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11-25-2007, 07:01 PM
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| WLS Master Guru  Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: No. Los Angeles County, CA
Posts: 641
Weight Statistics 4.29.08 RNY Surgery Date:
5' 8" Height: 301 lb Start Weight:
255 lb Current Weight:
170 lb Goal Weight:
46 lb Weight Loss:
85 lb Lb Left to Lose:
15.2823920266 % % Lost:
Body Mass Index 45.7618944637 BMI Start:
38.7683823529 BMI Current:
25.8455882353 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass   |  Pre-surgery classes: Exercise Howdy, Y'all. I don't post much because I am a newbie. I enjoy what you are all saying. Please keep this forum running, because come next April when I (hope to) have my surgery, I will need you bad! So, in accordance to my ins. co and the medical group where my doctor is assigned (I live in So. Cal., where most insurance is a form of managed care ... HMO/PPO/POS, etc), I am attending 2 one-hour bariatric surgery preparation classes per month for 6 months. 2 sessions ago I attended an exersize class where we were taught how to exercise. I guess. The gals who teach the classes work for the "health education" department and I know one is an RD. Anyway, the other gal was teaching and she asked for examples of us doing increased activity. I said I am walking my new dog daily. She said, "OK, I guess. But when you walk your dog, aren't you pretty much just standing while your dog does his business and sniffs and walks around trees?" I sheepishly said, "I suppose. It seemed like a big step for me." She moved on in her talk with other participants. I was ticked (no pun intended...get it? dog...tick?) by the time I got home. For me to get up early every day to walk that dog for even 10 minutes and for me to even be outside and not in my car for 10 minutes is a MAJOR miracle! FWIW, that dog also gets walked by me every weekend for at least 2 hours total at the local park. When we walk, true that he stops me so he can do his business, and we will never be able to keep a treadmill on for very long, but at least it is SOMETHING! Now I have a bad taste in my mouth. I have other gripes about these classes but at least I have documented them here and I can copy/print them for the course evaluation when it is all over. lol Thanks for the "ears". Judijo. |
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11-25-2007, 08:37 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 say even if there is no real benefit. go so that your requirement is met. yes, it may tick you off, but dont let anyone, or there snide remarks, stand in the way of you getting to where you want to be ultimately. and yes, if it frustrates you, by all means come on here and vent. thats what we are here for 
__________________ Anything worth having is worth working for Kenya R.  Lap RNY 4/19/07     |
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11-26-2007, 02:38 AM
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| WLS Master Guru  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Oklahoma City, Okla USA
Posts: 773
Blog Entries: 46 Weight Statistics 05/17/02 Start Date:
05/17/02 Surgery Date:
5' 5" Height: 355 lb Start Weight:
192 lb Current Weight:
175 lb Goal Weight:
163 lb Weight Loss:
17 lb Lb Left to Lose:
45.9154929577 % % Lost:
may 2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 59.0686390533 BMI Start:
31.9469822485 BMI Current:
29.1183431953 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | Sometimes we have to just keep on keeping on..if it's a REQUIREMENT then -go- don't let someone who doesn't have any idea what it's like to be obese get to you and screw it up for you. Personally I wish programs ONLY used people for these classes who have had the surgery themselves.
__________________ --BREE open RNY 5/17/2002 -166 lbs(-200 at lowest)  Everything & Anything is possible with Belief in place....WLS changes LIVES  |
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11-26-2007, 09:52 AM
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| WLS Guru  Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Central Virginia
Posts: 457
Weight Statistics 4/30/2007 Start Date:
9/5/07 Surgery Date:
5' 4" Height: 233 lb Start Weight:
151 lb Current Weight:
140 lb Goal Weight:
82 lb Weight Loss:
11 lb Lb Left to Lose:
35.1931330472 % % Lost:
Nov 2008 Goal Date:
Body Mass Index 39.9899902344 BMI Start:
25.9162597656 BMI Current:
24.0283203125 BMI Goal:
Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass | When I was doing my research before surgery I found a lot of articles about the mental abuse that obese people suffer, and that a lot of it was from people in the medical community - of all groups to know better! Hang in there Judijo. Grit your teeth and get through this so you can get the surgery you need. Good job on getting up to walk the dog - that's why I have a cat, I'm too lazy. LOL |
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