Nichelle

:dance: Wowee, you look so skinny!! Congratulations on all your success. Beautiful pictures too!

That's fantastic, everyone is doing so great!! Congratulations all.

Doing fantastic!! I'm close to 2 months and 40lbs. myself and it is amazing the difference it makes. So excited for you!!:dance:

That's fantastic!! Way to go girl. Congrats on winning a photot shoot as well, that should be really fun to get some new pics in your new body. :welldone:

Well done!! :welldone2:

Fantastic!!!:Dancing_shocked: Thank you so much for sharing your pictures with us. You are an inspiration and best of luck in becoming a mother. You can do it!!!

:purplebananna: Way to go, that has got to be an amazing feeling!!

That is just simply amazing!! :Banane17:

Fantastic, you look great. Working that sleeve and it shows!

:waytogo: Wowee, just amazing. You look fantastic. I must say you have a super great looking behind girl! So excited for you and keep rocking that denim.

Fantastic, you look great!! You look much younger too. Keep it up, girl!

No stitches. Incisions closed with some kind of glue. Just kept cover with guaze and tape for 10 days. Healed nicely.

I had a fantastic experience in Tijuana, MX. I had surgery with Dr. Ramos Kelly. My experience was very similar to KellyL. Thanks kelly for doing all the hard work and typing it up so nicely. Honestly Dr. Kelly was fantastic the staff was great. The experience was fantastic. The pain in minimal, although I will through in that first out of surgery there is some pain, but it was well managed after that. The experience is what you read it will be like, great! It's hard to believe at times and its okay to be leary. I'm sure we all went through this I know I did. If you've done your research and know this is right for you and now you are just deciding if this is real or not. Go for it!!!

So I thought this would be a great place to put how I am feeling. Be warned it is a little bit of a rant for things that I still wish I could do or miss doing. I am currently about 6 weeks out and just wonder if this was the best decision. I did a lot of preperation mentally for this, but I don't think you can ever be quite ready for what you are in for. I know we are all pretty young on this forum and maybe you can relate. Lately I have had this feeling that I may have done this too early in life. I know that most people on here will say and have said that their only regret is not doing it sooner or they wish it had been avaliable to them at a younger age. However........ I am young. I make mistakes. I still want those silly uncontrollable nights. I want to have a drink or two or three with friends, I want to eat at night when i'm up studing for my final like other college kids, I want to eat pizza and not be a weird person who just pulls toppings off, I want to drink a BEER, I want to order a meal from the menu and eat it because as of now it looks like I just pushed things around with my fork, I want to be able to go to a buffet not to just stuff my face but to enjoy a variety of food, I want to try more than one bite of the few foods on my plate and not be stuffed to my eye balls, did I say I wanted a cold beer yet. I know, I know, I know that all of these things are probably reasons why I am here in the first place, but I was big before I knew I was bigger than those around me. I was big when I was a child and sometimes I feel like I am paying for a mistake that is not neccessarily all my fault. I know have this weird infatuation with watching other people eat. I still like to see good food being enjoyed, not just sit on my plate and go cold. Its weird, right? Am I the only one notices this. It's not in a weird way that I stare at people eating. Its just more I want others to enjoy their food even if I'm done and full doens't mean they have to be. Ok, I suppose I'm done with my rant. I feel much better now that I got it out. I hope others can relate. I know that I'm not alone in this and I am still very early on in the process. I still in my heart (which is more important to me than what my head thinks) know that this was the BEST decision for myself. I don't think I want, I know I don't want all those things I listed above combinded and multiplied by three more than I want to be THIN which may be oddly unhealthy thinking, but is true.

I recently order some celtrixa lotion. It is said to diminish the appreance of scars and stretch marks. Has anyone used this product or used another product that seemed to help remove or hide stretch marks?

c25k...Couch to 5 k. I'm glad everyone can talk about their up and downs. Including stalls. It is so hard to expect one thing and get another. Good luck!

Way to go!! Life on the sleeve track is goOoOod.

:bananapartyhat:Congratulations!! 50lbs. in 10 weeks is amazing results. Way to go!!

Wow, you are very pretty and look fantastic!! Way to go, girl. You are rocking that skirt.

Very inspiring! You look great and wear that bikini proudly. You deserve it. Bring on the fun, sun, and confidence.

That is just so amazing. Congratulations!!

Thanks so much for sharing. Always looking for easy, quick n' tasty meals. This sounds great!! Going grocery shopping tomorrow.