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I am going to add a photograph for every post surgical month
Here I am at exactly one month.I
am 360 lbs exactly. I am dissapointedand hoped to have lost at least 50
by now, but I am keeping with my 34 lbs a month
goal. I have a better picture on my digital camera but I cannot get it to upload.
The big differences are in my upper stomach, lower stomach,
and my thighs.
here is my face at 8 weeks.
I will update a body shot at 2 months.
Six Month Photos
| Here is my front view |
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| Six months, front view |
| My side view |
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| PLEASE: read below to hear about the hair and make-up |
Well, here I am at six months! I am wearing SIZE 20 jeans from
Target. They are tight! but they are ON!! I found out, from the measurments from BTC my starting size was a 32/34 NOT
the 28s I was stretching to outer limits. This means I have lost close to 10 sizes. Amazing to me. And I
thought I was not losing any! I am wearing a girdle.. in fact, I almost always am. I need to find out more
about when it is considered time to get the body lift. I know it is usually around 9 mo to a year so I am desperate
for September to roll around.
| My face at 6 months |
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| My jaw line is getting clean. I have Cheekbones! |
| This was me around 9 months |
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| I was about 300 lbs and around a size 22/24 |
| this was me around 7 months |
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| around 290 and a size 22 in stretchy size 20 jeans |
| About the same time/size here |
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| Here I am at 1 year |
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| around 240 lbs, size 20 pants from delias and a L t-shirt |
| this is me at a year and one month |
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| Size 16/18 pants, size 16 top |
| Me at my cousin's wedding on March 12. |
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| Size 16 skirt, 14 cami, 14 jacket |
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| Size 12 coat, size 16 pants. Wierd orange skin! |
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| This suit is all size 14 W |
| Not same pants as above, |
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| 14 jacket, 12 top, 16 pants. These last 3 pics are so bad! Favorite outfit! |
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| two months before surgery |
This is me out dancing one month before surgery
I got RNY Gastric bypass surgery through the bariatric treatment center on December 18, 2003. It was performed
by Dr. Vaughn. At that time I weighted 398 lbs. I weighed 413 lbs on release from the hospital 4 days later
(LOTS of bloating and swelling post surgical).
Two weeks later at my Doctors office they weighed me
at 350, which was amazing (I was estatic) .. but WRONG. At the BTC a week later on their digital scale i weighed 376
(this was on January 3).
I am trying to lose 200 lbs before June 20th (Hahahaha, GOOD LUCK!) and my final goal weight is 150, and size
12.
Weight at 8 weeks is 349.
MONTH THREE
FINALLY! Some Progress!!
I really need to get month 2 off my friends camera so you can see the difference!
This is really the first month I can TELL I am losing weight. My scale broke, and I have not been to the doctors in a few
weeks so I am not sure of the exact amount I have lost on this date. I do know I was -82 lbs then. I might be
100 now! if not, pretty close! Next weight I will record with the date.
Insanely: I have not gone down a singlke clothes size!
I must have been stretching the hell out of these things my clothes I own are baggy, but not super baggy. At the
store I cannot wear the next size down. I started at almost 400, so 100 off is not going to make a HUGELY dramatic difference,
but my fantastic cousin Pam assures me pretty soon my clothes will be too big on me from one day to the next.
| 3 months, pre-surgical shirt! |
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Here I am in a shirt that was baggy in a normal shirt bagginess way.. not in THIS
way! I cannot believe my shirts are like THIS and I STILL cannot fit a size down at Lane Bryant! Grrr! I use this
former favorite to dye my hair in now.. as you can see from the spatters.
Here is my front view. Definately a difference! Yay. I was going to wear the same outfit every month
(black velvet yoga pants and the shirt in these pictures) but you could not see my form very well in them. This is better
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| three months |
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| more flattering head shot! Can't get an idea of real hair color though. |
here is a nice facial shot of me from the same day. It also has my hairstyle from my new make-over :D. You
cannot really tell how HUGE the difference iis in these pictures but it is VERY significantly lighter than my usual "Jet black"
or "Licorice brown" hair with scattered dark brown highlights.
Pictures from July/August/ September 2005
| 8/2005 |
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| I look normal even with my size 9 and size 10 friends! |
| 8/2005 |
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| gap XXL top is now too big on me. Unflatteringly big. |
| 9/21 |
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| Notice shirt bagginess? It is and XL!! Jacket from notoriously small running Delias. |
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| these size 16 jeans are TOO BIG! the gut and hips puff out and I have to wear them with a belt. |
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This is me, out to dinner (of course), three months before surgery
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