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Girrl you sound like me! I love my fraps. I was kinda hoping my taste buds for fraps didn't return since it is quite expensive. I calculate I spend around $1,600 a year YIKES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's for 1 a day. But I do not buy lunch and take left overs everyday, therefore I feel I can make the expense.

We can talk about it at the Meeting next week.

I have a venti caramel frapaccino light every morning. Recently I just started having venti peppermint white mocha frapaccino lights too. If I get one in the evening they are usually a grande. Sometimes a venti. My surgeon said I could drink them after surgery, but my taste buds were totally out of wack, that was a sad time lol. Eventually they returned and all was well lol!

that is awesome! it's like getting new clothes

Totally, YAYYYYY and YOU ARE

While at Starbucks this morning someone walked up to me and said has anyone ever told you, you look exactly like this executive chef in NYC? I said uh no. And they said well you do. I said well I will have to look her up. As soon as I got to work I looked this chef up and I don't really think I look like her, but what really got me was that she is 11 years younger than me and FOR me to be compared to someone that young was AWESOME!!!! It MADE MY DAY :smile1:. Sleevie has not only improved my health but has literally taken YEARS off of me :smile1:! YAYYYYYYYYYYYY

That is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND GREAT JOB losing pre sleeve! THAT IS FANTASTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hugs sweetie!

We are having another meeting on December 10th. I will send you the invite now.

LOVE THIS! I too am CONTENT! Recently during my bday lunch at work they asked me to make a wish before I blew out the candles and I thought to myself I am content! and said no I'm good, I am content. But they pressured me and even suggested a few wishes for me (like my braces coming off soon LOL). Anyhoo, I totally get what you are saying and I'm so happy and so proud of YOU! P.s. YOUR LEGS LOOK AWESOME!!!!!!! YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL! AND LIKE IE GAL SAID, YOU HAVE ARRIVED

Girl 140's are around the corner, maybe tomorrow YAYYYYY! I'm so happy for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's a good thing you are taking care of the gallbladder issue. My hubby suffered with attacks for years and finally had his removed as well.

I'm so happy for you! Congrats sweetie!!!

Yes, yes, yes! I have starbucks once or twice a day! I love that it has protein too

Amazing! Congrats to you!

WHOO HOO! CONGRATS!!!!!!

YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY! I'M SOOOO HAPPY FOR YOU GIRL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! By the way, I LOVE MARSHALLS LOL!

By the way, my BMI was 33 day of surgery, and was still able to have the surgery. But with that said, PLEASE BE SURE TO ASK YOUR DR WHY you should NOT LOSE WEIGHT. Maybe with your surgeon/insurance/clause they WON'T do the surgery (????) and I would hate for that to happen...I'm interested to see what they say.

Right! The sleeve is a TOOL. It will take you so far. I really wish I could have ate all I wanted before and not worried about losing anything and got the same results I have now, but I'm glad I didn't take that chance

Wow! I also had a BMI of 35 when my surgeon asked me to try and lose additional weight before surgery...I wonder why your surgeon would say that. I really think it can only help you in the end.

Do you think it matters on the size of the sleeve as well? I have pretty good restriction at 15 months out and I think I was a 34.

I had my surgery on August 27, 2010 and lost 60 lbs. (and 90 lbs. total from peak weight).

Hi pre-sleevers! I just wanted to encourage all of you to LOSE as much as you can now before your sleeve! These were the same words my surgeon spoke to me and it was the best thing I could have done prior to surgery. I have lost a total of 90 lbs. from my peak weight. I lost 30 lbs. prior to my sleeve. If I had not lost weight prior to surgery, I would not have reached my goal (normal BMI). MOST IMPORTANTLY, I would still be having serious knee pain, since I did not really stop having knee pain until I reached under 170 lbs. I wish you all the BEST!!!!!!!!!!! And I'm rooting for YOU :Banane55: :heart: Sophia

AWESOME JOB! Keep up the good work

You are right! I agree about waiting at least a year. As I stated in another post, my skin is actually rebounding and maybe with more time it will even get better (fingers crossed). I made my normal BMI weight goal May 2011 so I have 6 more months to make 1 year out to see how everything looks. If I would only get my butt moving and shaking it would probably help as well ugh.

Initially I did exercise to get to goal. It's really mostly all sleevie I tell you. I just can't eat a lot, even if I want to. Last night we ate at El Pollo Loco for dinner and I literally had 1/2 of 1/2 of a spicy chipotle burrito. And that's all I could eat. Later I had a peppermint white mocha frap light and that was it for the night. Last night I did walk a lot, shopping at various stores. I do eat sweets (to maintain). But not everyday like I was doing so I wouldn't drop anymore and that goes down super easy. I don't get it, but I'm not complaining. It's truly truly truly a miracle tool for me.