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I put my fork down and fold my arms and chew and chew....1/2 way through I put my fork down and leave it there for a couple of minutes. I try to listen to my sleeve to see if it is doing okay with what I have already eaten..Sometimes I push the food away after that because I don't want anymore.....sometimes I eat a few bites more with the fork putting down thing and the arms folded thing..It works for me!

You make it sound like so much fun hun.......................Thanks for that encouragement...hehehehehe

I will hang in there..he is bigger then me and muscle bound.....Can't imagine ticking him off...lol And good for you by the way!!!!!!!!!! Knowing someone who likes exercise, well that's a first for me.......

awesome news!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Do you know my trainer....He is as mean as you are...LOL

My trainer specializes in people like me who have had surgeries and life changing things happen to them like coma's. so he is in tune with me..I just think I am not in tune with him....I don't like to sweat, or be sore and both are happening to me..And the workouts are getting harder and harder. He smiles I swear! All in a days work right!!!!!!!!!!!!

I do see a psychiatrist each time I go for an update appointment. Before all of this new life...I went to several for years trying to fix my problems that stemmed from my childhood....Very few of them were helpful... one or two made a change in me in red light moments but they were rare and far between. The last one I saw said that the rest was up to me to make the changes I needed from then on....Oh she was a gem...lol Anyway.. Thank you for all the kind words..But I have to tell you hun...no one is as good as all that! I also know where my family is coming from and that they do love me and want the best for me...but this is still a journey inside and outside for me and I want to experience it all. The good the bad and the ugly....i think I have seen all sides of this....But sometimes like everyone else I get a bit confused at what to do with the new me or what I need next.....Like everyone else I turn here for encouragement...... To be perfectly honest I feel better about myself then I have in soooooooooooooo many years..But I want to keep the feeling by fixing the things I find I still need to. Exercising is one of the fixes I need. what I did not know but know now is that to do that successful I have to up my complex carbs and Protein intake....I feel I eat enough and now I have to ingest more......Will do it though..Just wanted to know if anyone else had this issue too. I got a good answer from CBT as he has been through it.... Thanks again for your sweet comments toward me!

I think given your current situation, sooner is better than later for consult. What is it about July? Also I forgot to mention that my PS said the other thing they take into consideration is how much more weight you'll lose while recovering, because even though you are inactive, your metabolism triples to heal you so you will lose weight in addition to the skin and/or fat the surgeon removes. They like to have room for that to give you best results. My team is setting up an appointment for me to see the plastic surgeon when I go for my next appointment. That is why I said July

Well actually my daughter is a nurse and she works on a floor where most of the patients there suffer from weight related issues like bulimia, anorexia and other life threatening illnesses due to eating disorders...... So i do take her seriously kid...

No pool. He comes to me!

Thank you for your post...i am in the process of finding a surgeon. it is a good idea to let him decide where I need to be. I am supposed to see him before July....

The woman was wickedly angry at me.....But she let her have it both barrels..I did not even flinch..I am used to going slow since this all began......she just fumed all day after that.....

You should ask them now hun..Something tells me you are free as a bird in that department......

That is a wonderful NSV!!!!!!!!!!

I think they are thinking that if I keep eating the way I do I will continue to lose weight forever you know.....they know that I am going to have plastics and that will remove 20-25 lbs of skin...That is what they are concerned with....You know that I have been so sick through this and it seems that nothing ever gets completely fixed...So I struggle with stuff every day....They are trying to protect me...I know that..The other day in the supermarket a woman behind me lost it when I dropped a container of milk. I lost my grip on it because I have nerve damage from the intravenous needles they used when I was in a coma.... My daughter lost it and told her right off.....I asked her why, and she said she doesn't know you. She doesn't know why you dropped the milk. She doesn't know what you have been through. You weren't going to tell her off so I did....... she was mad all day about it.....It is like it is all still so close to the surface a year later. I am being smothered again......so hard to handle it when I am already working on so much now.... Just needed to vent a little!

Yes I am working out with a trainer and I did increase my caloric intake...I eat 1/2 a complex Protein Bar before he comes and 1/2 after. It seems to have made my blood sugar settle..... Can't eat peanut butter..allergic When you exercise you burn calories in the following 48 hours after you do the sets. that is what is worrying my family. That I am not taking in enough for the long haul..... I talked to my trainer today and he said that he understood where they are coming from and where I am coming from but that this is my journey......And he has already told me how much I need to increase in calories but they don't agree. They think it is not enough....... I need to settle down and do what I do and be who I am and hope they will see I am okay....

It isn't.....I expected someone to say that and then I would feel bad for talking about it.......oh well....I will find my way I guess right!

What a relief eh!!!!!!!!!!!

Saucy thing you..lol I would say to up the calories and bla, bla, bla..But I am not at goal yet!!!!!!!! I try to eat healthy 99% of the time...I think that's why I keep losing. But to do this next step seems unreal. Esp. when I look down and see this spare tire around my middle you know.....

What do I think about it?....Confused a lot! One min. your grossly obese the next people are telling you to stop it right now.... I know they love me they have been with me throughout the entire experience. Crying with me, laughing with me, encouraging me and even studying the sleeve themselves..... But I feel a few more lbs would not hurt and the team seemed to be good with it too... But that was until I lost some more weight. Don't know what they would think now..now that 7 more are gone.......Maybe they thought I would even out too and stop. I don't know.....Oh well...seems to be the topic of all the conversations in our home and on the phone with those two....dang it all!

I have been eating a complex carb bar 1/2 before workout 1/2 after...But no one thinks that is enough calories..It is full of nuts and fruit and it seems to be helping the low blood sugar attacks..... My team said they would be happy if I stopped now but gave me the go ahead to loss 5-15 more.....OI would like to be 150-170..Not there yet. My daughter who is a nurse thinks that I have that covered when I have plastics....This is by far the hardest thing I have ever done....so confusing at times and it is hard to get my head around it all..you know!

The first time I was weighed at pre-assessment. I came out and told my husband. If I was going to get all his support I felt I had to be honest from the get go. Not only have I gone through this trip or life changing journey but he has too. right along side me............I have now lost 1/2 my body weight.......He pointed that out to me last night....I was once double the weight I am now....I can't believe it....I really can't.....And he shared that with me and we smiled about it!!!!!!!!!!

excellent.....wonderful!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes!!!!!!!!!! Wonderful NSV!