heidikat72
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3 more sleeps until vacation!
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44 today! and gotta say, 44 feels a lot better than 42 and 43 did!
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6 months post op - 89lbs down. 1 year since first consult, 167lbs down. No longer in daily pain in my back and knee - priceless.
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apparently I don't sweat like I used to - thank goodness. Spent saturday afternoon outside (99 degrees here in philly area, heat index well over 100), touring Fordhook Farm - a local garden and research facility for the Burpee seed company. Barely broke a sweat, drank plenty of water. 3 hrs walking around, no knee or back pain either. LIFE IS GOOD!!!
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For probably the first time in my adult life, not only did I not gain weight between Christmas and New Year - I actually lost 2.6lbs! While I did choose to stray from plan a bit, I didn't lose total control. Yeah sleeve!
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HK72, "adult" seems to be the operative word.
@Chrmow, that smug feeling can taste as good as a dozen gingerbread men.
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Go ahead and binge, just do it on something healthy! I was actually told this today by a friend that I was venting to about having a rough time today and really wanting to turn to my old habits for comfort. really? go ahead and binge? ugh...at least it angered me to point i didn't want to eat anymore
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and I had just told her the reason for my bad day - I was having NO luck finding a counselor in my area that deals with food addiction...smh, tried to explain to her that what she said would be like telling an alcoholic to go ahead and have a drink, just have a light beer instead of whiskey. she still didn't get it. Guess I won't be turning to this person for any support again.
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Got through the weekend without an altercation with my mother - was able to ignore her at the party saturday. My nephews and their wives now know about my surgery and seem supportive. And I got my new short and sassy hairdo!
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Had a little victory today. Went to Longwood Gardens to tour the orchid exhibit in the conservatory. Managed to walk for over 3 hours with just a couple short little breaks to sit and chat with my friend while taking in the beautiful flowers. Seriously, a couple months ago I couldn't have handled the walk from the parking lot to the visitor center let alone the hike over to the conservatory and throughout. Looking forward to how much better it will be after surgery. Can't wait to go out and DO things!
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Had first meeting with a counselor to deal with my emotional eating/food addiction. First words out of her mouth were "you know weight loss surgery doesn't really work, right? You'll gain all the weight back. You should join Weight Watchers and a gym instead. Weight Watchers has a much higher success rate"...yeah, i don't think she's the counselor for me. Her advice for how to manage stress/emotional times without turning to food - simply don't eat. How to find a counselor who takes emotional eating seriously?
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my nutritionist at the surgeon's office is fantastic. It's finding a counselor/therapist who recognizes food addiction/emotional eating as real issues and can help you deal with them that is proving dang near impossible. The psych's that are part of the surgeon's office (the ones who do the final psych eval for surgery clearance) don't accept insurance so I've been trying to find one that does...but I may just decide to use one of them and self pay at least for a while since they will at least have experience with bariatric patients.
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had my 2 week follow up appoitment today. Incisions are healing nicely. weighloss was...ZERO. nothing. nada. not even a tenth of a pound. *sigh*
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Had my 3 month post op appointment this morning. New nutritionist since mine went to another hospital and doesn't work with my surgeon anymore. Down 47.5lbs since surgery. Nutritionist was not impressed, said that was at the very low end of how much I should have lost by now. Yet she couldn't come up with anything I should change to increase it. Surgeon, however, was pleased with my progress to date. Thinking I need to find another nutritionist but I'd like to stay within my surgeon's practice.
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I'm not seeing the Nut that is associated with the area's bariatric program. I saw her just once. She told me that she had never had a client who was five years out and "we would just have to wing it". Well, NO THANK YOU. I don't have the patience to be anyone's guinea pig. I found a Reg. Dietician who has a background in bariatrics. She has been most helpful to me. Maybe looking around---asking for a local Reg. Dietician who is bariatric friendly. Just a thought...
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Had my 4th of 6 appointments with the surgeon and NUT, lost 16 lbs in the last 6 weeks. Finally below 400lbs! yeah me!
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Had my 6 week post op follow up (I'm actually 7.5 weeks post op) with the surgeon this morning. we discussed my progress not just since surgery but overall since my first appointment last december. He actually started to tear up he was so happy with how far I've come and when he told me how amazed he was, i teared up too. We had a good little happy cry right there in the exam room. Hard to believe this time last year I could barely walk a block without being in excruciating pain. Now I'm down 111lbs overall and 33 since surgery and feel pretty darn good!
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Had my 6th and final appointment of my medically supervised period this morning! Down 63lbs since my first appointment in December!! My file is being sent to insurance for approval this afternoon and barring no significant delays on the insurance approval, I'll be getting sleeved June 17th!!!!
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had to retire a pair of jeans over the weekend. they actually almost fell off at work on friday - can't be showing my ass at work like that - well not literally anyway! and to think - in may, i couldn't even come close to buttoning and zipping those suckers!
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@Dub - yes fortunately it was something I could just laugh off and a good reminder of my progress - had several of those reminders last week!
@LL - I certainly get the be disciplined aspect of martial arts, but damn a 100 push ups? that's just adding insult to an already embarassing situation. although I bet you made sure from then on that your pants wouldn't fall down in class again!
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Having lunch today with two guys I used to work with and haven't seen since March so pre-surgery and about 120lbs ago. Should be interesting to see if they notice a difference. One knows about the surgery and has seen a relatively recent pic (from vacation in October). And I think he may have told the other about the surgery. Should be an interesting lunch in a lot of ways!
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haha I thought about doing the "glance back" like Loretta Devine in Waiting to Exhale as she's sashaying away from Gregory Hines whispering "he better not be watching me walk away, (glance) oh, he's watching me walk away". But we actually stopped in the parking lot and Jeff said bye, and Scott stood there and kept talking (very typical of him) until I twice had to say I have a meeting so I have to get back to work. But I'm sure the guys were texting the rest of the afternoon and probably including our friend Jason who wasn't able to make it to lunch. But it was nice to have lunch with the guys I used to eat lunch with every day for over a year. The only thing I miss about that company is a handful of people.
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hahaha Love it @heidikat72
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Held a plank for 30 seconds today. Considering 8 weeks ago I struggled to hold it for 12 seconds, I'd say that's progress! And did four of them in a row today not just one. yeah me!
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hmmm apparently I can't post in the forums anymore...
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It really is the little things that mean the most. Spent the holiday with one of my nephews and his family. Managed to go to the Christmas theme at the local amusement park and walked over 5 miles. This was something I had to bail on them for last year because there was no way I could do it. That was my final straw that made me go through with the surgery. While I struggled to keep pace with his wife zipping back and forth all over the park (man, she uses that stroller like a deadly weapon! ha!), I did it. But even something as simple as running around their backyard with the 5yr old and 2yr old just made my day. Truly blessed.
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Just got my flu shot at work...and a bugs bunny band aid. Funny, after all those lovenox injections post op - I didn't feel a thing with the flu shot.
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Just got the call that insurance approved! Finally! One less thing to stress about right now. All systems are go for VSG on June 17th!
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Just got the call that insurance approved! Finally! One less thing to stress about right now. All systems are go for VSG on June 17th!
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making a mental note to profusely thank my bariatric team for the 3 inch thick binder of info and all the pre-op talks
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mmmm coffee with a splash of caramel premier protein shake. delicious
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I did half cup coffee, a protein shake and ice in the blender. YUM. Took me a long time to finish it, but in a Tervis tumbler, it stayed slushy like.
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