Happy New Years Eve

Wow what a year it has been! I'm going to take the time to reflect on my year this year.

~We took many "small weekend" vacations.

We found a new place we love to go to..is Willow River Falls in Wisconsin..It's so beautiful, the waterfall and the trails, and the peacefulness.. its just so great!

~I went to Duluth with my Sister Marie, mom and grandma we had so much fun.. we ate good food, enjoyed many laughs.

~Leo and i spent a weekend up in Northern Minnesota in Talmoon at Rising Eagle Resort. It was soo nice and peaceful my little gift to him a weekend to relax and enjoy each other.. No Cell service, no Tv...just us...it was great!

~I went down to Illinois for a week.. sadly i got sick and didn't get to do to much..but i did enjoy the time with my dad...

~Leo and i celebrated our 5 year wedding anniversary. We stayed up in Minneapolis for a few nights up in a very nice hotel. Went out and had a yummy Red Lobster dinner!!

~The New addition to the house is turning out great, its framed and the roof is on and all the Windows and doors are on! Can't wait for it to get finished..hopefully next year we can' have Thanksgiving dinner in my new dinning room!!

~We had a new baby cousin born, Ethan Phillip Pudulke he is such a little q.t!!

~Little Miss Helen (our niece) Turned 1 in October, so did my Goddaughter Avery, and George!

Wow how time flys!

~I went to Darius Rucker Concert, with my friend Sarah and we spent the night at the Treasure Island and had a fewwwww drinks...and had a blast

Also went to Gary Allen concert with sarah and her aunts.. That was fun, we had front row seats!!

Also went to Celine Dion and Reba and kelly concert with mom!! That was a blast!

~We got a new cat, his name is Dash..he is soo cute and fun!

~Also, leo and i have been threw many emotional journeys.. we try ed to get pregnant on our own, and it didn't work we had many negative test.. then we decided to get tons of testing done and I got on a medication that help me get my period and ovulation and we did that for 3 months and sadly still not pregnant!

~The doctors have told me that due to my weight that is also playing in a part of us getting pregnant.. so i have went to alot of doctor appts and underwent tons of testing...and went to tons of support classes for weight loss!

~ With that all said and done and i have decided to get RNY gastric bypass surgery and go on birth control for a year.. My surgery is January 29th of 2010 and then hopefully Feb of 2011 we can start trying on our own and see if we can start our family!

~I can't wait for 2010 there are so many things to look forward to!

My best friend Alicia is getting married in October and i her matron of honour!

I'm getting weight loss surgery, and starting a new and healthier life!

Leo Mom and I are going to Maine for a week and half in June..we have a cabin on the ocean!!

Looking forward to shopping for new clothes

looking forward to my new addition to get done, and i can paint and decorate it!

My little sister graduates

Leo and i are celebrating our 6 year wedding anniversary

Its going to be a great year! I know it!!!

1 month!

Wow! I can't belive it 31 days till my surgery!
I have alot to do in the month of January that i'm looking forward to...so i'm hoping the month will go fast

1. January 5th-Doc Appt
2. January 9th-Wedding Extravaganza with Alicia
3. January 19th-Pre-op Weight Loss Class
4. January 22nd-Pre-op Appts starting at 10:00am
5. January 29th-Surgery

Then i watch two special kids(George age 1, Jada age 5) dear to my heart on the week days and weekends..and that makes my days fly buy..I'm going to miss watching them.. and hanging out with Sarah... I will have to make sure they visit me!

Wow so much to look forward to...New Year. New Me!!

I have so much support to Thank!

I could have never ever done this with out the support of Leo and my mom, and grandma and my best friends and my dad, and the rest of my family... truly everyone has supported me its an amazing feeling..

I'v been making myself a little gastric bypass folder with recipes and things i need to bring to the hospital and things i need to buy..

Wow, can't belive it... were down to the 1 month mark...WOW

I Did it.....

Today is day 1 of back on my Diet!

I got up in the chilly morning and walked the dog about a half mile

Did not eat breakfast that was the only down fall i didn't do today

got up did laundry, Ran Lots of Errands...cleaned and cleaned...Ate a very healthy lunch.. I'm so very proud of myself today... it makes me feel so good!!

Back in gear...........

I have been doing a lot..........of thinking......and i need to get myself back on track.
As of tonight...i will be eating healthier again and working back on my wii

My Goals

-Eat a healthy breakfast every morning
-Eat a healthy lunch
-Have a small snack before i babysit in the early afternoons
-Eat my healthy TV dinners/or make a healthy dinner
MEASURE ALL MY STUFF!!!

No more snacking at night!! Unless its popcorn, Nothing else!!

do some kind of exercise EVERY SINGLE DAY
Wii, walk outside

I need to get at least 5 plus pounds off!! I have done it before and i know i can do it again

I'm bound and determined!!

Merry Christmas Everyone!!
Yesterday and Today was a great day!
Christmas Eve we spent the day at my in-laws (Leo's parents, Jim and June)
House.. We had sorta good food and great company. Got to meet my new baby cousin Conner He is a Lil Ham...but such a Q.T!
Our Niece Helen showed up and she had cute little red tights on with white snowflakes, a red santa dress and a santa hat...she was a Doll!! I love that little girl!!
Leo and i got some very nice stuff from our sister & brother(in law) and Leo's parents.
I got some Moose(Stuffed animals)
candles
more candles
screwdriver
Leo got a new shirt
Leo also go some cookies
More stuff...but i can't remember everything we got!
Today (Christmas) we went to grandmas house (Grandma Spittlers)
and the family had soo much fun!!
We open gifts and then made our lunch/dinner (well the ham and potatoes were all ready going) I got soo many cute things!!
Little pretty spoons and forks
little tiny measuring cups
2 water bottles
new crock pot
a weight loss journal
Leo got
Pants
Socks
Hat(s)
Gloves
and a book
We love everything we got
We had such a great time at grandmas
we had scrumptious dinner
We had, Ham, Mash potatoes, stuffing, deviled eggs, lefsa,corn
pumpkin & apple pie
potatoechip cookies, fudge..
YUMM-O
Leo and i got The my family "Mom, Dan, Renay,Marie, "the Wii system and we set it up at grandmas and played games...it was soo fun... i whopped Dans butt in bowling..but one of these days hes going to whoop my butt...LOL
Leo got me an amazing/awesome gift...a PINK/Black Ugly Stick fishing pole
i love it... i can't wait to use it this spring/summer... I'm going to catch all the big fish now!!!!!! Yippie skippie!!
tomorrow we will be heading over to our other Grandmas house "Dan's Mom" for Xmas... Pretty much go and visit a little bit and then head home... i have a long day of babysitting on Sunday!
Well I'm going to finish this up!!

Merry Christmas

I feel like a pig today........... I'm so sad :o(

So today is the day before Christmas Eve
and I feel like i have been starving... so i had 2 cookies early afternoon and 2pieces of small fudge
then lunch was light tuna salad with my 5 grain crackers
then i had 2 pieces of peperoni... Then got to the place i babysit i had half of another cookie, and a few chicken nuggets and 2 hot dogs....and curly fries... i have not ate like that in a LONG LONG time...I'm so ashamed of myself..i also have not been exercising...ugh i feel like i have fallen off the boat..i need some kind of pick me up.. i need to gain NO weight before my surgery in January.. I'm so so so afraid I'm going to gain weight back and they will postpone or cancel my surgery..i would cry, and cry, and cry... i need a Swift kick in the butt..
With Xmas eve and Xmas in a day or 2..i need to NOT eat junk food..and eat only small amount of food....then do wii fit every night when i get home...or every morning... UGH...
I feel so angry...so mad....so fat...why do i do this to myself?!? why????
NO MORE JUNK FOOD FOR TERESA..ONLY LOW CALORIE FOOD AND SALADS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can't go back to my normal life, i just can't I've lost to much weight to be back and square one...

Just another appt date

January 19th @ 1:30 Mayo Building

Post-op Class

with Karen Graszer

Surgery Date

January 29th-2010

What a great way to start a new year... a new life, a new me, a healthier me!!

Important Dates

January 22nd

10:am-have a diet consultation

1:15pm-surgical consultation with Dr.J.M Swain

2:15pm-Preoperative evaluation visit

This made my day!

Today is December 22nd-2009

I put my name into a raffle drawing to get a FREE magazine Subscription for

OH(obesity help) Magazine its a 25$ subscription.. That i WON!! yeppers.. So not only do i get to start the new year with a new me.. i get a new magazine.. that will help me with recipes/and inspiring stories/and general information i might need!

You might think its kinda be silly over that..but hey its 25$ i didn't have the money to spend on a magazine..and i believe its a great magazine!!

So that made me pretty happy today!!!

Can't wait to start receiving it..in the New year!!

What is RNY Gastric Bypass Surgery?

n RNY surgery, the stomach is completely divided into two compartments —an upper part, or pouch, and the lower portion of the stomach.
Where to cut ?

The upper pouch is smaller, and is made to hold one ounce (about the size of an egg) or less. The small bowel is divided and brought up to the upper stomach where an anastomosis is made between the pouch and the small bowel. An anastomosis is the term surgeons use for the opening formed when they sew, or staple together, two pieces of bowel, making an opening—or stoma—between them. The Y-connection allows pancreatic fluid and bile to aid in absorption of nutrients

The opening between the new pouch and the intestines is called a stoma.
The stoma size keeps food in the pouch, allowing the patient to feel full for several hours on a small amount of food.

What is Pcos?

Overview
Polycystic ovary disease is a condition in which there are many small cysts in the ovaries, which can affect a woman's ability to get pregnant.

Symptoms
If you have polycystic ovary disease, you are likely to have some of the following symptoms:
~Abnormal, irregular, or very light or infrequent menstrual periods
~Absent periods, usually (but not always) after having one or more normal menstrual periods during puberty (secondary amenorrhea)
~Acne that gets worse
~Decreased breast size
~Development of male sex characteristics (virilization), such as increased body hair, facial hair, a deepening of the voice, male-pattern baldness, and enlargement of the clitoris
~Diabetes
~Increased hair growth; body hair may be in a male pattern
~Infertility
~Poor response to the hormone, insulin (insulin resistance), leading to a build-up of insulin in the blood
~Weight gain, or obesity
Treatment
Medications used to treat the symptoms of polycystic ovary disease include:
Birth control pills
Clomiphene citrate
Flutamide
Spironolactone
Treatment with clomiphene citrate causes the pituitary gland to produce more FSH. This causes the egg to mature and be released. Sometimes women need stronger fertility drugs to get pregnant.
In women with polycystic ovary disease who also have insulin resistance, glucophage (Metformin), a medication that makes cells more sensitive to insulin, has been shown to make ovulation normal.
Losing weight (which can be difficult) may help to reduce the high insulin levels in the blood. For women with this condition who are overweight, weight loss can reduce insulin resistance, stimulate ovulation, and improve fertility rates.
Causes
Polycystic ovary disease affects hormone cycles. Hormones help regulate the normal development of eggs in the ovaries. It is not completely understood why or how hormone cycles are interrupted, although there are several ideas.
Follicles are sacs within the ovaries that contain eggs. In polycystic ovary disease, there are many poorly developed follicles in the ovaries. The eggs in these follicles do not mature and, therefore, cannot be released from the ovaries. Instead, they form cysts in the ovary.
This can contribute to infertility. The immature follicles and the inability to release an egg (ovulate) are likely caused by low levels of follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), and higher than normal levels of male hormones (androgens) produced in the ovary.
Women are usually diagnosed when in their 20s or 30s. Women with this disorder often have a mother or sister who has symptoms similar to polycystic ovary disease.
Tests & diagnosis
During a pelvic examination, the health care provider may note an enlarged clitoris (very rare finding) and enlarged ovaries.
Tests include:
Abdominal ultrasound
Abdominal MRI
Biopsy of the ovary
Estrogen levels
Fasting glucose and insulin levels
FSH levels
Laparoscopy
LH levels
Male hormone (testosterone) levels
Urine 17-ketosteroids
Vaginal ultrasound
Blood tests that may be done include:
Pregnancy test (serum HCG)
Prolactin levels
Thyroid function tests
Prognosis
Women who have this condition can get pregnant with the right surgical or medical treatments. Pregnancies are usually normal.
Complications
Increased risk of endometrial cancer
Infertility
Obesity-related conditions, such as high blood pressure and diabetes
Possible increased risk of breast cancer

About Me!

~*~ Welcome to my weight loss/pcos blog~*~

I am writing this Blog for me, and my supporters who like to know whats going on..and how they can help or support me!

I will be going threw a major changing life surgery January 29Th 2010. I am getting RNY Gastric Bypass Surgery. Dr James M.Swain is my surgeon and i will be at St.Marys in Rochester..

Lets start.............

My Name is Teresa and I'm 24 years old. I'm happily Married to my husband of 5 years.. We got married June 19th,2004. It was a beautiful wedding!! We went to Duluth for a week for our Honeymoon. It was amazing and so relaxing... After we got married we wanted to start a family...we tried for 4 years and nothing..besides big fat negatives..it was so sad! I knew it was going to be hard because i had "pcos"...I was diagnosed with PCOS also know as Polycystic Ovary Syndrome in the 7th grade... Pcos sucks...and it sucks when you go threw high school and people make fun of you...only if they new truly what you were going threw...
Well Pcos makes you gain weight..and boy is that true...didn't gain it anywhere else besides my belly. My legs, arms, or face never got to big..but you could tell all my weight was in my stomach. So it all begins.................
Leo and I wanted to get pregnant more then anything, our friends, and family members everyone was pregnant... and we wanted to be so bad...
We went to our doctor and talked with her so she decided to put me on Metformin it helps woman who have pcos and are trying to loose weigh..it is also a diabetic medication.. well i was on metformin for well over a year..and it did NOTHING for me... So back to square 1...agian...
We went to a fertility specialist at Olmsted in Rochester. They did a million blood test, and ultrasounds and everything came out great nothing wrong.. besides i don't ovulate..big problem when your trying to get pregnant.. no period no ovulation no pregnancy... So She told me to exercise get some weight off and stay on metformin... so i did that...got a few lbs off nothing to major.. still no period, still no ovulation.. i think i went threw a million ovulation sticks... ALL NEGATIVE........all i wanted to do was CRY, CRY, CRY............well i didn't give up... So back to omc They put me on a pill to give me my period "prometrium" So ya...got my period...yippie, however still no ovulation... 3 months of that...and no ovulation..at this time i was afraid nothing was going to work.. i was about to just give up... my thoughts were "i'm never going to be a mom" "I'm broken" I'm not a good wife because i can't make him a dad" Well back to omc.........ya........Now They put me on prometrium, and Clomid, and Metformin.. I read and heard so much good news about pcos women getting pregnant on there 1st or 2nd try of Clomid..so i was praying, and hoping, and praying.......... So Month one........Nothing...a period but No Ovulation........Month 2...Nothing...Month 3......Nothing...So i was clueless...where do we go from there? Well My OBGYN...had a ton more test ran, and then sent me over to Mayo...Oh Great i was thinking more doctors, more bad news, more testing..ugh............was not looking forward to it..However.. I did end up with an amazing Fertility Doctor who was all about me and my hopes and dreams... But my dreams were crushed the day she told me there was nothing else they could do since i don't ovulate... she said.. Your best bet for you would be Weight Loss Surgery... i was like......aww Hell No.. that's not for me.. i don't want to do that, I'm a 100% against it.. Well being so stubborn i didn't want to hear anymore of that..but she did want me to go talk to a weight loss Surgeon.. so i did.........and after talking to him.. my mind changed.....i was only about 50% against it.... So i need more convincing.. so i did research, talked to an OBGYN who specialises in Weight Loss Surgery Pregnancy's..and he was amazing.. i think after talking to him.. i was down to only like 10% of no surgery............. But was ready and willing to go for it..learn more..and make this big step in my life...
I went to Weight Loss Surgery Information Class, with my Mom and Mother-In-Law
That was the day my life changed forever, i new i wanted it.. i new i wanted to be healthy and happy!
The next day i called and made and apt to talk to a surgeon..and we started from there...
I had Many appts, Appts to meet with therapist a, a doctor, Surgeon, Also i had to join a 12 week weight loss program class... I can tell you was not Happy about joining the 12 week weight loss program, i truely thought it was going to be stupid and a wast of my drive from home to roch and it was a wast of gas... Well...it wasn't...it was one of the best things i did!! I have made so many friends and got so much information and had such an amazing teacher. In the 12 weeks i took that class i lost 15lbs..yeppers 15lbs on my own...Yippie!!
After my class was over, i had to meet with the surgeon for one last time before we gave the insurance company my information.. that appointment went GREAT......They gave my insurance company all my paper work and i received a approval letter in 1 1/2 weeks.. that was the best day ever.......... 4 days later the Mayo Clinic nurse called and we set up my surgery date.. January 29th is my surgery date.. I'm ready
I'm ready to be healthy, happy, and feel great about myself....

so with all that said.. i will be writing on this blog... and keeping everyone up to date..on my countdown to surgery.. my surgery itself..and life after surgery..........

Thank you for all your love and support!