.:princesszelda:. Report post Posted April 5, 2018 My name is Cathy and I thought I would make a little post introducing myself. I'm 23 years old and I'm currently in graduate school getting my master's degree in Biotechnology with a specialization in Biodefense and Biosecurity. I have a blue belt in karate. My family considers me the family historian as I do A LOT of genealogical research on my ancestors and I have 1-3 book shelves just filled family history stuff (documents, pictures, etc.). Anyways, I recently had bariatric surgery on February 22nd, 2018. The type of bariatric surgery My highest weight ever was somewhere between 359 lbs-360 lbs and that was during the 6 months of supervised diet and exercise I has to do because of insurance. When I first started this process, my weight at my first consult ever with the surgeon was 342 lbs. My weight at my last consult with surgeon was 349.8 lbs. When I started to do the special pre-op diet (for me, they had me do two weeks of eating really small and healthy meals and then I had to do the one week of the liquid diet), my weight was 348.2 lbs. On the day of surgery, my weight was 333.2 lbs. So, I lost about 15 lbs on this specialized 3 week diet. My weight right now is 308.6 lbs. So, since I had the surgery, I have lost a total of about 24.6 lbs. Can't wait to meet everyone on here! 2 tracyringo and TammyP reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BurgundyBoy Report post Posted April 5, 2018 Hi Cathy, I hope you find the Forum as helpful as I have... advice, experience, stern talks when needed, and lots of support. Congrats on the weight loss and taking control of your circumstances. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gretta Report post Posted April 5, 2018 Welcome! You have very cool interests. Hope to see you around here often. Off to a great start! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Readytobeme Report post Posted April 6, 2018 Welcome to the forum! You seem to be doing very well so far. Glad to have you here and look forward to seeing you around. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cinwa Report post Posted April 6, 2018 Welcome to Thinner Times Cathy! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TammyP Report post Posted April 6, 2018 Welcome to the loser's bench! <3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
