thickheartmom

Thanks! So 700-800 calorie intake is pretty normal??

Thank you!!

After 6 months of supervises visits... A cardio clearance, psych clearance and my EGD, I have a surgery date!! March 14th. Now I will be able to run with my son once he's blessed with a brand new heart. I am ecstatic! I started my pre-op today and I do have a question. I am allowed 2 shakes and a meal - MyFitnessPal is saying I had 785 calories. Is that normal? Or is that too low? I will call on Monday but needing to go over the weekend thought if check in. Thank you!

Hello all! My name is Marki, and I'm a 34 year old mom to four boys - 15, 9, 6 and 2. Currently we live in Houston, TX because our 9 year old, Zak, is on the heart transplant list at Texas Children's Hospital. We are originally from El Paso, TX. I've battled weight all of my life - I can remember taking jars of baby food as my "healthy sides" to lunch in 8th grade to attempt to lose some of my chunk. I've been successful twice: 60 lbs in 2002 and 75 in 2009, but the weight has always come back and I'm forever starving. I chose to go the lapband route for 4 reasons: Quest, Zak, Sutton and MJ. My boys. I'm 265 pounds right now but I'm preaching to Zak about a healthy lifestyle - well now it is time to live it! So my resolution this year is to run with Zak as soon as he gets a heart - something he hasn't been able to do since he was 4. My EGD with True Results is scheduled on January 22nd, and my last weight loss appointment (had to do 6 months of them) is January 23rd. I'm assuming we schedule the surgery at that point... At any rate, I would love to meet some of you all - I'm scared of another surgery (including my csections, this makes #9!) but I'm more scared of not being here to help my kiddos, so away we go...!