patti.ducharme

Good luck to you!! It’s completely worth doing. No more Type II Diabetes meds, no more CPAP for sleep apnea, no more cravings for Snacks.

My bill was $77k

Thank Goodness for insurance!! I got my statement from the Hospital today..a whopping $69,000!!!

wooohooo down another 2.6 pounds i love weigh in Wednesdays

I’m 6 lbs. away from being my lowest teenage or adult weight ever, which makes me really happy but really sad too thinking about it because at the time I was in an extremely abusive relationship with a d**che who kept telling me how fat I was but he loved me despite this. Ah! So many good memories *insert sarcasm*

My RNY is this coming Friday, October 20th. Good luck!

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My RNY is this coming Friday, October 20th. Good luck!

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My RNY is this coming Friday, October 20th. Good luck!

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5 more days for me!

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5 more days for me!

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Don't focus on the time I got there all ready to go and the surgery should have started at 11didnt go back until almost 2

Surgery is Monday for me. I am so nervous 2 weeks ago the scheduler said it will be 10am.. she called me Friday and said my surgery is 12 this makes me nervous.

I love this Bone Broth. I do simmer it with some vegetables - onion, carrot, cabbage, celery, green pepper - and garlic. It has 7gr/cup/30cal as you can see on the label. I drank a lot of it yesterday and two shakes, some sf Jello. Yay!! I survived!!! LOL Nine more days to go.

Ok, I am a couple days short of my third month surgiversary, but it's the weekend so I took the measurements today. I started at 205 lbs, in a tight size 18, low obese BMI for years, couldn't lose anything. (The pituitary tumor prolactinoma does NOT help! They are highly correlated with obesity). I lost about 13 lbs on pre op diet and now I am down 22 lbs since surgery. Total weight loss has been 35 pounds. I'm no longer obese, just overweight. Can almost get into a size 14 but the thunder thighs still won't let me.
So, my measurement losses today after 3 months:
arm: lost 1.75"
under boob, smallest "waist": lost 6 inches
belly button waist: lost 12" (what???? Had to measure three times to check for errors!! Wow)
hips: lost 6.5"
thigh: lost 2.5"

so happy to see progress like this. Hope it continues.

@patti.ducharme
Thank you for posting the link to the eggface blog. Never been to it so decided to check it out. Its wonderful! Thank u for sharing!

Well i had my surgery sept 11 i did great left a day early from hospital because of how i was feeling wonderful
HW 363
SW 349
2wks post op 327
And it felt greaaaat.....

I have a family of 4 so I can cook for the whole family and eat the portion I am able.
I went with the 5.3 quart air fryer xl. It's the one they advertise on tv for $180 but my wife bought it from bed bath and beyond on sale for 119 plus 20% off coupon.

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I was buying Oikos Triple Zero and then I foubd that Dannon Light and Fit Greek yogurt is even better for us and tastes lovely. Give it a try!

Also, Ive always been a meat eater but since meats arent doing too well in my pouch, i tried Morningstar Spicy Black Bean burger in the freezer section. Dee-lish! Ill be trying more Morningstar products. Simple ingredients, great tastes!

You’re so welcome! You probably didn’t misread it. The charts I think do show 70%, but you know what? I never think anything anyone says is 100% true to MY body. We ultimately can change those charts! So let’s keep our heads up and beat the numbers. By the way, if I only lose 70%, then I’m still fat too. No thanks, I can do better!

I think if you work out , you’ll lose all your weight. Perhaps after you lose the 70%, you’ll just have to work a bit harder for the rest to come off.. have faith and don’t stress about the future that we can’t predict. I can’t give a true “ average” weight loss for me as I know it’s not realistic. Since I’ve lost 21lbs in 2 wks...