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on 3/4/20 8:16 am - NJ
I'm OK, gained a bit of weight and lost a LOT!
I have gained approx. 35 lbs after losing 108 after surgery in June 2014.
I also lost my daughter on March 9, 2019. She was almost 34 years old. The oldtimers may remember that my daughter had a lot of health issues which took her by surprise. We were planning for her kidney transplant but she was not able to get healthy enough.
I gained my grandsons. I always had my grandsons, but now they live with me and I have custody. They are now 11 and 12 so I became their parent.
Time to get healthier.
My good friend Bruno is contemplating this surgery so I gave him the link to this group and realized how far I've let myself slide. OK I had bigger fish to fry so I'm just going to get back on track.
Preach.
Losing 220 pounds was much easier than the 4+ years since maintaining that loss.
Believe the vets. It's work, effort and commitment.
"What you eat in private, you wear in public." --- Kat
Congratulations and best of luck! You are going to love it!
The last few months I couldn't ever stand to think about surgery. About a week before I was scheduled for the operation, my insurance rejected my authorization. They said it wasn't in my policy, which turns out they're right, however when my doctor spoke with them before I started my journey to meet all the requirements, they said I was covered. Needless to say I was heartbroken and looking at anything surgery related made me feel upset. Well, my sister sent me a link to a different surgeon who's cost is lower. Her and her husband are willing to finance me (They're angels on Earth). So I have an appointment on March 18th for a consultation with the new doctor. Im trying not to get my hopes up because I'm afraid I'll be disappointed again.
Fitchick, good for you for taking the hardest step ! Using Lent as motivation is brilliant ! Early on in the process, OA helped me quite a bit. Identifying that my disordered eating was a symptom of addiction has been powerful and has helped me be aware of potential transfer addictions. One of my biggest takeaways is that I can choose relapse or recovery... I am always in one of the two places. Welcome to recovery !
Age: 64; 5' 5"; High weight: 345; Start weight: 271 (01/05/15); Surgery weight: 218 (05/27/15); Pre-Op (-53); M 1 (-18); M 2 (-1.5); M 3 (-13.5 ); M 4 (-13); M 5 (- 8); M 6 (-12) M 7 (-5, Xmas); M 8 (- 9) Under surgeon's goal and REACHED HEALTHY BMI 12/07/15!! (Six months and one week.) AT GOAL month 8. Maintaining at goal range (139- 144) ~ four (4) years !!
There are lots of long term veterans here on OH who have dealt or are dealing with regain.
Staying plugged in and accountable has always been the key for me.
Catwoman 7 has given you great advice about joining the daily RNY thread.
Stick around. Be honest, accept critiques with grace (noone here wants you to fail) and you absolutely can do this
Proud Feminist, Atheist, LGBT friend, and Democratic Socialist
consider participating in the RNY menu group (the one over here in the VSG section seems to have died, but the RNY one is still active, and we do have VSG patients over there. We take everyone!). We post what we're planning to eat for the day every morning, and the group is very supportive. I'm sure I would weigh over 200 lbs again if it weren't for that group!
Thank you so much, Wombat. I'm strapping myself in
Be safe and well, B.B. 
