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WHAT???? This pissed me off. This surgery was harder than anything I've ever done. There is no way it's cheating. I will say it took my husband about a week or two to finally see how much went into this surgery and how much I had to concentrate on and do. He randomly looked at me one day and said, "I don't know how you manage to do this everyday and the rest of your life. You are the strongest person I know and if anyone ever says you took the easy way out I will tell them to come and live with us for three days to see there is NOTHING easy about what you do." With that being said, please know that many people don't know how to handle having someone loose that much weight. They feel the need to put you down to make themselves feel better. What I say is SCREW THEM!!!!!!! They can think whatever they want....you know the truth!!!! Best of luck to you on you journey. Don't allow negative people to get to you and remember, this was not EASY or a CHEAT and as long as you are happy with who you are then who cares what anyone thinks about you weight loss.

oh my goodness! i'm so sorry! and just in case you still need some back-up... YOU DID NOT CHEAT!!! you took your health and life into your own hands and took control... made a positive change and there was nothing easy about it! i also get this response a lot! from my sisters & mom actually! even this morning my mom told me I finally looked like I had the baby! (the baby is actually 15 months but i never lost a pound until i started my pre-op diet...) so you know what i have to say about these little smart a$$e$... HATER HATER HATERS!!! just HATING HATING HATING!!! hate away... i tell them! i'm just gonna keep going to the next bigger, better, brighter thing! and i REFUSE to eat over it! on those days, when folks are hatin' on me, i make sure to eat super clean and slow... give them something to really hate on me about! my new healthy self!

I agree with tmorgan - this is no easy way out. I struggle with it a lot - it's not easy hardly being able to eat anything. My husband also constantly asks me how I do it and how he could never do it. He tells me how strong I am and how proud he is of me. I too tried every diet in the book and it didn't work for me. This did. I have also had friends tell me that I'm being an a*****e telling people I had this surgery because I was able to afford to pay for it myself. How she thought I was bragging about it. Bragging about trying to get healthy? She, of course, doesn't have a weight problem. fortunately my family is very supportive - and so are my coworkers.

Lookin good !!!

Not tricking flicking.

You are stunning and obviously are working hard to achieve your goal. What a great way of rocking that sleeve. Keep it up!!

You are doing great!!

Welcome Isobel...you've made a strong decision for yourself, I hope you are already proud of yourself for that. My primary reason for WLS was definately to increase my longevity. I was classified as morbidly obese and had every precurser to heart disease, stroke or diabetes which runs strong in my family. Last Fall (2011), I was getting winded just walking from the parking lot where I work to my office building right next door...the writing was clearly on the wall. I simply decided that was it and I prayed for the strength to commit to a healthier life. The next day, by chance I found out Kaiser covered WLS. I always thought only PPO's covered it. I made an appointment with my primary for my annual physical with the intent of asking if I might qualify for WLS. Amazingly, after my appointment, I asked my primary, and she agreed this would be a great option for me, and she referred me that very day to the Options program at Kaiser. Fast forward....I had surgery 4/6/12 and I have no regrets whatsoever. This has truly been life changing. I saw on your profile your stats, and we are both shorty's and started at a similar weight. You will be amazed at how much better you will feel as you move forward on this journey toward better health. I am down close to 80 pounds since last summer and I feel better than I have in decades! You are already a beautiful woman....but imagine yourself seeing that beauty peeking out in a size 6 or 8 outfit?? Good Luck on your journey!!!

i also had my surgery on 8-8-12, yay us!!!!

It can be so discouraging. I get on really good losing streaks then will plateau for five or six days. The past few times, I let it ride and knew my body would eventually catch up, but this last one I went to liquids for a day. Hit the protein shakes during the day (breakfast and lunch) then had a very low cal/high protein dinner. It worked, busted right off that plateau. I've heard that people find either increasing or decreasing their calorie intake for a few days can help (I've always been to afraid of trying the high calorie method). Good for you though, sticking to it in the face of discouragement. It's not easy living the bandster lifestyle like we do, and when the reward of lower scale numbers isn't there, it's overwhelming.