Re: Re: Pam Marsh to Gordy

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Gordy, I remember reading about the hernia situation.

I am so grateful that your PCP was willing to get

you checked out and taken care of so quickly. I am

glad to see that you are healing and everything is

moving right along. I thank you for saying that I

helped you along this journey but I clearly remember

that when I was a preop that it was YOU who helped me.

Do you remember when I emailed you outside of the

group and you gave me the encouragement to step out

there so that I could finally connect with someone.

Well, I still thank you for that. I tend to be a

behind the scenes person (shy of sorts-I honestly am

regardless of what Robynn or might tell you-lol)

or regardless of what you saw in that Richmond support

group meeting when Robynn was having her surgery.

Pretty soon you will be up and running and back to

normal (whatever normal is for us) and you will be

dropping those pounds. You are right when you say

that you are not going to rush losing because then it

becomes like a chore and you are 99% of the time going

to be spending time being upset about the weight loss

(the lack thereof). I say just enjoy losing and your

new life. You have always kept a really positive

outlook on things and that makes you a beautiful

person. I am getting ready for my breast

lift/implants and tummy tuck that I am having on April

19th. I am really ready for what I consider my last

time going under the knife and the last piece to the

puzzle to calling my weight loss surgery process

complete. I mean it will never truly be over as we

have to constantly be aware of what we consume and

remember to exercise for our hearts to remain healthy

and our new bodies to remain fit. I will keep you

posted about that surgery but in the meanwhile, keep

up the great work and thanks again. Stay sweet.

Pam Marsh

--- Gordy wrote:

> Hi Pam....

>

> I read everything as well and I don't post much

> anymore either but

> Sometimes you just have to jump in and say hello to

> the people who

> helped you on your journey. You have been one of

> those folks along

> with countless others like , Donna, Robynn,

> Francisco, Colleen

> and plenty more. I like staying in touch because it

> helps keep me

> focused and the newbies help to remind me where I

> was and where I'm

> heading.

>

> I posted about two weeks ago that I was having

> double hernia

> surgery. I had the hernias repaired and have been

> on the mend

> since. This last surgery was actually harder than

> the bypass. You

> would think that would be the reverse but not so.

> Dr. Baggs said I

> could return to work about a week after the surgery

> but I decided to

> take two weeks and I'm glad that I made that

> decision.

>

> I've lost 110# to date and I'm sorta on a plateau

> right now because

> I've not been able to follow my normal exercise

> routine. I just

> started to get serious about walking again on

> Tuesday so I know the

> weight will start to come off once more as I get

> back to " normal "

> (whatever that is...LOL). This is a good example

> for the newbies of

> just how important exercise is. I'm not worried and

> I'm not in a

> hurry because this is all about the life changes and

> the weight will

> follow.

>

> I'm happy to hear that you are doing well Pam and

> you are more of an

> inspiration than you realize.

>

> Regards,

> Gordy

>

>

>

> > > >

> > > > > My advice is going to sound strange. Stop

> > > working

> > > > > so hard. Really.

> > > > >

> > > > > But first things first. First of all, 20

> lbs.

> > > is

> > > > > great, and I was a bit slow initially, too.

> (not

> > > > > that 20 lbs. in 4 weeks is really slow...get

> a

> > > > > little perspective. If you continue that

> rate,

> > > you

> > > > > will have lost 100 lbs. in 5 months.)

> > > > >

> > > > > You are in a diet mentality, and you are

> sure

> > > things

> > > > > are going to slow down to a crawl once the

> > > initial

> > > > > weightloss rush happens. My weight loss

> varied

> > > week

> > > > > to week...sometimes fast, sometimes slow.

> Pam

> > > Marsh

> > > > > wouldn't lose ANY weight for 3 weeks at a

> time,

> > > and

> > > > > then wind up dropping 8 to 10 at a time.

> > > Literally

> > > > > overnight. Looking at the obesityhelp.com

> > > before

> > > > > and after photos, I was always comparing

> myself.

> > >

> > > > > Lots of people seemed to lose weight faster

> than

> > > I

> > > > > did, in some ways.

> > > > >

> > > > > But, you know what? A mere 6 months out,

> and

> > > I

> > > > > had lost 100 lbs. (all but 26 lost post

> > > surgery.)

> > > > > And I'm at a normal weight now, that was all

> I

>

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