Username: Reese413
Location: Houston, TX, USA
Member Since: 1/22/2007
BMI: 27.1
Post Op
Surgery Type: RNY (03/13/07)
Surgeon: David Kam, M.D.

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Goals

finally feel good about myself and lose like 125 lbs!

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Surgeon Testimonial

David Kam, M.D.
I thought Dr. Kam was amazing! He is so down to earth and straight forward. He told you how it was and i feel 100% confortable going through this life changing surgery with him.

Member Interests

Travel - i love europe and hope to live there one day!
WLS in your 20's - Well it will hopefully happen at 22!

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Hospital Reviews

(Ypsilanti, MI) - Barix Clinics - Michigan

Latest Surgery Support Comments

Comment by LavenderLoco on 3/10/07 6:57 pm

Wishing you a smooth and safe surgery, speedy and easy recovery and all the best as you begin your exciting, life-changing journey. Many Blessings!

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It was always worth it, that's the part i seem to hide.

Reese413's Blog

It's been 5 months. Seriously???
on January 23, 2008 11:52 am

Ok i have not been on OH in so long. I guess somewhere in this whole process i actually maybe found a life? I mean i had one before i just have a better one now. Right now i am weighing 168. Which means in just over 10 months i have lost 114 pounds since surgery and 124 pounds over all. I still have 26 pounds to my goal weight and i can't wait to get there, even though it is taking forever! I havent lost hardly any weight in the past 2 months. I blame the holidays and my lack of exercise but i am back at it. I have been back at the gym and back to eating healthy (trying...it's hard when bad food doesnt make sick like some others)! Also some people have told me to stop losing weight, and i tell them to get real because i still feel disgusting!

Anyways i am just working and hanging out with my boyfriend all the time. I love him so much and i know without this surgery i would of never met him. Not because he wouldn't of liked me bigger (who knows?) but because my confidence was non existent. It's still not super high but it's getting there. And he can actually pick me up! I feel like he is gonna die or break or something (he is 6'1'' and weighs 135....) but he can do it, and give me a piggy back ride around his apartment. It's a weird sensation, being picked up like that. I like it and i can't wait til he can do it with a little more ease!

Anyways here are a few of my most recent pics, i didnt take my normal monthly ones for 8 and 10 months because of the lack of weight loss and feeling down about it. I promise on feb 13th i will take my 11 month pictures. You have my word!

Ps. I miss you all and hope you're all well!

I'm the one with the red belt. Obvi.

My big sister and me!

On January 10th before one of the bf's gigs.

Jan 5th before girls night!

a side view!

And that's it for now! i'll try to write more i promise!

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I'm i onederland!
on August 27, 2007 8:51 am

Well i have been for a week but i am still excited about it. As of 8/25/07 i weigh 196. I haven't weighed since then because i am trying to not be so crazy about the scale. I will weigh next saturday (if i can last that long!)

On Saturday i went to Ross and was looking in the jean section. I saw a pair of DKNY jeans that were regularly 60 dollars, for 24.99. They are a size 14 so I thought i should try them on. They fit great! Not too tight or anything. Usually when i buy a pair of pants the next size down, they are usually tight for a few days and then they comfortably start fitting. These fit all cozy the first time:) They are a little long but that is the only thing wrong with them! I can't believe the next size i will be buying will be a 12. It seems a little crazy, especially since i feel all flabby and nasty still. Oh well.

Other than that my body hates me. I started my birth control on Sunday August 12th, which was the last day of my last period. It was all going fine and dandy until Friday August 24th. When i started my period. That's right i ended my period and 12 days later i started again. Thanks birth control!! I mean i know it's common to have spotting and weird periods for the first 3 months, but this is just ridiculous. It's probably worse for me because i am not absorbing it all too. So that's annoying.

Other than that everything is good.

* i still go to the gym 4 days a week. (Sometimes 3 if i have plans)
* i still struggle with carbs. i just think i don't believe in cutting something out of your diet completely, because then you just cheat. I eat baked pita some days, and sometimes have mashed potatoes and rice. I always get my protein in though.
* i am no longer lactose intolerant! Yay for that.
* i still find it hard to eat on the weekends when i have plans, i totally forget.

But things are getting better.

54 pounds til GOAL!!!

It's my goal to be at goal by January 1, 2008. That gives me..

just over 4 months to lose 54 pounds. I think it's doable.

I just have to lose about 13.5 pounds a month! That would be awesome and makes me very excited!

I wonder if i will like my body at goal, or if i will change my goal to be less when i get close to it.

Who knows!

Ok i'm out. Loves you all.

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I guess it's time again to post!
on July 23, 2007 10:11 am

I know i don't do it enough! Well lets see. It has been about 4.5 months since surgery and i am doing pretty good! I've been stalling a lot so that's never fun.

I am weighing in now at 211 poulds which is down 81 pounds since my heaviest and 71 pounds since surgery. Not too shabby if you ask me.

I went to old navy the other day and got a medium sized shirt and a pair of 16 jeans! It felt so good to put them on. I don't know the last time i had a pair of 16's. I mean i'm sure i did sometime i just can't remember it. I almost feel normal when i see the tag! It's good to know that i no longer need to shop at lane bryant for pants. But they do have some really cute clothes! I guess i'll live!

The past few days my stomach has been feeling weird. I don't know if it's a bug or something. I hope it is because i would hate for anything else to go wrong. If it doesn't stop soon i will call my surgeon.

Everything else has been good! Just going to work, going to the gym and trying to make friends in Houston!

I hope everything is good with all of you!

ps. boys suck.

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I'm Updating!
on June 26, 2007 2:12 pm

Well here i am 3.5 months out! I'm alive! I have had a 2 week + stall and it was crazy annoying! I think it is over now though! The scale FINALLY moved. So yeah. I was excited about that.

When i started this journery i was in size 24 pants and a 22/24 shirt.

Currently i am in 18 pants and 14/16 shirt. The 18's are a little snug but the 20's are too big. So hopefully they will be comfy soon.

I just keep on keeping on. I go to work every day and then go work out! So the gym has been my best friend and my worst enemy!

Other than that i'm bored all the time. I miss michigan:( Houston just isn't my style.

I wish i was with my friends.

Oh well. Thus is life. I have an interview Friday for a new job! My interview outfit looks SO GOOD. I'm going to get pictures taken in it so i can post them on here for you guys to see!

Anyways nothing new and exciting to report!

I am addicted to beef jerky. YUMM!

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In Houston!
on June 8, 2007 10:43 am

Hey everyone! I am sorry i never update, i always forget. At any rate i am now in Houston working and having a pretty good time. I need some friends asap! I have a few but i really miss my friends from home.

As far as weight loss goes, it is going really well. I weighed yesturday at about 222. Which is 60 pounds down from surgery and 70 pounds from my highest weight. I am really excited because my mini goals are to lose 20 pounds a month. It doesn't seem like it's going to happen all month and then towards the end it all seems to come off:) I surely don't mind!

My 3 month surgiversary is on Wednesday June 13th, so i will be sure to get some pics and post them all for you wonderful people to see.

It's crazy because i can't really tell the difference when clearly i look like i've lost weight because 60 pounds is gone!

I go to the gym 5 days a week and that is going well. I do 20 minutes of cardio and then 40 minutes of arms one day. And then the next day i do 20 minutes of cardio and 40 minutes of legs. My mom used to be a personal trainer and said thats how you should do it so you dont over work your muscles and so you can give enough focus to the area. I am glad today is legs because my legs are WAY stronger than my arms.

Hope you all are well

xo.

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