Clark Griswold

Happy Thanksgiving to our American members and to all! Let's see those Thanksgiving before and after food pics!

Happy Thanksgiving to our American members and to all! Let's see those Thanksgiving before and after food pics!

OMG this is so relatable (aside from the cheating/abuse part - I am sorry you had to go through that, some people are horrors to put it mildly). You are doing so so well, you should be really proud of yourself and your journey so far.

Happy Thanksgiving to our American members and to all! Let's see those Thanksgiving before and after food pics!

Happy Thanksgiving to our American members and to all! Let's see those Thanksgiving before and after food pics!

Happy Thanksgiving to our American members and to all! Let's see those Thanksgiving before and after food pics!

OMG this is so relatable (aside from the cheating/abuse part - I am sorry you had to go through that, some people are horrors to put it mildly). You are doing so so well, you should be really proud of yourself and your journey so far.

Check out my butt in this plane seat! There's some chair left over! About an inch. I'm counting it as a win

Hi I’m new here but just relax an take it on day at a time you will be ok even tho I go for my surgery on 11/20/24

It's so good to have the bariatric community ...a group of "your people" who get it! This is a forever journey with many struggles. 😌

ladies... (and gents)...(and everyone in between😞
not every day will be perfect, or a success or an accomplishment. some days will be the polar opposite. thats just life (post wls or not)
give yourself some grace, be kind to yourself. i read somewhere that when u feeling shitty, treat yourself how you would a dear friend who was feeling shitty. good advice, methinks.
hugs y'all.

Have you tried getting out your before photos and doing a side by side or trying on an old article of clothing. I mean, you could just be having kind of a blah week and associating that with weight. Sometimes we all can just kind of feel off. Try to think back on all of your non scale victories, and where you were before you started this journey. Maybe that will remind you of how far you have come!!

Really struggling this week and for no particular reason. Its hard to articulate, but I feel fat even though I am still losing and am now living an active lifestyle. I cant place my finger on why but having a 'fat' week where I feel like I've gone back to pre-surgery feelings about my size. I was doing so well mentally until this week. Anyone else feel like this randomly

It is really strange! I think I have only felt like this once in my life when I got down to 12 stone when I was at university, and I was just in shock 🤣 I genuinely stopped clothes shopping when I was at my heaviest, I just didn't feel like I deserved it and I didn't want the embarrassment, as a result most of my clothes I have now are very tattered so I will be happy to get rid haha!
Thank you! Congrats to us both! I am really happy you are feeling that way!

Echo all the comments so far. You are doing so well in spite of the gym, put it that way! You are absolutely killing it so far regardless, and you aren’t even 6 months in! You got this and we are all here to support each other and all on similar journeys so you’ve done the right thing in posting your feelings (and thanks for doing so). Hope you feel better about it all soon

It's such a mindset shift isnt it! The old me used to dread going shopping so much in case they didnt have my size (most places didnt) so literally had to be dragged shopping.
Congrats btw, we keep hitting new milestones and I for one am so much happier in my own skin, and i'm only just past half way to my goal.

It's such a mindset shift isnt it! The old me used to dread going shopping so much in case they didnt have my size (most places didnt) so literally had to be dragged shopping.
Congrats btw, we keep hitting new milestones and I for one am so much happier in my own skin, and i'm only just past half way to my goal.

I finally bit the bullet and bought some new clothes today.
I was quite apprehensive as I genuinely didn't know what size I would be, so I had my boyfriend with me who doubles up as my stylist 😂
I went into New Look - which I wouldn't have even dreamt of doing pre-surgery - and just asked him to pick some things for me.
He picked 3 coats (I currently have none that fit me, and it is getting cold here in the UK!), a skirt, and a cropped jumper. I was trying to insist that I would need a size UK 18-20 (which is a US 14-16 I think?), but he was adamant that I needed a UK 12-14 (US 8-10?)...I tried them on in the sizes he suggested, and they FIT.
I genuinely didn't believe it, like I don't think I have been this size since 2017/18...my brain can't actually see it or even compute with it.
Before surgery I was a UK 22, more of a 24 in most things if I am honest. Just can't believe it yet. Does anyone else get like this?!
But I am riding a high today, I feel good, and I am still in shock 😂

I’m like that with knickers sometimes. Who owns these teeny tiny knickers. Oh, I’m the only one who lives here so they have to be mine. Skinny jeans could really blow my mind - surely they’d only fit my then 12 year old niece. Nope fit me fine.

By 6 months out, I feel like I could eat double of I can right after surgery. Nutritionists said that’s because I am working out now. It’s not where near how much I used to be able to eat, but I sometimes feel worried that I could eat so much more now compare to just 3oz. I think I could eat about 6-8 oz if I really want to. I need to eat denser food to feel full. I could drink a full bowl of Soup and still don’t feel full. So I eat a lot of meat.

I work out about 3 hours a week. I think more though. On the days I work out, I do consistently feel that I want to eat more.

Thanks buddy!

Great to hear you got on so well on hols! Keep on smashing it

Landed back in the UK late last night, and boy am I happy to have my own bed and be with my cats! I do however have COVID after doing a test last night, which sucks 😂
Athens was amazing! The heat was more than manageable, and I was walking 20-25k steps per day for the whole week, and I wasn't in pain like I was on holiday last year. It was so great to already see and feel that change. I felt like I could actually keep up with my friends.
The only thing that I couldn't/didn't want to do, was get to the Acropolis - that was STEEP and I am afraid of heights, so maybe that will be a future thing 😂
I met so many cats which was ideal, and I enjoyed my time thoroughly.
I did try a few glasses of white wine, spread out over a few days, and genuinely it had no effect on me! I was really expecting to feel it, but genuinely there was nothing 🤷‍♀️ I don't think I will choose to drink again haha.
I have also managed to lose a few pounds too, so I am feeling happy about that! Unfortunately my boyfriend has put on 8-9lbs due to eating the leftovers from my food bless him 🤣

This has also been my biggest struggle. I was going to the gym fairly regularly before surgery, but it's been a struggle since being cleared. For me, it's just prioritizing that time for myself. It's been getting better this week, I've gone twice, walked a lot last night, and I plan on going today!

"show off my toned knees."
😂😂 I love it! Gotta love toned bones!