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  • Name: Diana G.
  • Username: egdg120575
  • Location: Canton, IL, USA
  • Member Since: 8/21/2008
  • BMI: 59.4
  • Surgery date scheduled
  • Surgery Type: VSG (09/30/08)
  • Surgeon: Jayar Salimath
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be able to walk and move with less pain

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Comfortably sit on floor/grass to play with grandbabies

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  • Comment by lessofme2008 on 9/30/08 1:44 pm
    I pray for a speedy recovery and that you are running the halls by this evening! My thoughts & prayers are with you on this life changing day!!
  • Comment by BrooklynSunset on 9/29/08 8:50 am
    Good luck with your surgery tomorrow!
  • Comment by becky on 9/28/08 6:44 pm
    I Said a Prayer of Healing for you -- body, mind and soul -- That God would bring you comfort to restore and make you whole. I prayed you'd be surrounded by His awesome love and healing, Dispelling all anxiety or pain you might be feeling. Finally, I prayed you'd be uplifted by His grace, and feel yourself enfolded in the peace of His embrace. Wishing you all the best on your journey for a healthy happy new you. Skinny Wishes ~
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Just Random Thoughts
on September 14, 2008 7:49 am
I am 16 days from my surgery date, and 2 days from my 2 week liquid fast.  I'm sitting here making lists of everything I need to keep at hand, just in case I get caught away from home, or shipped wreaked on a desert island. God forbid I be caught without "legal" food for an hour or so.
I have also spent my last weekend as a "normal eater"  enjoying some of my favorite foods.  Now the sane part of my mind says  "you'll be able to eat this food again, just in smaller portions", but that insane part keeps whispering   "last chance, better eat it while you can"
 Guess who is winning? Yep, that little devil.  
But even with all my favorites, I'm still not eating as much as I used to.
So maybe some of my old ways are already leaving.
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My Story

My story is much like everyone else's here with a few minor changes, I was a normal sized baby, an under-weight child, yes under-weight. I am one of seven children and they were all fairly normal eaters, except me. at about the age of 11 yrs my parents took me to the pediatrician because I "didn't eat as much as the other kids"  the Dr. told them I would eat when I was hungry and to just leave me be.  However both being high-school drop outs, my parents knew more than this Dr. so they started forcing me to eat "normal" portions. I can remember gagging down cold food, as I was left at the table until my plate was clean.  Don't get me wrong, I don't fault my parents for this path they took, after all, these were the same Drs. that said even a light paddling was not good for kids.  So somehow during this time I found a love for food.  A love/hate relationship developed as now I could not stop.
So after a thin beginning I became chunky teen-ager and there the battle began. Weight-watchers was first at about 17 y/o, the only thing I learned at that time was, that I hated liver (back then you had to eat liver at least once a week).  Didn't lose any pounds, but lost some self esteem, the weigh-ins were in front of everyone.
I finished High School, worked at a local hospital, moved into an apartment with a friend.  Had parties all the time drank alot and ate all the wrong foods and gained several more pounds, lost my job, moved back home, decided to join the Navy...guess what I was too fat . Went on one of several unhealthy diets, near starvation and diet pills, lost enough weight to get in the Navy, But I had to wait for 8 months before I shipped out.
So in the mean time I meet the love of my life,  my DH,  he has been by my side for 33 yrs. We had a very quick romance, we knew each other for 8 1/2 wks, from first date to wedding date.  He brought a 2 1/2 year old son into the marriage, so I became an instant full time Mom.  A few years later we found out that I was not able to get pregnant.  So the depression began and the weight gain began, about 5 lbs a year for 30 yrs with more diets.  There has been 7 or 8 Weigh Watchers tries (lose 30 gain 40), Tops, Gym memberships, fad diets (every stupid one) infomercial diet pills.  I lost alot with them, money that is, Over-eaters Anonymous, found friends but lost no weight.
Then I tried "Adkins" I lost about 100 lbs WOW.... was looking good, feeling good and then made the mistake of thinking I can handle "normal food" again "I'll just watch the scale and if it goes up,even 1 lb, I'll go back on Adkins and lose it," famous last words.
I gained that 100 lbs back, quit smoking and put on an extra 50 lbs just for good measure. And there begins my exploration into WLS.
So here I am, Warts and All, ready for the new beginning.  Wish me luck    Diana

 


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