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Hello Landy! I haven't been back in awhile so it was nice to get your post! I had gastric bypass on Jan.21, 2009. I have lost 20lbs. in two months and a total of 65lbs. since last July! Where in Bingo are you?

Hey Donna! I live in Binghamton! My grandmothers ancestors settled Eagle Village and Pompey Hill in the 1790s and founded DeWitt in 1800. So I'm pretty familiar with the Syracuse area. I also worked as an X-ray tech at University Hospital in 1993.

Here in Upstate our insurance requires us to show our commitment to weight loss; mine Aetna requires a 5% loss before acceptance to surgery. I'm lucky BC/BS requires a 10% loss! As to the goal weight, everyone in the chat room says I will lose more than that. I guess my doc just doesn't want to get sued if I stall out!

Hello! I just started my classes toward gastric surgery July 7, 2008. I don't know yet which one I will have, so I'm cruising the support sites and reading everything I can find! I am at 258lbs.; which is where I have been for 11 months now. I need to lose 13 lbs. I am a little concerned because the nutritionist says my target goal is only 200lbs? I kind of feel like, if I'm gonna go through all this shouldn't I expect to lose alittle more than that? Any thoughts on this anyone would like to share would be greatly appreciated.:biggrin:

I nearly fell out of my chair listening to this evening's CBS news! "You don't have to be thin to enjoy good health," Katie Couric spat out at lightening speed. If you blinked you missed it! A recent study of a group of overweight adults in America showed that a good percentage of them had low cholesterol and normal blood pressures. Notice when it's positive news we are merely overweight, NOT obese! The item rated 3 sentences and that was it! As I sat and thought over those three sentences a question suddenly came to my mind, "When did MAJORITY turn into, 'epidemic'?" Growing up I was constantly reminded; by other kids, by retailers in clothing, by coaches, etc. that as a large athelete I was in the minority. I had to work 10 times harder and out perform 100% of the time, kids as thin as rails, to be taken seriously on my varsity teams. I am reaping the reward for my efforts in my old age with arthritis and the need to have both my knees replaced! As I raised my girls in the late 80s and 90s I noticed an unspoken change in the rules. Large girls were all over the playing field! Personal insults regarding body habitus were now the exception rather than the rule from peers and coaches. This nation's girls were so close to achieving comfort within their own skins. Then came the internet and video games. Parents became frustrated and scared by the new dangers facing their kids and locked them away from the parks and ballfields. Our children became couch potatoes. Instead of being big and healthy and proud our girls turned into jaba the hut! Now instead of being the MAJORITY we are consigned to being the EPIDEMIC DEJUER! Oh well, this too shall pass. The great consistency of history is that the pendulum inevitably swings the other way!

I nearly fell out of my chair listening to this evening's CBS news! "You don't have to be thin to enjoy good health," Katie Couric spat out at lightening speed. If you blinked you missed it! A recent study of a group of overweight adults in America showed that a good percentage of them had low cholesterol and normal blood pressures. Notice when it's positive news we are merely overweight, NOT obese! The item rated 3 sentences and that was it! As I sat and thought over those three sentences a question suddenly came to my mind, "When did MAJORITY turn into, 'epidemic'?" Growing up I was constantly reminded; by other kids, by retailers in clothing, by coaches, etc. that as a large athelete I was in the minority. I had to work 10 times harder and out perform 100% of the time, kids as thin as rails, to be taken seriously on my varsity teams. I am reaping the reward for my efforts in my old age with arthritis and the need to have both my knees replaced! As I raised my girls in the late 80s and 90s I noticed an unspoken change in the rules. Large girls were all over the playing field! Personal insults regarding body habitus were now the exception rather than the rule from peers and coaches. This nation's girls were so close to achieving comfort within their own skins. Then came the internet and video games. Parents became frustrated and scared by the new dangers facing their kids and locked them away from the parks and ballfields. Our children became couch potatoes. Instead of being big and healthy and proud our girls turned into jaba the hut! Now instead of being the MAJORITY we are consigned to being the EPIDEMIC DEJUER! Oh well, this too shall pass. The great consistency of history is that the pendulum inevitably swings the other way!

Well I'm sneaking an entry in here at 10:00pm; I'm so tired I can barely keep my eyes open. We went to a Chinese Buffet tonight. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Our waitress, who usually waits on us, asked if I was feeling well. When I explained about my up coming surgery she smiled and joked, "I will lose one of my best customers!" When the bill came she had charged me a child's portion! What's more, I didn't feel deprived or hungry, I felt just right. The Olympics are on so I'm cutting this entry short. Not much else to say anyway.:frown:

Well I'm sneaking an entry in here at 10:00pm; I'm so tired I can barely keep my eyes open. We went to a Chinese Buffet tonight. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Our waitress, who usually waits on us, asked if I was feeling well. When I explained about my up coming surgery she smiled and joked, "I will lose one of my best customers!" When the bill came she had charged me a child's portion! What's more, I didn't feel deprived or hungry, I felt just right. The Olympics are on so I'm cutting this entry short. Not much else to say anyway.:thumbup: