Ding ding ding survey time!

Surgery date: Oct. 28th, 2005 Weight at surgery: 320 Weight today: 260 How many meals a day do you eat including snacks? 5-6 What protein bar is your favorite? Power Crunch French Vanilla Name the biggest improvement in your life since surgery: I can walk a lot longer than before without getting out of breath. Do you find that people treat you differently? No. Do you look at heavy people and want to tell them about gastric bypass? Yes, but I don't unless they ask. What is your goal to do to celebrate once you meet your goal weight? Plastic surgery and then go to a nudist camp! Sheryl

Debbie...here are my stats...Weight at surgery was 285...weight today is 228....I eat a protein drink in the morning...a small lunch, a snack of peanuts, or protein bar, small dinner...and protein drink before bed...sometimes a sugar free jello or pudding...the protein bar from Costo has 31 grams of protein...Premier/Protein Bars, variety...Feel better, much more agile...treat you different, so so....Yes, goal for celebrateing....whole new closet of clothes, not the ones that go back years...and a nice trip... Dennis285/227/180

Hey Deb! Great Survey. Thanks! Surgery date: 10/7/05 Weight at surgery: 349 Weight today: 273 (down 72 lbs.) How many meals a day do you eat including snacks? 4 to 6 and that includes meals/snacks such as a protein shake or 8 to 12 oz. of FF milk What protein bar is your favorite? Slim Fast Chocolate Chip Granola High Protein and South Beach Cinnamon Raisin High Protein Cereal Bar Name the biggest improvement in your life since surgery: There are so many! Mainly how I feel about myself and the confidence I have that I am finally winning the weight loss battle. Do you find that people treat you differently? Some have been. I'm not sure how I feel about that. Do you look at heavy people and want to tell them about gastric bypass? Not really. What I would like to do is wear a sign that says "I had weight loss surgery and have lost XX amount of weight. Ask me anything." Cause I know I would have asked if someone was wearing that sign. What is your goal to do to celebrate once you meet your goal weight? I am looking forward to going on a plane and going to Vegas. We are aiming for October and I am looking forward to not dripping with sweat from being so obese. Hugs, Loretta

Good one Deb! Surgery date: 10/28/2005 Weight at surgery:260 Weight today:189 How many meals a day do you eat including snacks?3-5 depending on how I feel, how many calories I am trying to get in What protein bar is your favorite? They all pretty much gross me out! Name the biggest improvement in your life since surgery:No pain in my knees and hips Do you find that people treat you differently? Definitely (stepping up on soapbox)I had my evaluation here at work yesterday & my director said "I am so proud of you. You look so different than when I started here & you look so professional. You're always so careful to make sure that your hair and makeup and nails look nice & your clothing is so professional." I said okay, I need to stop you right there, because this is a real sore spot with me. I know you mean this as a compliment, but I am the same person I was 4 months ago, there is just less of me! I can tell you that 4 mos ago if there were me & Wendy standing at the front desk, 9 out of 10 people would have asked her for info, and totally ignored me! Of course he tried to back out of it then, but I stood up for myself & told him that Fat kids can be professional too! I don't think my hair, nails, makeup have changed that much & my clothes have only becasue I have had to get new ones!!! (okay, stepping down off soapbox now!) Do you look at heavy people and want to tell them about gastric bypass? Definitely, but I hold back unless they ask for info What is your goal to do to celebrate once you meet your goal weight? I have no idea!

Surgery date:10/10/2005 Weight at surgery:276 (288 2 wks prior) Weight today:205 How many meals a day do you eat including snacks?4-5x/day small amts What protein bar is your favorite?I don't care for them Name the biggest improvement in your life since surgery:My aches and pains are gone Do you find that people treat you differently?No Do you look at heavy people and want to tell them about gastric bypass?Yes What is your goal to do to celebrate once you meet your goal weight? Clothes shopping

Surgery date: 10/24 Weight at surgery: 240 Weight today: 178 How many meals a day do you eat including snacks? 6 What protein bar is your favorite? South Beach (they are so yummy, and satisfy my crunch cravings!) Name the biggest improvement in your life since surgery: I am not tired all the time, and my joints no longer ache when I get out of bed in the morning! Do you find that people treat you differently? not yet! Do you look at heavy people and want to tell them about gastric bypass? no, but I'm supportive of anyone who makes the decision on their own... What is your goal to do to celebrate once you meet your goal weight? go to Hawaii, and do all the things that I was either too heavy or too embarrassed to do before....sky dive, helicopter over volcano (without having to pay the 50% extra for being heavy!), swim with dolphins, snorkel trip, hula lesson****tc....

Surgery Date: 10/28/2005 Weight at Surgery: 381 {when the whole process was started, but lost 45 lbs. but gained 15 lbs. back, then as the surgery date loomed closer lost 5 lbs. from being scared -- but on my pre-op appt. I was 365, so go figure, guess I gained more back than I thought} Weight Today: 272 {if you look at my starting weight, I'm down 109 lbs., I'm so proud of myself, I had my 3mos. visit yesterday, my surgeon is proud of me too, he says I'm doing extremely well, and I am exceeding his expectations} How many meals a day do you eat, including snacks: Well sometimes food and I arent the best of friends, I can get in 1 good meal a day {albeit small}; sometimes I snack once or twice a day What protein bar is your favorite: None, I have never tried any {I have some tho'} I've also never tried those protein shakes Name the biggest improvement in your life since surgery: Being able to breath comfortably, being able to walk without feeling like my chest was going to cave in, being able to fit clothes that I've had in my closet forever and now their loose, hearing the comments I get from friends and family about my weight loss, and even strangers {you never know who's watching you} Do you find people treat you differently: No, not at all Do you look at heavy people and want to tell them about the Gastric Bypass Surgery: Yes, all the time, but I dare not, because its not my place What is your goal to do to celebrate once you meet your goal weight? huh! {I'm sorry maybe its just me, but that question doesnt quite sound right, it has been a long day for me}; I'll do my best to answer, what I would like to do once I hit goal is get all the excess skin removed, and go out and buy all new clothes {I love to shop}; and do all sorts of things that I couldnt do before because of the hinderance of my weight Thanks Deb for staring this post, its great.....

Surgery date: Weight at surgery: 326 Weight today: 220 How many meals a day do you eat including snacks? 2-3 What protein bar is your favorite? I do gnc pro performance mega meal replacements. 40 gms of protein in each shake, plus vitamins and minerals. Name the biggest improvement in your life since surgery: My energy, the fact that I have a shape to my body. My Knees don't hurt!! Do you find that people treat you differently? Most definitely! Do you look at heavy people and want to tell them about gastric bypass? sometimes, but at the same time this surgery is not for everyone. What is your goal to do to celebrate once you meet your goal weight? I want to just start my life. I'm 27 and I really just want to meet someone, get married and begin my life.

Surgery date: 10-20-05 Weight at surgery: 337 Weight today: 258 How many meals a day do you eat including snacks? 3 meals, no snacks... I'm still kind of turned off by food Mostly I eat cheese, some cold cuts, nuts, salad and a little fruit now and then. What protein bar is your favorite? Don't do those either, but Elite Whey Chocolate Mint is my favorite protein drink and I'll have one with breakfast and one before bed. Name the biggest improvement in your life since surgery: I look people in the eye and I SMILE MORE! Do you find that people treat you differently? YES! Men look at me now!! And I've had 2 in the past week tell me I had beautiful eyes... Do you look at heavy people and want to tell them about gastric bypass? I look at them and want to hug them because I know how they feel. What is your goal to do to celebrate once you meet your goal weight? I want to make LOVE as a thin woman!! OK, seriously, I think I'll be happy to ride a roller coaster. Or maybe I'll go back to my first idea and go on lots of DATES after my divorce is final.

Surgery date: Weight at surgery:242lbs Weight today:182lbs How many meals a day do you eat including snacks?6 small meals What protein bar is your favorite?have not found one Name the biggest improvement in your life since surgery:my sex life and the way i have energy Do you find that people treat you differently?yes Do you look at heavy people and want to tell them about gastric bypass?sometimes What is your goal to do to celebrate once you meet your goal weight?i go to the goodwill and by me a out fit.........lol i'm just so thanlful for this sugery!!!!!!!! vickie r.