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Hey everyone! I know it's been FOREVER since anyone has seen a post from me, but here's how my life has been since my surgery on 9/27/10: - I currently weigh 199. That's 134 lbs lost -I got engaged on 10/27/11 -I went from a size 26/28 to a 14 -I'm moving to Seattle with my fiance next week -In November, I was at work and had what I thought was a heart attack. After a trip to the ER, I found out I had gallstones. So yesterday I had my gallbladder removed and I'm hanging out at home trying to recover, while at the same time having to pack to move next Tuesday ANNNND go to Orlando this weekend to meet with wedding vendors. That's how my life has been since surgery in a nutshell :biggrin5:

Thanks everyone! This gallbladder situation was NO JOKE but I'm glad I got it taken care of before the move. And MissDiva, you look absolutely amazing!! I really need to get back into the gym as soon as I can. I've got a pretty important dress to wear in about 6 months I don't know how long the recoup is for this surgery, but luckily I'll be moving to a place with a lot of walking space. If anything, I will start there.

It's been almost forever since I've been on here. I am still in the mindset of avoiding the scale, even though I've been sleeved for 11 months now. The last time I stepped on the scale was maybe 2 months ago and I was elated to see I had lost 101 lbs. Today I got on the scale and I am 195. 195!!! The last time my weight had a 1 in front of it, I may have been 12. I can't even believe this. I am ecstatic!!!

Thank you so much!

Aww thank you

This is my first time posting a picture in my comment, so I hope it worked. LOL. The before is Jul 2010 (1 month before getting sleeved) and the after is a few days ago before I head out to Zumba

Thank you!!

Bread works fine for me. I do get fuller quicker, but I have no issues with my stomach digesting it. I was never a huge sandwich person to begin with, but again, I can eat it with no problem.

I'm a little less than 6 months out and 80 lbs down (my goal is -150). I didn't want to go back to the gym until I had lost about this much weight...I don't really have a reason why, I just feel more comfortable going now and things hurt/jiggle less. LOL. Anyways, I've noticed my arms are looking horrendous. So much so that I don't want to wear short sleeved shirts (let alone sleeveless). I've spent most of my time walking outside but now I'm ready to start with the weights. I'm wondering if, though, I've waited too long. With starting at 330 lbs, I kind of figured I'd have to have some work done on my arms, but as plastic surgeons have told me, it's a good idea to start doing some toning on my own and not just relying on surgery. I'm wondering how what kind of results I can expect and if anyone else had had good results on toning their arms.

Even at my heaviest, I wore a normal width; wide width made the shoe way too big. So looks like I'm stuck with the feet I have

My arms aren't just stretchy, they're dimply, too. Pretty severely, like an extreme case of cellulite. I wonder if that will fade away with weight training....

I had to stop cold turkey. The day before my 2 week diet started, I had the biggest Pepsi I could find. Haven't looked back since. I asked my nutritionist about why i can't have soda because I really wanted to get some sparkling Water, so I wanted to know if it was the sugar factor or the carbonation and she said both, but mainly the carbonation. She said the bubbles with stretch the pouch a little.

Well, I thought I was doing pretty well, but now I'm not so sure. On March 27th, I will be 6 months out and I've lost about 70-ish lbs. Normally, I would be pretty excited about that but then I come here and there are people who are already at -100lbs in less time. I'm taking my vitamins and keeping my calories around 800. I'm not entirely sure where I'm slipping up at......

You look great!!! Congratulations

I've done spinning before and after surgery, and the seat is killer either way. I do have a seat cushion, which helps slightly. And I have a friend that has the cushioned cycling pants and she swears by them. I think combined, they may help tremendously.

Are there any out there? I'll be 5 weeks out on Monday, so I'm almost back to being able to eat normally. However, I still have all of next week to go. I feel like I'm running out of things to cook.

My surgeon told me this was a possibility, but since I hadn't been plagued by many of the post-op issues, I thought I could cruise past this one. Not so much. I was going to buy Biotin, but I wasn't sure if there was a certain dosage we should stick to? There were 500 mcg, 1mg, 1000 mcg etc, etc. Can someone point me in the right direction? Also, what brand do you use?

Ever since my surgery, I've been having the strangest dreams. And all of them involve violence and eating something I'm not supposed to. I mean, it's unreal. And I'm remembering ALL OF THEM, which doesn't usually happen. I had one last night were I lived in the woods and had a bunch of dogs and someone kept trying to make them into a wolf pack. So I went outside to bring them in and remembered that I had a bunny and it was close to Easter, so I should get some jelly Beans. As I was eating them, I thought to stop because it was too soon to eat candy, but as I walked back inside, I was eating those sour gummie worms. I could feel my stomach stretching against the staples so I stopped eating them. That's when I woke up and I swear, my stomach was hurting for a good hour after that. Is anyone else experiencing this, or am I crazy?

So for a while now I've been wondering why I don't ever really feel full after eating, even when taking care to eat Protein first. Then the other day I decided to actually weigh out my protein. Well, hello. Turns out I was eating wayyyyyyyy less protein that I should have been. I know you're probably thinking, duh, how else are you supposed to determine 4 oz? But for some reason I thought that I could eyeball it. Usually, I was eating about half of a chicken breast and then when I weighed out 4 oz, it was actually more than half. So to those of you starting out your journey, I would absolutely recommend using your scale, or getting one if you don't already have one.