Ms skinniness

Ok it's time to get back on track.......No more grazing,, get back to protein, protein, protein, sip, sip, sip, and exericise! You can do this.... No going back to bad habits now! How was that?

Your hair is absolutely beautiful!

There are a lot more issues under the table that haven't been addressed yet.... It's not just you, it's usually a break down in communication and feelings that haven't been discussed. This is scary stuff......... Rock that body and enjoy what you have!

I see you as a beautiful model! You look fabulous.....

Awesome new pic! Love the three of you.......He is hot by the way, but you'll even hotter with your great big smile.....

A hot firefighter? Wow that's the best NSV yet! Is it time for a new pic?

I think your right. when i eat chicken or something really dense, I'm not so hungry.....today I have been grazing on horrible stuff, so I am going to make sure I have some good chicken, tuna, or nuts that will fill my tummy.

I have noticed that after dropping the majority of my weight, the wind could actually blow me over. I sometimes still lose balance and when I start to walk, my legs feel like they are attached to rubber bands. So I have been working on my core muscles to tighten them up. Interesting about how we have a habit with walking with our legs spread apart to accomandate for the excess fat we had on our thighs. LOL Now it's just plain fun being hot and sexy.........

Thank goodness that I have a nice warm body sitting on the BIG LOSER'S BENCH next to me! Welcome and Cheers to a quick recovery! Walk, walk, walk, and sip, sip, sip, when allowed too.......

I have struggled with my weight for years and intuitively knew that I needed to get a lap band surgery to help get my weight down. I seen my son gain weight as a young adult and knew that I needed to be a good role model for him. I did talk to my PCP at Kaiser and he told me my BMI was too low and prescribed diet pills. I hated the feeling of the diet pills and after 1 week, I would still get hungry. So I refused to take them and about 1 year later was talking with my PCP and asked him if he could provide follow up appointments after I went to Mexico for my surgery. He then was willing to diagnoses me with diabetes and that opened up the door for my surgery. However, and I'm so thankful, at the orientation I learned about the sleeve and that it was permanent. So I chose the sleeve. During the required options class,I also got an ephiany that I really didn't need to eat much food either. Now that was a big switch for me and I cut my meals into halves. I love my sleeve, I just hate my bounce up at times. now I am working on getting my exercise in because I still want to lose about 5 lbs. But otherwise, my BMI is really good.

Thank goodness they don't make twinkies anymore......HoHo's either....I'd be a real gonner than....LOL ' Ask yourself if you really want that carb or is it head hunger. Mine is pretty much head hunger so I try to avoid those carbs... For me, the best thing is to just plain out right not buy them.....Eat something that has protein. I usually eat nuts or a piece of fruit. then get busy and do something physical to get your mind off it.... Look how well you've done up till now, keep going, you are going to reap the benefits... You can do this....

I had pretty much gottin most of my protein in and I still lost 33% of my hair.... The good news is, it grows back. I take biotin and silica and my hair is growing like weeds..... Love it....

This is so scary for you......It does feel like that but it will get better when they isolate the problem and they will take you off tpn. It takes a while to find the problem but when they do, you will heal....Keep us informed to how your doing......sending healing energy your way.

It's so good to hear your doing really good. Especially good enough to go sweat your booty off! LOL Welcome back I've missed you!

their rationale is that we are eating very small portions that we are required to take supplements. They're afraid that we will deplete our vitamin reserve and it will affect our health......That's all I can think of, but I haven't heard directly any no's to donating blood......It would probably make me really tired and sleepy though.

An interesting thing happened to me yesterday that really shook me up. I was walking into Macy's yesterday and seen a reflection in the mirror of my daughter and me and at first I loved the body image I seen and then I noticed my face. I so totally freaked out because I looked or look like my grandmother....I was treated very poorly by this woman and I can't stand the loose skin on my face. I've been telling my DH that I want to get a face lift and he keeps telling me no, he likes the way I look. It makes him feel better about himself because he is 12 years older than I am. It makes me angry and I am telling him I'm going to do it anyways. the bottom line is, I hate the way my face looks........those past feelings and the reminder of my grandmother is so sad and depressing. I don't like this emotional baggage.

This is a life time journey and not a race. Each and every one of us are unique in our weight losses. It's pretty much a miracle that we have improved our lifestyles, health and eating habits. I have surpassed my surgeon's goal at weight loss, but I haven't reached my goal yet. I don't consider myself a slow loser by any means and my heart goes out to Coops who hasn't reached her surgeon's goal yet and I know how frustrating that is for her. I love how she is determined to make that goal and is making the appropriate changes to kick her weight loss into gear. She is my hero...... I am not at goal, but am working hard on eating healthy and small portion sizes. We will will struggle with our head hunger and our weight will fluctuate, especially when we are learning to deal with our head hunger. LOL But this is our learning curve and we still are determined to stick to it. Some give up and go back to his/her old eating habits because they don't have the ability to self discipline themselves and get a little more organization going. But they will eventually go back and let go of the lbs by going back to basics if they choose to. This is a new way of life, and yes, we can stretch our stomach out if we eat way too much. Maybe not to where it was before, but even a little makes a big difference. Cheri thank you so much for your postings, they have been so helpful to me. Most people on the site are so loving and caring that this is like a family to me...

So your surgery actually saved you from a lot of pain and suffering........ CONGRATS on your new tummy!

When eating chinese food out, you really don't know what they put in the food.....It has a lot of fat, sugar and salt. I had completely forgot about this and last night my daughter and I had Chinese food. This morning I woke up, weighed myself and have retained water...... Won't do that again...... No more Chinese food for me unless I make it myself and I know exactly what's in there.... I check all labels now on processed foods and 95% of them have added sugar and are loaded with salt....

I am so hungry at times and I'v started grazing......am working on not grazing and working on increasing my water intake also......I have lost 1 lb after refocusing myself and staying away from the sugars etc.....

I can't eat my tacos...... I don't even make them..... I know I will try and eat too many and be frustrated because I love them.... So sad....

O.T.R that's what B-days do to you..... Too much fun...... Glad to see you have enjoyed your birthday.... CONGRATS!

I am morphing into a Lotus Flower! They are so beautiful and inspirational symbolizing growth in so many different ways..... Yep that's us, flowering and freeing ourselves....

Everyone experiences this too...... When I look back, this was the part that helped me the most and it passed real quickly too.

I have some emotional baggage that I have worked in. An I have learned to or still am learning to forgive myself. It is a constant battle. My mother is a real # and wasn't there for me growing up. I have thought about talking to her about it but. She would play the victim role and go into a rage to side step the issue. So I choose to let her go. I had to learn how to nurture myself. Thank gad I have a loving husband and kids and his family. So fortune. Anyways I do totally understand letting go of toxic family members. Now we need to love ourselves.