Bona Fide Diva

Definite yes! I was the same day of surgery had lost 33 lbs by week 8. Aim for the Stars !

GO GIRL! I am so proud of you. You are doing such an amazing job. I'm glad to see that you are rocking your sleeve. Its so great to KEEP seeing that it can be done...especially when you're stalling (HELP ME!!!). YES! Please post more pics. I know you'll have the vacation of a lifetime with the weight gone. GREAT JOB!

I was in a car accident a few weeks ago and was prescribed Flexeril. I hesitated to take it but after day 5 I had to. I havent had any negative effects. Does its job WELL.

I've been losing SLOWLY...I know, I know, I need to up my exercise, DEFINITELY. I also need to watch my carbs and protein. Since I have been eating "regular" foods it seems I have had this revelation that I can just eat ANYTHING :confused:...not the case. I had a bbq at my house on Mother's Day and since my birthday was the next day, they bought me a cake:sad0: My kryptonite...sheet cake. So I ate a very small square probably about an inch and it was oh so delectable....and addictive...They left the cake with me so for 4 days I was cutting just small slivers and devouring them every time I passed the dining room table. Why didnt I throw it away after the festivities? Because I think this sleeve is going to save me from myself...obviously it's not. (not to the degree I need to be saved that is). So Im 9 weeks out, this past Saturday was my 2 month mark and I had reached 210 lbs. A total of 33 lbs in 2 months. I want to beat myself in the head because I wanted to shoot for 20 each of the first two months but I didnt make it. I know I could have done better; and I know that I will. The bright side of it all is that my clothes are FALLING off of my arse! LITERALLY. I was dropping my daughter off at daycare and I leaned in to grab something off of the passenger seat and my pants were nearly on the ground. Luckily I did have on a babydoll top so nobody got a "full moon" but boy did I feel the breeze. My work clothes are WAY too big. Im wearing a size 18 today and they fit, probably how they are "supposed" to fit. I was wearing 20 and 22 pants before most days uncomfortably. Im actually shooting for 205 before the end of this third month. I'm certain if I nip this behavior, I'll get there. By the way, here is a photo of me from this weekend. (Size XL dress!) Great party!

This is so true. My honey refuses to share with me so I have to order my own meal. I have tried to order my own but I continuously get disappointed. I so badly want to go to a buffet...and he just yelled at me and said FOR WHAT!? I just wanted a big variety, but yeah how much of it am I going to eat??

I wonder why the mentality is such. I have the same issue. I want to genuinely say "thank you" when people compliment me, however I just feel guilty like "uggh; I wish it was so much more!"

Amazing! You've done a fabulous job!

Glad to see you posting. I stopped biting my nails too out fear I'd spring a leak!

I have a super snout now. I can smell EACH ingredient in a dish. Sometimes its bad; sometimes I can just ignore it. I'm 8 weeks out. I think I can smell it all because I can't eat it all. And really having no desire to eat it at all makes me want to hurl too.

I did not want to post. I lost about 3 lbs total in the last two weeks. The scale was playing with my emotions...DEARLY. I know stalls happen. I was prepared for it. More at the 3-week mark, but from week 6 to 7 and A HALF. Come on! My TOM came and I realized I was also retaining water. It ended today and the scale went down. I still feel like those old habits creep up when PMS sets in. I wanted everything I hadn't thought about in weeks. I gave in a few times too. Aside from that...I need to learn to pack my meals daily and not allow myself to just "grab something" . The days of doing that are long gone. Although I can still do it, I don't think everything I chose will or is in my best interest. I'm still learning.:cursing:

I was waiting for a great size story before I posted here, but something happened I couldn't hold in: My two year old was watching me get undressed in the bathroom. Now normally she sings the "I like em big, I like em chunky" hippo song from Madagascar 2 when Im mooning her by mistake or really because she doesn't belong in the bathroom. But last night she said "Mommy, why you skinny?" I almost cried. I asked what did she mean and she just said "you skinny". Granted I just came off of a 11 day stall and lost 2 lbs and I was a little down in the dumps; but when she said that I just lit up!

What an achievement! Great job!

I feel your pain. I'm stuck too, but its TOM. I hope this isn't going to happen EVERY MONTH. I'd be horrified.:thumbup: