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Keep your chin up, chicky. Injuries suck but you can lose weight through diet alone if you make great choices.

You can absolutely do this. If I can, anyone can.

The pre op sucked... I found I added flavor seasonings to make things taste different better etc... it's long and hard I had to o a month liquid diet through thanksgiving... and my birthday i will admit it sucked bad you can do this!! and it is worth it

It will be so worth it when you look back a year from now. You will be so glad you did everything they said to do, all the bad parts of this process will be behind you and you will be looking so good!

Oh yeah. Pre op sucks but it must be done. Directly Post op isn't much fun either.

is that one on http://blog.myfitnesspal.com/the-28-day-squat-challenge-youll-want-to-start-now/

lol! I probably should've started this... RIP to my ass! Hope it helps!

Nah it's this one: http://www.popsugar.com/fitness/30-Day-Squat-Challenge-30806625

And yeah, I think it's working. I'm pretty vain and have been taking lots of photos lol. Also got confirmation from an outside source lmao.

what is your favorite protein snack?

So far hummus or cheddar cheese.

I click on my name up top, then surgery and then progress I believe you can update your weight

you can do it. im here is you need support ok

Thank you I appreciate that. It was a hard day on Friday. It is now Monday and I have my focus back. I have my goals, and now I know what I need to do. How is everything going for you? I noticed you joined the Facebook south sac group. I said hello, but never knew if you saw my reply

Congratulations! You've got this!

Thank you!! It feels amazing!

Easy, LE, it's not your purpose in life to educate the masses about surgery. Now and then, when the occasion is conducive, fine. Otherwise, just do what makes sense for you at any given moment.

You didn't lie nor are you obligated to "educate" the ignorant. I've been "guilty" of this behavior a time or three and I feel no shame. It's MY body, MY health, and MY choice regarding who I share my decisions with.

Girl I don't blame you! sometimes it's a battle trying to explain the WLS to someone who has no idea about it b/c they've not done all the research on it! I know most the people at my work are tired of hearing about it. Oh well Good for you on your weight loss !

I think if I were in the situation you are in right now, I would go back and look at my before and during pictures. I'm betting seeing the HUGE change would give me enough of a kick in the pants to get going again. Or perhaps go back to basics for a few days, and sort of reset your stomach and metabolism. There is also something called the five day pouch test that may help you. Try not to get too discouraged. You've come a looong way and worked hard to be here, and you'll be able to keep going because you already know you have the strength. Take care and be kind to yourself.

Try reviewing a couple of weeks of your food diaries. You may find that you've been more liberal than you'd been previously. Also do yourself the favor of recalling that few goals have an end date. It's the doing that achieves the goal, but there's no calendar attached. Certainly not when it comes to weight loss. You're still losing, so relax. You're doing/getting what you set out to do nearly a year ago. You're way ahead of the game.

Wow! That is great! It is so nice when someone notices (especially someone we don't know that well!). Keep up the great work!

i hope things work out better for you. Hopefully its just one of those things! Good Luck!

what did you find out?

Best thing to do is call your insurance company to get the details.

Thanks but a super hero I don't think so. During the 3 procedure operation I had my gallbladder taken out. This is not incision pain. It is in the right side lower back shoulder pain that moved today to the breast armpit area. I saw my PCP on Thursday when I had the pain for 6 days all ready. He thought when the nurses and Pt lifted me off the toilet they broke a rib. But that was not the case. He gave me liquid Tylenol with codeine and it was helping but when the pain switched to the breast armpit area the meds were not helping any more. The walking I was doing was with the walker but today I couldn't even get out the door. All I did was relax in my recliner, surf the net and watch TV. It is only 10 days post op so I was surprised to see a stall all ready

Don't psych yourself out ssflbelle, you are doing fine and everything is working fine. Just chill out and heal a little bit. Slow but sure is the tortoise. Take the small victories and I agree you should stay off the scale for a while. Gas pains can and do move from one area to another sometimes. I had similar problems years ago when I had an abdominal surgery. The gas working out was the worst part.

Don't be down on yourself !

Hi I am not sure about the gas pains - I am one week out of surgery and have been trying to walk a bit when I feel up to it probably not as hard as you walk tho. I was also having a meltdown over my weight gain from surgery so good news day 8 from surgery and finally lost 2 lbs .... geez seems slow but so happy to finally be lower than my weight before the surgery!!! Hope your gas pain subsides soon!