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It's been a loooonnnnggg time!
on June 23, 2008 12:16 pm
It's been almost a year since I last posted.  Alot has changed since then.

I began a new job.
I hit my goal weight.
I had my 1 year surgiversary.
I surpassed my goal weight.
I started a home based business.

I began a new job last August and am loving it.  The people I work with are fantastic and the job is keeping me on my toes.

I hit my goal weight of 140lbs a couple weeks prior to my surgiversary in March.  I was wearing size 10-12 at the time.

My 1 year surgiversary was March 27, 2008.  I was just below my goal at 138lbs and couldn't have been happier.

As of today, I am anywhere from 127 - 131lbs and wearing sizes 6-8.  I've been going to the gym 3 times a week and feeling wonderful!  I know things will continue to change and I may gain some back, but to have come as far as I have is amazing to me.  I never thought I would ever be like this again.

A friend at work turned me onto a home based business with an inventory of household, gift, personal items that is absoutely amazing.  I have my own website if you are interested in checking it out.  The prices and quality are great!   www.123easygiftideas.com  If you see anything you might like, email me and I can order it and have it dropped shipped to you or someone else.

Well, that is where I'm at right now.

We're going camping this weekend to the same place we went last year.  I'm hoping to post some new pics soon.

Best of everything to everyone!
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Friday, July 27, 2007 (4 months today)
on July 28, 2007 10:58 am
It's strange,  it seems like it was just last month that I was preparing for this journey.  Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't want to go back and start all over again!  It's just that time seems to be going by so fast these days.  Kinda like the pounds and inches I've lost.  I'm well over the half way mark to reaching my goal and couldn't be happier.  Just to give you an idea of what has happened (other then the pictures I've finally added)  here are my measurements from 3/26/07 and today.

3/26/2007 7/27/2007
Neck 15 14 1
Arm 16.5 13.75 2.75 x 2 
Breast 47.25 41 6.25
Waist 46 40 6
Hips 54.5 46.75 7.75
Thigh 33 29 4 x 2
Calf 19.75 17.25 2.5 x 2

for a total of 39.5 inches and 71.5lbs gone!

What an amazing trip huh?!!  I can't wait to see what's coming next.
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Monday, July 9, 2007
on July 9, 2007 9:35 am
I'm in shock!  I can't believe it!  I'm below 200lbs!  Can life get any better or what!?!  I know it CAN and WILL for me because I have a tool to control my weight for life.  

No more back, hip, knee, and foot pain.  No more having to catch my breath after 1 flight of stairs or walking up hill for 15 minutes.

I WILL prevail over my eating disorder
I WILL succeed at gaining my life back
I WILL live again

I AM eating to live instead of living to eat
I AM learning to live a better, healthier, more active life
I AM loving myself again

For anyone who has considered WLS- it is a very personal choice and one that can not be made lightly.  You have to be mentally and emotionally prepared for a life changing event.

For me, it was the best thing I could have done for myself and would do it again in a heartbeat.
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Wednesday, June 13, 2007
on June 13, 2007 8:20 am

52lbs in 2.5 months!  I was jumping around and dancing when I saw the scale this morning.  I feel so alive and full of energy!  It's been years since I felt like this.

I'm still dealing with food issues, foamies, and vomiting but I can deal with all that if I can continue to feel this fantastic.

I won tickets to see The Police in concert this coming Friday and just HAVE to buy a new outfit that fits for it.  I don't want to go to something that wonderful in baggy clothes!

We have tickets to see Def Leppard, Styxx, and Foreinger in September and I can't wait to fit into skinny jeans and concert T-shirt like the kids do!  I'll be almost 6 months out by then and hope to be near goal.

What a ride!

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Tuesday, May 29, 2007 - 2 Months Out
on May 29, 2007 11:26 am

Last week and the weekend were full of sorrow and stress.  My husband's sister passed last Monday (5/21/07) at the age of 49, due to long term ill health.  We were at work when the call came in and immediately left to go pick up his mom so she wasn't left alone.  That was an all day drive and very stressful.  She stayed with us until Thursday, when we drove back to San Bernardino to spend the night and then drove more on Friday to get to the service in Los Angeles .

The service was very well done.  Her kids (30 and 22) did a very nice job of putting everything together.  We spent the day with family and then left at around 7pm for the long drive home.

Saturday was supposed to be a lazy quiet day but ended up being nerve racking because my husband lost his wallet while running errands.  We searched everywhere- tearing the house and garage apart and retracing his steps.  It was no where to be found.  He received a call this morning from a gentleman who said he found it near a dumpster several miles away from where we think he lost it.  The cash was gone but his identification and personal items were still there.  His Military ID, SS card, and Drivers License were in it as well as 2 credit cards which we had already canceled.

We finally got a quiet day on Sunday and Monday but the lost wallet and our family's loss were always there in the back of our minds.

I weighed and measured on Monday and have lost a total of 15 inches (only 1 arm, leg, and calf) and another 5lbs.  I'm almost to 50lbs lost.  I can't believe it!

Food is still giving me some issues.  I even dumped on a protein bar last week!  Hopefully this week will be better.

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I sit here and try to find the words to describe what it feels like, for me, to finally begin.  I have been overweight most of my life and have felt like an outsider.  The past 8 years have been the worst as far as my weight is concerned.  I have more than doubled my size since 1997. 

I had heard about WLS a few times, and it seemed there was always someone around more than willing to talk about all the horror stories about deaths, post surgery tramas, and bad results that had spread faster than any success stories ever did.  So I dropped the idea and continued to struggle.

Then I began developing comorbities... but I didn't know that was what they were.  I had sleep apnea,  had the sleep studies done and was put on the CPAP.  I later had a tonsillectomy because the CPAP was no longer effective for me.  That didn't work either, I still had it.  I was told I had high cholesterol and triglycerides, was borderline type 2 diabetic, had edema in my legs along with the ankle, knee, and hip pains, and needed to change what I was eating and drop weight.  I was given a list of foods to stay away from but wasn't given any ideas what to do about the weight.  I developed IBS and the weight didn't move.  I tried Atkins and Weight Watchers with little success.  I went to Curves 3 times a week, did the circut 2x instead of 1 each time... still not much of a move.  I know that I was probably developing muscle, but for someone who is trying everything to lose weight, and the scale doesn't move or actually goes UP! That is just too depressing and so I gave up.  My weight began to rise again and now I sit here at my highest weight ever... 263lbs.
My mom has been overweight most of here life too, but to go visit one summer and borrow a blouse and it only be slightly too big... THAT was it for me.

I began researching WLS and soul searching to see if this was what I had been waiting for.  Could I use this tool that science has provided and become the person I longed to be.
I found out that all my problems could be attributed back to my weight.  I was shocked and heart sick that my doctor had never mentioned this to me or that WLS may have been a solution!  Instead they just sent me to specialist after specialist and THEY never mentioned WLS to me either! I became determined to treat the source and not the side effects.  

I checked every search engine link I could find about WLS. I called my insurance and found out that it wasn't covered. I attended my first WLS seminar 2/10/07 and scheduled pre-op tests with my PCP for 2/15/07.  I called a finance company my WLS surgery center recommended and was approved.  My psych evaluation is scheduled for 2/27/07 and I'm hoping for a pre-op with my surgery doctor within a few days of that and a surgery date within a few weeks of that.

I am resolved in my head and at peace in my heart that this is for me and this is my time. I thank all those who have gone before me and shared their experiences on the BB. It was wonderful reading of all the GREAT experiences and life changes WLS has helped to make happen.

I hope the experiences I enter here may one day help someone else.

 


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