Newbie - One Year as of Yesterday!

[Guest guest]

Hi everybody! My name is Debbie and I live near Rochester, NY. I am

47, married, with one son who will turn 16 three weeks from today. I

had lap RNY on August 2 of last year by Dr. O'Malley. I have lost

about 100 pounds so far and hope to lose 40 or 50 more. I am a member

of the Rochester support group run by " Alice in NY " who posts on

here. I am so grateful to her for starting the support group, if I

hadn't gone to the meetings and met so many successful WLS patients I

might not have had the courage to have the operation myself. And now,

from that support group, I have a whole bunch of the best friends

I've ever had!

I've been reading posts here for quite awhile (although not ALL of

them) and feel like I know some of you. I also read the Planet OSSG

posts but there are WAY too many of them for me to keep up!

I work out at a fitness center four times a week, and the other days

I have a treadmill and weights and stuff and try to do something for

exercise. I have a hard time with carbs, some days it seems that's

all I want to eat. I dump on sugar but I can usually go as high as 15

to 20 grams before I dump, so at least I have to watch it and limit

them, which is helpful.

Thanks to all of you for so much good information, and I look forward

to posting here again occasionally, now that I'm " legal " ! (I was

counting the days until I could post, which officially was yesterday,

but I was too busy to even turn on the computer yesterday!)

" FarAwayDeb "

highest weight: 360+

day of surgery: 337

today: 237

goal: 180 (but anything under 200 will be great!)

[Guest guest]

Happy anniversary, Deb! Glad to see you here!

Alice (in NY)

> Hi everybody! My name is Debbie and I live near Rochester, NY. I am

> 47, married, with one son who will turn 16 three weeks from today. I

> had lap RNY on August 2 of last year by Dr. O'Malley. I have lost

> about 100 pounds so far and hope to lose 40 or 50 more. I am a member

> of the Rochester support group run by " Alice in NY " who posts on

> here. I am so grateful to her for starting the support group, if I

> hadn't gone to the meetings and met so many successful WLS patients I

> might not have had the courage to have the operation myself. And now,

> from that support group, I have a whole bunch of the best friends

> I've ever had!

>

> I've been reading posts here for quite awhile (although not ALL of

> them) and feel like I know some of you. I also read the Planet OSSG

> posts but there are WAY too many of them for me to keep up!

>

> I work out at a fitness center four times a week, and the other days

> I have a treadmill and weights and stuff and try to do something for

> exercise. I have a hard time with carbs, some days it seems that's

> all I want to eat. I dump on sugar but I can usually go as high as 15

> to 20 grams before I dump, so at least I have to watch it and limit

> them, which is helpful.

>

> Thanks to all of you for so much good information, and I look forward

> to posting here again occasionally, now that I'm " legal " ! (I was

> counting the days until I could post, which officially was yesterday,

> but I was too busy to even turn on the computer yesterday!)

>

> " FarAwayDeb "