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chellelynn3
on 11/13/12 1:41 am - san bernardino, CA
Topic: RE: Your stories!

I have also gotten the "you don't look like you weigh that much" from others my whole life! And in all honesty I think that is true, I am larger boned and muscular as well, on my dad's side of the family obesity runs ramped! I am tall too at 5" 8" and I am solid! When I weighed about 240 lb's my best friend was shocked when I told her I weighed that much, she said she would have guessed about 175ish.... now I weigh a little over 200 and I really don't know what I look like I weigh?? The PS I am wanting to work with says he would like his patients to be about 20 lb's away from goal because that gives him more to work with, he takes excess haning fat from other areas and uses it to reshape the butt and breasts!  I looked at your pic's, you look great! Congrats to you! Do you think you will be putting any before and afters of your PS? I plan to do that myself (and set it to private so only those I give a password to can see them). Honestly my arms bother me so much, I think that is one of the very first things I will have done, I know it is not an ideal situation but I would rather hide the scars then hide the flab, I am very self conscious about  raising my arms in front of people or wearing tank tops without a sweater over it etc...  I think I will add my story today, just need to get some stuff done around the house first!

Michelle Hendrickson Holistic Health Coach http://www.gracioushealth.net

Supergirl7877
on 11/13/12 12:42 am
Topic: RE: Internist Appt. NSV
Thank you...45 mins in the car so far. I feel good. I hadn't been out of the house for a week!

I also remember when we did Adkins once....my brother and I would put redi whip (the stuff in the can) in a bowl and freeze it. We would then put some Adkins sf syrup on it....I do not know if the calorie count would make a difference though.

Also, for what it is worth, I get my ice cream fix on McDonald's comes at like 160 calories per cone. If we buy ice cream for the house it is single serve cups usually. Also, if it is in a gallon we eat out of glass measuring bowls so the kiddos see what a serving is.
DebColCam
on 11/12/12 11:52 pm - Canada
Topic: RE: Internist Appt. NSV
Safe drive! Let us know how the PS appt goes. Hope you are getting lots of rest. Take Care
Supergirl7877
on 11/12/12 10:16 pm
Topic: RE: Internist Appt. NSV
You have to check this out.....you have to change your tastes just a little....but this thing is amazing!!

http://m.yonanas.com/. Or google yonanas...I see that is the mobile site

I will keep thinking. I have a 2.5 hour drive today to go see the ps.
DebColCam
on 11/12/12 9:25 pm - Canada
Topic: RE: Internist Appt. NSV
Ice cream is our biggest down fall. Last few nights we have been eating a lot of raspberries. He likes apple crisp too. That I can do low sugar. Any ideas would be helpful. Thanks
Supergirl7877
on 11/12/12 12:58 pm
Topic: RE: Internist Appt. NSV
Awesome!!! Keep it up...I asked in your other thread...what is it you and your husband enjoy eating? I have tons of tweaked recipes!
DebColCam
on 11/12/12 11:33 am - Canada
Topic: Internist Appt. NSV
I saw my small town medical internist today. I just love him! He is older gent and very "old school". Got results of my colonoscopy and everything is fine. I have been ping ponged around to a number of specialists lately and quite frankly getting tired of it. As a Canadian I am very grateful for our health care coverage, but see a lot of over lapping and waste of resources. I digress... Anyway I have been polling the different specialists I have seen about WLS. Today I asked old Dr F what he thought and he said Debbie dear you are not big enough. At 250 lbs not Big Enough! Did I mention that I love Lovelove this old guy! Seriously though we did chat about it. He feels that it should be the procedure of last resort for the super obese. Told me that his patients that have gone that route are unhappy and have many serious after affects. Problems almost always develop with the bowels, stomach and endocrine systems. He is going to continue to treat me and my co-morbids. Not big enough! Priceless! Made my day. Awesome NSV!
Supergirl7877
on 11/12/12 9:49 am
Topic: RE: Your stories!

Most of my weight was in my tummy and thighs.  I was well distributed actually and often heard "you can't weigh that much!"  But I did.   My arms are loose as well but I am not ready to live with the scars.  I get a lot of compliments on how toned they are but boy do the flap when I am brushing my teeth!  I could probably use some work in the back but I hope what I have had done resolved some of extra skin that migrated back there.

My thighs don't feel too awful. Actually so much of the area is suprisingly numb.  I am cut from the front of the pubic area, through the groin, and slightly into the butt crease.  I was also cut vertically about six inches down....I would not have gone to my knee but that is my own vanity and thankfully he never recommended to the knee but just up high.  I think my lift chair has helped since it will dump me out.  The most painful part has been the drains in the thighs....and sitting on hard (like toilet) surfaces.  Those are the butt crese incisions....otherwise I feel pretty groovy painwise.  The emotional roller coaster is still running wild though....

chellelynn3
on 11/12/12 6:45 am - san bernardino, CA
Topic: RE: Your stories!

Thanks for the tip! I am pretty close to goal, my goal is not concrete though, and I fluctuate in my weight by 4 or 5 lb's up and down, the last 20 something pounds have been the hardest and slowest to come off, however I continue to lose size. I always carried most of my weight in my hips thighs and butt, at my largest I was wearing a sz 28 in pants today I am wearing a sz 14 in pants, in Shirts I was in a 3xl and today most of my shirts are M or L in dresses before I was in like a 24 and now I am in a 12.... How do your thighs feel? that is where I really need the most work done, however that is where I am dreading recover the most!     

Michelle Hendrickson Holistic Health Coach http://www.gracioushealth.net

Supergirl7877
on 11/12/12 5:22 am
Topic: RE: Your stories!
. I actually live in a rural area of Wyoming. My surgery was done in Salt Lake City, UT. Are you close to goal? The surgeon I went to works with a bariatric office. There are several down there that do. If I may, get in the best shape of your life....I have no idea how anyone who isn't in top notch shape can make a recovery from this!
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