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Tea tree oil works on all my skin issues including rashes, skin infections, and such.

Good for you, if that is your goal but size 0 is scarey to me. Why? because it is way below my goal of 159 which is a size 4 for me...To me a size 0 is my daughter who looks too thin and unhealthy. You look good in your photos but just the 0 size scares me personally.

Good luck, I think you are more confident and know what you want in a man and what is best for you...

Shrimps and chicken

No way, I was obese and unhealthy at 35% BMI. I am now anemic because of this surgery but I don't regret it. I am much happy and healthier at my current BMI of 27% even with anemia.

As a new size 4 "what might be called skinny" I think she is just a "BULLY"remember, there are old workplace bullies like there are young bullies in elementary school and high school. I would never ever say something like that to someone else. She just wants to be validated and feel powerful by being mean and nasty. I feel sorry for her, just smile at your bully and say a prayer for her also.

Yes, but it will get better. Your tummy is still healing at 6 weeks. At this time you should be drinking most of your calories (protien shakes)and eating very soft foods like soups and wendy's chili (my lifesaver).

For me at 47 I feel absolutly fabulous. I realize that I will not look like I did when I was 20 or 25 and that is OK because I am closer to 50 than 20. I appreciate every wrinkle and don't care when the others come along. To me they are a sign of wisdom and growth, I wouldn't change my age for anything.

You just quit, to hell with it I will get my protien some other way...

Great advice aroundhky, you are on point and no need for me to add anything else..

First of all, I looked all the posts and I want to add that it all depends on genetics and how long you have been fat. If you have been fat for a long time then your skin will be stretched to excess and won't have the ability to stretch back to normal when you lose the weight. I started at 250 and now at 178 and a size 5, no loose skin at all. However, I workout everyday and I lift wts for muscle tone. I too didn't want any sagging skin so I lift wts. like a mad woman. Good luck to you.

Exercise and wt. lifting.

I thought I was but my body got to 180 and refused to budge any lower. I had to fight and workout like a madwoman at 180 to get to 175 and I am fighting with all my might to get to 170. Just sayin that your body knows when to stop losing wt and has a set wt. that it prefers.

UMMM don't want to be Debbie Downer but you will lose hair from 3 to 7 months out. It stops at around 8 to 9 months out. You can take your multi, biotin, protien etc but you will still lose hair. I took this as an opportunity to love myself bald and all. I wish you good luck on this journey and I would rather be healthy and hot with no hair than fat and unhealthy with hait, but that's just me.

My quesiton is does he do this often, shut down when he dosen't like the conversation. I would recommend staying firm and letting him know that you don't want to die either. You are doing as a last measure because you have tried everything with no success. Then show him before and after pictures along with stats good and bad about the sleeve. It sounds like he needs to be educated about the process because sometimes a lack of knowledge makes us act in strange ways. Good luck to you.

Sleeve Convert you are so correct, I agree 100%. My life and health is so much better with the sleeve.

I know how you feel, I have a beautiful leather jacket in the back seat of my car waiting to be given away. I want to give it to the good will and I want to try to sell it at a cosignment shop. Honestly, I think goodwill will win because I don't want to bother.

Look forward to just being sexy and confident in your own skin. There is nothing better than being naked (taking photos) with some sexy thong/underware on posing in front of your husband. I love my new body and so does my hubby. Honestly, I love my sleeve and my surgeon for performing this miracle.

At 215 and 33 years old, I think you will be OK. Why because you have not been heavy for that long and your skin has not stretched for a long amount of time. I am 46 years old started at 250 and have 0 excess skin. As a matter of fact I am starting to see my 6 packab muscle. I recommend for you to exercise, watch what you eat and you will be just fine.

I think group exercise classes like Zumba and body pump helps. Why because it feels like you are not working out especially with Zumba. When my zumba class hour is done, I feel like I haven't even worked out.

I don't want to be judged, bottom line. I told my husband and a friend who is a neighbor. Maybe later I will tell others till then, I am ok with keeping my medical issue to myself.

I am 46 years old, work out every day and have 0, I say again, no loose skin issues. I think it is because I workout and lift wts. I am a gym rat and did not want to have skin issues so I work out religiously. I have lost 70 lbs so far with absolutely no skin issues. Keeping fingers crossed.

BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO BE JUDGED!!! Someday soon you will say, you know what, I don't care what anyone thinks about me. I am proud to show my face and tell about my decision to get healthy with the GS surgery. Good luck to you and hope to see your photo soon.

Oh boy, this means that to lose weight you will have to diet alone or use diet and exercise. When dieting alone you will have to restrict your calories and be very disciplined. If you add exercise along with diet then you will lose wt. faster. I for one can't, I say again, I can not lose wt. with diet alone. I need to exercise also. Why, because I like to eat and have to eat ever 4 to five hours. I need to eat for energy. So if you know that you don't like to or won't exercise then you have to make the decision that you will restrict your calories or won't eat that much. You need to make that decision for yourself, I know that I had to embrace the gym and make working out my new best friend and way of live. Remember the old motto, calories in-calories out that is how we lose and maintain wt.

At first I didn't want to respond to this thread because I think that creams, potions, etc. do not help with skin sagging, moisturizing yes but tightening no. The only way to tighten skin (My opinion) is weight lifting and exercise. All other fixes are only short term. Good luck to you either way and if it makes you feel better or you think it is working for you then it works.