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What??? It sounds like a stricture, have you ruled that out!

Cooooool!!!

Wonderful! You look so young and healthy!

I went through this. Bad!! I was watching a lot of tv which made it worse. What I did was take a few peices of food- I was craving random things like pickles and ham sandwiches, and I would chew it up and spit all of it out. Seriously. This really really helped me and after about another week the urge to do it passed as I lost my food addictions.

I just got on the horse and rode it out!!!!! Ugh. It lasted 5 months. And then stopped. it will end for you too

Excellent, excellent post!!!

Argh. You're probably right. I'm not sure if it's even up to me anyway. Its everything I can do to get in 1200-1500 calories a day as it is... Im still missing about .5 pounds a week. So most likely I'm going to slip down into the 115-120 range wether I want to or not regardless of what I do. I'm just hoping that by the time that happens, my calories will come up higher and I really will reach maintianence. I fully realize I am very thin and have reached my goal.

You're right of course Babbs. It's not healthy to push the limits on how thin one can get! Dropping BELOW the BMI chart lowest weight is no Bueno!! I myself, as I'm sure you know, am working on maintainence and letting go of wanting to continue to lose. But this isn't the discussion we are having. The OP isn't talking about not wanting to be at the low end of the BMI table. She's saying she doesn't want to be within the BMI table at all. She wants to weigh above the recommended weight for her height, to remain overweight by medical standards. Because she feels that even at the high end of the BMI table, people look like "twigs". She is saying she believes the BMI table to be wrong and to encourage extreme weightloss and a body type that is too skinny. I disagree with that, I believe the BMI table to be correct because it's founded in medical science and rooted in health. If the Op wants to remain medically overweight, even after this surgery- that's her decision. But I do not agree that the rest of the posters on here are misguided to want to fall into a healthy weight range based on the BMI table. The BMI table is an excellent guideline for our health and since our goal is health, beyond aesthetics, we should desire to fall within the range recommended to us.

"We are so appauled when girls are anorexic or bulimic, yet instead of encouraging good eating, healthy eating and good exercise, we still promote the STUPID BMI which turns us into twigs." The part that bothered me was this: equating being a twig with being anorexic or bulimic. And I just HAVE To disagree with you. The BMI, at the higher ranges for ones height, does not twig status make! At 145 for my height, I would not be a twig!! Far from it. I would, on the other hand, be healthy. I think the BMI serves it purpose of giving people a goal for health. It's been backed up by medical science and while there are exceptions (rare) we as weight loss patients got into this for our health and should abide by our doctors orders and strive to be within a healthy weight range, looks aside. Now, I'm not trying to be mean or unsupportive. I hear your feelings on the subject and I respect your wanting to look fuller figured than the BMI range would allow. Ultimately of course it's your decision for yourself. I don't think you were trying to be offensive- but I hope you can see how your tone in the post could hurt little twig me. "In our world today we put way too much emphasis on being a size and not enough on being a happy person." I just find this to be a difficult statement for this forum. After all, we are all here because we let our weight get out of control and that stole some if not all of our happiness! Most of us could not live healthy, happy, full lives with our weight out of hand. Being within a healthy weight range is part of achieving more happiness through our health. So yes- being a size matters. A healthy size! Within a range our doctors recommend.

You should be proud of the hard work you have done, especially because losing so can be so frustrating!!! I've seen your photos and you look fantastic.

Stay away from that stuff!! It's addictive and it gives you the munchies. And it stops being as effective quickly and then you need more. ????????

I never really did. Just kept losing.

Me tooooooo. Ugh. It's aweful. I took laxatives the other night, omg don't do that. Hurt so bad. Stick with milk of magnesia. Water, water, fiber.

I find this a little offensive. I'm a twig and I love it!! What's wrong with wanting to be skinny? I'm healthy and have so much energy. It's really a personal decision. What a person should weigh to be healthy is based on studies that show at what point weight becomes a factor in poor health and health risks. All the BMI is saying is that to be out of that risky zone, this is what you should weigh. It's not a looks thing. It's a health thing. And if your doing the surgery for the best health you can have, I would think this would be a concern to you. That said, it's widely discussed and known that BMI can be off because it's really about percentage of body fat. You can have low body fat and still be a high BMI. But because of your low body fat, you aren't risking health dangers. You are out of range, but no, your not actually overweight. Then again, with a low body fat, you may end up looking like a "twig". Although I seriously doubt at the upper end of that range you will come even close to looking too skinny. What I'm trying to say is put your health first. And there is every chance you will gain weight back in the further so it may be a big mistake to stop before you have reached a healthy weight.

Beef jerky Cottage cheese Baby bells Low cal Protein bar smoothie Fruit Cheese and crackers Tuna and crackers Apples and almond butter Half an avocado Couple slices of lunch meat

I'm 10 months out. No gains besides little fluctuations. Still losing.

This would not bother me if I liked a guy a lot. It really doesn't matter. So that's some perspective!!

Yeahhhhhhhh. Sigh. I have no willpower. When I'm attracted to someone after, oh I don't know- I can hold out a month maybe. But I am dying to rip their clothes off! I'm a damn horny woman!!! Hahahaha. This loose skin things sucks but it's still better than being fat. I really hope I'll meet someone who doesn't care. I'm a whole package right?

sweet!!

I'm dating 35-49 ish. Mostly divorced with kids.

I think I'm going to lose five more... Bounce range, exactly. Because I love where I'm at now and that will help me stay in it !

Babbs- for me at least there is a reason I've lost so much so quickly. Several reasons. For one, I was very ill for the first 6 months and only ate about 300 calories a day, if that!! Second, I was lighter to begin with. I had about 125 pounds to lose, rather than 200+. Also, I've always had a super fast metabolism. I used to eat well over 5000 calories a day. It is very surprising that I wasn't larger than I became!! My metabolism kicked in when I got the surgery and I just shredded the weight. So don't beat yourself up, please, if you haven't made goal yet. I'm an unusual situation.

Looking much younger!

40dd to 34b. I bought my bras at tj max for $5 and used bra extenders. I just bough a while slew of bras in my new size at a thrift store!

Wow you're so pretty!!!