LindafromFlorida

Size 4 skinny jeans!
sleeping all night without coughing
Being off ALL pre-op meds and having normal labs

Love clothes now!
Can "out hike" many people
I just feel normal.
I lost over 160#and am maintaining

1) I can hold my grand daughter close to my chest and hug her tightly.
2) I can now go anywhere I want and no one knows me. It is like starting over in a sense.
3) I can now stand, walk, clean my house, cook and do my own laundry. Housework is a breeze. Before my hubby had to do it all because of the pain I was in before surgery!

I am not sure how you know it is spasms from the hernia. My husband and I were both sleeved and had hiatal hernias repaired and no pain. Please call your surgeon's office and tell them your symptoms. There might be a medicine you should be on to stop the pain and spasms. I am so sorry you are feeling bad, but better to be safe about it. We pay these doctors lots of money. Call please. Feel better soon!

This is a good thread. Reading everyone's accomplishments is very motivating. My three favorite outcomes so far: 1) Diabetes is GONE. 2) I feel more confident. 3) I can walk for miles without a problem. Six months ago, I could barely walk a block.

There is another thread ongoing right now, and Shersun adds this to her post. I don't take anything personal unless it's a compliment.
I am a lot older than most people here. I have been posting since ?October, 2013, and never met a bxxxx here. Please look at the number of posts I have made. I am opinionated (like your Grandma lol). I try to roll gently and give good, solid, and kind advice, and I probably target more older people because bariatric surgery can be a life or death matter for some, like my husband. This site is to build people up. Please do not take a few snarky posts and turn it into something. Bariatric Pal is the best thing going. In almost a year, I have seen two people stomp off and say I am done here. Well I can tell you it is their loss, because there are many kind and wonderful human beings here, committed to helping each other. I would not have it any other way here. I can tell you if I think you are hurting yourself if you ask me a question, and if you get mad that I said you should not do this, does that make me a bad person? Relax and make friends here. It is awesome!!!!!! Linda

Seriously, I feed my soul, the same way I have all my life, by doing for others. I am never happy unless I am doing something for so many people. I am so blessed and I have so much love to give. I have a good husband who does rein me in from time to time.

From what I can tell he brings these people in and he might be paying their expenses. They move into new housing in his town.

Seriously, I feed my soul, the same way I have all my life, by doing for others. I am never happy unless I am doing something for so many people. I am so blessed and I have so much love to give. I have a good husband who does rein me in from time to time.

@@IcanMakeit thanks for your response! I am 39 with hypertension. I've read so many post of people going back to work in as little as 5 days! I honestly didn't know what to tell the blushing bride, although I do know that everyone is different, and after reading your response alone, I'm going to turn it down

So many things feed my soul; listening to a first grader read, being with my loved ones, singing at the top of my lungs in the car where only I can hear, prayer, meditation, yoga especially the hot sweaty kind, reading, many moments of quiet gratitude, trying something new, taking a moment to acknowledge that in spite of my many imperfections and failings I am doing it! I am living a healthier fuller life than I have in years!!! Namaste my friends!

Raising plants from seed for butterflies and hummingbirds, visiting Baiting Hollow Hummingbird Sanctuary, playing with my dog, whistling back and forth with my parrot, playing and singing music, teasing my family

Wow, your post is inspiring! I feel the same way...I was just surviving day to day. I've learned to start scheduling me time. I allow myself to enjoy things I used to years ago. Favorite music, bubble bath with candles, coffee while sitting outside in the morning, getting hair and nails done, yard sales and thrift store shopping... I love finding treasures :-) Baking Cookies with my little girl, dancing/singing like no one is watching, laying down looking at the night sky with the hubby while we laugh and talk, Just living life instead of watching it :-)
One key thing I have found to help is getting up early, and keeping the TV off.

I feed my spirit by not taking the easy way out, not being lazy, pushing myself, taking on new challenges and being disciplined. Those things make me prouder to look myself in the eye.

Believe or not, It is my job! What I do for a living.
I work in pediatrics, with some very sick kids....depending on the Dx, some will never live past their teenage years and everyone knows it.
To go through a day, no matter how long or busy, and make a positive contribution that impacts and changes peoples lives...not just the kids, but the parents whose entire world has crashed around them....
It's a high like no other...
And yes, the Body, Soul and Spirit are all connected...and I have found that when the body can perform better, from loosing weight and getting healthier and in shape, then it only increases the performance that feeds the spirit...
Your soul is an outward expression of the two....
Negativity is such a downer, it makes me angry...not at people personally, but their action and choice to do so.

What a great thread! I almost got on my bike today -- that is a major goal (and apparently a little source of procrastination). We have the most gorgeous weather right now. So a goal for tomorrow! I'm doing well in so many areas but I get bogged down. Overwhelmed. You are so right that we need to be able to reach within sometimes. So I'm thinking about this, the feeding of my soul. Reading -- I have become so much more addicted to media and what I really love is turning the pages of good books. So more of that. I feel inspired when I walk outdoors. We live in a beautiful area and when the snow begins it will be harder to be outside. I want to access the outdoors every moment I can right now as autumn arrives in New England. Making art is something that feeds my soul. I slip into another realm and get lost. I love that. Travel. Definitely travel. Writing in my journal anchors me and gives me the time and space to just let whatever is on my mind come forward. Lately I've been spending a lot of time with my dad, who has dementia. I like. The way I feel stapled to the moment. He can't project or remember, so we are right there in the moment. That feeds my soul. And music, dancing -- any of the getting lost activities of the other parts of myself. Allowing that, creating opportunity for it......beautiful. I am looking at resistance in my life. Noticing that. And clinging. Eliminating clinging and resistances opens up so much possibility.

At local bariatric center: Surgery has risks, but obesity will kill you.

LindafromFlorida
Thank you for your response. We're going to visit some surgeons and see if there is one who would be willing to do the surgery. Like I told my husband, all they can do is say no and we won't know if we don't try.
I'm so happy for you and your husband .
Blessings,
Kathleen

77lbs down...
1. I can put on my own shoes and socks!! Do my toenails and wash my feet! Hahah
2. I can bend down and get things I drop without having someone feel sorry for me and do it for me cause I couldn't reach it.
3. I'm with Lipstick... Skinny Sex Rules!! Hahah

Linda, thank you for this thread. And thanks everyone -- such wonderful benefits. This thread is grrrrrreat!

1. No More BP medication, pre diabetes or CPAP.
2. Being able to shop in regular stores instead of the "Big and Tall" catalogue. I am wearing sizes from 30 years ago!
3. Looking forward to increased daily activity and exercise. Walking, hiking and kayaking with my wife has been great! i planted a vegetable garden this spring for the first time in ages!
Oh, the skinny sex is great!

1. Losing the seat belt extender on planes was a big one for me as I fly a lot.
2. No more meds, that is eight tablets a day I do not have to remember to take.
3. Being able to play tennis for more than an hour.

Wow, a 7 minute mile! Now that is amazing. I hope I get close to that one day.

(1) My positive out look on life is the best change for me
(2) My health has improved by far..Never felt this good in my life.
(3) My relationships... with my husband..(we are so in love) with my kids I'm more involved.

So far...
1. More Energy
2. Losing the weight
3. Better relationship with food