Amberlydw8

Hi there. I had my surgery with Dr Ortiz also If you want to see how my experience was your welcome to read my blog on it. Here is the link http://www.verticalsleevetalk.com/blog/2277/entry-5751-my-surgery-in-mexico/ Everything went really well for me. Good luck with everything! and keep me posted, Id love to hear how it goes for you Amber

Hi all... So, I am now 2 weeks out from surgery! I am down 13lb since surgery and 33lb total. I am really starting to feel good. I have become addicted to watching The Biggest Looser,on hulu and it is motivating me to work out more. I have a feeling that I have the potential to become one of those work out obsessed people. I am so excited about that! I have always wanted to be like that. I want to start lifting weights and toning up in the next week or two. So far I am walking about 3 miles 5 times a week. I have a personal goal of doing a 5K in a few months so I going to start training for that soon. I figure, If i can walk a 5K just fine I can run it by the end of summer! As for what I am eating, I think I am doing really well. I have been mostly drinking shakes, eating greek yogurt and cottage cheese. I am starting to work in scrambled eggs, cream of wheat and little bits of chicken. I noticed that even though I can do a full 9-11 oz shake in about 1/2 hour I can only get in a 1/2 cup of cottage cheese and only about 2 oz of chicken. Its crazy how the more dense the food the less you can eat. I am going to try the cream of wheat this morning and see how that works out I want to give a little shout out to my friend TTL... Way to go with surgery this week! I'm glad everything is going so well for you! Keep up the good work Have a great week everyone! Happy Passover to everyone, (or Happy Easter ) Amber

I am going to start going to a support group that meets in fife at the poodle dog every 2nd tuesday of the month I don't remember what time it is, (sometime in the evening) By the way I am Amber, I am over on the peninsula and was sleeved 3.11.13 In TJ Mexico. It is my 2 week surgeversary today and I am down 13lb since surgery and 33lb since pre op Everything is going really well

Hi guys. Just wanted to introduce myself, Im on the Peninsula also I am 2 weeks out today Good luck with your journey

You are looking fantastic!!! Even your tattoos are looking cooler! Way to go, I am so happy for your success and for your self confidence! I can't wait till I can post a picture that has that much of a difference from the old me... Im proud of you that you courage to be so open and transparent in your success... Keep up the good work!

I first want to give a shout out to JennJitters for inspiring me to write this blog. I saw a blog she put out where she listed all the things she wanted to do when she lost the weight and I wanted to do the same thing. I am one week post op today and I wanted a list of things that I could look back on in 9 months or a year and say "yes! I did that" You don't have to read all the way through, It will probably be a fairly long list because there are allot of things I want to be able to do. This is mostly just for me but I am willing to share it because I know that you all probably feel the same way about most of these things... Learn how to rock climb Hike and summit any mountain I feel like (I love the Olympics) Go horseback riding and not feel like I'm killing the horse Have children and be able to play with them Be in shape for the first time in my life Walk into a room and not think everyone is staring at me because I'm big Have my first ever Valentines Day date Take the stairs not wishing there was an elevator Be able to get cloths at any store without wondering if they have my size Ware cloths in the single digits Be confident in myself Fit in the rides at the fair.. I love rides! Ware a bikini and feel good about it Learn how to snowboard Be able to buy shews that are not "wide" Be able to ware high heal shoes for more than 20 minutes without being in pain Sky dive! Oh yes I really want to do this! lol Have a man pick me up Not be controlled by food Eat to live not live to eat Buy longerie and feel good wearing it Be able to have pretty panties that are not hidden under a roll Be able to share cloths with my sister (she has the coolest cloths!) Take full body pictures and not hate them Have only one size of cloths in my closet (not 5 different sizes depending on what diet I am on this week) Be comfortable in a normal size sleeping bag Go to the gym and not be self conscious To be able to fit comfortably on an airplane To be able to do a hand stand... why not? To be able to do advanced yoga Get a tattoo Fit in a playground swing without hurting my hips To feel sexy Now lets see how long it takes to mark off a few of these

Way to go girl!!! You look fantastic! What an accomplishment!

Oh! Im adding that to my list...lol Thanks for the great idea...haha

I love all of those ideas... I don't know how I would choose... I might even steal one of them from you...lol I have been wanting to get a tattoo for quite a while now

Thank you so much! You have just inspired me to write a blog for myself about things I am looking forward to! What a great idea to have a list of things that in a year I can check of and say "I did that!" You go Jen! I know your going to reach every one of these goals!!!

Good idea Serendipity... Wish I had gotten a jump start on it myself... But its getting better

Good for you I was just there and wrote a blog about my stay if you want to read it good luck with everything...