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Topic: RE: NOVEMBER 7TH SURGERY BUDDIES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hi there! I'm doing great! I'm down 62 lbs, and feel like a million bucks. My waist is getting so tiny! And my butt is 1/2 the size it was!! I am wearing clothes that I couldn't even wear at this weight before. I'm shrinking so much.
I am loving fish... scallops, sole, tilapia, shrimp, etc. I can't get enough of it... although I can't eat much of it.
I like meatballs, chicken burgers, turkey burgers, and things like that. I eat tuna salad for lunch usually with some whole grain crackers, and my favorite breakfast is Dr. Praeger's California Burgers with cheese.
I'm SO happy I did this.
~ Kim
309/247/130

Topic: Good morning
Good Morning everyone! :wave
Well I am going to my 3 month post op check up today, and I can't wait to see what there scale says...
It better be the same or less
than what the scales at the gym say. I am happy with any weight loss and will not be upset if it has not met my goal. I will come off, so no need in getting all upset.
Have a great day and God Bless you all.
Susan


Topic: RE: Weightloss cause vision change?
Great question, Kimberly.
I've noticed my eyesight is different and I am not diabetic. Mine seems to come and go as if I am having trouble focusing.
I look forward to any other info about this!
Nancy H
Topic: RE: 3 months today
Happy Anniversary Ladies!!!!
YEAH for crossing my legs!!!
67 pounds lost 


Can sit in a seat at the Bobcats Arena and movies!!!!
Can see my ribs!
Losing my double chin!
NO medications!!!! 

Planning a full summer including a whitewater rafting trip in California!!!
Bought jeans in the regular sized department!
Can get close to my hubby when he hugs me!!!!
Nancy H












Topic: RE: 3 months today
Congrats to you Tammy. I have a long way to go but I do now how good it feels to cross my legs and walk up stairs without passing out or breathing heavy. You are doing great and Happy 3 month Anniversary.
Mandy
360/290/????
Topic: 3 months today
I seems like a lifetime ago and it seems like yesterday when I had WLS!! Truly, I feel like I got my life back... and I'm making the most of it. As of today, I:
Lost 64 pounds FOREVER
Have Perfect blood sugar levels with NO medication
Had my blood pressure medicine significantly reduced
Can cross my LEGS!!
Walk up and down the stairs in my house, frequently
Have extra space in the bed (more to roll around with Hubby
)
Slide right through spaces I wouldn't have even tried before (like between close tables in a restaurant)
Have so much energy, I wear people around me out
Stand UP for myself more and more
Have a completely new wardrobe that won't fit me in a month
Receive positive comments and complements on a daily basis (?!?!)
Have made some of the best friends of my life right here at OH VA board
Would have WLS all over again
Am happy to be ALIVE!!
Happy 3 month anniversary to me!
to all my WLS sisters and brothers
Tammy
301/237/150ish
surgery date/TODAY/personal goal
(copied from original post on OH-VA board)



Topic: RE: What Are You Guys Eating?????
Egg salad or Tuna salad made with light mayo, no bread, just the salad
Soup, if it does not have any noodles or rice
If I am out and need to eat, I try to find a Subway and get a LC wrap. The turkey bacon ranch is really good and very low in carbs. Sometimes I can eat half of it, sometimes I can't.
Protein shakes made with Carb Countdown milk. I've recently started adding frozen berries to some of my shakes. I mix them up in my Magic Bullet.
Turkey Burgers. Jennie-O brand comes already formed into patties and frozen.
Roast cooked in the crock pot
deli meat rolled up with cheese
eggs, either scrambled, hard boiled or deviled
Ham, cooked in the crock pot
Collard greens, broccoli, cauliflower, romaine lettuce
Raw carrots and red and yellow peppers
I still can't eat chicken. It gets stuck and is VERY uncomfortable.
Topic: RE: Weightloss cause vision change?
This is what I know about the vision thing... if you are diabetic, your blood sugar levels affect your vision. This is especially true when your blood sugar levels are HIGH; it causes decreased vision.
I am a diabetic. Before surgery my eye sight varied depending on my blood sugar levels. I wear glasses, but often times they didn't do much good. I decided to wait until after surgery before going to the eye doctor, so that my diabetes was more stable. Within a week after surgery, my blood sugar levels have registered in the normal range consistantly. I visited my eye doctor this past Saturday and my vision is significantly WORSE than during my last exam, about 16 months ago. It's so bad, she's concerned that I don't have glasses that truly correct my vision, so she's put a rush on getting them back from the manufacturer where the lenses are made (like for driving and work!) She does NOT know about my WLS as she is a new doctor for me.
I'm going to bring this up at my next support group meeting at the hospital and see what they say. Often one of the surgeons and/or their RNs are there.
Weird!
Tammy