Shemy-away

Sooo get used to this!! Before you know it, your watch will even be too big at all. I have to put my watches on the tightest or second to tightest slot for my leather straps... forget the linked types, they are so big they nearly fall off my hands.
Anyway, just a few examples of what life will be like down the road. You're doing fantastic!!

Congrats ! ! !

You go girl!

Awesome NSVs!!!
Lissa

These are all great NSV's! Enjoy them, take them in and own them! You are ROCKIN that SLEEVE! YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!

Finally was able to put on mY watch without the extender!! All this time I just thought my bones were big!!!! On top of that my pants are falling off, and by golly, my belt is too big!!!
I love my sleeve!
I hope everyone is doing well!
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Awesome!!!!!... At my birthday party, my sister thought my plate was my 2 year old neice's!!!!

Finally was able to put on mY watch without the extender!! All this time I just thought my bones were big!!!! On top of that my pants are falling off, and by golly, my belt is too big!!!
I love my sleeve!
I hope everyone is doing well!
Sent from my iPhone using VST

Finally was able to put on mY watch without the extender!! All this time I just thought my bones were big!!!! On top of that my pants are falling off, and by golly, my belt is too big!!!
I love my sleeve!
I hope everyone is doing well!
Sent from my iPhone using VST

Finally was able to put on mY watch without the extender!! All this time I just thought my bones were big!!!! On top of that my pants are falling off, and by golly, my belt is too big!!!
I love my sleeve!
I hope everyone is doing well!
Sent from my iPhone using VST

LMD,
My doc hasn't cleared me for jogging or high impact exercising yet. I would like to start back with Yoga, but I don't know if the stretching would be bad for my stomach. Any thoughts?

How 5 Lbs of FAT measures by volume to 5 Lbs of muscle. So, if you're confused on how you can be working so hard and not seeing a loss on the scale - this could be a huge factor.

Thanks everyone! Only 6.5 hours until I gotta be at the hospital...I'm the first one of the day!!!

I can't wait for all of you who's dates are coming up to join me on the loser's bench!! I've been waking up lately full of something, I didn't know what it was. Then it hit me. I'm happy. For the first time in a long time my happiness is radiating from the inside out instead of me trying to force it from the outside in. This is such a great feeling! I hope each one of you feels the same way

Any doctor that says you need to lose x by x should be shot. This is not a race, enjoy getting to know your new body. Remember the slower it comes off the longer it stays off.

It's so motivating hearing from all you sleevers! My surgery is finally tomorrow morning...I'm a little nervous but more excited.

Isnt it crazy how people follow this intense low carb diet until they reach goal weight and way beyond and then when they regain weight after 2 years or so no one can understand it?I really blame the dr's and their diets for this.Thank goodness our dr have a little bit of a different approach.
When I said eat some complex veg carb ( healthy) it was just to give your body the reassurance that it is getting enough carbs now it can let go of the weight...it actually works with any low carb diet.
Anyhow,good luck and I do hope you will lose soon
xxo

Meggs, I could have written your post, without the thyroid removal. I have found that my clothes are getting looser and that my body is reshaping itself, despite the scale sitting at this number. I've been changing up my exercise routine and actually added some foods to my diet for energy and endurance during exercise. This morning, I finally posted a 1.8 pound loss. I am so happy about that, but I've lost 3 pants sizes during the latest stall, which is usually how it happens for me. I'll lose pretty steadily for a bit, then stop while my body shrinks and readjusts...then I'll lose a little more. This time around, I'm seeing definite waist definition and a firmer tush, so I'll take this temporary stall while my body creates those lines!

Hello everyone. Just checking in and letting you know that my surgery was successful. Got home Friday night and have been fighting naseau and acid reflux, but other than that doing good. Today's the first day that I've felt almost normal. Glad I did this! Can't wait to get healed up and focus on my new journey. Haven't weight - will do that at the Doctor's office on Wednesday - when they remove my port.

I am doing really well, no gas and just some pain from the incisions. Hope this keeps up and I heal soon.

Well, tomorrow is the big day for me. Please say a prayer, and I'll be praying for all of you. Save some room for me on the losers bench

Anything worth having is twice as worth fighting for. Likewise, anything we see as a trial is a test. Pass it and the rewards will be worth double.

My surgeon said to expect hair loss, a lot of it, in the first 3-9 months, but that by a year things will be much better. He was right on all accounts.
One of the practical pieces of pre-op information we were told was to not color, perm, or otherwise treat our hair for the first year, minimum. It adds too much stress to the hair and will cause more problems than it solves.

THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU......FOR POSTING THIS!

EAS Myoplex...they taste pretty good and there are 42 grams of Protein...so that really helps me hit my 64 gram goal every day.