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I celebrated with 3 new shirts and a new pair of pants. I realized this week I had no long sleeve shirts that fit. One thing I've learned is to reward myself along the way, every 10 lbs and every big milestone like onederland and now this. I don't celebrate with food but something to boost my esteem. Today I also checked out some stores I hadn't felt comfortable in only to realize they carried some bigger sizes then I wear now so I could have shopped there sooner.

I had to share with you all because I think you all would understand. Today I left that awful word obese behind. This morning my BMI is 29.8 and not 30 or greater. I am free from that word and I am never looking back. Thanks for listening.

I have told anyone who asked, especially those who are overweight. I didn't want them to feel like a failure for not losing weight when I did. I have had nothing but support. Also I live in a small town where gossip is king, if I didn't tell them they would make something up like I was dying. It's true, some people who hadn't heard thought I was really sick. The weirdest thing is this week I saw a bunch of people hadn't seen since surgery, none of them recognized me. I've known the al for 15 years or more and they didn't know it was me.

You should see your gyno, they can switch you to the shot and that usually stops it. If it gets really bad and they want to do something surgically see if they can do what is called an oblation. It stops your period but leaves everything else intact so you don't get thrown into menopause.

I started at 278 preop, was 260 the day of surgery, 6 mos is tomorrow and today I am at 198. So 62 lbs since surgery, 80 lbs overall. Actually 100 lbs since I really started trying to lose weight 2 years ago.

Congratulation!

Dolce, I would suggest that you get a therapist who specializes in eating disorders or check out FAA or OA. You may have a food addiction.

Hi Jackie this time is also about learning to not have our lives revolve so much around food. To learn to have family time where you don't pig out will teach you daughter a wonderful life long lesson. Not to mention making sure her Mommy is around for many more birthdays.

Hi Bunny, I dreamed about pureed chicken salad the night before I got to move to mushies! Full on dreamed I was eating. It was so nice.

Hi all here is my 2 cents, i come from a background of drug addiction. I had 2 weeks of clear liquids followed by a week of full liquids and a week of pureed foods. I knew that the clear liquids was going to b hard but I saw it as what it is, detox. When you are detoxing cheating puts you back farther in the process. It relieves the cravings for the moment but just like the alcoholic who takes a drink it just put more of the stuff in your system you are trying to clear out. Let your body detox. You will find that sugar and starch has less of a hold on you and you start off with more weight loss. Full liquids and mushies showed me my triggers. Sweets, which I don't really like, trigger binges. I prefer pot roast to chocolate cake but I've never eaten a whole pot roast at one sitting while I have eaten a whole chocolate cake (not since being banded though). Strange how that works. The good thing is that if you go through it you get to the otherside and it gets better. The best part is that you don't get the DTs with food withdrawal. And part of going through it is that you learn how not to eat when you are bored or anxious or whatever.

You might want to look into a FAA or an OA group if you are having trouble keeping your eating stable. I looked at the FAA food plan and it fits pretty good with what I already eat when I eat right. Having been a drug addict I know that have to just avoid the things that trigger me, starches, and wheat. I look forward to overcoming this addiction.

food addict and I suspect many of you are too. Find out by taking the quiz and be honest.

I hit onderland today. Boy it gets harder to lose the less you have to lose. 49.5 lbs to go.