Angie Taylor
Highest Weight ever 376 pounds
December 8, 2003 343 pounds
December 9, 2003 SURGERY
December 15, 2003 333 pounds
December 19, 2003 328 pounds
December 29, 2003 315.5 pounds
January 4, 2004 315.5 pounds
February 12, 2004 295 pounds
March 1, 2004 285 pounds
April 12, 2004 263 pounds
May 9, 2004 251.5 pounds
June 9, 2004 244 pounds
September 26, 2004 201 pounds
December 1, 2004 196 pounds
December 9, 2004 193 pounds***I made it 1 year and down 150!
April 14, 2005 178 pounds
June 9, 2005 175 pounds***total loss 201, since WLS 168 pounds
September 4, 2005 172
September 16, 2005 170
November 21, 2005 170
November 28, 2005 175
April 22, 2006 176
June 8, 2006 178
November 1, 2003
I have been thinking of WLS for 14 years and planning to do it for 5 years. Some of you may wonder why I had waited for 5 years to get this thing going for real. The story is I was pregnant with my first child when I made the decission this was what I needed to do to save my life. I knew that I would rather have 2 children than 1 so I wanted to wait until I had a second child to have WLS. I had my second bundle of joy on 12/2/02 and durring that pregnancy I explained to my perinatologist what I wanted to do. Since he had treated me as a high risk patient due to my excessive weight he knew what I had been through to loose weight and where I was emotionally. I explained to him I needed help finding a physician that would support me in this process, this journey, this sometimes very difficult road. He referred me to a PCP who stood behind me and helped me get things going. So it has been the last year that the real work has been happening my PCP and I have put into motion the steps of receiving insurance approval for WLS. After meeting my new PCP and explaining to him what I wanted I had to:
1. Get bloode work.
2. Get sleep study.
3. Get an appointment with the surgical center.
4. Get an appointment with the nutritionist.
5. See my pulminologist.
The results were:
1. I have high bloode cholestoral. **I was also put on high bloode preasure medication for this.
2. I have sleep apnea and am on CPAP for it.
3. The surgical center referred me to psych evaluation, a second nutritionist visit (how to eat after surgery) an EKG and abdominal ultrasound and support groups.
-They have hired the surgeon, I have had the second visit with the nutritionsist, I am psychological fit (that was a tough one LOL)my stomach and other organs are in great shape.
***personal note>>>I am really very healthy it seems for someone who is as over weight as I am and been so for this long.
4. My pulminary doctors are behind me 100% another great group of medical people helping me to achieve my goal.
I was preliminarialy approved by my insurance, I now have a date and my final paper work is being sent for approval. If all goes smoothly I will be in the OR on 12/9/03. I am very excited but waiting on the edge for some kind of bump in the insurance road.
I do not have an angel as this site calls them. I could really use someone who can help me through this journey. I do know a handfull of people who have had the process, I work with 2 women that I know of have had it. I could use a personal sponsor, so anyone up for the challeng email me.
My personal goal is to loose at least 200 pounds I would like to see myself loose betweek 200 and 220 but would be happy to drop the 200. My biggest fear is how this will affect my marriage.
**November 2, 2003
I received an email today from Momma Angel, I am very thankfull for her support and prayers as well as everyone else out there who is praying for me along the way. I am really very excited and extreamly nervouse about the social/emotional affects of this giant change in my life. I also have to do some research, I love all your profiles with the pretty pictures and backgrounds. I am going to have to do some work on that so I can post some pictures for you all to get to know me better.
**November 17, 2003
I WAS APPROVED FOR SURGERY!! I just can't believe it, I have been waiting very much afraid to get excited about my 12/9/03 surgical date for fear that my insurance would deny my request. The nurse at the surgical center kept telling me not to worry, and just to be patient. Today I got an email after dinner that she received the approval. I am so excited. I am somewhat afraid because of some of the last minute denial letters I have read about on the site. I jumped through every hoop, even the fire rings so I am sure everything is going to be okay. I feel like I won the lotto and keep checking the number to make sure there is not a mistake. Well, I know you post oppers know this feeling but I am also a bit affraid of all that the future holds. I better try to go to bed now, I have to work tomorrow.
**November 30, 2003
I weighed myself today and I have gained. I suppose it is a combonation of Thanksgiving, the fact that I am 'saying good bye' to all my favorite foods that I know I can no longer eat again and that time for me again (ladies you know what I mean). I am having such a range of emotions. When I first started my WLS journey, I decided that I wanted to have DS because it seemed to be for those of us who are super morbid (I like to claim super but I don't care for morbid). I found that the Dr. my surgical group had recruted did not perform DS, I originally thought he did; however, the nurse explained that the long term numbers were very similar between RNY and DS but that I would have to focus on my maintaining as this is where DS and RNY differs. I decided this was not a bad thing because I had read that there are greater side affects with DS and so I decided the more commonly performed tried and trusted RNY would be good. Then the Dr. described distal to me and I was happy because it seemed to be a happy medium. I was going to have the smaller stomach pouch with the larger bypass this should help me to loose greater amounts of weight so I am excited about it. I was; however, recently approached by a DS patient who has urged me to reconsider my decission quoting that I will not likely be able to loose the 200 to 210 pounds I want to loose and even if I do, she doubts I can keep it off. I was so confused and frustrated by this I nearly gave up the whole thing, but I am so close to my surgery date just 9 days away! I decided I am a strong woman, I will use this surgery to loose my weight 200+ pounds, I will keep it off, I will have my life, the life I have never had because of my lifetime of FAT! I will not let her confuse me, I will not let anything stop me from being smaller, happier BETTER than before! I am using this surgery to it's best. I am also learning how to eat better, exercise more and enjoy life until I am very old. Watch out California!
***LETTER I WROTE TO MY PCP, REQUESTING SUPPORT OF SURGERY***
Dr. Townsend,
As you know I have been working with First Surgical Consultants Medical Group, Inc. and Dr Steven Stanten to get the weight loss surgery. I have completed all the requirements for the surgery and the group is ready to set a date for my surgery and send in the final pre authorization forms to my insurance group. They have requested that you write a letter in support of the surgery for insurance purposes.
To make it easier for you I am going to give you some health details about my situation:
My co morbidities are:
Sleep apnea (requires cpap)
Asthma (requires steroids and rescue inhalers daily)
High Blood Pressure (requires medication)
High Cholesterol (Sabrina said I should be on medication for this)
Constant Joint pain in knees, hips and back
My current weight is 345
My dieting history to the best of my recollection:
Cambridge Liquid diet (before I was 12 years old for about 3 months)
Doctor supervised diet including B complex shots age 16 (lost 50 pounds)
Weight Watchers age 19 (lost 40 pounds)
Nutri Systems age 23 (lost 50 pounds)
Dr. Atkins age 27 (lost 35 pounds)
Dr Atkins age30 (lost 50 pounds)
During all of these programs I included exercise and vitamins as well as drinking at least a half gallon of water each day. I can always manage to loose 30 to 50 pounds but then I hit a brick wall and can’t loose any more, then I end up gaining at least 150% of the weight back sometimes even more.
I feel that WLS is my last resort, to permanently loose my excess body weight which is currently about 200 pounds.
Your support is greatly appreciated. Please send a letter as soon as possible.
Thanks
Angie Taylor
Feel free to use any or all of this letter, it might help. I had absolutly no problem with my insurance approval, and I had the support of my PCP from the word go. Good luck to you all!
***December 1,2003
1 week and 1 day till surgery, I am so excited!! I am thinking of all the fun things I want to do when I loose this weight.
-Go for walks with my children.
-Play in the park with my children.
-Be alive as my children grow up.
-Scuba dive.
-Sky dive.
-Go camping and hiking again.
-Water ski.
-Buy clothes in a store (not a magazine).
-Wear my husbands clothes.
-Fly without being afraid of the seat size.
-Live a longer, happier, pain free life.
There is so much more, some of it is still a bit personal ;-)
Keep me in your thoughts as my date grows closer, I am very nervous.
***12/8/2003 8:45 PM
Okay it is finally here, the night before my surgery. I am one of the lucky people who doesn't have to drink that nasty stuff or get any other type of cleansing. I am happy for that!! Today I drank water and protein shakes, I took my vitamin supliments and for dinner had a some chicken noodle soup with no crackers. I met a woman here at Obesityhelp.com who was kind enough to offer me a ride to the hospital in the morning so I am extreamly happy to have her as a pal. I was initially going to drive myself to prevent my husband from bringing my two small children out so early in the morning. THANKS DENISE YOU ARE GREAT! My husband took pictures of my daughter and I so I will have a great before to put with my after. I will keep the site posted with all info as soon as I get home. Thank you all for your prayers and support. I look forward to seeing you on the LOOSING SIDE!
***December 14,2003
I am home from the hospital, made it home yesterday afternoon and sometimes I feel soooo excited and other times I just say to myself, "Angie, what the heck have you done?" I just can't believe I have done this and I make that statement both with excitement and fear for the unknown. My nurse had told me that my ultimate fluid intake goal is at least 64 oz a day but when I asked her what I needed to push to avoid the ER for dehydration she told me 40 oz a day. This morning (4 AM, I hate hospital hours LOL) I measured out 40 oz, DANG THIS IS GOING TO TAKE A TON OF WORK!!!! I do feel a bit hungry this morning and for that I feel glad my body is starting to speak to me again. I want to drink some water first and will go back to bed, then, when I get up I will have some breakfast during the day light hours.
My surgeon is a wonderfully skilled man. I don't think someone could have drawn my incision and staple line better than he did. Also, he came to see me at least twice a day even on Saturday when he discharged me. When I first went to my surgical group they were still in the process of recruiting him and I waited about a year for him to get there and get started, and he was well worth the wait, I am very glad they hired him.
Well, I have been up for about an hour and drank maybe 3 oz of water, UGH this water thing is going to be very, very, very difficult. I am done reading email, I think I am going to hit the pain meds and go back to bed for a few more hours. See you all later, and thanks for all your prayer, I know I wouldn't have survived this far with out the Lord being with me!
***Wednesday 12/17/2003 THE STORY OF THE SURGERY.
On Monday night I weighed myself and asked Arlee (my husband) to take a front and profile picture of me which I have not taken off the camera yet, that night I weighed 343. I did not eat or drink anything after midnight and went to the hospital at 6:00 AM, went into surgery around 7:30 and when I woke up I was hurting. I had been given an IV in my right hand before surgery, it is hard for them to find a vein on me so the anesthesiologist told me that after I went out he would try to start a couple more IV’s just in case the nurses had problem with the first but if he had trouble he would just make one in my jugular vein. So when I woke up there was the original in my right hand one on my left arm and one in my neck, there was an NG tube down my nose into my stomach, there was also oxygen in my nose a catheter so that I could urinate, an epidural in my spine for pain and the intubation tube was placed down my throat into my lungs and removed all while I was out, thank goodness!! They had already placed me from the OR gurney into my hospital bed and were rolling me into my care unit (a step below ICU) and I was freezing, they must have given be 25 blankets but I was still cold, and even though I was getting constant meds in my epidural I was still in pain, I am not sure why that is. So anyway, they kept me warm and monitored my vitals including oxygen saturation about every hour, they did give me one breathing treatment and a cup of water to swab my mouth out but I was not allowed to have so much as 1 ice chip until after the next day when they would do the leak test. What I didn’t know was that hospital bed could weigh me, sometime after 10 PM they weighed me and here was just a few hours after surgery and I weighed 353 pound! YIKES!!!! Now I knew this was due to the IV fluids but it just didn’t make me feel good considering what I had just went through in order to LOOSE weight!!
The next day I went to the leak test. YUK! I still had the NG tube in my nose to my stomach, so that helped …. I think. First was the chest X-ray which it was hard to stand in front of that machine, I nearly passed out, but I made it. Then to the leak test, they made me stand in front of another X-ray machine and shot some sticky dye stuff in the tube to my stomach while they watched my intestines and stomach and whatever else on a monitor to make sure there were no leaks where the doctor cut me and reformed me. That all went well so they removed the NG tube and had to stand up again and actually drink that NASTY stuff. It was terrible but I passed and was rewarded with a drink of cold water and lunch. By now my pain was horrible, so they increased the medication being delivered through my spinal but the one problem is they made my legs numb and I had to be able to get up to use the bathroom, that dye stuff had me going every 5 minutes #2, and it was important I got there right away. So they had to back it off and they started giving me morphine in my neck (my only good IV at this point) and that morphine worked fast and good but it totally zonked me. By the way I walked on this day also so I was progressing but in pain. I got what is called “full liquid diet” but I ate my strained, creamed broccoli soup too fast (1/2 cup in about an hour maybe slightly more) and it made me sick for a day and a half with gas bubbles. Well the next day (Wednesday) the removed the spinal all together and when I could feel real well they removed the catheter and now I could walk more freely and go to the bathroom all on my own, but I could not get out of bed by myself. They were still giving 4 CC of morphine every 2 hours so I was not in pain much but I felt like a junkie. On Thursday I moved to my regular room not on the managed care floor, I was able to walk myself, and by then I could walk, go to the bathroom, eat full liquids (not much, I only eat about a TBL at a time and toss the rest, still) I could do anything except get the foot pumps off by myself. I was still getting breathing treatments to help avoid phemonia. On Saturday, they removed my IV from my neck, and my doctor released me, my nurse came to supervise a shower (at my request) and I was able to make it home by Saturday afternoon. I am now using vicodine elixir which is pretty strong and nocks the pain out for 4 to 6 hours but doesn’t zonk me totally. I am doing a little at a time and making sure I drink 40 oz of water so I won’t get dehydrated. I am using protein powder to get my protein in but am not eating much. Yesterday morning I weighed myself and was down to 333, so I have made 10 pounds in the negative WOO HOO!
***Monday 12/29/2003
I have lost 27.5 pounds and am really excited about that but in the past week I have felt terrible, barely getting out of bed. Last Monday I started feeling the old familiar pain of my cycle approaching (the Dr. made me stop my birth control before surgery and that BC is what controlled the horrible pain of my periods) I was sick every day last week, I wonder if I would have survived it if not for the pain meds they gave me after the surgery. My cycle finally started on 12/24 and ended on 12/27 so it was rather quick and I am getting back to my old self. My problem was and still is that nothing sounds good and worse yet nothing tastes good. My surgeon moved me from full liquids to pureed but absolutly everything, even water is a choore to get down. The protein powder I once added to nearly everything is totally intolerable and even my chocolate protein shake is a chore. The good news is that I am starting to get back to my old self. I made a protein shake and added an extra scoop of protein powder making it worth 33 grams of protein and put some almond extract to help mask the flavor of the powder and I can get that down slowley but surely. I feel a bit like mutant these days, my one year old baby can eat more than me easily. I can eat a single slice of cheese which is nice, I chew a lot because I don't want any stoppages, I just don't want to throw up at all. The good news is I am still feeling positive about my surgery. I am looking forward to the summer when I feel a bit more comfortable with my new anatomy and will hopefully be more in tuned with what it can handle. I bought a confertable Trans Am last summer and I must admit I am a tight fit in it and am looking forward to being able to drive with the top down and feel more comfortable in my jazzy sports car!! I am looking to the future, and just trying to get the protein down for now. I know this is the right thing to do and I am glad I did it.
***Sunday 1/4/2004
Well, I am doing okay, catching a bit of a cold which I am fighting of with the nebulizer treatments trying to avoid anything seriouse, I really don't need a full blown cold right now when I can't eat much and am so new out of surgery. I did weigh myself this afternoon and am still at 315.5 pounds which means I am stalled since 12/29 but that is just almost a week ago and I haven't been getting much exercise because I haven't been feeling the greatest. I am also not getting enough protein, my focus for the next week is to get my protein.
***Thursday 2/12/2004
I know I have been bad to not update everything but I have been enjoying the family. I went back to work January 26 and have been doing fairly well, only working 40 hours a week but doing well. I started out riding my exercise bike each morning before work but faltered on that the first week, now I am not doing it at all BUT I am walking 20 to 25 minutes every weekday on my lunch. I hope to add an hour after work at the gym starting next week. I am really enjoying watching this weight go but I wish it would go a bit faster and I think with more exercise it will. I am eating more carb snacks like goldfish crackers and ritz bitz they are low in fat and sugar but have a bunch more carbs than cheese or meat. Meat isn't always easy. I drink 2 protein drinks a day giving me 70 grams of protein, am getting my 64 oz of water a day but that takes effort. I eat mostly just cheese 2 times a day between the protein drinks and a can (2 servings)of soup generally split pea or Campbells Chunkey for dinner. I recently learned I can have fruit so I have tried bannanna and pineapple as well as avacado but I am still a bit nervous about these things. Well I will go have my chewable calcium and then hit the hay. I hope you are all well too. I will update again, not sure when but I will ;)
***Thursday 3/3/2004
I am just 6 days from my 3 month post op date. I am so excited about the progress so far and am setting a personal goal to be down a total of 65 pounds by then. I have added 2 gym days to my daily walks. I hope to get better about exercise on the weekends, but at least I am exercising 5 days a week and 2 times on 2 of those days. I guess that is really good compared to preop so I am still proud of my progress. I know exercise will be easier as more weight drops so I will gradually add more and more. Well that is about all I have for now. I will try very hard to get my profile updated on Tuesday and share if I made my goal or not. Either way, I am so happy with this progress!!! Night all.
***Monday 4/12/2004
Well it has been a while but I must say it is because I am so much more energetic and doing so many more things. As summer is approaching I have a lot of exciting things I want to do. I am able to drive my car so much better because I fit in it better and so I plan to race in June. I will be going to swim parties any chance I get, luckily I have a lot of friends with pools! One of the women in my support group promises to teach me how to kayack. There just seems to be endless forms of fun in the sun when you have the energy to handle them. I will try to be back at least by next month to update more. The good news is if I haven't updated in a long time it is because I am outside enjoying my new life!!
***Tuseday 5/11/2004
I am less than 10 pounds from my 6 month goal and I have nearly a full month to loose that last bit. I have been doing very well and am proud of my weight loss. I do find that now I can eat more and tend to find myself wanting to munch at work and am choosing to keep healthy snacks such as peanuts, protei bars and such handy. I still need to get more fiber and am trying to eat some crackers and get more fruits and vegitables in to assist with the constipation that seems to bug me. I can't complain because this is my only issue so I feel lucky considering the seriousness of this surgery. I am loosing hair by the hand fulls, I am sure it isn't lack of protien as I get at least 60 grams a day. I think there is a lack of vitamins so I am going to research biotin and other such things that might help. My self image is lacking. I feel great with this weight loss and when I look in the mirror I think I look wonderful but under these clothes there is so much loose skin, it makes me feel weird. I keep saying I am healthier which is why I had this surgery but I hope to get this skin removed once I loose all the weight I want to loose, I just don't like all this loose skin. I am happy and doing well, I feel healthy and proud of my progress. I could not recomend this procedure enough to anyone who is considering it.
***Sunday 9/26/2004
I know it has been forever since I have updated the only thing I can say to that is that since I have lost all this weight my life is far more active so I spend less time sitting around, which is less time on the computer. This is a good thing in my oppinion!! I have lost just over 140 pounds and am nearly below the 200 mark. I can't wait to get below it but I want to get down to 150 give or take a few. I really want to loose enough that I don't feel like I am nocking on the 200 door ever again. I know people can and do gain the weight back but I really hope to secure my new lifestyle FOREVER!
***Saturday 12/4/2004
Still fighting to get down to 193 which would be 150 pound loss. My goal was to loose 150 by my 1 year anniversery, I am supper dupper happy for what I have lost but goals are goals. I am preparing myself for the real fact that I probably won't make it since I only have 5 more days and 4 more pounds to go. I can eat a lot more than in the past. I can eat about a cup of food in one sitting sometimes more depending on what it is such as soups or broth. I am a size 16 which is wonderfull and that's a regular ladies department 16 not a Lane Bryant or women's department 16. I am so very excited for my loss but still want to loose more. I am not planning to ask about or seak any type of plastic surgery until I am down to 170 so I hope I can get there soon because there is tons of loose skin that needs to go! I would like to see myself get down to 150 but even my surgeon said he wasn't sure that was going to happen so who knows where I will land. Either way I am sticking to my water, my protein and my walks so I don't get back to over 200 again. I feel I have a life now and don't want to give it away again.
***Thursday 4/14/2005
Well it is a much slower process now. MUCH MUCH SLOWER. I think I am about done but I am going to shoot for getting down to 170 which is just 13 pounds more which would be a total loss of 173. Wouldn't that be the greatest? To be able to say I have lost more than I currently weigh!! I can hear it now .... Yes I have lost 173 pounds and I currently weigh 170. What a great feeling that would be. I guess I better start exercising again and really working on that water. Ya, old habbits die hard, I really still don't enjoy exercise but I will work on it again. This Saturday I will be 36 and I am excited, I am pretty certain I weigh less now than I did at age 16. Well I will hit the gym and try to update the profile more often!
***Friday 4/15/2005
I just realized that I put the wrong weight on the profile when I was updating yesterday. I only have 8 pounds to go to reach the 170 mark which is way better than 13 since the weight is dropping so much slower now. I am going to really focus on doing it by June 9 which will be my 18 month post op date. Wish me luck as I approach the end mark.
***Thrsday 6/9/2005
Well here I am at 18 months post op and down to 175. I struggle every day to keep it at 175 and have only dipped to 173 once. I am satisfied with my weigh loss, how I look and especially how I feel. According to the BMI chart my BMI is now 30 which is the lowest number for obese, I wish I could say I was just over weight or even normal but it doesn't look like that is going to happen. I think this is my set point and I am ready to accept that. Many of my friends and coworkers actually say that I am small enough and need to stop trying to lose weight, some have even said I should gain some back. I find it funny how our culture is so focused on weight rather than the pure health around the weight. I have met with a plastic surgeon and am waiting insurance response on a tummy tuck, I think that a tummy tuck could remove 5 or maybe even as much as 10 pounds but I am also planning to get a breast lift with implants which would most likely add back any weight I loose with the tummy tuck procedure. If I had to give anyone advise considering the WLS it would be DO IT! This is the hardest diet I have ever done but it is by far the best as well.
***Sunday 9/4/2005
Things, as you can see are much slower in the weight loss arena for me. I have been able to eat a lot more than the first 9 months or so after surgery, some days I take advantage of that and other days I am real good not to fall into the traps. I have been trying to focus real hard on the protein and water intake, if I have learned anything it is TAKE YOUR PROTEIN AND DRINK YOUR FLUIDS! This helps me stay full and keeps me on track, I know vitamins are very important and I take my multi every day and calcium but I see and feel the difference if I over look the protein and water right away.
I am very excited to be approaching plastic surgery. I am getting a tummy tuck, breast lift and implants. I never EVER thought my body would ever be close to a normal body and now that I am there I want the 'total payoff' I wish I could afford to have my legs and arms done too but I am a bit scared of legs so I am going to stick with the torso stuff and see how things go, will think about the legs and/or arms later on. At 172 I really hope I can get those extra 2 (actually 2.5) pounds off in the next 4 weeks before my plastic surgery date. I would love to be at 170 or below for plastic surgery. Well, that's the update for now, I will surely write more while home from plastics, see you all then.
***Sunday 9/16/2005
I had actually gotten down to 167 which made me feel GREAT! but then had my cycle start :( and am at 170 now but either way I feel great about getting to the 170 goal I had for myself. I wanted to be at that by my plastic surgery on 9/30. I intend to stay focused on my protein, water and not eating junk so that maybe I can drop a couple more pounds in the next 2 weeks so that I can be at my lightest weight for the plastic surger. I decided on 500cc implants, 1000cc =2.11 pounds so I know even though they are removing skin with the abdominoplasty procedure, that I will gain 2.11 pounds from the implants. I guess we'll see how it all turns out in about 3 weeks when I get home from surgery and my body adjusts a bit. I am really excited for it getting this process done. I will check in again the night before I go to surgery to update my final weight.
***Sunday 9/16/2005
Well as you can see by the weight chart, I do fluctuate, 2 weeks ago today I was at 173 and buckled down for a solid week and got back to 170 - actually 169.7 but who's counting, and after last weekend I snacked on too much and had too many carbs and got back to 174. 6 by this morning. Well need less to say that's enough to get my head straightened out AGAIN and here I go with my focus on water and protein. I refuse to be 375 ever again and for some reason 175 is scarry enough to make me not want to see it. I would love to see 165 but never have so if I can just keep at 170 I will be happy for now. I see my plastic surgeon on 12/22 and if all is well I should be released to do abdominal exercises again and then I will add the gym back into my life rather than just walking. I will try to post a new picture of the after from plastic surgery which included hernia repair, tummy tuck, breast lift and breast implants. Wish me luck with the pictures.
***Saturday 4/22/2006
WOW, I came here to check something out and realized that I really needed to check my profile to see how out dated it was and boy was it out dated. SOOOOOOO "WLS is a tool" we hear it, we say it, we even believe it, after all for me it's the hardest weight loss program I have ever done, has the most pay off but by far is the hardest. I am now at a place that I can eat more and know where I can push the envelope so to speak with regards to sugars, fats and food in general. As you can see by my weight loss chart I have fluctuated a bit staying in a fairly small range but none the less there has been some increase which is not what I want to see. I knew all along it would happen but I hate seeing it. What you can't tell from the weight chart is that my lowest weight ever was 165 for all of 1 day, not great but I'll take it, here's the problem, I've been hovering around 177 and that's us up 12 from the lowest and 7 from my happiest weight, I didn't worry too much because I knew some other things were changing in my body (birth control stuff) and I kept saying 'today I am going to get on track' but it wasn't sticking past 8AM so on Thursday 4/20/06 I hit the scale frst thing in the morning, like always, after going potty, no clothes before shower - you know the routine, hahaha - and it says 180.1 and my first thougth was to cry, I broke into a new bracket and then I got strong, I said to myself "Angie, you've worked too hard, you can not blow this, it's not a "cure for being fat" you MUST do the work and you must do it now! So I had my coffee with sugar free syrups, caffiene and non dairy creamer, couple cups, I had protein bars and shakes all day and a large Wendy's chilli for dinner with a slice of bread and cheese on it for snack that night, did good got down by Friday morning to 177.7 yesterday I had coffee, protein bar, Achiev coffee/protein drink, lentile soup for dinner and boiled egg for snack. Again the pay off was pretty good made it to 176.6 so almost to that area that my body seems to like the best which is around 173 or 175.
UGH------well lots of work to do for the rest of my life and I am trying to remember that and stick to the day to day to work and make this work for life!
***Thursday 6/8/2006
NOTHING IN LIFE IS FREE and even with WLS the battle never ends! I can eat more variety and larger volumes of food in a given sitting and it shows on the scale if I don't focus REAL hard EVERY single day!! I have seen as much as 185 pounds in the past couple months and am working very diligently at getting my head in the right space so that I can keep the weight off. This morning I was 178 which means I am making progress but really hope to get back to 170 again. My original goal was 150 but I think my body seems happiest at around 170 give or take a couple of pounds. I must admit I have not been exercising like I should, like I did when I was more stable in my weight so that is something I really need to get back in to. I have been doing really well with my water, protein and vitamins so that helps. I have to mention Bariatric Advantage here, they are great vitamins and they have been kind enough to aid me in setting up a web site that I can customize with information, books, vitamins, protein and more so please help me thank them by visiting my site and consider purchasing your vitamins from it http://wlssupportofsummit.com/ they sent some samples for me to share, so if you want some let me know, I will get them to you. I tried some of their cereal with 15 grams of protein and REALLLLY enjoyed it - it tastes similar to coacoa puffs from how I remember them, I never had much sugar based cereal so I can say 100% for sure.
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