- Username: bombshellintraining
- Location: Port Orchard, WA, USA
- Member Since: 1/5/2008
- BMI: 54.5
- Post Op
- Surgery Type: RNY (03/11/08)
- Surgeon: Steven Bock, M.D.
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- Animals - Have 2 dogs (lab mixes), no current cats, but love them, 2 horses, wildlife
- Arts - Enjoy theater, an occasional concert, etc.
- Books & Literature - Enjoy a variety of books, write a bit including poetry
- Business & Career - Medical Transcriptionist - Tough job, but somebody's gotta do it!
- Family & Friends - Empty nester - would love to make some new friends, perhaps a single gent??
- Games & Entertainment - Pool, backgammon and other board games, variety of movies & music
- Hobbies - Antiques, gardening, cooking, reading, horses, nature
- Humor - Enjoy joking around in good fun, sometimes playful, sometimes serious
- Recreation - Camping by water or mountains, horses, travel, sightseeing
- BMI over 50 - Under 50 post op
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Hi, I'm Shari. I'm 49 (and holding  ) and started gaining weight as a pre-adolescent. I've yo-yo dieted most of my life up to a whopping 348 lbs! I am so tired of watching life from the sidelines and choosing my activities based on my body size and how my weight makes me feel physically and emotionall. I'm sick of casting my eyes downward out of shame so I don't have to witness people's reaction to my size! It is time to shed this weight once and for all and let the real, beautiful me emerge!
Lifetime high, 348 lb on 1/14/08/Day of surgery, 3/11/08, 328 lb/Physician's goal for me, 156 lb
Dang computers! on November 4, 2008 10:42 am
Okay, I just spent the last half-hour writing a very creative update for my blog... a little voice told me I should save it... I ignored said little voice... went about my business, continued writing, then hit ONE WRONG LITTLE BUTTON and the whole thing disappeared. So... here's the shortened version:
Current weight 216.8 pounds (75% of excess body weight gone forever).
Exercise today - 7-1/2 miles on recumbant bike - 400 calories burned.
Pardon me while I save this... if you think I'm gonna make that mistake again...
Here's what I figure... nut's goal is for me to reach 156 lb - I'm now 60.8 pounds from there, but I'm figuring about 25-30 of that is loose skin that WILL be surgically removed some day (I'm hoping for 2009) - which means... I technically only need to lose another 30-35 pounds!!!! YEE HAW!!! That absolutely blows me away!!!
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October 14, 2008 - 7 months postop on October 14, 2008 4:59 pm
I just passed my 7-month s-versary, thrilled to be down exactly 130 pounds!!! This still feels surreal - hard to wrap my brain around it.
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6 months out and new lease on life! on September 11, 2008 6:27 pm
Today marks my 6-month surgiversary, but before I recap the last 180 days, let me acknowledge first, a far more important anniversary... that of September 11, 2001. My heart, and I'm sure, the heart of all Americans, goes out to everyone who was personally impacted by this tragedy.
Now on a lighter note... To say the least, I feel like a brand new person! I sometimes have to shake myself to make sure I'm not dreaming... I started out at 348 pounds, this morning was 224.4 pounds... started out in size 30/32 pants and am now in a 14, a size 4X shirt, now 14/16 - have even found some things in the Junior department - UNBELIEVABLE... and I still have 68.4 pounds to go before reaching my goal!! It's really mind-boggling at times!!! I bought myself a pair of boots with 3-inch heels - haven't worn heels in 20 years!!! Okay, so those will take some getting used to, I wouldn't want to topple over now would I? But my point is, I bought 'em and I got 'em on!!! I'm also discovering bones I had forgotten I had... I'm making eye contact and initiating conversations with people... I'm getting glances that last longer than 1 second!... YIPPEE!!!  ... I no longer feel the need to be invisible... I'm even coming out of my shell and very cautiously beginning to flirt - A HUGE step for me - I used to high tail it the other direction if I saw a guy I was interested in - thought he might be offended by having a SMO woman flirt with him!
I'm also far more active than I was previously - bicycling, resistance training, walking, even considering taking up ladies fencing... saw it during the Olympics and it looks like a blast - great exercise too! But my greatest adventure is just around the corner - a cruise up the Inside Passage of Alaska with my sister - something neither of us have ever done before... going up a mountain on a tram, flightseeing in a float plane, even going dog sledding!!!  We leave this Sunday and I'll take oodles of pics in case anyone wants to see them.
There have been so many positive changes in the last 6 months - I can't wait to see what the next 6 will bring!
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Minus One Hundred and counting!!! on July 13, 2008 8:59 am
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Well, it's just 2 days after my 4-month surgiversary, and I finally made it to the CENTURY CLUB!!! YEAH!!! YIPPEE!!!   This is me doing the happy dance!!! 
When I got on the scale this morning, it said 246.4, down 2.3 pounds since yesterday, and a total of 101.6 pounds since starting my journey!!! My only regret is that I didn't have this surgery sooner - but, I truly believe that everything happens for a reason and so, the timing must have been just right for me. I've accomplished several of my personal goals already, and I'm looking forward to accomplishing the rest of them... and adding new ones. I'm thinking a Wii console is right up there at the top of my new goal list! Just imagine... tennis, baseball, yoga.... all without leaving the comfort of my living room! Life is good!!! 
4 months out and feelin' FINE!!! on July 11, 2008 8:24 pm
Today is my 4-month surgiversary - down 98.7 pounds!!! What a difference 4 months has made in my life! I'm making eye contact more and more often with people, initiating conversation, and walking with a spring in my step! My wardrobe is rather pathetic at this point as almost everything is falling off so I can no longer wear most things - what a pity - it's not stuff I was crazy about anyway... just stuff I bought because it fit. Well NO MORE!!! I'm starting to look at clothes from a whole new perspective, and it feels FANTASTIC to start wearing feminine things again.
I still have a long way to go, but hey... I'm more than half way there, so YEAH ME!!!  Oh, forgot to mention... the hair thinning has begun in earnest... in the brush, in the shower, on my shirts, anytime, anywhere! Good thing I had lots to start with... hoping I am not one big bald spot when I go on my cruise in 8 weeks! I used to PAY to have my hair thinned - Jeez, if I had known I could get the same results just by having a simple little RNY, think of all the time and $$$ I could have saved! 
More than half gone! on July 3, 2008 8:52 pm
I'm soooo excited - As of this morning, I've lost just over 50% of my excess weight - half way to goal -YYYEEEAAAHHH. It's so nice to see the percentages flip - 50.25% lost, 49.75% to go!!! 
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No longer morbidly obese! on June 29, 2008 10:02 am
Yeah!!! I finally made it out of the morbidly obese category this morning!!! I now have a slim, trim BMI of only 39.8, relatively speaking. It's hard to wrap my brain around the fact that only 3-1/2 months have passed since my surgery and I'm rapidly approaching the 100-pounds-lost mark!!! Almost every day I can see the gap narrowing between how much I've lost and how much I still need to lose - which means I've lost nearly 50% of my total excess body weight - YOO HOO!!!
I met with my surgeon last week and he was very pleased with my progress. Blood chemistries are great - fasting glucose is down from the 120s to 83, so no longer at risk of developing type 2 diabetes, liver and kidney functions have stabilized, protein and calcium levels are right where they should be, etc. What an eye opener - WE TRULY ARE WHAT WE EAT!!!
The only problem I seem to be having right now is my continued buttock pain, especially problematic since I sit ALL DAY LONG at my desk.  I've graduated to two-pillow padding on my chair plus a heating pad under those, but I'm still having pain. My sister is convinced I'll be a prime candidate for "cheek" implants when all is said and done! Quite frankly, I'm kind of dreading how my rumpus is going to react to losing another 80-90 pounds! Hummmmm... guess I'll just have to start building my case for a lower body lift and those "cheek" implants. Pity.
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Three months postop on June 11, 2008 10:50 pm
In another mini stall, scale sticking around the 267-269 mark, but I'm thrilled with my results so far. My labs look very good, glucose is 88... presurgically it was 124 fasting. Have my 3-month check-up with Dr. Bock on June 18th...hoping to hit the 90-pound mark by then, but I'll just have to wait and see.
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Yea, I finally made it!!! on May 20, 2008 8:44 pm
Been waiting for the day I hit the 70 pounds lost mark - finally happened this morning! YIPPEE!!! I've been riding my recumbant bike 5 miles most days - literally burning up half of the calories I'm consuming each day! I finally broke down and bought a new pair of jeans (size 22, down from 30/32) because my 26's were getting WAY too baggy - wouldn't you know, I wore them the next day, they stretched out and then THOSE WERE BAGGY TOO! So, back to the store for more pants, a size 20, and a size 18 while I was at it... at this rate I'll be in them faster than I can say I  MY RNY!!!
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HELP - I have BBS - Bony Butt Syndrome!!! on May 14, 2008 6:57 pm
Yup, tis true, my butt has shrunk so much, it's now uncomfortable to sit for extended periods without extra padding! I started noticing this yesterday, then I read a post about this, and bing, bing, a light bulb went off... so that's why my butt hurts! I noticed it on my recumbent bike yesterday... well today I decided to outsmart my butt and sat on a pillow while I rode... ended up going 5 miles - twice my normal distance, so was still a bit sore towards the end, but I can just imagine how my tush would have felt had I not sat on that pillow! YIKES!! 
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Happy surgiversary to me, happy surgiversary to me!!! on May 11, 2008 5:44 pm
Feeling pretty good today, exactly 2 months postop - down 64.5 pounds (20 pre-surgically). Down to only one pair of pants that fit - REAL DENIM JEANS (no Spandex in these puppies)! Haven't been able to wear those in nearly 20 years - and my friend told me they're already getting too big!!! Even my new tops are getting baggy - What's a girl to do??? Oh dear... I suppose I'll be FORCED to go shopping!!!
Had my mom and my daughter over for Mother's Day - fixed all sorts of protein-laden foods (which they loved enough to take the leftovers home)... Cajan prawn & vege kabobs, beef tips with gravy, roasted rosemary/garlic potatoes (Yukon Gold and Red), 100% whole wheat crescents, and topped it off with sugar-free chocolate covered strawberries! I could only eat 6 or 7 bites total, but those bites were sure yummy!!!
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Grrrrr and Hurrrumpphhh! on May 2, 2008 6:28 pm
I'm back to wearing my bag cuz I'm hiding from Murphy - he's been after me for the past 2 days! I swear, if it can go wrong, it will! My work computer has been giving me nothing but grief for the past 36 hours... DSL provider has been next to useless... waited all day for them today, never did show up, but around 5:30, found out there had been a general problem in my area, was fixed, but no one bothered to inform me! Another Murphyism... I try to take the dogs out to do their business, my door won't open... figure something's wrong with the tumbler, take the knob off, still cant get the dang thing open - can't even pry it open with a screwdriver... my rent-a-husband  (actually my dear friend's husband that she lets me borrow now and then... NOOOO, not for what you're thinking, so get your mind out of the gutter! ) says he'll try to come over today to fix it... of course now he can't come until tomorrow... All the Nemos in my pond got eaten by something over the winter... probably a raccoon or a crane... bought a new batch of Nemos last night, went out to feed them some brine shrimp tonight, and one of them was already dead!  , so NOW I'M A MURDERER!!! As if this is not enough, Murphy had one last laugh... I just refinanced my house and paid off my equity line of credit, but they were supposed to leave the line open so I could do some more home improvements and eventually have access to $$$ for any plastics I might need as a result of my shrinking body... BUT NO!!! A certain loan officer (his name must be Murphy!) forgot to pass on that little tid bit to the title company, so the equity line was paid off and the account was closed out! So... now I get to go through the whole loan process all over again!
I gotta say, right about now, an entire panful of beef stroganoff or something equally rich and comforting sounds pretty darn good... topped off with several white cupcakes with strawberrry frosting!!!
But, I'll behave! I figure if I spend my evening on the computer tonight (now that it's finally working again) it'll distract me from visions of sugarplums and cupcakes! So, in a nutshell, Murphy's an A__S, but I'm grateful that all of you are here and willing to let me ramble! I'll make it through the night, and tomorrow the sun will come out again!
G'night!
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It's true - my stall is broken! on April 19, 2008 6:24 pm
Hot Diggity Dog - my stall REALLY IS broken! After falling below the 300 pound mark 2 days ago (299.1), I didnt want to get back on the scale for fear I'd go back up above 300... but I had a 100-calorie pack of popcorn last night (my first since surgery), and I wanted to see how my body reacted to it... so onto the scale this morning and lo and behold... 295.0 pounds! YIPPEE!!! I'm melting, I'm melting! Only 55 pounds to go to hit for goal for dog sledding in Alaska! | Click here to leave a comment.
I did it! on April 17, 2008 6:14 pm
Yea!!! I'm finally out of the 300s! I'm 299.1, only 9/10th of a pound under 300, but I'll take it! This must mean my stall is over, so I'll make this my official "stall-is-over day." Hopefully my weight will drop at a steady rate now.
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Almost goodbye to the sleazy threasies! on April 13, 2008 8:32 am
I'm keeping my fingers and toes crossed that I've finally broken my stall! Was down to 301.5 this morning, but since I've been bouncing between 302 and 306, I really can't be sure. I know the 200s are just around the corner - I want it SOOO bad I can taste it! Once I see the 200s, even if it's 299.9999999999, I'm packin' up my scale for good (well, at least until the next time I have to report my weight to my nut). Toodles!
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