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Topic: RE: Got my date changed
Lucky you! I wish my date would move up! :P
Congratulations again!
Congratulations again!
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Mom to 8 ~ Adelyn Grace arrived July 8, 2010!
Topic: RE: taking inventory
I'm having LapBand, so the dietitian says regular "One-a-day" type multivitamin with iron will be fine. I may have to break them in half to get them through, though.
I also found a package of disposable baby spoons at Walmart. I didn't buy them and I didn't notice the price, but I saw them there. There were 10 or 12 of them in the package I think. Sorry for the lack of details, but I did see them there for sure!
Topic: RE: xpost :OT Kids say the darndest things...LOL
That is too funny! I've had the same thing happen - what you see on the box is NOT what you get! I think I wound up with "Bozo Orange" one time! I've learned to leave it to the salon...
Topic: RE: Surgery Sceduled for April 21st!!!! Whoo Hoo!!!!
Congrats! I'm scheduled for April 21st as well! Wishing you the best of luck.
(deactivated member)
on 3/23/09 10:33 pm - Wynantskill, NY
on 3/23/09 10:33 pm - Wynantskill, NY
Topic: RE: Lets introduce ourselves
Hi, my name is Nanci, I have been married to a most wonderful man for 28 years, (29 on 4/19). We have two great kids, Lacy who is 25 and Zachary who is 18. I have strugged with my weight for as long as I can remember. When I was in 8th grade, I remember being weighed in gym class and weighing 190lbs. I thought that was horrible and felt so embarrased by it. Now 190 doesen't seem so bad!!! I was going to have WLS 3 years ago and was 5 weeks away from my date when a few friends and my always intrusive motherinlaw started beating me over the head about how I was going to die and I could do it on my own. They even went so far as to get my poor hubby all worked up thinking I would die or have major complications. So I backed out. Three years later and another 35lbs added to my already heavy body and I was at my all time highest weight 298lbs. When I stepped on that scale and saw how close I was to 300lbs, I freaked out!!!! I am 5'9 and hold my weight well but damm it was a real awaking. Even though I am a Nurse and had many Co-Morbs, (sleep apnea, HBP, Diabetes, gerd) I turned a blind eye to it all. Well I told my husband right after Christmas that I had to do this or he would lose me. My Mom passed away at 51 and her mother at 36 due to renal failure caused by Diabetes . I started the bariatric program on Jan 8th and put my whole heart and soul into it. I'm proud that I managed to lose 44lbs since then and my surgery is 4/21. This time the only people I informed was my Dh and my children and they are cheering me on. I,ve won lots of battles, time to win the war.
(deactivated member)
on 3/23/09 10:00 pm - Wynantskill, NY
on 3/23/09 10:00 pm - Wynantskill, NY
Topic: RE: is anyone else mourning food?
I guess we ave to remind ourselves that noting could ever taste as nice as it will feel to lose this weight.
I find being this weight to be nothing short of hell..... and my relationship with food to be disturbing. i am feeling more in control already. i don't want food to rule my life...it's not been that good to me to deserve my loyalty or my life actually!
i figure I'm going to use it to my advantage now!
I find being this weight to be nothing short of hell..... and my relationship with food to be disturbing. i am feeling more in control already. i don't want food to rule my life...it's not been that good to me to deserve my loyalty or my life actually!
i figure I'm going to use it to my advantage now!
Topic: RE: Checking In :)
Hi girls,
I'm on day 5 today.
3 weeks and 2 days to go.
It's really not so bad, so don't be scared
Run down.
Day One, two and three I barely noticed. I don't like the bars (too sweet) but the shakes, soup and moose (can't spell) are ok. I was sooooo busy that I didn't have time to thhink about it anyway. Just threw a bar in my bag everytime I ran out the door.
Day 4 I felt like a freight train hit me. No hunger through the day...just total and utter exhaustion. Could barely stay awake. That night...last night I got really really really hungry at 3am. I have to say i welcomed the feeling. I know this means my body was just about to go into ketosis (where it starts to consume my fat stores) so I kept the water by my bed and sipped it everytime I got woken with the hunger feeling (it didn't hurt to be hungry, and it wasn't scary...it was just hunger ~ I don't think I've felt hungry for about 4 years based on last night).
By 7am this morning thhe hunger was gone and I went into a deep sleep until 8am. I got up, wasn't starving but was ready for a shake.....
worked till 1pm
had a 40 minute nap and then a soup......then this afternoon did my first workout. I'm feeling really good. No real hunger, drinking lots of water.
I'm excited. Feel like I'm through the worst of it...and that's only 1 day of being tired and 4 hours of real hunger.
Having a great day!
Very excited. It's never as bad as your imaginiation will tell you it's going to be!
Embrace it.
Weight loss on liquids after 5 days....... 137.9 (303.4) down to 134.4 (295.7) I think that's good....but I have no idea!
I'm on day 5 today.
3 weeks and 2 days to go.
It's really not so bad, so don't be scared
Run down.
Day One, two and three I barely noticed. I don't like the bars (too sweet) but the shakes, soup and moose (can't spell) are ok. I was sooooo busy that I didn't have time to thhink about it anyway. Just threw a bar in my bag everytime I ran out the door.
Day 4 I felt like a freight train hit me. No hunger through the day...just total and utter exhaustion. Could barely stay awake. That night...last night I got really really really hungry at 3am. I have to say i welcomed the feeling. I know this means my body was just about to go into ketosis (where it starts to consume my fat stores) so I kept the water by my bed and sipped it everytime I got woken with the hunger feeling (it didn't hurt to be hungry, and it wasn't scary...it was just hunger ~ I don't think I've felt hungry for about 4 years based on last night).
By 7am this morning thhe hunger was gone and I went into a deep sleep until 8am. I got up, wasn't starving but was ready for a shake.....
worked till 1pm
had a 40 minute nap and then a soup......then this afternoon did my first workout. I'm feeling really good. No real hunger, drinking lots of water.
I'm excited. Feel like I'm through the worst of it...and that's only 1 day of being tired and 4 hours of real hunger.
Having a great day!
Very excited. It's never as bad as your imaginiation will tell you it's going to be!
Embrace it.
Weight loss on liquids after 5 days....... 137.9 (303.4) down to 134.4 (295.7) I think that's good....but I have no idea!
Topic: RE: Lets introduce ourselves
Hi everyone my name is Lisa, i dont have a date set yet but it is coming imy insurance just approved me yesterday, dr mcbrive called and schulede me to have consultaion next mon then they would be 3wk to 3 months before my surgery depends on my test results. I am very anxious and scared at the same time. I have been waiting 3 years for this.
oh i forgot i am married for going on 7 years nor we have 4 boys 14,9,6,and 1.
oh i forgot i am married for going on 7 years nor we have 4 boys 14,9,6,and 1.
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