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No Kohl’s in Toronto You look like you have a longer torso than me though...your jacket would likely hang too low on me. I find that I need to get cropped tops/jackets so the bottom hem ends at my waist and/or upper hips. Same thing with pants...low rise jeans tend to look like regular rise on me. Sigh.

Hmmm...I do like the cut of this jacket in the white option pic (slim-fit looking and semi-cropped)! BUT...i think there may be some photo-shopping or pinning involved as the same jacket in regular indigo wash is showing pretty boxy...(but for $40, its a steal, no?) Off to check out Loft (no Dillard’s here...)! ❤️

While I am happy for the change in status, I am sad that the prospect of you being my future nephew-in-law are dashed. 👍🏼👍🏼😭😂🤣🤣 Pics soon, pls!!

You and me both! i’ve been in the market for white jean jacket since spring 2019, lol. Just cant seen to find one in the right cut...

An H&M summer clearance SCORE. Picked up this top this afternoon for....$1.00 (and that’s Canadian dollars so it’s basically free for U Americans, lol) P.S. no full body shot this time cuz I’m wearing an old pair of jeans that are unflatteringly too big...

Love it!

Same! I was a certified couch potato before, now im one of those people who needs to run to feel like the day is complete. And it all started with walking laps around my kitchen island...now I do at least 5km every day. (NOT around the kitchen island, lol)

This may or may not be applicable your case, but just a thought: if u are using kidney beans in your chilli, improperly cooked kidney beans are known to cause nausea/stomach aches/vomiting a couple hours after ingesting....the culprit is some sort of toxin or other that is only destroyed after proper cooking....

Same!

Ugh. I hated the “concern” people around me always had about my eating habits. I just said, “yup, I’m watching what I eat”, or “no thanks, I’m watching what I eat”, and tried to change topics to something about them. Thankfully the concern has more or less stopped at 2 years out. They are all used to it now.

I have honey once in a while (mostly in desserts, and maybe in some entree or other)...but I didn’t start until after I was done with weight loss.

Forget the tortilla, look at ‘em NAILS! 😍

YES! That’s exactly it. (So funny I thought I was weird, nice to know I’m not the only one) The new kind is effortless AND tasteless. I find I have the new kind when I eat too much, or too fast, or if I drink too soon after eating. The painful/old kind is when I have too much sugar or dairy.

Any pics??? We LOOOVE clothes pics!

Ok, this is going to sound weird, but it is what it is: I have found that I have 2 “types” of vomiting: the regular kind, which involves heaving and seems to originate way down low in the belly. Then there is this “new” kind that developed after surgery: it feels more like “overflow”, as if its just stuff sitting near the esophagus and just slips out. Obviously the former is much more difficult and painful, but the latter is almost like burping and stuff comes out (and it feels like it originates way further up). Now, i dunno if this even makes sense to anyone else but me, but yeah, i find the “original” way of vomiting way, way, harder and energy-comsuming now (if i even can..) P.S. I was sleeved, and my vomiting ability/inability did not seem to affect my weight loss.

Oh, OG all the way. We were once in Mexico and bought 3 tacos, corn slaw and mangoes for $1 from the back of a pickup truck. Best food we had the entire vacation. (...though I do love me some bougie food too, lol)

Dont feel like eating dinner (I made subs and fries for the fam and it does not interest me) Soooo...liquid dinner for me, I guess. Espresso martini: 141 absolutely non-nutritious calories. Disclaimer: I do not recommend nor endorse this type of “dinner” for anyone in weight loss phase. 😛

Shiratake noodles. Yeah, they take some getting used to. I find they are better used for noodle soups, but I will also eat them when I make regular pasta for the fam. Better than just eating the sauce by itself, lol

I wish we had actual food truck roaming the street here What little food trucks we have are permanently stationed at designated locations... P.S. Anyone watch the Great Food Truck Race?? One of my fave shows!!!

Yummmm...i do have to say though that while I don’t miss eating rice, but I do tend to look fondly at maki rolls...

Salad with leftover Vietnamese take out leftover toppings: Romaine, cucumber, carrots, 1 oz feta cheese, 1 oz grilled lemongrass chicken, 1/2 oz caramel pork, 2/3 oz spicy grilled beef, 1/2 fried egg & sugar free vinaigrette: 234 calories Ate almost all of it...rest will be for snack later.

I’m going to echo what others have said above: that 800-1200 cals at 2 weeks out seems like alot. Not to say you won’t lose weight at that level, it just may be slower (which also isn’t necessarily a bad thing...a loss is a loss is a loss). As for the gain, it could be for a whole number of reasons, none if which you can really control really this early, if you are taking in 800 cals (water retention, poop needs, fluids, swelling, etc.). Just stick to your plan and the weight will come off. P.S. I didn’t go over 800 cals a day until I got to maintenance. And at 2 weeks I was at like 300-400. But that’s just me.

Me neither! 😭😭😭😭 I don’t have Trader Joe’s either. 😭😭😭😭

Im assuming this was a typo you mean 1.25 YEARS after surgery...? My own experience (may and will differ from others): I had my plastics surgeries (Tummy tuck/Breast Lift/Arm Lift) 14 months after my sleeve surgery. I would’ve done it earlier, closer to my one year mark, but my preferred surgeon was booked up (I had hit goal at 7 mnths post op). My surgeon did not have a time requirement to being at a stable weight prior to surgery. He did say though that LOSING “alot” of weight would affect the results more than GAINING “alot” weight. He explained that that scar tissue does not stretch as well as regular skin, and is even worse at shrinking. He said I should be prepared for this especially since I tend to scar badly historically (keloid and hypertrophic scarring). His example of “alot” was either losing 10-15 lbs OR gaining 20-30...but these numbers were for MY frame (I was 5’2” and 127 lbs at the time of consult), others with different body types would have different numbers. Anyhoo, fast forward to my surgery and I was 12 lbs less than the date of my consult 6 months earlier...so I guess it was good he was booked up (although I did lose those 12 lbs BEFORE my earlier date I originally wanted, but I digress...) I’ll be 2 years post-sleeve next month, and am 9 months post-plastics today. I am basically still the same weight as plastics surgery day: 115lbs (give or a take a couple lbs, depending on the day). Had been this weight for months before plastics, actually. I am thoroughly happy with my decision. There were people who told me I was rushing it, that to just exercise more and I can firm it up naturally (sounds familiar to my obese days when I was contemplating WLS, lol). But I knew what I wanted and was prepared to take the responsibility to maintain what I worked for...and should I eff it up, am prepared to take the responsibility for that too. Everyone is different, and only YOU know if you are ready to take the plunge or not. But I will say that plastics was a total game changer (at least for me). Would do it all again, in the exact same way in a heartbeat. Good Luck! ❤️ P.S. This may or not be helpful: Even if you do gain or lose weight after plastics (whether you wait 2 months or 2 years), to the point that your results become undesirable, who’s to say you can’t get a revision to correct? Obviously, it would be ideal that one wouldn’t have to, but who says life is always ideal? Do what makes you happy and is in your means and ability to acheive. P.P.S. Sorry this was so long!!