Veronica B.
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Veronica B. 23 years, 1 month ago
03/06/03 - Felt bad today a cont sense of pain in my belly area above the navel. Thought it might just be sore from the throwing up reflex on yesterday or thought I might have been dehydrated so I called Jackie in Dr. Wongsa's office to inquire as to what might be going on. After telling her that I had experienced a dumping episode the day before she informed me that I should be on a clear liquid diet for three days after throwing up.Even though nothing came up in this episode. Now this would be one of the reasons I wish Dr. Wongsa would put some things in writing as far as aftercare. My stomach is still irritated and I am belching alot but will stay on this clear liquid diet as long as I have to in order to feel better and not allow my pouch to stretch prematurely. Again, I have been given this tool and plan to use it wisely. I just can't believe all this trouble behind a small cup of chocolate pudding. Well we live and we learn. One things for sure these next three days will facilitate more weigh loss if nothing else. Will write more later I am going to get an early start on sleep. Veronica
Veronica B. 23 years, 1 month ago
03/06/03 - Went this morning to work-out and it felt really good. Worked on the stairmaster for 5 mins to warm up and rode the bicycle for 20 mins. Stretched and came home. Believe it folks I wore a pair of leggings with a body suit and looked good. I can't remember the last time I wore a body suit in public with leggings. Still working on getting more fluids in because I know how importatnt that is to do. Will try to focus on stretching throughout the day. Till later. Veronica
lovedove 23 years, 1 month ago
~VERONICA~WAY TO GO LADY... I READ UR POST, I HAVE COME TO REALLIZE THAT SOME PPL, MIGHT JUST BE IN SHOCK TO SEE U GETTING THIN... AND UR FAMILY, IT IS TIME WE WERE ALL GETTING SOME RECONITATION FOR OUR SELVES....DO SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR JUST U... NOT ANYTHING THAT IS GOING TO BENEFIT ANYONE ELSE (JUST VERONICA)... WE ALL NEED PAMPERING SOMETIMES...I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW IT GOES.... GOD BLESS U ON UR JOUNERY... LOVE DOVE
Veronica B. 23 years, 1 month ago
03/05/03 - According to my scale no weight loss since Friday 2/28/02. Had an incident of what I guess is called dumping I call it nausea and an attempt to throw up. I attended a lunch meeting with friends and ordered a kid's menu of chicken tenders / chips and it came with a soda and chocolate pudding. I took the soda home to my son but ate 2 small bites of the chicken and two chips which I chewed very well. I also ate the entire pudding cup. Afterwards, as I drove home I felt drowsey and nausea. Once arriving home I suffered from diaharrea and a violent attempt to throw up but nothing came up. It felt like my stomach was going through a violent response to trying to get something out. Pudding is a no no right now. This has happened only once before when I drank too much water too fast. Dr. Wongsa said that it was okay. Still wearing my big clothes till I get a job and can buy some more. I feel good and cont to look good. In the next two weeks I shall break the 200 mark and that will feel great. After that only 35 more pounds and I will have reached my targeted goal weigh of 165 lbs. I should be wearing around sizes 10-12. I am in sizes 14-16 now. Was a bit down today because I did not get any responses to the recent job applications I sent out. Interesting today at my meeting with my colleagues only two of the twelve persons commented on my weigh loss and how I looked. Again, I dressed in clothes that accented my new fiqure and looked very attractive if I might say so myself. I find myself reading and listening to materials that help me to escavated my authentic self. As the lbs come off I find that I need to get in touch with who I really am and/or who I want to be. I love my family dearly, but find that I have been taking alot of stuff from them that now is not acceptable. Some of it is either borderline abusive or just downright abusive / inconsiderate. I have been a habitual caretaker most of my life but now I chose to focus on ME. It's Veronica's time now and if anyone has a problem with that - it's there problem and not mine. All three of my daughter's are grow and my only responsibility is to my 12yr old son of whom I love very dearly. Only ate soup and drank water the rest of the day. Feel better. Well, will update again later. I submitted a photo some weeks ago but it has not posted yet. Veronica
Dana M. 23 years, 1 month ago
Veronica - WOW, I read your post. Then I checked out your page. You are doing so good. I am really proud and happy for you. I will soon be joining you on the losing side. My surgery will be in early April. I get an exact date on Monday. God's blessings to you! Dana Myers
Veronica B. 23 years, 1 month ago
03/01/03 - Tried on so many clothes in my closet and they are all too big - feels great. Had to attend a staff meeting at the college and ate some turkey/ham and some fruit ( small portions of course) and it felt good. I wore another pair of leggings with another sweater and showed off the fiqure. Wow! Have not experienced hairloss that I have heard of. In fact I pray that I do not have that problem. Still wearing a cute wig with my hair braided underneath. My skin is looking great. My husband loves my new look or he seems like he does. But if not oh well I love it. Well gotta find something to wear to church tomorrow. Talk back at you later.
Veronica B. 23 years, 1 month ago
02/28/03 - Visited Dr. Wongsa's office today for my 3 month check-up and was pleased with everything.I got up this morning and felt really good so I chose to wear a pair of black leggings with a cute black sweater w/ colorful fringe around the collar. I also wore some lace-up boots (heels) and my legs looked great. Persons in the office commenetd on how beautiful I looked that I was doing great for 90 days post-op. My weight today is 209 lbs but Dr. Wongsa said I look like I weighed 170 lbs. I am 7 pts away from a good BMI and that feels good. Iron and all was normal. I have come from 272 lbs and now I am 209 lbs. I am wearing some size 14-16 pants. Tops and dresses are 14's. My abdomen is still larger than I want it to be and keeps me in 16's but Dr. Wongsa says that it will shrink also in time. I can not wait. But I am just trying to allow myself to enjoy where I am each day and be thankful. To some people it might not mean much but for the past sixteen years I have struggled with my weight and the past seven have been the worst. I can cross my legs now without them hurting. I can tie my own shoes w/o getting out of breath. I can wear a sweater with leggings and not be ashamed of the bulges coming from my thighs. Dr. Wongsa met me at the door and greeted me by name and he said you're getting smaller and I said I feel smaller. After reviewing my stats and lab he told me that I was looking really good and might not need to get down to 150 lbs because I might be too thin. He instructed me to maintain lean meat and veggies for another 2 months and once I am 15 lbs from 170lbs start eating anything that I want. I will automatically lose another 15 lbs once I do this he said. My incisions have healed very well and I am basicaly having no problems. I am consuming about 2-3 ozs of food at least 3xs a day. Still trying to get more water in me. I drink about 45-55 ozs a day. I want to get about 60-80 ozs down a day. Still taking 2 vitamins and 3 tums for calcium daily. Milk stays down just acts as a laxative which is good to keep me regular. I will focus on maintaining lean meats and veggies these next two months or until I reach my target weight. Met some other women in the office considering the surgery and I will keep up with them and encourage them on their journey. God has blessed me to be a blessing. Took a few pictures with two of my best friends over lunch and I could not believe how good I looked - smaller face and neck-smaller body. Thank God for this tool that Dr. Wongsa has given me and I intend on using it wisely. Must be careful to not get back into old eating habits of putting food in my mouth when I get stressed. Need to keep a food journal so I can track myself. Till later.
Veronica B. 23 years, 2 months ago
02/25/03 - Have been feeling really good these past few days. Weighed in at 210 lbs.today - 4 lbs down from my last documentation on 2/20/03. I have to make myself not become a slave to the scale because it is so tempting to want to jump on the scale and want that arrow to move everytime. Even though I weight 210lbs everyone says I look as if I weigh 175 lbs. I am almost afraid to know what I will look like at 165 lbs. But not too afraid to go there (Smile)! I am wearing sizes 16-18 and the 18's are too big especially in the legs. I am wearing a size 12 teddy to bed at night and it looks and feels great. In tops I wear sizes 14. I look great in stretch leggings with an over size shirt if I must say so myself. I have not experienced the dreaded hairloss that I have read about and pray that I don't. I braid my hair and keep it cleaned and oiled. My shoes fit me very well and that feels great. I have been drawn to read the ObesityHelp.com profiles more and am still amazed at the transformation of some people. I cooked some chicken/sausage gumbo last night and tolerated it very well w/rice. Only ate a small portion. On today, I stopped and bought a breakfast Jack from Jack-in-the-box but took one bite and had to spit it out. I don't know whether it was the grease it was cooked in or what but I felt sick immediately after chewing on a piece of bread, egg, cheese and bacon. I have to restrain myself from making bread pudding because I love it. I have noticed that I get this horrible taste in my mouth after I eat sweets or carbs. I continue to remind myself that I am setting eating habits for the rest of my life and I plan to make the best of the tool that I have been given to get and stay healthy and fit. I also find myself thinking more on what I want to do with the next forty years of my life. It will all be very interesting as everything unfolds for me and the decisions that I make. It is sleeting here in Allen, Tx and that'd an oddity. I stayed home today to just rest and take some time for myself. My body continues to get smaller and I am excited about that. I felt last night that I need to be more attentive to my eating habits so I do not begin putting food into my mouth w/o thinking about it. It dawned upon me that I need to start keeping a food journal and to actually set some realist goals about my weight and my life as well. My goal concerning my weight is to lose 4lbs each week and to reach 165 lbs by the end of May, 2003. That means I will need to cont losing 4 lbs per week. I am trying to incorperate other types of food into my diet. I cooked some green peas and found that I truly love the taste of my green peas. I know that I must watch myself and the sweets although I can only eat small amounts it all adds up. I have tried to exercise but find that I hate exercising. So I am looking for something that I can become passionate about. I find that as I am losing weight that my skin is starting to reduce also. Unfortunately, my breast cont to reduce I pray that my stomach will do the same. It felt good putting on a black and white double breasted dress Sunday that I could not wear before. I felt beautiful and I was beautiful. So many people complimented me on how great I looked. I also find that in the past I used to always ask my husband or kids how I looked in my clothes but now I put on what I want and rarely ask them anything. Still needs to work harder at getting more water into my body. Till later. Veronica
Veronica B. 23 years, 2 months ago
02/20/03 - Started this week working out and I feel good. Still having problems with heel spurs but I am determined to work through this. I find myself not really wanting to eat at times and when I do it's not much at all. I am about 11 weeks post op. Not sure if this is normal. Having trouble drinking alot of water but I know I need to. Starting to have cravings for sugar but as soon as I taste it I don't want it. I have chewed some foods and just spit it out after the flavor is gone. Weighed myself today - 210 lbs. For some strange reason I thought I should have lost more. If I make it below 200 by my visit next week that's fine and if I only lose 4 lbs I will still be satisfied. At this rate I will be 165 lbs by the end of May 2003 and that will be great by me. I am working on toning up so I am not flabby. Looking into learning to do yoga. I have begun eating regular foods even though my doctor said lean meats and veggies only. I try but at times I find myself out and having to make a choice to get something that is not so fatting and only being able to eat one bite. I am feeling just great about my weight loss but have been unemployed since Oct, 2002 and that really bothers me at times. I can't afford to get clothes that fit me - everything is hanging off me now. I am trusting God that the job situation will work out. Will keep doing the things I know I need to and taking it one day at a time. Till later. Veronica