My 1 yr is on Fri. Posting before and after pics
Wanted to post today as I am going out of town for my 1 yr follow up visit and then visiting my friends. Not sure I was going to have access to a computer. I have met one goal but still wish to get to 135. Maybe I can by the end of the year. It has been an awesome experience and very glad I had the surgery. Day of surgery they I stopped taking 3 medicines, my insulin has dropped from 100 units a day to 25. Trying to eliminate my sleep apnea, but no go yet. Sure hoping it goes away.
Thanks everyone for your support along the way. I am struggling mentally that I have not succeeded like others but having to remind myself I cannot compare. I have done very well and will succeed......
http://www.obesityhelp.com/myoh/photos/770274/album/Weight-L oss-Pics3-jpg/
You should focus on the positives - you have lost over 80 lbs! That's a fantastic achievement for a lightweight (remember we have less excess body weight to lose, so we lose less actual lbs) And you look great in your pictures, and your insulin requirement has dropped as well.
Many of the posters have lost a little weight after 1 year - keep to the plan, and you may make your goal yet.
As for the sleep apnea - mine certainly hasn't gone away either - my sleep doc said after losing about 70 lbs it should be gone, but instead, it got worse..... I've adjusted to the fact that the cpap machine will be my bedfellow forever. Not too high a price to pay for energy during the day, and blood oxygen levels where they are supposed to be.
Consult:239 SW:217 1mo:195 2mo:182 3mo:169 6mo:139 9mo GOAL CW: +2 from underweight
HW-298 SW-251 Loss/Month post RNY(1)-23.5,(2)-23.3,(3)-9.9,(4)-10.6,(5)-8.9,(6)-7.7,(7)-4.2,(8)-7.5,(9)-1.7,(10)-10.8*first goal reached*,(11)-6,(12)-1.3,(13)-0.3,(14)+2.9-*changed scales that weigh 2lbs heavier*,(15)-0.3(16)-4.7(17),+5.8(18)-1.5,(19)+4.4,(20)-+4,(21)-1.2,(22)+3.5,(23)
--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
Just kiddinggggg! ;-)
Stick to your program and the rest will come off, I bet. You have 6 more months of "honeymoon" and lots of folks have kept losing after that. You can do it, eat right and move your body. it will work.
66 yrs young, 4'11" hw 220, goal 120 met at 12 months, cw 129 learning Maintainance
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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
Wow. And Ruthie I appreciate the offer to tie my hands, but think I will pass on that. Thank you tho...I know that I will do fine. I am very good about sticking to my plan, but I am human and do on occasion eat something I shouldnt or maybe more than I should. I have made this a life long commitment.
