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08-06-2007, 08:13 PM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas
Posts: 1,558
Weight Statistics 3-16-2007 Start Date:
July 23, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 7" Height: 284 lb Start Weight:
178 lb Current Weight:
160 lb Goal Weight:
106 lb Weight Loss:
18 lb Lb Left to Lose:
37.323943662 % % Lost:
7-23-08 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 44.4758298062 BMI Start:
27.8756961461 BMI Current:
25.0568055246 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass   |  Probably all of us....LOL My daughter told me that when they brought me home and put me to bed, I told them "this might not have been a good ideal" LOL I don't rember even saying it....
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08-06-2007, 08:14 PM
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| WLS Guru  Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Southwest Virginia
Posts: 498
Weight Statistics June 12, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 5" Height: 330 lb Start Weight:
213 lb Current Weight:
180 lb Goal Weight:
117 lb Weight Loss:
33 lb Lb Left to Lose:
35.4545454545 % % Lost:
December, 2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 54.9088757396 BMI Start:
35.441183432 BMI Current:
29.950295858 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | Yeah, the night they brought me home, I said the same thing. Now, I say why didn't I do this sooner?
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08-06-2007, 08:20 PM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Mount Vernon, NY
Posts: 7,369
Weight Statistics 4/1/07 Start Date:
4/19/07 Surgery Date:
5' 9" Height: 258 lb Start Weight:
151 lb Current Weight:
165 lb Goal Weight:
107 lb Weight Loss:
-14 lb Lb Left to Lose:
41.4728682171 % % Lost:
04/19/2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 38.0957781979 BMI Start:
22.2963663096 BMI Current:
24.36357908 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass  | I thought that IN the hospital  , when i got home , the next week a month later etc etc lol! its VERY normal. once you settle into the routine and your brain adjusts it becomes a distant memory.... I'm still waiting for it to be a distant memory  HAHAHAHAHAHAAH!  I dunno.... I have what some call a dry sense of humor. I am not by any means trying to scare or discourage anyone. You have to take each day with a grain of salt or you will go nuts second guessing yourself. This whole things is a process and it takes time.
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08-06-2007, 08:51 PM
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| Guru In Training  Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kenosha, Wisconsin
Posts: 203
Weight Statistics June 18, 2007 Start Date:
July 25, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 10" Height: 333 lb Start Weight:
184 lb Current Weight:
165 lb Goal Weight:
149 lb Weight Loss:
19 lb Lb Left to Lose:
44.7447447447 % % Lost:
February 25, 2009 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 47.7753061224 BMI Start:
26.3983673469 BMI Current:
23.6724489796 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass  | Omg Yes! I came home Friday afternoon, after they took the morphine pump out. I figured, why should I be here if I can't control the meds. I'm outta here. Saturday I was OK - though still sore and groggy from pain meds. Sunday I woke up and immediately started bawling. What the hell did I do to myself? What made me think I would never want to eat a bacon double cheeseburger ketchup only again? I want to go to the movies and have popcorn! Why did I think I would be able to go to the theatre and NOT have popcorn. I made a huge mistake! Monday, and Tuesday, much more of the same. Renewed Reflections help me to gain perspective. I could see from those just a few days ahead of me, that we all went through it, and what was coming up would be better than now and from the girls way out, I would be the person I wanted to be, both inside and out. Its scarey as hell. I cried 6-8 times a day every day. I believe I was mourning... mourning my old lifestyle, my old food and eating habits. I believe that was the weight gain from being in hospital melted away and then additional weight melted away, I began to remember all my research, months of learning what to expect, and realized that this was what we wanted to do and I did make the right decision. Each day is one more day. One more day you have to get your protein in, you have to get your fluids in, and one more day I have to remind myself all the reasons why I had this surgery. So I started a blog (Thanks Becka!) and I find that helps me too. We are here for you and I am 11 days post op, I will tell you, it will get better. And if you find it tough, don't hesitate to ask for help. Help from us, from your surgeon, your PCP, or a therapist. Everyone wants you to succeed. Sending blessings and strength your way... |
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08-06-2007, 09:04 PM
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| Whipper Snapper  Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Slimming Down, NJ
Posts: 12
Weight Statistics 9/7/06 Surgery Date:
Height: 243 lb Start Weight:
165 lb Current Weight:
160 lb Goal Weight:
78 lb Weight Loss:
5 lb Lb Left to Lose:
32.0987654321 % % Lost:
September 7, 2007 Goal Date:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | Sure did...thought I made the biggest mistake in m life!! But, shortly realized stop thinking these dumb thoughts!!
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08-06-2007, 09:42 PM
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| Super Moderator  | It's normal, everyone has those second thoughts. It's a time for readjusting your perspective, and if you DIDN'T have these second thoughts, you may find yourself in hot water later. For a lot of things, the thought process is, Panic Anger Despair Acceptance Immediately post op, is your panic stage. What did I do to myself? Then you'll be angry at all the food CMs, the stuff others are eating, etc etc when you're on liquids and pureeds as well. Then you'll have fear that you've done something wrong, despair that this isn't going to work for you. Finally, you realize that the surgery is only a tool, a means for you to reset your life and start aknew, so the biggest part of the work has to be done by YOU, and you start busting your @$$ because you want to trust in yourself that you will get there. (((((((HUGS)))))))
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08-06-2007, 09:46 PM
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| Cub Reporter  Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Iowa
Posts: 93
Weight Statistics 07-15-06 Start Date:
07-25-06 Surgery Date:
5' 9" Height: 272 lb Start Weight:
130 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
142 lb Weight Loss:
-20 lb Lb Left to Lose:
52.2058823529 % % Lost:
07-25-07 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 40.1629909683 BMI Start:
19.195547154 BMI Current:
22.1487082546 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | Oh gosh did I ever...right after I woke up I told hubby that I had changed my mind....and did just about every day until I realized how much better I was feeling while the weight was coming off ...I still have days where I think what was I thinking (still a mental loss of food for me) but they are getting far and few between...when I talk about it to others I quickly get over it |
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08-06-2007, 10:28 PM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hawaii
Posts: 3,622
Blog Entries: 9 Weight Statistics 07/23/2007 Start Date:
July 23, 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 2" Height: 230 lb Start Weight:
120 lb Current Weight:
125 lb Goal Weight:
110 lb Weight Loss:
-5 lb Lb Left to Lose:
47.8260869565 % % Lost:
June 23 2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 42.0629552549 BMI Start:
21.9458896982 BMI Current:
22.860301769 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | omg i THOUGHT THAT IN RECOVERY, IN MY ROOM THE NEXT DAY AND THE DAY AFTER...NOW i AM HAPPY i DID IT...I have lost 25 pounds in 2 weeks ....never would I have done that on my own |
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08-06-2007, 10:33 PM
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| WLS Master Guru  Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Upstate New York
Posts: 687
Weight Statistics 6/16/2007 meda-fast Start Date:
July 19,2007 Surgery Date:
5' 6" Height: 325 lb Start Weight:
201 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
124 lb Weight Loss:
51 lb Lb Left to Lose:
38.1538461538 % % Lost:
no time line i just want it to be lost Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 52.4506427916 BMI Start:
32.4387052342 BMI Current:
24.2079889807 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | I think each and every one of use has that though. I tryed to prepair and prepair myself for what it was going to be like after wards but you dont know until you are in that situation. My first thought the morning after my surgery they were takeing me down to have my upper gi to check for leach. I was so frightend and scared i sobb and cry becuse i was going to have to try to drink that stuff. my surgen stood over my bed and told me please stop crying it will be quick and if you shood vomit then there are all the nice people here ta clean ya up. I smiled and i went in and i did it. I have had so many days when things have made me think was this the right disision is this what i really whan. I look at this way i shore in heck no i didn't want a hart attack that ended up posable paralizing me or makeing me into a vegg or so my husband would have to take care of me for the rest of my life. I know I am healling not only my scares from surgery now but my new leash on life. the other night my husband was eating a big steak, salt potatos, corn on the cob, so yum! yum! I first thought o i wish i could have that. Then my new thoughts jumped in why. Why do you miss it? truth is I don't miss all that food that was trying to kill me. That food that was sucken every bit of life out of me NO I DON"T WANT THAT AT ALL I wanna be helthy, I wanna eat things good for my body, I wanna run my body like the machine it is. not lod it up with fat colestaral and sugar and sufficate it so do i have my days when i get week yes but do the strong days out way the week yep er
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