bandycat
Happy happy
Aug 20, 2007
I went to see my dr last week for my yearly physical and everything came out really good with my bloodwork. That is so exciting for me. My A1C (blood sugar measured for the past 3 months) came out as good as a non-diabetic! That is huge for me. One of the biggest reasons I had this surgery was to control or to be diabetic free. My test level was 5.3 and normal range is 4.3 to 5.7. Does anyone know if once you have been classified as a diabetic that you can be "declassified" as not diabetic anymore? A question I will have to remember to ask my dr the next time I see him.
Everything else came out well except for my HDL cholesterol...it was a little low. He recommended fish oil capsules for that.
I no longer have to take high blood pressure pill now either...another big one! I am so very happy I did this for myself and totally jazzed from the results of my A1C. I just had to share this one with you all...I am a very happy lady today!
Everything else came out well except for my HDL cholesterol...it was a little low. He recommended fish oil capsules for that.
I no longer have to take high blood pressure pill now either...another big one! I am so very happy I did this for myself and totally jazzed from the results of my A1C. I just had to share this one with you all...I am a very happy lady today!
Response to Linda's Wow post..don't want to forget these!
Jul 28, 2007
Hi Linda,
Sorry your down..Hope your feeling better! I love your NSV and will enjoy that time when I get there.
I had to go to the hospital for a friend and when I sat in the chair there...hum....there is way more room than I am used to from the other times I have sat there. In fact it was quite roomy and really comfortable! Another friend came up to wait with us and he was so complimentary to me and how much I have lost and was telling me how good I was looking!! I was thrilled.
I have not done this in awhile but I pulled out on my seat belt the other day...oh my...so much more belt to pull out than ever ever before. Seat belts and me have not been friends at all. Usually I am so worried about them fitting. I hope I will never have to worry about that again.
I was able to get on some 28 and 26 capri's this week. Last time I tried them on they were just to tight for me to wear. I have not lost alot since the last time I tried them on...but I must be loosing inches!!
One more...I look forward to walking 1.5 miles now. I try to do it daily and with a stop watch going. Most days I can make it 30 min. When I first started walking it took me 32 to 34 min to do 1 mile. So I am speeding up.
Bought a bike today--gonna give bike riding a shot and hope I like it..it has been over 20 yrs since I last rode...should be funny the first few times. My boys are so excited about it.
So those are my wows lately. I wish you well Linda...
Sorry your down..Hope your feeling better! I love your NSV and will enjoy that time when I get there.
I had to go to the hospital for a friend and when I sat in the chair there...hum....there is way more room than I am used to from the other times I have sat there. In fact it was quite roomy and really comfortable! Another friend came up to wait with us and he was so complimentary to me and how much I have lost and was telling me how good I was looking!! I was thrilled.
I have not done this in awhile but I pulled out on my seat belt the other day...oh my...so much more belt to pull out than ever ever before. Seat belts and me have not been friends at all. Usually I am so worried about them fitting. I hope I will never have to worry about that again.
I was able to get on some 28 and 26 capri's this week. Last time I tried them on they were just to tight for me to wear. I have not lost alot since the last time I tried them on...but I must be loosing inches!!
One more...I look forward to walking 1.5 miles now. I try to do it daily and with a stop watch going. Most days I can make it 30 min. When I first started walking it took me 32 to 34 min to do 1 mile. So I am speeding up.
Bought a bike today--gonna give bike riding a shot and hope I like it..it has been over 20 yrs since I last rode...should be funny the first few times. My boys are so excited about it.
So those are my wows lately. I wish you well Linda...
5 Month Anniversary!
Jul 19, 2007
Well today I am five months out and have reached a wonderful milestone on this day. I am down 100 lbs today from 390 to 290. I am feeling really good, healthier, stronger and my self confidence has gone up dramatically. I still have a far way to go but this has been incredible so far. I make small goals that are doable..for now making a goal of 10 lbs a month.
I have been walking alot more. Going 1.5 miles in a half an hour--nice pace. I am not out of breath from walking..but my legs do get tired. When the weather turns bad some new people just opened up a fitness center in our town so I am planning on joining for the winter months.
Eating has been going great. I do have occasional head hunger times and times when I wished I could eat a food feast. But once I get my meal in me I am happy as I can be. I have only had two times I felt pretty sick from food and both times it was eggs. Some days they work great and occasionally they don't. I am NOT perfect on my diet...there are times when I crave chocolate or cheese or something sweet. I can have a bite or two and I am satisfied. That is the amazing part of this surgery. I stick with three meals and two protein shakes a day. This works well for me and I can get in my protein easily. Water is very easy to do now too. I can drink a 16 oz bottle if thirsty in 30 min or so.
A huge thing I did the other day was to give away all my old clothes. I did that last week. A very wonderful generous lady on this board gave me the clothes she grew out of that I can fit into now. I am easily in 28 to 24 tops now and working on getting into the pants in these sizes too. I am bottom heavy and they will soon be comfortable. I was happy to be out of my old clothes..but it is strange to know I will never wear them again. I guess I was attached to my clothes. It was so hard to find things to wear at the size I was in. It is also strange to have this new world opened up where I can go to Walmart and actually shop off the racks there. I don't really want to buy much since I know I will not be in them that long hopefully!!
Weight loss for me now is pretty slow. I get in anywhere from 800 to 1000 calories a day. I lose around 2lbs most weeks with a 3 lb week in there sometimes. I had one week with no loss and a few weeks with only a pound. That is fine. As long as it keeps going down I am fine with how it is coming off. It is gonna take time. Took time to put it on...will take time to take it off too. I am in this for the long haul.
The only real problem I have had since the VSG is constipation. I have found a happy medium now that includes Benefiber, colace and some chewable fiber. That is the only real problem I have had since the VSG. I am so happy with this surgery-the results so far are incredible. I am happy with my food and how much I eat. It is so easy for me now. I feel free from food for the first time in my whole adult life and I feel like my relationship with food is a normal one now. So there is my 5 month update...sorry it is so long!
I have been walking alot more. Going 1.5 miles in a half an hour--nice pace. I am not out of breath from walking..but my legs do get tired. When the weather turns bad some new people just opened up a fitness center in our town so I am planning on joining for the winter months.
Eating has been going great. I do have occasional head hunger times and times when I wished I could eat a food feast. But once I get my meal in me I am happy as I can be. I have only had two times I felt pretty sick from food and both times it was eggs. Some days they work great and occasionally they don't. I am NOT perfect on my diet...there are times when I crave chocolate or cheese or something sweet. I can have a bite or two and I am satisfied. That is the amazing part of this surgery. I stick with three meals and two protein shakes a day. This works well for me and I can get in my protein easily. Water is very easy to do now too. I can drink a 16 oz bottle if thirsty in 30 min or so.
A huge thing I did the other day was to give away all my old clothes. I did that last week. A very wonderful generous lady on this board gave me the clothes she grew out of that I can fit into now. I am easily in 28 to 24 tops now and working on getting into the pants in these sizes too. I am bottom heavy and they will soon be comfortable. I was happy to be out of my old clothes..but it is strange to know I will never wear them again. I guess I was attached to my clothes. It was so hard to find things to wear at the size I was in. It is also strange to have this new world opened up where I can go to Walmart and actually shop off the racks there. I don't really want to buy much since I know I will not be in them that long hopefully!!
Weight loss for me now is pretty slow. I get in anywhere from 800 to 1000 calories a day. I lose around 2lbs most weeks with a 3 lb week in there sometimes. I had one week with no loss and a few weeks with only a pound. That is fine. As long as it keeps going down I am fine with how it is coming off. It is gonna take time. Took time to put it on...will take time to take it off too. I am in this for the long haul.
The only real problem I have had since the VSG is constipation. I have found a happy medium now that includes Benefiber, colace and some chewable fiber. That is the only real problem I have had since the VSG. I am so happy with this surgery-the results so far are incredible. I am happy with my food and how much I eat. It is so easy for me now. I feel free from food for the first time in my whole adult life and I feel like my relationship with food is a normal one now. So there is my 5 month update...sorry it is so long!
Silly NSV-Happy 4th of July
Jul 04, 2007
Here is my funny silly NSV. I did a ton of laundry last night. My dh is a real sweet heart to put them out on the line early in the morning today. Well I go out to take them down and I looked at this one shirt the was facing the back to me and thought "Who's shirt is this????" It looked like maybe one of the boys? But I just did not know. LOL...so I grab it and it is "MY SHIRT!" (a new one that has a devil woman on it!)I am like no way....my shirts are all so big that they stretch from one end of the line to the other. I was stunned at the smallness of it...not all that small...it is a 22. But yet still stunned cause I thought it might be one of the boys. They are not that big...but still. I could not fathom that it could have been my shirt. I was telling my mom this story and my husband says "When I was hanging out those clothes I thought who's shirt is this..one of the boys!" 
So it was not just me.
Than a sweet NSV. Dh and I took the kids and my mom to a celebration in town for the 4th and went to listen to a live band play. He and the kids went for slushies. I was with my mom and standing next to her picnic table. Dh came back and was telling me my profile was looking quite good to him!!
He can really see a big big change. I was very happy to hear that!
So today has been a very nice day for NSV's for me-plus a SV- I lost another pound. Can't get much better than that!
So it was not just me.Than a sweet NSV. Dh and I took the kids and my mom to a celebration in town for the 4th and went to listen to a live band play. He and the kids went for slushies. I was with my mom and standing next to her picnic table. Dh came back and was telling me my profile was looking quite good to him!!
He can really see a big big change. I was very happy to hear that!So today has been a very nice day for NSV's for me-plus a SV- I lost another pound. Can't get much better than that!
A little late...but I am under 300!
Jun 29, 2007
Well I am a little late posting this. It has been a long day. But on June 29th I stepped on the scale and saw a 2 instead of a 3 for my first number. I came in this morning at 298. I am amazed and so very happy. I am sure it has probably been close to 20 yrs since I have seen that number. I have lost 92 lbs since starting. My next goal is to get to 100 lbs. Than I want to take it 10 lbs at a time...as it slows than take every 5 lbs I can get. I don't really know how low I want to go yet. But I will take every pound I can get.
I am having a hard time thinking about this though..92 lbs in a bit over 4 months. That is alot.....a real lot of weight. It is equal to three of my daughter-Jessylynn. Or a bit more of my 9 yo son. People are starting to really comment now too. I had two big compliments tonight while by husband was djing from two different people. It felt truly amazing.
Well we will have to see what next month will bring. All I know is this is great. It is the very best thing I could have ever did for myself. I am very happy that I finally did something for myself that I really needed. In a way I feel selfish. But not really cause I am helping to insure my future and my health.
I am having a hard time thinking about this though..92 lbs in a bit over 4 months. That is alot.....a real lot of weight. It is equal to three of my daughter-Jessylynn. Or a bit more of my 9 yo son. People are starting to really comment now too. I had two big compliments tonight while by husband was djing from two different people. It felt truly amazing.
Well we will have to see what next month will bring. All I know is this is great. It is the very best thing I could have ever did for myself. I am very happy that I finally did something for myself that I really needed. In a way I feel selfish. But not really cause I am helping to insure my future and my health.
12 day stall over finally!
Jun 28, 2007
That was long stall for me...incredibly long. But for now it is over. I got up and lost 2lbs today and am down 90 lbs being at 300. We had a family get together here with most of my family and it was funny. I made two pans of lasagna, garlic toast, green beans and cherry cheese cake. I was so enjoying talking to everyone that I totally forgot to eat. I just did not miss it at all. I did have a couple bites of cheesecake. But I did not eat till my last meal of the day. I did not miss it. My BIL recently had WLS --the lap band-- so we had alot to talk about. We even shared showing our scars to each other! It was a wonderful day. DH and I are also walking 30 min on our days that the kids are in the summer rec programs. We upped that from 20 and I am feeling really good about that. I feel like I am toning up a bit too. I got out an outfit this morning to try on. It was a non-stretchy(but forgiving) 28 pant and top. They fit wonderfully. Last time I tried them on the pant was still tight when I sat down. I have a new outfit I can wear out. I am so happy. I know that starting out SMO it take alot of loss before the changes really happen. They are really starting now. So now when I lose I will probably see the changes happen more often and with each 10 or 15 lbs I lose. Incredible.
Some ups and some downs
Jun 26, 2007
Hi all,
Well this is my first official stall and my first week to put a big old zero next to my weekly weight loss. Am I bummed??? Yes and no. I feel lucky that I had 17 Weeks of losses before my first real stall. But I am bummed as I have been working hard to exercise now and thought that would increase my losses instead of making a stand still. I am walking a mile a couple days a week and make sure to dance hard on Saturday nights. And of course the stall comes at one of the big milestones. I am almost under 300 and than that stupid stall has to hit. Oh well...I am doing the right things with eating and not adding things I should not. So I know it is going to go down again. I am still averaging around 850 for calories and around 100gms of protein. I am feeling quite healthy and much happier in myself and these are all important too.
We took the boys to Great America a little over a week ago. Had a great time. I enjoyed alot of the rides. I love rollercoasters but found the seats to be intimidating yet at this weight. So I will try them next yr when we take them again. I rode alot of the other rides though without a problem. I was so happy about that. We walked the park completely twice and my feet felt good...the yr before I got blisters on the bottom of both of my feet. I had great energy for pretty much the whole day and it was hot. We did burn out about a half hour before the park closed and decided it would be good to get going home before the mad rush at the end. I was not only keeping pace with my husband...but out walking him..that is something new cause he always walks faster than me. But this time I was walking faster! A big wow for me. It was a very happy day for me!
Well that is the newest going on for me. Chat at you all again later!
Cathy
Well this is my first official stall and my first week to put a big old zero next to my weekly weight loss. Am I bummed??? Yes and no. I feel lucky that I had 17 Weeks of losses before my first real stall. But I am bummed as I have been working hard to exercise now and thought that would increase my losses instead of making a stand still. I am walking a mile a couple days a week and make sure to dance hard on Saturday nights. And of course the stall comes at one of the big milestones. I am almost under 300 and than that stupid stall has to hit. Oh well...I am doing the right things with eating and not adding things I should not. So I know it is going to go down again. I am still averaging around 850 for calories and around 100gms of protein. I am feeling quite healthy and much happier in myself and these are all important too.
We took the boys to Great America a little over a week ago. Had a great time. I enjoyed alot of the rides. I love rollercoasters but found the seats to be intimidating yet at this weight. So I will try them next yr when we take them again. I rode alot of the other rides though without a problem. I was so happy about that. We walked the park completely twice and my feet felt good...the yr before I got blisters on the bottom of both of my feet. I had great energy for pretty much the whole day and it was hot. We did burn out about a half hour before the park closed and decided it would be good to get going home before the mad rush at the end. I was not only keeping pace with my husband...but out walking him..that is something new cause he always walks faster than me. But this time I was walking faster! A big wow for me. It was a very happy day for me!
Well that is the newest going on for me. Chat at you all again later!
Cathy
Some news :-)
Jun 10, 2007
I am so happy to hear from one of my sisters that she is coming home for a visit. We are making some nice plans for get togethers.
Other news is I did go shopping for a new bra and was so surprised when I accidently picked one that was a size smaller than I thought I needed and it fit...although it is a little tight...I want it that way as I am sure it will loosen up over time anyhow. So my bra size has gone down drastically. From a 48D to a 42D now. I picked up a few summer sweaters and picked one to wear now and one later...well I tried on the later one and it fits fine now! So now I have two I can wear. Unbelievable. I am still scared to look at any kind of jeans yet. I have a nice pair that a wonderful lady sent to me and they are 22's. When I can fit into them I might feel more comfortable looking at jeans. So for me now I will just stick with the stretchy pants for a while longer.
I am overwhelmed with the support of all of you for when I put my full body shots up. It was scary for me...cause I so hate how I look...and still do now in a way. But one of the members said it is liberating at the same time...and that is true too. I will not be looking like that person in the first photo hopefully forever. What a thing to ponder. It is real and unreal at the same time. I hope that if anyone ever is wondering about this surgery and needs some encouragement --- please email me. It is so life changing.
Well a small update for now. I am down 85 lbs and tomorrow it will be 16 week post surgery. That is just incredible.
I thank you all for your support....could not have done this without our VSG forum!
Hugs to all
Cathy
Other news is I did go shopping for a new bra and was so surprised when I accidently picked one that was a size smaller than I thought I needed and it fit...although it is a little tight...I want it that way as I am sure it will loosen up over time anyhow. So my bra size has gone down drastically. From a 48D to a 42D now. I picked up a few summer sweaters and picked one to wear now and one later...well I tried on the later one and it fits fine now! So now I have two I can wear. Unbelievable. I am still scared to look at any kind of jeans yet. I have a nice pair that a wonderful lady sent to me and they are 22's. When I can fit into them I might feel more comfortable looking at jeans. So for me now I will just stick with the stretchy pants for a while longer.
I am overwhelmed with the support of all of you for when I put my full body shots up. It was scary for me...cause I so hate how I look...and still do now in a way. But one of the members said it is liberating at the same time...and that is true too. I will not be looking like that person in the first photo hopefully forever. What a thing to ponder. It is real and unreal at the same time. I hope that if anyone ever is wondering about this surgery and needs some encouragement --- please email me. It is so life changing.
Well a small update for now. I am down 85 lbs and tomorrow it will be 16 week post surgery. That is just incredible.
I thank you all for your support....could not have done this without our VSG forum!
Hugs to all
Cathy
Some wow's!
Jun 06, 2007
I am thrilled with the loss so far. I feel so much healthier...it is very wonderful. Having some nice little wow's. My oldest son was able to hug his arms around me and touch his fingers....That was awesome for me. Rings are getting looser. Soon I won't be able to wear them unless I get some sizers for awhile. I am comfortably in a shirt size of 28...before I had to buy from Roamans or Lane Bryant and was in 4x-5x. So that is nice. Bottoms are down from a 28 to a 22...stretchy ones though. I did try on none stretchy 28's and they are soon to be comfortable. I really need a new bra!! I took a tape measure and I am down 4 inches from my last bra size. And that one was stretched to the max in Feb to even close. So hopefully Tue. when we go shopping I can find a new one I like. Cleaning alot of old clothes that are just to big out of my closet too..got two boxes of them so far. Whittling them down. Soon I will have very little that I can wear as I got rid of all my smaller stuff yrs ago. So those are some great positives!!
As of today I am down 83 lbs. Closing in on Twoterville soon. I am so excited about that. I have no complaints at all about my VSG...just wish I could have done it sooner!
My best to all who may come here to read this.
As of today I am down 83 lbs. Closing in on Twoterville soon. I am so excited about that. I have no complaints at all about my VSG...just wish I could have done it sooner!
My best to all who may come here to read this.
Well tomorrrow is my baby girls B-day and I am 79lbs lighter
May 30, 2007
Tomorrow my Jessylynn will be two...my how that time flies. She is so big and talking so well. She lined her dolls up on the couch today...sat in the middle and pretended to read them a book and than was saying good night to them.
I have lost a total of 79 lbs now. Weight loss is slow but it is moving and that is all that really matters...although I do a get a bit depressed when I see no loss for days and days and days. I made a mini goal to hopefully get to 299 by June 19th. I don't really know if I can get there or not but who can blame me for trying! Well that is my update for now.
I have lost a total of 79 lbs now. Weight loss is slow but it is moving and that is all that really matters...although I do a get a bit depressed when I see no loss for days and days and days. I made a mini goal to hopefully get to 299 by June 19th. I don't really know if I can get there or not but who can blame me for trying! Well that is my update for now.
About Me
Boscobel, WI
Location
31.3
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Surgery
02/19/2007
Surgery Date
Surgeon
Apr 06, 2002
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