Ms skinniness

Yep! Life is really good! Look at you girl! You have done a great job losing 108 lbs! We are so proud of you! Keep it up and by the way, your horses are beautiful too.

So, please let me clarify. If you don't get into your dream size, you are going to have an extreme amount of anxiety? I think we are all somewhat OCDish when it comes to losing weight. This is one of the few times that we have stayed focused and seeing significant results at an extremely fast pace. I also have a goal of getting into a size 6 slacks. I have/had a personal goal of getting down to 130 lbs. I am 5'6" and big boned. Right now i weigh 146 lbs and wear a size 8 in slacks and a medium/small in tops. I prefer the medium's to the smalls because I don't like the snug fit. But yes, my dream size is a size 6 and until I reached that goal,I wouldn't be successful in my eyes. LOL Now I am readjusting this goal, I had seen someone walk by me in a store and she had a weird body shape that scared me. Her trunk was right proportion, but here legs were so skinny that it looked unhealthy. I don't want that for me. I know that since I've lost 77 lbs, my legs feel so light now that it's weird when I walk. I really having done much intensity walking, so today I shall begin. But I want to have nice legs that fit the proportionate size of my trunk. Yes, now I am in maintenance to stay at 146. The OCD part of me says 140 to 145 lbs. Now it's time to just settle with 145 because I am going to feel better. Sorry for the rant, but I believe our bodies are going to settle where they need to be. And yes, since this surgery we have all become OCD in some way. That is our anxiety talking to us.

Congrats! there's the evidence you are succeeding!

This is the hardest part of our journey. Being patient and knowing that our body will lose our weight. I recommend putting away the scale and weighing 1 time per week. Weighing yourself daily is going to drive you crazy. I use to weight daily and now I find myself forgetting to weigh. Such a relief. However, I forgot today and am not able to post my weight for the labor day challenge and that does bother me. You are going to lose your weight and have such a wonderful smile on your face for your success! This is a life changing journey and we will reap the benefits of it. Here are some tips for success: Never give up. Keep your goal within reach while staying focused. EXERCISE! Log your calories Surround yourself with a positive support system You can do this! We all can!

I am so sad your going through this struggle right now, but I've noticed that you have lost 100 lbs. This is fantastic. I hate it when I'm not feeling well.. What does your doc say about your acid reflux and what are they doing to help you? I am almost 11 months out and I know that around the 6th month, my weight slowed down drastically to a crawl. It came off little by little and the closer I get to goal, the slower it goes, like zero. I miss the times when I would be dropping the weight like others on here but I have to face the fact that if I did lose tremendously right now, I would look like a skeleton! Don't want to be that extreme. You only have 36 lbs to go. So to baby your tummy because it's not feeling that well right now, try utilizing LilMissDiva's "The Basic Bootcamp" to help you get jump started. If you have difficulty finding it on here, let me know and I believe I have it copied in my docs on my computer. You have come this far and you can do this! We are here to help you achieve what ever it is that you want and need!

My niece went to a technical school to be a surgical tech and wasn't able to find employment.

I am notorious on gaining weight from water retention as evidenced by my ring. As soon as I drank a green yea the water weight left. Actually muscle poundage weighs the same ad a pound of fat. A pond is a pound. However when building muscle, you can gain weight because ur tearing down the muscle and it repairs itself adding more weight. Don't fret, it will come off.

Congrats on the orientation class. The one thing about the 12 week classes is that it is very informational and thoroughly prepares is for our surgeries. The one thing they do is slant everything to the GBP and really is quite different than the sleeve. After I finished the 12 week class it a couple weeks for dr leport's office to call to set up and appointment ant then I wasn't able to get in for 6 weeks and the surgery was about 2 months after the last class.

It sounds like ur doc may have a bias for the GBS. Heeans well. Even with the sleeve U may have complications like the GBP. I hope ur able to stand firm and ask for what u want. Both the wls will help with losing weight.

Isn't it nice to have people who care about u with no judgements? Hang in there it will get easier.

The surgery scared the Cr** out of me too! I also had previous surgeries and wasn't even concerned. This one was different. Maybe because it's an elective surgery and not knowing causes us additional fears.

I'm glad that your going to check with your surgeon. It may just be a spasm but why take chances and the surgeon would be the one to determine what's going on. Please keep us updated as to what the surgeon tells you. Thinking of you!

Due to my weight gain, I had to put my ring in my jewelry box because i always told myself that I would loose the weight. Ha, I never did. Short story short, I have had rings fall off my finger in the weight loss process and I don't wear a wedding ring now. I will buy one as soon as I know that I'm at my goal weight. I remember we use to wrap yarn around the rings that were too big so they wouldn't fall off.

I don't really worry about fats. I eat a lot of nuts (increase in fats), butter when cooking, and olive oil. I have lost quite a lot of weight and am loving it. I do wonder about what it's doing to my body, but I'm taking in such small quantities that I rationalize it as being ok.

Leaveittosleeve: Losing 1 lb a week is awesome. We don't lose the same amount of weight each week, it varies. The only thing we can control is how health and nutritious is the food that we put in our mouths and how much exercise we get. If you don't make your challenge this time, you will next time. Good luck everyone on making your challenges! I know I'm not going to make my challenge and I'm happy with that today, but may not be tomorrow. No sweat, I got this!

TLP_VSG: Here is my experience with my referral for wls. Kaiser required that we lose 10% of our weight. I had a low BMI to begin with. Well I didn't lose the recommended amount of weight and I was referred to my bariatric doctor. I got there and because my BMI was under, the surgeon's office told me that I wasn't qualified for the surgery. I was like WTH? The only reason I got the surgery is because i have diabetes. If I would not have been persistent, I wouldn't be here right now sleeved. So I highly recommend checking with your surgeon to verify that.

I am so thankful that I have this support here. Thank you everyone for being here!

Isn't this amazing! Looking good!

You are going to be so skinny after the baby is born! That is totally amazing.

I started losing my hair month 3 post op and stopped losing it 7 months post op. I take biotin 10,000mcg and silica and boy is my hair really growing fast.

This is fantastic! Thanks for sharing. I will be 1 year in October and am curious as to how the years after will be. It's all about mindful eating habits.

WOW! This is totally amazing! Congrats! May I ask how much you have gained since being pregnant?

Walking is great for stress reduction

All surgeons have different beliefs and procedures that they follow. Who's to say which one is correct or not. Food is an addiction and some people go into the surgery as a cure for all, but it's not. It is only us that can make the decision in how much and what you put into your mouth. This is really hard to deal with if your not aware of how head hunger affects you. Some and most, require a psychiatric evaluation to assess for complications from a person's mental being. Yes this is confusing but if you trust your doc, then follow his plan and you will be fine. If you have any other questions, please feel free to ask.