Coming Up on 2 Years - How Are We Doing?

You ARE doing well! Excellent! I've had that low blood sugar problem also, along with a few episodes of low blood pressure (fainted one time when I was ill). My surgeon has me eating several smaller meals a day. I'm never to get "too hungry" - eat every 3-4 hours. Good luck with your plastics! That still really scares me. I need it so bad, but am kind of putting it off. I keep saying, "sometime in the next year I'll get going on that" I'm blessed in that my insurance will cover everything I need (except my neck wattle!) because I also need drastic plastic surgery to correct another condition, hidradenitis suppurativa. Insurance pays for that, and they will use my own extra skin instead of the grafts I would have had to have if I'd done this pre-op. Hope it all goes well for you. Please keep us posted about that!

Hey Jeannie, I can't believe that it has been two years. I started out at 298 and dropped to 172; size 24/26 to 12/14. So exciting, but now I have been put on a medication for some lesions in my L lung and I have gained 18 pounds back. I am sick!!! I am so afraid that it won't come off when I come off the medication. I have to take it 4 more months. I have given some thought to going back on the liquid diet, but haven't decided if I will or not since I am convinced that the medication is the real culprit. Thanks for listening. Good luck on the PS. Did you decide on the med school because of the price?

I am the heavy weight of the group. I am 181 and wearing a size 12 slacks. I feel great and have been losing weight but only one pound or so a month. I can live with this!!!!! I do have those Maxine (comic character) boobs and the shrunken butt. Covering it all up makes me look pretty good. My flappy batwings are what bother me most but I figure at 64 years old who cares. My husband loves me like I am so am in no hurry for plastic surgery. Glad to hear you are all doing well. In August I got sick. Doctors in the ER thought it was my Gallbladder which had been full of stones for years. They also found an ovarian cyst. Went to my surgeon who did my gastric bypass and he found adhesions. I went in the hospital at 1pm, he took care of all 3 things and I was at home at 8pm that night. Went on a cruise one week later. Since then I feel fabulous.

Sorry to burst your "heavyweight" bubble hon, but I am currently at 190 and holding! I have been bouncing around between 186-190 since....December, I believe. Ugh. ANYWAY. I am down to 190 from 351 so I like it juuuuust fine! So glad your gall bladder, etc. surgery went well & didn't put you down for long. Looks like you're doing awesome. Thanks for your update!! HAPPY SURGIVERSARY

Hi Donna You are not the heavy weight, I am!!! I started out at 331 and now weigh 234 I went from size 26/28 to an 18. I am happy and my kids say I look great. The doctor wants me to lose another 35 pounds and I just can't seem to do it. I'm 5'8". Sme days I feel like a failure. I have not gained any weight and I have weighed this much for a year. My 2 years will be March 29. Tell me what you eat in a day. I want a TT and I think that will take ogg close to 10 pounds or more. Pat

I am eating about anything I want only small amounts. Sometimes the amounts I can tolerate scares me but I am not gaining weight so OK. I need to start getting in more protein and waster. I think that will help me loe somemore. Donna

WOW.... has it been two years already? I am not going to make my goal of 150, but I have been holding steady for 10 months at 159-163 depending on the day. I am so happy I had the surgery. My life has changed sooooo much. I am having a TT & breast lift on April 30th and am very excited about it. Glad to see how great everyone is doing! Scarlette

Hi Guys, It's creeping up for me the 2 yr mark on March 22. I am so happy I had this surgery. It is truly the best thing I have ever done for me. I never made it ot my goal of 140. This was very upsetting at my 1 year mark. I have not lost in 14 months. I do feel like I can eat alot and this scares the devil out of me. I have to monitor myself very closely or I know it will creep right back on. I do not have any food issues. Sometimes I wish I did. I am weighing between 157 and 160. I am sched for plastics on 3/19/07. Just a few days short on my 2 yr mark. I am very nervous about it. I am having a TT with lipo, BL/BA. I have seen some not so favorable results on some. I would be so disapointed if I don't have a flat tummy. Esp. after all that money. Best wishes to everyone, Susan

Can you believe we're coming up on 2 years!! Wow! I reached goal after 1 year. However.......recently, I have suffered a gain and am no longer successful at being at goal. I gained 9 pounds. I am finding that my appetite is raging. Little 1/2 sandwiches and such are not keeping me satisfied anymore. That scares the pants off me! What to do?? I should try that liquid diet myself, but I'm feeling very discouraged right now. I managed to get down to an 8, but I'd say I'm a solid 10 now. Congrats to all of you on your success!!! Stacey 3/22/05

2 years... an amazing two years. My lowest weight was 132, however, I am currently back up to 140. It is a scary but good thing 'cause I got pregnant in November! I lost about 10 pounds due to morning sickness(read ALL DAY and NIGHT sickness) but am now putting on the right amount of weight. It is scary for me to watch those numbers climb back up on the scale. I just have to remind myself that it is for a good cause. Admitedly, being able to improve my fertility was one of the main reasons I had the surgery. I am getting married in 8 days to my very best friend in the world who makes my world completely right. We figured we'd get started a little early on trying for our family and got pregnant the very first try! Kinda funny since I have been told since puberty that getting pregnant would be nearly impossible. I thank God for my surgeon and my little miracle. After we have all of our babies, Mike is totally in support of me finishing off this amazing journey with plastics. I thought about skipping it, but he knows how bothered I am by my really awful batwings. I also have some issue with my PCOS tummy and saggy thighs. I figure I'll just get everything all tightened up in a couple more years after we have munchkin #2. Anyway, I have moments with regrets but they are few and far between mainly when I am trying to fall back into those ugly old patterns of "Eat to solve the emotional crisis." I hope everone continues to have good luck. TERREE