How are my fellow January surgery buddies?!?!

Karen O.
on 6/25/09 3:16 pm - Erie, PA
Let's see how everyone is coming along!

Type of surgery:

Surgery Date:

Starting weight:

Current weight:

Total weight loss:

Complications?:

Exercise schedule:

Foods you can't live without:

Foods you can NOT tolerate:

WOW moment? (everyone has to have at least a little one!)

....if you have a recent picture, please post it here!....


                                                       K a r e n
                    Lap RNY Gastric Bypass JANUARY 26, 2009


Karen O.
on 6/25/09 3:26 pm, edited 6/25/09 3:26 pm - Erie, PA
Type of surgery: Lap RNY

Surgery Date: January 26, 2009

Starting weight: 287 lbs

Current weight: 200.8 lbs

Total weight loss: 86.2 lbs

Complications?: None ... hair loss is all I am complaining about .. oh yeah, and the saggy skin :(

Exercise schedule: Huh?  What is that?  ... Maybe 30 minutes every other day, my schedule is so full with the kids since they are on vacation!

Foods you can't live without: Yogurt, cheese, diet snapple, lunch meat & salad

Foods you can NOT tolerate: I guess I am a lucky one because I can tolerate pretty much anything.  Only if chicken is way too dry, then I can't stomache it, but other than that, everything is fair game for me ;)

WOW moment? (everyone has to have at least a little one!) I saw my family for the first time since surgery this past weekend for my son's birthday party.  And I felt like a queen, everyone was telling me how wonderful I looked and how pretty I was, hubby's friends were drooling, so he was pretty stoked too!

....if you have a recent picture, please post it here!....
FIRST skirt in over 15 years
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                                                       K a r e n
                    Lap RNY Gastric Bypass JANUARY 26, 2009


Ashlie
on 6/26/09 12:12 am - Big Lake, MN
Type of surgery: Lap RNY

Surgery Date: 1/21/09

Starting weight: 435

Current weight: 311

Total weight loss: 124

Complications?: None what-so-ever!

Exercise schedule: Walk walk walk

Foods you can't live without: Baked potato

Foods you can NOT tolerate: Milk

WOW moment? Feeling comfortable in my swim suit.

lizzyliz1
on 6/27/09 4:28 am
Type of Surgery: (Open RNY)

Surgery Date: January 27, 2009

Starting Weight: 201

Current Weight: 155

Total Weight Loss: 46 pounds

Complications: None

Exercise Schedule: Nothing really use to walk 3 miles a day haven't had time with summer/kids

Foods you can't live without: HMMM chicken, tuna, beef jerky

Foods you can NOT tolerate: Milk, taco bell, Long John's, sherbert ice cream :(

WOW moment? Being able to fit into my 11 yr old daughters clothes. (she didn't like that)


GOD DOES NOT  GIVE YOU MORE THAN YOU CAN HANDLE.

 HEIGHT 4'11"  Age 32  HW(201)   PSW(195)  CW(146)  1st GW(120) 2nd GW (110)
dreamcatchers
on 6/30/09 12:22 am - South Glens Falls, NY
Type of surgery:RNY 

Surgery Date:1/12/09

Starting weight:219

Current weight:140

Total weight loss:79

Complications?:absolutly none

Exercise schedule:nothing regular. A little walking, biking, swimming

Foods you can't live without:all of them!

Foods you can NOT tolerate:I am not sure but I have had bacon 2 times and did not do well. If I have too much sugar my belly grumbles and is a little sick feeling. Dry chicken is sometimes a problem

WOW moment? (everyone has to have at least a little one!) I can feel my bones!


....if you have a recent picture, please post it here!....


I will get back to you on a more recent picture!

Lisa
taralynn1022
on 7/1/09 6:34 am
Type of surgery: Open RNY

Surgery Date:1/28/09

Starting weight:448

Current weight:312

Total weight loss:136lbs

Complications?: Well it was open, yes gout..couldn't walk for 3 weeks..incision came open in 3 places, out of work for a month, and the list goes on....WHERE IS MY HAIR AND IS IT GOING TO COME BACK??

Exercise schedule: Just now have strength and energy to walk some and i'm using elastic bands

Foods you can't live without:baked potatoes, yogurt, baked beans

Foods you can NOT tolerate: too much sugar puts me in a sleepy coma state...I got to sleep right away..and too much milk hurts..No tortillas or bread...

WOW moment? (everyone has to have at least a little one!) I too can feel my bones

....if you have a recent picture, please post it here!....


BiggieSized
on 7/3/09 7:23 am - Rhinebeck, NY
Haven't posted in this forum before (mostly hang out on the RNY board). But great question!

Type of surgery: RNY-lap

Surgery Date: 1/08/09

Starting weight: 260 pre-weight loss, 245 at surgery

Current weight: 170

Total weight loss: 90/75

Complications?: none - just lots of hair loss

Exercise schedule: get on my Wii a couple of times a week - walk with the dogs

Foods you can't live without:protein shakes (still do at least 1-2 a day, otherwise I can't get my protein in).Gorton's grilled shrimp scampi (great new product, comes in a resealable bag).

Foods you can NOT tolerate: nothing really - I don't dump, and seem to be able to eat most anything - but I just have no appetite at all

WOW moment? Realizing that I no longer park right next to the store, don't care how big the parking lot is! Buying pants in a regular women's size - not a plus size!

(deactivated member)
on 7/5/09 1:39 am, edited 7/5/09 1:42 am
Type of surgery: (lap) RNY

Surgery Date: 1/26/09

Starting weight: 324

Current weight: 244

Total weight loss: 80

Complications?: just some 'shedding' but other than that I've been lucky

Exercise schedule: The Firm, power yoga, walking/jogging, chasing my 3yr old

Foods you can't live without: there's nothing I really can't live without, food has a whole new meaning to me - I eat what I need and I enjoy it so much more, eating slow, really tasting it and not inhaling it!  I still have a treat every now and then but absolutely no soda, alcohol, etc.  It's part of the package for me to be a healthier person and I chose to give those up w/o question.

Foods you can NOT tolerate: I had chicken issues at the start but can now eat it fine.  I haven't gone back to red meat, sticking to chicken and seafood.  wasn't a huge steak person to begin with so I don't miss it much.  I haven't yet experience 'dumping', try to limit my sugars and do everything in moderation.  Mind over matter!

WOW moment? (everyone has to have at least a little one!)  people at work literally not recognizing me.  I used to work on the 2nd floor and now work on the first floor and when I see people in meetings, etc. they would politely smile and say hello to be friendly but I had to say 'hey, it's me....' and they were like 'OMG I didn't even recognize you!'  Feels good!

....if you have a recent picture, please post it here!....
 

I don't know how to add a photo on here!!  But here's a link to one of mine.


www.obesityhelp.com/myoh/photos/482447/Im-an-after/me-on-Fri day-5-8-before-the-Twilight-5k-in-downtown/#photo
GoldFish
on 7/6/09 9:47 am
Type of surgery: Lap RNY

Surgery Date: Jan 5th 09

Starting weight: 373

Current weight: 257

Total weight loss: 116

Complications?: none

Exercise schedule: regretably not much

Foods you can't live without: honestly since I can't eat big portions not much really appeals to me

Foods you can NOT tolerate: steak

WOW moment? (everyone has to have at least a little one!) the constant pleasant comments at work and by family and friends

 If your going to pee with the puppies you can't run with the big dogs....
sw 373  cw 185  goal 185



       

agilityrulz
on 7/7/09 3:19 am - TX
Type of surgery:  Lap RNY

Surgery Date:  1-14-09

Starting weight: 289  size 26/28

Current weight: 194 size 14/16

Total weight loss: 95

Complications?: None what so ever to this point

Exercise schedule:  I walk a lot at work and usually in heels, then try to do some Wii fit or atleast the exercise balls (ab work) and resistance bands for a bit when I get home.

Foods you can't live without:  yogurt, jerky, cheese, turkey

Foods you can NOT tolerate:  Tuna, pasta

WOW moment? (everyone has to have at least a little one!)  Wearing a tankini and board shorts at the water park at Fiesta TX (my 16 yr old niece made me then I felt OK with it)

....if you have a recent picture, please post it here!....

We are all doing so well!!! KEEP IT UP FOLKS!!

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