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SW 240 Day of Surgery 233 Almost 9 months post op 160.

I am 31. 5'5 ish and I want to be size 8 or 150. Whatever happens first. I might go down to 145 just to give me some wiggle room.

You look great. Careful by next month it might be too big. I cried the first time I shopped at Target, American Eagle and Gap aka normal sizes. Keep on going you are doing great

JCpenney carries some. http://www.jcpenney....ed%20navigation Also check barenecessities. All my friends with big big boobs shop from there : http://www.barenecessities.com/34H-Bras_catalog_nxs,31,size,947.htm

I found these amazing bras at Jcpenney called Ambrielles. Its like wearing nothing and with amazing support. They are cheap too $19 or there is sales buy 2 get one free. I went from a 44D and those got too big than I got about 3 Ambrielles in a 42D and a couple of sports bras from walmart for $8 each. Now I am down to a 38DD or 40D. I just bought 3 more and a couple more sports bra so it hasn't been that expensive.

Down to 175. Only 25 more until goal. Its going so slow this last leg!!!

I was a huge diet coke addict. I tried at 4wks and couldn't do it. I am 5 months post op and still can't drink soda or anything with carbonation. Just depends on the person.

I am 5'4. I am the shortest of everyone I know. I started at 233 size 22-24 and I am currently size 12. I started at 44D and now I am at 38DD. That freaked me out. I went up in cup, than people had to explain to me that sometimes you go down in band up in cup. But yeah its been coming off pretty much everywhere. First my face. That was the biggest change, than I noticed in my arms and finally got shoulder blades before I even noticed hip bones. So now everything has kind of caught up and is more balanced.

For me the choice was easy. Dr Almanza never lost a patient, have over 1200 of these under his belt, I had no other issues and at 4500 it's what I could afford it. I couldn't be happier with my experience. Good luck.

Did anyone have any issues loosing the last 25?? I been averaging 9-10lbs a month and now this past month I only lost 4lbs. Haven't done anything different, in fact I have increased my exercise. I heard some people say the last 5 is hard, but the last 25?? Just wondering if the last bit was hard for anyone. Thank you

Protein shot, ice coffee, Protein Bar, ham with mac and cheese quinoa Protein shake 4 babybel cheese o.O 12 special K chips and i finally found a Water I like. Nestle pure life orange flavor. I have had about 5 bottles today.

Oh thank you for that Mina. Sometimes I feel like the only one on this battle. Everyone is just happy go lucky having an awesome time without having any bad emotions or feelings about it. Its been a huge challenge to find the right emotional balance and I do feel alone. So I really appreciate you saying that.

I am sorry if that came across as depressing or I don't own it. Trust me I do and I would do it again a thousand times over, but there are downsides to it. Maybe small ones but there are. I don't know if because of my weight I was depressed for so long and the transition was difficult and maybe no one else feels this way, but to say its been easy about everything?? No it hasn't. It's a very difficult transition your whole life changes, and no one really talks about it. Its just like explaining to someone who doesn't have kids how their life will change. You can't. Its just one of those things that they have to live it, so if for all of you guys it has been amazing and easy breezy, congratulations, but for me it hasn't. There is a downside to it, And yes maybe I was stupid but I really thought after all this work I would look good in a 2 piece and that is not the case. I F*88 care like you nicely put. I want a nice body because I worked hard for it. Oh and don't worry I wont sabotage anything, I would do it all again in a heartbeat and like I said the pros outweighs the cons by thousands but to say there is no change and its a bit difficult to deal with is just not true and that is what everyone and what I read about before I had this surgery said. ETA: and I agree its irritating how much better people will treat you now that you are skinny. Guys will open doors and strike up conversations. Its all very shallow bc I can bet my life on it, at 240 lbs they wouldn't even think twice about opening a door for me.

Everyone thinks everything will be amazing and more than likely it will. But there is a downside that no one really talks about it, that I wish I knew about it before I started on this Quest. Some little/big shocks that I got along the way and just want to pass it on : http://theinsanerealityofmylife.blogspot.com/ Like I said though, don't let this discourage you, the pros still outweighs the cons by a million, but its good to know so that maybe you won't be as shocked as I was.