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03-26-2008, 12:27 PM
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| WLS Master Guru  Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Tega Cay, SC
Posts: 839
Weight Statistics August 2, 2007 Start Date:
August 14, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 7" Height: 283 lb Start Weight:
172 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
111 lb Weight Loss:
22 lb Lb Left to Lose:
39.222614841 % % Lost:
Christmas, 2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 44.3192247717 BMI Start:
26.936065939 BMI Current:
23.4907551793 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass  |  Smoking I smoked for over 25 years. Started when I was in my early teens and finally quit in 1999. It was the HARDEST thing I've ever done. It was absolutely drug withdrawal and it took me several weeks to get through the first stage and that was the 5th or 6th time I had tried to quit. I also gained 50 lbs or more because I quit and that's what brought me to WLS but you know, even if it meant I had to carry around that extra weight for the rest of my life, I would still have chosen quitting smoking. I smell better. Food tastes better. Life is better. I thank God that I did find WLS and that I have lost the weight on top of quitting smoking -- so to all of you who still smoke -- I know how hard it is, but it is so worth it for your life and your family to think again about quitting. There are new drugs on the market that can help you through the withdrawals -- and if you can beat the old weight demon  -- you certainly can kick the cigarette demon out of your life for good! So go for it -- you've got a life to live! |
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03-26-2008, 12:32 PM
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| WLS Master Guru  Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Cottondale Alabama
Posts: 567
Weight Statistics 12-19-07 Surgery Date:
5' 3" Height: 228 lb Start Weight:
148 lb Current Weight:
140 lb Goal Weight:
80 lb Weight Loss:
8 lb Lb Left to Lose:
35.0877192982 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index 40.3839758125 BMI Start:
26.214159738 BMI Current:
24.7971781305 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | I smoked for several years too, but thank the Lord, I overcame the habit in 1995!! It is a bad habit to have and can take years off your life. The combination of that and the obesity is just a double whammy. Thankfully I am kicking the food habit too. I encourage all of you who still smoke to make an effort to quit. You took one step for healthiness by having or considering surgery. Love yourself and your family even more and kick the smoking habit too. |
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03-26-2008, 12:54 PM
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| Big Loser Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: San Diego
Posts: 143
Weight Statistics July 2007 Start Date:
12/03/07 Surgery Date:
5' 1" Height: 240 lb Start Weight:
160 lb Current Weight:
130 lb Goal Weight:
80 lb Weight Loss:
30 lb Lb Left to Lose:
33.3333333333 % % Lost:
12/03/08 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 45.3426498253 BMI Start:
30.2284332169 BMI Current:
24.5606019887 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | amen sister |
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03-26-2008, 01:12 PM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: North Texas
Posts: 3,169
Blog Entries: 1 Weight Statistics I've lost/gained my whole life!!! Start Date:
Aug 1, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 8" Height: 280 lb Start Weight:
150 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
130 lb Weight Loss:
46.4285714286 % % Lost:
Summer 2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 42.5692041522 BMI Start:
22.8049307958 BMI Current:
22.8049307958 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass  | I know this surgery was for my health...and that smoking is NOT the healthy decision....I made my mind up years ago that smoking would NOT rule me... but the fact of the matter is...I still enjoy it....I go 8-10 hours at work each day WITHOUT smoking...and a pack of cigarettes (mostly because they are SO expensive now) will last me about a week. Everything in moderation, though eventually, I will probably quit.... |
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03-26-2008, 02:19 PM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: WADING RIVER (Long Island), NY
Posts: 4,835
Weight Statistics 7/16/07 Start Date:
7/16/07 Surgery Date:
4' 11" Height: 230 lb Start Weight:
139 lb Current Weight:
115 lb Goal Weight:
91 lb Weight Loss:
24 lb Lb Left to Lose:
39.5652173913 % % Lost:
12/31/08 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 46.4492961793 BMI Start:
28.0715311692 BMI Current:
23.2246480896 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | i also am an ex-smoker and still am!!!! you guys really need to stop now for your health and other high risk factors associated with this surgery and smoking! you had the surgery to better your life and make it healthy so why would you go back to smoking again. it really isnt any different from eeating if you think about it  good luck to all
__________________ 3/2008 PREG. START WT 144LBS. GOAL WILL HAVE TO WAIT TILL AFTER BABY  230 lbs 7/2007 & 142 lbs 4/2008     |
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03-26-2008, 02:58 PM
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| Cub Reporter Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: ND
Posts: 74
Weight Statistics May 22, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 4" Height: 307 lb Start Weight:
207 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
100 lb Weight Loss:
57 lb Lb Left to Lose:
32.5732899023 % % Lost:
July 2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 52.6906738281 BMI Start:
35.5275878906 BMI Current:
25.7446289062 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | I had to be smoke free for 3 months before they would even do the surgery. so I smoked for 25 years and have been smoke free for about a year and a half. I am glad I did it as I agree that I smell better. food is the same for me but I still do get cravings once in awhile but will never go back. It was definately one of the hardest things I ever did. Now if my hubby would quit.
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03-26-2008, 03:27 PM
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| WLS Mentor  Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: North West, NJ
Posts: 1,077
Weight Statistics 1/14/2008 Surgery Date:
5' 10" Height: 330 lb Start Weight:
258 lb Current Weight:
180 lb Goal Weight:
72 lb Weight Loss:
78 lb Lb Left to Lose:
21.8181818182 % % Lost:
Summer 09 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 47.3448979592 BMI Start:
37.0151020408 BMI Current:
25.8244897959 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | I smoked from age 15 till about 10 years ago at age 34. My husband had a hard time quitting, tried a million times in the last 10 years, more so from my nagging then really wanting to, and I think that is the key, you have to want to (I did want to). But the day before my surgery he quit. I think he thought, hell, if she can do this...And quess what - he still hasn't had a smoke, 10 weeks... Since I quit 10 years ago, I did pass a rule, no smoking in the house (poor guy had been banished to the deck for all these years). But my house, clothes, hair, car...don't stink. I remember washing the walls in our old house after I quit, you don't even realize that they are yellow. And you don't realize that even the clean clothes hanging in your closet smell like smoke.
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03-26-2008, 04:47 PM
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| Seasoned Veteran Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: North Texas
Posts: 3,169
Blog Entries: 1 Weight Statistics I've lost/gained my whole life!!! Start Date:
Aug 1, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 8" Height: 280 lb Start Weight:
150 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
130 lb Weight Loss:
46.4285714286 % % Lost:
Summer 2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 42.5692041522 BMI Start:
22.8049307958 BMI Current:
22.8049307958 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | oh...we haven't smoked in the house since I brought my son home from the hospital 19 years ago.....that keeps me from doing it more often too...I never have time to run outside...or it's too hot or cold etc.... |
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03-26-2008, 04:54 PM
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| Guru In Training  Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Mira Loma, CA 91752
Posts: 282
Blog Entries: 1 Weight Statistics April 15, 2006 Start Date:
May 10, 2006 Surgery Date:
6' 3" Height: 345 lb Start Weight:
189 lb Current Weight:
200 lb Goal Weight:
156 lb Weight Loss:
-11 lb Lb Left to Lose:
45.2173913043 % % Lost:
anytime Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 43.1173333333 BMI Start:
23.6208 BMI Current:
24.9955555556 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass  | I smoked from around 1969 through 1991. I used a hypnotist to stop smoking, and it worked well for me. My surgeon will not do surgery on anyone that smokes. You have to stop smoking, and remain that way for at least 90 days prior to surgery. Smoking affects the healing from surgery, and that is a primary reason docs don't want their patients to remain smoking past surgery. These days, it saves you buckets of money too.
__________________ Dave Chambers  Dave in 2005, a few months prior to surgery  liquid vitamins:www.bariatricliquidvitamins.com  liquid vitamins: www.liquidbariatricvitamins.comDried peas-high protein snack: www.dried-peas.com Save $$$$ on gas: http://www.ragdoll.com/Ethos%20Re-formulator.htm Ragdoll cat problem: www.ragdoll.com  |
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03-26-2008, 05:03 PM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Mount Vernon, NY
Posts: 7,325
Weight Statistics 4/1/07 Start Date:
4/19/07 Surgery Date:
5' 9" Height: 258 lb Start Weight:
146 lb Current Weight:
165 lb Goal Weight:
112 lb Weight Loss:
-19 lb Lb Left to Lose:
43.4108527132 % % Lost:
04/19/2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 38.0957781979 BMI Start:
21.5580760344 BMI Current:
24.36357908 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass  | I smoked for 15 years!!! and i was told to quit before surgery. but i was such a basket case they let me get a few puffs in the morning of. and i havent smoked one since. that was 6.45 am on april 19th 2007!!!!! the smell of it now nauseates me. i cannot imagine that i smelled like a smoker. i dont think i will ever smoke again. congrats to everyone who quit!!
__________________ Anything worth having is worth working for Kenya R.  Lap RNY 4/19/07     |
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