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, prayers are a given, honey. MM

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Well, I guess I am the newest member of the century club in my weight loss surgery group. I weighed 159 this afternoon. I've lost 101 lbs. This is 3 lbs below my original goal.

I had lost to 161 two weeks ago but my weight was fluctuating from 163-165 because of fluid retention from the IVs. I just weighed 162 yesterday and figured the fluid was coming off from last hospital stay. Now today, I'm down 3 lbs from yesterday. Mind you, I am not too skinny at 159. At 5'9", that puts my BMI at 23.5. However, I don't want to lose another pound. If not for being so sick from the pancreatitis the last few months (which has nothing to do with the gastric bypass for you newbies) I'd probably be happy to be below 160. I had kind of thought 160 would be nice to say I'd lost 100 lbs. However, I can't even be happy now since my pcp is so concerned about my nutritional status. I've really been doing better on my eating since the last hospital stay a week ago.

Another thing, I like all my clothes and don't want/can't afford to have to buy smaller clothes again!

This is sad but I need your prayers for being able to maintain my weight! It seems so crazy that I would have this problem. Mind you, I'd have to get to 124 to have a BMI below 18.5 and be considered underweight.

W

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MM,

thanks!

W

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You

must look terrific !  I am 5’4

½” and weigh about 150 lbs – and I feel like I am “chunky”

in the hips area…yuk!  Anyway, I do hope you don’t lose

anymore weight from the pancreatitis.  When my gallbladder went bad a few years ago,

I lost 18 lbs in 3 weeks and weighed about 130 at the time – a good

weight, but I lost it so quickly that I felt weak and really sick – I do

hope you can maintain your weight.

I

read in one of your emails that you are applying for disability retirement from

work.  It sounds like you really need to

be able to only work when you are feeling well – I hope that it is

approved.  I agree that it is important

for our mental well-being to work – it’s just that sometimes, I

wish I could take a few weeks off and I would feel better if I got some rest –

I know that wouldn’t be enough though, so I just keep plodding along …I

have decided not to take any classes next semester though – too much with

taking care of 4 kids and working full-time.

Hugs,

Barbi

weight

Well, I guess I am the newest member

of the century club in my weight loss surgery group. I weighed 159 this

afternoon. I've lost 101 lbs. This is 3 lbs below my original goal.

I had lost to 161 two weeks ago but

my weight was fluctuating from 163-165 because of fluid retention from the

IVs. I just weighed 162 yesterday and figured the fluid was coming off

from last hospital stay. Now today, I'm down 3 lbs from yesterday.

Mind you, I am not too skinny at 159. At 5'9 " , that puts my BMI at

23.5. However, I don't want to lose another pound. If not for being

so sick from the pancreatitis the last few months (which has nothing to do with

the gastric bypass for you newbies) I'd probably be happy to be below

160. I had kind of thought 160 would be nice to say I'd lost 100

lbs. However, I can't even be happy now since my pcp is so concerned

about my nutritional status. I've really been doing better on my eating

since the last hospital stay a week ago.

Another thing, I like all my clothes

and don't want/can't afford to have to buy smaller clothes again!

This is sad but I need your

prayers for being able to maintain my weight! It seems so crazy that I

would have this problem. Mind you, I'd have to get to 124 to have a BMI below

18.5 and be considered underweight.

W

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