ROLL CALL!! Oct 22, 2007

Hello another week has gone by and my current weight is 173.6. I will struggle, fight and make this last 3 lbs come off. I have not met a challenge yet but I guess I like to set the bar high. I decided to have this surgery when I just became so sick of myself and the no energy, overeating and inability to keep up with my kids and my life. There are a million reasons why I had this surgery. I would do it again and again and again. I am currently trying to help my husband thru the process. Jennifer

My High 307 Preop 259 Challenge Start 240 Last Week 228.6 This Week 223.3 Challenge Goal 225 I am under my challenge goal! Yippeee! So excited, if I lose a little more now it will give me a leg up on my New Years Goal The breaking point for me when I decided to have WLS was my mental state. I had become a prisoner to myself. I hated myself and what I had become. I would have meltdown after meltdown. I didn't even like to walk to the fax machine at work for fear someone would look at me. I also would get out of breath doing things like getting dressed, showering, crawling in bed, and walking up 1 flight of stairs. I have not had 1 regret regarding WLS. I thank God everyday that it has saved my life. No looking back now!

My weight this week is 155#'s, .5# loss for the week. 1 more # to go to my Halloween goal, and my personal goal. O.K. for the question of as to why I had the surgery, I was in constant pain, especially with my back, I had been diagnosed with sleep apnea, I was very unhappy with myself, couldn't do much daily activities and work or do much with my boys. I guess the breaking point for me was my daughter's wedding...I could hardly walk around during her reception because of the pain, and I was so tired of being tired and hurting and depressed all the time. I definitely would do this all over again. I'm down 119#'s and I'm able to work now, and doing outside activiteis with my boys and husband, and I feel so much better about myself.

Hi Leah, I'm at 207 this week, for a total loss of 81 pounds. I'm not gonna hit the Halloween goal, but I'm OK with that! My breaking point was buying the largest size available at Macys, Talbots, well, and every where else. I was out of control and couldn't figure out how to stop gaining weight.

Hi Lea, Sorry I missed last week; made an unexpected trip to Florida to help my sister with some stuff and didn't get online. I don't remember where I was two weeks ago, as when I click on "my posts" for some reason these posts to THIS particular msg board aren't shown on my list. That's annoying! Anyway, this week I'm at 163, so I know I've lost at least two-three pounds, and that gets me below my Halloween goal of 165 already! YAY! I'm really happy about that. I'm going to keep on truckin' and see how much more I might lose by the 31st. The reason that I had WLS was that my mom died in 2003 after having had diabetes since her early 40s, and had a heart attack as a result of those twenty years of the disease weakening her heart. There I was, approaching 40, and I weighed 300 pounds, much more than my mom ever did! My dr's told me to prepare to have diabetes within the next few years, too. I was already physically and emotionally feeling horrible as a result of carrying twice my body weight in fat; I didn't want to die early, too, as a result of it. So I researched this a lot and made my decision. I have not regretted it for ONE SINGLE DAY.

I've been out of town for five of the last seven days. For some reason eating well was much tougher this time. The food options weren't very good (I mean in terms of taste. I still made pretty good choices.), so I did snack more. And add that to the PMS gain! I have lost 3 of the 5 pounds of water weight gain, but I'm still up 2 pounds from two weeks ago. But I'm back on track this week, so maybe I'll get those 2 off this week and still get to goal by Halloween. My "breaking point" was reaching a point of understanding why people give up and just never get out of bed anymore. I hurt all the time. I couldn't even go into a store for more than 15 minutes. If I couldn't find a close parking spot, I just went home. I even hurt trying to sleep. I didn't have any of the co-morbidities except bad knees. But even I felt I had reached the point of looking monsterous. I'd see myself in the mirror and think of Jabba the Hut! I knew I couldn't diet this weight off and the surgery was my only option. I had some philosophical reservations about wls, so I had to work through those. Coming to understand obesity as a disease and wls as a medical treatment helped. And yes, now I wish I had done it years ago. I think of the options I could have had. Now I'm really ticked off about getting older because I feel so much younger than I have in years Sally 398/163/170

151 ugh Lea will I ever lose again. I was down more then I was up. Physically I was unable to do anything at all. I was so depressed. I have a grandaughter who was just born and a son who was 6. I realized I would not be able to have fun with them. Chase them around etc. I tried to lose weight for my daughters wedding eating only salad etc. After 3 months I had lost 10 lbs. I had my metabolism so slow I gained weight looking at food. My back was so bad. My doctor told me that surgery would not fix my back but it would make it better. It took almost 2 years to get approved. When I started I had a bmi at 36 and when I was done my bmi was 41.5. I would have this surgery again in a heartbeat. Although it has not made my back completely better it sure has made it a lot better. I am able to get around so much easier then I was before my surgery. If I die tomorrow I am glad I did this surgery. Brenda

Hello Lea, Current 218. I was walking one day and felt like I was going to die. My body hurt, My feet hurt and I just started to cry. I knew that day that I was going to Have the surgery. I felt I might not be around for my 2 year old. He needs me. I would do it all over again. It is worth it!

better late than never i'm down 4 pounds so very close.... or right at it whoohoo people are starting to question why i'm losing more weight all of a sudden telling me i'm too thin and I'm not... i promise... i go to surgeon monday to schedule tummy tuck, we'll see....

Same as last week 144.4 but my Halloween goal was 145, so I'm there. I had surgery b/c I had been sick of being overweight and failing at the whole diet thing, I had lost hundreds of pounds only to gain them back and then some. I also have lots of comorbidities.. type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol, hypertension I also had low back pain, plantar fascitis and stress incontinence not to mention no energy and after I got over 300 lbs I really just gave up on everything. I could barely breath and was so tired. I still worked 12 hour shifts as a floor nurse, not sure how I did this. Anyway, it was horribly hard and I knew I was facing a career change VERY soon if I didn't do something. My husband had RNY 1 year before I met him, his surgery was in 2002 so I got to see his journey. I finally bit the bullet and he never pushed me to have it, i told him I wanted it and he said he's see me through it and he has, hes my rock.