krissyleigh

Height: 5'3.5
Preop diet: 216.2lbs. 37.7bmi
D.O.S.: 206.8lbs. 36.1bmi
10 week post op: 175.2lbs. 30.5bmi
Total loss: 41lbs (19%), 65 inches.
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Height: 5'3.5
Preop diet: 216.2lbs. 37.7bmi
D.O.S.: 206.8lbs. 36.1bmi
10 week post op: 175.2lbs. 30.5bmi
Total loss: 41lbs (19%), 65 inches.
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9 months post opp

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Height: 5'3.5
Preop diet: 216.2lbs. 37.7bmi
D.O.S.: 206.8lbs. 36.1bmi
10 week post op: 175.2lbs. 30.5bmi
Total loss: 41lbs (19%), 65 inches.
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Height: 5'3.5
Preop diet: 216.2lbs. 37.7bmi
D.O.S.: 206.8lbs. 36.1bmi
10 week post op: 175.2lbs. 30.5bmi
Total loss: 41lbs (19%), 65 inches.
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Height: 5'3.5
Preop diet: 216.2lbs. 37.7bmi
D.O.S.: 206.8lbs. 36.1bmi
10 week post op: 175.2lbs. 30.5bmi
Total loss: 41lbs (19%), 65 inches.
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Height: 5'3.5
Preop diet: 216.2lbs. 37.7bmi
D.O.S.: 206.8lbs. 36.1bmi
10 week post op: 175.2lbs. 30.5bmi
Total loss: 41lbs (19%), 65 inches.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using the BariatricPal App

Height: 5'3.5
Preop diet: 216.2lbs. 37.7bmi
D.O.S.: 206.8lbs. 36.1bmi
10 week post op: 175.2lbs. 30.5bmi
Total loss: 41lbs (19%), 65 inches.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using the BariatricPal App

Height: 5'3.5
Preop diet: 216.2lbs. 37.7bmi
D.O.S.: 206.8lbs. 36.1bmi
10 week post op: 175.2lbs. 30.5bmi
Total loss: 41lbs (19%), 65 inches.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using the BariatricPal App

Height: 5'3.5
Preop diet: 216.2lbs. 37.7bmi
D.O.S.: 206.8lbs. 36.1bmi
10 week post op: 175.2lbs. 30.5bmi
Total loss: 41lbs (19%), 65 inches.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using the BariatricPal App

Height: 5'3.5
Preop diet: 216.2lbs. 37.7bmi
D.O.S.: 206.8lbs. 36.1bmi
10 week post op: 175.2lbs. 30.5bmi
Total loss: 41lbs (19%), 65 inches.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using the BariatricPal App

Height: 5'3.5
Preop diet: 216.2lbs. 37.7bmi
D.O.S.: 206.8lbs. 36.1bmi
10 week post op: 175.2lbs. 30.5bmi
Total loss: 41lbs (19%), 65 inches.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using the BariatricPal App

Height: 5'3.5
Preop diet: 216.2lbs. 37.7bmi
D.O.S.: 206.8lbs. 36.1bmi
10 week post op: 175.2lbs. 30.5bmi
Total loss: 41lbs (19%), 65 inches.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using the BariatricPal App

Height: 5'3.5
Preop diet: 216.2lbs. 37.7bmi
D.O.S.: 206.8lbs. 36.1bmi
10 week post op: 175.2lbs. 30.5bmi
Total loss: 41lbs (19%), 65 inches.
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Each year one my sister, my grandma and I have this small ritual where we go up to Brussels and walk around to visit the Christmas market and also buy the last Christmas gifts, and I have pictures from last year before the surgery and a picture of yesterday.

So, voilà!

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Bariatric Dietitian Elizabeth Anderson learned lots of new things at Obesity Week this year. In no particular order she shares what she remembers after a crazy week in NOLA.


Here are just a few fascinating facts from the world's leading obesity researchers, scientists and surgeons gathered in NOLA for ObesityWeek2016:
1. There are 3 centers in the brain driving the ‘eat’ or ‘not to eat’ decision: the ‘I’m so hungry I would steal candy from a child’ drive, the ‘Ben and Jerry’s will make this sucky day, better’ drive and the ‘Oh, that cinnamon bun is so crazy gooey I need to eat one NOW’ drive.
2. The good news? Researchers have discovered that our hormone, Oxytocin or the ‘Love Hormone’ helps reduce our impulse to eat AND reduces calorie intake by rewiring the reward center in our brain. Only problem? It doesn’t last long in the bloodstream before breaking down. But researchers will try to make something similar.
3. People struggling with obesity are STILL being treated horribly by some healthcare providers. One study shows providers across the globe associate obesity with poor hygiene and dishonesty!??
4. The medical and research experts treating obesity now understand it is definitely a more complicated issue than balancing ‘calories in’ with ‘calories out.’
5. If a state like North Carolina charged a one cent tax on sugar sweetened drinks, they could raise 400 MILLION DOLLARS in one year!
6. Visits to registered dietitians are covered by the Affordable Care Act.
7. Employers can ‘opt out’ of covering obesity medications. I don’t think this option exists for blood pressure meds, do you??
8. One of the hormones in our gut actually raises H. E. double toothpick when we lose weight through dieting. It sets off bells and whistles begging us to eat!
9. Up to 70% of patients have copper deficiency pre-op and it’s usually due to taking zinc supplements!
10. More and more providers are adding obesity medications to their therapy regimen for WLS patients ‘stuck’ in their weight loss efforts.

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OK I've finally decided to be brave and post a couple of photos, apologies they are pretty poor quality as I'm not overly fond of pictures but before was June last year, the latest one is yesterday (I was obviously concentrating on something else in that one ????)

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So this was me, circa November 2015, picture taken against my will by a friend, he sent this to me this morning, had no clue it existed.

And this is me this morning. I have lost 105pounds so far.