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You will do awesome!! Keep us all posted.. will be sending great vibes your way!

I understand... I'm a blabber mouth LMAO I'm too old LOL Maybe I need to keep a low profile I might stay outta trouble

Whatever you do.. DONT FREAK OUT... I'm the Queen of Freaking just ask Tiff LMAO She was my savior LOL... Exercise is good..I'm SO NOT a exercise person if I was, I wouldn't have needed surgery so thats why my Dr said it'll come off but its coming off in the speed I give it. So I stopped freakin out.. I'm 50 I'm not young trying to impress anyone, I just want to live another 50 years So I can annoy the hell out of my kids still *Howling* YEAH!! You will do great... just stay focused and don't make it a "event" make it a journey that you're planning for I do my menu the night before and this way the next day I can go to my fatsecret on my phone and know what my day is going to be There will ALWAYS be support here.. this is by far the best forum... We've all felt it.. have cried about it.. have regretted having it at one point and have regretted not doing it sooner... we are all human and unfortunately are victims of our own insecurities.. You're GORGEOUS the way you are... you're on the road to a new healthier you

Awesome!! I can't wait to meet you... We have an excellent group... have you joined the AIBL Facebook page to be advised of events?? Make sure you do if you're a FB'er...

OMG OMG OMG I LOVE LOVE LOVE Dr. Ganta.... He's my lifesaver.. We have another meeting this Wed the 28th at his office I hope you can make it... I'm also on FB Dont hesitate to friend me there... I'm always here to help... My best friend is Heather White from Kase101 she won't be at the next meeting she's taking her bar exam in California again hoping this time she makes it.. she also had the sleeve.. Please let me know how you're doing from surgery.. I'm in Round Rock so I can be to you in a jiffy if you need anything at all oh.. and you can email me starrwalker@me.com anytime!! Much love!!

Excellent... Thanks for sharing... I was taking the Lady Fortress whey Protein tubes and was told not too cause it's a Calogen type protein... I hope this isn't I've been on Injury that I really like and I take it with MooTopia Milk from HEB that has 12 grams in the milk and 20 in the Unjury... Thank the lord for Blender Bottles! LOL I'll check this out

It's been a while since I was here... needed a break... I was on the dreadful stall mine lasted about 29 days.. i was freaking out big time! I went in crying to my awesome and incredible doctor and he told me "You're tracking too much STOP"... I use FatSecret.com and have it on my iphone cause I can barcode scan whatever I eat and not have to search... so I'm worried about Fat and Carbs and he said this and maybe it'll help others... Stop worrying about the Fat and the Carbs.. your main concern right now is staying between 800-900 calories and over 80g of Protein a day. If one day a week you go over 900 that is ok its a shock value to your metabolism but stop worrying so much about the fat and carb! I was trying to so hard to stay in the low fat and carb that I wasn't getting enough calories or I was getting too much and I have always done good on my protein that's never an issue for me... so when I stopped trying the fat/carb route and I went to just the calories and protein the stall broke and I started losing. He also suggested I try alternating my foods.. I am only eating the foods that "I" KNOW work for ME and I'm comfortable in those.. so I alternate between scrambled eggs for Breakfast and the day I'll have a Clif Builder Bar chocolate Mint that is so YUMMY and keep alternating... for lunch I'll alternate with the Chunk Swanson 2oz can with some cottage cheese and the next day maybe I'll have the tuna salad ready packet.. dinner is the same one day it'll be shaved mesquite turkey and ritz bits 100 calorie packets and the next might be the spam packet or the chunk chicken again.. In doing this I've lost and he also gave me some really good advise "You WILL lose weight no matter what, you have 1/3 of a stomach, you might NOT lose as fast as others and you might just kick butt.. but if you exercise you'll do better, if you aren't a exercise person you'll go slow, but either way the weight will come off it'll be only in the process you take" Now my biggest thing... is losing my hair.. it's like I went from thick and alot of hair like the width of a cucumber to now it's maybe 3 pencils.. UGH.. I've been on the Biotin 7500mg for 4 months and was using Nioxin shampoo and it still comes out in the brush about 30 strands or if i'm sitting on the couch it'll come out just freaks me the hell out! So I'm using Head & Shoulders with Zinc believe it or not its slowing it down ... amazing... So anyhow.. I've missed everyone.. hope y'all are doing great..

It's been a while since I was here... needed a break... I was on the dreadful stall mine lasted about 29 days.. i was freaking out big time! I went in crying to my awesome and incredible doctor and he told me "You're tracking too much STOP"... I use FatSecret.com and have it on my iphone cause I can barcode scan whatever I eat and not have to search... so I'm worried about Fat and Carbs and he said this and maybe it'll help others... Stop worrying about the Fat and the Carbs.. your main concern right now is staying between 800-900 calories and over 80g of Protein a day. If one day a week you go over 900 that is ok its a shock value to your metabolism but stop worrying so much about the fat and carb! I was trying to so hard to stay in the low fat and carb that I wasn't getting enough calories or I was getting too much and I have always done good on my protein that's never an issue for me... so when I stopped trying the fat/carb route and I went to just the calories and protein the stall broke and I started losing. He also suggested I try alternating my foods.. I am only eating the foods that "I" KNOW work for ME and I'm comfortable in those.. so I alternate between scrambled eggs for breakfast and the day I'll have a Clif Builder Bar chocolate Mint that is so YUMMY and keep alternating... for lunch I'll alternate with the Chunk Swanson 2oz can with some cottage cheese and the next day maybe I'll have the tuna salad ready packet.. dinner is the same one day it'll be shaved mesquite turkey and ritz bits 100 calorie packets and the next might be the spam packet or the chunk chicken again.. In doing this I've lost and he also gave me some really good advise "You WILL lose weight no matter what, you have 1/3 of a stomach, you might NOT lose as fast as others and you might just kick butt.. but if you exercise you'll do better, if you aren't a exercise person you'll go slow, but either way the weight will come off it'll be only in the process you take" Now my biggest thing... is losing my hair.. it's like I went from thick and alot of hair like the width of a cucumber to now it's maybe 3 pencils.. UGH.. I've been on the Biotin 7500mg for 4 months and was using Nioxin shampoo and it still comes out in the brush about 30 strands or if i'm sitting on the couch it'll come out just freaks me the hell out! So I'm using Head & Shoulders with Zinc believe it or not its slowing it down ... amazing... So anyhow.. I've missed everyone.. hope y'all are doing great..

THERE IS A GOD UP ABOVE AND HE'S MOVED MY SCALE!! I'm down to 216.... I eat something different everyday now I don't eat the same thing twice in a row and I'll be doggone the scale is moving!! WOOT WOOT WOOT I think I'm gonna go take a nap that just wore me out LOL... WOOHOO... and oh by the way... "Stall or Plateau... you can kiss my SKINNY tush.. I DON'T LIKE YOU!!"

Thanks Legal... I hope so I've been in a fog lately.. And I'm sorry if my heading upset anyone I've received 2 emails BLASTING me for HOW dare I use that heading.. OMG SERIOUSLY? LOL Some people just can't take a freakin joke... Time to leave this forum for good... !!

I've been in a severe funk... stalled for my 4th week... I lost 9lbs the month of May.. UGH ... but i've lost 2 inches around my waist since 4/6 .. Who knows maybe it'll turn around for me... but I do Thank GOD for Tiffykins who sent me a great email I just got today when I logged on.. I am just at the frame of mind that I don't know what is right to eat and what isn't and if I lose I lose if I don't, I tried.. .but one way or another i'm down almost 60 lbs and I'm no longer a diabetic so thats a plus.. But seriously my brain is tired of trying to figure this all out LOL So happy for everyone's accomplishments... SO PROUD of you all... KICK SOME SERIOUS BUTT!!!

Now you sound like me...I'm the only one who gets to play the failing card!! LOL You'll hear from all the experts that you are OK..thank God we have a great bunch here cause if not for them I'd be face first in a tub of BBQ 2 weeks ago!! I'm being educated by the awesome folks here on how to eat..I'm so nutrition stupid it ain't funny...but they are all helping me ...I eat 5 bites of whatever I'm eating and I stop I have the fear of hurling so I don't push it if I'm still feeling hungry I have Popsicles Let us know what the doc says...congrats on the smoking!!! Will be thinking of you!

Way to go!! WOOT WOOT WOOT.... Celebrate!! Have a protein shake! LOL So happy for you!!!

I haven't....I use Viactiv Chewable Calcium & MV they taste like tootsie rolls

Well saw my Dr on Thursday and he said he was disappointed I wasn't losing fast enough I should have lost more.. I wanted to cry.. I've been trying to get in the 800 calories but for some reason I was still trying to get under the 10 for Fat and 30 for Carbs over 80 Protein and it wasn't working for me... I don't know what else to do... I'm worried now that I'm failing the sleeve... I met with our support group yesterday and it was our exercise person telling us we all need to work out, etc... but I have no energy to work out Im' tired all the time. I know i've cried to Tiffykins and everyone else... I'm so sorry for being a whineybutt and pest... Anyone have any ideas what I can try next? And for the record I met someone from our board yesterday at our support meeting MakMama and let me tell ya.. she's freakin stunning and such an awesome woman that has a wonderful & beautiful family!! Make sure you friend her and say hello

STUNNING!!! What a beautiful young woman.... and my rock LOL

I'm fat and old dammit Tiff I'm NOT BLIND LOL.. I LOVE YOU!!! I LOVE YOU ALL!!! I haven't had any Medformin or Glipizide since surgery YEAH!! I've been ranging between 70-92 on my blood pokes... when I was admitted on the 6th of March it was over 300 LOL I'm GOOD I've stopped the finger pokin everything!! Ok fats.. lets talk to this fat girl here... I can do Peanut Butter.. do I just eat the spoon full? I'm allergic to Avocados UGH no guac for me and I'm in Texas... What other fat things can I eat.. I sometimes want to eat more than 3 times a day is that ok? but small.. I only make myself take 5 bites of whatever I'm eating cause I don't want to hurl.. Some say I can eat more and I should try but the thought of hurling just pains me LOL I'm not a good cookie tosser.. Hell who is LOL I didn't do this surgery to lose quickly or be the next top model. *Snappin* We're ALL Already there we're SMOKIN HOT!!! LOL I want to be healthy and in all honesty I really thought it would come off easier cause I have purchased everything low fat or sugar free do I not buy those things? I'm confused... Tiff you know I'm nutrition stupid so it's gonna take someone to say "OK Starr this is what you eat ... this is what you DONT eat.. LOL I appreciate you all so much I can't wait till I get the hang of this and get on track and do well... I Love my Dr... don't get me wrong he's freakin amazing I can't say enough and maybe he's saying that cause he knows I need to feel like I'm succeeding cause I did invest my life savings in this I have no insurance so maybe I am taking his talk out of context.. Hello My name is Starr and I'm blonde.. case closed LOL... Thanks so much everyone!! Happy memories day lets all go have some BBQ OH GOD I want some BBQ so freakin badly UGH

so do you see anything I should change ... so I wont reach my goal till around christmas the rate I'm going right?? I don't really care if it's fast just as long as it comes off LOL

Thanks... I use www.fatsecret.com and my login is SpunkyLilDIva and my pass is iphone I thought I've been losing grant it it's like been 223 then 221 and then it goes back up then it goes down and he says I'm at a plateau... I thought that meant the scale stays on one weight for 3 weeks.. he said I should be down at least 40-50 on my 7th week... I'm so confused.. I did get those Protein shots you were talking about and i like those... please tell me what I'm not eating or shouldn't eat or change... I only eat maybe 4 bites cause Im scared of filling up but others say I'm not eating enough... UGH I'm so confused...

So if you're only to eat 3x a day .. HOW on earth are y'all getting in 800-900 calories? What's your secret??

You will LOVE it.. it's so easy... I like anything that doesn't make me think! LOL