LipstickLady

You can make your own with Preparation H and saran wrap. Basically, it's a topical caffeine that will reduce the Water in the area you wrap. The effect lasts a few days unless you drink a shit-ton of water (as you should be) and then you will plump right back out.

I've had a Mirena IUD for 12 years. Love it.

Hahaha! I thought you were going to say your cootchie! My boobs and belly got so fluffy I didn't see mine for years.

Twenty months out here and freezing arse cold all the time. Brrrr......

I was "outpatient". I went in at 7am, surgery was at 9am, I was discharged at 10am the next day but wasn't released until 3pm. Something weird about insurance, yada, yada, yada...

Totally normal. No worries. If it wasn't, you wouldn't be able to buy things like this:

Yup. 14-21 times a week!

Nothing silly about that! WOOOHOOOOO!

How tall are you? What was your starting weight? How much did you lose pre-op? How many calories and how much Protein are you eating? Lots of relevant information. Are your measurements changing? Clothing sizes getting smaller?

"Oh! And I like bigger packages." With an full body glance, a crotch linger and a slow smile. Yes, I sure would say it.

Hugs, Lady. Big ones.

Good for you. I wish you luck.

If you don't feel you have food issues or food addictions, it's OK. It's my opinion that most of us who are/were morbidly obese do/did, but you know what they say about opinions...

Will you marry me? Or at least follow me around and tell me this every day? You tickled my warm fuzzy. This thread? http://www.bariatricpal.com/topic/322277-why-i-am-choosing-not-to-share-my-wls-with-the-world/

The scale never made me crazy even in my fattest days. It's my way of reminding myself to stay on track. When I don't weigh often, I gain. When I avoid the scale, it's because I am eating things I shouldn't and I don't want to see the results of my behavior. That's just me. It's how I'm wired. Now, I am gleeful every time I step on. I don't care if I am up a pound or three at the end of the day. I don't care if Monday shows a five pound increase from Friday. I know my body, I know my cycle and I know real gain vs. a number on the scale. I love seeing my new weight. If you are not like me, follow the advice above. It's good advice. Personally, the fit of my jeans is much more telling than the electronic scale. It's what the rest of the world sees, right?

Honestly? 14-21. HA!

I have a 60 pound lap dog. If she's not laying across one of her humans, she's not happy. I put a body pillow on me when I sat on our couch. She's not allowed upstairs so the bed was never an issue. It's really only a week or so that you need to worry. The biggest issue was walking her. I was always afraid she'd see a squirre and pull me hard. I didn't do any more than take here out back for a few weeks. Everyone else took her on walks.

Sure you will!! Come on in and chat a bit.

@@Alex Brecher. This is the LADIES ROOM. Unless you are wearing a skirt right now (no judgement), GET OUT.

Oh wait! Are we talking about fat sex? My husband wasn't complaining. He's not complaining about skinny sex either. Yup. I didn't have to have WLS to have sexy time. I've seen plenty of skinnies that look defeated, too.

Tell your doc that. Seriously. They had me so doped up before my brain surgery on anti anxiety meds, they could have removed my face for all I cared. I think I was singing the Scooby Doo song as they wheeled me in. I don't even like Scooby Doo.

I had the surgery before I got to the point of the woman you described. Before surgery I had no aches, pains, or problems. I could run, jump, do martial arts, really anything I wanted to except lose weight and keep it off. I decided to make the leap BEFORE my back started hurting, before I blew out a knee, before I wasted any more of my youth being FAT. I always snickered at those women who came into weight watchers meeting with only 10 pounds to lose. Why on earth did they need to be there? Boy, I sure wish I had done something about my weight before I had 50, 60, 100+ pounds to lose. I was definitely the dumb one there. I didn't die either.

Kickboxing, martial arts and zumba. And girl, I've got child bearing hips.

This is another great "argument" for logging your food. I don't do sugar free because I try to eat clean, but I know when I eat a cookie or a brownie, I have poop Soup the next day. Same if I eat heavy dairy. I can also see what makes me constipated. Pooping is a whole new science after WLS.