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Daisy! 35 is such a young widow... with kids! Heavens, what a trial that must have been.

Hi SarSar! Nice to see you here. I think its so neat you had a portrait done of the kids, you will be so glad you did later!...as will they.... sorry your still feeling down, I have a hint of that going on, but keep talking myself out of it.... shining light on it helps, and doing something on my list helps too. (ah, the list. Make sure to pack it with things that advance your sense of purpose.... it makes the doing so much more meaningful) Hope you have a nice day with your family... the eggnog bread, is it a quick bread or a yeast bread... sound delish!

Transformation can be a beautiful thing!

Congrats on the new robe! Thats a great story. I still have my giant robe, and kind of like it large and fluffy, but I also have a slinky satin robe that fits like a glove. Thats the one I wear when I don't intend on wearing it very long!

Thats ok Mistysj, I was responding to your post, then to Susies post after that.

Haha! Mine was always off by at least 40 pounds! Heaven forbid they know how much I weighed for real! Like they couldn't tell by the pic! I have to say after getting WLS is the first time in my life I have ever talked about my real weight, admitted it in public. Its like airing out the dirty little() secret is such a relief! People are shocked when I say I weight around 170.... they just assume that I weigh less... but really I think it is because I used to weigh so much more by comparison, I look so different.

Not all people who have tried the 5:2 lose weight either. A few are very successful, others moderatly, others love how it makes them feel, and they maintain on it. Susie: How long have you been trying it? What are you doing? still counting calories and such? Drinking water? I know I have been eating more sugar and carbs, and calories and salt the last couple of weeks, but try and clean it up for the fast days. I gained a couple of pounds over my high bounce/goal, but managed to get it back into the range by the day after christmas. I am now fighting some carb monster because of my choices, but hope to get that off my back in the next couple of days. You are not a failure, perhaps it is not for you, or we might be able to figure out why its not working for you. After I had gained 16 pounds I tried a plan where I started gaining weight... the plan even said that I would gain before I lost... I gained 6 pounds and chickened out, It just scared the shite out of me. I then tried another plan that had worked pretty well in the past for me, I lost 5 pounds on that, then found out about the 5:2 and have had good success with that, losing 22 pounds to goal, but I had to crawl around and try a few things until I found something I thought I could live with and worked for me. I am still trying it out, and so far so good, but who knows about the future, I might have to start looking for some other approach some time if this stops working for me. It is a package of behavior, including exercise, water, protein, the scale, MFP, support here and fitbit. Not just diet.

You are diabetic? Its not recommended for diabetics. It sounds like water weight, have you upped your salts and/or carbs? This will pack on the water. No, gaining weight is not common.

Well said Laura. This is a good point. Health should be the great motivator, it helps make smarter choices if you follow your Drs plan. Looks are just a side effect, and like Mrs RRn said, you may not like the way you look after you lose.

Georgia! You look darling! That is a NSV.... Perhaps when I get my next license I can have my REAL weight on it for a change!

Those life vests are not very flattering either! I think its great that you were kayaking though, and we will hook up and kayak sometime... maybe this spring? I still flop out of the kayak! some things never change!

Jane, that sounds like fun. I have always feared getting a broken leg on the slopes, so never went there for more than an inner tube run or two... Husband had a dastardly skying accident years ago... his friends called me to come up, he was in the Lake Tahoe hospital with a broken leg for a week, he was avoiding a beginner show boarder and he hit some ice and bam. He now has a plate with 17 screws holding his femur together, and a pin used to reattach his ball joint. Luckily there was a great surgeon that specialized in sports injuries there to patch him up. I know so many people that just love skying... I will stay in the lodge and read thank you! I did rock climb for a while, that was fun, and mostly way above my strength level, but I did mentally difficult climbs, It helped me get over a fear of heights. My gym is a rock climbing gym... I love to watch the climbers, there are also people who practice tight rope walking there too... cool. I take dance classes there and occasionally hit the weights. There are 4 floor high rock climbing walls to use/watch. http://www.flickr.com/search/?s=rec&w=all&q=touchstoneclimbing+pipeworks&m=tags Laura, I am fasting today... came to work with a protein drink... the cookies and candy came out in the office and BAM!!! My had grabed one and stuffed it in my mouth without my permission! It had a life of its own! I will not give up, I may be over a little, but will try to stay close to fast rules the rest of the day!

Came out the other end of Christmas dinner ok. I did not gain, am at the high end of goal bounce range and fasting today. I ended up eating a little less overboard than expected, and rather than being up by 16 pounds like I was at the holidays last year... I'm at goal. Thanks sleeve! Thanks 5:2, and thank you all for being such a good support system.

Yorkies will yap if you let them, they want to be the center of attention. Sukie (baba and the 40 fleas) was a rescue, we found her running in traffic! A little bigger in size than some... 9 1/2 pounds. (the tiny ones scare the shite out of me... worried I will step or sit on them) Yorkies are sporty dogs, bred to hunt and fight rats... Sukie loved to go hiking, and running with our bike rides... she is an old grannie now and goes on tamer adventures where we can carry her if she poops out. She barks more now, she is deaf and partly blind and Im not sure if she can hear herself... We don't care, shes our little girl. She has definitely been a therapy dog for me! (not official, but unofficially) Having her around has slowed our international travel, but we have gone on many road trips with her, motel6 let dogs in for free. And she went to to work with Craig for over 6 years. People would shop there because of her. Big dog in a little body. She trys to kill horses. Shes 15 now.

Here are some threads on this site: http://www.bariatricpal.com/index.php?app=core&module=search&do=search&fromMainBar=1 What is your nearest towns in Mexico?

I am testing my plan.... eat some off plan stuff a few of the days of holiday.... 5:2 fast one or two days a week, and so far so good. Up two pounds over my high bounce a couple of days, at my high end of bounce the last couple of days, fasting tomorrow.... then I should be good until New Years day.... I make sure to write it all down in MFP and try and get in some walks. Today I was over plan by about 700 calories.... the most yet, but with the fast tomorrow, that should balance it out. Not burying or hiding my indulgences helps me to stay in the drivers seat... writing them down helps me to face the facts about my choices, and not get caught by surprise with an unexpected weight gain, or a run-on unconscious eating spree. I suspect I will have carb craving for a few days... but thats the price of eating some real sugar and such in higher quantities. I have enjoyed most of them.

You look like Santas helper miss Cooper! I am seeing a revival of Christmas Sweaters here too... almost bought one, but didn't, maybe next year!

Wow Georgia, that is quite a tough wakeup call! Sorry for your loss, and glad it spurred you on to get the surgery!

Watch sugar and carbs, protein first. Drink all your water. I am not a low carber, but a lower carber... some need to cut them mostly out.

Legs normal, I'm happy. Butt gone, husband not happy.

All the dieting to look better had failed.... then the health started going down... and the weight going up above my "NEVER will get over this" mark.... I started seeing WLS as a health measure, not a beauty measure... this got me going in the right direction.

I was asked not to lose any. My pre diet was just writing down what I ate and not lose.

The least I ever weighed as an adult (in my 30s) was 145.... for a minute. After years of thinking anything above that was fat, I felt normal at 145. I now (Im 60) bounce between 168-172... at goal with the desire to get the bounce range all under 169. I wear the same size I did at 145... I feel "normal" except the skin thing going on.... I think 145 would leave me skinny. I really don't think I want to go there again. I would like to feel normal... which I do, thank goodness, lots of work on the head over the last 25 years and the sleeve!

That loss of hunger is part of the "honeymoon" of the journey for most people. Some never lose all of their hunger, and many have it come back after 6 months or so. You will have to wait and see for yourself how your body reacts, and do take advantage of it while you can, it may not last forever. It is an awesome help where it is there though! The first part of the journey is a great time to really work on making new habits that can help you if the hunger returns. I lost mine in the beginning, it came back after about 6 months, but it has not come back in the same force as before surgery. Best of luck!

You look fantastic! They gym agrees with you for sure! Great job, and you have a happy and safe Christmas as well.