TIME FLIES...pics and a public service announcement...LONG

Paul C.
on 2/2/12 3:07 am - Cumming, GA

Awesome job!

Your pictures should serve proof to all the chics that they may not lose their boobies!

Paul C.
First 5K 9/27/20 46:32 - 11 weeks post op (PR 28:55 8/15/11)
First 10K 7/04/2011 1:03 First 15K 9/18/2011 1:37
First Half Marathon 10/02/2011 2:27:44 (PR 2:24:35)
First Half Ironman 9/30/12 7:32:04

Cleopatra_Nik
on 2/2/12 3:17 am - Baltimore, MD

RNY on 01/08/08

Oh to have that rack...I would never have to pay rent again! My girls are good to go volume wise. I just need some (fork) LIFT!

RNY Gastric Bypass 1-8-08 350/327/200 (HW/SW/CW). I spend most of my time playing with my food over at Bariatric Foodie - check me out!

Paul C.
on 2/2/12 3:21 am - Cumming, GA

RNY on 07/16/10

And for once I was trying to display some ummm tact? and avoid the term rack. BUT DAMN!

Paul C.
First 5K 9/27/20 46:32 - 11 weeks post op (PR 28:55 8/15/11)
First 10K 7/04/2011 1:03 First 15K 9/18/2011 1:37
First Half Marathon 10/02/2011 2:27:44 (PR 2:24:35)
First Half Ironman 9/30/12 7:32:04

Cleopatra_Nik
on 2/2/12 3:24 am - Baltimore, MD

RNY on 01/08/08

I'm a girl. I'm allowed to talk about my rack.

And I'm still reeling about your temptation living in your wife's bra which has been taken over by your baby daughter. My jaw was on the floor for a full two minutes off that one buddy!

RNY Gastric Bypass 1-8-08 350/327/200 (HW/SW/CW). I spend most of my time playing with my food over at Bariatric Foodie - check me out!

Paul C.
on 2/2/12 3:25 am - Cumming, GA

RNY on 07/16/10

at least you didn't shoot your drink out your nose! I have actually been credited with that happening!

Paul C.
First 5K 9/27/20 46:32 - 11 weeks post op (PR 28:55 8/15/11)
First 10K 7/04/2011 1:03 First 15K 9/18/2011 1:37
First Half Marathon 10/02/2011 2:27:44 (PR 2:24:35)
First Half Ironman 9/30/12 7:32:04

waitinggame
on 2/2/12 6:01 am - Bowie, MD

Oh, I lost them, but with enough $$ you can find anything Paul!! Rack courtesy of plastics! But thank you!! :)

Check out my blog--menumealplanning.com. Tales of making meal planning managable, family fodder, and everything else under the sun.

RNY 2/3/09, LBL/BL w/Augmentation 9/16/11
Start weight: 335 Current weight: 185 Goal weight: Whatever the hell I can maintain without driving myself insane!

*6.5 lost preop

pattymac65
on 2/2/12 3:29 am

RNY on 10/18/11

Thanks for sharing your story so honestly. I've felt myself way more emotional. I'm going to have a friend of mine read this and tell her to let me know if I get out of control.

waitinggame
on 2/2/12 6:04 am - Bowie, MD

Good for you for being proactive. Part of my problem was that when people close to me tried to express concern, I didn't realize what was going on and I just thought they were jealous of my weight loss and I shut them out. Had I known before things went crazy about possible issues with emotional issues and meds, I'd have been far more likely to listen. Great idea to make a trusted friend aware.

Hope you find your journey has very few bumps in the road!

Check out my blog--menumealplanning.com. Tales of making meal planning managable, family fodder, and everything else under the sun.

RNY 2/3/09, LBL/BL w/Augmentation 9/16/11
Start weight: 335 Current weight: 185 Goal weight: Whatever the hell I can maintain without driving myself insane!

*6.5 lost preop

Stephanie95678
on 2/2/12 3:46 am - Roseville, CA

Thank you so much for your "Public Service Announcement"! I'm in the pre-approval, hoop jumping through phase but have been a regular "lurker" for the past two years. I so appreciate your candidness and honesty in giving everyone the dirt on the post-honeymoon phase of WLS. I mostly see the pre-surgical struggle to get approved, the sugery and side effects, issues with food and the wonderfulness of losing weight. I known that there are big changes that we have to deal with - body image and food demons just to name a few, but I didn't really realize or appreciate the mental health side of this huge change. You've put in a lot of work and have paid your dues. You look MAH-volous and are just SMOKIN! Thanks again for the low down and I know that when it's my turn, I can go into my own WLS with my eyes wide open! Thanks a million!!

Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn't be done.

- Amelia Earhart

waitinggame
on 2/2/12 6:11 am - Bowie, MD

Thank you. I think what you describe is a huge part of what gets folks into trouble--everyone, necessasarily so, becomes so wrapped up in the process of getting the surgery that they either don't see or choose to ignore potential pitfalls of the surgery. I say choose to ignore because who of us doesn't want the magic of weight loss surgery to save us? Naturally we want to think we couldn't possibly fall victim to the negative aspects because then we might have to question our decision and those realizations might make us even more fearful of the surgery than we already are. I've known more than one person who had pre-existing mental health issues (who of us doesn't!) that should NEVER have had the surgery without intensive therapy and continued aftercare, yet they went ahead as fast as the process would allow and they have suffered miserably and have had significant regain.

I'm glad you are going into this with your eyes wide open!

Good luck to you!

Denise

Check out my blog--menumealplanning.com. Tales of making meal planning managable, family fodder, and everything else under the sun.

RNY 2/3/09, LBL/BL w/Augmentation 9/16/11
Start weight: 335 Current weight: 185 Goal weight: Whatever the hell I can maintain without driving myself insane!

*6.5 lost preop

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