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So much work even before I start my adventure....

I started my own diet and I been trying really hard to stick to 1,400 calories a day, it's been very hard but I want to loose 15 pounds before the surgery it's a requirement... However It's been over 3 weeks and I have lost a whopping 3 pounds and gained 1. I sure thought I was going too loose more but nope! Turn out I stay wayyy to hungry all the time I have cut soda candy and other stuff I been eating healthier drinking shakes and what not. I finally got an appointment to meet my surgeon on August 12 ad a Sleep Study on the 2nd. Yay! However I been on vacation for the last 7 days, I have not been tracking my food but I been swimming a lot. I'm nervous about the sleep study. Staying overnight alone with some strangers it's just weird! But let's see, this is an adventure!
Cici22

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SLEEP APNEA

Well the sleep Center call me today and told me that I tested positive for sleep apnea and is severe. So they schedule me appointment to go try the CPAP mask and machine and I have to stay overnight again. In part this will definitely get me approve as a medical necessity however, it's sad that I'm in this predicament. My mother and brother both suffer from this disease, and they let it get horribly bad. But I am going to do everything in my power to not end up with a trachea tube and in a position that I can't barely move. I met my surgeon already I'm in a supervised diet, I'm walking, I'm potion controlling. I'm doing this.
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Weak Decision?

Hi, as you might have read, my name is Carmen. I am a mother of two, a 13 year old daughter, and a 9 year old son. Currently after 15 years working I am taking a break to continue my education. I am an EMT, and I am going to school for cosmetology. I been in the retail industry all my life. When I became and EMT, it was one if my great accomplishments, I was very happy. I started to work for a busy system in the City of Syracuse, and I was doing OK. At the end of my 15 hour days, I was in serious pain, but i got up every morning at 4am to go to work and do it all over again. But the pain got worst, i was barely able to stand on my feet less carry a heavy bag with an oxygen tank. I took a medical leave to address my condition. Resulting that I have arthritis on my back and my knees are deteriorating and I have tendinitis on my wrist. Anyone with arthritis now that pain only gets worst and it never gets better, I started taking medications for the pain that wouldn't allow me to drive the ambulance in the state. So I had to extend my leave indefinitely. My neck started to hurt, along with my ankles, and even so I decided to start going to school for cosmetology more standing up and more wrist work, What was I thinking? I figure I need to continue working on something I like doing but I want to make more for my work, and I want to work when I want to ( when not in pain). Anyways Its been a journey I am half way my journey (http://bbgbeauty.blogspot.com). My brother ended up in the hospital, also my mother. My brother had developed sleepanea, a sleeping disorder mostly on obese people. He weight at almost 600 pounds. He had let himself go. He was in the hospital for many months until he was able to get out he now weights around 550. He can barely walk, or breathe he ended up with a tracheal tube for life or until he gets his weight under control.     Now my mother is battling her foot to diabetes in the hospital and they ha to amputate all her toes.   I go trough a lot with them and finally get them into my home and they doing a little better. But its far from over, my mom goes again more times to the hospital and still struggling to keep her leg now in top of everything my boyfriend ends up in the emergency room because of his diabetes. I said to my self no more...       I decided I am not going to end up like them, to this date I don't have diabetes, I might be in the border of Sleepanea, I might already have it. I don't have high cholesterol but my blood pressure is very high and I take medications for these. I talk to them about loosing weight and that we could do it together, they seem reluctant to the idea of eating less and healthier. I guess I am on my own right now. Each person's health is their own decision. My mom is somewhat supportive, she "tried to keep me under control with sweats" and by trying i mean she waves them in front of me and says resist the temptations! lol . My boyfriend has gone so far to the info group and support groups in the area for me and have allow me to expend a little extra on healthy foods. We all know that healthy food is more expensive... but thats another topic. So I went to the information group to gather information about the Gastric Bypass Surgery, and I have learn a lot. I also went online to research, and I been to support groups in the area. I filled my paperwork and submitted to the surgeons. I am awaiting a date to start the process. It should be this week. They called me last week but I was missing my doctors referral, which hopefully they faxed today. I been on a diet on my own so i can gradually start my transition to better eating. Its been hard. I am limited to 1,400 calories a day, witch is not much compared to what I was eating before. its like torture, to the point that I don't want to leave my room into the world because everything is food, advertised, in commercials, int he internet, on games, in my kitchen, my family and kids, across the street next door, its everywhere, the temptations are all there, its worst than drugs. And for someone that has been big since a child, and never been restricted on what I can eat because my motto was, "I am going to die anyways might as well die happy" Well, i rather die happy but not suffering restricted to a bed or not able to enjoy life. I want to be able to fit in the roller coaster so when my daughter goes in a date I can follow her and get in the same rides as her and her boyfriend. I want to be able to fit on normal clothes and spend $20 less on a shirt. I want to be able to run after my future grand kids, I want to be able to have a snore free sleep, and wake up energized, I don't want to be afraid of a stroke or diabetes. I want to keep all my limbs, I want to be able to work and make money! I want to be able to wash the dishes with less pain on my back and knees, and I want to be able to go back to being a great EMT and live a long healthy life. And more than anything I want to go to my birth country and shove it on their faces that I was able to loose weight and I ams till beautiful as I was before. So this is why I decided to do the gastric bypass. Even thou a lot of people say you can do it without the surgery, I might... but YES i am opting for the easier way, where I will have less chance of failure. Once my stomach is smaller, I will able to be full with less food thus being different from now, that I eat less but i am still hungry. And I don't care if people don't agree with me on doing this surgery, it my decision, and if I am weak for doing it, so be it.   Pre-Operation: Currently I weight 280 pounds I lost 3 pounds in 2 weeks. Here are some of my current pics, They are gross, but I want you to have an idea of the real situation and have a visual concept of my progress.
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SLEEP STUDY

Well I'm here on one of the many steps before the Gastric Bypass Surgery, the sleep study. They at monitoring my sleep, movement and ban activity plus recording me asleep and recording sound. I don't know if its the weird feeling that someone is watching me sleep or all the cables but I am not even thinking of sleep. Well this is normal for me I go in to bed and I won't sleep for 2-3 hours. So I'm writing this.... So the room is hotel like, bed is comfy, temperature is perfect, tv in room, very quite in here, nice and dark room, lots lots of cables hooked all over my body specially my head. There is coffee on the way out and granola bars. Awesome roomy bathrooms. So it's not half bad. Just got to get over carrying all my cables to the bathroom hoping I do t drop the little machine in the toilet.... q
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Pounds, go AWAY!

Since The end of June I decided after many month of research to submit myself to gastric bypass. It's been two months since I started this journey, I have undergo many test and I am almost ready for that surgery. I am hoping for a November date or late October. I been trying to do my best at eating "healthish" and working out proportioning my food and keeping a food journal. It's working! 2 months, 13 pounds off. When I get the surgery 13 pounds won't take me two months lol, but this are my 13 hard earn pounds off and I'm celebrating them. Now I am at 273!!! Yay!!!! They don't seem like much to some but for me it's glorious. I have tried so many diets but they don't work! So many pills and nothing, what really works its changing how you eat, not what you eat. Less is more. Small portions tru the whole days still enjoying food. Making healthier choices and sticking to a realistic calorie goal, and lots of protein!       So I start my day with a small workout, nothing sick, specially because my back hurts a lot and I have arthritis. Maybe dance alone, do a little bit of crunches and some walking around the room to music as fast as you can( don't over do it) because its not going to do u any good if you are to tired or hurt!       Then, I drink my breakfast shake I add cup of frozen fruit, 1 cup of 2% milk or almond milk, whatever I go there because I'm on a strick budget and healthy is always more expensive, and add a scoop of a protein powder. I used advance super whey. This if very filling but you have to sip little by little probably takes you 30 minutes or more to drink it because its thick! But guess what, you probably will be full until lunch, if you not, have a 100 calorie snack in between. If I'm feeling hungry I grab one of those smart food white cheddar popcorn! Yum.       Then have a lunch, anything you want try to stay within 400 calories or less 400 is a lot! Yesterday I made chicken chilli, it was the bomb! If you on the road believe or not u can go to McDonald's get 1 cheese burger from the dollar menu and small fries, and still be within the 400 calories. Try to limit fast-food to once or twice a week, but it's doable!       For midday snack I usually get the sweet tooth so instead I grab one of those detour bars or any bar s but stay within this parameters :   Less than 250 cal per serving   Less than 9gm of sugar   More than 15 gm of protein       Dinner is more challenging, because it usually involves family and my boyfriend, they don't usually want to eat healthy but guess what?! You will and they won't even have to know!!!!       Eat what is cooked but less of it!!! Measure it out use an app called my fitness pal! It tells u the calories of everything !!! My goal is 1,400 calories a day, and I usually even a little under or a little over on my bad days! However this is very important!!!! DO NOT TRACK YOU CALORIES LOST INTO YOUR CALORIE INTAKE!!!!!       It's impossible to know how many calories you actually lost, everyone is different!!!       Well good luck! I hope this help someone in the long run, I know my goal still Gastric Bypass and maybe in two years if I have loose skin some tummy tuck, but I'm only 30 and I got high hopes for my youth to help me save some money on that ;P
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Surgery Date?.....

I started a new job at a hospital, Been there a couple of weeks, and I love it. I can see myself doing it for a long time even retiring from it. I also been working on my surgery requirements since June. Today at work I received a call from the surgeon's office. They want to schedule my appointment for November 26th. Two days before Thanksgiving. I am very happy. However, I either get the surgery and loose my job or keep the surgery and don't do the surgery. I am a temporary employee. They need me for the holidays. Chance are that of course If they need to downsize or anything , I am the first one to go. However all the other temps in the department had really good luck and have now even permanent positions. My dilema is, I can either just work until my surgery, leave and when I am all well try to apply again or forget about the surgery for a while. But then again is my health right. Me not having serious medical problems and not being severely obese is a priority right.. I am very sad, but I guess I will work until I cant work no more, and continue with my surgery arrangements. There are plenty of other jobs out there, and only one of me. So I have to take care of my body, before I can take care of anyone else. So yes, November 26th it is. =) By the way, so far I lost 16 pounds!
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2nd DR appointment

I went to the second appointment yesterday. It went great. I was complimented on how I fast I got everything done. They have never seen anyone move so quick on the process and achieve so much in so little time. I am very proud of myself. I had a list to complete and I did all of it:   Attend a information meeting
Attend a Support group
Get a letter of medical necessity
Get a sleep study
Get psychiatric clearance
EKG
Loose 10% of my target weight
Complete a food journal
Get blood work done
Get nutrition class
    It seems like not a lot but to get people moving you got to e persistent other wise they will take their time, sometimes they are just busy but if you really interested and really want this they will see it and help you out along the way. I am looking at a October date or early November. Two weeks before I start a liquid diet then a week before surgery I am getting a colonoscopy and a endoscopy. Then I start my new life.
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