gina6one9
***********************08/27/2007***********************
yay!!!! i hit my first goal of 215, now i'm on to 200, can't wait.... thought i's share
************************08/08/2008***********************
i just realized that i set my goal to far at 165, right now i think i am going to take it 15 lbs at a time. so 215 here i come and then i will work my way to 200. i think this is a better mind set and i think it will pay off better. just an fyi
***************************08/07/2007********************
well, i'm doing much better and have began to regain my reason for having this procedure done. i'm loving myself more and realize that my boys need me more than ever and i want to be able to run and play with them. i have more energy now and am set on my goal. i keep telling myself, i was once a size 10 weighing 165, i now wear a 14 and weigh 220 and i don't want to be here ANYMORE!!!
************************08/02/07************************
time goes by sooooo fast, i am almost 6 years out and sadly to say have gained 45 lbs back, but in a good way. i now have 2 beautiful boys a 4 yr old and a 10 month old. i love being a mother. i am healthy but a lil chunky =) i WILL loose this weight again.
***************************01/14/06****************
well i just found out that i am prgnant with my second child and thought i would share that with all of you. i would have my family if it wasn't for my angel dr. tanaka. i love him for the second chance he has given me at a family.
***************************06/29/04*****************************
I got APPROVED!!!!! i got approved for my tummy tuck, that was hard to get covered. i had to appeal it through pacificare. since i haven't lost much since i had my son, they are going to do a little liposuction on my hips. kinda scared , because now i have my son to worry about.
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well, keeping the weight off is a little harder than i thought. i weigh about 185 and from my last post have gained 5 back. i guess its not back compaired to 285. i reallly wish that i could get back into my size 10's, but i fit into a 14. well im going to go gloat and walk. talk to you all later.
***************************06/20/03*****************************
hey everyone... i had my little boy, Nathan. at first i thought i would have a hard time taking the weight off, but i am doing pretty good of the 37 pounds i put on i only have 15 more to go to get back down to my ideal weight. well, just wanted to keep everyone posted. talk to you all soon.
***************************03/16/03*****************************
wow, i haven't been in here in a LONG time. just to let everyone know... i'm doing GREAT other than putting a few pounds on for the baby i am doing wonderful. i am now 7 and a half months pregnant and ready for my little baby boy. i just got married on Febuary 15th to my bf of 3 and a half years. i have to tell you this has been such an amazing year and a half for me. well i will try and keep everyone posted a little more. cya all later.... luv always GINA
***************************11/07/02******************************
WOW!!!!!! I can't beleive it's been one year already since my surgery. It been a long journey, but one i would be willing to take again. On top of this being one very special day for me i got to hear my baby's heartbeat for the first time, i am now 10 weeks and 3 days pregnant and cant beleive i have been blessed twice.
***************************09/24/02******************************
GUESS WHAT......... I'M PREGNANT!!!!!!!!!!!!! YEAH!!! I BELEIVE I AM ABOUT 4 TO 5 WEEKS.... I'M SOOOOO EXCITED
***************************08/26/02******************************
well, i havent updated in a while. thought i would drop in and let everyone know that i am almost 10 months and i stopped eating my sweets and that i am following my diet the way i should be.
***************************07/19/02******************************
well i have to admit i have been a bad girl(smack on the hand), i have been eating sweets and i know that i shouldn't, i need to tell myself that i have been given a second change and stop now before it get's outta hand. ok ok ok... i'm telling myself now, i am gonna stop today. i am gonna conpletely cut of carbs for good i am not going to even eat my allowed amount of 20% carbs. well just thought i would update so you guys can jump on me for
being bad and give me some good advice... cya
***************************06/30/02******************************
i went shopping for the first time in a long time and i cant believe what happened... i wore my first pair of pants size 12 ans 13 and it felt amazing, i never wore that small a pants before not even in junior high, back then i was wearing a 22-24. aint that sad, i cant believe hopw fat i was at that age.
***************************06/17/02******************************
i was in so much pain today i thought i was going to die! not only was i dumping all day (i dont know what i ate that made me dump) all my cyst ruptured, 2 of them. atleast there gone, now! =)
***************************06/11/02******************************
get this i am soooooo upset, when i started to lose the weight, my gyne told me that my cyst might stop growing on my ovaries. when i had my bariatric surgery they found a softball size cyst on my right ovary and it was removed. NOWWWWWWWW, i have one on my left ovary.... i'm sooooo sad.... =*(
***************************06/09/02******************************
well i realize that i am at a stand still, i haven't gone down much more than three lbs in the last 2 weeks... i think i need to increase my physical activity, what do you think? i think so. =) gotta run, will update on my 9 month postop visit in July and let you know how that goes...
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gosh... where do i start. i was 22 when i had my surgery and i always thought that i was happy at that size, but i guess i kept telling myself that to get through the day. i had sooooo many health issues that needed to be addressed by me to my PCP and i started actually paying attention to my health when i was 19, thats how long i have been trying to get surgery. i had Polycystic ovaries and my gyne told me that if i dont loose the weight i most likely, probably won't have children, that hurt and it made me cry to know that i wont be able to have children with the man i love or to bring my parents grandchildren. my bloodpressure was so out of control that i was on 2 different medications (at the age of 20) for high blood pressure. 3 months before my surgery i was diagnosed with diabetes, luckily he told me i didnt need insulin and that i can try and control it by diet. i'm not gonna lie i liked to eat whenever i was down, food comforted me. i suffered for years being obese and this was a last resort for me. my life was getting out of control i couldnt walk up a flight of stairs at work without being short of breath or my knees hurting. i had my surgery in Nov of '01 and to this day in June '02 i have lost a total of 110 pounds, not bad for 7 months post op. i cant beleive how much better i feel about myself and what this has done for my life. i'm soooooo much happier and cant beleive that i could have weighed this much, going from 285 to 175 is amazing. =)
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