Checking in
Anyways my mom and everyone here are like wow i thought you would have been skinny skinny. I was like WHAT? man i have lost some weight mom.. she knows of my surgery, but she is disappointed that i'm not tinnier? WTF... good grief is what i feel like saying.. she was always embarased because i was heavy now she's not happy that i'm not model skinny?
Anyways yesterday I hit 6 months post op so i did my photos(posted them so check them out) and weighted my self. Guess what??? i've lost 100 POUNDS!!!!! i was 265 pre op diet lost 20 so on my date of surgery i was 241... i now weigh 163ish... i don't count my 20 pounds of lost for my pre op to gain a century card,but i am excited that i have lost 100 pounds... i can not wait to weight 140, and i hope to make it to Dr.Macs goal of 115.. I think things have been slow due to my gall bladder hurting like a devil.. so i'm so ready for that surgery come on Aug 7th...i hope my weight lost will pick up some once have my surgery...
Ok i just thought i would stop by and say hi, i updated my photos..Share my little WOW of 100 pounds lost!!!! oh don't look at my upper inner thighs in the photos.. i'm not sure how or what will get rid of that bulginess..
take care
Annmarie
Hi Annemarie,
Congratulations on your weight loss! You have done a phenomenal job and your aren't done yet! Our beginning stats were pretty similar. My high weight was 264. I got down to 233 preop. My lowest weight was 132, but I now hover between 143 and 145 and that seems to be good for me. I felt and most people said I looked too thin in the lower 130's. You'll have to see what happens as you get there. It's very common to have about a 10 percent bounce back and that is what I experienced... It was a little scary... as you can imagine. We are so programmed into thinking that once we start gaining, we'll just keep on doing so. I have learned to 'manage' what I eat and do and have been able to keep my weight at a pretty healthy level.
I think that you look wonderful in your photos. I think that you will see a considerable difference as the next 20 to 25 lbs fall away. It's amazing that people seem to see those differences even more than the large amount of weight loss we experience earlier in our journey. I asked my SIL about this and she said she thought it was because it was in those last 20 to 30 lbs that my face shape changed so much. I think she's on to something there.
I hear that you are concerned about the excess skin issues and to be honest, I think most of us to one extent or another. I have found that I have experienced some level of 'redraping', but alas, I also have more excess skin that I wish I had. That said, to be honest, when I compare myself to most 'average' women ... not the actresses and models we see all the time... I find that I actually look better than average... I think you do too.
Keep up the good work and thanks for checking in. It was good to hear from you.
Barbara
ObesityHelp Coach and Support Group Leader
http://www.obesityhelp.com/group/bcumbo_group/
High-264, Current-148, Goal-145
Mother Teresa
AHEM!!!!!!! You can't call a sister???? PfffffT 
Way 2 go Girlfriend ... You show that 100lbs. what you're made of!!!! LOL
Don't worry about your mom and everyone else...
I AM SOOOO PROUD OF YOU, I have seen your transformation personally, you have done awesomazing :)
Get your booty back here so I can see you before you officially fall off the face of the planet..LOL
Ohhhh and my official baby date is August 24th ~ woohoo ... comin fast!!! Starting to feel as big as a house...BLAHHHH!!!
(((HUGS)))
