New here and thankful

[chell1957 2]

Hi everyone. I am new here. I think this is a great idea and I hope to meet many new friends. I am very grateful for my new life. Like a lot of us, I was overweight my whole adult life. It seems to run in my family. All my aunts on my mothers side are little round Italian women. I seem to take right after them. LOL. The only time I have been able to get the weight off was in the late 1990's when there was a local clinical trial for Meridian, thats about the same time as the Phen Fen diet pills/study. I lost 60 pounds in 6 months and looked great. But of course the medication was pulled from the market, a law suit ensured and needless to say all the weight came back and 20 lbs extra. Fast forward 12 years and my Veterans Affairs (I'm X Navy) discovered I had NASH (fatty liver) along with high B.P., hight cholesterol, diabetic, sleep apnea...I was just a mess and I knew something had to be done. So I started to look around and research and I happened onto O.H. and the rest is history. Here I am 7 months out, down from 220 to 160 and still going. and guess what! I am off my B.P. meds and my cholesterol is great! Hence why I am thankful.

[Rosebud2 26]

Welcome. I hope to be you very soon. You are doing so well.

[Elisabethsew 50]

Welcome and congratulations on your success! You truly have turned your life around. Thank you so much for posting your story.

[WASaBubbleButt 41]

Hi everyone. I am new here. I think this is a great idea and I hope to meet many new friends. I am very grateful for my new life. Like a lot of us, I was overweight my whole adult life. It seems to run in my family. All my aunts on my mothers side are little round Italian women. I seem to take right after them. LOL. The only time I have been able to get the weight off was in the late 1990's when there was a local clinical trial for Meridian, thats about the same time as the Phen Fen diet pills/study. I lost 60 pounds in 6 months and looked great. But of course the medication was pulled from the market, a law suit ensured and needless to say all the weight came back and 20 lbs extra. Fast forward 12 years and my Veterans Affairs (I'm X Navy) discovered I had NASH (fatty liver) along with high B.P., hight cholesterol, diabetic, sleep apnea...I was just a mess and I knew something had to be done. So I started to look around and research and I happened onto O.H. and the rest is history. Here I am 7 months out, down from 220 to 160 and still going. and guess what! I am off my B.P. meds and my cholesterol is great! Hence why I am thankful.

Welcome to the forum!

I still have Meridia that I got in Mexico when I was trying anything and everything. Just ran across it a few weeks ago. I have no idea why I keep it, I should throw it away.

Congrats on the weight loss! Feels good to be in control, eh?

What did you do in the Navy?

Edited June 14, 2009 by WASaBubbleButt

[Phoenixrising 0]

Hi everyone. I am new here. I think this is a great idea and I hope to meet many new friends. I am very grateful for my new life. Like a lot of us, I was overweight my whole adult life. It seems to run in my family. All my aunts on my mothers side are little round Italian women. I seem to take right after them. LOL. The only time I have been able to get the weight off was in the late 1990's when there was a local clinical trial for Meridian, thats about the same time as the Phen Fen diet pills/study. I lost 60 pounds in 6 months and looked great. But of course the medication was pulled from the market, a law suit ensured and needless to say all the weight came back and 20 lbs extra. Fast forward 12 years and my Veterans Affairs (I'm X Navy) discovered I had NASH (fatty liver) along with high B.P., hight cholesterol, diabetic, sleep apnea...I was just a mess and I knew something had to be done. So I started to look around and research and I happened onto O.H. and the rest is history. Here I am 7 months out, down from 220 to 160 and still going. and guess what! I am off my B.P. meds and my cholesterol is great! Hence why I am thankful.

Congrats on your success sounds like you are doing a great job working with the sleeve to change your life.

FYI I think the medication is called Merida

[chell1957 2]

Thank you. It's been a wild ride for sure. U too will be there soon enough. Just keep your eye on the prize, wink

[WASaBubbleButt 41]

FYI I think the medication is called Merida

Merida is a city in Mexico. Meridia is a drug, aka Sibutramine.

It was a typo.

[Oregondaisy 2,021]

I am always glad to see people who post over at that other board come over here and start posting.

I think this board and the people are fantastic. I don't know any of the people over there, but I find that site difficult to navigate.

Congratulations on your weight loss. It's nice to see some more people who aren't newly sleeved in case people like me have questions. I can't seem to get it through my head that I can't eat as much as I could with the band.

[chell1957 2]

Yep, was a typo...never could spell worth a darn. LOL :001_rolleyes:

[Phoenixrising 0]

Merida is a city in Mexico. Meridia is a drug, aka Sibutramine.

It was a typo.

Yep typo, Meridia not Meridian or merida.

[MacMadame 81]

I find that site difficult to navigate.

And the software is very buggy.

Yep typo, Meridia not Meridian or merida.

Now I'm totally confused. I can't even remember what we were talking about. :lol0: