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  • LoriBecky

    Four, 4, vier, fire, cuatro, chetiri, quattro, yon, quatre

    By LoriBecky

    Four... no matter what language you say it in... I just fit into a pair of size FOUR jeans... yes, me! I love thrift store, bargain hunting. Its a huge thrill to me to find something that i love for less then $10. From my amazing, full length wool coat for $8.88, to my wool peacoat for $6.88 to my Ralph Lauren cords for $3.33 or my Stuart Weitzman pumps for $4.50... I love a bargin, but I have to admit, pulling those 4's off the endless jean rack and looking at them and thinking "no way" - t
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Lori's Blog

Belly Dancing and me

Sorry its been so long since my last blog entry, things have been very busy! I have always wanted to take a dance class, but before I lost weight, it wasn't something I was comfortable even really considering. I can be shy, I know that isn't the way most people would describe me, and if I have a "buddy" with me, I'm good, but entering into something new, all by myself (I tried and tried to get someone to come with me... my friends were even more intimidated then I was) was really scary to me.
LoriBecky

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GirlBarb's Blog

I'm looking all over the web for the rules that I had when I got banded 6 yrs ago.

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.
GirlBarb

GirlBarb

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Enter the Dragon

Weights

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
Zzzombrie

Zzzombrie

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dontay64's Blog

3 weeks to Plication

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
dontay64

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Karena's Blog

Pre-op

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
Karena

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Enter the Dragon

Defeated!

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
Zzzombrie

Zzzombrie

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Enter the Dragon

Day 1: Nutrisystem

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
Zzzombrie

Zzzombrie

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hope4anewstart's Blog

Questions, questions and more questions!

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
hope4anewstart

hope4anewstart

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MissyBlake's Blog

4 Months post op Gastric Sleeve

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
MissyBlake

MissyBlake

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MissyBlake's Blog

VITALEPH

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
MissyBlake

MissyBlake

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blondkitty73's Blog

Best choice ever!!!!!

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
blondkitty73

blondkitty73

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babygirl2013's Blog

I think I am a food masochist

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
babygirl2013

babygirl2013

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MissyBlake's Blog

3 Weeks Post OP

Hello New World Tomorrow it will be 3 weeks since I had my weight loss surgery and start on a new life. Had a bit of a rough patch for a few days after my last post which was about 5 or 6 days post op. I got weak, shaky and felt near passing out a few times but working with my nutritionist and Dr. So we got on top of that problem and within a few days felt better. I needed more protein!! Let's cut to the chase......what you really want to know is how much weight have I lost. I won't hold
MissyBlake

MissyBlake

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MissyBlake's Blog

Back Home

Hello everyone. I have returned. I am 4th day postop. I had plication surgery on Tuesday and returned home on Thanksgiving Day. Let me tell you about my experience. Overall it was great. My husband and I flew in the day before surgery. I was picked up at the airport and was taken to the Center. It was quite a long day for me as I was unable to sleep the night before and we had to get up at 3 am in order to make our flight. At the center I had to wait my turn to see the nutritionist, card
MissyBlake

MissyBlake

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MissyBlake's Blog

PREOP weight loss met

It was a bit difficult and had a brief standstill but I reached my preop requested weight loss goal. I have three days before surgery so hopefully I can lose a few more. I am getting anxious/excited. Will update everyone on my return.
MissyBlake

MissyBlake

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MissyBlake's Blog

Hump day is Thursday this Week

I wasn't going to post this but then again honesty is the best policy and I know that I am like a sponge when it comes to little tidbits of information and experiences of others out there going through the same thing. So here it goes. So far I really haven't had much problem doing my prediet to the PreOP diet until today. I started the PreOp Diet on Monday which is three shakes a day. Although it is Thursday as far as I am concerned the "HUMP" is today. I woke up starving. It has been that
MissyBlake

MissyBlake

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MissyBlake's Blog

Two weeks to go

Good morning everyone. Two weeks from today and I will be having my life changing surgery. I have lost 13 lbs since I started this journey and would like to lose another 5 before surgery. I have come to the realization that not only is this predieting requirement for safety but also to help you regulate yourself after the surgery. At first I thought the prospect of shakes and a lean cusine meal daunting and that I could not do it but have found that it was a bit easier than I thought. I hav
MissyBlake

MissyBlake

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MissyBlake's Blog

The prediet to the PREOP Diet

For those of you that have a BMI of 50 or above I am sure you have been asked to diet somewhat BEFORE the preop diet which consists of two shakes a day and a lean cuisine meal (which by the way are not bad at all). Two weeks out I will do the 3 shakes a day diet which truthfully I am not looking forward to as I just have to have something to chew on so maybe I can leave a few ice cubes whole. lol First of all if you read my earlier first blog you know I have bad knees and get very little to n
MissyBlake

MissyBlake

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Soccermama's Blog

Any one for November 5th

HI everyone...anyone out there having the sleeve on the 5th of November? I will be flying in on the 4th and hope to meet some life long friends in the process. I have been very lucky to have my dad flying out the San Diego to meet me from Florida!!! We will be staying an extra three days to make sure that I am healing properly and to just relax as we both have very busy lives!! Please let me know if you are going to be there!! Onward to the new and amazing life that will begin very soon!!
Soccermama

Soccermama

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leancow's Blog

new plication surgery

i'm having plication surgery oct 22 and besides being anxious, need to know what to expect. I was on the wrong site "gastric sleeve" and just about everyone tried to talk me out of the plication surgery and into the sleeve.. YOUR THOUGHTS PLEASE!!!
leancow

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