Little Kansas Kitty

Hi there! It's been forever since I've been on here and just wanted to say HELLO!!! I recently celebrated my 2 year surgiversary and am super proud to be maintaining for almost 1 year & 4 months. Would love to share a video I made of me spinning and showing my week by week 100 lb. loss transformation. Let's just say, if I can do it ANYONE can!!! Sending much happiness, love and health your way!

With us eating low carbs and high protein and probably falling into ketosis, has anyone experienced a keto rash? I had a rash on my arm a week ago and today have one on my neck. I heard someone on YouTube mention "keto rash" and had never heard of it. Just wondering if my rash is temporarily something else or if in fact it could be "keto rash".

Hi All: Is anyone documenting their journey on YouTube? I love watching videos of weight loss surgery patients documenting their process. I'f you are, could you share your "channel" as I'd love to subscribe to you if you're doing this? I took a few videos first for myself as I think it will be great to look back on a year+ from now. Then, I decided I'd go ahead and share publicly as the ones I've watched of others have been a tremendous help to me. I'm not good at talking (much better with a keyboard) but oh well. It's kind of fun and I think will keep me motivated along the way. YouTube - Little Kansas Kitty

**BEFORE/AFTER PICS!** I met my ultimate goal of 100 lbs. lost today! I'm so happy! It's been quite the journey and is still a struggle almost daily but it feels great to look back at the last 9 1/2 months and see how far we've all come. No more losing for me here forward. Now I can gain a few and be ok as I have a maintenance range of 7 lbs. that I plan to strictly stick to and this is my lowest that I'll go. From a size XXL Tops/18-20 jeans I'm now in size XS/Small Tops and size 4 jeans. I feel amazing and the best part is, I have the energy and can play with my kids with ease. Here, I slid down the slide this week at the park that I got stuck on last year. In celebration, I'll be updating my YouTube channel tomorrow and doing a big GIVEAWAY for anyone interested in subbing and following me along there. Hoping everyone is doing amazing on their journeys! https://youtube.com/littlekansaskitty

OMG - you probably won't see this until you are post-op, so CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! So exciting! This is such a great gift you're giving to yourself. You are too kind. I do have excess skin! I have some under my arms (not extremely bad)...I do try to hit the gym 3x a week for 15 minutes to work on them a bit. Also, I've gained and lost so much over the years that losing 100 lbs. will take a toll on your body. I do run 50 miles per week which helps with muscle in the legs. Also, I had a mommy makeover (tummy tuck, breast lift and augmentation) 7 years ago which helped keep some of those areas firm. However, my booty is sad, sad, sad and pretty much non existent. LOL (insert crying emoji here) Also, my upper thighs are wrinkly and loose too. I plan to possibly address the booty in 2020 before I turn 40 years old. The nice thing is, is we have options if we decide to go the plastics route. Technology and medicine has come so far.

Awwww, thank you so much! Congrats on 2 months post-op now. YES!!!! Mitchell in Minnesota is the BEST! He and I have been messaging all day today our food intake. It's so good to find a buddy to help keep you accountable. He's really disciplined and doing great as a revision patient.

Thank you so very much!!! It feels really amazing to hit that goal. I just posted a video of myself showing the progress from losing 100 lbs. (238 lbs. to 138 lbs.) I'm spinning and it's only a minute long but has some before/after photos. It was a fun way to document this entire journey the last 9.5 months.

Sooooo sweet! THANK YOU! ❤️ You're going to get there too. It is an AMAZING feeling.

@ms.sss - thank you sooooooo much! I feel amazing.

Oh my gosh, look at you!!! You're half way there yourself to goal and seriously have pretty much the same stats as me!!! YAY!!!! Congratulations! I've been going down memory lane all day today. I definitely invite you to subscribe to my channel and hit the bell notification to get alerted tomorrow when I announce my BIG giveaway on my channel.

awwwwww, thank you so much @FluffyChix, Sandra Nuelken & Bariatric Legend. Sandra - check out Mitchell in Minnesota on YouTube and let him know I sent you. He's one of my new BFF's on there and he's about 8 months post-op and succeeding with lapband revision to RNY. He's honest about the whole process.

@Bari_KS - awwwww, thank you so very much AND look at you!!! You're sooooo close to goal too! CONGRATULATIONS!

@ItzBing awwwwww.....thanks girl!

Congrats on your surgery @losingtolivewithjen!!! Yay! You're going to love YouTube. It's such a great community and when you post regularly it really helps keep you accountable. I'm going to sub to you! I'm in maintenance now and have been posting weekly videos since pre-op. I'm 1 lb. away from my ultimate goal!! I'll be doing a big giveaway/celebration when I hit goal which I think will be this weekend. Swing by my channel, and check out! I'm sooooo excited. This journey has been and IS amazing. @ItzBing - CONGRATS on being a week and a half post op. Your starting surgery stats are similar to mine. https://www.youtube.com/littlekansaskitty

I took 2 weeks off for RNY Gastric Bypass and it was lovely! It's like a mini vacation at home to rest and Neflix binge. When I returned to work as an Office Manager, it was full time so I just tried to take it easy as much as possible and do as much desk work that I could. Several days in the first week back to work, I would go take a rest in my car during my lunch hour. It always gave me the afternoon boost. Evenings, I would go to bed early. Before you know it, you'll be down in weight and feeling fabulous. The energy is awesome post-op.

Hi All! I've found some studies that suggest that some weight loss surgery patients are more prone to migraines post-op, however at almost 15 weeks post-op myself I'm finding the opposite and have not had a single headache. I wonder if it's because I've cut sugar, alcohol and caffeine from my diet? Curious if anyone else is experiencing this amazing benefit?

That's so awesome! I thought I was on to something. Good choices in to our bodies help our bodies feel good. Congrats!

@wanda247 - Love hearing that! Good for you and awesome success so far. All these wonderful NSV's and added benefits we have now that we are becoming healthier.

@mattz - Ah, yes! I didn't think of that. The hydration makes perfect sense!

Congrats! I’m so jealous! Nowhere near one-derland but working on it. I feel great and walk A LOT! I’ll be 9 weeks post op this Thursday! Congrats again and best wishes moving forward 😊 Thank you, thank you. You're doing FABULOUS! All we can do is keep trucking along. 55 lbs. down is so great for 9 weeks. Congrats to you too! Love that you're walking a lot. I did that every day until I hit 205 lbs. Walking works. Keep up the amazing work.

Awwwww. Love it. You can definitely tell already your beautiful shape. It's enough to bring you to tears as you look back at where you were and where you are now. You've worked so hard.

Thank you, thank you @AshAsh1! Huge milestone to begin with a "1"!

JUNE RNY BUDDIES!!!!???? How is everyone doing? Strolling through life and feeling like a pro already? I'm 9 weeks post-op and made it to ONEderland. I'm so ecstatic. The energy is great right now. Life feels good. I'm so thrilled that I decided to celebrate and give away $100 this week. If interested, feel free to watch my video for more details. I'll draw the winner on September 1st.