X-post; One year Update

Oh, what a year. To summarize…

The UGLY… My actual surgery went great. I walked out of the hospital feeling great. Although I was never in pain, a few weeks later I got really sick and then a month later I was in ICU, on then TPN 24/7. I don’t want to do that again.

Bad…Although I was not shocked because I read this board, I developed bad “acneÂ", dry skin, bad breath and lost most of my hair. Luckily everything has changed so everything has cleared up and my hair is growing back (kinda). Now, I have to work on the smelly gas.

Good…I have lost all my weight and I am still losing albeit much slower. I never set a weight goal so I didn’t and still don’t care what the scale shows or the size of my clothes. For reference I wear between a 2 and 8 pants depending on cut and small/ medium tops. I wear what looks good on me without caring what the number is hence the large size range.

Great…The first time I saw my surgeon, he called me a “metabolic messÂ". He stated that I was dealt a really bad hand with all the medical issues that are usually associated with someone that was twice my size. Well, no more. I am off all prescription medication that I was previously on. I am taking one prescription for potassium. My potassium levels do not want to change even with supplementing *** maybe that should be under bad). All my other blood ranges are wonderful.

Exercise: I exercise at least six times a week formally and get in approximately nine hours of workouts a week. I am not addicted to it and have to force myself to do it but I like how my skin, hair and body look with it. Besides I know that my supplements work better when I exercise.

A1C: During pre-blood work 9.3 at one year 5.1

Statistics: HW 276 BMI 41 SW 249.7 BMI 39.1 Today 146.4 BMI 22.9 (Height used 5'7" but I am 5'7.5")

My monthly weight loss

Month Loss

1 27.7
2 21.6
3 8.4
4 9.2
5 4.8
6 6.2
7 13.0
8 0
9 6.6
10 3.0
11 0
12 2.8

On to the a couple of pictures. I still hate cameras and am a little unsure about posting these but what the heck...

Before




Now

Thanks for sharing your story.  I'm 5'7" as well, and I hope I do as well as you did.  Congrats

You will do fantastic. You are already doing great!

Happy surgiversary, Ms Doll   You sure had us scared when you disappeared after surgery. I'm so glad you were on top of things and they took care of you. Your pics look great. You've done an awesome job.

--gina

 We now call that stage of my life the re-boot stage. My body said it needed to shut down and re-boot to start the system upgrade. All the "bugs" are out of the system and it is now running smooth. Yes, I am a nerd.

 

Oh my gosh, what a transformation.  You look great and after a rough beginning, have done great. 

congratulations on a wonderful year. 

Thank you, Price.  I feel as if I am transformed. I raise my protein coffee for that.

Now, when can I ride those ponies?

Whenever you can get here, you can ride. 

wow! You look wonderful and I am glad that you are now feeling good too..keep it up and thanks for posting! nice to hear from people who had a rough start but got through it..

Thanks. It was because of stories that I read on the board that I knew when I wasn't doing so well that I would get through. Hey, others had been through the same or worst. That's why I posted.