ElectricBoogaloo

I feel too guilty to start a million threads of random stuff that goes through my head - noone needs that much Umm Yasmin in their lives, so here it will all be in one glorious thread.

Do make one for yourself too, I love reading your posts!

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Christmas 2017 vs. Christmas 2018. Lost 70 lbs. sleeved 10/17/18

I am 2 weeks out and every time I get on the scale the number is lower. Once or twice it's been the same, but never HIGHER! When has that ever happened in my life? Nearly never! What a wonderful Christmas miracle that has been made available to all of us so we can get started on a losing journey! I already barely remember the pain and discomfort and am now just looking forward to being cleared to work out.
I never could have done this on my own and I'm just so grateful!!!!!!!!!!!

I am so glad I did this surgery in 2014. The weight is still off and I feel amazing.

9.5 month checkin...size 28 to size 10. Down 152 lbs. Loving life!

I’m just an opportunistic atheist - pack Christmas into Christmas Eve, then Celebrate Jewish Christmas with a movie and Chinese food the next day.

I'm also the same person who will eat a convenience store hot dog, and a $75 steak ... the same day. So I easily slide between low brow and high brow

I can tell you an answer, at 70 you will weigh 320, and you looking will start looking for help, you will try to find a program, nearly complete the only one you think will accept you , for many have a 55, 60, 65 year old age cutoff, then for reasons not yours your job and insurance terminate and you resign yourself to trying to lose weight on yourown, and you start trying multiple diets, and it doesn't work, you might lose 5-10 pounds only to regain it all and then some. You drag your fat self to your Primary Care doctor, humble yourself. and ask for some chemical help. You are put on a medication other patients have used with success, you keep a perfect diet journal, and you really are trying hard. At the end of the month you go back to be weighed and re-evaluated. And you have LOST no weight, instead you have GAINED 30 more pounds which you can ill- afford. PCP looks from you to your journal and back again. He does not say so, but you can see disbelief in his eyes. Finally he throwshis hands up, says " I have done what I could, go back to the Bariatric Surgeon." So once again you go back , at 365 pounds, more than you weighed for the first attempt. Since it is now 18 months later, you have to re-fulfill all the previous requirements plus now they add 2 more specialists. But still you go do them in good faith, and the time is approaching to be scheduled a surgery date. And you wait and wait, finally you start calling the office, and each time you are given a new excuse, flimsy as they be. Finally the end of February, when they bled all the monies out of your insurances, they announce they will not perform your surgery. I will not dignify them by stating their reasoning but it was an attack upon my very psychological/ emotional being. The only thing keeping me from binging on good at this point for solace was the fact I was too nauseous and somewhere deep inside remained the one shred of self- respect they had not stomped to death. I cried, I puked, considering suicide but they had convinced me I was such a screw-up I couldn't do THAT right either.
A week passed, I looked at my swollen eyes in the mirror, Said " Old Girl, you are better than this- are they going to kill all your hopes?" There were 2 other facilities in this city, all rated Bariatric Centers of Excellence, what would it hurt to explore their programs? So I booked at their seminars, looked up bios on all the surgeons at both places, did the research I should have done before attempting facility #1 where I was assigned someone. This time I would do the picking, I would secure someone wh9 be as close to perfection as I could find. After #1 had told me No One Would Want Me, this new facility welcomed me with open arms, asked how they could Help me to achieve My Dreams instead of being "takers" that regarded me as little more than a meal ticket, these were giving loving individuals who seemed to have my interest at❤and I had the feeling of being home. So I was accepted into their programs and it will be soon time to chose a surgeon , after some minor loose ends of requirements were tied up.
And I looked , I prayed, I thought about both of them, and I knew which one I was hoping for but when Jessica one of the pre-coordinators called I was nice and. said " Whichever has the first opening" finally I stated the one I REALLY WANTED, Dr Bradley J Needleman, the chief of Bariatric Medicine and Metabolic Weight Loss at the Ohio State University in Columbus Ohio, who performed my RnY on September 5th 2018, at 72 the oldest patient he had ever had, but in many ways healthier than the run-of-the -mill 72 year old and I will be forever in his debt. In my ❤of❤ he is a miracle worker. And even though facets of my recovery have been and remain difficult, He and his Partner Dr Sabrena Noria have worked to make things better and like me, we will see things through to their conclusion. I wish I had found them sooner, wish I had not had Dr Evil Mc Nasty and his band of misfits in my past, wish I could have had my surgery at a much younger age, you simply heal much slower in your 7th or 8th decade of life, but at least they have given me a chance to live healthier, longer and Praise God thinner than I once was. Don't wait until your BMI surpasses 50 to seek yours, I have lost 110 pounds since High weight but I STILL have about 80 to go, I was carrying around an NFL linebacker on my body, my body was breaking under the weight, I have sacrificed both my knees to science, and replacements,nice as they are, only 85% as good, there are activities my body cannot do again, I was a power forward/basketball center, a baseball/softball catcher, I was so good my boy cousins stopped challenging me to "Horse" their tender egos couldn't stand being trolled. And I was the only person in my neighborhood with a strong enough arm to throw to bases, didn't pitch because I DIDN'T want to, and the windup in Girls Softball was asinine in the first place.
So have I given you enough reasons to seek surgery at this Golden Time? Don't let Obesity side-line You like it ended up for me, Go and enjoy fitness in Your Life! Frustr8 out for I have spoke my piece.😝🎄😝🎁and Happy Christmas!

I am gone for a few hours and all hell breaks loose! I can't keep up. Whiplash...I love this group!
Let me see...
Deviated from what I knew lead to successful outcomes when the Fluid was removed from my band in February...gained significant weight (25#). Sleeved in October and found the mind that I had lost over those months. Back on track though...
Goals:
Concussion recovery!! Get over the stall and really start losing again. Nothing fast (like I have a choice), but consistent. Get back into my awesome clothes...and wear the hell out of them...LBD at the movie theater, Louboutins at the grocery store, Church hats to work on Wednesdays...you get the point!😆😂 And doing it all with my head held high and my boobs/skin hanging low! Never had tea laxatives, though I am chronically constipated...well not constipated per se, but regular every 4-5 days. Been like this my whole life...the one change is that since I have been taking BP Vitamins, my stool is oddly dark green. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

It has been mentioned by several posters that if we don't know a person's belief system, it is inappropriate and offensive to offer prayers of support. So, to respect each other's preferences, I'd like to start this thread for people who would like others to pray for them when they're having difficulty. Please add your prayer requests to the thread and we can be supportive to one another. If your request is personal, just ask us to pray for your intentions. We can support you without the details.
I'll go first
I would appreciate your prayers regarding my messed-up esophagus and severe acid reflux, in the hopes that they can make my insides work without a conversion to bypass. I really don't want another surgery. Thanks!

What a wild ride. Hit my goal 10 Months post op. Hands down the best decision I have ever made for my health. I feel 20 years younger! I hope everyone is doing well

I am gone for a few hours and all hell breaks loose! I can't keep up. Whiplash...I love this group!
Let me see...
Deviated from what I knew lead to successful outcomes when the Fluid was removed from my band in February...gained significant weight (25#). Sleeved in October and found the mind that I had lost over those months. Back on track though...
Goals:
Concussion recovery!! Get over the stall and really start losing again. Nothing fast (like I have a choice), but consistent. Get back into my awesome clothes...and wear the hell out of them...LBD at the movie theater, Louboutins at the grocery store, Church hats to work on Wednesdays...you get the point!😆😂 And doing it all with my head held high and my boobs/skin hanging low! Never had tea laxatives, though I am chronically constipated...well not constipated per se, but regular every 4-5 days. Been like this my whole life...the one change is that since I have been taking BP Vitamins, my stool is oddly dark green. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

We have the same closet!!😊

Hey there, everyone...I'm baackkk! Weekend away with family. And drum roll please....
The horrible 3 week stall is over. Down 1.8#. Will take all 18 tenths of a pound, thank you very much!!!😊😀😆
Now off to get caught up on all the haps...

It feels like this...

But it is actually this... long and wide!

We have the same closet!!😊

I am gone for a few hours and all hell breaks loose! I can't keep up. Whiplash...I love this group!
Let me see...
Deviated from what I knew lead to successful outcomes when the Fluid was removed from my band in February...gained significant weight (25#). Sleeved in October and found the mind that I had lost over those months. Back on track though...
Goals:
Concussion recovery!! Get over the stall and really start losing again. Nothing fast (like I have a choice), but consistent. Get back into my awesome clothes...and wear the hell out of them...LBD at the movie theater, Louboutins at the grocery store, Church hats to work on Wednesdays...you get the point!😆😂 And doing it all with my head held high and my boobs/skin hanging low! Never had tea laxatives, though I am chronically constipated...well not constipated per se, but regular every 4-5 days. Been like this my whole life...the one change is that since I have been taking BP Vitamins, my stool is oddly dark green. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I am gone for a few hours and all hell breaks loose! I can't keep up. Whiplash...I love this group!
Let me see...
Deviated from what I knew lead to successful outcomes when the Fluid was removed from my band in February...gained significant weight (25#). Sleeved in October and found the mind that I had lost over those months. Back on track though...
Goals:
Concussion recovery!! Get over the stall and really start losing again. Nothing fast (like I have a choice), but consistent. Get back into my awesome clothes...and wear the hell out of them...LBD at the movie theater, Louboutins at the grocery store, Church hats to work on Wednesdays...you get the point!😆😂 And doing it all with my head held high and my boobs/skin hanging low! Never had tea laxatives, though I am chronically constipated...well not constipated per se, but regular every 4-5 days. Been like this my whole life...the one change is that since I have been taking BP Vitamins, my stool is oddly dark green. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

We have the same closet!!😊

Wow,
From dating, resolutions to tea laxatives.....

We have the same closet!!😊

I’ve been a model citizen for far too long, I am going FULL SAMANTHA.

Yes!!! Between you and @GreenTealael it will be like a Sex in the City episode on this thread!

I am also going to date again goddamnit.

My actual plan is just to stay where I am at for the remainder of the holiday season....we only have a few more events and then life will get back to normal. Right after NY, I plan to do at least 2 weeks Atkins induction and then go from there. I do not eat a lot of carbs now but I think for me it is better to keep them pretty low, mostly just good veggies. Lots of Water, no alcohol. I have many great recipes that I know we like and it was really pretty easy for me previously. I also need to eliminate snack foods, even healthy ones like nuts because I do not have Portion Control with stuff like that. And, I just have to learn how to go to some of our musician friends' gigs AND JUST DRINK WATER since they always happen in bars. But, not going is not an option so I need to figure it out.
I have no excuse not to exercise since I have everything I need here or within a 1/2 block....Jim just got me to go for a walk and it was nice. I have Tae Bo, Winsor PIlates and the Firm programs all in my closet. It is stupid really because once I do it I am always glad.