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07-24-2008, 10:00 PM
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Join Date: May 2008 Location: Just north of Iowa, not far from I-35. 2nd star on the right and straight on 'til morning!
Posts: 8,636
Weight Statistics December 13, 2007 (pre-op liquid diet started) Start Date:
December 27, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 9"
Height:
280 lb Start Weight:
172 lb Current Weight:
184 lb Goal Weight:
108 lb Weight Loss:
-12 lb Lb Left to Lose:
38.5714285714 % % Lost:
Originally - 12/08. Actually - 8/08. Goal Date:
Body Mass Index41.3442554085 BMI Start:
25.3971854652 BMI Current:
27.1690821256 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
 |  Over the hill and through the woods ...
Well, the truck is packed and in the morning, we're heading west to a family reunion. No one in the family has a clue that I have done anything to lose weight, much less endured this radical and highly dangerous surgery!  It'll be interesting to hear the horror stories and "concern" from my mother-in-law!  She is a medical authority of some renown, having a firmly formed opinion on any subject, regardless of facts unknown! 
I have a sister-in-law with a master's degree in nutrition, who has been working in the field for over 20 years, so I'm sure she'll be wanting to talk about the whole process from a point of professional curiosity. I've decided that I'm going to be right out in the open with WLS, and not hide anything. I need to do that for my wife, so that next summer when we go back and she's 100 pounds lighter, I'll have prepared the family to accept this again.
We'll also be spending some time with my stepfather, who could stand to drop a hundred or more, but he never will until it drops him. But this should be an eye opener for him, especially with the corresponding health effects I've experienced.
I'll check in from the road when I get access at hotels or truck stops. It's 1200 miles each way. If the price of diesel were lower, we'd take the bus, but can't do it this year! Drat!! But we'll be going through the Black Hills the weekend before Sturgis starts (ever hear a Harley? Ever hear a thousand of them?) and then we'll be crossing Wyoming during Frontier Days in Cheyenne. Either event has been known to suck up all the hotel rooms for several states around! Coming home, with Sturgis at full throttle, we're going to chicken out and stay south on I-80 through Nebraska!
So I'm off to spread the WLS gospel to the heathens! Wish me luck!!
CT
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07-24-2008, 10:17 PM
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Join Date: May 2007 Location: minnesota
Posts: 5,595
Weight Statistics july 21, 2007 Start Date:
august 17, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 6"
Height:
339 lb Start Weight:
177 lb Current Weight:
160 lb Goal Weight:
162 lb Weight Loss:
17 lb Lb Left to Lose:
47.7876106195 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index54.7100550964 BMI Start:
28.5654269972 BMI Current:
25.8218549128 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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have fun!! i am sure you will have lots of wows to tell us about!! i love the sound of harleys...i can hear one comming from miles away, my ears are set to harley...lol
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07-24-2008, 11:00 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: No. Los Angeles County, CA
Posts: 2,849
Weight Statistics 4.29.08 RNY Surgery Date:
5' 8"
Height:
301 lb Start Weight:
168 lb Current Weight:
170 lb Goal Weight:
133 lb Weight Loss:
-2 lb Lb Left to Lose:
44.1860465116 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index45.7618944637 BMI Start:
25.5415224913 BMI Current:
25.8455882353 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Because of my surgery, I don't have time off this summer. I am jealous and I want to take a road trip BAD.
Have a good time, CW. Spread the good news!
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"Burning out this fuse out here alone" Surgery 4.29.08
11-29-08: Down 90 lbs. Total cholesterol is under 200 for the first time in my adult life!
1.11.09: 100 lbs down! Century Club! WHOO HOO! 
7.10.09 GOL! GOL! GOLGOLGOLGOLGOL! GGGGOOOOLLL!
1.10.10 Still at goal.
2.21.12 up a bit. Back on track, I hope.
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07-25-2008, 03:50 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Tokyo, Japan
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Have fun, travel safely and well!!
Say, BTW, where are you headed exactly (or approximately)? I don't think you ever mentioned that | 
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07-25-2008, 04:08 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Jacksonville, Florida
Posts: 5,162
Weight Statistics July 21, 2007 Start Date:
August 6, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 3"
Height:
287 lb Start Weight:
151 lb Current Weight:
140 lb Goal Weight:
136 lb Weight Loss:
11 lb Lb Left to Lose:
47.3867595819 % % Lost:
January 1, 2009 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index50.8342151675 BMI Start:
26.7455278408 BMI Current:
24.7971781305 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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LOLOL...have a safe and fun trip as you "go west young man"!
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07-25-2008, 05:32 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Rochester, NY
Posts: 809
Weight Statistics August 4, 2008 Surgery Date:
5' 4"
Height:
271 lb Start Weight:
138 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
133 lb Weight Loss:
-12 lb Lb Left to Lose:
49.0774907749 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index46.5119628906 BMI Start:
23.6850585938 BMI Current:
25.7446289062 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Have fun, be safe.
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07-25-2008, 05:44 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Prattsburgh,NY
Posts: 225
Weight Statistics Nov.2007 Start Date:
July 1st 2008 Surgery Date:
5' 6"
Height:
296 lb Start Weight:
132 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
164 lb Weight Loss:
-18 lb Lb Left to Lose:
55.4054054054 % % Lost:
July,2009 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index47.7704315886 BMI Start:
21.303030303 BMI Current:
24.2079889807 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Have fun and be safe!!!!
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07-25-2008, 06:02 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Atlanta, Ga
Posts: 1,440
Weight Statistics March 12, 2008 Start Date:
December 4, 2008 Surgery Date:
5' 3"
Height:
259 lb Start Weight:
211 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
48 lb Weight Loss:
61 lb Lb Left to Lose:
18.5328185328 % % Lost:
who knows? Goal Date:
Body Mass Index45.8747795414 BMI Start:
37.3728898967 BMI Current:
26.5684051398 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Sounds like fun!!!! I would LOVE to go west. It's the only part of the US I haven't been too. Goodluck with the family. I suspect you'll be able to set them right on WLS.. just a feeling I have.
As for Harleys.... we have a neighbor who has one and he just LOOOOOOVES to rev up that thing as he goes past the house. Usually when my kids are napping.. Hmmmmm
Hey Kim... are you familiar with Michael W. Smith's "Go West Young Man" album?? Now I have that song in my head. I used to play that over and over.
__________________ Martha "Your new beginning doesn't begin tomorrow, it begins with your next breath." (Taken from a lecture I heard at my WLS Support group. Why wait Until tomorrow or Monday to start over? Start over with your next breath.) My top 2 reasons for LIFE... Joshua and Jessie.   | |
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07-25-2008, 06:33 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Davenport, IA
Posts: 1,848
Weight Statistics 12/28/06 Start Date:
May 14, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 5"
Height:
253 lb Start Weight:
191 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
62 lb Weight Loss:
41 lb Lb Left to Lose:
24.5059288538 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index42.0968047337 BMI Start:
31.780591716 BMI Current:
24.9585798817 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Have fun and knock em dead!
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07-25-2008, 07:44 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Maryland
Posts: 516
Weight Statistics 01/03/2007 Start Date:
12/04/2007 Surgery Date:
4' 10"
Height:
246 lb Start Weight:
135 lb Current Weight:
130 lb Goal Weight:
111 lb Weight Loss:
5 lb Lb Left to Lose:
45.1219512195 % % Lost:
08/2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index51.4084423306 BMI Start:
28.2119500595 BMI Current:
27.1670630202 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Have fun be safe and can't wait for you to get back to tell us how it went.
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