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Well I am about 4.5 months post surgery and have lost an astonishing 125lbs!

I did however experience my first stall last month when I went THREE weeks without losing a single ounce!

I knew it would happen sooner or later but after almost four months of steadily losing approx. 5lbs a week it was a stark reality check.

I find that even this soon after the surgery it is easy to let diligence slide and slip back into naughty habits.

I have since reminded myself what unholy hell the entire process was to get here and that serves as effective motivation to keep my protien up and my fat/carbds down.

Luckily I have had very little temptation with some of my trigger foods (soda pop, pizza, sweets ect) however, I did slip up on my birthday and allow myself to eat a small peice of raspberry ice cream cake and a few bites of chinese food, and while it has been MONTHS since i have touched alcohol and YEARS since a birthday bender I nonetheless spent the night over the toilet and in excruciating pain...lesson learned!

To avoid stalls i have also begun to increase my exercise bi-weekly (an extra 15m session on the treadmill here, an extra half hour of aquafitness there) and my weight loss had returned to it's former glory :D

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Your loss is amazing and a big congratulations to you!!! I can only imagine how challenging this has been, but it sounds like you are doing everything correctly (based on what I've read at least). I'm sure it is exercise that will be key to get to your final goal. Have you thought about going liquid to jump start? I've heard that works sometimes. I'm scheduled for RNY on Jan 21, 2013, so you're a true inspiration!!!!! Thank you.

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Your loss is amazing and a big congratulations to you!!! I can only imagine how challenging this has been, but it sounds like you are doing everything correctly (based on what I've read at least). I'm sure it is exercise that will be key to get to your final goal. Have you thought about going liquid to jump start? I've heard that works sometimes. I'm scheduled for RNY on Jan 21, 2013, so you're a true inspiration!!!!! Thank you.

Thanks for the positive feed back, yes I am VERY dedicated to this new lifestyle as a whole, I am far more in tune with my emotional triggers (which affect not only my eating habits/cravings but also my motivation)

One of the (oddly enough) benefits of being SO heavy when I started is that the more weight you have too lose the faster you lose in the beginning, the downside of course is that when the progress slows (as it should) it can become somewhat discouraging, luckily the results thus far have made an undeniable impact on my quality of life (living on disability with a toddler and a part time volunteer job) so I have hit a stall only in scale victory, being able to wrap a towel the WHOLE way around me for the first time since college, being able to take my daughter out for errands WITHOUT relying on a stroller for her safety/my endurance and of course being able to give back to my community via my volunteer position (with the mental health commission of canada) has been mind numbingly AMAZING!

As for the liquid jump start, I don't feel it would be beneficial for me as I find I tend to struggle with meal/snack routine as it is. Although I do know where and when to cut back empty calories (little treats like cranberry sauce on my turkey, and real fruit juices)

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