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Try biotin toothpaste it keeps your mouth moisten and you teeth clean.

Becklynne congrsts on your choice to be healthy keep us posted .

ChefKelly your looking keep up the excellent work and congrats on your choice to be healthy, many of us can relate to your story and thanks for sharing and keep us posted .

Lexie congrats on your date and your pending surgery .

Wow congrats sounds like your doing great remember to walk every chance you get and congrats .

Your weight lost is an improvement, you did not gain the weight overnight and it will not drop off over night, stay focus continue to drink water and your protein and exercise the weight will come off .

Congrats and good luck we are keeping your seat warm on the losers bench.

Hi I agree with the above statements as long as your getting in your Protein, drinking Water and exercising the weight will come off, your body needs the protein to heal and the water to ensure that you do not get dehydrated. Just remember to listen to your doctors and the weight will began to come off, please remember that you did not gain the weight overnight and it will not come off over night, stay focus and remember to exercise. And also remember that just because the scale is not moving does not mean that you are not loosing weight. Congrats on your choice to be healthy and welcome to the losers bench.

Great job keep up the great work and thanks for sharing.

Congrats your doing great and once you begin adding exercise the weight will continue to cone off .

Hi this site has wonderful plans and amounts regarding surgery in Mexico please check them out, I do not feel there is no price or debt that is not worth me being healthy your debt will triple if you do nothing and continue to be overweight results in huge hospital, doctors, and medicine bills that is associated with obesity such as diabetics, high blood pressure, high chloysterial , heart attack, kidney failure etc you have made the choice yo be healthy now go for it you deserve it .

Congrats your almost there keep us posted.

Shell425 lol I just took two weeks vacation , I had surgery on Monday was release Tuesday and went back to work 14 days later after my first 2 week check up . My coworkers already knew that I was exercising and changing my way of eating so they just think it's from hard work with exercising and eating healthy , because as you said it is none of their business .

KarenF1972 if you have any questions please feel free to contact me I am 3 months post opt as of today .

KarenF1972 make sure you let Wanda know right away because I had to changed my vacation due to scheduling and given the wrong date. Wanda is the only one who can give you the correct date. My stay at the hospital was A1 my husband stayed the night with me every night , Dr.Carlin team Aka the purple team was fantastic. Dr. Carlin took excellent care of me and himself and entire team was great . His surgery procedure is Awsume too , you can barely see my incision . I went into the hospital on. A Monday and was release that Wednesday make sure you get all of your meds filled there before you leave . I do go to the support groups with Sally but I attend those sessions in Macomb. .

KarenF1972 your going to Loooooooove Dr.Carlin he is so Awsume have you got a date yet? I see him again in two weeks for my 3 month check up.

Just stay focus and take one day at a time, it's great that IOU are an excellent candidate and your team is supportive .This time will fly by before you know it you will be post opt. Congrats on your choice being healthy.

It has been my arm curls and aqua aerobics class.

Hi I went off all my diabetic insulin and meds before I left the hospital as well and my sugar has been great and in re admission , I also went off of all blood pressure medications and my high chloysterial meds . I'm sure you will be off of them soon .

Hi it will be 3 months for me on the 19 of this month but I am down 61 pounds.

I have not told anyone because it is none of their business only my family know and everyone else knows that I have been exercising and eating healthy now since last August. I do not need all of the added stress or negativity fro anyone because as we all know we are or worst critics . Congrats to everyone for being healthy an making the choice to be healthy because we all know it was no easy task to make this decision .

Dawnakers you are so right getting in your protein is so very important and as I have learned and repeat over and over again protein is always first when you eat anything.

Mv slaw you got this having cold feet is normal , fear of the unknown is normal but let me tell you the surgery is sooooooo worth the wait when you see how much energy you have, you bring taken off medications, your weight begin to drop down then you will see how truly beautiful and healthy you can be . You will begin smiling more, have a better positive look on life, you will get out more and try things you never thought you could do. Your food buds will changed and you will see things you use to love to eat you no longer want and you will be fine with that because you are eating healthier . Good luck my friend .

You all look great and I can relate everyone is calling me skinny lady and I don't see what they see but after looking at a before picture and now I see my face is getting smaller and my legs, I am only almost 3 months post opt and just started a gym membership, I'm focusing in one day at a time , and I'm hoping to hit my goal by my 1 year anniversary .

Hi I totally agree with your statement because you are yes to brung you and seeing you, I am almost 3 months post opt and I can tell you although it's strange and seems foreign you got this, I focus on one day at a time, I have my coworkers calling me skinny lady at work but I look in the mirror and see the same me . The changing point for me is when I did a comparison photo I could not believe the changes everyone else was seeing until I recognize the person in the photo was me. I have started a la fitness class and I am now doing aqua aerobics twice a week and I am even wearing a swimsuit. Which I would have never done. I am learning to take baby steps since this is all new to me but I can tell you I would do the surgery all over again, I find myself smiling more , being more active, and feeling good about myself as a person. In regards to clothes believe it it not I go to the Salvation Army and try on different clothes because it is cost effective and I don't have to spend a lot of money for clothes that I am growing out of. . This forum has been my lifeline we all know what we are all going through you are among friends . Welcome and congrats on being healthy my friend . Keep us posted and feel free to add me as a friend we are all here for one another .