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Wow! I love reading these!! They are so motivating! Could it be possible? I am squeezing into 24s now, by Christmas time could I really be feeling better, wearing smaller sizes? I can't wait to be sleeved next week! Thanks for your posts everyone! Kathy
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Redneck Hey thanks alot, lol now I am really craving a red beer! I am a Kansas girl you know, so you can keep the fancy fru-fru drinks, there is nothing that beats a cold beer on a hot summer day!!
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July 2010's NEW losers!
KathyM replied to mellifrits's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
July 15th!!!! A couple of days into the preop diet - hasn't been too bad unless I am around something that smells really good, though I know it is just head hunger because I am surprisingly not all that hungry right now - just restless. Can't wait to be on the loser's bench with everyone else!! -
Yaaay Frankie - can't wait to be where you are!!
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I am totally intrigued by Hip Hop abs and some day want to take a Zumba class. Right now I have flip flop abs, and can only exercise for a little bit before I am sucking wind lol. Tiffy, I hear you on the knees, I had to have a total knee replacement because of arthritis when I was 40 :thumbup: all the more incentive to get this done and the weight off!
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hey Im new and super excited
KathyM replied to proudmom's topic in Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story
Proudmom - I totally hear you!! I am 42, a nurse in a busy ER. My kids are now both in college and I am newly divorced after 24 years. I am sooooo ready to start putting myself first! I have alot of life left to live and I want to live it to the fullest!! Good luck in your journey, can't wait to read how you are doing!! Kathy -
Why the drastic differences in post-op diets?
KathyM replied to momof3girls's topic in Post-op Diets and Questions
Frustrating, isn't it? I am on my preop diet and it is crazy how different the diets can be! -
HAHAHAHA I am on my preop diet and if I got a Dorito anywhere close to my mouth I would probably lose a finger!!!
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hey Im new and super excited
KathyM replied to proudmom's topic in Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story
Isn't it amazing how many of us are nurses? I think it is because we are really good at taking care of other people, but not ourselves! Maybe we should start a thread to see how many nurses there are on here!! Kathy -
Down 40 pounds, and no one noticed today:)
KathyM replied to lavonwarrior's topic in Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story
I wear scrubs every day at work, so I would imagine it will take quite a while before anyone notices. Time will tell I guess - I just want to feel better and not feel like I am crammed into all of my clothes! -
Cheri - Preop is getting a little easier - i haven't told alot of people at work that im doing it and when they are eating in front of me the smells of their food drive me craazy!! I could have tackled one of my coworkers for his salad today lol. It's so hard to believe that exactly one week from right now I will be postop!!! I wish I could go to sleep and wake up to have it be that day! I am sooooooo EXCITED!!! Did I mention that I am excited? LaSa - Great job on the 8 lbs!! I thought I had lost a few according to my scale, but of course then when I weighed at work this afternoon, fully dressed with shoes on, I weighed MORE - bah!!!!! I am going to have to just pick one scale and stay off of every other one - makes me too crazy! And btw - paint chips can be quite tasty! Kathy
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That's great to know - I will look for it! One week from tomorrow my life will change forever!!
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Thanks! Lots of great info! Everyone has so many different kinds of preop diets, it is so confusing.
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oooooh Globetrotter you are making me hungry!!! lol, somehow my tomato soup and jello just dont seem to compare with that! :biggrin0: I can't believe a week from Thursday I will be sleeved!!! yippeeee!
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Hi Everyone! Just finished day one of my preop diet - 10 days of liquids, the last 3 days are clear liquids. I felt pretty decent all day, then this evening I started getting that restless "I want something to snack on" feeling. I did manage to make it past that, but it wasn't easy! Day 1 down, bring on Day 2!!! lol. I might be eating the paint off the walls before July 15th gets here!!
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Side view - 7/2/10. The doctor is freaking out that I haven't lost more, but I'm happy with my progress.
KathyM commented on InnerBeauty's gallery image in Member Photo Gallery
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Ankles......I want ankles!!!!! lol
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Hubby's 1 Month Progress Pics
KathyM replied to CraftyChristie's topic in Weight Loss Surgery Success Stories
Yaaay!!! Way to go Ian! You can really tell the difference in just a short time! You both are so lucky to be able to take this journey together!! -
Mi-M There is ABSOLUTELY hope!!!! After my last hurrah meal lol, which btw was a shrimp, crab and lobster feast and yummmmmmmy, my friend wanted to go to the mall to Dillards and look for some new pants. As I was walking through all those beautiful "normal" sized clothes, I couldn't help but feel excited that by next summer I could actually be shopping in those very same sections!!! Keep your eye on the prize baby, our new lives will be soooo worth the changes that we make. I am day one one the preop diet - 10 days of liquids with the last 3 days being Clear Liquids only. I am so excited and ready for this change. I am pretty sure that by the time I leave I will be plenty sick of it haha. I wish you well in your journey and the new life to follow!!!
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Thank you for posting. Its wonderful to hear that you are doing so well. I hope someday to have the same changes in my life.
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Dr Aceves wireless internet question.
KathyM replied to Jaffa's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A
Ooooh! What a great idea!! I have a netflix acct and am taking my little notebook - I hadn't even thought about watching movies, but I will!!! -
Carla - OMG!! I live in a small town with NO stoplights and I have to admit I go t a chuckle out of the prayer group thing. Mary - I have thought alot about what I want to tell people when they start to notice the weightloss. In the end, I think I will want to tell people because if it can help someone else, then that would be great. But I also think I need a little time with it for myself, so what I have decided to say until I am ready to tell the rest of the story is that the weightloss has been a very personal thing for me and has been alot of hard work. Both of those things are true, and hopefully by saying it has been a very personal thing, it might keep people from being too nosy. Time will tell. Kathy
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I haven't ever really thought I was making the wrong decision, I KNOW this is right for me, but I have gone through this roller coaster of emotions. Today I was looking at a JC Penney's sale catalog and the thought that maybe.....just possibly...I could be wearing those shorts and tank tops next year. I could be walking around doing things without feeling worthless and short of breath. It will be so awesome!