Dooter

Ooooohhhhhh nooooo.....It's NOT just you. I healed well, and I healed fast. I was hoping for a longer period of post-op swelling!! LOL NOpe. I get HUNGRY and I can hold more than I'm happy with, so I have to curb it at half a cup of food. If I don't measure, I'll just keep eating! I've been battling some cravings lately too. I think it's just a rough patch, hopefully normal in the grand scheme of the whole process.... It's not my acid reducers, it's not anything but the fact that i'm just hungry. I do need to gravitate to the protein items, as they DO satisfy better and longer, but sometimes my brain wants something naughty and carb-laden. MUST........RESIST!!! God help us.

WWWOOOOWWWWW ALSO!!!!! (btw, how does everyone do those little split pics??)

WOW WOW WOW!!!!!! VERY INSPIRING!!!! I soooo want a picture like that standing in one leg of my old pants!!!

NOPE!!! DOWN WITH GRANNY PANTIES!!!!! BURN, BABY BURNNNNNN!!! MUUAAAAHAHAHAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA!!!!!!!!! :lol:

CONGRATULATIONS!!!! ta daaaaaaa!!!!

Sounds good!!

Oooooooooo, baby!!!!

That's AWESOME!!! This may sound dorky, but I don't want you to have to beat the crap out of anyone.... make up a list of about 10 or 20 stock questions and when you don't know what to say, you ask questions. People LOVE to talk about themselves. You ask one question and you'll be nodding and shaking your head and saying "uh huh" for like....half an hour.... And they'll think you're like...the greatest guy they ever met! (OH-- and I finally lost a pound BELOW my bounced up weight. Yay!! I really need to kick my own butt. Turns out I was all swollen up from Aunt Flo visiting!! I've been in menopause for a couple years, so this was a shocker!)

My experience has been an absolute fairy tale!! No pain, no problems, no lack of energy, in fact I'm overflowing with it now!!! I can not complain about a moment of ANYthing. Most people don't post a lot of things about doing well, so you hear a lot of negative experiences. There's more of a chance that everything will go just fine for you than not. Really.

One of the guys that works at the Y asked me about my weightloss the other day, and asked me if I did it the "old fashioned way." I said YUP. Eat less and exercise more. Just like you people have been telling me for years. HAHAHAHAHA A lie of omission?? Maybe. His business? NO!! He's on a need to know basis.......and guess what......

People like that are ignorant, plain and simple. These people commenting (from what it seems) know next to nothing about gastric surgery of any kind OR people who have them done. They probably are, and have always been thin, and just like to criticize what they don't understand. DON'T let it get under your skin. They don't know how hard I work to drag my sorry @$$ to the gym 5 days a week and push myself til I feel like i'm going to fall of the elliptical, and they CERTAINLY don't know how hard it is to live on 800 calories a day, even WITH a banana-sized stomach. They will never know. Just.....chalk it up to foolishness and ignorance.....

HOLY COW!!! LOOK AT YOU!!!!!!! Where'd you go?!?!?

Would a picture of JUST the panties be ok?? I'm not posing in them!

I have 100 to go as of today!

COOL!!

Those are the little things that just keep letting you know how good you're doing!!! Love it!

GOOD JOB, EVERYONE!!

Awesome!!!!

Well, I'd have to lose a lot by morning, so i'm going to go ahead and throw in the towel on this challenge. I know I was shooting high so i'd make decent progress, so i can't complain about 16 lbs, huh? I did get into the wedding dress too, so i'm happy

CONGRATULATIONS!! You look awesome!!! Never feel like you're bragging. We all love pictures

HECK YA!!!!

OH, you're still pre op.....still.... you'll lose. LOTS!

Your body is still saying "WTH did you do to me????" There's a lot of adjusting going on in there that you can't see. No worries.