BlondePatriotInCDA

Ohh, I've been contemplating getting a helix piercing... Glad you mentioned this!

I feel someone noticing is so much better than just seeing the scale drop! Congrats!

Lol it feels wonderful! Thank you! You've made your goal weight and then some, definitely reason to feel proud and to celebrate! Great job!

Wow, you had me tearing up. You've come so far and through so much. You have great reasons to be proud of yourself.

Welcome! You've got this! Congratulations on your upcoming surgery. You've made a great decision for the rest of a healthy new life! 🤗

As of today I'm officially considered "normal" weight! Finally I'm no longer obese or overweight: Result BMI = 24.9 kg/m2 (Normal) 161718.525303540UnderweightNormalOverweightObesityBMI = 24.9 Healthy BMI range: 18.5 kg/m2 - 25 kg/m2 Healthy weight for the height: 107.8 lbs - 145.6 lbs BMI Prime: 1 Ponderal Index: 15.3 kg/m3 <Happy dance>

😂 Yeah I completely understand this! I can't find a comfortable sleeping position anymore - everything rubs bones upon bones and everything aches! Extra pillows in strategic places helps! What I don't understand is I didn't have this problem before when I weighed 108! BBF (before being fat)!

Thank you for your questions. My dieticians said anymore protein and bodies can't process it so it ends up being a waste unless I'm a hard core body builder / marathon runner athlete. They balked about going up even 100 calories...plus protein doesn't register as feeling full for me, it never has long term. I can drink a 26gram protein drink and nothing. Whereas carbs fill me up, so its a constant battle..or it was... It was agreed that I should start Glp-1's. I've been using this tool for the last few months and all I can say for me they're amazing. The constant mind food harassment has stopped! I no longer feel hungry all the time unless its nearing meal time. Plus my scale is finally showing downward progress - 20lbs+! Again, thank you for asking and your kind words.

I hope your day gets better soon! I completely understand where you're at, I've been in the same slump for a few weeks 😖 I'm hoping its the colder darker days doing it. You've been doing great, so just know its one day..you got it down!

Thank you MSpretty.

We all walk our own paths and have our own experiences. I'm glad for you that YOU haven't had my experiences. Unfortunately, the women I've know would agree with me. I didn't say all women..and your response is what I was referring to. Immediately saying I'm the problem instead of possibly seeing each of us having our own experiences and opinions. I was sharing my personal opinions and feel no one should be accused of "being the problem" for sharing. I believe we all need to be tolerant and understand we all experience life differently. I've been tolerant and just moved on when others miss perceived my shyness as arrogant, but I'm still entitled to my perceptions of how I'm treated without others attacking me.

I have a few female friends (2), but I get along with men better and always have. I have up until recently always worked in a male dominated field. I find most women (not all) to be too emotional, catty, cliquish and backstabbing for me. I am not an demonstrative emotional talkative person with others, other than with my family and husband. So, I'm told I come across as arrogant (its actually being shy and not emo and of course women take me as being bitchy instead of seeing the real me). So I completely understand where you're coming from!

I completely agree, its not just the weight that's changed.

I do like the Iceland brand (sells to n the U.S. too) Including their "yogurt" cheese!

My question to you is why would you want too? The whole point of having WLS is to make us healthier by losing the weight AND keeping it off! What's to keep people from going down that slippery slope once again if we could eat as much as we once did? Enjoy the portion restrictions as a way to maintain a healthier lifestyle!