Hello ... I thought I would blog my weight loss journey. I had my Plication Surgery on April 2, 2015.
My daughter had this surgery in October 2013. I accompanied her to the OCC and have followed her progress for the past 1.5 years. She is doing great !!!
So on March 1, 2015 I hit my wall with a weight of 213 lbs. On March 9th I scheduled my surgery. The nutritionist set a pre-surgery weight of 193 lbs. for me.
The day of surgery my weight was 190 lbs. With a BMI of 31.3 and my Fat % at
Protein drinks x 3 and salads are going down well, I am very close to the suggested 5% weight loss and going strong. Focused and hoping this week flies by! Had a terrible cold the past week but on the mend, popsicles really helped with the sore throat. Now exercise and water water water. Was curious about the pre op tests? Is there a test where there is a camera put down your throat? And a little curious about the drain after surgery? Is it bothersome? Thanks in advance for any answers.
ME ME ME.....This is me! I am well into this program for the past 9 days, flew fast the 3 week pre-op diet, well into my 2nd week pre op diet, easypeasy! I think the reason it is easy for a few reasons, I do not have to cook for anyone, I only look after myself. Everyone else can fend for themselves. I have cleaned out a cabinet that only stores my food and supplements. So I have no need to open the pantry. I made my own sugar free popsicles and also took 2 oz's of my chocolate shake and put in
My decision has been made and this is the heaviest I am for the last time in my life!! The date is March 21st in the picture of the weigh scale.Coming from Alberta Canada, I am so confident in choosing this facility and I am very excited. My surgery date is April 13,2015. I have started my pre-op diet and will say the dreaded headache from withdrawal of sugar/carbs only lasted a day. I am in full swing now just really working on getting the 8 glasses of water into me. I am doing something physic
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Not a lot to say today. Didn't work out today. Should feel bad about that, but in the grand scheme of things, I only need to work out 3 days a week. So feeling bad is not a good thing. When there is two days left in the week and I haven't worked out……time to feel bad. Not gonna happen till then. So for today, I feel good, am happy. And that's the way it should be.
Thanks for listening
I had my surgery on Jan 14/15 and i have never felt better I have lost 28 pounds since surgery and have now been able to get into jeans i haven't worn in 4 years i am super excited for my new life best thing i have ever done for myself!!!
I consider this the first day because it's the first day of journaling. Which can help me grow. And I need to grow.
I had gastric plication February 11, 2011. The best thing I've done for myself. Well, among other things. I started my journey at 258 lbs. OCC asked me to lose 20 lbs. before my surgery. I figured it was to show I could be disciplined. I did that and went into the clinic at 238 lbs. I stayed for three days to assess my vitals. When given the go ahead I came home. I had
I had a gastric sleeve 4/8/13, however I have fallen 8/7/13 and hurt my shoulder and knee and had to have surgery to correct the injuries. However, I was treated with steriods. My weight loss worked wonderfully, until the fall. The weight loss stopped when I was treated with steriods and I gained 10 lbs back. It has been difficult to loose more and when I had spoken with a doctor in the U.S., it was told to me that the steriods will have to be our of my system to lose the weight. I want to have
Well its almost been 3 months since I had surgery, I am now 280.1 Pounds as of January 13 2015. I ma eating pretty well overall however I am having difficulties remembering to take the large volume of vitamins that the OCC wants me to take. That plus the vitamins are a pain in the butt to get in Canada because you can only order online and only if you have a Paypal account. I have been looking at comparable vitamins at GNC and will be switching in the next week or so when I get back home to Edmo
My Name is Tyler, I am from Edmonton Alberta Canada and on October 28th 2014 I had the Gastric Sleeve Surgery by Dr.Ortiz. I like many others have struggled with being a large male for a lot of years, I will never say i did not have an eating disorder however my eating was not the only reason for me getting as large I have been.
In March 2002 I was injured at work, I had numerous surgeries and a lot of time laying in bed recovering, start to finish my recovery took 2 years. By the time I was ab
Does anyone have a list of the guidelines that keep the band and you healthy? It said things about not lying down for a certain length of time after eating, when to drink, how to recover after slimming, etc...
Lately I have been living like I don't have a band until it stops me. This is not good and now I cough and get acid reflux. I want to reverse this and get back to living a "clean" band life.
Any help will be appreciated. Thank you so much.
So I finally got myself to the campus gym. Looking at all the bods 10 years younger than me was daunting, but then I remember that I was just like them and I say to them in my mind 'This is what you have to look forward to kids so keep sweating'. Maybe not being morbidly obese, but the struggle for sure. Of course, I'm not like others my age either (30) as my narcolepsy has given me a metabolism closer to 40yo. It's a big reason why I'm getting surgery. I'm not normal so why should my stomach be
I'm the one in the middle.
In three weeks I am scheduled to have Plication done. Im 5'4, and at the time of the decision I weighed 195 pounds, "curvaceous" and attractive but definitely overweight. People think I'm crazy when I have to say that I have to lose 70 lbs because I don't look like I am 195 but I feel it. The culminating point was when my doctor gave me a phenteramine prescription to lose weight and it actually made me hungrier and added another 5 pounds and raised my blood pres
Hello OCC world.
I personally have struggled with my weight since I was a child. When I was a teenager I was losing weight until I had my daughter when I was 17 since then I cant seem to keep it off. I eat healthy and exercise and it seems to go no where. I even had my thyroid checked to see if it was that but the levels were normal. I am now the same weight I was when I was 13 and it SUCKS!!! I am tired of being on the yo-yo ride.
My fiance and I have decided get the sleeve together and we
So Nutrisystem was a bust. Too damn expensive for the product. Didn't lose much of anything either. Now school is in session and I'm realizing just how tired of battling my weight I am. Too much stress and worry to control my cravings. Brain power takes fat as fuel and I'm feeling the effects. Still hanging around the low 240s. Planning on GSP in Dec. I'm resolved on this issue. Mom is supportive and we're making a Christmas trip out of it. So I'll be close to the surgery site for a week after s
Day 1 of pre-op reduction phase started with some general anxiety about what I should eat. I spent $280 on the Nutrisystem package but haven't touched it until today. After some argumentation in my head over pizza or a breakfast bar, the bar won. Before eating, I stepped on the scale and saw 242 staring back. I've never been this heavy in my life, so breakfast bar.
I imagine that most weight strugglers wake up like this, bodies aching for calories before we even open our eyes. The first bit of
Can anyone tell me if there is a place the your companion can go to eat the day of the surgery at the hospital while you are there? I have someone coming with me and I was wondering what and how they eat that day?
Well today I sent Carolyn at OCC at huge list of questions I'd compiled. Huuuuge lol. I kind of feel bad for her! I am looking into booking my surgery for the end of August/14. I wish I could just have it done next week. Once I make up my mind, that's it and waiting is killer lol. I don't know if anyone is actually going to read this or not but it's nice to have a place to empty my brain of all surgery related stuff so I don't drive my family insane
Here's some stats-female, 5'11", 362lbs, BMI
Cutting to the chase.........Down 64 lbs!!!
I have never thrown up, not once since surgery. I am a slow eater and I know when that "one bite" is going to be the one that sends me into burbing, belching and being miserable for the next half hour. So I avoid that feeling at all costs.
The hardest thing for me is actually eating all meals and snacks every day. I tootle along with my day and then my stomach starts feeling yucky and it dawns on me I need to eat. One may say this is a good thin
Am I the only one seemingly to be suckered into waiting and waiting for the release of this new product? Many weeks ago I thought we were down to days and logged on again to purchase to find we were days out again. On Thursday, I took a picture of the "days until release" it stated 2 days 19 hrs 18 min and 52 seconds. Now it is Sunday(at least a full 2 days later) and guess what? We are now another 1 day so many hrs etc etc until release. What is up with this does anyone know? I really li
Hello Im Angela I had my surgery on the 21st of January and im so happy. I should of done this earlier in life! Dr. Ortiz and Dr. Martinez are the best. I was 321lost 21 pre op and 20 so far! 41 pounds off feels great! The hotel stay was beautiful and the people were wonderful. Was treated like a princess! On my way to my new life
In all seriousness, I am sitting here watching "Bacon Paradise" after just watching "Pizza Paradise." Why? Probably because I am too tired or lazy to change the channel. lol Actually, I moved only one week after surgery, and then went back to work the next day. It is just how my life has worked lately. But anyway, I know I did too much too soon, and now I am vegging in front of the television. I know I should be walking a bit more. Thankfully, though, my dog is forcing me to walk every
