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01-22-2009, 07:04 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
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5' 9"
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14.470489393 BMI Current:
Weight Loss MethodOther
|  Is it as good as you expected?
I know how i feel, (like a million bucks! lol) just wondering how great (or not) do you feel now that you have the TOOL and are losing?
Is it what you expected-- do you look like you thought you would?
Just wondering... 
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01-22-2009, 07:06 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: NYC the best place in the world to live!
Posts: 3,453
Weight Statistics Halloween 2005 Start Date:
4' 11"
Height:
212 lb Start Weight:
127 lb Current Weight:
130 lb Goal Weight:
85 lb Weight Loss:
-3 lb Lb Left to Lose:
40.0943396226 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index42.8141338696 BMI Start:
25.6480896294 BMI Current:
26.2539500144 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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It is an amazing journey!!!!!!You have done AWSOME...you look great....congrats. 
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01-22-2009, 07:11 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 235
5' 9"
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|  Thanks! that means a lot coming from you.
You ALWAYS look awesome! You are one of the ones on here that i have always followed over the last year, all the posts, to get all my good info from. You have inspired me soooo many times!  thank you! Quote:
Originally Posted by LittleLisaMarie  It is an amazing journey!!!!!!You have done AWSOME...you look great....congrats. |
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01-22-2009, 09:42 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
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Losing weight was a lot of fun. I enjoyed it greatly, but it was somewhat expensive not being able to wear anything for very long. Maintaining so far has been a great experience! I am eating what I want in the amounts I want. (The key to doing that is to adjust what and how much you want to fit the definition of sanity for us now!) I don't feel deprived in any way. Can't say that for when we were on low-carb trying to maintain.
Healthwise, I feel wonderful! I thought I felt okay before. I feel so much better after, there is no comparison. It's like going from twilight to full noon. In twilight you think you can see okay, but let the sun rise high and things are much better.
Do I look like I thought I would? Nope. Not even close. I would have been happy to settle in somewhere around the original goal the doc set for me of 184 pounds. I remember that weight, and didn't mind the thought of being there again. My body had other ideas. I don't remember ever in my life (past junior high at least) being at this weight. Coming out of basic training, in the best shape of my life, I was at least 15 pounds heavier than I am now. I have never seen myself this skinny (there - I said it - skinny. Skinny. SKINNY!!!) So no, I don't look at all like what I expected. I think I look better!
I'm not really sure what I expected. I went into this with no support group of any kind, solo as it were. I did not expect this. This is so much better than I had dared hope! It's been one heck of a journey, and it ain't over yet!! Gotta hold near this weight now for a few years to come.
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01-22-2009, 10:34 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: NY
Posts: 10,174
Weight Statistics 4/19/2007 Surgery Date:
5' 9"
Height:
260 lb Start Weight:
152 lb Current Weight:
165 lb Goal Weight:
108 lb Weight Loss:
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41.5384615385 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index38.3910943079 BMI Start:
22.4440243646 BMI Current:
24.36357908 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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i think it has had its pros and cons for me.
losing weight and gaining health is wonderful. but sometimes being a "success" is somewhat threatening to others and so it becomes a lonely place...
congrats on your successes and may you have many more.
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01-22-2009, 11:14 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: North Dakota
Posts: 3,521
Weight Statistics June 11,2007, lost 36 Lb. before surgery Start Date:
September 10, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 5"
Height:
373 lb Start Weight:
205 lb Current Weight:
180 lb Goal Weight:
168 lb Weight Loss:
25 lb Lb Left to Lose:
45.0402144772 % % Lost:
2 years Goal Date:
Body Mass Index62.0636686391 BMI Start:
34.1100591716 BMI Current:
29.950295858 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I never in my wildest dreams thought I would get as far as I did and I still have a ways to go. I feel absolutly awesome and so much energy. The world has so much to offer and I am right in the middle of it. I still do not see what my family and freinds see, but I know I feel wonderful. I am so looking forward to this coming summer, we have so many things planned to do this coming summer. One thing I am hung up about and that is looking at other people stats and comparing them to mine. I know I should not do that but it is one of my hang ups that I need to get into my head that I cannot do that. I am in a stall now and a bad stall now for over two months and it is bugging me to no end, but I will not starve myself and I follow the program and hoping once it is Spring that I can get outside and get into the dirt and just the walking outside will get things starting to roll again. This is what I need to work out in my head for now.
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01-23-2009, 03:05 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: North Texas
Posts: 5,236
Weight Statistics I've lost/gained my whole life!!! Start Date:
Aug 1, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 8"
Height:
280 lb Start Weight:
154 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
126 lb Weight Loss:
4 lb Lb Left to Lose:
45 % % Lost:
Summer 2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index42.5692041522 BMI Start:
23.4130622837 BMI Current:
22.8049307958 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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no....IT"S not what I expected....IT"S TEN TIMES BETTER!!!! I figured if I could just lose 100 pounds, life would improve...I never dreamed I would be where I am today!
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01-23-2009, 03:41 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Upstate New York
Posts: 184
Weight Statistics 10/15/07 Surgery Date:
4' 11"
Height:
250 lb Start Weight:
140 lb Current Weight:
142 lb Goal Weight:
110 lb Weight Loss:
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44 % % Lost:
10/15/09 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index50.4883654122 BMI Start:
28.2734846309 BMI Current:
28.6773915542 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Originally Posted by Kenyar i think it has had its pros and cons for me.
losing weight and gaining health is wonderful. but sometimes being a "success" is somewhat threatening to others and so it becomes a lonely place...
congrats on your successes and may you have many more. | I agree with Kenyar, it has it's pros and cons. I feel wonderful and I look so much better than I ever would have dreamed. Success is such a great thing, especially when it's something you did for yourself, but I can see where it is threatening to others...some of my biggest supporters in the beginning have said to me you have lost enough, maybe gain a few pounds back. I know that these people have 10 to 30 pounds they themselves want to lose and are having a hard time doing it. Are they jealous? I hope not cause we put ourselves and our body through a heck of a journey. I pray that the "threatening" feeling passes for them, just like our "what if" feelings the hours before our surgery passed for us.
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01-23-2009, 05:06 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Buffalo, NY
Posts: 2,573
Weight Statistics 12-19-07 Start Date:
1-29-08 Surgery Date:
5' 3"
Height:
286 lb Start Weight:
165 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
121 lb Weight Loss:
15 lb Lb Left to Lose:
42.3076923077 % % Lost:
eventually Goal Date:
Body Mass Index50.6570924666 BMI Start:
29.2252456538 BMI Current:
26.5684051398 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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It's actually SOOOOO much better than I expected! I hoped to get to this weight, but I never imagined how I would look and it's so weird to appear 'normal'. I just don't like my hair as much now, but it'll grow back. At least now I 'have the face' for short hair, lol.
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01-23-2009, 06:50 AM
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| | Guru In Training
Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: PA
Posts: 200
Weight Statistics 8/8/08 Start Date:
1/28/2009 Surgery Date:
5' 6"
Height:
276 lb Start Weight:
176 lb Current Weight:
140 lb Goal Weight:
100 lb Weight Loss:
36 lb Lb Left to Lose:
36.231884058 % % Lost:
Jun 2010 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index44.5426997245 BMI Start:
28.404040404 BMI Current:
22.5941230487 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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I have to say with only being 5 days away from surgery this post has surely made an impact. I am not nervous about the surgery its the afterwards. But hearing how happy and pleased you all are makes me know I am doing the right thing! I know it's a long road to get where your at.... but I will see you there soon!
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