Huge NSV.........
Prior to surgery all of my post surgery goals were physical....I do not have a goal weight. My BIGGEST physical goal was to be able to hike a trail near my parent's house that my father has hiked with both my brothers. It is the Grandfather Mountain Profile Trail and it is 3.5 miles up and 3.5 miles down......basically hiking a mountain! My older brother and his wife came up to visit my parents this weekend and my dad said he wanted to hike the Profile trail again with them. I said I would join them for the first mile or so (I have done this before)....but that I wasn't ready for the whole trail (I thought MAYBE I would be in good enough strength in the fall). We started it and I did fine on the inclines and they kept encouraging me so I kept going. What I realized at the top is that I no longer have to limit myself. I have been overweight my entire adult life and so many thing I just did not do because I couldn't do them. I DON"T have to do this any longer. I can now try things and feel somewhat confident that I can do them or soon will be able to. This has been a great lesson for me and I PRAY I can hold on to this in the years ahead.
(We hiked for 6.5 hrs.....this was one rocky trail at the high end!!).
~~Jennifer
--gina
5'1" -- HW 195/SW 187/GW 115 July 08/CW 121 Dec 2012
******GOAL*******
Starting BMI between 35 and 40ish?
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DS on Aug 9, 2007 with Dr. Hazem Elariny
HW-218/SW-208/CW-126/ Lowest Weight-121/Goal-125 - hit 8/23/09/Height-5'3"
Regain 30 lbs from 2012 to 2016 - got back on track and lost it. Took 8 months.
90+/- pounds lost BMI - 24 or so
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66 yrs young, 4'11" hw 220, goal 120 met at 12 months, cw 129 learning Maintainance
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Liz
Duodenal Switch (Lap) 01-24-11 | Surgeon: Stephen Boyce | High weight: 250 in 2002 | Surgery weight: 203 | Lowest weight: 121 | Current weight: 135 | Goal weight: 135
