Poll for LOSERS! :)

I am not what anyone would call thin but a heck of alot less of me.

 First of all, feeling so well compared to my previous self who could barely climb a few stairs, or walk to the mail box, or shop without the electric cart to get around with.

Getting on a plane and not having to ask for a seatbelt extender.

Getting off alot of my medications.

Having so much more energy.

Not self conscious of my appearance.

I love buying size 10/12 pants and medium shirts instead of 2/3x shirts and 24/26 pants. (Got down to a size 8, but at present back into 10's/12's) working on fitting back in the 8's.

Some of the issues I had before may have not happened to some obese people, as yet.........but why wait and find out, by losing the weight now before other problems can occur is far better than waitng until you are in poor health and barely mobile.

All my best.

Sher

 

I am still a plus size woman...I will never be, nor ever was, a thin person, I've accepted this and know that I will never be a skinny mini...Being a size 18W is where I am and I'm fine with that.  Does it make me feel like I failed at his RNY?  Sometimes, when I read that there are people that were my size and have gotten down to a size 2 or 6...It's not in my blood or genes to be this small...I have to not beat myself up over that.  When I'm a size 14, I look really thin. 

This is what I like about the surgery and being thinner:

My seat belt fits...
I can sit comfortably in an airplane seat with no extension needed.
I have much more stamina
Clothes fit better
Health is better
Sex is better
I can feel my bones!

Things I hate about having this Surgery.:

*Mal absorbtion...pills don't break down (esp time released ones) and it's a royal pain.
*You MUST, MUST, MUST, MUST (I cannot say this enough because now Bob and I are now paying for this and we've been most compliant, too)...take your vitamins, calcium and vit D and B12...
*My PTH (parathyroid hormone has been elevated of late) and this is a pre warning that my body isn't absorbing calcium normally and will eventually start to take it from my bones..NOT good...I've finally found a calcium citrate capsule from HSN (Lessman's) that works.
*My Vitamin D is low, low, low...like above, I have to take lots of it and in capsule form by Lessman. Also, love calcium can be the cause of seizures..this has been the findings for my husband and the seizure he had 2 years ago which derailed him of his career for 24 mos.  Scary.  It's SO easy to just say, Ah, I don't need the vites, but in the long run, you really do and take them now.
*Now my iron is low...keep taking your multi vitamin, and ask if you should have added iron.  This is 4 yrs out and just coming up, so it's no biggie.  Just take your vites.  Don't take extra iron on your own.
*I've been un-compliant in keeping up with going to Aranow on a yearly basis...why?  SHAME..I gained 25-30 lbs and felt like a failure and wouldn't go in. I finally went in yesterday, after having blood work done, and am back to getting on the right track and getting my health in check as far as the vitamin levels, thyroid, etc.

Do I think I shouldn't have had this surgery?  No...not at all.  There's never been a time when I've dieted and 4 yrs later was only up 25 lbs from the final loss...to me, this is nothing that I can't handle.  Who knows how big I'd be now or if I'd even be alive if I didnt' have the RNY? 

It's partly my fault for having these issues come up and I can take care of them...We have to follow the rules of the RNY to make it a success and we all have to stand by them.

That's my spiel!
paula

Love your spiels Paula

I guess I 'm old- though don't try sayin that to my face, girl!  lol

My favorite favorite thing is never ever having to worry if my weight is going to be an impediment to what I want to do.  It's very liberating!