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Sorry for the delay. So many updates: 
4/8 - I had a nervous break down. Got into it with my little brother over Popeyes lol. I know I can't have any but it did not stop me from grabbing him up and saying, "give me some damn chicken, give me some beans, give me some mash potatoes and give me a biscuit" lol my mom had to break it up lol.
Then I gave her the ASPCA sad look and start singing, "In the eyes of an angel, give me Popeyes". I then went into the kitchen and started pulling snacks from the cabinets, screaming and crying "If I cant have this, no one can have it."  My mom endedup calling her friend (she had gotten the sleeve last year) and asked her what was going on. She told my mom that I was having moment and just needed to get the frustration out. Once I was done, my mom told me I was grounded lol. I told her I was grown and she said, "With that behavior, I do not think so." Needless to say, I have not been able to hang out with my friends lol 
4/9 - Started eating more protein was able to get in 30 oz of chicken and 55 oz of water. Still cannot go outside to play.
4/10 - Still cannot go outside to play. Drank 64 oz of water, only able to get down 28 oz of protein
4/11 - Went to Applebees and accidentally took a sip out of a straw. No issues except I could not eat. I ended up getting a kids turkey burger with nothing. The waitress had the cook chopped the burger into small pieces. I ended eating less than 1/4 a turkey burger. Damn I was sad. 
4/12 - Took all my vitamins on time. Yayy me!!! I am able to eat 2 (7oz) chickens over the course of 6 meals. I also added 2 steamed small pieces of broccoli. Now I am focusing on getting in my water. So far I have gotten in 30 oz. 

Any moment, I will have lost 100lbs... It may take a week or 2  to lose this 1 lb but I'm excited to be so close to my goal!  My cruise is May 5th So my exercise game is about to explode effective 4/1. I commit to 5 days a week 1hr/day + a 30 day Ab  and Squat challenge.

My size 10s are getting loose. Size 10s!! I NEVER thought I'd be able to say that.   6 months post op, 80 lbs gone forever.    :-)

Day 6 post op Gastric Plication ...was a great day today.  No pain of any sort, more energy. Managed 2 walks around the block with husband and the dog, 2 hours lying in the beautiful Aussie sunshine, a few household chores, some light gardening, a nap and drank all the designated fluids...full seven hundred calories. Yay. Wanted to post to encourage others and also if I hit a bad day I can look back and remind myself it does get better. Onwards and upwards. Have a good day everyone.

90-Day follow-up today.  I have lost 43% of my excess weight.  BP and Blood Sugar are in the normal range. Pre-surgery I took 1000mg of Metformin, 5mg of Glipizide, and 20mg of Lisinopril each day.  Now I take 500mg of Metformin only, and expect to eliminate that soon.  I am still early in the process, but I have no regrets.  It feels good to be healthy.  My best advice to people considering weight-loss surgery...go into it knowing that signigicant lifestyle changes will be required in order to be successful.  If you think that at some point you will be able to go back to doing the things that caused you to be overweight to begin with, DON'T HAVE THE SURGERY!  Your thinking must be "right" to begin with.

I am feeling excited.  I got a phone call from my new surgeon, (long story short my insurance company suggested that I find another surgeon) my first appointment is next Monday.  Hurray for me.  I am leaning toward the sleeve but I will listen to the surgeon and see what he has to say.  I have read and researched so many different things over the last nine years getting to this point that I am just ready for something to happen. 

Had a nut appt yesterday. Same old thing, keep practicing on the sipping, no drinking for at least 30 mins after meals, and two bites of protein-then one bite of veggies. I've already went to decaf (the withdrawal was awful) and I replaced my breakfast with a protein shake with green bombs. (Bombs are a frozen mixture of kale, spinach, ginger root, green apples, and cucumbers blended together with some water and poured in to ice cube trays or silicone molds). Great way to get veggies in. My nut says I can continue that with my protein post op too. Yay! 
So I've got one more nut appt left (April 19th) then I'm DONE! They'll submit my papers to insurance and then I wait. I'm suspecting my surgery to be in May instead of April now. So we'll see. Until then, I wait. Hopefully the month goes by fast. 😊