mandie175lbs

My daughter, sister and fiance' are the only people that knows about this! I

don't plan on telling ANYONE! I don't like it when I am the topic of people

conversation.I feel that if they are not going through this, and if they are not

one of my love ones or a close friend of mine, then they would be talking just

for gossip sake! I wouldn't want them to even waste their time gossiping about

me.... I'm just not worth the conversation! lol!

Take care and keep the posting coming because for a lot of us, this is our main

source of support.

Well Guys,

I am officially on the "clear liquid diet!" I'm not in a panic yet, but I know

that I will be turning in very early 2night! My stomach is going to start

growling, I'm going to feel nausea and then I'm going to start vomiting. I can

pretty much see all of this happening to me over the next few hours. lol!

Tomorrow is surgery day and I am on the edge of my seat! I can hardly wait! My

fiance' and my sister will be there. I haven't told my mother because I tried

talking to her about it last year and she wasn't supportive at all. Sooo, I

decided to leave her out of the loop.

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Hi and thanks for the comment. You look great in the above photo. How have you been since the surgery? I'm 5'9 too and I too want to be around 175lbs. What are you studying? I am so impressed with you going to school. Once I get this weight thing under control, I am going back to school too. Good luck to to with your weight loss and your studies! Keep in touch.

Thanks for your beautiful words of encouragement. I will be on clear liquids tomorrow. I just hope and pray that I can get through that without vomiting. When I'm hungry, I get sick to the point of vomiting and I hate to vomit. Since I was a little girl and every time I've vomited in my life, for some reason I urinate on myself. lol! I know this is too much information, but it's crazy that I can't control this! lol! Anyway, I know you can't wait to have your surgery. My feet, back and side started to kill me from the extra weight! lol! How tall are you? Are you the person in the black or pink? Take care and I will certainly be praying for you and all of us here who are trying to make that change in our lives. We can do this! Keep in touch and I will do the same.

Hope you are doing well Jamie!

Thanks for the well wishes guys. I am really struggling with this low carb diet especially when I read that other people on here are eating up to their surgery date. My doctor said that eating low carb /low fat will shrink my liver.... I sure hope it works! They are planning to do the one incision through the belly button and for them to do this successfully the liver has to be smaller in size... I don't know, we'll see though. I lost a few more pounds and I am super excited about that, because it's suppose to help them pull this new technique off! Anyway wish me luck guys. I'm getting ready to fix me some low carb/low fat foods. lol!

Hello Zendada,

Thanks for the well wishes. I am doing my low carb, low fat and low everything else diet right now! lol! This is not so bad, but tomorrow, I will be on a 24hr clear liquid diet! yikes! I just hope by not having food, it won't make me want to vomit! I've tried to do this once before and for some reason I got very sick on the stomach! How are you doing?

Please keep me posted on your status and take care.

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Ok Guys,

I have the ticker thing set, but I don't know where to place it in my profile! Can someone please help a sister out! lol!

Hello,

My fiance' is overly excited about my surgery. He is going to have it also, but his insurance is requiring him to do the 6 months of supervised dieting before he can advance forward. If it wasn't for him, I wouldn't have gotten this far with having the surgery. He said that he wants to see me happy and he knows that I am an angry fat person! LOL! I hope being at a normal weight will also help with my bad attitude!LOL!

Where do I put this so that it will show under my messages?

Thanks Girlfriend! I just got back from the beach on Monday and I swear, I ate everything that wasn't breathing! I knew that I was starting something new, but I guess I panicked and just started eating. lol! Well, it's out of my system now and I'm ready for the new me and new way of thinking.

I am so ready to get this surgery over with! I hope the 3 weeks of liquids post-op don't kill me! lol! I'm going to start Atkins today to try to get a few pounds down before my surgery date.

I see that you are still in the fight. I wish you and everyone else nothing but the best. Take care and keep in touch!

Thanks!

I am so excited! I start the low carb, low fat, low calorie, high protein diet today. I am doing this a week before the surgery. The day before the surgery, I have to do a strict liquid diet and NO food or drink after 12! That's going to be a long day and rough night! lol! My doctor want to try a fairly new procedure on me where she's making only one incision through the belly button.... Lord! I am so scared to do this! Why try something NEW on ME! Anyway, I told her that I would be willing to try this new procedure,,,, Dr. Pryor helped design this procedure.... I sure hope she knows what she's doing.

I'll keep you guys posted!

I GOT APPROVED! I GOT APPROVED!

I! GOT! APPROOOOOOOOOOOOVED!

surgery date: August 25,2010.... now i'm REALLY skerd!!!!

Just checking on you, I hope you are recovering well.

This is my 2nd time posting this, I have to remember that if I am going to respond to something you posted, I need to respond on your page. lol!

Don't worry about getting online right now. I was just a little worried when I didn't here a confrimation that you were alright. You need to just concentrate on getting better. I am soooo excited for you! You are going to look amazing for Christmas! Please post when you feel up to it. Take care.

Don't worry about getting online right now. I was just a little worried when I didn't hear a confrimation that you were alright. You need to just concentrate on getting better. I am soooo excited for you! You are going to look amazing for Christmas!

I am so happy to hear that you are doing well. I have been stalking the internet to see if you had posted an update on your status. Take care an keep us posted.

OMG! Good luck to you! I'm so excited for you! Please keep us posted. I'm still waiting to hear something from the insurance company:(

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Thanks for the information. I am so happy for the reactions your co-workers gave you! I know it felt great to hear all the compliments. Good for you and keep up the good work. I've decided to cancel the engagement party in September. Just thinking about it stressed me out! Now I can concentrate on this weight without all the stress of having a deadline. Good luck to you and thanks again for the information.

Still waiting.... I am so wishing for some news next week! I don't think I can go through another weekend thinking about this surgery. I don't know what i'm going to do if I am denied by my insurance company....

Thanks, I hope the wait isn't going to be long. I am seriously waiting on the edge of my seat! I am so ready for this. How often during the day did you have to drink the protien drinks? Was it strickly protien drinks and nothing else for two weeks? I'm going to get me some and start the ASAP. I got on the scale today and the scal read 236! I really want to try to get out of the 200 range before my engagement party in September! How was your first day back?

The nurse from the WLC returned my call on yesterday to discuss my labs and she said that my results were fine. My iron was on point so now I guess the ball falls is in my insurance company's court. I sure hope this doesn't turn into a long drawn out process. My nerves are getting the best of me. I pray that I don't change my mind again:(

Wow Gwendolyn! You took an entire month off from work? Did you need a month for recovery? I hope I will be out for only a week. I would love to be out longer, but with the wedding and everything, i'm going to need to account for honeymoon, parties, and other stuff associated with getting married. I was just looking at my labs on line. This stuff is like a foriegn language to me. lol! I'm going to call them tomorrow and ask if everything was ok with my blood work. I know my iron will probably be an issue(always has) but my doctor told me that it was normal for the first time in years! So I hope when they(weight loss center) checked it, they got the same. Thanks for checking on me. I hope your fill go as planned. All eyes are definitely going to be on you when you return to work girl! Take care and keep in touch!