt like a balloon for days. My surgeon Dr. Ganta was great. Very nice man answered any and all questions my husband and I had. We are very greatful for all the support from this site and also from my surgeons office. I am feeling ok now just sluggish at times. I am taking this week to recover and then I will probably go back to work. I work at a hotel as a Front Desk clerk so the work is not that hard. I am glad to be done with the surgery and back at home. I am going to try to get a ticker on here to track my weight loss. I also had some before pictures I sent in. Hope they come up soon. I weighed 267 at my last pre-op appointment the day before surgery and I weighed in this morning at 258 which is a loss of 9 lbs. so not bad....

Well I am 4 Days away from surgery and I have soo many emotions reeling inside. I have my last pre-op appointment on Tuesday and I will get the things I need to be ready to go on thursday morning. My surgery is scheduled for 7:30 am and I have to be checked into the hospital by 5:00 am! I am nervous, excited, petrified, excited. all kinds of things. About a week ago I started having second thoughts, it was all about the fact I had so many pre-op appts to go to and it was overwhelming. I thought I don't deserve this, maybe if I would have excercised more or tried just one more diet I would have been able to get some of the weight off. My husband has been incredibly supportive of me and I love him more than ever because of it. He is my world! He told me that there was a reason that this was all working out for me and this was my opportunity to take this new "tool" being given to me and make it work for me, this is it for me. I have to make the necessary changes to stay healthy and MAKE this work for me for the rest of my life.  I know I have said this alot but I really want to Thank all the ppl on this site for replying to my posts and really just posting on their profiles, all their thoughts and emotions make me realize I am human for feeling the ways I feel. I am greatful to each and every one of you on this site. My only hope is that I can reach out to someone else researching this surgery or any kind of weight loss procedure and help them in any way possible. I am really working on my profile right now and I plan to have pictures up soon. I also want to get a ticker to track weight loss and make my profile awesome like alot of others on here. I will post more often I promise!!!!