TIME FOR A WLS GRADS ROLL CALL

Hi Kathy, From a "Professional Lurker"; who has been a member since 1999 and can count on one hand the number of times I responded to a post.. My name is Char and I had RNY almost 7 years ago on August 28, 2000.  My highest weight was was 240 and my weight on the day of surgery was 232.  My goal weight was 150 but my lowest weight was 139.  My weight had climbed back up to 181 pounds 2 years ago.  I was very discouraged but continued to lurk the boards where I find encouragement to keep up the lifestyle changes required to make my journey a success. I decided that I was not going to "diet' again. I joined Curves and was able to lose 11 pounds to my current weight of 170 which I have pretty much maintained.  My biggest struggle is trying to cut down on the grazing and making better food choices. I am trying to use a common sense approach when making food choices and being consistent with the exercise.  Knowing that I can come and lurk on the boards for encouragement has made me believe that I can get back to my goal weight of 150 pounds.   Best Wishes, Char S

1.  First name or name you go by on the boards: Kathy;   5'  8 1/2" tall 2.  Surgery type: RNY 3.  Surgery date: 10/16/03 4.  How far post-op: 3 1/2 years  5.  Highest weight: 313 6.  Day of sugery weight: 283 7.  Goal weight: 155 8.  Current weight: 180 9.  Low weight post-op if different than current weight: 137 10.  Biggest struggle as a post-op: Emotional Eating, exercising regularly (SAME AS PRE-OP...Imagine that!!)

1.  First name or name you go by on the boards: Marianne or TberryRose 2.  Surgery type: Lap RNY 3.  Surgery date: 09/28/04 4.  How far post-op: 2.8 yrs 5.  Highest weight: 285 6.  Day of sugery weight: 285.   7.  Goal weight: 150.  8.  Current weight: 160.   9.  Low weight post-op if different than current weight: 150 10. Biggest struggle as a post-op: Sugar and chocolate cravings and  trying to get motivated to exercise faithfully

1.  First name or name you go by on the boards        Ready4Achange 2.  Surgery type       Open RNY 3.  Surgery date      September 28,2005 4.  How far post-op       19 months out 5.  Highest weight      334 day of consultation 6.  Day of sugery weight      321 7.  Goal weight      190 for now 8.  Current weight      215 9.  Low weight post-op if different than current weight      212 lowest so far... 10.  Biggest struggle as a post-op       Snacking/grazing not exercising as much as I should.

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1.  First name or name you go by on the boards  Linda JS 2.  Surgery type  Open RNY 3.  Surgery date  October 2002 4.  How far post-op 4 1/2 years 5.  Highest weight  320 6.  Day of sugery weight 312 7.  Goal weight  175 8.  Current weight 192 9.  Low weight post-op if different than current weight 180 10.  Biggest struggle as a post-op  not eating junk

1.  Laura - o2bnob 2.  RNY 3.  Sept. 27, 2005 4.  1 year and 7-1/2 months 5.  approx. 350 lbs. 6.  343 lbs. 7.  anything less than 150, preferrably around 135. 8.  176 lbs.  (2 weeks ago @ doctor's office) 9.  doesn't apply. 10.  My biggest struggle is the hanging skin.  I am praying to be able to have a tummy tuck, but I also exercise. I walk a lot and also do 30 - 45 minutes of resistance training approx. 4-6 times a week.  The worst areas, besides my stomach, are my upper arms and my thighs.  I want so much to be able to wear shorts and tank tops without the jiggling skin.

1.  First name or name you go by on the boards: Shalom 2.  Surgery type: RNY 3.  Surgery date: 11/29/2005 4.  How far post-op: 1.5 years 5.  Highest weight: 440 6.  Day of sugery weight: 427 7.  Goal weight: 275 8.  Current weight: 270 (-: 9.  Low weight post-op if different than current weight: n/a 10.  Biggest struggle as a post-op: not going broke buying new clothes!

1. Cindy 2. open rny 3.1/30/03  3. 4 yrs 5. 304 6.192 7. 150 8.155 9. 143 10. i am still addicted to sweets!

Bruce open RNY 11/27/01 6 yrs 303 303 165 185 145 grazing all day and maintaining

 

Hi Everyone, my first time on this particular board. 1.  CT (Carole Todd) 2.  Open RNY 3.  6 May 2003 4.  5 yrs 5.  291 lbs 6.  291 lbs 7.  170 lbs 8.  215 lbs 9.  185 lbs 10.  Emotional eating