What I hope to get back to – 185 pounds!
My face at 185 pounds. I actually have a face. And cheekbones. This is my motivation. It happened once…it can happen again.
December 23rd, 2013 is now my surgery date
I am sucking it up and have decided there are worse things than being in the hospital on Christmas Day. So, December 23rd it is at GW Hospital in DC. My Christmas present 🙂
Sometimes things don’t go as planned…
And you want to drive down to DC and give your surgeon an earful. But you are too nice. So you sit at home angry and sad. Sigh. My surgeon overbooked patients for tomorrow, and canceled my surgery tomorrow. After all the planning we put in to this. Now, the […]
I know what thin looks like on me…I got there ONCE
One successful diet…down to 185 pounds…was there for a day! Then raced back up…to almost 300.
Everyone is freaking out except me…
I am lucky to have a lot of people in my life who love me, and who care what happens to me. The problem is, none of them know what being morbidly obese is like, and I think that they all think I have lost my mind. I am lucky […]
Testing protein shakes and powders before gastric bypass
So the nutritionist told me to start sampling protein shakes and powders now – because even though my tastes will change after surgery, sampling now will give me an idea of what I can tolerate later. Here is my review so far: Syntrax Nectars – I had high hopes for […]
Gastric Bypass Surgery Set for December 19, 2013
I am having gastric bypass surgery (open Roux-en-y) at GW hospital (with Dr. Afram) on December 19, 2013. I am keeping my fingers crossed that nothing comes up in the next few days. I am anxious to get this over with so I can start getting used to this new […]
Amanda's Gastric Bypass Story 