Chrystee

New before/after..

today is my 1 year surgiversary! 125 pounds gone total, I feel great!

New update.. 131 pounds down.

@@xochtlem
I was trying to send you a message and its not working..
How exciting!!
I absolutely LOVE Dr. Tran.. who did you see for NUT? Evelyn? Everyone is super nice there, and all the staff in the hospital was WONDERFUL! That is really soon! Keep me updated on everything! I just went last week for my check up, and I go back in May.. and he said I could meet with plastics and thinks my Tummy Tuck and breast lift might be covered by insurance since I'm having rashes!

@@xochtlem I went to the seminar in August of last year, had my consultation in September and my surgery March 18th 2015. I could have done all my nutrition appts in 3 months, but honestly, it was over the holidays last year, and I had so many things I had to do (heart clearance, pulm clearance, sleep apnea test, etc) that I ended up doing one nutrition apt a month, so 6 months. I could have completed them every 2 weeks, because of my insurance.
I had no PCP, or letter or anything. but I have BCBS federal, so it all depends on ins.
let me know if you have any other questions.. feel free to shoot me a message.

My sister in law lives in silver spring. I had my surgery at Howard.

I'm over in St. Mary's..

I live in Southern Maryland..

Can I ask what insurances you have that approved the Tummy Tuck?
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Just an update, my surgery is scheduled for February 2nd! Only a Tummy Tuck was approved though. I still want a breast lift, but I'm not sure if I can afford it.

Start slow.. 1/2 mile run, and a mile walk, and just keep increasing. I did C25k for so long, and one day just ran a mile, then 2, then 5 half marathons last year.

This thread has nothing to do with weight loss surgery. I just found it of interest this morning as I read through the internet posts.
I live in the woods and many times a year I find ticks crawling on me. I hate them. The large ones are easy to detect and remove. The smaller ones (deer ticks) are almost invisible. At the most these deer ticks might look like a freckle and until they begin to dissolve your flesh and dig into your body, you tend not to feel them. I guess there is another type of tick called a "lone star tick" that lives in the South. So fortunately I have not encountered this variety. These ticks have a single white star (more like a dot) in the middle of their body.
The bite from one of these lone star ticks can elicits an abnormal immune response that produces a type of antibody called IgE, which causes allergies to red meat. Because red meat also contains alpha-gal, people who have been sensitized to the carbohydrate from a tick bite can develop life-threatening anaphylaxis if they consume pork or beef.
If that wasn't bad enough, some vaccines can trigger this life-threatening anaphylaxis for those individuals that have been bitten by the lone star tick. I am a firm believer in vaccines. They help to keep many deadly diseases at bay. But there may be an exception. If you have been unfortunate enough to be bitten by a lone star tick and developed an allergy to red meat, then be careful when you get vaccinated. What you don't know can kill you.
http://acsh.org/news/2016/12/29/ticks-may-cause-allergic-reaction-red-meat-shingles-vaccine-10654

Has anyone gone through an identity crisis after WLS? I feel overall happier than before, but I don't know if its culmination of my age (36) and the weight loss, but I feel like I'm going through a bit of an identity or mid life crisis? I'm glad my husband is giving me a little leeway, and we are having fun "discovering" things together.. but then I feel a little depressed lately too.. my whole identity is changing.. People call me beautiful, gorgeous, a MILF.. and I'm just not used to these things.. they seem so foreign.
When I was over 250-300 pounds, people mostly ignored me.. no one looked in my eyes.. people were barely friendly.. my husband agrees that my personality hasn't changed that much.. but just the outside me.. I also discovered changes in my sexuality, that I had no idea existed. I went from 0 sex drive, to 150 MPH, raging, always wanting sex as well..
I'm rambling, but just wondered if anyone else has gone through this, and do the hormones calm down after a bit?

New update.. 131 pounds down.

So do you have an update? I hovered on 200.2 - and over for weeks before I finally hit 197 all of a sudden!

New update.. 131 pounds down.

You gotta give him a little slack.. You made a huge change, not him. Try to give him a little leeway..

100 pounds and 11 months in between

today is my 1 year surgiversary! 125 pounds gone total, I feel great!

New update.. 131 pounds down.

Music and having workout buddies!

No, not needed for weight loss, but I've seen HUGE improvements in my body by building muscle. Smaller, tighter, etc.

No, not needed for weight loss, but I've seen HUGE improvements in my body by building muscle. Smaller, tighter, etc.

No, not needed for weight loss, but I've seen HUGE improvements in my body by building muscle. Smaller, tighter, etc.

It just proofs that exercise is not needed for weight loss.
IMO exercising for weight loss feels like another chore. Like a second job that needs to be done either before or after (or both) my job I do for a living. That's why I exercise for other benefits.