PreciousCargo

Since my weight loss my knees have stopped hurting but the pain in my heel has started again, it is unbearable to exercise. Any recommendations that can help this pain without seeing a doctor or an exercise that I can tolerate?

I am glad to see you well again. I remember the terrible time you had when you discovered your leak. You are a strong woman. Great job successfully losing your weight. Good luck with your continuing journey.

My 6 months post op pictures. I cant believe it is really me in those pictures. I would like to lose about fifty more pounds. My skin is not shrinking back very well.

I love chobani, I have tried others and there is no comparsion.

It is pretty nasty, I have tried it. I personally like the Unjury Chicken flavor protein mix. I dont like any other protein mixes, it still makes me ill drinking them.

I would like to weigh 145 pounds, have a perfect flat tummy with perky breasts, round ass and hair flowing down my back. I want to be walking down the beach with a new love in daisy duke shorts with a tank top on while my ex-husband (who bought me a pig once and made some oinking noises telling me that I reminded him of a their species) is standing with his latest bimbo longing to be with me again. Actually, he did me a favor by cheating on me so maybe I dont want him wanting me again.

Bread, pasta, rice, any sugary foods, fried foods make me vomit or feel terrible for hours like I want to vomit.

I miss soda and french fries. However, they are pretty nasty tasting now.

I am six months post op and will be happy to help you in any way.

When people ask me how I have lost so much weight I do share that I have had weight loss surgery. I am not ashamed and I am pround of my accomplishments. However, you do get a few snide remarks such as "oh you took the easy way out". I dont consider this any easier than losing weight by counting calories, etc. The surgery was hard, and eating still can be difficult. It is a matter of what you feel comfortable sharing.

There was a girl at work who had the lap band surgery the same time I had my surgery. The other day I was speaking to her about the success of her operation. I dont see much of a change in her. She said she wasnt losing the weight she wanted to and started resorting to taking diet pills. I was astonished, why have the surgery if you are going back to the same lifestyle as before. I believe that we become relaxed in our dietary consumptions and fell back into the same trap. For several weeks I found myself eating fat free sugar free fudge popsicles constantly. I didnt gain any weight but I had to ask myself, why? I had to rethink and reevaluate my eating habits. I dont want to gain the weight I have lost. I feel wonderful but I can see how it is easy to fall back into that trap. It will be a struggle, we are food addicts and we need to focus on what makes us want to eat and how we can redirect our atttention to other outlets.

Now at six months post op I can drink water without difficulty, however I still have days that it maynt agree with me. My NUT told me eat sugar free popsicles when I was having difficulty. One popsicles equals two ounces of water and they are pleasant to eat. Good Luck

You look awesome, great job.

4 pd weight loss this week, which equals 91 pounds down, 40 pds to go...I can't wait to see 199 again after twenty years...

I had ALOT of hair loss starting at 3 months post op but I started using biotin, nioxin and doo goo and it is slowing down. There is no way I am cutting my hair, I only trim it occasionally, however I have had to decrease the coloring.

Eating bread makes me feel horrible, so I can imagine how you feel. It is a new hour and old habits sometimes come back to haunt us. However, you are doing great on your weight loss keep it up.

The sugar free ice tea packets we add to our water, do the contain caffeine? I know we are not suppose to be drinking caffeine, not sure why, but do you think they are safe to use? I have been with no complications but I want to check.

Silly question... When you hit your target weight how do you maintain it? Is it eating more calories, higher fat content in food, etc? It seems now when I eat more I lose weight, go figure. There are some days I can eat more than say the day before when I can barely get down a couple of bites. Also, how do I figure what is a good weight to maintain? The doctor's office said 195 is my goal weight, I would still be considered overweight. However, it might be an ideal weight for me.