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Lookin' good! so pretty 😍

Omigosh, you look AMAZING! Your arms and pecs are enviable. I want!!!

so I don't lose any more muscle? At least until I can get my calories back up again. Does that make sense, or am getting the concept of that wrong? Edited to add: I am thinking that I am not eating enough to sustain my current activity level... Edited to add #2: Also, maybe I should add that I'm not looking to lose any more weight...

OML she is too perfect. Though you know, the Star Wars franchise IS under the Disney umbrella, so technically Rey is a Disney Princess, lol. Your niece and this other little girl could hang out and project their utter awesome-ness: https://redtri.com/little-girl-meeting-rey-chewbacca-star-wars/

Omg, she's gonna have her mind blown. Such a nice uncle... Um, you know every little girl's dream is to get made up like a Disney Princess...just saying, Uncle Jake, lol: https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/en_CA/shops/disney-springs/bibbidi-bobbidi-boutique-marketplace/

Yeah! Disney! Will be following this thread and living vicariously through you ❤️ Pics! Pics! Pics! LOL

Um, I think YOU are the inspiration. The fact that you could accomplish this Before and After 8 YEARS down the road is amazing. You rock, lady.

Nice Dress! (my closet is full of dark colours too )

Yesterday, Thursday, Jan. 2 Maintenance : 5'2" / 1yr PO Sleeve / 109 lbs ---------------------------------------- Finally got on the scale properly for first time PO. Down 6 lbs since morning of surgery. And I think it is mostly muscle loss, so not really good news. Though I did have a massive poop last night so there is that. Anyway. On the bright side, we got a belated Xmas gift platter of nuts that we enjoyed while watching "Get Smart" starring Steve Carrell and Anne Hathaway last night. That movie is funny 😂 ---------------------------------------- 12:30pm - salad w/ vinaigrette + cucumber + carrots + 1 oz cheddar + 6 grape tomatoes + 3 oz grilled chicken 5:00pm - 4.5 oz steak + 2 oz grilled chicken + 1 seed cracker w/ peppercorn paté + 5 dark chocolate covered coffee beans + 1 Keto choco-coconut fat bomb. 7:30pm - salad w/ vinaigrette + 6 grape tomatoes + 1 oz almonds + 4 oz grilled chicken + 1 tbsp peppercorn paté 11:30pm - 3/4 cup chocolate peanut butter protein ice cream + 1/2 cup cashews + 1/2 cup almonds + 1 seed cracker w/ peppercorn paté ---------------------------------------- Totals: 1955 cals - 129g Protein - 64g NET carbs - 118g fat

Actually, I think I would categorize you in the column of the lucky few who's skin snapped back pretty well. After a 202 lbs loss, your skin is in amazing shape. Congrats, you look great!

...so I finally got around to weigh myself "properly" this morning (i.e, first thing in the morning, after my pee and standing on scale buck naked): 109 lbs. I knew I would lose a bit of weight as I have not been eating close to my normal maintenance calories. MFP tells me I've been averaging about 1100-1200 cals for the past 2 weeks and a bit, so yeah, I guess weight loss was inevitable. But 6 lbs? Geez. This bums me out because according to my scale, my body fat percentage also went up to 19.3% (normally I hover around 13-15%). So this means I lost muscle. Now, Mr. says to take this morning's fat reading with a grain of salt, as it is just a single day measurement and I really need to have several days data in a row for a more reliable reading. But still. I worked hard for that stinkin' muscle. So I'm gonna go back to daily weighing to see if this was just an anomoly. Also, I'm now also thinking I should cut back on the recently increased exercise I've been doing?? Arg.

...and my pulling/stretching sensation is from armpit to mid tricep... 🤔

Wow. And you are at 7 weeks? At this rate your scars will be virtually invisible by springtime. Just in time for t-shirt weather!

And mine did not give me any instructions regarding wet vs. dry! Only to dry my steri-strips after showering and tape over any loosening ones with new ones (at least until I see him again next week). 🤷🏼‍♀️

Good point. I can raise my arms higher if I keep them straight. When they are bent at the elbows, the range of motion is much smaller.

@mousecat88 did you not have steri-stips placed on your incisions either?

I made separate meals for the fam. It was easier. Mind you, my own meals were not very varied as I basically ate salad & grilled chicken for the most part and making separate meals for me was a no-brainer: keep salad greens in the fridge and grill up chicken in batches to help myself to as needed.

If I had to, I would have been able to tie my shoelaces and put on my socks pants, etc by myself (I didn't though cuz I had Mr. and the Kid do it for me). Anything bending down or reaching down was doable, even on the first day back home. It's when I had to do anything that required lifting my arms up that I had/have issue with. In terms of reachability for colouring hair, I was able to comb/brush the ends of my short hair by end of 1st week. I could reach the top of my head about 10 days PO...but I had to duck my head down. I still have to duck it down a bit today at 2 weeks post-op. Right now the highest I can raise my arms is the point where my elbows are maybe an inch just below my shoulders. Anything higher and I can feel a tightness/stretching that is uncomfortable. With that said, everyone is different. @mousecat88 was able to do so much so soon afterwards. She was able to do more at 2 days post op than I can do now at 2 weeks post-op... 🤷🏼‍♀️

Further to the theories that WLS changes metabolic function for the better, I also normally run 5km every day and have a relatively low body fat percentage....which likely contributes to my maintenance calorie levels. Though I also know that @sillykitty doesn't exercise much (except maybe to walk to her dry cleaners, LOLOLOLzzz), so who knows... 🤷🏼‍♀️

Good choice This is my personal favourite of the 3 ...❤️

Honestly, the breast lift aspect of this has been a non-issue this entire time. I've had zero pain or discomfort from it since the beginning. I think perhaps its because I didn't move enough in the beginning. I was probably enjoying being waited on too much...lol

Female, 47 yrs 5’2” Starting weight, 10-Oct-2018 : 235 lbs Sleeved 24-Oct-2018 Goal reached May 2019: 125 lbs (110 lbs lost) Current weight Jan 2020: 115 lbs (120 lbs lost)

Wowzers! What a difference! It's always so nice (and satisfying!) to see how far one has come ❤️ P.S. and seriously, your smile remains adorbs no matter what size you are, LOL.

Yep, its official. You have like Wolverine-level healing abilities.