JackieOMonroe

Mine all hurt, but the worst was the largest one that they pulled my tummy through.

Thanks! I'll try it.

Would it be possible to make these dishes in my dutch oven? I use it for everything and it sounds like it wouldn't be too dissimilar to a tagine.

These are good ideas. That helps me with my situation too. Thank you!

For various reasons that I won't get into (some are valid health reasons and some are excuses), I have done absolutely no exercise of any kind since my surgery. Nothing. None at all. I'm not sure if it hurt my weight loss a lot, but as of today I've lost 76.8 lbs and my goal is to lose 77 lbs. So will lack of exercise kill your weight loss? I doubt it. The thing is I now have no muscle tone, I've lost some muscle, and I feel crappy. I've tried to manage by eating well and I've done a pretty good job with that. The activity is just so important, though. You don't have to train for a marathon. Walking is enough. I felt better before my surgery when I was more active than I do now after 6 months of being a couch potato. It would be a shame for you to get the body you want, but have no energy to go do anything with it.

I'm pretty sure mine was gone within a week.

DH is Dear Hubby or Dear Husband.

I am SO HAPPY for you. You are changing your life!

The biggest con for me is the ridiculous acid reflux that I have now. It doesn't burn or hurt at all, it just makes my throat gurgle like a frog. It's loud and involuntary and embarrassing. This week, I've started keeping an incredibly detailed food log and I ordered some digestive enzymes to take with meals. I did lots of research about which foods to eat and avoid and I plan to make an appointment with an ENT. I'm determined to figure out how to make it stop. Other than that, the only cons are things I expected like loose skin, head hunger, and shrinking out of clothes I just bought.

You can indeed see a difference! Awesome!

The surgery gave me MAJOR acid issues. I take pantoprazole and ranitidine in the morning, and another ranitidine at night. My doctor actually advised me to take both twice per day, but most of the time I don't need the second pantoprazole.

I got an error message when I attempted to join. Here's a shot of the message.

I was the same way, but I had a really tough recovery. I think I had such a hard time with food because of a small sleeve combined with extensive, prolonged swelling. I ended up spending 4 days in the hospital 2 weeks after my surgery because I couldn't even get liquids down.

I'd love to join. I'm 6 months out now and I could use encouragement to stay on track.

The only reward I promised myself is a back piece when I get to goal and have given my skin time to shrink. It would be my first tattoo though, so I think I would actually get something else smaller.

I've been selling my larger clothes online to help pay for my new smaller clothes. It's not a large profit, but every little bit helps.

amaaaazing!

Thank you all!

awesome job!

Hooray! Getting to onederland is the best feeling ever. Getting to onederland AND having the energy to play with your son? Priceless.

That is SO exciting. Thanks for sharing your story!

Thank you! I got them on Zappos.com. It's my favorite place to get shoes. Here's a link to them: http://vip.zappos.com/naya-jada-black-leather-saturnal-met

Thanks so much, you guys! I know that I'm not there yet, but I feel so much better already.

that's amaaaaaaaazing. omg

Thank you, everyone!