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I am fat because I am carb lover. I have never met a carb that I didn't like. True Morbid Obesity run on both sides of my family. As a matter of fact it's weird for someone in my family to be skinny! Anyways, I don't blame it all on genes. I went 8 years without eating a single peice of meat and I really didn't get good protein from other sources either. I survived on white bread (I would eat a half of a loaf in a day sometimes), cornbread (Jiffy tastes like cake), mash potatos, biscuits, mac & cheese, cereal (two super size bowls), sweets, and any other carb alive! People couldn't understand why I was gaining weight because I wasn't eating hamburgers from fast food resturants and other fatting fast foods all the time. I had no idea carbs would make me gain weight until they came out with that low-carb diet craze and I was like opps no wonder I keep gaining! Well, it was hard to break all those habits. I am doing better now and I haven't had a single piece of white bread since February!!!

LOL!! I don't have any complaints about it. I just wasn't sure if it was normal. Yea I am super motivated I haven't missed a workout in over two weeks!

I am having issues with some of my family members making remarks to my sister and me about losing weight. We both had lapband surgery about two weeks apart and we are so excited to be going through this journey together. Several of our relatives have made comments like “don’t get too small” or “XL will be too small for you and I don’t think you need to get that small” What are you serious an XL shirt is too small? It’s like they have seen us so big our entire lives and cannot wrap it around their brains that we are losing weight and may be smaller one day. I told a friend that my dream size wedding dress was 12 and she was said “you will never be a 12 sorry to tell you”! She tried to back track it and say she meant that my bone structure isn’t made for a size 12. LMBO! How does she know what my bones look like under 200 pounds of extra weight!!! By the way we are no longer friends because that wasn’t the first negative remark she has made. At that time I weighed 373 and I guess she couldn’t see me smaller either. Well, I am going to do this and no matter what anyone thinks I am going to lose weight!!! Does anybody else have issues or stigmas in their family that see skinny or even normal as a negative? My goal weight is 199 and that is not near being skinny.

You are right it is a lot of hard work and that should be added to the conversation. I wish people can just give credit where credit is due!!

Well, good I am not the only one!! I was about to ask my doctor about this! LOL!

That is amazing!!!!!!!!! You must be so proud of yourself!!!!

Great, they will let you pick up where you left off!!! I hope you get those 23lbs off with ease!!!! Good luck!!!

It sounds fun but I am afraid of the water. LOL!! I plan to take lessons one day. That's on my list of 10 things to do before I turn 35!

I can finally say I am having good restriction! I am not going to say it's my sweet spot yet because I just got the fill on 9-7 but it's gettting better and better each day! I hope it is my sweet spot though!:thumbup: I am so ready to lose some weight! I worked out everday last week and did one hour today in the gym also!

I am sorry that you misunderstood my post but I have already had the lapband surgery. I have lost about 64 pounds since I started this journey. I was banded on 2.23.10. I was just writing about my diet that I was on before I got banded. I have lost more than 15 pounds lol! I am a slow loser but it's coming off.

Great Job on losing weight and having to retire jeans!!!! I keep wearing mine though and my sister is like please get rid of those baggy jeans!! I will go shopping when I get out of these dreaded 300's!!

Congrats on your weight loss!!!! Yippie!!! I can't believe you are still eating jello after the liquid diet though!! I won't touch that stuff now! I still like the taste of it but I ate too much during my liquids. It may be years before I eat some more!! LOL!

I just hit 7 months out myself and was wondering the same thing. I keep passing by that machine at the gym but I just look! I am terrified my port will move or something!!

Thanks i am going to keep going...I got that size XL shirt in my room right now for some motivation!! LOl!

Congrats on your weight loss!!!!

Wow, and I bet Thanksgiving is going to be ruff on a lot of new bandster. I am so use to getting stuffed!! I hope it gets better with your mom. I would love to have my mom here for support but she passed away in 07. You are blessed to have her.

Thanks, I hope your surgery goes well and it is a success for you!!

Yea, I think I am going to get back on my BC because since surgery I have had a period every month but it just comes whenever it's not on regular schedule. Sometimes its a week early or a week late. Right now I am another week late!

Thanks Loseit and NewMechelle!!!! Congrats on both of your weight loss! I can't wait until I get out of the 300's! I get excited every time I think about it. I am getting ready to go to the gym right now because yall have motivated me to work even harder!!!! Lol!!