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Kelsey Marie

Gastric Bypass Patients

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  2. Week 4

    · Kelsey Marie · 09/21/2015 13:59

    So Thursday marks my 4 week mark since my surgery. It's been a crazy ride so far! Here are my current measurements.
     
    Waistline: 38.5"
    Weight: 227.3 lbs
    Bust: 45.5"
    Hips: 48"
    Neck: 15"
    Wrist: 7"
    Bicep: 15"
    Forearm: 11.5"
    Thigh: 29.25"
    Calf: 18"
     
    Weight Lost: -37 lbs
    Total Inches Lost: -19.25"
    BMI Reduced: -4.2
     
    I love watching the inches fall off as much as the weight. It really is wonderful! My waist hasn't looked like this in years!

  3. Week 3 Measurements

    · Kelsey Marie · 09/14/2015 17:07

    I know I'm a week behind, and I'll get my Week 4 measurements up soon, life has been crazy. But here they are!
     
    Waistline: 39"
    Weight: 237.3 lbs
    Bust: 46"
    Hips: 49"
    Neck: 15"
    Wrist: 7.25"
    Bicep: 16"
    Forearm: 12"
    Thigh: 30"
    Calf: 18.5"
     
    Weight Lost: -17.7 lbs
    Total Inches Lost: -13"
    BMI Reduced: -2.7

  4. Week 2 Measurements

    · Kelsey Marie · 08/31/2015 15:22

    So here are my second week of measurements, 3 days post-op. Already seeing amazing changes!
     
    Weight: 247 lbs
    Waistline: 42"
    Bust: 48"
    Hips: 49"
    Neck: 15"
    Wrist: 7.25"
    Bicep: 16"
    Forearm: 12"
    Thigh: 31"
    Calf: 18.5"
     
    Weight Loss: -8 lbs
    Total Inches Lost: -6.25
    BMI Reduced: -1.2
     
    I'm really excited to see what the results will be next week!
  5. With my surgery being on Thursday, I decided I'd write out all of my measurements so that way I can track how far I come every month after the surgery.
     
    Current Weight: 254 lbs
    Waistline: 42.5"
    Bust: 48.5"
    Hips: 50.5"
    Neck: 16"
    Wrist: 7.25"
    Bicep: 16"
    Forearm: 12.75"
    Thigh: 31.5"
    Calf: 18.75"
     
    I am able to keep these measurements with me on my phone thanks to the app "BodyShot." I know it's available for iOS, I'm not sure about Android. But it's an app I've used in the past, and I love it! You get to select what measurements you want to keep, and you take a picture of yourself so you can see physical progress, and also the inches coming off (which you can't always see).
     
    Other than that, I'm killing this all liquid diet! But I'll be happy in 5 weeks when I can start introducing solid foods into my system again.
     
    Can't wait until Thursday!

  6. Almost the End

    · Kelsey Marie · 07/28/2015 21:02

    Tonight at 6 I have my last appointment with my dietitian and then tomorrow morning, everything will be submitted to insurance. I'm not as worried as I was last week after speaking with some people here and the coordinator at the surgeons office. Now it's just feeling more surreal. After this, it's all out of my hands. Okay, so if I keep talking about that, I am going to freak out again.
     
    This appointment is supposed to be going over any questions I have for the dietitian, so all month I've been putting together my list. I've asked her questions throughout the process, but these are ones that you don't think of when you're on the phone with them, you think of them when your brushing your teeth or driving to work or doing something completely not related to it and it just pops into your head and you have to hope you can remember it until you get to where you can write it down.
     
    I have 17 questions for her. I think she'll be happy with that. Most should be easy answers too, I assume. She should also be proud of me, I've lost 10 pounds since our last conversation last month. Also, I've bought a few books from Amazon: The Emotional First Aid Kit: A Practical Guide to Life After Bariactric Surgery by Cynthia Alexander; Before & After: Living and Eating Well After Weight-Loss Surgery by Susan Maria Leach; Weight Loss Surgery Cookbook for Dummies; Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery: Over 140 Delicious Low-Fat High-Protein Recipes to Enjoy in the Weeks, Months, and Years After Surgery by Patt Levine; and The Bariatric Foodie Guide to the Perfect Protein Shakes Volume 1 by Nikki Massie.
     
    I've read the intro to Before & After and it was amazing; I loved it. I definitely plan on reading it once I finish my current book (I can't read more than one book at a time, I get so confused). I also looked through the Perfect Protein Shakes book and those drinks were to die for! With that one, she doesn't include any calories or protein info or anything like that because she says it all depends on what mixes you personally use. But it goes through how if you like a thinner drinker or a thicker drink or if your drink is too tart or too sweet how to fix it. I mean, this woman is a shake goddess!!
     
    I promise once I makes some shakes and recipes and read through the books more thoroughly, I'll let you know.
     
    But I'm hoping my dietitian loves all this info, because Lord knows this last month I have seriously been trying and I am just praying that the insurance approves it!
     
    Until next time!
  7. So these are things that I can't wait to do after I've had surgery. Some things are things I've wanted to do all my life, other things are things that I've realized I can no longer do and want to do again.

    Become a runner, or at least a jogger, and complete a 5K.
    Go zip lining, sky diving, bungee jumping, white water rafting, and maybe even mountain climbing (that one kind of scares me).
    Ride every ride at every amusement park my little heart desires, and it desires a lot.
    Buy a wardrobe that would make Miranda Priestly jealous.
    Take a trip to Europe and making sure that it includes: Ireland, England, France, and Italy.
    Buy a sexy bathing suit. I don't care if it's one piece or two, but it's going to be sexy.
    Play with my nieces more.

    That's all I know I want now, I'm sure I'll realize other things along the way.
     
    I can't wait to submit everything to insurance so I can find out what if I'm approved or not so I can start making these dreams a reality.
  8. I clearly remember the first time I thought about my weight. I had spent all summer having slumber parties with one of my best friends the summer between 3rd and 4th grade. We would stay up late eating pizza and ice cream and soda and it never once dawned on me that maybe I shouldn't (and I was a kid, I'm glad it didn't). That year, her and I were on a new basketball team together, and unlike the year before where we ordered the same size, I had to get the size larger. A few years later, I remember my mom rewarding me with shopping trips if I could lose weight every week (although I think part of that was her pushing issues of her weight onto me). A few years later, I remember hating my friend for complaining that she had gone from a size 4 to a size 6 when I was a whooping size 12. By high school though, things leveled out for me, I only had a few more pounds on me than other girls (I was still a size 12, sometimes a 10) and I was totally okay with it. Once in college, I even lost weight instead of gaining that rumored "Freshmen 15."
     
    But by the time I was 20, things were beginning to go the wrong direction for me. This was the first time I looked into weight loss surgery (although at this time I doubt I would have been a candidate because I was only 30 overweight at this point). I never made an appointment, instead I did Weight Waters and lost 20 of the pounds. So began the True Battle of Weight Loss. You see, at this time, I was getting out of an emotionally, and towards the end physically, abusive relationship and my trust in everyone, including myself, was gone. This lead to me flunking out of college, befriending an equally emotionally unstable Marine with a sex addiction, going to cosmetology school and drinking my way through it, jumping from job to job, and eating my emotions because I was "totally okay with everything in my life."
     
    Four years later, I had gained 30 more pounds, dropped all of my toxic relationships, moved back in with my parents and decided that I needed real help because Weight Watchers and Adkins and working out and "just being happy" weren't cutting it anymore. I was done having to try on the next size up because I'd outgrown the size I'd worn for the last year. And I was done ordering clothes online because they have a better selection of "Plus Size" clothes. And I was tired of looking in the mirror and seeing that I had formed yet a new dimple in some unflattering location on my body. I couldn't take the looks I got when I went to an amusement park with my nieces and the ride operator telling me that I'm over the weight limit. I'm tired of not being able to run around the back yard with my nieces in general, I don't care where we are.
     
    In April, I saw my GP. I wanted him to run a blood panel to make sure that I had no thyroid issues, or any other health issues, that could be causing my weight gain. Nope! Aside from my weight, I'm a totally healthy 24 year old American girl. So he put in a referral to the same practice where my mom had her surgery. I swear it was only a week later when I got a call to make my appointment. It didn't seem possible. That Friday, I would be meeting my surgeon.
     
    When I went in, I took my mom. She's been there, she knows what questions to ask, she tell if the situation feels right, and she's great emotional support. Dr. Henke was great. He asked me routine questions, asked if I had any questions, and went over the different types of procedures. I told him that I need to lose maximum weight, and that I need the Bypass. So that's what's in my plan.
     
    I have done all of the insurance requirements (although I'm still waiting on my last dietitian appointment next week). And then it's waiting for their approval. That's what's killing me the most, waiting for them. I wish once I finished my appointment with the dietitian, I could just call the doctor and ask for the first surgery date available. Although, I'm sure that's all of us that go through insurance. My mom tells me not to worry about that, that it's out of my control, that they have no reason to say no, etc. But my brain goes into overdrive anytime I can't control the outcome. And this outcome is quite important for the rest of my life.
     
    Well, I guess I'll check in later, let you know how it goes with the dietitian next week.

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