No game

Oh sweet youth....

Great job! At that pace you will be there in no time!

You ate to fast or to much..

Maybe but I also love my slug status too!

Pushy much? You know I was so happy how easy it was! But now a couple of hours later I'm exhausted Damn I'm getting old! But it's better than old and morbidly obese, right?

Around 5 months is when I started enjoying water again and I'm able to drink it pretty freely

This is not an easy stage for most of us! Water is a little hard to drink for a lot of us in the first couple of months it becomes uncomfortable and sits heavy.. Have you tried it with a Water Enhancer like mio or crystal light? It breaks the water tension and makes it a bit easier to get down.. And in the beginning getting your fluids and Protein in feels like a full time job, because it is

Yeah Amy we are lucky and live with the mountains and the beach within minutes It does make it nicer to exercise! You know that's the thing when I think of exercise I think of the gym.. And really I hate it! But things like today? It's different it's beautiful and I truly feel like I'm happy and making progress in my health and weight.

He is. You know he didn't want me to have this surgery at first... But now he's so happy because we are getting our life back and he sees how happy I am! I have to say, I didn't think I could do this, lose weight again. I'm almost 47 and the last few years I've felt my life slipping away from me. I was on high blood pressure meds and every time I climbed our stairs at home I knew my time was getting near (out of breath, heart palpations) Now I run up those damn stairs. I am blessed, I really am, I've gotten an opportunity to live longer AND enjoy it. Wow after reading this I should exercise more! It really made me happy

I'm inspired by this post and your determination! You will do it! I know you will

Haha! It figures you would notice that! And no, I wasn't the piggy that did that my 17 year old skinny daughter did

I just don't get it Amy! But on that note my husband wants me to go on a five mile hike with him this morning... So I am off and I will let you know if I liked it. Correction! He wants to do 10 miles I want only five! Well see who whines louder when we get there!

It didn't really start to show for me until I lost 30 pounds. Starting weight 235

Ok this is from member maharet111 I always like her answer so I copy and paste it to these questions. Okay a little science here as told to me by my surgeon. Water has a high surface tension, meaning that its barrier to allow it to be broken down is hard. Think of a steel paper clip that floats on the surface. Now your stomach is like the size of a coffee stirrer at this point due to swelling etc. because of the high surface tension it is hard sometimes for the water to be absorbed and gets kind of backed up if that makes sense. So when you dilute water or mix it with something if breaks that high tension and thus can be absorbed faster. Not everyone experiences it but it is one of those side effects that can happen.

It's not just you.. The sleeve doesn't jump out and slap that crappy food out of our hands! We have to choose what we want to eat. When I eat slider foods (junk food) I am able to eat more and it more comfortable than eating dense Protein... Choices, they are still ours to make. On that note my daughters birthday was this week and I had a small piece of cake

HA! I told my daughter that I forgot to order her cake at the bakery' date=' but I got lucky and they had a cake someone never picked up.. She fell for it:p

Glad your doing well girly

I just left it at the "top" boxed checked for formula.. Ok I gotta go I think I need to eat some more tonight where's the cake! (Just kidding)

http://iifym.com/iifym-calculator/ Ok how am I supposed to eat 172 grams of Protein a day???