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By the way, that doesn't mean that for me, personally, that I believe weight loss is won in the kitchen, rather than the gym. (It's probably different for everyone!) It just means for me, I must be scrupulous about both.

Love the inspiration motto, love the truths behind it. I shared mine, thank you for sharing Yours.😝👍💓

I honestly believe in order for me to lose, I must exercise daily if at all possible. I try to walk 60 to 60+ minutes per day. I'm trying very hard to get back to doing my strength training/core exercises but that's not as regular--so far about 2x week is all I manage.

Mine is the 8th Sent from my LM-X410(FG) using BariatricPal mobile app

Are you drinking the same protein drink the whole 2-3 months? Try switching if they aren't settling well. Also with chicken and tuna, I had to make them really moist and juicy for me to be able to swallow without gagging when I was able to actually have pureed/soft foods. It was horrible until I figured it out. The most important thing is you are losing and have lost a lot. We are all different in how our surgeries work and how fast. Keep your head up and doing what's right and your body will lose the weight how fast your body is supposed to lose weight.

I like the "Kick Rocks" sentiment. I've heard 'you are taking the easy way out' and 'since you have to diet anyway to do the surgery you might as well not have it and keep doing what you are doing' and 'all you need to do is work out regularly' (when I did that and then some additional rigorous work outs before and lost weight and gained it all back). My family doesn't get it that it's not just about that, it's also about being healthy. I have high cholesterol and I'm pre-diabetic and I've done too many diets to count. So, I'm excited for my surgery on Tuesday!

I love good quotes, too! There are some gems on that thread.

I'll be having my surgery on Nov 6th!

And August Loss is now November's Gain! Best of everything to YOU, you will have it all under control, and the Weight loss can only benefit your back problems.

Well this did NOT taste good before surgery.... so I anticipate it would make me hurl after surgery too. My cats like it, though.