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09-27-2006, 05:07 AM
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| Super Moderator  Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: illinois
Posts: 510
Weight Statistics 9/12/05 Start Date:
9/12/05 Surgery Date:
Height: 317 lb Start Weight:
184 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
133 lb Weight Loss:
34 lb Lb Left to Lose:
41.9558359621 % % Lost:
09/12/07 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 51 BMI Start:
29 BMI Current:
24 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass   |  What was the deciding factor for you to have surgery? 9/27/06 Mornin everyone! Todays poll: What was that one thing that made you cross the line to wls? me? 2 things,i got up one morning and my joints hurt so bad i cried,i had started staying in my room all the time also, because it was getting hard to find clothes that fit.It was a very dark time for me.Wls was my light at the end of the tunnel.Now the joints no longer hurt and i have more clothes than i need.What was yours? Huggs Christy
__________________ ChristyBlue  surgery 9/12/05 open RNY BMI 51/29 315/185/150  130 pounds lost
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09-27-2006, 05:09 AM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: SOMEPLACE LONG ISLAND, NY
Posts: 6,756
Weight Statistics June 1, 2005 Start Date:
Height: 310 lb Start Weight:
167 lb Current Weight:
159 lb Goal Weight:
143 lb Weight Loss:
8 lb Lb Left to Lose:
46.1290322581 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index 51 BMI Start:
27 BMI Current:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass   | I guess it was running up and downstairs in my home and feeling like i was gonna drop dead of a heart attack or stroke. I was so out of breath from doing that it scared me !!! NOW i can run up and down a million times and im fine!!! and like you christy crying when i had nothing to wear and couldnt find clothes that fit and i guess covered my tummy. so it helped me out tons.
__________________ LISA  http://w5.photobucket.com/widgets/dy...164/fr1endly2/ LAP RNY Gastric Bypass  |
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09-27-2006, 09:10 AM
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| WLS Master Guru  Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina
Posts: 751
Weight Statistics 22 August 06 Start Date:
5' 4" Height: 262 lb Start Weight:
156 lb Current Weight:
140 lb Goal Weight:
106 lb Weight Loss:
16 lb Lb Left to Lose:
40.4580152672 % % Lost:
SOON!!!!!!!! Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 44.9672851562 BMI Start:
26.7744140625 BMI Current:
24.0283203125 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | For me it was not being able to do anything without. gasping for air. I couldn;t even walk to the mailbox. That coupled with the sudden onset of type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and bad choloesterol. The main thing though was my doctor telling me that if i kept going the way I was, I wasn't going to be around for as long as I should be. I am a 3 year newlywed and this scared the heck out of me. Not to mention that I went through all the fertility clinic hoops, just short of ivf and no luck. I'm happy to say that even at this short time out of wls I am off all of my meds with exception of half a bp pill. Course I traded them for vitamins and birth control pills  but I'll take that trade any day!
__________________ Michele Open RNY Gastric Bypass I HAVE A BABY SPOON AND I'M NOT AFRAID TO USE IT!   |
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09-27-2006, 09:19 AM
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| WLS Master Guru  Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Near St. Louis, MO
Posts: 633
Weight Statistics June 17, 2005 Start Date:
June 17, 2005 Surgery Date:
5' 2" Height: 313 lb Start Weight:
173 lb Current Weight:
140 lb Goal Weight:
140 lb Weight Loss:
33 lb Lb Left to Lose:
44.7284345048 % % Lost:
don't have a set goal date, I take it day by day that way I don't get discouraged Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 57.2421956296 BMI Start:
31.6386576483 BMI Current:
25.6035379813 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | There was a couple of things for me. First, my feet hurt so bad I could hardly walk, I couldn't stand up straight when I would get out of bed in the morning they hurt so bad. Second, my asthma, I could go nowhere or do anything without my inhaler. And the final straw was a week before Christmas I had a major gallbladder attach and was very sick in the hospital until the day before Christmas. I didn't have all of my shopping done for my kids and thought they were going to be shortchanged for Christmas. Two days after Christmas I had my gallbladder taken out. At that point, I decided I was killing myself and refused to leave my kids without their mother. So I started my journey for WLS. Within 6 months I was having surgery. It was the best thing I have done for myself as well as my children. I thank God everyday for the second chance at life he has given me.
__________________  ShelleyHe who finds diamonds must grapple in mud and mire because diamonds are not found in polished stones. They are made.   |
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09-27-2006, 09:40 AM
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| Seasoned Veteran Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: SOMEPLACE LONG ISLAND, NY
Posts: 6,756
Weight Statistics June 1, 2005 Start Date:
Height: 310 lb Start Weight:
167 lb Current Weight:
159 lb Goal Weight:
143 lb Weight Loss:
8 lb Lb Left to Lose:
46.1290322581 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index 51 BMI Start:
27 BMI Current:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | HEY MICHELE, in reading your post i see we have alot in common. I have gone thru the fertility hoops myself. I never did IVF as my insurance would not have paid for it so took my dollars and adopted. THAT was a guarantee for my money unlike IVF. I did loose weight 4 years ago 100 lbs and got pregnant with my first bilogical child. SO the weight loss my help you out in all good time. HUGZ! and look forward togetting to know you even more thru your posts
__________________ LISA http://w5.photobucket.com/widgets/dy...164/fr1endly2/ LAP RNY Gastric Bypass |
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09-27-2006, 11:56 AM
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| WLS Guru  Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: mississippi
Posts: 353
Weight Statistics January 2007 Start Date:
May/June??? Surgery Date:
Height: 350 lb Start Weight:
330 lb Current Weight:
200 lb Goal Weight:
20 lb Weight Loss:
130 lb Lb Left to Lose:
5.71428571429 % % Lost:
December Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 54 BMI Start:
53 BMI Current:
31 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Controlled Eating & Exercise | my deciding factor was easter shopping. i wanted something cute for easter this year. NO CUTE FAT CLOTHES!!!! I shopped for hours, everything I tried on was awful. My legs misshapped, i feel bad most of the time because of my joints and knees. I don't want my kids to be ashamed of their mom...
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09-27-2006, 12:25 PM
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| WLS Master Guru  Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: VA
Posts: 814
Weight Statistics 2/06 Start Date:
5/22/06 Surgery Date:
5' 6" Height: 310 lb Start Weight:
170 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
140 lb Weight Loss:
20 lb Lb Left to Lose:
45.1612903226 % % Lost:
09 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 50.0298438935 BMI Start:
27.4357208448 BMI Current:
24.2079889807 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | Well it was many things for me............. 1- My stomach was eat up in ulcers....It was where i couldnt eat much of anything without taking a bunch of stomach pills before and after,,,,,,,I was taking 3, 150mg pills in the am and 3 in the pm to sleep with out reflux..... 2- My knees, where/are so bad i had 2 surgery on the right and 1 on the left, and my hips i have a birth defect, and my left side, waste down is turning in, and the weight was making it turn faster, and the pain.......... My feet geezzzzeeee i had 3 surgerys on my left food and where it is turned in so bad they want to break my foot, and reline it........OUCH!!! NO WAY!!!!! 3- I wanted to be pretty, i wanted to buy clothes, that was pretty.........I wanted to feel pretty,,,,,,,,I want to have fun, i wanted to go to Kings island and ride the rides again..........I want my depression to leave and i think this will help............. |
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09-27-2006, 07:05 PM
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| Guru In Training Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: currently Texas but it's not my home
Posts: 227
Weight Statistics 08/16/06 Start Date:
08/16/06 Surgery Date:
Height: 290 lb Start Weight:
199 lb Current Weight:
166 lb Goal Weight:
91 lb Weight Loss:
33 lb Lb Left to Lose:
31.3793103448 % % Lost:
12/31/2007 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 46 BMI Start:
33 BMI Current:
26 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | My deciding factor was turning 40 and feeling like I was one foot in the grave. I couldn't hardly breathe, I was getting chest pains all the time, I couldn't participate with my family in any active weekends and I want to do things before the end of my time. My feet would hurt so bad they were making me wobble. Now I'm 6 weeks post op. |
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09-28-2006, 08:36 AM
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| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 1,973
5/17/06 Start Date:
5' 6" Height: | After 5 or 6 years of thinking about it and pretty much deciding that it wasn't for me, I found myself somewhere between being in the worst shape of my life and my 50th birthday. Something had to give. |
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10-01-2006, 06:10 AM
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| WLS Mentor  | Many many things. It was/is getting even harder to find clothes that fit. (How many times have i cried in stores dressing rooms), not bein able to go up and down stairs without being out of breath. Noticing that i wasn't participating in activities that i used to love. I went to see a weight loss specialist and he suggested the surgery as the best way for me to take off the excess weight and keep it off. Finding i have to contort in all sorts of ways just to wipe myself after going potty. I was determined to have the surgery at this point and then saw a wls doctor in Montreal who told me i wouldn't live to see 60 if i didn't lose the weight. I've been lucky that until recently my only actual medical problems were the narcolepsy, and sleep apnea. But then i found out i had type two diabetes and high cholesterol and noticed that i was spending more time sleeping than awake, mostly because there wasn't/isn't much i can do anymore.
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