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04-17-2009, 04:32 PM
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| | Whipper Snapper
Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Salt Lake City
Posts: 33
Weight Statistics August of 2000 Start Date:
August 20, 2000 Surgery Date:
5' 7"
Height:
285 lb Start Weight:
170 lb Current Weight:
145 lb Goal Weight:
115 lb Weight Loss:
25 lb Lb Left to Lose:
40.350877193 % % Lost:
February 2009 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index44.6324348407 BMI Start:
26.6228558699 BMI Current:
22.7077300067 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
 |  What's great about ditching the Weight!
Hi all,
I have decided to start a Thread that will be somewhat ongoing, as new things occur to me everyday that make be SOO happy to have had WLS. I'll post a couple reasons at a time as I think of them, and hope you all can relate a little!
WHAT'S GREAT ABOUT DITCHING THE WEIGHT...
1~Putting on a bathing suit or elastic waist bands without looking like
Mr. Stay-Puffed
2~Being able to do less retarded jumping jacks because your knees can actually touch now!
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04-17-2009, 04:37 PM
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| | WLS Mentor
Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Saint Louis
Posts: 1,477
Weight Statistics 5/6/08 Surgery Date:
5' 10"
Height:
325 lb Start Weight:
149 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
176 lb Weight Loss:
-1 lb Lb Left to Lose:
54.1538461538 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index46.6275510204 BMI Start:
21.3769387755 BMI Current:
21.5204081633 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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- feeling really proud of my physical appearance.
- not spilling over in the airplane seat and in fact having about an extra foot on the seatbelt.
- buying cool clothes
__________________  joanne DePaul Weight Loss Institute
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04-17-2009, 05:04 PM
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#3 (permalink)
| | Seasoned Veteran
Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: DEPTFORD NJ
Posts: 1,773
Weight Statistics Pre-Operation. Start Date:
oct 21st 2008 Surgery Date:
5' 4"
Height:
278 lb Start Weight:
149 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
129 lb Weight Loss:
-1 lb Lb Left to Lose:
46.4028776978 % % Lost:
2010 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index47.7133789062 BMI Start:
25.5729980469 BMI Current:
25.7446289062 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodAitkens
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buying smaller clothes
not have people stareing at me because of my weight
just feeling better
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04-17-2009, 05:13 PM
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| | Seasoned Veteran
Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Mississippi
Posts: 4,905
Weight Statistics 3/18/2008 (dieted all my life) Start Date:
9/30/2008 Surgery Date:
5' 8"
Height:
292 lb Start Weight:
192 lb Current Weight:
189 lb Goal Weight:
100 lb Weight Loss:
3 lb Lb Left to Lose:
34.2465753425 % % Lost:
2 years Goal Date:
Body Mass Index44.3935986159 BMI Start:
29.1903114187 BMI Current:
28.7342128028 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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to have my life back again. To be able to walk and an exercise again. To look in the mirror and not wanting to cry. Leaving the house often instead of hiding away from the world. Going shopping and not having to shop in the old ladies space. ( even tho I am I dont feel like it anymore. lol) Being able to keep up with the grand kids ... going camping and fishing ... to get off seven meds and no longer being type II diabetic. Off all asthma meds also. Oh I could go on and on but I dont want to bore ya. Can you tell I am a happy camper. lol
__________________   Love to Share , Health to Spare, and Friends that Care!
23 pounds lost before surgery.
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04-17-2009, 05:54 PM
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| | Seasoned Veteran
Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Floyd County Virginia
Posts: 9,219
Weight Statistics September 19th 2007 Start Date:
September 19th 2007 Surgery Date:
5' 10"
Height:
363 lb Start Weight:
170 lb Current Weight:
170 lb Goal Weight:
193 lb Weight Loss:
53.1680440771 % % Lost:
12/31/09 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index52.0793877551 BMI Start:
24.3897959184 BMI Current:
24.3897959184 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Knowing I will probally make it to see my grandkids if my son ever decides to get married and make me a grandmother. I hope to see their kids to.
Feeling like I am living again instead of hibernating in a shell for years.
I could go on all night.
__________________ Remember Tough times never last Tough people do... This Ribbon is for our Lady Lisa and all the women that fight this ugly disease. RIP Jerry my friend
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04-17-2009, 07:42 PM
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| | Seasoned Veteran
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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Being able to hold my grandkids on my lap, which I missed when they where babies, I had no lap for them to hold on.
Not depending on family to do my gardening for me, I do the gardening all by myself now.
Love that hubby says that I am hard to find in the store becasue I blend in with normal size people.
I fit into chairs at the doctors office and other places, that is so huge for me.
I can go on long walks without getting tired just walking a 1/4 a mile, I can walk a few miles now.
I can do my kitchen cooking without having to sit by the table to do everything.
Thin people that walk behind me or just by seeing me do not snicker at me becasue I was soooo heavy.
I can look in the mirror and see a much smaller person at times and some times not so much.
Just enjoying smaller size cloths now and not the fat cloths that I use to wear.
I had pretty cloths when I was heavy but it is much nicer to look at the smaller size now.
I finally got my life back again, and am living it to the fullest.
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04-17-2009, 08:38 PM
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| | WLS Guru
Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Southern California
Posts: 414
Weight Statistics 05/30/2008 Start Date:
06/30/2008 Surgery Date:
5' 1"
Height:
219 lb Start Weight:
112 lb Current Weight:
125 lb Goal Weight:
107 lb Weight Loss:
-13 lb Lb Left to Lose:
48.8584474886 % % Lost:
05/09 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index41.3751679656 BMI Start:
21.1599032518 BMI Current:
23.6159634507 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Being able to cross my legs, having people say "you're so little!", being able to walk up and down the stairs several times a day without even thinking about being short of breath, playing with my grandsons, buying smaller clothes, being able to sit comfortably (well, my butt still hurts!) in an airplane seat, going into a store and knowing tht I can fit into the clothes there, not letting "fat" define me! I, too, could go on all night, but that's a start!
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04-17-2009, 11:18 PM
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| | Seasoned Veteran
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: 8,214
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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Not needing to buy a huge motorcycle because I'm not carrying two people every time I get on it!
Being able to sit in the cars that my students are making for projects without them making comments about fitting it for the 95th percentile male!
Getting a much larger, roomier car without even trading the old one in, because it IS the old one!
At banquets, knowing that, even though I may eat the least, I'll probably be the last one finished!
Enjoying this new life and its blessings, and starting to see them showing up in my wife, who is getting much skinnier!! I may not be able to lift my arm yet, but I can still put my arms around her now!
CT
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Dare to live your dream!!
If you want to be healthy for life, do for life the things that get you healthy!! Living healthy takes work. Dying fat is easy!! "That which we persist in doing becomes easier, not that the nature of the task has changed, but that our capacity to do has increased." - HJ Grant
"Do, or do not. There is no try!" - Yoda
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04-18-2009, 05:09 PM
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#9 (permalink)
| | Seasoned Veteran
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ct
Posts: 1,569
Weight Statistics 03/29/07 Surgery Date:
5' 7"
Height:
257 lb Start Weight:
134 lb Current Weight:
150 lb Goal Weight:
123 lb Weight Loss:
-16 lb Lb Left to Lose:
47.859922179 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index40.2474938739 BMI Start:
20.9850746269 BMI Current:
23.4907551793 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Love getting healthier and feeling great!
Love having my husband put his arms all the way around me and then some!
Love being able to get on the floor and being able to get back up--On My Own!!
Love doing my laundry(HUH??!!) down in the basement and running up to the second floor!!
Love being able to fit so good in the bathroom stalls--without smashing my body around the door!
Love exercising and dancing!
Love to be surprised by the thin woman going by a mirror now--a having to take a second look (Lord really, I'm not vain--just can't believe it's me--thank you Lord! 
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04-18-2009, 05:25 PM
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#10 (permalink)
| | WLS Mentor
Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Rochester NY
Posts: 1,003
Weight Statistics 1/13/08 Start Date:
11/17/08 Surgery Date:
5' 4"
Height:
288 lb Start Weight:
165 lb Current Weight:
160 lb Goal Weight:
123 lb Weight Loss:
5 lb Lb Left to Lose:
42.7083333333 % % Lost:
11/2010 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index49.4296875 BMI Start:
28.3190917969 BMI Current:
27.4609375 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss MethodRoux en Y Gastric Bypass
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Being able to MOVE again! It feels so good to move more gracefully, more quickly and to be able to bend and flex. Fabulous!
__________________ Sarah Lost 15 lbs before surgery
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