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Nice! Just overweight is a big deal, congrats!
I'm happily still losing. I have a mini goal to get to 162 before my trip to NYC in a few weeks, just a random goal I set. I like having the mini ones to set my sights on.
HW: 377
LW: 166
TW: 165
Next Goal: 162 by 9/29
Dream GOal: 149 -"normal" BMI
Melinda
HW: 377 SW: 362 CW:131
TOTAL LOSS: 249 pounds
Last week I posted that my next big goal was to reach just overweight. And I made it!! Yay rah!! So now my current goal is 169 - One Hundred Fifty Lost/75% EWL. My other goal is to get far enough under my partner's weight that the scale no longer asks us to select who we are when we weight. He hovers around 170, so I think I'll need to get to 164 for that. :P
High weight: 319
Last week: 176
This week: 174
Next goal: 169 - One Hundred Fifty Lost/75% EWL
How about you?
VSG with Dr. Salameh - 3/13/2014
Diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder and started Vyvanse - 7/22/2016
Reconstructive Surgeries with Dr. Michaels - 6/5/2017 (LBL & brachioplasty), 8/14/2017 (UBL & mastopexy), 11/6/2017 (medial leg lift)
Age 42 Height 5'4" HW 319 (1/3/2014) SW 293 (3/13/2014) CW 149 (7/16/2017)
Next Goal 145 - normal BMI | Total Weight Lost 170
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Ny mom, again, thanks so much for your support! Yesterday I did my pre-op blood tests, urine test, EKG, and chest X-ray. My PCP will have the information within two days. God willing, I will be cleared for surgery. Then, I pray all goes well and my husband doesn't start a bunch of fights to have an 'excuse' to pull out of the loan from his work and his mom to cover the surgery itself and the flights down to Florida and the hotel while I stay after surgery to make sure it's all ok.
Peachpie,
Thanks for the support! Actually my VSG surgeon DOES require a full battery of tests before surgery...and I must be approved or my surgery will be rescheduled. Also, he requires 2 weeks liquid protein shakes diet presurgery as well.
I would LOVE to hire a helper but my husband complains about EVERY SINGLE PENNY I ask. He's barely willing to BORROW the $10,500 for the surgery plus the about $2,000 I will need for flights and hotels down there.
Good morning,
High weight: 310
Last week's weight: 283.2
This week's weight:280.6
Total loss: 2.6
Almost 30 pounds. Omg.
High weight:310
Mo 1: 30
I think you cross-posted this on main board? Like I said before forget the Phentermine... you can get through the liquid diet. We all did, you will too... none of us got here because we had control over our eating. I wouldn't take anything unless the Bariatric Surgeon prescribed it.
I ma not sure what gastritis medication you are talking about but usually they put you on a PPI like omeprezole/prescription Prilosec after surgery, not before.
I understand the 'window' of help... I just had that with a recent surgery and it all came together in 2 weeks. That being said you may have been thinking about it for a decade (good) but those around you maybe a little freaked by the seemingly rash decision. So I agree, I would talk to someone along this process and keep coming back here.... you need support.
Testing should be established by the Bariatric Surgeon you are using. Talk to them. That being said I think the normal testing most insurance companies make people go through is way over the top... I had way more serious surgeries at close to 400lbs and nobody was making me do all the tests like I needed for bariatric surgery. Just my take. Most surgeries require at least an ekg, bllodwork, urine, chest x-ray- maybe...
Good Luck!
Cynthia 5'11" RNY 7/23/2014
Goal reached 17 months. 220lb Weight Loss
Plastic Surgery Dr. Joseph Michaels - LBL and Hernia Repair 2/29/16, Arm Lift, BL, 5/2/16, Leg Lift 7/25/16
#lifeisanadventure #fightthegoodfight #noregrets
Yay for inches! I told my surgeon about my arms- you took the skin off but those toned muscles are totally mine...worked and paid for.
I have been actually thanking God I had strong arms with this last surgery- not using my legs had to depend on my arms a lot to lift myself, lower myself, and move myself around...
Cynthia 5'11" RNY 7/23/2014
Goal reached 17 months. 220lb Weight Loss
Plastic Surgery Dr. Joseph Michaels - LBL and Hernia Repair 2/29/16, Arm Lift, BL, 5/2/16, Leg Lift 7/25/16
#lifeisanadventure #fightthegoodfight #noregrets
Congratulations on Goal!!
Cynthia 5'11" RNY 7/23/2014
Goal reached 17 months. 220lb Weight Loss
Plastic Surgery Dr. Joseph Michaels - LBL and Hernia Repair 2/29/16, Arm Lift, BL, 5/2/16, Leg Lift 7/25/16
#lifeisanadventure #fightthegoodfight #noregrets
"I can not touch snacks in the house for weeks... but then you have the one day or night and boom!"
5'6.5" High weight:337 Lowest weight:193/31 BMI: Goal: 195-205/31-32 BMI
