june13sleever

It sucks. I always go for a walk. It will pass.

She is an overweight girl in America. Her life sucks and she is being teased and ridiculed. You may not even know she is, but she is. I would really have her go see a therapist. You see my problem is that you are supposed to sacrifice for your children and she probably feels more abandoned then jealous.

That has got to be terrible. I am actually crying thinking about it. I know it is possible to lose weight on your own...I did it once. But it is so freakin hard! I suggest you send her on an outward bound course over the summer. You really have to help her out because she is probably in a lot of pain.

I love the way I look! I still can't see myself as skinny. I probably never will. But I am wearing a size 6...at my height that is pretty thin. I weigh 160. Which again at my height is thin. I watch TV and see women who are thin and think to myself...I don't feel like them. I think I still carry some shame and insecurity, but that is my issue... People treat me normal now so I am not afraid, but I am not sure I will ever be normal. Maybe if my hair grows back...

He can use sick days instead of vacation for caring for an immediate family member. All he has to say is my wife is having surgery and I need to care for her for a couple of days after so I will be using my sick leave.

I am going for a steak tonight! Yummy protein! I eat all meat! While a couple bites of salad is nice unless it is my version of a salad...beans, edamame, chicken, chick peas, eggs, a little avacado and lettuce...a garden salad seems like a waste of space! But a yummy grilled ribeye!!! Can't go wrong with that. There is a light at the end of the tunnel, but it could be a year before you get there. You will be so focused on weight loss and clothes and working out and watching yourself shrink for the first year you won't miss much!

I had 5 little incisions and I can not hardly tell they are there. I wouldn't panic if you can't have one incision. Get the surgery done. In time maybe this will be the standard, but I am not upset at all that I didn't get it done this way

Anything over 7.2% of your income is deductible when it comes to your medical expenses. I deducted the whole thing last year.

A Kabob would instantly pop in my hand when I am hungry. I hate cooking. I go for easy stuff. Shrimp Kabob Beef Kabob chicken Kabob

So basically every time I get nervous of losing too much I write a post! It is so crazy that one day I am scared of gaining and the next scared of losing. I weighed 163 on my scale this morning which means on my doctor's scale and other scales I would be between 159 and 163. I wish there was a true scale. At 5'11" I am fine with where I am but for the past 4 months I have lost 4 pounds each month and my eating has been pretty consistent. I have been trying for the past two months too add more calories, but I do honestly believe since adding calories hasn't been consistent the change up in my routine has caused me to keep losing. I am still ok and feel like I could get down to 155...but I am really thinking that should be it! My doctor said 180. I said 170. Now I am 160! To be under 160 really wasn't a possibility (in my mind) but I am basically there. I just wish I knew when I was going to stop. I have not bought anything for clothes because you lose 7 or 8 pounds and those clothes don't fit right! So I wear the same clothes over and over again. Thank goodness for forever 21 because I was able to get a pair of jeans and pencil skirt for less than 20 dollars. The jeans I bought for $80 are worthless now. Never again. Just venting! I am 15 months out and still losing!

Here you go!

At 15 months out this past week was the 2nd week since sugery I didn't lose. It makes me feel good, but also scary...I ate a lot more this past week...but anymore...I would gain. I hate my kitchen and where I live so I still live on string cheese and lean cuisine, but I really need some low cal snacks. Eating some junk food here and there is ok, but I am starting to eat it everyday. I am trying now to push my dinner so it is a little closer to bedtime...helps with less snacking. I am totally scared of gaining the weight back. I just hope I don't get into old habits of feeling like...oh well...I want it so I am going to eat it attitude. I need to learn some self control. It is a day by day process.

Scales suck and they are all different. Is there a true scale anywhere?

If you really think about...now that we have the sleeve once we get to a stable weight, we are in fact eating a normal amount otherwise we would continue to lose. I eat way more 15 months out...I feel like I eat normal and what I should have been eating all along. Portion sizes, the amount I'd sugar in our food...it is all just disgusting. I spun out of control and knew that surgery was the only way to control my inability to control myself. I feel bad for the people still on the dark side. It is a horrible place to be.

There could be a potential hippa violation. If you didn't tell anyone at work how did they find out?

Inner thigh lift, lipo and fat transfer into the buttocks! $20k done in two surgeries six months to a year apart starting with the lipo and fat transfer. I would have to have the vertical scar in my thighs, but that is ok because that basically eliminates the potential of having a stretched labia. Well all of that scares me way more than VSG, and I am not going to do anything right now. I was very self conscience at the beach this summer and really just want to, for once, be free from those chains. A lot to think about. I did like the surgeon. $11,500 was just the lipo and fat transfer. I feel there are less expensive options for that. $8,500 for the thigh lift. Scary stuff!

DC has the most PS in the country and it is the most expensive place for PS. I grew up here, but the more I live here the more I realize that this place is a money pit in every single way!

@lee...did you have the fat transfer into your butt and inner thigh lift in the same surgery?