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Awesome! Congrats!

Congrats! Best decision I ever made. There is something to be said for taking control!

Yup, it's been melting off. Guess that goes to show how bad my habits were before making this change. Been sticking to the dietary plan and getting in plenty of exercise.

The holidays have always been hard for me, went through a divorce about 10 years ago during the holidays. Since then they've been pretty depressing. Can't help but bring up old memories. Now I am a supervisor in a 911 center and usually get stuck working holidays. So while my friends and family are celebrating and being thankful I get to deal with all of the domestics, suicides, car crashes, you name it I'll be dealing with it. Now add on top of that it's my first year with my sleeve and not able to join in the food. Depressing time... I guess I'll just take my meds and get back to work

Good work!!! I just hit my 100 lb lost today! Feels good!!

Awesome! Good work!

Yay!! Congrats!!

I love the NSVs! They are awesome.

Have to work all night but I woke up this morning to weigh. Down 100 lbs!! Eight years ago my wife and I were in Jamaica for our honeymoon. I had a button up shirt on over my t-shirt and couldn't button it up. The one button I did was holding on for dear life. I put that shirt on the other day and had room left in it.

Congrats!!! Nice view, much better than what I had!!

I'm sorry it was a bad day for you. Hopefully things turn around quick.

Awesome! Congrats!

Congrats!

Excellent advise right there. Are you tracking your food? Usually when stalls happen people are either not sticking to their plan or their body is taking time to adjust. So I would suggest reevaluating your food choices, track everything that goes in your mouth (including the carb count), and be honest with yourself about your exercise. If all of that is in line then it's just your body adjusting from rapid weight loss. Also my nutritionist and surgeon frown on not getting in 4 to 5 small meals a day. Your body needs fuel.

I haven't set a goal weight yet, my surgery was on September 2nd and I am approaching 100 pounds lost since the beginning of my 2 week preop diet. I'm starting to put more thought into it.

Mashed potatoes were easy for me to stomach on the puréed stage. However I got the little cups of instant mashed potatoes and added unflavored protein from GNC to it. So I was getting a healthy dose of protein with them. Or I would purée manwich meat and put that on top. That along with re fried beans and premier protein shakes got me through the puréed stage.

I'm going to have to pick some of those up!

Mine is odd, I'm obsessed with going to the gym. If I miss a day I just feel off all day long.

Congrats on your weight loss success.

So how'd it go?

I think we've all been there. I would search for your local center of excellence or check your insurances web site for what their requirements are for the surgeon. Then call their office to get into a seminar. They will give you more information there on the process. Not making your meals separate from your families isn't necessarily bad. Especially if you are the one cooking, that just means everyone will be eating healthy. You'll just be eating far less than everyone else. I crack jokes all the time because I have a Chihuahua that is awful about begging (my fault) and his meals are actually larger than mine.

Awesome!!! Congrats and speedy recovery!!!

I second the Atkins Lift drinks, they are pretty tasty! I do try to stick to Isopure though. The grape and blueberry aren't too bad to me.

Awesome, loved the video!

Nope! But my dog does miss having the shelf of a stomach to lay on. Although I think he's content without it.