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settebee

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    They are the best to go! I throw a few in a ziplock baggie and heat them up in the microwave when I get to work. (I don't like to eat right as I wake up.) Yes, some of the cheese does cook out, but you can still taste it! :) I hope you enjoy them!! :)

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    I am right there with you! I had my surgery September 16, 2010. My highest weight was 325 lbs, and my surgery weight was 312! I am currently down to 195! I too have about 40 lbs to go, and it's coming off slowly! I know I'll get to goal!! Good luck to you all! :)

    Suzette

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    I am 10 months out, and I am right there with you! Three days before my period and two days during it, I am a hungry, eating machine! I feel like I too can eat more during this time, but truthfully it's the foods I eat (slider foods). Once the third day hits, it's back to normal! I'm just grateful I don't feel like a food monster everyday anymore! I can handle five days! Hehe! Good luck, Ladies! P.S. Never weigh yourself during TOM, it's never a good idea. Hehe! :D

    Suzette

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    Weridest, wildest thing happened at work today! First let me start off by saying that all my co workers know about my surgery and have been super supportive, my cheerleaders, so they know me at my heaviest and me now. Today at work I was training a new assoicate. During her orientation she made a comment about one of our customer's size/weight. Of course she doesn't know me from Adam, so she didn't know I was a big girl at one time. It just blew me away! I instintly got very defensive and told her that she doesn't know her situation and not to judge. She looked at me with a confused look on her face. I bluntly and politely told her that I was that ladie's size if not bigger, and it makes me sick to see how judgemental people can being about a person's appearance/weight. She of course apologized, and I'm pretty sure she'll think twice before judging anyone's size. Mission accomplished! ;) I am so "protective" of curvy people! I feel like I have to defend them and let "Tiny Tina" know what's up!!

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    I would love to hear other people's responses bc I too still feel like "fatty patty" even though I have friends, family and even my clients telling me otherwise. My sister in-law asked me the other day, "How does it to feel to be little?" I just laughed it off! I still have a bit to go, but I have gone a long way. My highest was 325 lbs! I have currently lost 123 lbs with only about 40 lbs to go! You would think even after losing a whole person it would sink in, but nope!! Maybe one day my head will catch up with my body.

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    Hey everyone! I just wanted to post a quick update on my weight loss! My personal goal was to be under 200 on my wedding day! Well I leave out tomorrow for home,TX, and still have six days before the wedding, and I am down to 204.6! That's super fabulous to me! Last week for giggles I put on my wedding dress, and yeah, it's getting a little big! Haha! I am obviously losing more inches, so after being paranoid that my dress will too big, I upped my carbs and still lost a pound! Haha! I'm still happy with my weight loss and maybe I'll hit goal, but if not, I'll still be a happy little bride! :)

    Thanks for listening!

    Suzette

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    Today at work the "big boss lady", Gretchen, came in to do her quarterly audit. She knows all about me having the sugery and was super supportive.

    The last time I saw Gretchen was probably about a month or two ago. When she saw me she said, "You keep shrinking! How much have you lost now?" Normally I would be proud to say 119 lbs, but for some reason I felt silly this time! Your thoughts??

  20. Posted

    I read your post like three times, and I am still laughing!! I read it to my husband, but he didn't find it as funny, but I love it!! I soooo know what you mean! I feel the same way!! Thank you for the good laughed! I needed after the crazy day i had!

    Suzette

    Today I was not able to go home for lunch so I stopped into the deli in my office building. I know there is almost nothing for me to eat there. Correction: there are things I can eat, but they don't offer half portions of anything so it's a major waste of food / money to eat there. Anyway, I buy the cheapest thing on the menu - chicken Teriyaki with Rice. I know I will be able to eat the chicken and I can throw the rest out.

    So, they give me the container - its a massive square foam container. I pop it open and LITERALLY there is enough to feed a normal family of 3. I chuckled to myself and walked back to my desk. Opened the container again. I still can't believe how much they stuffed into this thing. I ate about 5 bites of chicken, one bite of squash, and a small mushroom. It didn't look like it had been touched - not a dent!!!

    I don't know what's funnier - the huge portion or the fact that I still only eat 5 bites of anything!!!

    Loving my sleeve :-)

  21. Posted

    Way to go, You!! :) You have done amazing yourself!! How far out are you?

    I feel like I was in the teens for forever!! Now I'm at 206, and "onderland" is just teasing me! Hehe :)

    Good luck to you and keep up the great work!!

    Suzette

    omg I so can totally relate! I'm 219.5! . . . so I'm in the 200 "teens" right there with you! And I like you was over 300 (338 to be exact at my heaviest weight). I told my boyfriend this weekend I can't WAIT to reach 199! I am going to be ecstatic. Congrats! :)

  22. Posted

    It's really interesting and enlightening to read everyone's "aha" moments -- mine doesn't differ much from everyone else's, but here goes . . .

    I had always been a slim person up until I went to college -- I weighed 145 going to college and was oblivious about weight or how much I ate. My mom was very controlling about food and so I just ate what was in front of me, not really knowing much about Portion Control or healthy food. (Not blaming my mom, just stating the facts -- she's much better now.) I started gaining weight my freshman year, about 15 pounds. Lost it in the summer, only to gain and lose and gain . . . you know.

    I met my husband my sophomore year and we dated all through my weight fluctuations -- by the time I graduated from college I weight 185ish. I thought I was humongous. ha.

    After school, my husband and I moved from Wisconsin to DC -- it was a huge change for me -- I didn't know anyone, didn't have a job, had a horrible apartment. So I ate. I remember eating whole containers of ice cream and whole pies by myself. I gained a lot of weight and weighed around 210 pounds then.

    We moved to Venezuela in the late 1980s and that was another stressful time for me -- I didn't know Spanish (learned pretty quickly) -- and again, didn't have friends. So I gained again, weighing at least 250 lbs.

    We came back home and I went on WW -- lost 70 lbs (I was very proud of myself) -- and I soon became pregnant -- well, that gave me the excuse to go off the wagon and eat -- and I did -- I gained back that 70 lbs during my pregnancy and gave birth to a 10 lbs. baby boy (the 19 year old now). (I'm gonna throw in here that I have also been battling PCOS and this pregnancy was a "miracle," that would not happen again . . .)

    When Daniel (my oldest) was 5 months old, I started law school (I know, I know - crazy) -- because of the stress with a new baby and law school, guess what I did? I ate. I think by the time I graduated from law school 3 years later, I weighed well over 270 lbs. I lost some and regained, you know the drill.

    I always expected to be able to lose it and have self-control and be normal -- but it never seemed to happen.

    About 2 years after law school, we were sent to Guatemala (my husband is a diplomat) -- I couldn't work as a lawyer overseas (can only work in the States as a lawyer), so I began teaching school (6th grade at the time). It became THE most stressful job I've ever had (but I loved it - type A personality). So I ate. ha.

    We adopted our daughter, Susana (now 15 years old), and I think I weighed about 250 lbs. Then 2 years later, we adopted our son John (now 12) -- and then 2 years later I became pregnant only to discover it was an ectopic pregnancy (thank you PCOS) and I hemorrhaged, with very little time to undergo surgery. In Guatemala (and many other countries), surgery to remove a pregnancy (even not viable like an ectopic pregnancy) is against the law and you have to have a court order to have the surgery to save the mother's life -- I had about 2 hours before I would have died before they were able to get the order. So that was a little stressful . .

    After my surgery, I determined to lose weight and I began WW and running every day -- I got down to about 190 and felt awesome. But then my oldest son, Daniel, was diagnosed with Bipolar disorder (after already having ADHD) and Asperger's Syndrome (a form of Autism) -- so that sent me into a tailspin. I ate. And regained everything.

    After Guatemala, we returned to the States where I resumed my legal career (read stress). Then we moved to Nicaragua where I lost about 45 lbs just from the heat (seriously -- you move, you sweat) -- I began teaching again.

    Then we moved back to the States, and I went to get my Master's in Education because I had been out so long from my legal career and I really did enjoy teaching. Meanwhile, my husband was sent to Iraq for a year and I was a single parent, teaching, going to grad school, AND putting an addition on my house (the contractor skipped out on me too -- that's a whole nother story) -- so suffice it to say, I WAS STRESSED OUT. I ate.

    By this time, I didn't care how much I weighed. I knew I had gained but no longer really cared. My aunt told me that she had been diagnosed as pre-diabetic and we had diabetes in our family. At the time, though, I had no co-morbidities -- my blood pressure was a little elevated (for me) but still within normal ranges. The only thing I *think* I might have had was the beginnings of sleep apnea.

    So I had come to a mental acceptance that I would never be thin again. I was very sad for myself because despite my emotional eating, I had tried every diet under the sun, been active and still not lost enough weight or even gotten the right eating habits. It was very sad, but I was ready to accept being obese for the rest of my life.

    Finally, my husband was sent to Paraguay -- my oldest was a senior in HS and I just didn't want to remove him for his senior year, so we stayed in the States for another year. During this time, I started to think about WLS. I went to a Lane Bryant store to buy some clothes, and one of the sales clerks and I started a conversation. She had recently had the Lapband and she could not say enough good things about it. She had been over 300 lbs and I think was about 200 lbs. at the time I talked to her. I was really encouraged by her forthrightness and honesty. It gave me hope and kind of sat at the back of my head for a while.

    Last July, the rest of us moved to Paraguay, and I decided that I had to take action. We went to visit the best bariatric surgeon here and he said that he did not do the lapband (thank God!) but that he would do the gastric sleeve and then the bypass if I didn't lose enough weight. He didn't think the sleeve would be sufficient because I was now over 300 lbs (I hadn't weighed myself in over a year). I was determined that the sleeve would be my ONLY surgery.

    So in September (2 months later), I had the sleeve and the rest is history. I can't believe that it's been as easy as it has been (albeit the first month or so was pretty hard) -- but I've been very pleased with how much my eating habits have changed and how the weight has steadily come off.

    Sorry this was so long -- it seemed like there were so many different things that contributed to my obesity, that it seemed only fair to write it all down.

    I figure if I can do this, anyone can -- :)

    I really enjoyed reading your story! :) Good for you and good luck!!

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