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Dede    0

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Hi All,

I'm Raven and my story is that I am a 51 years old female, married and a mother of one. I started at a weight of 220lbs at 5'4" with all the wonderful comorbities of extremely high blood pressure, high cholesterol, arthritis in both knees and hips, and last but not least gurd. ;) I had my surgery on Wednesday Dec 21st, 2011 and was out of the hospital by that Friday morning. I am currently at 174lbs and I am down to the last nubbins of my closet. I have about 50lbs to go to reach my goal weight of 125lbs and I have stalled out and haven't lost a pound in 2.5 weeks. My blood pressure is still high and I haven't been able to get off of my medication yet, I still have high cholesterol but my arthritis in my knees and hips are much better and I am able to take the stairs again! I am currently losing alot of hair, which is scarey :blink: I am trying not to be discouraged by the stall so I am upping my exercise regiment and will stop grazing on fruits and stik with veggie treats @ 3 meals 2 Snacks (treats) daily...which is really hard to do since eating takes about 35-45 min per meal/snack... :unsure:

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Dede    0

Dede
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Dede    0

Dede
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Sorry about that...trying to add my ticker...go figure

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aroundhky    1,174

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Welcome Raven! Your goals to cure (comorbitites) sound a lot like mine. I had uncontrolled BP, lots of joint pain and high cholesterol. I've made a lot of progress towards aleviating those but not quite there yet. Hang in there! I can't relate to the Hair loss thing as I've been bald for 10+ years. :wacko: Even if you are still on meds, I'm guessing you still probably feel better right? Hopefuilly you'll eventually get rid of those things and be a lot healthier. Just keep those end goals in mind and good luck. :)

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besquared1426    49

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Welcome raven. I am a lot like you--5'4", 239 and 52. Hope to get to 125

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Netgallegos    19

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Hi Raven. I was sleeved in December on the 16th i am 5. 3. And my highest weight was 289 and i have lost 67 lbs Their are alot of sugestions for stalls. Missdivas boot camp is one are you tracking with a program like myfitnesspal will help as well and of course exercise. So you are doing great.

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twoboysandagirl    109

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Welcome and keep your chin up!

I would definatly suggest you keep track of every morsel . Add up your carbs, calories each day. If you are not doing that it may help.

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Welcome Raven! You've got a lot of support here on this web. Keep posting your progress.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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