SafetyTurtle posted a discussion topic 14 years, 3 months ago
New Avatar/Tech Question/I'm an Idiot - So for the first time in a really long time, not only did I ask someone to take a picture of me, but I actually like the result.  Just a NYE picture with my hubby, but it's not oft...

SafetyTurtle wrote a blog post 14 years, 3 months ago
Week 14 - I hate to start the New Year on a bummed out note, but damn if that scale is only reading 1 pound lighter than last week.  OKAY GINA THINK.  No lap swimming for what now, basically...

SafetyTurtle posted a comment 14 years, 4 months ago
Sorry about the stomach pain :~( Yay for the awesomeness off...

SafetyTurtle posted a comment 14 years, 4 months ago
Congratulations! 65 lbs lost (we had surgery the same day and I...

SafetyTurtle posted a comment 14 years, 4 months ago
Thank you!

SafetyTurtle wrote a blog post 14 years, 4 months ago
Week 13 - I can't believe I am so far out.  Sometimes it seems like I never even had surgery, but I still have days here and there where I am exhausted and in pain.  They are definitely beco...

SafetyTurtle posted a comment 14 years, 4 months ago
I'm so excited for you! :~)

SafetyTurtle added a goal 14 years, 4 months ago
ride a roller coaster again.

SafetyTurtle added a goal 14 years, 4 months ago
weigh less than my husband

SafetyTurtle wrote a blog post 14 years, 4 months ago
Week 12 - Yeah for that mini-stall being over...I know a week isn't a stall, but it is when I'm used to seeing the scale go down every week! I weighed in this morning at 318.6, a total of...

SafetyTurtle posted a discussion topic 14 years, 4 months ago
Good Day for Me Might Mean a Good Day for you! RNY - I ran out of hangers while putting away laundry this morning, and decided to do my first closet sweep since surgery almost 12 weeks ago.  I started in a 30/32, and got 2 pairs of...

SafetyTurtle posted a discussion topic 14 years, 4 months ago
Good Day for Me Might Mean a Good Day for you! - I ran out of hangers while putting away laundry this morning, and decided to do my first closet sweep since surgery almost 12 weeks ago.  I started in a 30/32, and got 2 pairs of 2...

SafetyTurtle posted a discussion topic 14 years, 4 months ago
Straws, Gum, and Hard Candy - So prior to surgery, in the guidelines from my surgeon, they advised us against those three things...straws, gum, and hard candy.  Straws-can cause you to suck in too much air ...

SafetyTurtle posted a discussion topic 14 years, 4 months ago
Looking to Purchase a Women's Aquatard - Hey good folks, I'm hoping someone further along than me might have one of these that is now too big for them.  I've been swimming a mile and a half 5-6 days a week for about a mon...

SafetyTurtle posted a comment 14 years, 4 months ago
Yay for skinny birthday girls! I had my first round of kidney stones...

SafetyTurtle posted a comment 14 years, 4 months ago
I'm just waiting until I get my first ulcer...and have to have my...

SafetyTurtle wrote a blog post 14 years, 4 months ago
Week 11 - A rather disappointing weigh in today...scale only shows I'm down 2/10ths of a pound.  Now, I did take half the week off last week from swimming due to extreme fatigue.  My vit...

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SafetyTurtle posted a discussion topic 14 years, 4 months ago
First set of labs...Kelly, I need your eyes please - Well, first with the good... For the first time in 9 years, my PCOS hormone tests came back normal!  After just 9 weeks from RNY, the only health condition (aside from being SMO...

SafetyTurtle wrote a blog post 14 years, 4 months ago
10 Week Out - 10 weeks out today, feeling good.  I still wish I would lose weight quicker, but I guess 3 lbs a week isn't that slow, that's over 150 lbs in a year after all.  I'm down 55 lbs sin...

SafetyTurtle posted a discussion topic 14 years, 5 months ago
Lost the first 50! - Left the hospital on 9/29/11 at 380.2 pounds, left the dietician today at 328.6 pounds!  9 weeks and 1 day out.  I wonder a lot if I'm losing enough weight quick enough, b/c I ...

SafetyTurtle accomplished a goal 14 years, 5 months ago
To lose the first 50lbs

SafetyTurtle wrote a blog post 14 years, 5 months ago
Water weight? Hit 50 LBS lost! - I'm officially down 51.6 lbs since hospital discharge! Saw the dietician today, and she put me at ease.  I'm losing a good amount at a good rate, and my food intake is not exces...

SafetyTurtle wrote a blog post 14 years, 5 months ago
Frustrated at 9 Weeks... - Really?   Not even a full 2 lbs lost since last week?  I was fully expecting to have hit the 50 lbs lost mark by now.  I see the dietician tomorrow, and plan on venting then gettin...

SafetyTurtle posted a comment 14 years, 5 months ago
Your weight gain sounds like it might not be fat weight...you might...
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Cincinnati, OH
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RNY
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09/26/2011
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Jul 07, 2011
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