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i made it! i finally made it to "onederland"!!!! I am so excited!!! It has been over 25 years since i have weighted under 200 pounds! oh man the feeling of joy i had when i stepped on that scale this weekend was just amazing!!

thanks y'all!!

you are doing great!!! and you will get there!

cw: 199

i am at 9 months out and just hit my first stall too but the scale finally moved this morning!! I hope that means the wait is over - i have been stalled out for over 3 weeks now and it was kinda bumming me out but my clothes were still getting baggy so i guess i was still losing inches - it is crazy how this all works!! but i hope i am out of this stall and i hope you don't stay in yours long either!

i can tell you that any amount of money is worth it. at least in my eyes it is. i feel better than i have in over 25 years. i wish i could have done this sooner. i understand being hungry. i cried the first 3 days of my week long liquid diet. literally cried. and i wont say that i didn't cheat - milkshakes are still liquid - but just not the liquid that i was meant to have - but i know that you can do this - if you want it. i wanted it worse than anything i have ever wanted before and i made it through that week - with just a few bumps - and i doubted my decision - but in the end it was the best thing ever... to this day - 9 months later - i would do it again in a heartbeat. YOU CAN DO IT!!!!!! (i can hear Eye of the Tiger right now can you??) bom - bom -bombombomb - bombommmmmmmm - it's the eye of the tiger.....

i am so sorry for the loss of your mum. that is the hardest thing ever. my heart breaks for you. i'll be thinking of you in the days to come.

the only things that i count on the daily are my water intake and my protein intake - becasue they are both so very impotant - if you don't drink enough water you will not lose very well and if you don't get your protein in you will have more problems than just being hungry - you will have hair loss and memory issues and trouble regulating body heat and your skin will be really dry and itchy all the time and the list goes on and on and on...when your protein level is low it gets serious. I don't count calories or carbs or any of that mess but i do get 64 oz+ a day of water and i get 80-100 of protein a day or as close as i can each day. The restriction is your tummy telling you that it is full - i measure my portions and usually i can get most of my 1/4 cup portion in before i hit my full point - not always - but for the most part. Good luck to you on your new life!

i know i am a week or so late to the ball - but can i join in on the challenge? SW - 201 Goal - 190 this will be a first time challenge for me!!

just going off what my surgeon told me to consume daily - 80-100 grams of protein a day. That is with working out and trying to keep my hair from falling out and all that good stuff. So - hope that helps!

well i am going to jump in on this one....my surgeon told me that i could stretch mine back out -- buuuuttttt.....(that is a biig but there - almost as big as mine) that it would take me longer than i have years left to live to do it. He said that i could eat around it and get fat again...but that in order for me to get fat again from stretching it back out that it would take a verry long time and as long as i follow my plan i should be good. (i am 43 by the way) so...that being said...i feel pretty good about my little monster...(what i call my tum since it makes some of the most horrible noises ever nowadays - and at some of the most embarassing moments)

I have 6 small pounds to go until i hit the fabulous "onederland"....a place i have been trying to get to for over 25 years. I weighed 155 when i got pregnant at 18 with my first child - and i have never seen the scale hit under 200 since then. I am excited, anxious and a bit overwhelmed by all of this. Just 8 short months ago I weighed 326 pounds and never thought this would come off so fast. I hoped it would - my doctor told me it would, but after a lifetime of failed weight loss attempts i guess i never really, truly believed it would - I don't think...until now...and those 6 little pounds are KILLING me...they are teasing me....tormenting me. I have been on the scales every day for the last week and i have to stop - i think i will put the scales in the top of the closet until Wednesday or Friday and then weigh in and see how close i am - anyone else have these inner struggles the closer you got to onederland? I know i am driving myself crazy with the scales but it is an addiction at this point....

congrats!!! that has got to be exciting!!

yummy!! that is one of my favorite desserts!!! I am goingt o try this!

i really don't know what i will do when i hit onderland. Maybe go to Six Flags! I used to reward myself with food - you know do something good so let's go out to eat and celebrate? yeah - i don't do that anymore...lol...so maybe something fun!! especially now that i can ride the rides again!! OMG i just realized that i will be able to ride the feaking rides AGAIN!! Holy hell. lmao!!!! hahahahaha! what a great day!

Thank y'all! i am putting the scales away - i am not going to weigh again until Friday and see if i am closer to my short term goal by then. Maybe ...just maybe! It is so nice to have some support!

yes! Cigs are by far the hardest thing i have ever given up. Don't get me wrong...they are the best thing i have ever given up as well...but you know back in my younger days i will admit i used drugs (the illegal kind)(LOL) and it was easier to quit those than it was to stop smoking...true statement. Anyhooo...i kicked cigs and Dr. Pepper and i figured if i could do that i could handle WLS and all the changes and commitments that you make with that. So far...I'm right....

i really want to get rid of my CPAP too! I am going to wait until i hit my goal before i have my sleep study done to see if i am out of the woods tho. I am almost there so i am just trying to be patient....it is really hard - i have fallen asleep without the mask on a few times in the past month or so which for me is really saying something becasue i have always worn my mask since i got my machine - Vader is what i call mine - anyway i really want to get rid of Vader so i am kind of excited but kind of worried that even tho i've lost all this weight it will still be needed. I guess we will see!

I had it before i got sleeved so my surgeon checked me for a hiatal hernia during the pre-surgery phase and i had one -so i had a hernia repair done at the same time and it helped fix that problem. After i lost about 80 something pounds my gallbladder threw a stone and i had that removed in January and now i don't have it at all. I think the hernia repair is what really helped with my GERD tho. Good luck!

LOL!! this is so true! I still have a hard time not going to the plus sized section of a store - old habits die hard - i picked up a shirt the other day and it was a size 4x and i thought it was a pretty top - i started to put it in my buggy and my husband took it out of my hand and just looked at me like REALLY?! it took me a minute for it to sink in LOL! But it is a great feeling when it does...

i have to admit - i had the whole " i will never get to eat this again i am pigging out now" episode and ate like i was on death row for about a week before my week long liquid diet - you name it i was eating it!!! - LOL - it was strange i had made so many changes - gave up cokes - quit smoking - started exercising - and totally freaked out the week before my liquid diet - but i got back on track and made it through and i didn't give up anything in the long run - i have learned to eat in moderation - i can still have those foods - although to be honest they do not really appeal to me much these days - but if i want a bit of something sweet i can have a bite or two and am satisfied for a very long time before those craving hit me again. So - yes - i had a week long food funeral!! Just to find out it wasn't even neccesary! LOL!

LOL!!! that is great advice! thanks for letting me in on it! I am so tired of waxing my 'stache every other week! I think i'm taking more skin than hair at this point.

i have lost 1 1/2 sizes so far! It is exciting! i have never had small feet before!!!

i did tons of research before i had my surgery - i was going to have the band done but then changed my mind after much discussion with my surgeon. I know several people who have had success with the lapband but i have know lots of people who have had nothing but misery from the band - and lost nothing in the process - i decided i didn't want that misery. I had several close friends who had the sleeve done that had nothing but success with the sleeve and talked to some that had long term success with it and it helped me make my decision. I didn't want to have to go back and forth for fills and all that either so it was just a win-win for me.My SIL's both have had RNY and they have so many issues with vitamin deficiencies and the whole dumping issues that i just couldn't do it - for me this was just the best choice for me. Good luck to you in your decision.

i had my WLS in June 2014 and in January 2015 i had a large stone blocking my liver duct and had to have it removed and the next day they removed my gallbladder - they said it was possibly due to rapid weight loss - i am feeling so much better now! I didn't realize the issues that i was having were because of my gallbladder. I am glad it is out and i will never have that kind of pain again!