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Wonderful NSV.

Three months Out 58 pounds gone. Not exercising as I should, will be working on that.

I'm almost 60 pounds down myself and I to still see the fat person. I still see her in the mirror and it when pictures are taken everyone around me keeps telling me I look good but I know I'm still 40 pounds overweight and all I see is 40 huge pounds.

Reached my Labor Day goal. 184. Shooting for 180 now.

Wow. Great job. Nice to hear from someone who is maintained so well thank you for sharing.

What an accomplishment. You must feel great.

Yahoo!

My highest weight is 242 sleeve weight was 226. my current weight is 185. I am 5 foot three, well almost. And 44 years old. I was sleeved May 7 of this year. I had a two-week very strict preop diet. I have not been the best exerciser I walk every day and I do the elliptical for 30 minutes.

My mother gave me a beautiful Diamond ring of hers for my 40th birthday four years ago. I kept meaning to get it sized but never did. Last night I was going to my safe looking for some papers and I saw the box I took a pretty ring out of the box and put it right on my finger it fits!

185. So close to my Labor Day goal of 184. I can feel it happening. Good losing everyone.

I am trying desperately not to buy too many new clothes. And I'm very lucky in that my mother lives in the same town I do and while she didn't have the surgery because she is not large enough to have the surgery she is eating smaller portions and eating what I eat when we eat together. And the good thing about that is that she has lost weight so I have been shopping in her closet as she gets too small for her clothes I get them. I started out in a size 18 pants maybe even a size 20, now I am wearing her old size 14 and a few of her 12's. I did have to buy some new swimsuits for my aquarobics class because my old swimsuit was one of those of the skirt on it and if you've ever try to do aquarobics with the skirt on you know what I'm talking about. I also had to buy new undies because my old ones who way too big. I'm trying to hold off on the new bras because browser so expensive. As for my old clothes all those size 18 pant and size 2X and 3x tops those are all either at a consignment shop are being donated to the friends in garage sale.

Okay so today I went to Dillards because they're having a sale on bathing suits 65% off. For the first time my life I wasn't scared to death of the bathing suits. I still am a little scared but not scared to death. So I tried on a number of seats and even with bathing suits you have to try them on and you have to try on every size imaginable I bought two bathing suits one a size 12 and one a size 16 go figure.

I will admit to you all that I am one they got very very little postop instructions were very specific for the first four weeks and then after that I was told and I'm quoting here from the paper in front of me have a protein shake under 250 cal for breakfast have no more than 3 ounces of protein no more than half a cup of carbohydrate for lunch and do the same thing for dinner. Do not snack do not drink water for one hour before a one hour after you eat. And that's what it said then go out and have a good life I guess. It's a good thing that part of my training as an instructor is to teach nutrition because at least I know the difference between a good carbs and a bad carb and I'm not going out and eating 3 ounces of bacon and half a cup of mashed potatoes gravy on it. But according to my doctors instructions that's just what I could do because that's all the instructions I got so what do you say about that? So I wake up every day and I think the Lord for BariatricPal because I know that I can find the answers here if I have questions now I'm never going to ask you guys it's okay that my 3 ounces of protein is all bacon because I'm not an idiot I know that that's not right. But I am going to ask you questions like what's the deal about drinking straws how come I'm not allowed to drink with a straw some people say it makes you burp it doesn't make me burp is it going to stretch my stomach? I don't know, so I do research part of the research is asking questions I don't have all the answers you don't have all the answers. But together we can answer enough questions. I do agree with you in that answering stupid questions gets really really old. And I have found in my short little time here that people really do want a way out, they do really want to "cheat". Until I get my food addiction under control, I've had to convince myself that bread, potatoes, pasta and rice will absolutely kill me. I've put this image in my mind that my little tummy will explode if any of those items hit it. So I stayed away from those nasty things. Doesn't mean I don't want them, but if I can keep fooling my mind thinking that they're going to kill me then I will. and you know what all honesty if I continued to eat bread and pasta and potatoes and rice and sugar it would've killed me so it's really not that far stretch. Good luck to everybody.

189.7. Yahoo! Going down again.

I am so sorry that that happened to you. That was one of my triggers to have the surgery done to I was walking my dogs and two little boys were bouncing on the trampoline in the backyard and they were chanting there is a fatty there is a fatty I think it's true I think kids learn cruelty from their parents I hope my son never learns to be cruel from me. I will live as an example to see the love, good, fact that we are all Gods children.

I hope these come in. I was sleeved on May 7 so far 53 pounds gone. I was actually called a skinny mini today I know it was meant in jest but I didn't really think I saw that much of a difference told we took this last picture

Is so much fun to watch your transformation. You are such a beautiful lady it's nice to see your smile get bigger and bigger. I am so happy for you!

I am so happy for you. I wish you the swiftest of recoveries.

You look truly fantastic. I think you're beautiful and all your pictures but wow the progress you have made. Congratulations on getting to goal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I know that this site has been my saving grace. No one else in my life understands like those of you going through it too. Bless you all.

Good luck with everything!

Interesting thread. Mine is Shine by Karen Drucker. I want to shine!!!

I cannot say what will happen with the next 50 lbs but this 1st 50 lbs has shown me that it does get smaller down there and I have not noticed wrinkling or sagging yet. I hope some one who has lost more can share.

Food food everywhere. My first month I hated watching TV because all thatbwas on was food or people eating.

No change 192. Come on!!!