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01-18-2008, 12:49 PM
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| WLS Mentor  Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: N.Y.
Posts: 1,472
Weight Statistics June 25,2007 Start Date:
June 25,2007 Surgery Date:
5' 7"
Height:
322 lb Start Weight:
189 lb Current Weight:
152 lb Goal Weight:
133 lb Weight Loss:
37 lb Lb Left to Lose:
41.3043478261 % % Lost:
07/2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 50.4268211183 BMI Start:
29.598351526 BMI Current:
23.8039652484 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass   |   Poopoo I nhave heard the same thing so many times too. Sometimes I even feellike I shouldve tried harder,but then I remember that I DID try,for years and years,and I planned this for over a year before I went to a surg. and it IS the hardest thing Ive done in my life...... Do I regret it?? NO WAY,not even once,I needed the help the surg. and the support gave,and still gives me. Being part of this site lets u know that it was not easy for any of us and you are not at all taking a easy way out. People do not understand it unless they take the time to inquire with us about it ,so let the people that do not take the time to inquire say what they will,because we all know better........ Kathy
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01-18-2008, 05:13 PM
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| WLS Guru  Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Maryland
Posts: 494
Weight Statistics 01/03/2007 Start Date:
12/04/2007 Surgery Date:
4' 10"
Height:
246 lb Start Weight:
160 lb Current Weight:
130 lb Goal Weight:
86 lb Weight Loss:
30 lb Lb Left to Lose:
34.9593495935 % % Lost:
08/2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 51.4084423306 BMI Start:
33.4363852556 BMI Current:
27.1670630202 BMI Goal:
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I watched a movie not to long ago and a man made a comment about a woman losing weight and said oh she must have done the easy way through gastric bypass. I am sorry but whoever thinks this is easy need to try it for one day. Some people, actually a lot of people think that once you have the surgery that it just comes off and you do nothing at all to help it. They believe we just sit here all day and the weight just melt off of us. Even when they do realize it they choose to ignore it. It's a really sad place to be in but don't even worry about it. The way I look at it, if you have nothing nice to say about me or my decision you are not worth my time or effort. You made this decision for you.
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01-18-2008, 05:19 PM
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| Big Loser  Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Central NY
Posts: 181
Weight Statistics 4/24/07 Surgery Date:
5' 4"
Height:
253 lb Start Weight:
147 lb Current Weight:
145 lb Goal Weight:
106 lb Weight Loss:
2 lb Lb Left to Lose:
41.8972332016 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index 43.4226074219 BMI Start:
25.2297363281 BMI Current:
24.8864746094 BMI Goal:
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Wow....are we all going through this same issue with family and friends right now? What ever happened to being happy for someone who is doing something good for themselves? I COMPLETELY understand how you feel, and I wanted to commend you for not letting her rude comment "slide". You should be proud of your hard work and this decision.
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01-18-2008, 08:47 PM
| #14 (permalink) |
| Guru In Training  Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: NewEngland
Posts: 331
Weight Statistics 9/1/2006 Start Date:
5' 1"
Height:
278 lb Start Weight:
188 lb Current Weight:
130 lb Goal Weight:
90 lb Weight Loss:
58 lb Lb Left to Lose:
32.3741007194 % % Lost:
05/2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 52.5219027143 BMI Start:
35.5184090298 BMI Current:
24.5606019887 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Physician Prescribed Diet/Exercise | Don't know if this means anything to you or not BUT... I am a Non-OP, AND as far as I'm concerned we're all following the same basic eating plan (except I'm REAL rigid about carbs & focus on proteins--which a lot of y'all do too). We're doing the same work. The only difference is that you physically have a tool I don't. Even that tool won't work though--if you don't work it right! So I don't feel like you guys have it so easy and I have it so hard, blah, blah. As far as I see--it's about the same. 3 cheers for what Kenya and Doc said. You never CAN change anyone else's attitude/thinking. If they are hurting you and won't see reason, at some point it's healthiest to "walk on by" and let what they say roll off! You have LOTS of love and support here!!! XOXO Mya |
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01-21-2008, 04:52 PM
| #15 (permalink) |
| WLS Guru  Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Utah
Posts: 362
Weight Statistics 10/2/2007 Start Date:
10/5/2007 Surgery Date:
5' 5"
Height:
287 lb Start Weight:
128 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
159 lb Weight Loss:
-22 lb Lb Left to Lose:
55.4006968641 % % Lost:
18 months Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 47.7540828402 BMI Start:
21.2979881657 BMI Current:
24.9585798817 BMI Goal:
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I am having the same problem with my sister. She never mentions the surgery or my weight loss at all. She has never said anything about how much weight I have lost. If she is in the room and the topic comes up, she will quickly change the subject or get up and leave the room. I think it mostly stems from jealousy. She has never been heavy, so it is not like she wishes she had the surgery, but I think she was happy in her position as the "thin sister". I think my weight loss kind of threatens her position in our family and friends. She doesn't want me to somehow get thinner than her. It hurts my feelings and it has made things very uncomfortable when we are together, but I am not going to apologize for trying to get healthier and happier. I hope this doesn't ruin our relationship forever, but I'm certainly not going to put the weight back on to soothe her feelings. I am hoping time will show her that the family and the world are big enough for two thin sisters to exist within.
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01-27-2008, 03:28 PM
| #16 (permalink) |
| Seasoned Veteran  Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: coarsegold california
Posts: 1,540
Weight Statistics 8/23/07 Start Date:
8/22/07 Surgery Date:
5' 7"
Height:
315 lb Start Weight:
192 lb Current Weight:
170 lb Goal Weight:
123 lb Weight Loss:
22 lb Lb Left to Lose:
39.0476190476 % % Lost:
I have no idea Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 49.3305858766 BMI Start:
30.0681666295 BMI Current:
26.6228558699 BMI Goal:
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Poopoo, if there is only ONE thing I can say I have benefitted from after this surgery that is not weight related it is that I have come to a place in my life where I refuse to let people put me down anymore, I never had this before. Now, I have decided that some people are "poison" and I avoid them like they were literally poison. A lot of this journey is mental as we all know, and we dont need mentally poisonous people tripping us up along the way.
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