Yvette1026

Ok stupid question time my fellow delights... Tomorrow is surgery day, and I'm REALLY confused on one stupid lil' detail... when you have your surgery as an out patient are you dressed and your shirt is up? Or are you in a hospital gown? I've been reading and it seems like people have various stories, and I'm tryin' to figure out what to wear tomorrow... silly I know.. But someone posted "Women where a buttoned down top and no bra". I can't quite put my mind around that one.. Can someone please explain?

I lost 140+lbs on my own and had no lose skin, now I'm getting the band to prevent the up and down cycle I go through, after gaining 50-60 of that back. I'm sure I won't have any "excess skin" and actually there's no such thing as "excess skin" it's that you lose muscle instead of fat, once you lose the fat in the skin your skin will snap back. You can prevent this by giving your body the Protein you need. For example, if you want to weigh 175lbs, you would need to eat 175 grams of protein every day to burn the fat and feed your muscles. You can look it up online if you google it, you'll see excess skin is a myth.

I think what's different about me and most people here is I love myself, maybe a lil' too much. I don't aspire to be thin, I don't want to be skinny. I love my curves, my shape, me. I'm an hourglass, maybe the big ben of hourglasses but an hourglass nonetheless. Part genes part hard work, regardless of how much I weigh I still have a "shape" and it's not just round. When I lost weight before I kept the same shape, just a smaller version of it. I'm in faith that the same thing will happen now. I like me, I like my big butt, musclar and powerful legs, I like my arms, my face (minus the double chin lol) and my breasts. YES there's room for improvement, that's why I'm doing this. But I just don't look in the mirror and think "ugh" like some of the people I've talked to on here do. We're all beautiful in our own way and pardon the pun but weigh, as well. 300, 200 or 150 I'm still fly. I'm still beautiful, I'm still me. And because of that I think this journey will be easy for me. Self love is what it takes. Yes I could sit and point out my double chin, my backfat, how the tops of my thighs aren't so solid any more, but hey I can still wear a skirt or bathing suit an nobody really notices.. I could point out how I have a stomach, that thankfully is soft so people don't mistake me for being pregnant I could point out how my upper arm is a lil' loose as I age, I like to think its from all of the beauty waving I did lol...j/k But point all of that out wouldn't do me any good, besides it doesn't define me. I have always been and will probably always be a plus sized woman. Yes yes, I know we all want to be skinny, yeah not me. I'm just not part of that crowd. People keep making comments to me about "You're so pretty, imagine what you'll look like after" - Fa' real? I mean really?? was that supposed to be a compliment? I look pretty freakin' good now, and I'm not sure the world is ready for a skinny Yvette LMAO.. Ok maybe that's just funny between me and my BFF.. lmao.. but I digress.. I'm just saying.. if we love ourselves it makes the journey easier.. If you're not constantly jumping on the scale, getting caught up with who from your surgery month is losing more than you or whatever the situation is, you're bound to succeed and do it with ease. Excuse the outfit, this was takin' before a "trailer park party" but as I was going through old pics I figured I'd stop and show the world what 5'5 315lbs looks like on me...

I'm right there with ya Kimmi! Same surgery times, PMS and everything!lol - No need to be nervous.. everything will go well! Blessings to you my friend!

WOO HOO!!! Thoughts and prayers with you today for surgery done in excellence and rapid healing and recovery! Congratulations!

Pre-band but losing and my underwear are entirely too big. Part of me wants to go buy new ones, but then part of me is like wait, we get banded on Friday, let's see what happens after that. lol This may be an overshare but I think it's a good problem to have. In other news, other items of clothing and now loose and too big, my one time favorite fitted t-shirt is fitted no more.. YAY! Well I think, on the upside I get to go shopping. On the double upside, my mother goes through periods of buying everything I buy clothing wise, soooo I can just go into her closet since she's smaller than me and keep my cute outfits LOL.. well for a few sizes anyways, until I get to a size 18, then I'll HAVE to go buy stuff. In a 22 now, so it won't be long... but either way it's still some cushion. YAY a good problem to have. I'm constantly hungry...but that's because my metabolism is working again, YAY! Another good problem to have.. I'm sure I'll think of more, I'm hungry time for a shake..

lol its' the author in me, my masterpiece - out soon as a similar one lol

Not to be harsh, because it's not what's intended. However, with your medical issues, there's a reason your doctor is requiring you to do this. You're asking for help, but honestly you need to help yourself. Save your own life, surgery is in Feb right? That's gives you plenty of time to lose 10lbs, even if you don't stay on a 300 calorie diet every day. But even with that, if your doctors are saying to do this to save your own life, do it and do it happily. So you can live your best life!