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LL, you express yourself so well. I always enjoy reading your posts. While I don't know if I'll ever become physically conditioned enough to actually TEACH kickboxing it's nice to know that there are other sleevers out that who have reached that level of success.

Thank you for inspiring me. You have done more than the lion's share of working "on your own" and deserve the very best that life has to offer you. :)

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You go girl! You've put in tremendous effort, and it's nice to see you reaping the rewards. Change is possible! And WOW that counselor sounds like she needs a wee bit of counseling herself! Whew! I was very fortunate, found a counselor through my program that skipped most of that crap and worked on mindfulness with me. Mindfulness is a wonderful thing! LL love reading your posts. Thanks so much for sharing.

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You go girl. I am just like you. I have the sleeve in May but it's my work that has lost the 123 lbs. also had a weird guy for a nut. Worked with him because I had too. Insurance changed at last min. Had to do 6 months again with regular nut. In the end got what I wanted!

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I agree with Noor1969 - you express yourself so well! I always enjoy reading your posts.

Thank you for inspiring me.

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Remind me never to piss you off...lol

Never piss me off, RJ.

I will try to remember...lol

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as others have stated, very well said LL!

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Well said.

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Can't believe you're down 99!!!!!!!!!!! Wooooo hoooo!!! Maybe that's 100 now since you posted this :)

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Great post!

We hear so many times the WLS is the easy way out. Yeah, this is the easy way out...living on Protein shakes for months (pre-op and post-op). The mental game can be a killer! Stepping on the scale during a stall can be unbearable. Being hungry, really hungry and taking 25 minutes to eat 1/4 cup of food can be frustrating beyond belief. Oh, and how about not being able to poo for 5 days - yeah, this is a blast!

I'm 5 weeks out and still waiting for the "easy" part!

Thanks for posting!

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LL, only thing you missed out was who the body double was that went in and had major surgery on your behalf - oh, sorry, was that actually you ???? Yup, think it might have been...

People can say whatever they like about being sleeved but it ain't the easy option - and we do it on our own, every sip, every mouthful, ever mile walked....

Ps my body sounds just like yours but add a few more wrinkles ;-)

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P.S. I tried hypnosis - felt like a fool, but I did it. A lot of money later, I lost about 30 pounds, but gained in all back!

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