Tammi H.

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Our May 23rd wedding day has come and gone, with no wedding that day. We have post pone it until next year, Feb 13th, a year after our first wedding. This is when we will have the big one. I was sad to say on May 23rd when this day passed, for we did so much planning to have it on this day. But husband doesn't have a job, Mother and I can't afford him and cost of a cheap wedding, so has to wait until he is working, God willing he will be working before Feb of next year, he doesn't have to long to get employed. Well any ways, onto something positive,  June 25 I have an appointment with surgeon to find out if he, and insurance are on board for the revision I now know I need after seeing the upper GI. I have no lower stoma, so all food and liquids are going right through my pouch into my intestines, and so am able to eat more and am ALWAYS hungry, so reason for weight gain, and don't think it is to healthy to have my food bypass my pouch completely. But am not a doctor so can't say, just am praying my medicare and medicaid will pay for this. I need to get back down to my goal weight of 160 to 150, not this 200-210lbs. Not making me a happy girl to be weighting this much. It is starting to take a tole on my joints. Am not telling husband or mother yet, they don't need to worry any more about the pain I already deal with, don't need to add to it to them. So am praying for this to happen and soon, then afterwards I am going to take computer/secretary training for 2 wks then 13 weeks, the first 2 starts June 1st, then the 13 wks start after I find out if I get surgery or not.

I am 50 pounds back up from my lowest weight. This is what is the sad times. But other then that I am pretty happy. Was getting married May 23rd, but went and did it Feb 14th still having a church celebration on the May  23rd, for friends and family to come to.now going to conceal the May one out due to the Feb one was WAY to small to invite everyone. We only had those come who wouldn't be able to make it to the May one. I am so happy to be a wife now, it is a new adjustment, much to get adjusted to, since we never lived together before we got married. I am going to get my surgery looked over to make sure everything is working right since I have had such a big gain in such a short period of time, and if a revision is needed then husband and I have talked it over and that is what we are going to do be if it is needed. God is in charge of my life, and He knows how unhappy I am with this weight gain. Change must come and soon. I have a wedding to look good in and also a wedding dress to fit into. God let it still fit. 

This is not a real happy time for me (weight issues ), don't get me wrong, I am happily in love and engaged to be married in May 23, 2015. But am 30+ pounds over what I want to weight and be. Had the tummy tuck and it has come on since then and I am having a hard time getting back on track. Boy friend and I fix dinners together and he is such a good cook, but I can't keep eating the way he cooks or I will really pork more on then I already have since the tummy tuck. So looks like I might have to tell him we are cooking for ourselves, have the wedding coming up and have to look my best in my wedding dress and afterwards when we go on our honeymoon since we are saving ourselves for marriage. This is will be fixed it will just take determination and dedication once again, and that I must dig deep and bring back to the service. Prayers are welcomed. time for serious work to regain the weight loss I once had, regain control.

It is finally done and over. Mending and healing after having a pillanectomy aka mini tummy tuck. It looks good. Not quite as good as I had my mind set on, but it is soooooooooo much better then before. Just can't wait to see me in a few more weeks to a month when I am healed up and the swelling has almost or has stopped. I am not looking to have a rock hard stomach, with a belly button, and be bikini model, that just isn't realistic and so why even hope for it? Nope I had wanted a flat stomach, and the flab of extra skin gone, and that is accomplished, and even done so to the point that I feel the job is much better then it could had been, but not as good as it could be if I had gone for a full tummy tuck. Insurance paid for mine, so I had only this chance to get rid of a problem I lived with 24/7. I am free, free indeed and it does feel so much better having it gone and no longer hanging around, and getting in the way. I pray for all people who need this done that they shall receive theirs as well Lord God.

I am dealing with trying to maintain my weight at about 155, well I am 6 lbs from it. I am having some struggles trying to keep weight at the 155 marks. With the tummy tuck coming up my eating this month is not as good as it could/should be. So after I am feeling better and up to cooking better I will be right back on track, maybe even a bit more then maintain, I might be on a loosing track for a short spell to drop any extra weight I may carry afterwards. Yet depending on how much skin they remove from me there might not be much weight to loose, that will be nice, and that I will have to wait to see. I know that my plastic surgeon said to loose no more weight, then when I went in for a check up before the surgery next week with the weight gain, there was not one word said about it. Will be post next after I have the surgery. This is one excited girl.

On 3-19-14 I am getting my tummy tuck. Yes yes yes, I am finally getting rid of this extra flabby skin. I am so excited and a bit nervous about it all. But I am in good hands, having it done a UW in Seattle. Just hope for a fast and quick healing time. And of course low pain also. This is truly more then I could had thought, never really truly thought that I was going to see this happen, and so fast. Saw the dr Feb 4rth, got approved yesterday, and am getting in on the 19th due to a cancellation, but not sure why I was put in, and not the person next in line. Oh well am not going to stress over it, it is a blessing from above. Thank you God.

I just didn't think it was balloon up so quickly. Tried to add a little more carbs to my food intake, but I have porked on 7 lbs in a matter of 3 weeks, now I got to bust my ass to get it off and keep it off and maintain. Maintaining isn't as easy as it appears to be. Loosing I have figured it out, gaining is a no brainer, but to maintain is the hard part for me. So I am going to do my hardest now to get the extra weight back off, and then work my tale off to stay at the lowest weight possible, or as close to my goal, or goal weight God will. God I need you to lead me in this new journey of life, I can't seem to do it alone....

I am going to look today for my WALK AWAY THE POUND video and start doing it in here since it isn't unpredictable outside. I would start walking Annie out there, but it is still al bit cold and could rain on me at any time, so doing the video would be a good thing. Plus some therapy exercises, time to get to moving until surgery, build up my strength, make myself as strong as possible.

What a wonderful day February 4rth was. It was the day I went to UW in Seattle WA to see a plastic surgeon about my tummy, apron removal. He Dr Said said I am a great canadate for the proceedure and that it is a go. I asked him about what % did he think insurance was going to approve me, his reply was 95% chance of them approving. So now I await for them to get it official before surgery is scheduled. Hope to hear in a week or two, then dr said the surgery is about three months out, that isn't nothing, it took me 7 just to get in to be seen. This place is a great place, so very busy. Now I am not having a full tummy tuck. I am having about an 80-85% of a full tummy tuck. less stress on the body, and less pain, and less healing time is invalved not doing a 100% tummy tuck, so I am ok with it, the only sad thing is, I won't have a belly button. He said he can smooth me out better and make it tigher and better fitting if he just removes it, so ok I said. I will just get a tatoo there in time after fully healed to replace the scar (belly button) with something beautful. I can't wait for the surgery date, will be sure to post it here...I appoligize for the poor spelling job in this post.

I weighed this morning, well I should say I weighed at noon, and the scale said 161.5, WOW, I am so blessed with this amount of weight. I just am 1.5 lbs from 160, half of what I weighed in 2007 when I had the surgery at 320. Then I will maintain at this weight until I have a chance to find out if I can get the tummy tuck, if not then I will do what I can to maintain at about this weight any ways. I am only 10-15lbs from goal weight. I can live with being that heavy, that over weight. As bad as I want to be at a normal weight, it just might not happen because of the extra skin I have. I will leave it up to Dr Schmitz to decide if I should loose below 160 or if I should quit. Thank you Lord for such a great Christmas gift, reaching this weight for the first time is just awesome. I am truly blessed.

Gained only 2 lbs over Thanksgiving, so happy. Now lets hope I don't gain any over Christmas. I don't plan on getting off my eating plan for Christmas, going to stick to my guns for this year. I don't need to have two large meals that are completely out of my eating plan/foods. So time to exercise, eat right, loose again those 2 lbs and maybe an extra lb or 2 this month. I would love to reach my goal of 160 by the end of this year, be to my goal would be wonderful, but I can't count on that to happen, that makes 5 lbs to loose, so nope I don't see me loosing that amount this month. Now it will be great to have it gone by Feb 4 rth when I see a my Dr about a tummy tuck, being to my first goal weight will be great then after the tummy tuck (if insurance will approve me) I should be even lower, perhaps even at my lowest goal weight. If you read this, please say a prayer that I get the go ahead in having the tummy tuck. If I get the tummy tuck, I am so going to get my belly button pierced, then I want to get a butterfly tat.