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Welcome and Introduction
I will go first. Welcome, I look forward to meeting others locked in the same struggle I am fighting. I am 56 years old and have been losing and gaining weight for 50 years now. It is heartbreaking, soul destroying, health ruining, I have found myself wondering what on earth I did to deserve this. But I need to get rid of…
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Mixed Blessings
Things have been a bit like a whirlwind. I have lost 36lbs now and I am thrilled with that but I have been having some odd sensations, burning sensations if I eat a bit too big, too much, or not slow enough. When I had my first fill I even experienced that with water and my surgeon wasn't happy. Have been on anti gas and…
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It's DECEMBER!
Well first day of the last month of 2014. How are the holidays going for you? I know right before Thanksgiving was when I always gave up until the New Year, but not this time! I ate like a normal person on Thanksgiving and I am down 26lbs, have more energy and it is showing in all areas of my life. So how is it going? Are…
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October 29, 2014
Good morning all! I am still off work recovering from surgery and loving it. It's nice to have a break after so long and I am feeling good. I have lost 18lbs!!!! Incisions are all healed up except for the one by my port, that one is still a little tender and I have some bruising. I saw my surgeon on Monday and was cleared…
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Post Surgery
Here I am finally lap banded and ready to get on with this new phase of my life. Surgery went very well it seems, I was in the OR at 10 and out at 11. I was home by 6pm. I have liquid hydrocodone so I am comfortable when I cough which is painful but thankfully it's just getting rid of everything in my lungs. It took quite…
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Hello All and Food for Thought
It looks like our daily threads have almost gone by the wayside but I am really happy to see the activity here. Please bear with me, I have been going through so much pre-surgical testing in the past couple of months it's unreal and I am now at the point I am just gearing me and the house up for surgery next Monday! The…
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October 6, 2014
Yep.. October 6, I am getting a head start on tomorrow because I know I can't be here first thing in the morning. I know I have been MIA quite a bit, there is so much going on. It's 15 days till my surgery now and I am getting prepared for the pre-op diet. I am also cleaning house and closets so that everything is…
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September 30, 2014 Getting off the YOYO
So much of my time and attention being taken up right now with the ongoing process of getting ready for WLS and dealing with some personal issues also. I was at a dog show Saturday and Sunday morning with my friend and that was fun. House is running more smoothly and I am grateful for that, it has lifted my stress a lot.…
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LIVING
This is inspired by RatPat, if you follow any of his posts you will see some downright motivational stuff going on. He is really living, getting out there and achieving and feeling good. So what is living to you? Do you think you are really living to your fullest potential right now? How do you want to live? How is your…
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Sept 23, 2014 - TV shows and favorites
Good Morning!!! It's been a super busy few days for me with little to no computer time. Saturday and Sunday I was Table Steward at our dog clubs Obedience Trials which was super fun. I am not too sure at the moment whether Remy and I will pursue titles in obedience, it just doesn't look as fun to do as Rally and Agility.…
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Sept 17, 2014
I was not here yesterday because I was in hospital. I had a severe attack of vertigo so bad I would have called 911, but my husband took me to the hospital crying and clutching a big bucket, I must have looked terrible and I didn't give a damn! I have had it before but never vomited with it and it has always passed if I…
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Sept 15, 2014
So where is everybody? How was your weekend? What are you up to this week?
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Bit of a Shock
I saw the cardiologist this morning to get my clearance for surgery and he said he will not clear me for surgery without another stress test. I will be having that next Thursday, if he is happy with the results he will clear me for surgery, if he is not, I will be going back to see him. It was a hell of a slap of reality.…
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Sept 12, 2014
Fresh out of ideas this morning but what is great here is I know someone will come up with something. I did fall victim to some stress eating yesterday but it wasn't as bad as usual and I am back to my regular routine today. Those episodes have become so much less, oddly enough I think reaching for something was becoming a…
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Sept 11, 2014
Last night I took Remy Obedience class, first one of the new session and it was a struggle to get through, I think that might be why she didn't do so well, she is very attuned to me. Tonight we have her first ever Rally class. I was delighted to find out that this session ends the week before surgery and I will be well…
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September 10, 2014
I have my surgery date, it is October 20. People have asked if I am excited, no I am not. How can I possibly be excited at the prospect of having surgery and pain? Of the way I eat and drink changing so drastically? I am doing it because it gives me hope of losing all of the excess weight and maintaining it for the rest of…
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September 9, 2014 and topic
Good morning MFP peeps! More importantly our group peeps. My insurance was submitted and approved yesterday, I think they took one look at my BMI and said.. yep! LOL Next step will be a surgery date when the news reaches the hospital. I went out for dinner at Applebee's last night with my friend who had gastric bypass, we…
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Don't Wait
Some thoughts I want to put out to everyone today. Don't wait.. until things have become serious. From what I have seen, obesity is a progressive disease, meaning that if it is not dealt with then weight losses and gains occur until a very high weight is reached. In my case because I suddenly was unable to exercise…
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Sept 5, 2014
Good morning! Sorry I was missing yesterday, had my physical in the morning and then worked till 9:00 p.m. So how is everyone? Today sees the first day of me really knuckling down to the pre-op pre-op diet, meaning I am trying to pattern my diet on my pre-op diet but with more calories and fewer restrictions, my way of…
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Size Perception Distortion - New topic
I am not talking portions here but your own perception of yourself and your size. For me, and my daughter, and I can now add my friend into the mix, we simply do not see ourselves as big. I mean, I know I am very overweight from the scale, and at 300+ pounds I am really feeling it. However, when I was at the hospital…
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August 31, 2014
No whining Sunday.. LOL. It is always quiet around here on weekends and of course, at least here in the USA it is holiday weekend. So what is everyone up to Labor Day weekend? Special projects or chores to get done? Have the kind of job where it isn't a weekend for you? Getting together with family? It's very quiet here,…
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August 30, 2014
Yes this is very late in the day. Have been in a strange mood. Worried about my daughters recovery, especially as she had a C section on Tuesday and is moving house around 300 miles tomorrow. My son and new daughter in law are already with her and will be moving her, husband, 3 daughters to their new home near them. I am…
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Sept 2, 2014 WTG Pat!!!
I had to put that.. saw that Pat just reached his 20% goal.. WTG Pat!!! I know you have worked really hard for it. Anyone have goals for this month? Anything you want to talk about today?
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What I want to encourage here.. please read
I was reading through the introductions this morning and realized I am on the right track with this group to fulfill what I need and to help others. In so many of the introductions is the common theme of the morbidly obese and why we are 'special' for want of a better word. The tendency is to gear ourselves up for the diet…
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August 28, 2014
For a topic of conversation today. I want to know you, I want to know what kind of program you are on to lose weight. Or are you at the point of gaining or losing nothing at all and why? Is it working for you? What else have you tried? At the moment I am concentrating on lowering my calorie intake getting ready for the…
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REALLY Irritating Commercials
What gets you and why? Mine are the Relacore one for a start, I do NOT need Relacore first off and second off, it doesn't do what you say because somewhere in the small print at the bottom of the screen it says 'as part of a calorie controlled diet and exercise program'. And we ALL know what that means. The other is for…
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August 23, 2014 - Topic of the day
Good morning! Things tend to be quiet on a weekend around here so not sure what we will get out of this but... When something that is supposed to be good for you... isn't. That is the topic of the day. And it's inspired by my recent cancellation of Weight Watchers and the effect it has had on me. I had fallen into a…
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August 27, 2014 Yayy me!
FINALLY I tracked a day! In other news.. thanks for keeping things going yesterday.. one of the animals turned off my computer just after I finished the post and I never got to post yesterday. But the really great news.. I have a brand new baby granddaughter, Lily Amelia May born yesterday at 10:07 a.m. UK time weighing…
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August 22, 2014 - Do you know Why?
Good morning! Okay topic of the day was inspired by my surgeon - he said that in order to help someone they have to know why they are fat. And btw I liked his use of that word, he didn't use something silly like fluffy, or overweight, or obese, just plain fat and I liked that straightforward plain word, no sugar coating…
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August 21, 2014
Hey anyone can start the daily thread and please feel welcome to start any new topics of discussion you want at anytime. This morning I feel terrible, cold is heavy, could not use my CPAP machine last night I could not breathe, felt like I was suffocating so I slept without, a very fractured horrid sleep, I was hot all…
