janesays

tlambright, i can't believe that this has happened to me too! i've ran into a few people that i havent seen in almost a year lately, and when they dont really talk much to me or say my name i think at first that they are just being rude, or something else is on their mind. but i finally figured it out when i saw an old friend a second time a few day later, and she was suddenly like JANE! im sorry if you thought i was rude before-- i didnt even recognize you! more little nsvs lately are just basically that more guys are noticing me and hitting on me in the bars, at restaurants, etc. soooo that's a nice change! instead of me just being the fat friend, i am now fitting in more. the only un-NSV i've had is the blowup with one of my roommates... but im not entirely sure if its related to my weightloss. i knew before i had surgery that she wasnt one of my closest friends and isnt very trustworthy-- which is why i decided to not tell her about the surgery in the first place. (this was much easier to keep from her than i thought bc she is really actually very unobservant of others-- and kind of proves how self-centered she is!) but in the past few months she has slowly stopped talking to me, and refuses to talk about it or explain why. she is very image-driven and one of those girls that talks shit about other girls just because it makes her feel better. back in high school she was anorexic for a few months and a size 3/4, but now she is at the opposite end of the spectrum 3 years later and is a size 16, eating fast food everyday (we've all been on that side at least). so it's a sad situation to watch her go in the direction i was headed a few years ago. but i was explaining eeeeverything to a few friends and they were like-- "uhh jane, don't you think she is maybe just the slight bit jealous that you are now smaller than she is?" i had never thought of it that way, and i really hope that isnt the reason behind her wanting to end our friendship... because if that were the case, it would be really petty. but when your pants size quadruples in three years, your weight is definitely on your mind somewhere and you are noticing other people's weight a lot more. i just think its crazy that sooo many people in my life have commented on my weightloss, but my roommate has never said a SINGLE word about it. she sees how much less i eat now and when i work out and sees me giving away old clothes, she even used to borrow my clothes when we were friends and knows the sizes i wear, and she hasn't noticed? yeah, right. oh well.... only two more weeks of living with her... and then a few months from now i am graduating and moving far, far away! and making new friends who have never had the opportunity to think of me as their fat friend!

me too! i just passed my goal! 188.8 and i'm STILL having trouble typing in that weight starting with a 1... crazy!

alright guess i should update for this thread... i am now at ... 190!!!!

yay may 4th! only one week of focusing extra hard on your eating and then hopefully your band will start working a little better this time! nothing wrong with wanting to get your money's worth.

i'm at 190--- only one pound away from my shrinko de mayo goal! i have a feeling i may be passing my goalll......

zukagirl doesnt that feel AMAAAAZING!!?!? just got my gap size 12s a month ago when they were snug and they are now sooo baggy! but i tried on the gap size 10s yesterday and they can barely button up but i can't wear them out yet. i'm in a weird in-between stage so i am just putting my jeans in the dryer before i wear them. this is a good problem to have!

dont worry about what other people think you should be losing--- if you have to, show them my profile and tell them that i lost 10lbs right after surgery, hit a plateau for the next three weeks, and didnt lose really that much more weight until starting 6 weeks after surgery. it wasnt until i got to about 6cc (i am at 7cc now, but sometimes i think i am too tight and am still trying to find that "sweet spot") that i started losing weight consistently. i have lost on average about 8-10 lbs every month. im not worried about slowing down at all right now-- this past month i have lost about 9lbs so far! after about 3 or 4 more months i will be at goal! thats fine by me. talk to your doc, and they will probably recommend another fill (or two! or three!) you'll get the right restriction soon enough. :laugh: p.s. you have done a REALLY good job so far! gotta give yourself credit!

thats so AWESOME gummykandi!!! and congrats on getting married in a size 14--- you have done SUCH A GOOD JOB! 126lbs lost people BETTER be noticing!!!

haha yeah i love him, he is a big buff silly guy but seriously he could never be the father of my children. i forgot to mention that he volunteered himself to be tasered by the local police for a story he was doing (he's a reporter originally from new jersey). if you are curious to find the type of crazy weird men i secretly find attractive, he is the one in this video getting tasered and totally fine afterward! hahaha he makes me laugh soo much which i think is why i have always liked him! - Columbia Missourian

so there's this guy I've known for the past year and a half or so, my friends think i'm crazy for secretly having a crush on him because he is ridiculous-- like an ogre (6 foot five and can push a one-ton truck up a hill, competing soon in the strongman competitions, his night job is a bouncer at a bar).. he's so crazy and loud and obnoxious and has all these stupid tattoos of a sailboat, a tiger cartoon, one that says "yo momma" (really now?) ... but i can't help myself, i have always found him so oddly attractive! haha but anyways, the point of this being a NSV is.... so today, i saw him in a computer lab where we were both working on different group projects. the whole time he was flirting with me from across the room, giving me kissy faces and winking and whatnot-- but i just figure we were joking around because we always kind of friend-flirt back and forth. but as hes about to leave about an hour later, i stand up to talk to him and he gives me a big bear hug (like a serious bear hug since he IS a bear).. and goes "jane-- i dont know how to tell you this but have you lost weight or something?" and i kind of sheepishly smiled and go "yeah actually i have, thanks for noticing!" and he was like "damn girl how could i not... you are just looking soooo good! like seriously, goood! i mean i wasnt gonna say anything bc i didnt know if you would be offended that i noticed or something, but really jane, you look hot." and the way he was looking at me was different than the other times we have friend-flirted with each other. haha i mean obviously this boy is no husband material (nothing im looking for right now anyways), but it felt sooooo good! seriously made my week! and it is such a motivator to eat healthier and workout more when you have someone in the back of your mind pushing you right along! even if this doesnt go anywhere (i kind of like the flirty friend level that we're at for now), i think i am going to use his strength skills to cross off another goal on my NSV list-- to be picked up by someone! he could handle my weight, right? he flipped this huge tire: alright so NSV crossed off here: have a guy i find attractive tell me i look hot

you look great laurr! and that skirt with the belt is sooo cute!

five more pounds lost since my last update! Name___________StartWeight___CurrentWeight______Goal_________ToGo *****:cool2:************************:tt2:************ ********* *** AmethystJade.......231.8..........212.........150.......62.0 Babe...............308............278.6.......199.......79.6 Bellaperdente......196............177.........150.......27 Bklyn1984..........317............253.........165.......88 Bostongurl.........190............186.........133.......53 Brandy.............198............181.........166.......15 Cappy..............240............227.5.......130.......97.5 Chocolate_Snaps....244............224.........175.......49 CubsGirl17.........147............135.........130.......5 Clarebear08........192............176.5.......160.......16.5 Donna113...........183............172.5.......126.......46.5 Ebonie.............307............307.........200.......107 EmmaWang...........241............210.........140.......70 FalloutGirl........282............278.........165.......112 FeliciaLevy75......200............194.........140.......54 FlordiaPete........413............380.........300.......80 GratefulHeart......226............199.........135.......64 GuyMontag..........325............295.........200.......95 health4life........279............239.........150.......89 inri09.............287............254.........185.......69 janesays...........225............194.........160.......34 kimaly.............194............183.........160.......23 Lindar172..........246............222.2.......150.......72.2 Linksmom...........234............234.........145.......89 LocomotiveEngineer.311............311.........220.......91 Long2BThin.........216............188.5.......169.......19.5 lotzasunshine......270............257.5.......180.......77.5 Loveislovely.......216............194.........175.......19 ltgordon...........284.8..........250.5.......185.......65.5 lucyavery..........205............205.........140.......65 Mair...............231............222.........140.......83 Mamanmidwife.......264............260.........200.......60 mdgarcia31665......220............220.........165.......55 MissNilsa..........180............180.........132.......48 nicolerose.........365............288.........258.......30 Rhea2d.............283............233.........185.......58 Sandra267..........220............220.........165.......55 Tabithan...........240............240.........200.......40 Tuger..............192............187.5.......130.......57.5 Under200...........242............199.........155.......44 vzghj3.............202............202.........150.......52 Wendy_Wo...........242............218.........142.......76 WOWOX7.............173............157.........125.......32

laurr925 -- you at least have to go shopping halfway through your journey! getting new clothes is sooooo motivating if you hit a plateau later on- so much fun to see the smaller clothes sizes. it gives you so much confidence! just shop in the cheap clothing stores since you know you wont need the clothes to last very long (i cant believe i can shop at forever 21 now... wow). great job on your weightloss so far! oh hey-- new nsv for me today! check out the BMI on my TICKER--- i am no longer OBESE! I AM "JUST" OVERWEIGHT!!!!

hey! just wanted to add myself to this! all my info is in my ticker. halfway there-- woohoo!!!

Actually, there are a lot of studies out there that show that throwing up your food only takes away the actual quantity plus some of your own bodily fluid, but your body absorbs the salt, fat, sugar, etc. almost immediately and you can't throw that back up. This is why bulimics never really look as gaunt as anorexics do... just their teeth and hair fall out. Anyways-- off topic! Back to talking about how hot some of the boys (and girls too...) are looking!

I know a bunch of you are arguing about Sione, but you have to admit-- he looks AMAZING in the after video!

I bought a size 12 dress during the after-christmas sales a few months ago when I was still a size 16/18. Well a few days ago when I realized I could fit into size 12 jeans, I decided to try on the dress-- it fit! I would only wear it out with a sweater over it like the white one in the last picture, but here are the before and afters! I remember it was so hard to get that dress up over my butt in the first picture, and I could get the zipper up only a few inches. Now it goes all the way up!