R U ready for this.....

Hi all hope everyone is doing great it's been so long that I don't know where every thing is at OH any more..LOL...Well I am down to 165 a BIG loss of 195..Size 8 bottoms and med. tops life is good it's been about 14 mo now and I feel so good..I'm still in school just love doing hair will be done with that in Oct I hope that is if I'm good and don't take to many days off ..I can say I really have not had any bad things happen to me so far with the surgery.I have not been doing to good with my vitamins but have been trying to do better.I have to get blood work done again this mo and go back to the Dr. in June..I really need my tummy tuck but don't know how to go about it to get the ball rolling.I better go for now .. Has any one got there arms done and if so how much did you pay and where did you go to have it done?Hope you all keep up the good work and take care of your selfs..LOVE YOU ALL... Shelly

Wow, Shelly. You look great. I had to go to your profile to remember who you were! I also had surgery in 2004 with Dr. Fabito. What are you doing for followup? Do you have another surgeon at New Start or are you just using your pcp? Also, when I went to your profile, I see that you have lost a lot of weight even since Aug. of 2005. How did you do that? Any secrets? My weight loss has really slowed down. I'm at 235 which is where you were in Aug. 2005. I want to get down to at least 180, 165 would be great. I've lost like 15 lbs since Christmas. Part of that is because I had hernia surgery in March and that helped me not be as hungry. Any advice you can give would be great. (I started at 391 so I've lost 156 lbs so far.) Also, I've asked the same question about arm surgery. I was told by others on this website that it is anywhere for $3,000 to $4,000. No one I talked to said anything about insurance covering that. My arms are atrocious as well. Pixielf is doing weight lifting and have good success with that. I'm going to Curves but I can't say I've seen much difference in my bat wings. Later. Teresa

I can say that I still don't eat all to much.I don't think I can eat a cup of food at one time,but my Dr said thats a good thing.I go to a Dr. in KY now he is really nice.I go to school 5 days a week have to get up at 5 in the morning and I get home at 5 then go to work at pizza hut 3 days a week till 10 at night.So I don't have much time ... I eat light all the time.Good luck and you can do it I know you can,... Shelly

Shelly, Minus almost 200 pounds!!! Wowza....you're doing awesome and I'm very proud of your acomplishment. -Kelli