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Topic: RE: WALK FROM OBESITY UPDATE
That is a wow moment. Congratulations on this accomplishment. I'm so glad you were able to do this walk and for sharing it with our group.
Keep up the good work~
Keep up the good work~
Topic: RE: Thinking about getting vertical gastric sleeve
Hi Donna,
I had RNY on 12-21-09. It was hard emotionally but not too much physically. It was at about the 8-9 week post surgery point that I had no regrets. Up to that point I went back & forth with what have I done to I did the right/best thing. Search your heart and you'll know.
I think I have a better/normal relationship to food most of the time. I eat becuase I need nutrition. I do miss a few things but I really try to look at ALL I can eat not what I can't or shouldn't.
My quality of life is so much better. I feel great, can walk without pain. I have more confidence. I'm beginning to love myself again.
Keep me posted on how you are.
I don't know anyone personally that had the VSG. I've read from folks that have and are happy.
Blessings~
Annie
I had RNY on 12-21-09. It was hard emotionally but not too much physically. It was at about the 8-9 week post surgery point that I had no regrets. Up to that point I went back & forth with what have I done to I did the right/best thing. Search your heart and you'll know.
I think I have a better/normal relationship to food most of the time. I eat becuase I need nutrition. I do miss a few things but I really try to look at ALL I can eat not what I can't or shouldn't.
My quality of life is so much better. I feel great, can walk without pain. I have more confidence. I'm beginning to love myself again.
Keep me posted on how you are.
I don't know anyone personally that had the VSG. I've read from folks that have and are happy.
Blessings~
Annie
Topic: RE: DR. OZ WANTS ME ON HIS SHOW!
Congratulation Bre, you will do a great job. I'm so glad for you. Let us know when your show will broadcast.
Blessings
Annie
Blessings
Annie
Topic: DR. OZ WANTS ME ON HIS SHOW!
BRE visit http://www.obesityhelp.com/group/changedforGodforlife/members. Check out Fairfileld County Bariatrics WTNH, www.wtnh.com/dpp/ct_style/health_fitness/fairfield-county-bariatrics.
Hey Everybody,
So excited right now as I wanted to share the good news with everybody here. I got a call from the producer of the Dr. Oz show to be a guest on the show! I am so excited, taping is next Tuesday, I will let everyone know when the show airs so that you can be sure to watch.
I am thanking God every day for his favor over my life and allowing me an opportunity like this. Thank u group for all your support and praying for your continued success in your journey.
So excited right now as I wanted to share the good news with everybody here. I got a call from the producer of the Dr. Oz show to be a guest on the show! I am so excited, taping is next Tuesday, I will let everyone know when the show airs so that you can be sure to watch.
I am thanking God every day for his favor over my life and allowing me an opportunity like this. Thank u group for all your support and praying for your continued success in your journey.
BRE visit http://www.obesityhelp.com/group/changedforGodforlife/members. Check out Fairfileld County Bariatrics WTNH, www.wtnh.com/dpp/ct_style/health_fitness/fairfield-county-bariatrics. Topic: RE: Arm Yourself Against Exercise Excuses
BRE visit http://www.obesityhelp.com/group/changedforGodforlife/members. Check out Fairfileld County Bariatrics WTNH, www.wtnh.com/dpp/ct_style/health_fitness/fairfield-county-bariatrics.
As you know....i am loving this!
BRE visit http://www.obesityhelp.com/group/changedforGodforlife/members. Check out Fairfileld County Bariatrics WTNH, www.wtnh.com/dpp/ct_style/health_fitness/fairfield-county-bariatrics. Topic: RE: WHAT WAS YOUR MOTIVATION FOR SURGERY
BRE visit http://www.obesityhelp.com/group/changedforGodforlife/members. Check out Fairfileld County Bariatrics WTNH, www.wtnh.com/dpp/ct_style/health_fitness/fairfield-county-bariatrics.
What esculated me to have the surgery was my health started failing and I was very much out of control of my eating habits and had to think about a new direction for my life. Since the surgery, I am the healthiest and happiest I have ever been and each day I thank God for leading me down a new path of LIFE!
BRE visit http://www.obesityhelp.com/group/changedforGodforlife/members. Check out Fairfileld County Bariatrics WTNH, www.wtnh.com/dpp/ct_style/health_fitness/fairfield-county-bariatrics. Topic: RE: MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE OF THE DAY !
BRE visit http://www.obesityhelp.com/group/changedforGodforlife/members. Check out Fairfileld County Bariatrics WTNH, www.wtnh.com/dpp/ct_style/health_fitness/fairfield-county-bariatrics.
Very thought provoking!
BRE visit http://www.obesityhelp.com/group/changedforGodforlife/members. Check out Fairfileld County Bariatrics WTNH, www.wtnh.com/dpp/ct_style/health_fitness/fairfield-county-bariatrics. 
Topic: RE: WHAT WAS YOUR MOTIVATION FOR SURGERY
Good topic, Tink! By the way, nice to see you again. I had corresponded with you on other forums a few years ago. I try to stay in touch on the forums (or at least lurk), but at this point life does get in the way sometime :)
When I joined OH in 02/2003, just days away from my surgery, I wrote in my initial comments why I was doing what I was doing. The whole thing is on my profile, but this is the part that I don't want to forget:
02/25/2003: Like most of you, I have been up and down the scales more times than I care to remember. After losing 112 lbs (125 lbs from my all-time high) in 1995-1996, I thought I was finally on the right path. Wrong! I was jogging 15-20 miles per week and using phen-fen to control my appetite. I did not account for things like the FDA pulling part of my solution from the market and joint injuries, as well as upheaval in my life and my typical reactions to them - to eat. It was not long before I was back into the MO category, only this times things are different.
Within the last year I have had several medical complications - asthma, joint pain, HBP, increased cholesterol, reflux, recurrence of irritable bowel syndrome, etc. - all those things that come with obesity. The final straw was last July, when I had a bad fall on a cement floor. I damaged my knee and still cannot seem to return to normal. Most of the damage was to the nerves and the surrounding tissue. It was very scary not being able to feel a good portion of my leg for weeks! It was also the final straw. I had to do something.
Thanks for the reminder!
Sharon
When I joined OH in 02/2003, just days away from my surgery, I wrote in my initial comments why I was doing what I was doing. The whole thing is on my profile, but this is the part that I don't want to forget:
02/25/2003: Like most of you, I have been up and down the scales more times than I care to remember. After losing 112 lbs (125 lbs from my all-time high) in 1995-1996, I thought I was finally on the right path. Wrong! I was jogging 15-20 miles per week and using phen-fen to control my appetite. I did not account for things like the FDA pulling part of my solution from the market and joint injuries, as well as upheaval in my life and my typical reactions to them - to eat. It was not long before I was back into the MO category, only this times things are different.
Within the last year I have had several medical complications - asthma, joint pain, HBP, increased cholesterol, reflux, recurrence of irritable bowel syndrome, etc. - all those things that come with obesity. The final straw was last July, when I had a bad fall on a cement floor. I damaged my knee and still cannot seem to return to normal. Most of the damage was to the nerves and the surrounding tissue. It was very scary not being able to feel a good portion of my leg for weeks! It was also the final straw. I had to do something.
Thanks for the reminder!
Sharon
Topic: MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE OF THE DAY !
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Topic: RE: WHAT WAS YOUR MOTIVATION FOR SURGERY
tink
this is what i have posed on my page not much has changed still want it for inprovement in physical health
I am just starting my weight loss journey.
The biggest turning point for me was in May of 2009 when I was involved in a relationship and the lady that I was with (who is also a heavy person) said I was getting fat, I had moved from the Gabriel Iglecias Five Levels of Fatness." (Big, Healthy, Husky, Fluffy, and DAMN!). He later added a new level. (OH HELL NO!) From fluffy to damn. And one night while we were being romantic I was to winded and sweating too much to continue not very romantic at all and I all could think about was the pizza that was in the other room .
I started weighing myself at work because they have a scale that weighs people in wheel chairs and was able to weigh me. I saw my doctor in September of 2009 for my physical (I hated it I am now in a new age bracket 45+) and since then I have had seen doctors and or had test done almost every week since then, for this and that But they all say the same thing that I am Severely Morbidly Obese With Obstructive Sleep Apnea, High Blood Pressure andOsteoarthritis of weight-bearing joints (My knees) both need to be replaced. I have a past history of Depression, with a family history of Obesity, Cancer and Diabetes. As far as having Heart Disease the verdict is out on that one, the cardiologist does not want to say yes but he won’t say no either, he wants more test.
137 Range 100-200
51 Range 40-60
113 range < 150
109 range 89-130
100 range 80-110
I have been heavy all my life when I played youth football I was teased that when I was on the line that I could count as 3 people and it only got worse from there.
September of 2008 I weighed close to 500 pounds and I made a choice that I would not weigh that much.
I have trieddiets over the past none seemed to work.
this is what i have posed on my page not much has changed still want it for inprovement in physical health
I am just starting my weight loss journey.
The biggest turning point for me was in May of 2009 when I was involved in a relationship and the lady that I was with (who is also a heavy person) said I was getting fat, I had moved from the Gabriel Iglecias Five Levels of Fatness." (Big, Healthy, Husky, Fluffy, and DAMN!). He later added a new level. (OH HELL NO!) From fluffy to damn. And one night while we were being romantic I was to winded and sweating too much to continue not very romantic at all and I all could think about was the pizza that was in the other room .
This was the first time in my life that I was not able to perform or was too tired to continue.
I started weighing myself at work because they have a scale that weighs people in wheel chairs and was able to weigh me. I saw my doctor in September of 2009 for my physical (I hated it I am now in a new age bracket 45+) and since then I have had seen doctors and or had test done almost every week since then, for this and that But they all say the same thing that I am Severely Morbidly Obese With Obstructive Sleep Apnea, High Blood Pressure andOsteoarthritis of weight-bearing joints (My knees) both need to be replaced. I have a past history of Depression, with a family history of Obesity, Cancer and Diabetes. As far as having Heart Disease the verdict is out on that one, the cardiologist does not want to say yes but he won’t say no either, he wants more test.
137 Range 100-200
51 Range 40-60
113 range < 150
109 range 89-130
100 range 80-110
All other blood work came back within normal limits .
What my turing point was that I need to get serious was when I was at the orthopedic doctor with my knee pain he said that I was Severely Morbidly Obese that I needed to have surgery but would not perform it until I weighed 350 or less. He said that my right knee is so bad that I could step wrong on it and blow it out and have to have emergency surgery on it. He told me that my knee cap should be about the size of an Eisenhower dollar but mine was the size of a nickel. And that physical therapy or water therapy would not help. I see him about once a month for a cortisone shot.
So that is why I am here and have decided to have weight loss surgery, to improve my physical health . 
I have been heavy all my life when I played youth football I was teased that when I was on the line that I could count as 3 people and it only got worse from there.
September of 2008 I weighed close to 500 pounds and I made a choice that I would not weigh that much.
I have tried
