Jen's WLS blog: Blog

new pictures

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 02:14:23 GMT

I uploaded new pictures to http://zacharyandfamily.shutterfly.com/ please enjoy :)

new pics

Sat, 26 Jul 2008 01:54:09 GMT

I have uploaded and will continue to do so, all pictures through www.shutterfly.com please feel free to view pictures through that site :) The link is below:

http://zacharyandfamily.shutterfly.com/

<3,
Jen

5 weeks and 1 day

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:42:30 GMT

Oh wow, I cannot believe that its already been this long. Five whole weeks have gone by since I gave birth to the greatest gift God could have given me. Zachary is getting bigger. I took him to have a hearing test last week, he failed it again, however, his pediatrician checked his ear and said that his canal is curved. She said that is probably why he keeps failing the test, because they can't get a correct reading on the ear. She said, at this point, she would worry more about the price of diapers than my son not being able to hear. Haha! She's a fantastic doctor, I love her to death, and Zachary seems to like her too, even though she pokes and prods him when we go in. I go for my six week follow up visit with the obgyn next Thursday, my doctor isn't going to be there, but I am sure the one that I will see is going to be just fine. Next month we have to go to the health department to get shots for Zach. That doesn't exactly thrill me, but I guess it's better to have vaccines than to worry about him getting the diseases that they are vaccinating him for. I did get him going on social security, so that he has a social security number. It took some running around, but I did it. They said should be maximum 6 weeks before he'll have a number. So anyway, those are things I have to look forward to. Pretty soon we'll have to go back to JcPenney to get three month pictures done. Dang how the time flies. I certainly intend to spend every moment I can enjoying the ups and downs of being a parent. I really feel blessed that I have this opportunity. As far as the weight loss goes, I'm a little heavier than my goal, but as with everything else, with excercise and determination I will achieve what I am after. :) That's all for now, God bless and have a GREAT day.

<3,
Jen

19 days

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:42:14 GMT

Boy where has the time gone. It sure doesn't seem like almost three weeks ago I gave birth to this little human being. We are kind of on a schedule of some sort. We get up about every 3 to 4 hours to eat 3oz. of formula. Well, he eats, Brandon and I sit and hold the bottle and wait for burping sessions lol. Zachary sure has enjoyed all the attention he's gotten from all the grandparents, and friends that have come to see him. Sunday Ben brought the girls down to see him while he helped Brandon unload the rental truck for my mom. We sure did alot of moving this weekend, and I'm grateful for all the help that we got from everyone. I know my mom is grateful too. Anyway, Zachary is growing, the doctor praises him every time she sees him. We have to go have his hearing test redone on the 7th of July, so hopefully he passes this time. Will update :) God Bless, and hope everyone has a wonderful 4th of July weekend.

He's here!

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 03:43:34 GMT

Went to the hospital at 4:00pm on Wednesday afternoon after feeling yucky all day, and throwing up. After a sonogram was done the dr decided that it was going to be okay to just go ahead and induce labor. So they admitted me, and started me on pitocin. Wednesday night was miserable, labor pains and having to run to the bathroom constantly just plain sucks. By morning there was still no change, they kept increasing the pitocin and the pains started getting more intense. by 11:00am I had finally dialated enough to get an epideral. After the epideral was in I went from 3-5 in an hr. and it kept going which I was thankful for since the epideral was helping me not have to suffer. Finally around 5:30 I started getting that feeling that it was time, so they had to call the dr, who was in the middle of an emergency c-section of a baby in distress. So i pushed for a little bit w/out him, by the time he got there i was just ready to get him out. Zachary was born Thursday June 12th 2008 at 6:35pm he weighed 7lbs, 6oz. in 19.5 inches long and has a full head of black hair. He is truly our little miracle baby. Brandon and I are so grateful to God for this gift. And now the real fun begins....

new pics

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 16:03:38 GMT

added new pictures and a video from May 30th, 2008. Video is of Zachary trying to suck his big toe! so cute :)

<3,
Jen

long time no blog

Mon, 19 May 2008 23:58:26 GMT

well its been a while here. I went to the doctor last week for the last sonogram before Zachary will be here. He is about 5lbs 7oz now and has a lot of hair. The sonographer says he will probably be around 8 lbs when he is born. I can't wait, only a few more weeks left. I was also supposed to have my 2 year post-op bypass appointment on Wednesday but because I am so close to my due date and the doctors office is over an hour away I opted to cancel the appointment until the baby is born. They said that was fine. I am getting very excited, Brandon and I both are actually. I just hope for Brandon it lasts once he's here. We have been playing the new grand theft auto game alot lately. It's fun. i haven't been getting much sleep, I just can't get comfortable. So I've been sleeping as much as I can, but that isn't much. Other than that, nothing much going on. We went to the Relay for Life in champaign this past Saturday and walked the survivor lap with Brandon's dad. 1/4 mile he made it around the track. Well thats all for now. hope everyone that reads this is doing well.

<3,
Jen

weekend

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:55:54 GMT

well my weekend started early. I drove to Chicago with my mom on my birthday (wednesday april 16th). We stayed overnight downtown at the best western. We got up and went to see Oprah on Thursday. She had a sandwich cookoff. it was pretty cool. :) 3 ppl got 7k worth of Kenmore appliances for their kitchen :) So after the show we headed to Michigan. Spent the next two days runnin. Saturday was the baby shower. Mom and I ended up decorating by ourselves. Lots of people showed up. I'm glad that I got to see quite a few people from both sides of my family, and friends that I haven't seen in a while. Although I had a hard time with being the center of attention, anxiety. Ah well. I got through it. We came home yesterday and boy are we tired and sore today. Hopefully recovering won't take too long. Back to the daily grind today. Thanks to all that read this and were able to come. Sorry I missed those who weren't. Maybe we'll catch up next time I'm in town. :)
Added new pics of Zach too :)

new

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:13:40 GMT

added new pics of myself today, i was playing with the camera. :P

drs appointments

Sat, 22 Mar 2008 02:57:49 GMT

Well, where do I start. I suppose I'll just sum it up to this, my dog is very sick, hoping that God will give me the answers I need to do what is right for her. She has some sort of muscle disorder/disease, so she has multiple "charlie horses" in her head and her legs. Its not fun to sit by and watch, and they drew blood the other day and will know something hopefully in 10-14 days. As far as the baby goes, he is getting bigger. Showing 2lbs 8 ounces already and according to the sonographer is on track to be born a week early. Pictures weren't that great, so no updates this time picture wise. sorry :(

oops

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 02:31:50 GMT

well geez i think we've been to the dr twice since my last post here. And also thru two floods in our apartment, which now we have moved into a new one. so anyway, we found out in January, we're having a boy. He is pretty good sized 11oz they said in January, and his heartbeat was 160 the other day for the check up. Next month I get to do the blood glucose test and they will do another sono to check Zach's growth. :) We are getting closer. I think Brandon and I get more excited the closer we get to June. Getting ready to get invitations out for the baby showers. Having two since some live in Michigan and some live in IL. So anyway, so far so good. I've gained a total of 15lbs, according to the dr that's great, to me i feel like i gained too much, but that's the mindset u get when u've lost 205 lbs and then start gaining again! :(

2nd check up

Sat, 29 Dec 2007 16:02:03 GMT

Ok so I went to the Dr yesterday, hoping they were going to do another sonogram so I could see what we were having. When I got there, I had to wait an hour to be seen, and then once I was in there, he just wanted to listen to the baby's heartbeat. Although that's exciting too, I was really hoping to see the baby yesterday. Oh well. The next appointment is January 24th, 2008. We will hopefully be able to see on the sonogram then, whether we're having a boy or a girl. We picked out names for both already. We sat down the other night and made a list of names, for both boys and girls, and decided on Zachary Daniel for a boy and Kylie Raine for a girl. I went shopping the other day with Mom, and man are those 0-3 month clothes tiny. I cant wait to know what it is we're having so i can buy clothes for him/her. Doc told me I can only lift 25 pounds and to take it easy so I dont spot anymore. When they weighed me I was at 198. *sigh* I guess it's part of being pregnant to gain the weight, but I just hope I can lose it again when I have the baby. I know I sound like I'm being anal, but, I didn't go through all that misery from the surgery and trying to get things going just to go back to where I started. Christmas was exhausting here. I feel like I've been in the car for the last week. I sure did enjoy bein with mom and brandon's family though. We did spend chrismas eve and Christmas at home by ourselves, that was nice. New Years Eve, is gonna be pretty much more of the same, we're going to be at home, where pregnant women should be lol. We'll probably watch the ball drop, if I can stay up that long. I have been going to bed around 9:30pm lately, even when I take a nap. We are planning on being in Michigan on Jan 12th, and staying for a few days. I guess Bran has to train someone so that he can move his schedule up an hour, so he can't leave town until the 11th or 12th of jan. Well I will write more later. Happy New Year everyone.

And so begins...

Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:30:22 GMT

The life of an unborn child. It's december 4th, i went to the dr Nov 29th. We definately have a baby in there. We're almost 14 weeks now. My body is definately going through some changes. I have gone from being severely ill to being fine. Having horrible headaches, to being Okay. Go figure. Anyway, I've got some sonogram pictures I'm going to post up here tonight. Hope everyone is well. Seasons Greetings :)

More Important than any weight loss...

Mon, 12 Nov 2007 19:03:41 GMT

Hey, It hasn't been that long since I posted here, however... Brandon and I found out last week that we are pregnant! I go for my first check up on the 29th of November. :) yay! 6 yrs in waiting, and finally after 200+ pounds lost, I have discovered the greatest gift anyone could ever get. :)

-201

Wed, 07 Nov 2007 22:40:27 GMT

Ok, so I weighed myself today. I'm down to 187.2. Which means I officially lost 201 pounds. I still want to lose at least 20 more. So we're back on that road again :)

moved.

Fri, 02 Nov 2007 19:55:40 GMT

hey all. we got moved. yesterday. what a long two days. up before 7 both days, asleep before 1am both days woot. LOL. Other than that, we have some boxes that we have to exchange for our stuff at my mom's lol. Gotta go pick up the doggie on Monday. Puttin stuff away little bit at a time so as not to hurt myself. Bran's been helpful. which is great!

widdling away

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 02:39:16 GMT

slowly slowly widdling away. I've lost another five pounds. down to 192 now. woot. Going to move in a week and 1/2. I'm excited. It'll be different, but in a good way. :)

... dunt dunt duhhhhh

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 19:41:07 GMT

I'm at a standstill weight wise. but in 29 days we're moving to Peoria. I hope things will go smoothly. I'm gonna miss seein my mom every day, but i know its time we get back to reality and bein a single family home. Added new pics from today... Look Pa, no glasses lol. Anyway will write more here when I have something to write about.

<3,
jen

195

Wed, 22 Aug 2007 21:38:38 GMT

woo hoo Haha. i am approximately 30 count them,.... 3 0 pounds away from my goal ! holy crapola! and that without skin removal! YAY!

minus 191

Sat, 18 Aug 2007 22:55:33 GMT

well i have to say, for losing 191 pounds I feel damn good. I still haven't hit my goal of 165 but i'm gettin there slowly but surely. :)

hot summer days

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 01:18:06 GMT

Welcome to hell, i mean, welcome to the HEAT of summer. It's been in the high 90s here for the last two weeks or so. With the heat index, that means 100's. Hot and humid, followed by more hot an humid. :P Well, lets see, not much going on in the way of my weight loss right now. Although I am finding it more and more difficult to eat, but i'm sure that has alot to do with the heat. I just still have no appetite. I know i need to eat, and sometimes i choose some poor things to eat in a pinch. You know, sugar/fat loaded crap. But, MOST of the time i'm really good. I eat alot of fruits and vegetables most of the time. Oh, me & B went to Morton, last weekend. Nice town, i think we'll enjoy living there once we get there. B starts his job next monday, he's anxious but excited at the same time. To be honest, I am too. I know its gonna be hard on him to drive 3 hrs a day 1.5 hrs each way. We're definately going to have to move asap. I'm not sure I'm completley ready, but its inevitable. Besides, nothing says I can't come back down here to visit alot , until Mom's able to move in June. Well, anyway, I think I posted some new pictures on here, but if not, i will try to get them up soon. :)

<3,

Jen

198.2

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 07:24:52 GMT

WOOOOOOO HOOOO! i did it! i am officially down below 200 pounds! I'm getting more physical workouts from the physical therapist guy at the drs office. He knows that i had gastric bypass and that I'm not thrilled about the extra skin I have and that I'd like to tone up my muscles any and everywhere I can. So today he worked me out big time. My whole body even. I was there for 45 minutes today and i felt like I had really worked well today. I weighed myself tonight on a whim. I was shocked when it said 198.2! I'm excited I haven't been below 200 since I was in the sixth grade. My uncle and his family came down for the weekend. It was nice seeing everyone. The kids are growing up so much. I took skye to the vet on thursday of last week. She had been having problems with her jaw and muscle spasms all the time. She was so bad wednesday night that me, mom and her didn't sleep very much at all. I think I got 45 minutes total in between all the spasms she was having. poor baby. Anyway, we took her to the vet the next day, and they put her on phenobarbital which is for seizures. Also put her on an antibiotic for 10 days as she has an infection somewhere in her body. Probably the same infection that we've been passing around the house for the last month. There's a damn cold virus going around in the house. April (Ron's daughter) came down for a few weeks to visit, and she's caught the virus, so far all of us girls are on mucinex of some form. It sucks, but according the dr that mom sees thats all that can be done. So anyway, sometime in the near future i'm going to be going to michigan to take April back home, and visit my dad and see some people in the area that i want to see. I cannot believe that i made it below 200 pounds. I didn't think I'd ever make it. It's been a long journey, but its well worth the wait. I'm still about 38-45 pounds above where I'd like to end up. I'm sure with more excercise and the help of my physical therapist I'll get there soon. Well I should probably keep this short as it is almost 2:30am. I will try to get pictures up soon, not really a noticable change from the last pictures I don't think really, but hell maybe someone else will see something I'm not able to. God bless.

<3,

Jen

207

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 23:12:39 GMT

i hit 207, as of like 4 days ago. I haven't weighed myself since then. I'm still losing weight after a year, which is great. I want to see if i can find a recipe for making my own protein bars.... sounds interesting, but maybe i can figure out a way to do it without alot of sugar and fat. Anyway, I've been swimming alot lately because it's been so damn hot outside, 90+ on an average day. We finally got some rain for about 20 minutes today. Its supposed to rain off n on for the next 24 hours. I hope it does. We really need the rain. Champaign has been using over 55 million gallons of water per day. They have asked everyone to try and cut back on water usage, but its not a mandatory thing just yet. Well, I'm getting excited about going to six flags the weekend after the 4th of July,but even moreso that we're going to have a bbq on the 4th and have invited about 30 people to come. Not sure how many will actually show up, but it'll be fun no less. :) Brandon and I are doing well, we still have to use the ol patch to make sure i don't get pregnant on purpose, but oh well. I'm not totally convinced either of us is ready to give up our ability to go when we want to go, and do what we want to do. It sure is nice having a built in doggie sitter. Speaking of doggies, skye is doing good. She's lookin like she's dropped a little bit of weight too, which she needed to do according to the vet. We had her in the pool last night, it was so adorable, she was up on one of the rafts just chillin' with mom and dad in the pool. LOL. I wish someone would have gotten a picture of it. I still haven't taken any pictures of myself without the glasses, but I did run across an awful pictre of me in my mom's phone today. It was taken probably august of 2005, way before I had surgery and oh my god was I HUGE! I would say at that point I was pushin 400, if not over. Now I understand why everyone was so worried about me. Anyway, I'm doing good now :) still taking meds for my arm, and back, and doing excercises that the first physical therapist gave meto do, until I go next week to see the new one. I also have to have the EMG on my legs to find out why my back and legs keep goin numb. Will update next week after we find out anything else. Talk to ya'lls l8r.

<3,

Jen

side note

Fri, 01 Jun 2007 02:23:23 GMT

hey, on a side note... I got contacts. I've had glasses since 6th grade. This feels weird to be able to see w/out glasses on my face. woot heh I'll take some pictures as soon as my face quits peeling from the sunburn on sunday lol.

Memorial Weekend

Tue, 29 May 2007 17:16:35 GMT

well, we made it through the weekend. I have some pictures that I'm posting today. We went to six flags, we didn't think it was going to be too warm, however around noon we decided we should have worn our suits under the clothes. We definately have to go back! The temporary plan is to go back either the weekend before or the weekend after the 4th of July. Brandon and I are definately considering season passes. The superman ride is friggen AWESOME! you ride through the whole thing face down in the harness, paralell with the ground. Woo hoo! haha. We had fun at the wedding too, the wedding itself was beautiful. Tara was beautiful, Ryan looked handsome, their vows to eachother were real tear jerkers. Made me wish I would have gone that route. Oh well, maybe some day down the road we can do the whole re-wedding thing. As for now, we're gonna spend our savings on the debt we've accrued in the credit bureas, and save up all that we can until next year 2008 to buy a house. Smarter decision I think, plus if we can get the truck paid off, or nearly off, before then, woo hoo. Even better credit scores. At any rate. I'll close for now saying I hope that you all had a great Memorial weekend, remembered those that fought, and who still fight for our freedom, and celebrated your own freedom in your own way. God Bless!

<3,

Jen

210

Thu, 24 May 2007 05:00:29 GMT

Well, i had my one year anniversary today. I weigh 210 pounds. The dr says I need to increase my food calorie intake to 1200 calories a day. She says I'm probably at most doing 1000. i don't think I do that most days. She thinks I might be .............

p r e g n a n t! O M G!!!!!! That would be awesome. I need to get a test she told me today. I might be bulemic, so as i said before I need to get in to see a counselor and try to stop whatever is causing this before it gets out of hand. In two days Brandon and I will be driving to Aurora, IL for the weekend. Wedding time! Tara, Brandon's best friend's little sister is marrying her fiance' Ryan on Saturday and we were invited to join them for the celebration. Since it's Memorial weekend we are going to stay up in Aurora until Monday. The weather looks pretty crappy! I'm disappointed, but still hoping that they're wrong, at least for a while. Well, anyway, I hope that everyone has a great weekend. :) happy memorial day god bless those that have served and those that continue to serve our country to provide us with the freedom to celebrate whenever we see fit.

new

Fri, 18 May 2007 03:32:19 GMT

well here it is almost the end of may. Lots of things going on around me. There's weddings and graduations and birthdays galore. This weekend is the annual walk for life sponsored by the american cancer society. Those of you that I'm fortunate enough to talk to on a regular basis know that we recently were told that my father-in-law has been diagnosed with lung cancer. So, this saturday afternoon my husband and I, both our moms, his dad, and lots of other family members will be participating in the walk for life. I've been walking a little bit since the weather has been nice around here lately, and gas prices have soared to new levels of disgust, I've decided to walk to get my mail at the post office for a while until i can't do it. Skye, my puppy, well she's actually an adult dog now, but still she's my puppy. Anyway, She has been having a rough time as of late with her jaw. The vet i took her to this month wanted to do x-rays of her head. However, since they want a small fortune to do it I'm in the process of finding another vet to do the job. She's been a little strange lately, by strange, I mean funny. She is definately a character all her own. I have not weighed myself in a few weeks, since i posted last about my weight. I am in the process of getting the urge to take new pictures though, to post. It's been a while since I posted any new ones. I've become addicted to myspace as of late. I don't know why, I just find it interesting to read those stupid little surveys that people insist on filling out to pass the time. Although I dont fill them out myself lol.

I have thought alot about my past, the person I used to be, and the person that I am today. Pre and post surgery. I think I'm more confident, and less willing to take people's sh*t now. That's not to say that I still don't have problems. Yes I still have issues. I still can't look at myself in the mirror without finding flaws. I still obsess about food, but the difference now is that I recogize what I'm doing and try to focus my energy on other things. I think I might have bulimic tendencies. I'm going to get in touch with a counselor that has other bariatric patients so that they can help me deal with these issues.

As far as everything else in my life goes, we still live with my mom. I'm not sure that I'm completely convinced that this is a bad thing. I mean, with the way things are in the economy these days, it doesn't hurt to have someone to share the bills with. Don't get me wrong, I'd love to have a house of my own. To be able to walk around in my underwear if that's what I wanted to do, but for now I'm happy being here with my mom. It beats donating plasma to buy groceries! And yes, I've been there, done that.

Anyway, I'll put the pictures up as soon as I get some taken of me.

l8r all,

Jen

217

Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:07:16 GMT

hey i weighed myself this morning, i'm down to 217. :)

16/18

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 16:54:44 GMT

I know I said I wouldn't be blogging for a while, but I just wanted to stop here real quick and say that I was at the store last week and because it was my 29th birthday I went crazy and bought some clothes that I desperately needed that were on clearance. Thats right, i bought clothes for summer that were clearance. That's really not the point I was trying to make, the point I was trying to make is that I was able to buy clothes that were 16/18, clothes that were 15/17 (juniors) and they all fit rather well which honestly SHocked the hell outta me. if it weren't for all this extra skin I would imagine I'd be in a single digit! Oh the tragedy, the humanity. living with fat for so long and now I live with extra skin! :p oh well shit happens and then you die, or I'd like to think at least before I die that I might be able to convince a few representatives at our insurance company that living with extra skin just isn't humane. LOL Hey it might work!

Later Ya'll.

april

Wed, 04 Apr 2007 16:41:28 GMT

Hey all. I won't be blogging for a while, I have some things going on in my life that won't allow me to get online as much as I was before. I have lost a few more pounds. I'm down to 219 I think, from the last time I checked. Having issues with the extra skin, its cutting off veins and things like that. If anybody that reads this has had gastric bypass and had the same problem, please let me know what you did about it. It's pretty painful and I'd rather not have to deal with it if there's a way short of surgery that I can avoid it. Thanks!

L8r,
Jen

221

Fri, 23 Mar 2007 15:28:33 GMT

weighed myself in the middle of the night and it said 221. I'll go with that lol.

223

Thu, 22 Mar 2007 18:47:11 GMT

Hey all, its been a long time. I've had alot going on this last month. I weighed myself this morning, 223. Not bad huh. I need to start walking daily again. I tried last week to walk a lot. Well, the one day that it was really nice out, I took Skye for 3 walks around the block. Neither of us can really walk a long distance all at once so it works for us to do several walks a day. Brandon and I went with our friends to see the red hot chili peppers this month, they were pretty cool. I'm not really a fan so it was okay for me, but the rest of them say it was effen awesome. Last week I went with my mom, grandma, and cousin to see Mercyme, Aaron Shust, and Audio Adrenaline in concert. That was more my kind of rock music. That night was totally awesome, I felt the spirit wash over me throughout the night. My meds have been increased, my skin is getting more and more obviously lose. It drives me crazy. B l A H lol

new pictures

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 19:36:47 GMT

hey all i have new pictures from feb 14th, but i cant seem to get them uploaded onto here. As soon as I can figure out why, I'll get em up :)
**** UPDATE****
new album from feb 14th, dated feb 16th. bleh lol

230!

Wed, 14 Feb 2007 18:36:56 GMT

Happy Valentines Day to all you lovers out there. I just weighed in at a mere 230 pounds, yeah its still a HUGE number, but yanno what, its 158 lbs LESS than what I was 8 months ago. Tonight my plan is to go out to dinner with Brandon somewhere, let him have whatever he wants and eat a lil bit off his plate lol. Its not often we go out and do something during the week together, Friday we're going to talk to the guy at Rileys to see what kind of house if any we can get into in the fall. Keep your fingers crossed. Oh I have pictures that I'm going to be adding today sometime, in a dress. Its not often I wear a dress so this is a feat in itself.

new photos!

superbowl pick

Sun, 04 Feb 2007 19:10:11 GMT

GO COLTS!

234????

Tue, 30 Jan 2007 21:10:51 GMT

I weighed myself the other day, and to my amazement the scale read 234.0 lbs .... I was completely shocked, then of course it asked if i wanted to save that? lmao Uhhhhh YEAH! most definately i want to save it. I'm a little anal about the scale, I think the longest I've gone without weighing myself is 7 days. Kinda scary, I know, its obsessive, but When you drop more than 150 lbs in less than a year, you'd be obsessive about looking at the scale too. The biggest thing thats happened so far this week, is that I was able to put on a pair of size 20 jeans and they fit comfortably. Tommorow is my mom's 49th birthday, she has appointments all friggen day, so its not going to be an easy restful day for her. Which personally I think sucks, since its her birthday, so she should be able to relax. Well, anyway, I'm not sure what else is going on this weekend, except I know that we'll be watching the superbowl, hopefully peyton manning and the colts will defeat da bears. Brandon was talking about going to his friends house up in dekalb for the weekend. Thats cool with me, it'll give him a break from the hubbubb that goes on around here. I need to run to walmart and get more printer ink. It seems we're about out. Hmm, go figure. well, anyway thats about all I can think of to write today. 154lbs lost !

pre-op - 388lbs

9 mths post-op - 234lbs

total lost - 154lbs.

More pictures to come soon. Let me lose about 10 more lbs and that should be good enough for a change in features to tell what I've actually done.

240

Thu, 25 Jan 2007 00:04:40 GMT

Well, I weighed myself this morning, but I could still be retaining water from that part of the month that women so love :p Anyhow, i'm down to 240. So thats 2 more lbs of yucky fat gone! woot heh.

ranting and raving about xbox360 games

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 18:29:12 GMT

just so you guys know sometimes you get a shitty disc from a rental place, and the xbox 360 doesnt like them. it will stop in the middle of a mission ie i was playing the godfather, killed 1 guy, and was on my way to kill another, across town, for Michael, and all of a sudden a big white screen comes up, says the disc cannot be read, please clean the disc and replace it! omg i was so pissed. This was not the first time this had happened, I would guess out of the 2 weeks i had the game that this had happened 50 times. So, that was the last straw for me, i took the game out of the 360, put it in the envelope to send it back, and that's the end of my journey as Antonio, Michael's right hand man. bleh i was having SO much fun goin thru NYC and killin other mob families. Oh well thats the chance u take when u rent a game rather than buying it.

So thats my rant, sorry if it fell short of anyone's expectations lol

overall difference

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 18:39:16 GMT

I thought i'd add a lil bit of a compilation picture to show how much of a difference 146 lbs really makes.

242 woot... and new pics to boot

Tue, 16 Jan 2007 18:14:58 GMT

hey, its a great day for a post. I just weighed myself, i've lost 3 lbs more. i'm down to 242 today. Had mom take pictures of me as of late, my hair is kinna messy, but i just woke up so gimme a break :P i'm goin au naturale' lmao

246

Wed, 10 Jan 2007 06:01:16 GMT

hey guys, i weighed myself tonite, i'm down to 246, hard to imagine 8 months ago i was 142 pounds heavier. New support group meeting this thursday my surgeon will be there, i wonder if he'll recognize me. I haven't actually gotten to see HIM since the day i was let out of the hospital. Funny, my family in michigan hardly recognizes me when I go visit. I'm smaller now than i was in high school! yay. I've got to get out and excercise more, the warmer weather should motivate me. Unfortunately my back has been giving me fits, but thats because i push too hard when i feel good and then feel too bad to push at all when i dont. My right arm has been hurting too pretty badly for a couple weeks. I'm hoping its not carpal tunnel resurfacing. I've been told it can come back even after u have the band cut. Wouldn't that suck?!? I think yes, it would. As for everything else going on here, life is alright. I've been pretty tired, think probably need to go back to using my cpap machine since thats what the insurance company paid for it for. Need to wash it though. Brandon and I are saving to get a house this autumn. Hope we can save lots and get a great house that we can actually afford and be happy in. Hope 2007 continues to be a prosperous year. Looking good so far. Lots of love to all that might read this.

<3,

Jen

249

Tue, 26 Dec 2006 18:28:02 GMT

Woo, what a christmas present, to get on a scale and have it read 249! i know i know, 249 is still 200+, but yanno when you started out weighing almost 400 lbs this year and ur already past 250 within 7 months, thats a WONDERFUL number. one hundred and thirty nine pounds off my body in less than a year, thinking about that it seems almost impossible, but i know for fact that it is possible, because I DID IT! thanks to doctor sydney rohersheib, he's a great man, a great doctor and i'm so thankful that personal care insurance company allowed me to have this done. I have thought about having the surgery since 2001, but at the time the insurance company wasn't allowing it. I am so thankful that they have changed since then. I would definately recommend dr. R to anybody thinking of having the surgery done. I can't really think of anything else to mention except that I am greatful to everyone that has given me any feedback whatsoever. God bless you and your family, may 2007 bring lots of good things.

250!

Sun, 24 Dec 2006 22:04:12 GMT

i made it! i have not been 250 pounds since i graduated high school in 1996. With christmas right around teh corner, literally I have to say that this is definately going to be one i remember for a very long time. i hope that you and yourfamily have a blessed holiday season.

253

Tue, 19 Dec 2006 02:04:42 GMT

And down down down we go. two lbs more gone. thats 8 sticks of butter. woot heh

255 and counting....

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 23:59:14 GMT

hey all, despite the infinate opportunity to eat eat eat i have overcome it and am down to 255 from 388 in may of 06' woot. heh. will keep up to date.

259...

Thu, 07 Dec 2006 20:45:42 GMT

Checked my weight today, still retaining water from this week from that time of the month, but I made it below 260. 259. heh, yay. Go me. Will update next week again.

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Wed, 06 Dec 2006 17:28:52 GMT

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Happy Holidays and God bless

Happy Thanksgiving

Fri, 24 Nov 2006 01:56:24 GMT

I just had a thought. I am thankful for so many things this year. The fact that I was able to have gastric bypass being one of those things. I hope that everyone has had a blessed day and may the new year bring many new things to all of you.

happy turkey week lol

Tue, 21 Nov 2006 18:19:13 GMT

Hey all.... wanted to wish you all Happy Thanksgiving, although, is not quite here yet, so Happy Turkey Week LOL. Brandon and I just got back yesterday from 5 days with my dad in Michigan. A much needed 5 days of rest. We had a great time. Well, i did , i dont know bout brandon. I went and saw family and friends while I was there. came home yesterday, missed the doggie. I'm down two more pounds. 264lbs ;) woot.

talk to ya l8r.

<3,

jen

dumb dee dumb

Tue, 14 Nov 2006 17:59:04 GMT

well its tuesday nov. 14th 2006, I'm about a week away from my 6 month mark. I've lost 122 lbs so far. I'm down to 266 from 388. Overall i think i feel better, yes I have underlying issues that will not just disappear because I lost weight, but I'm working on those as well. I'm going to see my dad this weekend, well, we're leaving Thursday afternoon, and we'll return the following Monday. While we're in Michigan I plan on visiting a friend I haven't seen since 1999.

So, anyway, just a note to let everyone know where I'm at with my progress. 122lbs down :) yay. I hope Dr. R and his staff are as pleased as I am.

<3,

Jen