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on 8/1/12 1:19 am
on 8/1/12 1:19 am
What do you expect that having RNY gastric bypass surgery will do for you? I expected it to serve as a tool to help me lose most if not all of my excess weight quickly and enable me to achieve success in getting to and maintaiing a healthy weight.
What do you expect that your life will be like when you get to your goal? It will be a lot like it is now that I have lost 87 pounds - better than it was preop when I struggled with constant hunger and feelings of defeat from nothing working to maintain weight loss - but life wont be perfect when I readch my goal. I will look better and feel better and have more energy but it will take effort to maintain my goal weight.
What do you expect that you'll feel like when you get to that goal? Excited and accomplished and healthy.
What do you expect that you'll have to do, in addition to eating right and moving, to get to your goal and maintain your success? Being conscious of why I am eating so that I avoid emotional eating. Developing and utilizing support and coping systems so that I can deal with issues and feelings as they arise instead of turning to food for comfort and support. I will also need to be honest with myself about how much I m eating by logging my food intake - it's way too easy to forget about the nibbles that contribute to weight gain.
What do you expect that your life will be like when you get to your goal? It will be a lot like it is now that I have lost 87 pounds - better than it was preop when I struggled with constant hunger and feelings of defeat from nothing working to maintain weight loss - but life wont be perfect when I readch my goal. I will look better and feel better and have more energy but it will take effort to maintain my goal weight.
What do you expect that you'll feel like when you get to that goal? Excited and accomplished and healthy.
What do you expect that you'll have to do, in addition to eating right and moving, to get to your goal and maintain your success? Being conscious of why I am eating so that I avoid emotional eating. Developing and utilizing support and coping systems so that I can deal with issues and feelings as they arise instead of turning to food for comfort and support. I will also need to be honest with myself about how much I m eating by logging my food intake - it's way too easy to forget about the nibbles that contribute to weight gain.
What do you expect that having RNY gastric bypass surgery will do for you?
Liz: RNY will allow me to have more confidence, be healthier & more active and be yummier. I am a happy person now. I expect to be a happy person then. I just think I'll have the confidence to pursue more challenges and not let the fear of failure play as big of a role in my life as it does now.
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What do you expect that your life will be like when you get to your goal?
Liz: I will be able to fully participate in life's activities. I hope I won't have to craft excuses to get out of optional physical exertions. I will physically participate in life because I can bend and move in greater comfort with less distress, embarassment, sweating, etc. My life may change but I expect to remain the same happy, confident, upbeat, hardworking and committed person I am today.
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What do you expect that you'll feel like when you get to that goal?
Liz: Wow. I expect I will feel amazingly blessed to have actually REACHED a goal. Diets and other eating plans always left me to fall short of goals. Did I give up prematurely? Perhaps. Did it suck regardless? Oh yeah. To be at goal would feel awesome and freeing.
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What do you expect that you'll have to do, in addition to eating right and moving, to get to your goal and maintain your success?
Liz: I expect that maintaining success will not always be a walk in the park and that I will face many challenges. I will have to make compliance with the rules and rigors of the RNY lifestyle my top priority. That will include putting myself and my needs ahead of others (this will be an ever evolving challenge unto itself). I will also have to actively tune in and participate with RNY boards and groups to maintain a connection and remind myself of why I had the surgery in the first place. I will also seek support to maintain my focus on maintaining/managing my successful loss.
Liz: RNY will allow me to have more confidence, be healthier & more active and be yummier. I am a happy person now. I expect to be a happy person then. I just think I'll have the confidence to pursue more challenges and not let the fear of failure play as big of a role in my life as it does now.
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What do you expect that your life will be like when you get to your goal?
Liz: I will be able to fully participate in life's activities. I hope I won't have to craft excuses to get out of optional physical exertions. I will physically participate in life because I can bend and move in greater comfort with less distress, embarassment, sweating, etc. My life may change but I expect to remain the same happy, confident, upbeat, hardworking and committed person I am today.
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What do you expect that you'll feel like when you get to that goal?
Liz: Wow. I expect I will feel amazingly blessed to have actually REACHED a goal. Diets and other eating plans always left me to fall short of goals. Did I give up prematurely? Perhaps. Did it suck regardless? Oh yeah. To be at goal would feel awesome and freeing.
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What do you expect that you'll have to do, in addition to eating right and moving, to get to your goal and maintain your success?
Liz: I expect that maintaining success will not always be a walk in the park and that I will face many challenges. I will have to make compliance with the rules and rigors of the RNY lifestyle my top priority. That will include putting myself and my needs ahead of others (this will be an ever evolving challenge unto itself). I will also have to actively tune in and participate with RNY boards and groups to maintain a connection and remind myself of why I had the surgery in the first place. I will also seek support to maintain my focus on maintaining/managing my successful loss.
What do you expect that having RNY gastric bypass will do for you? I expect that the surgery will give me the tool I need to be able to lose the weight that is stealing my health and my life. The surgery really doesn't do this for me it just enables me to make the right choices to take my life back.
What do you expect that your life will be like when you get to your goal?
I expect my life will be much like it is today because I have already made diet changes and am excercising before surgery. I am hoping after surgery though to have less pain as I do all these things. Also hopefully I will have more energy and get back to camping and boating like I did before I gained all this weight.
What do you expect that you will feel like when you get to that goal?
Hopefully I will feel healthier, more energetic, and will have better blood pressure and cholesterol than I do now. It will be nice to be able to walk up a flight of stairs and not be so winded!
What do you expect that you'll have to do, in addition to eating right and moving to get to your goal and maintain your success?
I expect that I will need to continue to eat mindfully and deal with emotions in ways other eating. I expect that I will need to choose to make good choices each and every day and that I will need to seek out support here and at a local support group. When I am struggling I will need to record my foods and continue to follow rules like protein first and no drinking with meals.
What do you expect that your life will be like when you get to your goal?
I expect my life will be much like it is today because I have already made diet changes and am excercising before surgery. I am hoping after surgery though to have less pain as I do all these things. Also hopefully I will have more energy and get back to camping and boating like I did before I gained all this weight.
What do you expect that you will feel like when you get to that goal?
Hopefully I will feel healthier, more energetic, and will have better blood pressure and cholesterol than I do now. It will be nice to be able to walk up a flight of stairs and not be so winded!
What do you expect that you'll have to do, in addition to eating right and moving to get to your goal and maintain your success?
I expect that I will need to continue to eat mindfully and deal with emotions in ways other eating. I expect that I will need to choose to make good choices each and every day and that I will need to seek out support here and at a local support group. When I am struggling I will need to record my foods and continue to follow rules like protein first and no drinking with meals.
What will RNY do for me?
It will help me lose the weight so I can have more energy and be a better more active Mom and person in general.
GOAL?
I will be at a better weight, I will have more energy, I will be able to do the stuff I sit at the sidelines and watch now. White water rafting. Hiking. Rides at the water park, horse back riding, zip lining. And learning how to cumbia and salsa dance without stopping after one song. I will be able to move better.
What will it feel like at goal?
I have no idea, I'm going to have to learn to maintain my weightloss so it might be a little scary at first, especially since I hide behind my weight. I'd like to say its going to be amazing and the heavens will part and the angels will sing but I just don't know.
What am I going to need to do besides diet and exercise?
Counceling, I'm going to need to develop new coping skills so I quit hiding behind my weight. I'm going to need to develop new coping skills so I don't eat my feelings. I'm going to need to come to terms with some issues, but I know this and I'm ready to do the work.
Cherie
It will help me lose the weight so I can have more energy and be a better more active Mom and person in general.
GOAL?
I will be at a better weight, I will have more energy, I will be able to do the stuff I sit at the sidelines and watch now. White water rafting. Hiking. Rides at the water park, horse back riding, zip lining. And learning how to cumbia and salsa dance without stopping after one song. I will be able to move better.
What will it feel like at goal?
I have no idea, I'm going to have to learn to maintain my weightloss so it might be a little scary at first, especially since I hide behind my weight. I'd like to say its going to be amazing and the heavens will part and the angels will sing but I just don't know.
What am I going to need to do besides diet and exercise?
Counceling, I'm going to need to develop new coping skills so I quit hiding behind my weight. I'm going to need to develop new coping skills so I don't eat my feelings. I'm going to need to come to terms with some issues, but I know this and I'm ready to do the work.
Cherie
What do you expect that having RNY gastric bypass surgery will do for you?
Pardon me - I am being brutally honest here...
Give me control over my own self destructive behaviors (self-control.) And give me the tools to become a healthier person.
What do you expect that your life will be like when you get to your goal?
Life will not be the same - in just a few weeks it has changed already. I now exercise, not short of breath taking walks. I am loving it and can't wait for more!!
What do you expect that you'll feel like when you get to that goal?
Already feeling good - can't wait to feel even better.
What do you expect that you'll have to do, in addition to eating right and moving, to get to your goal and maintain your success?
Participate daily in some type of support group such as this one. Eating and exercise do alot but I need the reminders for my self-control.
Pardon me - I am being brutally honest here...
Give me control over my own self destructive behaviors (self-control.) And give me the tools to become a healthier person.
What do you expect that your life will be like when you get to your goal?
Life will not be the same - in just a few weeks it has changed already. I now exercise, not short of breath taking walks. I am loving it and can't wait for more!!
What do you expect that you'll feel like when you get to that goal?
Already feeling good - can't wait to feel even better.
What do you expect that you'll have to do, in addition to eating right and moving, to get to your goal and maintain your success?
Participate daily in some type of support group such as this one. Eating and exercise do alot but I need the reminders for my self-control.
What do you expect that having RNY gastric bypass surgery will do for you?
I expect it to help me lose the excess weight I've been carrying and thus free me to be more active and involved in my own life.
What do you expect that your life will be like when you get to your goal?
More active and more pro-active. I'm most interested in how people at work will see/look at me differently and if that will change my position at all.
What do you expect that you'll feel like when you get to that goal?
I expect to feel much more energetic and to be more active. (My goal is to start cycling to work)
What do you expect that you'll have to do, in addition to eating right and moving, to get to your goal and maintain your success?
For me I know it's going to be all about regimental portion control. That's always been my issue, eating too much of the good stuff rather than binging on the bad.
I expect it to help me lose the excess weight I've been carrying and thus free me to be more active and involved in my own life.
What do you expect that your life will be like when you get to your goal?
More active and more pro-active. I'm most interested in how people at work will see/look at me differently and if that will change my position at all.
What do you expect that you'll feel like when you get to that goal?
I expect to feel much more energetic and to be more active. (My goal is to start cycling to work)
What do you expect that you'll have to do, in addition to eating right and moving, to get to your goal and maintain your success?
For me I know it's going to be all about regimental portion control. That's always been my issue, eating too much of the good stuff rather than binging on the bad.
What do I expect that having RNY will do for me?-- I'm hoping to be a healthier person and a better role model for my children
what do I expect my life will be like when I get to my goal?-- I expect to be a more active family, do more things together, and generally be a healthier version of ourselves
What do I expect I'll feel when you I get to that goal?--Happy and Relieved
what do I expect that I'll have to do to get to my goal and maintain?--I expect ALOT of hard work, working on old habits and constantly pushing myself to do better.
what do I expect my life will be like when I get to my goal?-- I expect to be a more active family, do more things together, and generally be a healthier version of ourselves
What do I expect I'll feel when you I get to that goal?--Happy and Relieved
what do I expect that I'll have to do to get to my goal and maintain?--I expect ALOT of hard work, working on old habits and constantly pushing myself to do better.
HW: 357.2 SW: 333 5'2" Age:45
pre-op: 24.2 M1: 24.8 M2: 15
What do you expect that having RNY gastric bypass surgery will do for you?
Lose excess weight to maintain a healthy body and lifestyle by re-learning how to eat to live, not live to eat. To not be the one in the family that passes away like my gram at age 62 from heart disease and kidney failure/diabetes because of obesity or other lifestyle issues (gram's mom passed away at age 62 as well)
What do you expect that your life will be like when you get to your goal?
Healthier body-->yes...-more movement daily without being exhausted with heavy breathing a few minutes into the activity...Happy about my new healthier body-->heck yeah!
What do you expect that you'll feel like when you get to that goal?
Elated that my hard work and determination and lifestyle changes helped along with my RNY to get me to my healthy-body goal. Will I have a happier mind?-->I'm not expecting a change in emotional feelings because of my surgery, that will be a daily work in progress.
What do you expect that you'll have to do, in addition to eating right and moving, to get to your goal and maintain your success?
Maintain lifestyle changes for life-live my life one day at a time, keep going to my group sessions and believing in myself-respect myself.
Lose excess weight to maintain a healthy body and lifestyle by re-learning how to eat to live, not live to eat. To not be the one in the family that passes away like my gram at age 62 from heart disease and kidney failure/diabetes because of obesity or other lifestyle issues (gram's mom passed away at age 62 as well)
What do you expect that your life will be like when you get to your goal?
Healthier body-->yes...-more movement daily without being exhausted with heavy breathing a few minutes into the activity...Happy about my new healthier body-->heck yeah!
What do you expect that you'll feel like when you get to that goal?
Elated that my hard work and determination and lifestyle changes helped along with my RNY to get me to my healthy-body goal. Will I have a happier mind?-->I'm not expecting a change in emotional feelings because of my surgery, that will be a daily work in progress.
What do you expect that you'll have to do, in addition to eating right and moving, to get to your goal and maintain your success?
Maintain lifestyle changes for life-live my life one day at a time, keep going to my group sessions and believing in myself-respect myself.
HW 327 SW 290 CW 240 GW 150 ~Luanne~
What do you expect that having RNY gastric bypass surgery will do for you?
Help me to lose weight, and mitigate current health concerns. I have high blood pressure and diabetes, though I haven't needed meds for the diabetes. I was off my blood pressure meds within the first month, and my blood sugars have been under 100 almost all the time,
Then there's the quality of life things too, like being able to move more easily, being able to get up from the ground with a modicum of dignity if I fall or choose to sit on the grass.
What do you expect that your life will be like when you get to your goal?
Disclaimer here... I don't actually have a goal set. Not yet. I want to see where I get to during the first year or so, and then evaluate. I don't want to set myself up for feeling like a failure if I don't reach some arbitrary number. My surgeon doesn't set goals, either.
That said, I expect that I'll have a lot more energy and be able to keep up with normal activity levels, and be able to participate in things without feeling as self-conscious. I expect that I'll be able to shop in regular clothing sizes -- which I've never done in my life, so that will be both exciting and scary.
What do you expect that you'll feel like when you get to that goal?
I have no idea. I've been overweight my entire life. I don't have a clue what it's like to not be the biggest person in the room. But I hope that I'll feel wonderful and that it will be a huge boost to my confidence and willingness to put myself forward.
What do you expect that you'll have to do, in addition to eating right and moving, to get to your goal and maintain your success?
I expect that I'll have to always be conscious of what I'm eating. I'll have to retrain myself to do other things when I would have reached for food. I may choose to see a therapist, but the thought of finding someone that I can work with feels a bit overwhelming. I've never liked trying to find service providers.
Help me to lose weight, and mitigate current health concerns. I have high blood pressure and diabetes, though I haven't needed meds for the diabetes. I was off my blood pressure meds within the first month, and my blood sugars have been under 100 almost all the time,
Then there's the quality of life things too, like being able to move more easily, being able to get up from the ground with a modicum of dignity if I fall or choose to sit on the grass.
What do you expect that your life will be like when you get to your goal?
Disclaimer here... I don't actually have a goal set. Not yet. I want to see where I get to during the first year or so, and then evaluate. I don't want to set myself up for feeling like a failure if I don't reach some arbitrary number. My surgeon doesn't set goals, either.
That said, I expect that I'll have a lot more energy and be able to keep up with normal activity levels, and be able to participate in things without feeling as self-conscious. I expect that I'll be able to shop in regular clothing sizes -- which I've never done in my life, so that will be both exciting and scary.
What do you expect that you'll feel like when you get to that goal?
I have no idea. I've been overweight my entire life. I don't have a clue what it's like to not be the biggest person in the room. But I hope that I'll feel wonderful and that it will be a huge boost to my confidence and willingness to put myself forward.
What do you expect that you'll have to do, in addition to eating right and moving, to get to your goal and maintain your success?
I expect that I'll have to always be conscious of what I'm eating. I'll have to retrain myself to do other things when I would have reached for food. I may choose to see a therapist, but the thought of finding someone that I can work with feels a bit overwhelming. I've never liked trying to find service providers.
5'3" High wt: 327 Consult wt: 319 Surg wt: 284.3 Curr wt: 249.4
RNY 5/30/2012
RNY 5/30/2012
What do you expect that having RNY gastric bypass surgery will do for you?
It has changed the way that I treat food. I am terrified to eat anything with sugars, white flour, eggs and meats of any kind. I no longer live to eat, I have been eating to live. My food choices have improved tremendously and I choose to eat food in its most simple form.
What do you expect that your life will be like when you get to your goal?
I will continue to eat for nutrition and not as a hobby. I am not waiting for my life to begin once I reach my goal weight. I am making positive changes now that I will hopefully be able to maintain.
What do you expect that you'll feel like when you get to that goal?
Elation a sense of satisfaction on a job well done! Then I will come back down to earth and keep it moving!
What do you expect that you'll have to do, in addition to eating right and moving, to get to your goal and maintain your success?
Continue to monitor my bloodwork, keep my food journaling going and live the best life that I can!
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