Newme17
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So, I have been faithfully going to the gym these past few weeks and I feel great. I have more energy during the day. I'm dog tired at night and fall asleep fast. I am stronger, I feel stronger, I look stronger. Actually feel like I'm making a difference (which I'm sure I am). I don't weigh myself, so I'll be surprised when I go see the NUT on the 22nd. If I gain, it'll only be due to the heavy weights I'm lifting, cause my clothes aren't any tighter. If I lose, well, good, that'll be nice. I don't care of numbers though. So, anyways, I'm doing a great job. With that being said, my "great job" mentality goes down the drain when I walk by that darn full body mirror along side of the whole gym. UGH! I do my best not to look. Today, I didn't. So, kudos to that! One day I'll look over and see a different person and probably enjoy it. I'll just be sure not to look so much that I'm looking all conceited about admiring myself. haha
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I'm so proud of you..... can't wait till you post more pictures. I love that you said... you're doing a Great Job... Yes you are...
I remember the first time i saw the "skinny" girl in a mirror. I was walking in the mall and there were mirrors on the columns... and i passed and caught a glimpse of me.... i stopped in my tracks, backed up and looked... stood there and started to cry. I couldn't believe that girl in the mirror was me. You will have that moment too.... i know it
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Thank you and You bet I will have a that moment. I always imagine myself back at a healthy weight; it's easy to do it, until reality hits. But I will be there soon. This year is the New Me.
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So what happened to all of my statuses? Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place, but where else could they be?
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Well, I'm pretty excited about my arms! I'll have to learn to upload a video later so I can share. I've been doing heavy weights these days and building up my muscle I had lost. I've always had bigger arms (thanks dad for the muscular build) but they're huge now because of the added weight. Well, when I flex, I don't have much wiggling at all. That's a great sign!!!! I'm going to continue with my weights. I love doing them anyway. Hopefully I can get a video to show what I'm talking about.
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So, I log on most days to see what's going on. Perchance there might be a question/answer that I haven't seen yet. I'm not complaining, everything is informative, but a lot of it is redundant, simply because there are new people everyday and they're all getting started as I did too. I probably asked the same questions that has been answered over and over. I guess at this point (even though I'm not even post op) is to help with my new found knowledge of the gastric sleeve surgery. But it'll mostly be on the surface since I have yet to experience the surgery and post op life. Only then I'll be able to share in depth. Not sure why I wanted to share this, but I hope I can be of some assistance and that it will be sound advice, not advice made without educating myself first and sharing experiences. Ya'll have a great day!
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Sharing information is good. Someone said you can't offer advice unless you have had the surgery, well to me thats poppycocks. Have all Doctors been ill? Have all Dentists had to have teeth filled/removed? and on and on. There used to be a woman here called TheCandidate. She and I were both pre op but she had researched the procedure in and out and had been here for a long time before we had surgery. She was still able to support people and offer her thoughts. So stay and comment when you can or want to !! It can matter such a lot :-)
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Thanks _Kate_! It is poppycocks, isn't it? You've brought up great points, I.e. Doctors, dentists. i will continue to share and whether anyone wants the advise, knowledge or not, that's up to them. But I usually always try and make sure to have a relatable story or science behind why something works and doesn't work. Thank you again for your kind words.
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So, I told my boss I'm having surgery. The only reason why I chose to tell her is because it's only me, her, and her husbad (the owner) in the office, AND me having to be out for a couple of weeks maybe, I think she should have at least know something. I completely misjudged her!!! She's always eating right and doing fitness competitions. I thought maybe she might have the attitude of "why can't you just eat right and exercise?" But she didn't. She lit up and was super excited for me. She also knows all about it. Apparently her sis-n-law had it done. What a big relief!
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I'm pretty sure I'll lose some weight before surgery as I'm trying to change my eating/patterns/habits now. So far so good. Still pretty hard to try and sip throughout the day; and not to drink with or right after a meal. but I'll get there. I'm digging my food choices though; been doing some different recipes. My kids won't try them though; so it's either a PB sandwich or cereal for them. I refuse to make anything that they can't because they're being picky. I've been back to my weight training. I can feel the difference; best feeling ever. Problem is, I feel so great working out and then I have to walk by the full length body mirror in the gym. UGH. At least it's a reminder to keep going.
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Meh. I tried to do a journal on my laptop, then keep updates on a feed, even tried to do a food journal (made it all pretty, etc), and I don't stick to anything. I think I do better just keeping it all in my head and sharing my experiences here and there. So, that's what I'll do. For now, I'm 4 days past my NUT appt and I've been working pretty hard to change some habits. It's not easy, but slowly but surely I'll get this down.
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I really have no idea where I should be posting my journey. There is a forum that says "tell us about your journey" and then there is my profile page, which doesn't seem the best place to post since I want this to be helpful for someone else someday. On other sites/forums I've been on before when we start a thread about our journey, we keep that thread. I thought it might be the same here, but it looks more like people just post questions and "the moment" experiences. I'm not complaining, I love what I'm reading and it's all helped out. But no one has a full journey listed. I'd like to read something like that, but my own. But anyway...so, do I stop my A NEW ME thread and post here or what? Any suggestions??? I'm leaning keeping the thread but I'm not too sure at the moment.
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some people chose to start a blog. I'm technically challenged so i didn't. But there are many out there to read. Amy's is One of my fav. http://cheeseandsunkist.blogspot.com/
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I've been eating terrible since yesterday. I know I have my first NUT appt this next wed, but I didn't really think I was going to do a food funeral. It's like everything I know I won't be able or shouldn't eat, I'm eating. Not cool. Got to get a handle on myself.
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My initial consult was great. Surgeon was super sweet, nice, and funny. He asked me all kinds of questions about my health. I've been at the mercy of God for not developing anything other than obesity and heartburn. So, the surgeon wants an endoscopy done which I was happy to say I just had one done last Nov. My current insurance requirements are 4 visits with a nutritionist and 1 behavioral health exam. That's it! Then a 2 week pre-op and ya'll know the rest....First NUT appt, next Wed. Yay!
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Sitting here, 12 mins before my appt starts, kind of nervous actually. It'll be my first appt of many....been in the making for way too long. Feeling guilty for scarfing down Chik-fil-A before coming too. Sure hope he doesn't ask what I ate for lunch. On another note, my hubby had a dream a week ago that we were discussing possibilities of getting skin removal done.
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Took a nice break; back to read some info; I have my first consult/appt next week on the 19th. FInally coming around. On the downside, my insurance company is requiring me to do all the weight management part again, because there wasn't a CONSECUTIVE documented doctor visits. Ugh. I went from March 2016 to Dec 2016; and only Sept was documented in between. But I'm trying to stay positive. It shall pass.
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Happy 9th anniversary to me and my husband today!
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Today marks the new year, 2017. I have made my decision (about a month ago) to get the sleeve done. SInce, I've been searching and researching everything I can about it, pre and post ops, etc. It's going to be a great year!
