ProudGrammy

home from GA. grand-daughter HS grad - she was the best! are you surprised?!! good to be home and back to you guys - missed you all!! - kathy

home from GA. grand-daughter HS grad - she was the best! are you surprised?!! good to be home and back to you guys - missed you all!! - kathy

home from GA. grand-daughter HS grad - she was the best! are you surprised?!! good to be home and back to you guys - missed you all!! - kathy

home from GA. grand-daughter HS grad - she was the best! are you surprised?!! good to be home and back to you guys - missed you all!! - kathy

👉🏼 One. Hundred. Pounds. Lost. !!!
I was 235 lbs on Oct 10th, 2018.  Six and a half months later, I have shed the equivalent of my 13 year old daughter. 
That's just CRAZY 😮!!!

I'm so mentally tired w/life

I'm so mentally tired w/life

flying down to GA. It's all about the grand-kids!! Always will be!!

flying down to GA. It's all about the grand-kids!! Always will be!!

flying down to GA. It's all about the grand-kids!! Always will be!!

@CowgirlJane hap, hap,  happy 6 year surgiversary - who loves ya baby congrats -, kathy

Hi everyone! I'm me and nervous. I just turned 60 years old. I think I'm officially grown up now. I'm young at heart, goofing around with my grandchildren all nine of them. I have had crohns disease since I was 19'years old. I still managed to make it through nursing school and more ask retired after 35 years. My husband and I have custody of three of our grandchildren after our son in law died and our daughter ran away. One of the things I would like to run by the members is my feeling of selfishness about having this gastric sleeve. I'm overweight, diabetes, hip replacement and crohns. I feel that if I didn't make it through surgery, it would absolutely devastate the grandkids again! I never thought I could even have a sleeve done due to having all of my colon and rectum removed. So, I have an ileostomy. I have a huge hernia at the site. I went to Duke University and the gastroenterologist suggested I have weight loss surgery because if he repairs the hernia, the weight will cause it to come back. I'm scheduled in three months. 

My crazy pre-op clearance requirements:
Done
labs radiology upper GI, chest xray, abdominal sonogram (hiatal hernia) cardio stress + echo sleep study (tonight) Remaining To-Do's
psych consult endoscopy Plus
6 diet consults (2/6 done) 3 surgeon appts (1/3 done) PCP final pre-op  

It's my two-month RNY surge-versary and here's what's different:
-I'm down almost 80 lbs
-I actually have an appetite
-It's easier to eat--I don't approach it with dread and it doesn't take forever to eat 3 bites
-I feel normal: sometimes even almost forget that I have had surgery and have to remind myself to slow down and take smaller bites
-I can add all foods, slowly, and have only had an issue with green peas, so far.
-My energy level is almost normal
-I made it through the busiest and most physically exhausting time at work these past through weeks, and I was fine.
 

There is a hill that is along my bike route to work. Everyday I ride, I take that hill. Today was the first time that I made it to the top without having to stop. I am getting stronger a bike rider. My calories for today are 672 but that does not include dinner. I will be buying Standard Gold Whey Protein Powder to add to my fruit smoothies. 1 scoop is like 26g of protein (Something that is much needed as I am trying to build muscle). I am having a hard time increasing my protein intake in the form of food lately. I just have not been hungry.
Things I am adding to my diet to see if I can take them:
1) Whey Protein
2) Dannon Oikos Triple Zero 
Also, I have started doing mediation to help alleviate some stress. I retain weight when I am stressed out. It also causes pain in my neck and back because that is where I hold all my tension. I also want to be flexible and by relaxing myself, I am able to stretch and bend a lot easier. 

October is breast cancer month - congrats to my fellow survivors - to ALL others - please have a mammogram immediately - i am an 18 year proud survivor!!   "i'm still standing" - Elton John   - kathy

October is breast cancer month - congrats to my fellow survivors - to ALL others - please have a mammogram immediately - i am an 18 year proud survivor!!   "i'm still standing" - Elton John   - kathy

October is breast cancer month - congrats to my fellow survivors - to ALL others - please have a mammogram immediately - i am an 18 year proud survivor!!   "i'm still standing" - Elton John   - kathy

mentioned to mom i had lost a few lbs do to being sick.  she said, oh no -you should do this or that to gain weight (i'm at goal) i "reminded" her with a laugh - that all my life "i had heard" not to eat so much etc. now she tells me i'm too thin!!!! -  mothers, can't live with them, can't live without them

mentioned to mom i had lost a few lbs do to being sick.  she said, oh no -you should do this or that to gain weight (i'm at goal) i "reminded" her with a laugh - that all my life "i had heard" not to eat so much etc. now she tells me i'm too thin!!!! -  mothers, can't live with them, can't live without them

mentioned to mom i had lost a few lbs do to being sick.  she said, oh no -you should do this or that to gain weight (i'm at goal) i "reminded" her with a laugh - that all my life "i had heard" not to eat so much etc. now she tells me i'm too thin!!!! -  mothers, can't live with them, can't live without them

The players may change, but the BP game is always the same...

Good morning from Hanoi, Vietnam. As I was entering Vietnam last night, I had to go through an interrogation because I have lost so much weight, they didn't think that my passport picture was me. Annoying and flattering all at the same time!

I got home late last night from an exhausting nine-day work trip to Tampa.  Even with all the disruption to my normal routines, I still lost a little over 1 pound (and I had red wine every day of trip).  My partner was able to go with me, thank goodness.  My weight loss journey and transformation was a central focus and topic of conversation the entire time as I have known many of these colleagues for 10 years or more.  As has always been the case during my journey, I answered questions honestly and spoke of my pre-op, surgery, and post-op experiences.  I got nothing but support, congratulations, and best wishes from anyone.  And one person even confided in me that my success has given her the confidence to schedule an appointment with her PCP to talk about WLS.  This is why I have been transparent.  That decision may not be for everyone, but I will certainly never regret it.  Now, I move onward (thankful that I am back home and I can settle into my normal food and drink routine!).

I have now officially lost 200 pounds! Only 17 to go!