hi everyone...ya know now everyone is telling me i'm too thin! you just can't please people! lol luckily i don't care...lol i'm happy...may 16th was my 1 year anniversary and i've lost almost 140lbs...on surgery day i was 280lbs and am now 141lbs and a size 10...(sometimes i can even squeeze into an 8!) woo hoo!

Hello Everyone, It's been a while since I've been on the board, but wanted to post that it's been one year today since my gastric bypass. Here's my success story: I started at 276lbs and as of this morning, I weigh 180lbs. I went from a tight size 24 to a comfortable size 12. I do mixed martial arts 3 days a week and actually have defined muscles in my arms and legs..It's amazing! This has been the best decision I ever made!! Thanks for everyone here who provided support early on...sorry I've been out of touch. Nanci

Well, I thought it was time to give myself a little shake-up, to realign, so to speak my eating. Although the majority of carbs I eat in totla are from fruit and vvegetables, it did seem that I was getting quite a bit every day. Also, my appetitie has really grown. I was a bit alarmed, but not distraught or overwhelmed, so I decided to give this a try. So far, I made it through the first two all-liquid days and, much to my surprise, FINALLY find a protein I can drink. (I was miserable after my RNY a year ago - all of the protein drinks I tried made me nauseous.) I'm using an unflavored soy protein and making my own shakes. Probably many of you have been doing this already - but it took me a year to find it. Today I am on "soft proteins" (eggs, finely mashed tuna, etc) and doing just fine. I do notice a difference in my hunger level, and my "losing the carbs" hasn't been as painful as I thought it would be. A side benefit is a minor "cleaning out" so to speak. I'm really glad I did this - after my 5th day on Thursday, I hope I can begin on a modified basis again, much like I did a year ago. True, I'm sure I'll be eating more, but not as much as I did before this. The *other* Cyndi

Whoa....you look like a different person!! WTG Gayla!!

Yep, it really has been almost a year, and it seems like just yesterday that I was fretting over all of the "risk" involved in the surgery and how I was so fearful....I'm 2/3rds the size that I was a year ago. I still have another 70 lbs to go, but it will happen. I can't say that I have had a lot of problems....I'm so much healthier than I was back then. I just keep singing Dr. Deveney's Praises and thanking him and his staff for helping me to get my life back. Even my grandchildren are amazed at the things I can do now (including getting down on the floor an playing with them). We bought a fifth-wheel last July, and we have been traveling (living in the fifth-wheel) and are hoping to sell our home and get a little bigger fifth-wheel. This is something I would have never thought of weighing 327 lbs....but now I actually fit in the little restroom, and can take showers in tha*****bitty tub! My husband and I actually fit in the bed together! Life is just flat good. One health problem has come up - I've got bradycardia (slow heart beat). It's causing some exhaustion issues, and I am not exercising like I was hoping I would. I even drug my old walker out and have had to use it. It's weird, because before the surgery I had high blood pressure issues...now slow heart rate issues.....ugh! Oh well, possibly a pacemaker will be put in - and that's a quick and easy resolve. I just wonder if this is common for others after surgery. Hope everyone else is doing well also!