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Thanks for posting your blog. I am glad you were so successful because that means I can be successfu too. I have failed so many times I wonder if I can really do it. It is comforting to know that life becomes normal again and you can become not so concern with food. You have made me so sure this is right for me and life will set itself right side up, in time. Congrats to you!! You have achieve an amazing thing.

Well I wish her all the luck in the world. It is hard to lose weight without diabetes. She most likely would of gotten to that weight anyway, just a few years later. I just wish she would of gotten in the sleeve so she wouldnt have to face other complications.

Way to Go Champ! Did you hear the Rocky music playing in the background? lol.

Here again you amaze me Tiff the wealth of knowlege you have. I study out things but I could not give great instructions like you do. I truely appreciate YOU sharing all that you know. It makes our journey so much easier.

I did some emotional therapy in the last few years. They have this thing called tapping, it a way to recognized negative emotion /feelings in your body and replace with postive ones. Tap the out sides of your hands and repeat to yourself: I Totally and completely love myself even though I feel like bingeing. or im scared of bingeing. Do this 3 to 5 times. Keep tapping and repeat I Totally and completely love myself because I chose to eat with sensibility and vigilance. repeat 3 to 5 or til you feel better. Do this when ever these feelings arise. You can use this script for any emotion you are struggling with. This is just a simple way of starting the tapping therapy. Just remember to replace the negative/ with the postive. Another thing I did which kinda sounds even crazier but way effective for me. I would wake up with alot of negative emotions and thoughts. It would just radiate my whole body. I just couldnt stand it. So I would think of all the negative thoughts i was feeling then I would imagine pulling every negative thing out of me starting with my toes working up to my head/brain. Out of every joint and body part. I would breathe or blow it out hard. If you seen the Green Mile when that big black guy would blow out all the bad cancer stuff out. Thats what I kinda imagine it was like. I then would Breathe in all postive thoughts words or feelings back into my body. Every inch of it. These were tools I used when emotions were just so overwhelming. Maybe something to think about,try,or look into.

Welcome! This place is full of info and support it great way to prepare your way for your wls journey. Feel free to add me as a friend. I will be sleeved on the 29th. 8 days to go! whoo! hoo!

Once again Tiff you give great tips. Thanks for being so helpful.

My oh My!! You look great!

Thanks for the tips! I been lurking and studying for months now. I am happy that I can have this tool to help give me what I have so wanted for a long time. A HAPPY, HEALTHY, ACTIVE LIFE without the crazy dieting cycle. I Can't Wait to Get Started. Thanks for the replies. I hope more come in. More Happy Days are on there Way.

God Bless, I hope and pray things will be well with you.

I am sorry about your setback. I almost had one myself as well. When your mind and heart is set on something and it doesnt go the way you thougt it would it SUCKS. Now that is said turn yourself around and take the advantage of the extra days you have. Set a goal of some sort challenge yourself to lose an extra 5 pounds. Start an exercise routine to make yourself stronger. Make a list of all the things you love about yourself. Do some service. Get your house in order thats what help me get through this last month. Just stop complaining and get doing. Happy days will be yours soon.

Today is MY Final Countdown Day! In ten days I will be sleeved. I decided I would post my story which is not much different than any of yours. My weight started after my first child (1991). I gained 50lbs a weighed just shy of 200lbs. I was mortified. I then told my self I must do whatever I could to lose weight and never be over 200lbs. Well after 5 more kids. I weigh over 200lbs. Throughout the years I have been on countless diets only gaining it back. I really never made my goal. Oh once I enjoyed it for a month when I got pregnant with my 3rd child. I have log in countless hours/miles during these past years. I am or was athletic so exercising was never a problem. After trying and trying and trying and not succeding the way I wanted it to be. I have been depressed because I couldnt take the craziness and the obession that I created. I gave it up, I threw in the towel. I felted no hope not one one little bit. It was a very dark time. I tried to just live as a heavy person, its not the worst thing in the world to struggle with. I have many other blessings in my life. I keep telling myself this but I couldnt shake the depression. All I know being overweight just doesnt feel right. These days I look at myself I dont know who I am. Maybe because I stopped looking. Right Now, I want to live and know and create me. I also want to create happy days for my family. My weight/food has taken the front seat for way to long. I never thought I would never have to turn to wls but now that I am, I am grateful that this tool is available for those of us who have given it all we got. May happy days be with you. Lora

What a great moment. Yay for You. May more happy days be yours.

I am happy for you! :D

Enjoyed your story! I am happy for you that you are at a place where you love yourself. May happy days be yours.

Oh my heart goes out to you. Shame on that doctor to make things feel hopeless. Dont give up just take a time out for a bit and get your thoughts together and your gumption back. Giving up doesnt make life stop. It will still be there, usually, in a worse state than you left it in. Sorry that just my experience anyway. God Bless.

You look like enjoying life. Congrats to you!

You know we dont have tell everybody in our lives everything. If you are not ready than keep it to yourself. Spill the Beans when things feel right for you. Just make arrangements for a couple of months with your sister. Things will come around.

Enjoyed reading your success. It affirms that this is a tool that really does work. It brings hope that I wont have to go on another crazy diet. My most desire is just be a person who can eat a nice portion of food and yet be thin. Thanks for posting your story. May happy days continue.

Thanks!! its great to read a success. I hope you will be round to answer questions and want to give advice to us Newbies.

You found the right website to help you discover many aspects of VSG and landed on a gold mine of support. There are great people who love to be of service. Enjoy reading.

This is one of many issues you will have to hurdle. Just take time to process each one and be patient until you can come to an acceptance of each one. Reading all the experience on this forum truly helps.

Welcome Cait! May more happy days follow.

Here is instructions for the ticker Tiff posted it a few days ago. There is not a truly simple way to do BUT I can give you the step by step instructions I followed to get mine: Click on your Name at the Top of the Forum A drop down menu should appear. Click MY PROFILE From there, you'll need to click on CHANGE SIGNATURE. NOw, open a New Tab or New web browser window and go to www.tickerfactory.com Make your ticker to your liking with A PIN, so you can edit it later. Once the ticker is made and you are at the "code" page. HIghlight, and COPY the entire bBcode. Come back here to where the Blank signature box is, and PASTE that code into the box. Add whatever other information you'd like, and then hit SAVE CHANGES. It will give you a Preview of your signature, if it's too your liking, it'll show up on your posts. If you don't like it, change it and save it. If these steps do not work, contact the site administrator for further technical assistance. In the future to edit your signature, you can just click on any of your posts that has your signature ticker on it, and you'll need to enter the PIN and edit your weight loss stats. it will auto update if you refresh the web page here. If you don't want the truth, don't ask me. If you want something sugarcoated, go eat a donut. LapBand 10/01/08 Band OUT, Sleeve done 06/03/09 Dr. Michael Michel M.D. Highest weight-270, revision weight- 263, goal weight 150 (hit that in 6.5 months with the sleeve alone) current weight- 125lbs and maintaining since April 2010. You can also find me on Facebook with this link, PLEASE just tell me you are from this site or I will deny the request: facebook.com/sparkleandcharm

I havent been sleeved yet but according to my reading you are due for a stall. It seems most people start stalling around week 3. It can last many days into weeks. Your body is trying to catch up with what you just put it through with surgery. And holding on to every ounce it can. Be diligent work the program and the lbs will come off. You should loose some inches during this time. So start measuring those as well.