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How are the Jewels of June from 2011 doing?

It has been 12 months since my surgery on June 21,2011 and I have lost 104 lbs. I currenlty weight 175 and have 25 pounds left to reach my final goal of 150.

I have lost 104 and would like to lose 25 more!

I forgot to post that I did make my Thanksgiving goal! Ready to move on to Christmas goal now!

How are all my fellow Jewels of June doing now??

I will do the challenge. My current weight is 219 so will set a realistic goal of 209. Starting weight 279. Goal weight 160.

I am 12 weeks out and drink at least 2 cups of regular coffee every day. Have been for about 6 weeks. It does not bother my sleeve.

Funny I lost 3 pounds last week when I got home from being at a 3 day horse show. So much running around and sweating!! I am happy to report that I have totally been on target the past 2 days and tracking all my foods. Just seem to have lost focus a bit for a few days after the horse show!

"I'm really having to pay attention and I DO journal everything. Brutal honesty. lol On the flip side, my mind totally recognizes that at 800-1000 calories (depending on the day, time of month, activity level, etc), how can I NOT lose weight? SOoooooo, I'm trying to be reasonable and not over-analyze everything; keeping it simple. Keep doing the right thing and it will happen!" SeattleSue I am thinking the same thing. I mean when I say I have been pushing my limits I mean I am eating like 1200 calories instead of my goal of 800 calories so seriously it is not like I have returned to pre-surgery eating so I should still lose. Never would I have dreamed that I would think 1200 calories were too many. Anyway I have the whole day today planned out and tracked at 810 calories and I am going to continue to try to do this most days! Toby

I do think PMS has contributed to it and so has the fact that I hit a 50 pound loss last week. I was kind of like well I lost 50 pounds I am awesome and I am done. Well I am not done. I still have about 60 to lose and this is not a starting and ending thing. I need to change how I eat forever. I want to take advantage of this honeymoon period and then once I am maintaining make some occasional little indulgence okay but not now. Glad to see I am not alone in these feelings! Hugs to you all!

Thanks for the showing reminder! My suit does fit now so I need to remember how far I have come so far! I did show the horse driving last weekend and had a great show. I will be showing him driving again in 2 weeks but next year I am so getting back in the ring under saddle. I WILL have to have to buy a new smaller show suit by then!! I think I will pick out a new goal riding outfit and post a picture of it where I can see it when I want to be a child and test what I can eat LOL! So excited to hear how your big show goes ! Thanks you guys! I knew if I posted here I would get help getting back on track!

Thanks JillW8! I tracked out everything I am going to eat today and I am going to stick to it. One day at a time I guess. I think maybe I have just been testing the sleeve to see what I can eat and that is a very dangerous thing to do. Going back to basics! Gotta make this tool work for me! Still scary though .

Things had been moving along nicely for me. I lost 50 pounds in 12 weeks and was feeling great. I can now eat any food without feeling bad and I think this is a problem. The past 3 or 4 days I have been eating things I should not. I of course still eat nothing like I did pre-surgery but I am afraid this is the beginning of the end because I am suddenly thinking about food again and wanting things I should not have. Before I was just looking at food as nutrition to stay alive and I liked that. The past few days I seem to be craving things again and wanting to eat at night. How do I get back on track? Need to catch it now while it is only 3 to 4 days out of control instead of letting this go on. I am scared!

I am 11 weeks out and am starting to find that I can eat 3/4 cup of most foods at one sitting. I am worried this is too much so early out too so anxious to see peoples responses to your post! Can we stretch the sleeve out?

You look GREAT! Have you done low carb or low calorie or a combination or what? I am 3 months out and hope to be as successful at 6 month mark as you are !

First picture is the other day at 11 weeks. Second one is day before my surgery. Not sure if you can really tell since 11 week picture is only head shot but down 50 lbs in 11 weeks

I have had this bread and it really is tasty. I like it toasted!

Breakfast- EAS carb control shake Snack- 4 oz greek yogurt Lunch- 1/2 Cup Shelly's Ricotta Bake Dinner-About 2 oz Turkey breast,1/8 cup Green Beans, 1 T. Mashed Potatoes Snack- Pure Protein Bar Not enough Water today. Will keep working on that till I go to bed.

Breakfast- Packet of Bariwise Oatmeal Lunch- 1 oz cheddar cheese and 8 Cheddar protein chips(from Bariwise.com) Dinner- 1/4 Turkey Ruben from Beef O-Brady's Snack - 1/4 Turkey Ruben from Beef O Brady's Snack- Kashi Honey Almond Flax Chewy Granola Bar

So excited to see how this turns out for you since I have been considering upping my calories too! Please update when you can and thank you for starting it!

Hi guys! I am 5 weeks out and have not lost anything in 2 weeks. I eat between 550-700 calories each day, 30-40 grams of carbs, and 60-65 grams protein. I too feel this fear that I will give up like before when I stop seeing results. I do not think we can give up this time. This is different....Our sleeves will not let us. I am going to try really hard not to obsess about the scale and think more about listening to my body. Trying to eat when I feel empty and stop before I get too full. Still going to eat my protein first and of course not much room for maybe a bite of a carb per meal. I think that if I do this there is no way this weight will stay on. Sometimes I forget this is my plan and get all obsessive again but trying really hard to work on the just listening to my body thing! Thank God we can support each other thru this cause it is hard to see the scale stop moving when you are consuming so little!

Tamz I am 5 weeks post-op today and having the same thing. I eat just like you do but not exercising quite as much. Even though I no it is normal I find it to be very frustrating! Guess we just have to hang in there!

Fabulous job!!!

Here are a few pics! His barn name is Gusto. Registered name "Worthy's Windfall"

Just noticed this thread! Former-vbg we have already Private messaged all of this but for the rest of you I own, train, and show an American Saddlebred. He is the love of my life. I used to show him Saddle Seat but for the past 2 seasons I have been showing him in driving since I have put on more weight. I am going to finish this year in driving and re-debut under saddle next season!!