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Very well said. Don't have food funerals. You will be able to have any of your favorite foods after you reach your goal weight and maintain that.......in small portions. You may not ever want them again after you see what life without excess junk food does for you. The cravings for them will be gone and you'll see how lean you have become once you cut them out. Gaming weight now is very dangerous and is an indicator that you may not be ready to make the changes needed for surgery and th new life. It is going to take effort from you. Effort and discipline. A new life awaits. It begins now....before the surgery. Time to rally.

Unreal transformation !!!! Unreal transformation !!!!

When I started my bariatric process last June I was wearing 6xl shirts. I'm now buying and wearing 2xl shirts. By the Fall, I'd ove to make good on my threat to my son and raid his closet for a couple cool 1x shirts he owns.

Dang.......sorry to hear about your misfortune !!! I was on vacation in the Western Caribbean last week as well. I probably should have fallen down a time or two because of the motion of the boat and a bit too much rum. I hope you heal up well and enjoy a full recovery.

So true. The changes we are all making are for the rest of our lives. The initial hurdles are the short term stuff....whether it's 2 years or 5 years.....or any amount of time it takes to get the results we seek. It's just so easy to get blown away with the promising initial successes and want to amp up the timeframe for everything. I caught myself feeling like this all this past week while on vacation. Ready to be "there". Hey, at least I was able to hang out at poolside bars and did so shirtless.....and didn't have a care in the world. 6 months ago, I'd never have been able to allow myself such liberties. We typically take this week off and get out of town every year. I am very enthused when I consider next year's vacation on this week. Hope you have a restful day and week ahead and keep on healing. No more stumbles, though. Great idea to have your daughter along for your excursions. She can be your designated driver for a while. lol. It's got to feel good to know you've come through all this will superb results. Maybe it's not magic.....but it sure seems that way sometimes when you see the results that folks have around here in making changes. Good magic.

Thank you. I'm ready to close up the loose ends, too. Ready to be done, done, freaking done with the weight issues and the physical reminders of it.....and get on with living a lean life. I'm happy for your results. Keep on inspiring and coaching and living the example of somebody who took matters into her own hands and made a change !!! Huge respect.

Well, well, well..........I'm gone a week and look at this !!! You have gone and rocked it all over again. Seriously. Congrats, Elode. You have really come through like a champ. I'm very happy for you and glad that everything went super.

Because my surgeon suggested so.

There should be no curve.....just a straight-up entry. Grading on curves are for dudes who have to compensate.

Alcohol is certainly not beneficial in the direct sense of weight loss. I'll say this, though.....I've lost almost 170 pounds and enjoying myself. If that means having some Tito's vodka on the rocks with a splash of cranberry then so be it. I'm going to have fun and enjoy myself. Turning loose and relaxing a bit helps keep me on track. I stay fairly strict on the "Protein first & normally only" eating. On a cruise this week and killing the lobster, shrimp, steak and Breakfast Proteins.....but also having fun. Making sure I get some productive gym time in daily, too.

Not even 6 months out here and there is no part of my life that isn't better now. You are going to love the experience.

It sucks, sucks and sucks. Had it one two occasions. Rest & stretching and most importantly....the right shoes and/or inserts. A frozen 20 oz bottle of Water on the floor.....rolling your foot over it....really getting it into your arch......ah.....ahhhhhhhh. Sweet relief. Go see your doctor immediately......there can be relief found.

LMOA. Am wearing jeans to work tonight. First time in 18 years........Dayum. Old dude feeling.........less old.

You'd laugh heartily at my lunch box.... I often walk into work with a grocery store plastic bag.....packets of tuna, salmon, beef Jerky, Protein bars and shakes inside. It's how I roll at work. Nothing to bring home.

Mine was a great experience. It was like talking to a friend. She was very supportive and kind. She'd had me watch several videos she made first. The content and manner of how she presented her info in these videos was highly educational and thought provoking. They really helped me formulate my gameplan well before our visit.

I am very relieved for you. You are going to be a model patient as you have been all along. You will reap every possible benefit from taking this action to improve your health. Very, very scary to consider what may have been had you not............. Proud of ya ! You also strike me as someone who's gonna push themselves really hard. Please take time to recover and heal properly first, though !!!! Very happy for you. Well done and congrats on being on the other side of things now. Each day of your life will now be more healthy than the last.

That's okay. It gave me an excuse to come back here and look at @@Dub gams again! LMAO. I wouldn't have been caught dead wearing shorts for the last several years due to the staining on my lower legs from crappy circulation. It is the sole reason I've been going to the tanning spot.....just to camouflage the stains with a tan. Now.....for the first time in many years I am wearing shorts in public. This pic as taken this past Tuesday morning as I was leaving the tanning spot. Bad looking varicose veins and scars all over both knees from football field mishaps.....I couldn't care less. Comfort is gong to be had this Spring & Summer. Shorts will be worn. Getting rid of this weight feels so damn good. There is zero downside to being less fat. So damn grateful. So far yet to go, but truly happy with the decision to have the sleeve surgery.

I like how you roll. I tried this on Monday......walked by Casual Male Big & Tall. I flipped them off and kept walking. Big old dude working there tried to run me down......huffing and puffing. I kept on walking. So long, Bigger & Taller Clothiers.....siunara bye-bye !!!!!!!! (Insert Leslie Chow from Hangover....making his pump and spray gesture here) LMAO at the new feels towards shopping. I'm gonna become a clothes ho. Or just a plain old ho.

I still have a 4-pack of Monster Low-carbs that I had prior to my sleeve surgery.......5 months ago.......scared to fool with them. I shy away from carbonated drinks. coffee does well for me.

LMAO at this. It just hit my funny bone.

"Learning the hard way"........that statement.....could easily be inscribed on my tombstone one day. "Here lies a dude who learned the Hard Way". LOL. Who to trust? Very crucial bit. Unfortunately we don't find out who we can't trust until it's too late. That's been the case with me, at least. The person that you think has your back in life.....is facing all challenges, big and small......for better or for worse......sickness and health.....then you realize your trust was misplaced. Damn. It sorta skews things and clouds your judgement on ever trusting again. I can now look back on my life and see the people that I've detached from.....friendships that I've not upheld.....old interests, etc.......each of these has some component to broken trust as the reasons for moving on. I am lucky, though.....very fortunate to have recently found that I can place my trust with someone. I can share with them. It has been the key to me finding peace with my current state of affairs and moving forward. I am a better man for this. Damn......so many similarities here. I'm the old dude in my relationship.....the old dude who is working the long hours and still has an almost insatiable appetite for bedroom cardio. Hell.....put in a 17 hour night shift last week.....called home at 10:00am and woke her up and asked her if she wanted to go out for a date-lunch....hoping to get the fires stoked for fun later that afternoon........was up way over 24hrs while trying to make the magic happen. I was told earlier today that, "We do it all the time......I mean....we just did it last week.....". I just raised my eyebrow and nodded my head.....waited a second or two and replied, "........And, my Dear.......that is precisely the problem.....I never took a vow of celibacy.....I have needs". I disengaged from further conversation for a while and let that sink in. I'm not going to be able to be a once-a-week guy. It's unreal when I consider what would-will happen if she ever meets me halfway.........

I stuck with the Protein shakes for four weeks. I was fearful of the purée phase and avoided it. unjury chicken soup Protein powder worked well....just couldn't make it really hot.

Fingers crossed. You are going to do great !!!!!

Heck yes !!! Hoping you are waking up and ready to walk on over to the Loser's Bench and have a seat.

I am a Joy Banks guy myself. They have awesome sales.Their clearence section is really great too. I've found that their suite hold up much better than anything else. They do really cool Daily Deals as well. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G870A using the BariatricPal App I bought a couple dress shirts from the local J.Banks store yesterday. I was really impressed with the store and will be going back for certain once I'm leveled off and living at maintenance. The young lady helping me almost had me tempted to jump on a 3-suit deal yesterday.........almost. Looking forward to future fitting sessions.