Sassygirl06

im 3 months out now and would love to go on vacation right now, i think you will be fine. i totally know what you meant by the seats on those airplanes. it totally sucked the last time i flew because i was so huge and squished in the seat. i could feel the people next to me hating me because i was so big and making them uncomfortable too. cant wait till the next time i can go on vacation and be able to sit in a little seat and not have to worry about being to big.

wonderful! so happy for you

i hope so...cause i have the same goal i wanna be under 200 soooooooo bad.

i had a lot of the same problems as you. it lasted for about 3-4 weeks. every once in a while i still have it happen. the slim is from your esophogus. it helps foods go down easier. unfortunatly after this surgery it also comes backup easy too. definately skip the milk for now. i couldnt handle it at all after surgery.....now 3 months out i can just fine. good luck.

i have been complaining of being cold for weeks now. i think it is funny because i used to be hot all the time. i would sweat all the time. especially on my upper lip, and as soon as i would put makeup on or do my hair. i havent been sweating at all anymore...just shivering. i have to take a hot bath to warm me up. i have to be wearing multiple layers all the time. i have been losing my hair a little. i have always lost lots of hair daily though. i have super thick hair....tons of it. so i think the hair loss isnt bad at all. except for it being all over my clothes. and i do mean all over. i do think that it is funny too that the pits, legs and bikini area dont seem to have hair loss at all.

love this feeling! i am waiting to get my hair cut until i reach my thanksgiving goal weight of 215. almost there!

most policy changes happen on the first of the year, just like new laws. i would double check to make sure, but that would make more sence. good luck!

i bet you are elated and scared all at once. the weight you gained i would guess is water weight. you know how pregos can retain water. make sure to be taking your folic acid! #1 preventitive for neuro tube defects. get a really good prenatal....dont wait to see the doc to get it. i hope that all goes wonderfully with the pregnancy....and dont worry about gaining the weight, just a good excuse to breast feed....which burns hundreds of calories just making the milk. just think of how much exercise it would take to burn those calories that you will get to burn just sitting down and relaxing while feeding the little bundle of joy. good luck to you and the little peanut.

i am at three months now and i have had a few stalls already. i still cant fathom that i will ever be skinny. i am not in a stall now, but the weight is coming off very slowly. i actually lost faster before surgery then after. the only thing that i can think of that is the reason is that we now have less fat to lose so therefore it is going to come off slower. i was surprized that i have lost 4 pounds so far this month and i havent been really good with carbs. i make sure to take pictures regularly to compair them. when i am looking at the picts it helps to see it better. good luck

i had my seminar on may 22nd 2011.....dont know about all the other dates....had my surgery august 15th. my insurance paid 100%. i was very lucky

yep....very weird. i have always liked my legs because they are muscular, i have lost a lot off of my legs and now they are really skinny. my belly is still big, and so i look strange. really skinny on bottom and really big on top. on the possitive note though, i lost the extra w in my butt. you know which one, you normally have a W shape butt, however in us chubbys we have an extra little w in the middle. lol i have lost that little w and am left with just one big W......i love that!

i do it too. i do it with the stuff i wanna taste but dont want the calories or carbs from. i just wouldnt recomend doing it at a resturant

dont worry it'l happen soon

i got another one! i was volunteering at my youngest daughters school. i was walking around monitoring the kido's. i overheard one of the girls that my daughter has play dates with at our house...so she knows me well. she said, "is that your mom?" my daughter said, "yeah you know she is." her friend says, "she looks DIFFERENT!" and my daughter said, "yeah she lost a lot of weight." i was grinning from head to toe! :Banane55:

I am almost 3 months out and I am having to smack my hands. I havent been following the rules very well lately. I have been eating the normal stuff. Not really eating bad things like chips or doughnuts, but i have been eating some breads and noodles and such. I need to get back to the proteins. I have still been losing but not as fast as I want to, so I am re-dedicating myself to eating protein first. I have been drinking my shake for breakfast and lunch, and eating protein for dinner. It is so much easier to do it now of course since having such a tiny tummy, but I need to stay on track! Bad habits die hard, but I am trying to kill them this time! Is there anyone else out there that needs to re-pledge themselves to this new way of life?

i love how you say only lost 30 pounds! that is a great weight loss. you are doing good. i went back and checked out my weight loss totals for after surgery and i realized something.....when i ate more of the "regular" food i lost more weight. while i was just eating and drinking protein i only lost 4 pounds for that month. so i guess i shouldnt freak out about it that much. i had my weight messured to see how much fat i have lost vs muscle. since my journey began i have only lost 6.5 pounds of muscle vs. 80.5 pounds of fat.....i'l take that. i would like to lose no muscle but i hear it is impossible not to lose muscle while you are losing fat. oh well

doc gave me mine after surgery

ok great! starting weight 224.....current weight 224....goal weight 215 here i go!!!!! woo hoo!

i was a huge water drinker prior to surgery and then after i hated to drink it because it hurt my tummy. i thankfully love it again now. it doesnt hurt going down anymore. hang in there. you will get that restriction and that full feeling down in no time. so wonderful that you both have someone to lean on in this very important time. good luck to you both!

i know, this 2 shakes a day is to kick start my ketosis. i need to get back in it since i know i have had to many carbs lately.

sounds yummy!

Just a heads up for those of you still trying to be approved for surgery by insurance....the TODAY show is reporting on a "new trend" where people are gaining weight to qualify for wls...... This might put a huge wrench in some peoples plans if the insurance company's decide to change policys that you must show longer weight loss waiting periods, or longer times of obisity being recorded by your doctors.

i didnt have to prove anything for my insurance. i got my insurance in january of this year...went to the doctor in april for my weight. he asked me how long i have been overweight and i said 15 years, he said...thats good enough for me. that was all it took....but this show might make it harder for others to get that approval, which totally sucks.

i hope it helps! good luck to you!

i just cant drink with meals. it makes my food come right back up with those lovely burpys. then its all slimy. totally gross. all the liquids help flush out the fat as well. you can count all liquids except those we arent allowed to drink anyways you know which ones