POLL!

This is a great poll. It's fun to see how our fellow September losers are doing. Here are my stats . . . Highest Weight: 260 Weight the day of surgery: 260 Current weight: 183.8 Current height: 5'6" (just under) Current size in pants: 12 (just bought a pair of 10's that fit though!) Current size in shirts: L-XL Body Type (apple, pear, etc): pretty proportionate, but bigger on top. Has your shoe size changed? yes, they've gone down about a half size and I don't have to wear wides anymore! Congrats to all of you! Love and Hugs, Donna

I had open RNY 9/27/04. Weight at consult:280 Weight the day of surgery:273 Current weight:221 Current height:5'6 1/2 Current size in pants:18/20 Current size in shirts:xl or xxl Body Type (apple, pear, etc): I am a pear, I think. I am down 52 pounds since surgery and feeling pretty good. I do have nausea frequently.. still working to figure out why. All in all I am happy with my results and try not to compare my results to those of you who are really dropping the pounds a lot faster. I would like to end up at 145 so I have another 75 pounds to go. Karen

Highest Weight: 430 Weight the day of surgery: 381 Current weight: 310 Current height: 5'5" Current size in pants: 22-24 (I do have one 18-20 I can wear) Current size in shirts: 2XL Body Type (apple, pear, etc): pear Has your shoe size changed? I can wear some shoes that had gotten tight before surgery. So, it probably changed pre-op and is now back to what it was several years ago. Ring size went from 7.5 to 6.25, I had to have it resized because it was ready to fall off every morning a****er aerobics.

Wow, I have to say that we are all doing great. Keep up the wonderful work everyone. Shannon

Highest Weight: 304 Weight the day of consult: 285 Weight the day of surgery: 264 Current weight: 218 Current height: 5'2" Current size in pants: 18/20 down from 48 or 30 Current size in shirts: 2x or 20 down from 30 or 4x Body Type (apple, pear, etc): Very pear Has your shoe size changed? yes, because my shoes are getting bigger, but I don't know my new size yet. Ring size: from 10 to 7 Bra size: from 50C to 42B I am a happy camper!! I've still got a ways (weighs) to go, but I have REAL HOPE this time!!

Highest Weight: 368.0 Weight the day of surgery: 368.0 Current weight: 288.5 Current height: 5'8" (just under) Prior pant size:32 Current size in pants: 24 Prior shirt size:30/32 Current size in shirts: 22/24 Body Type (apple, pear, etc): Also a deflated balloon! Has your shoe size changed? yes Good luck to us all! Tonya

This is an awesome survery, thanks for posting it. I enjoy seeing how much everyone has changed and how well everyone is doing. Highest Weight: 344 Weight the day of surgery: 344 Current weight: 253 Current height: 5'9 1/2 Current size in pants: 18 Current size in shirts: XL Body Type (apple, pear, etc): hourglass Has your shoe size changed? size, no...but the width has. Brook

Thanks for posting this. Highest Weight: 427 Weight the day of surgery: 397 Current weight: 335 (as of last appointment Dec. 23, I don't weigh at home, I'd drive myself nuts) Current height: 5'8" Current size in pants: 24ish (still wearing my bigger pants, so not sure) Current size in shirts: 24/3x (again, still wearing old clothes) Body Type (apple, pear, etc): Apple Has your shoe size changed? yes, down at least one size I am still a little self concious about posting things like this. Even around here I feel like "the fat girl" because I started heavier and I'm not losing gang busters, though I'm told I'm right where I'm supposed to be, sometimes it feels very slow. It's getting better though.

Hi Marie I'm so glad you posted. Please don't feel self conscious among us. We are all unified here by our shared experiences with morbid obesity and also we share the same month of rebirth! You are doing wonderfully, you have lost almost 100 lbs from your high weight!!! Congratulations! As for feeling like "the fat girl" I think you'd be amazed at how many of feel that way. Even being about half way down in my weight, I still feel nearly as big as always sometimes. The psychological side of all this is really strange, isn't it? Anyway, keep up the good work, and keep on posting! Let's all help each other through this journey. Love, Sue

Thanks for your kind words Sue. Some days are better than others. I'm excited to go to the doc again and get a more current weight. I also sent a new pic to the photo address here, it was added to my profile, but not to my posts, so I have to figure out what's up with that. I do look a little different when comparing pictures even if I don't see it looking in the mirror. Marie