BrickHouse

BrickHouse and Jules you guys from the weight loss are doing great! I say we commit to our goals and really work at it! We can do it! We can do it! It's not like we are going over the top and cutting or adding something that's impossible, they are small things that will really push us to our goals!!! :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)

My highest weight was 274 when i finished chemo in May 2013
My day of surgery weight was 264.
My current weight is 221.
My goal weight is 135 (but I'll know better once I get down to the 150 range).
I want to try to resist inactivity. I feel so good when I'm active. I borrowed a book on stretching from the library. I want to increase my flexibility and my strength so I can get my 50 year old butt on rollerblades soon!

Lol. Okay, usual day for me:
*Wake up, have half a Protein shake
*Do 25 ad sit ups with the Ad Roller ($20 @ WalMart)
*Walk the dog, 15 min walk
*Lunch I have canned tuna, Spicey Chai I believe it is called, I can is 21grams of Protein
*Do WII Fit, it makes exercising so much fun, never feels like I'm exercising. Usually 20-40 mins
*Dinner I make the hubby his full course meal, and when I say full course boy do I mean full course lol. My dinner is usually a chicken ceaser salad, or a creek salad, or spicy tuna, turkey meal balls with shredded cheese on top, or something similar.
*In evening I will have some kind of snack, varies from a couple sips of diet soda, or a sugar free pudding, or two chips with helluva a good dip. It is always my reward for the day.
*Also on evening I do 25 more sit ups, and if I have the energy 15 mins on WII fit, and hop in bed.
*When in bed I always make sure to have two things, first being my Camelbak Bottle filled with ice and Water, and my little five pound weight. As I'm watching tv I take the five pound weight (you can use lighter) and one arm at a time I do 10 side lifts, them front, then side, totaling 30 for each arm. All that why lying in bed. If I wake up in night I always take a few sips of Water and go back to sleep.
*I do go out to eat with friends and family and always stick with the kids menu, or I nibble off a friends plate.
*When I feel the need to snack I eat peanuts, I like the little 1.25 oz I believe they are of the spicy ones. I split the ones pack into two little containers so they are always around, and also snack on cottage cheese.< /p>
No gym for me, no excessive work out, no depriving myself of something that is a 'shouldn't', I reward myself with a little treat every night. Sometimes that sip of soda is just the most amazing feeling! :-)
I NEVER consume anything with 10grams of sugar, big no no and I swear that has been a big step in the weight loss. Everyone's program is different but I really swear that has helped. I don't do excessive exercise or deprive myself. :-)

Thanks guys! Well, gals :-)

Dang, Kyle! You're just an itty bitty thing! Congratulations!!

I'll be having my Roux en Y with Dr Trivedi this Tuesday. He is very charismatic.
I look forward to both St Pete's and Albany Meds support groups.

Follow up appt went great got ok to work out and resume normal activities. He said I have exceeded his expectations so far. Back in 2 months for blood work

Pic update :-) Officially a size 30 men's pants and size small shirt :-) :-)

Brickhouse my belly button incision started oozing a clear liquid yesterday. I think I had a pimple or something on my incision where in internal suture was starting to poke out. I freaked out but today its much better so im with ya with weirdness lol

My belly button incision got infected a few weeks after surgery and I had to go to hospital, where they put me on IV, told me about 'packing and cut it to drain it. After packing it for a couple days I realized the same thing and freaked. Gave it some time with try to pull it and I was SOL I thought. Few days later took a nice warm bubble bath and soaked, and pulled the little guy out lol.

I also found out my surgeon used a 32 French bougie might have spelt that wrong. But I guess that is the smallest it goes. So that's neat

Woot woot!!! Work it girl! Looking good, looking good! Keep up the good work! Looking friggin fantastic!!!!!

You can get help at the Y if you are on disability. They're all about helping people get in if they want to get in. Especially if you need help. Worth checking into. I found Gold's (Vent), Best Fitness, and some others to be full of muscle heads and bimbos. I suppose it depends on what time you go. The pool at the Y is awesome.
My pic update... Seven weeks out.

Wow, Rensterness, look at YOU! You look great! And that's a great Taylor Swift "SURPRISE!!" look, too! LOL!
Doing pretty well over here. I got some good cardio in, going to the Y and using the Arc Trainer. Love that thing.

Kick A$$ start!!!!!!!! :-)

Here is a picture I took today, compared with a shot from the breast cancer walk I did in October...

Thanks, guys. I have a long way to go, but I'm off to a great start! Feeling good.

I have done a donation page, anyone interested I have attached the link below. Times are hard so no hard feeling if people are not able to, just wanted to include you guys. Thanks for all the help and support!
http://walkaidefundraiser.myevent.com

I went from working as a home care and hospice nurse which I did for six years, to being a 'client' myself. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, never forget that everyone :-)

BrickHouse~
I don't have a Facebook page or paypal account, I am not a hip as I would like to be with that stuff lol. I have heard of the the funding site but have no clue how to do it and call me crazy I get nervous putting my name and bank info online. I know, I'm 'special' lol. I looked it up even more after I read your post to me and it really does seen great but I just don't know how comfortable I am with putting my bank info and all online. I am going to look into it more because it does seem like people have a lot of success with it. The next thing it am going is a basket raffle at my house with some appetizers and what not. There will be things like a movie night basket, wine basket and so on and a 50/50. If you think of other things please let me know, could use all the help I can get at this point!

Rensterness? Maybe you should look into it! I think that's the point of paypal tho. It's a bank barrier between you and others making payments to you. We can all cheer you on! 4500-4700 is a lot of money but if improves your life then it's absolutely worth shooting for!

Rensterness, I had the bypass. Sometimes I can eat half a cup; other times maybe a quarter cup. It depends on the food. Softer Proteins like yogurt and cottage cheese are almost always a half cup. Sometimes more. I can finish a container of yogurt.
Glad your fundraiser went well. If you might be interested in an Avon fundraiser, let me know. Lots of options. Keep up to 40% and you have your money in your hand when the fundraiser is over.

Rensterness, have you tried things like GoFundMe or making a FB page? I've seen people have entire gastric bypasses and other medical things paid for with donations through pages linked to a PayPal account.

Julie~
A walk aid is a device that assist with the mobility for people with drop foot or lower paralysis. I had a stroke four years ago which left me with a drop foot and lower leg paralysis. I have a full leg brace that I wear under my pants that goes from the foot to my hip, and I move with my butt and upper area muscles. I did a month trial with the walk aid and I had FULL mobility with no other assistance. I was able to JOG, JUMP, be on my feet like a normal person, but insurance denied it. My and the doctors have pretty much ran out of options and boy have we gone through oh so many. This device is so small and not noticeable it really was amazing. Then they took it :/ So now i need to do all I can to get it paid for. Another $3,700 to go lol.