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I am not a newbie to OH, just to this forum. I was unaware that there was a forum for lightweights. I would like to introduce myself. My name is Christina, just turned 39 and I am married. I have 2 wonderful children - my son is 17 and my daughter is 11. My husband had RNY on Jan 12, 2011. I had my surgery on Feb 15, 2011. It is nice to have my hubby as my support and doing this adventure together. When I started this process I was at my highest weight - 220 lbs. That was May 2010. By the time I had my surgery I had managed to get down to 194 lbs. I probably could have lost more, but I did at one point eat everything possible that I thought i would not be able to have after surgery. I am happy to say that when I weighed myself Tuesday @ 3 weeks post op, I weighed 176.6 - a total of 17.4 lbs since surgery. I don't think that is too bad since I was technically a lightweight. I don't know if many of you had this experience, I even had nurses question me when I had this surgery telling me that I was not "big" enough for this. I have suffered from high chlosterol since I was 19 (not even diet changes helped - just genetic dispositioned I guess), high blood pressure from the age of 20 (when I got pregnant with my son it never came down). Then about 2 years ago I started having stomach issues. I was diagnosed with gastropersis. That was the main reason for having this surgery, but I am hoping that the rest of my health issues resolve with this surgery. I am hoping to reach at least 140 lbs, but 125 lbs would be really nice. I am not sure where I will be at the end of this journey, but I know right now I feel better than I have for years. Sorry for all the rambling. I am excited that there is actually a place that I can go to for support for lightweights

Welcome tp the LW forum Christina!    Cindy

Welcome aboard.  This is a great board as you will see.  Look back a few days and read the Light weight creed.  It will give you a little more info about us.  And feel free to join in anytime.

We LOVE Rambling!!!!  Welcome to our LW Board!!!!  I think it's awesome that you and your DH (darling husband)  had surgery together.  It's great that you will be able to share in this exciting ride.

Since we are all LW's we understand the "do you think you need surgery" comments.  It won't be long until you hear "when are you going to stop losing" and "your getting to thin" comments.  Enjoy them and start thinking up some really good answers because you are going to get them a lot. 

Does Cheer in your name mean your 11 year old is a Cheerleader? 

Yes - my daughter has been doing competitive cheer for 7 years now. We love it and she is very good, but she is good at everything she does. She also plays soccer and lacrosse and excels at both. She will soon have to decide what to do because in another 2 years she will be in high school and can't do the cheer and sports. My son also participates in sports thru the school season. He graduates this year though and is considering joining the Air Force, so I might not have him around too much longer. It's heartbreaking for me, but I know that it is his life and I will have to support him. I just hope the stress if he does join drives the scale to go up.

Who does she cheer for?  My DD (darling daughter) coaches the FCA GEMS.  Yeah...Another obsessed cheer Mom..Everyone on here knows I'm a crazy Cheer Mom.

My daughter cheers for All Star Fusion in Frederick, MD. This is our first year there. Not sure what next year will bring. Her team is doing awesome, taking many first places and several Grand Champs. We are headed to Daytona Beach next weekend for a National competition. I am hoping they do well and looking forward to getting out of this rainy cold weather and some place warmer. But she has been plagued with injuries this year so we might take a year off. I hope I am not one of those crazy cheer moms, but after 7 years, how can I not be....

I think I've seen Fusion. I'll have to check them out.  I was trying to think which teams were from MD but that one didn't come to mind.  How many teams does your gym have?  We have 13 and my DD Coaches them all.

We have a comp in Pittsburgh this weekend and then off to Virgina Beach.  I think I'm going to have to get my gall bladder out so I might miss that one.  I'll probably be ready to go to Columbus but I'm not going to miss Worlds though.

Good Luck in Daytona!!

Welcome to the LW board and glad you found us!!

What is your height?  I think the weight(s) you have targeted are very doable.  I set myself a higher goal initially and beat it by almost 20 lbs... you never know!!

I am 5'2". Before having children I weighed about 110 lbs. I am far from being nieve and thinking that I can get lower than 125. That is why if I can get at 140 lbs or less, I will be happy. I understand that most people gain 5-10 lbs back so if I could get to 125 lbs, that will allow me to have that weight gain without feeling horrible about where I am at. Although my medical conditions were the main reason for this surgery, so really any weight loss is a good thing for me