Roll call: BMI > 50 family intros all around!
Current Hometown: Westchester County New York
Age: 42
Starting BMI: 60.6 (current 53.9)
Marital status/Kiddles?: Married / no human children just two big pups
Comorbidities (if any): Sleep Apnea (cpap aka Darth Vadar mask) Osteoarthritis in both knees and right ankle hence extremely limited mobility - and god forbid I had to stand for more than 5 minutes straight I would cry... thankfully the pain in my back is beginning to disappear and I actually walked through a whole store without wincing in pain....
Trigger foods of most concern: Ice Cream (sweet comfort), cookies, and pizza
Starting Weight: 300
Day of Surgery 12/15/2009: 294
Name: Tabetha
Current Hometown: Katy, TX
Age: 39 (about to be 40!)
Starting BMI: 93.5 (no that is not a typo lol) Current BMI 52.2
Marital status/Kiddles?: In a relationship with a wonderful man, 1 20-year old son, 4 year old Boston Terrorist...i mean terrier
Comorbidities (if any): none really...just waaayyyy too fat...i think that is a comorbidity all of it's own!
Trigger foods of most concern: nothing now! Preop it was pasta and icecream...oh my favorite foods...and fast food...but now...oh life is so different. I know I can have whole wheat pasta, and sf ice cream, but honestly, after the protein *****ally has room? lol I have what i want now and then and it takes away the craving. Never knew it was possible to be like this!!
Name: Erica
Current Hometown: Duluth, GA
Age: 33
Starting BMI: 64
Marital status/kiddies: Married with a 4 year old son and 1 year old daughter
Comorbidities: Boderline Hypertension and Moderate Sleep Apnea
Trigger Foods: Candy and Sweet Cereal
Current Hometown: suburb of Boston, MA
Age: 45
Starting BMI: 70
Marital status/Kiddles?: Living with the same wonderful guy for 20 years this May. We live to serve our 2 fur babies!
Comorbidities (if any): high blood pressure (lost 2 out of 4 meds already), high cholesterol, sleep apnea, cancer survivor.
Trigger foods of most concern: Anything sweet, cookies and frosting!
Friends are the family we choose for ourselves.
HW 491, BMI 70.4 *** SW 444, BMI 63.7 *** CW 364, BMI 52.5
Patti this was a GREAT Post!!!
Name: Kimberly
Current Hometown: Taylor, TX
Age : 37
Starting BMI: 53.4 (Current BMI: 47.8)
Marital Status/Kiddles?: Single and no kiddos 2 or 4 legged
Commodities (if any): HTN (down to one med from four), Chronic Pain Issues (still have URGH) if I could get this pain under control I'd be off the last BP med too!!!
Trigger foods: Pasta, Potatoes, Bread & Rice - if it was white I was on it...I've always called myself a "Black Italian" - I'd never survive in Italy :(
As The Days Go By, I'm Working My Way Back
To A Brand New Me!
Name- Kelly
Age- 19
Starting bmi/weight- 73.something at 485
Current bmi/weight- 55 i think at 368
Surgery-DS on 8-10-09
total loss- 117 at 4.75 months
Marital status/kiddies- no and no
Comorbidities- luckily none
Trigger Foodss- only when it is that time of the month and it is carbs
"Nobody trips over mountains. It is the small pebble that causes you to stumble. Pass all the pebbles in your path and you will find you have crossed the mountain. "
"Look at a stone cutter hammering away at his rock, perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred-and-first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not the last blow that did it, but all that had gone before." ~Jacob A. Riis
(I'm a revision. I gained all my weight back after having RNY in 2003, so I'm starting all over again on this weight loss journey!)
Name: Cheryl
Current Hometown: Kings Mountain, NC
Age: 37
Starting BMI: 59
Current BMI: 55
Marital status/Kiddies?: Not married. Have been with my partner for 4 years. No children. Have 4 dogs who are my kids!
Comorbidities (if any): Sleep apnea
Trigger foods of most concern: bread and sweets
Thanks, this was really cool to read.
Name: Marlena
Current Hometown: Mentor, OH
Age: 38
Starting BMI: 58.74 - Current: 50.75
Marital status/Kiddles?: Married, 12 & 10 year old boys
Comorbidities (if any): high blood cholesteral, pain in knees (gone - just realized), feet(getting better) and back (need to stop over doing it) Oh and yeah I snore. :)
Trigger foods of most concern: I'm an emotional eater - could be anything, but I love sweets and carbs! Working on telling people how I feel instead of holding it in and eating. Hubby is trying to get used to this! :)
Keep Smiling! The path/journey is worth the results!
