Wendy P.

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Wendy P. 21 years, 4 months ago

Hello all :) It's been a long time since I posted here, so I thought I'd give an update. My weight has been stable for quite a while now. I had my open RNY with bypass on October 30th 2001 and it's now almost 2005 and I still weigh around 145. It hovers between 142 and 148 or so, but never gets higher than that. I did find out several years ago that my staple line had been disrupted, so I no longer have the complete pouch, but it can't hurt me physically and my weight has stayed stable nonetheless. I still have some slight constriction from the pouch that is left, and I have the terrible/wonderful dumping syndrome that keeps me from eating too much fat or sugar. It's like a little traffic cop in there saying when I need to stop eating, and we have a love/hate relationship. LOl More love than hate though, and I wouldn't change it for the world :) I recently had a lower body lift, which is a total abdominoplasty with buttock lift, also called a belt lipodectomy. They cut all the way around my waist and removed about 7 inches of abdominal fat and lifted my buttocks, removing fat while doing a little lipo on my lower back to get rid of the love handles. My tummy is pretty flat now and I actually have a waist! Yah! :) It's so much easier to shop for jeans now and I feel so much more comfortable being intimate with my boyfriend without that big old flap of fat there. Next, I'd like to have my arms "bat wings" done, and then possibly my thighs and chest, but we'll take it a little at a time. Plastic surgery is so expensive, but well worth it. I do have some pretty extensive scarring, which I've been working on every day. Using Mederma and vitamin E. If anyone knows of a product that works better than these, please let me know, I'd appreciate it. I'd really like to lighten then up so I can show off my tummy a little this summer. I've been considering using a skin bleaching cream, but need to find out more info on that. Anywyay, hope you all are doing well in your journey and I wish you the best. God bless, Wendy P.

MD 22 years, 6 months ago

Happy Two Year Anniversary Wendy ~ Hope this post finds you happy and healthy. Please stop by and update your page sometime. We'd love to hear how your doing. :-)

MommaAngel 23 years, 2 months ago

HI WENDY Can I say (((((((WOW)))))) That is a awesome weight loss. You should be very proud of yourself. Keep up great job your doing.LORD BLESS

Wendy P. 23 years, 2 months ago

144 pds. this morning. Yah! I have an appointment with several plastic surgeons and am looking into having my stomach and chest done. :) God is an awesome God.

Wendy P. 23 years, 3 months ago

My weight has been hovering between 149 and 152 for three weeks or so now. I'm hoping to get down another 20 or 30 pds. I'm in a size 11 jeans now and am so happy about that. :) I do have alot of extra skin and flab on my abdomen, and am hoping to be approved for reconstructive surgery. I have an appt. with my surgeon for a follow up at the end of the month and he said that if he thinks that my weight loss is sufficient, he'll refer me to a plastic surgeon. If my insurance doesn't approve me for the surgery, then I've already decided that I'm going to save up and pay for it myself. I feel like I deserve to have a nice flat stomach after all the work I've done. :) Take care and God bless, Wendy

kimberley B. 23 years, 5 months ago

Wendy, Congrats on making the century club!! Your doing an awesome job and I know that you have to feel so much better. Keep up the good work!! KimmieTN

Wendy P. 23 years, 5 months ago

Seeing my doctor last week and posting here has helped me ~so~ much. It really helped to just let it all out and get it down on paper, then to hear comments and suggestions from other post-ops that have went through the same thing. Since my last post I've been really watching my carbs, eating more protein, drinking more water, and exercising more, and it's working! The scale is moving again and moving fast! I was 160 yesterday, so I finally made it to 100 pds. lost. Then this morning I was 159 so now it's 101 lost and I am ~sooo~ happy and relieved to be losing weight again! Thank you all for your support and I'll keep you updated. I still have about 30 pds. to go, but it's going quick! Woohoo! :) Take care and God bless, Wendy

Becca K. 23 years, 6 months ago

Happy ONE Year Anniversary to You! I hope that this post finds you healthy and happy. Please remember to drop by and update your profile from time to time. It's important for others to be able to see how we post-ops do on our journeys. You never know who you might inspire. Have a great day.

Sandy P. 23 years, 6 months ago

Wendy: WAY TO GO WITH YOUR WEIGHT LOSS!!! I am only 4 months out and have lost 63 lbs. but, understand about the head hunger and grazing. Just try to keep it in check as much as possible. I wanted to share with you a great fitness center for women - Curves. It just opened in my area and it is great!!! I am not a gym person but, love it there and go 3-4 times a week. I am sure there is one near you. It is affordable and very motivating. Plus they weigh and measure you once a month so, you get to see your inches lost, as well as, pounds. Keep up the great work and good things will come!!!!!

Wendy P. 23 years, 6 months ago

Well, I'm having a hard time keeping off the weight I've lost and I still have 30 to 40 pds. to go. I saw my doctor today for my one year appointment and he said that my weight loss is right on schedule. I was hoping to hit the 100 pds. lost mark by October 30th, which is my birthday and also the one year anniversary of my surgery. But it doesn't look like I'm going to get there. My weight has been hovering between 164 and 166 for the last month or so, and today the scale said I was 167. I've been checking into support groups in my area, because I am ~so~ scared that I'm going to mess this up. In the past I was always able to lose weight, but then I would gain it back, plus some. I'm scared that's going to happen again, and I don't know why I've hit this bump when things where going so well. My doctor says that I need to eat more protein, less carbs, less sugar, and exercise more, so I'm going to try and do that. It's just so frustrating, because I get really anxious about gaining back the weight, or staying stuck at this weight and not losing anymore. Then my first reaction is to eat when I'm anxious and that doesn't help. I'm already in therapy, but maybe I need to try OA or something. I know that alot of my eating is just "head hunger", or boredom, anxiety, depression, etc. I'm thinking about joining the YMCA to start really working out and exercising, because I think that would really help. Well, thanx for listening to my rambling. Sometimes it helps to just write all this stuff down, but if anyone reads this and has any suggestions, I'd be happy to hear them. Take care and God bless, Wendy