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I just realized while walking in to work that my thighs no longer rub together! Amazing!

You can tell that you are slimmer and you look happy! Great job!

Awesome! Good for you and I'm sure you will look stunning on your wedding day!

I would agree that writing about stalls is just a great way to vent frustrations. We all go through them but no one likes them and they can be frustrating.

You are having some great success! Congratulations. I love my sleeve too, one of the best decisions I've ever made!

Awesome! You look wonderful and most of all happy and ecstatic! Congratulations!

That's fantastic! You know you really are making some great progress when you look like a new person! You look wonderful! Congratulations!

What a good true life story! Congratulations you look amazing and it sounds like you are feeling pretty amazing too. You deserve it!

Thank you everyone. I don't think I would have been here if it weren't for these support boards. They helped me choose the sleeve and are a lifeline for me.

Today I finally weighed in at 199! I am so flipping ecstatic, I can hardly contain myself. I had surgery on 8/15/11 and I think I have been losing slowly or slower than I want too but my results are inching along. I make sure to take my measurements monthly and that helps with the slower weigh in numbers because I see results monthly in my measurements. My goal was to be under 200 on my 37th birthday on 12/17/11 so I am happy that I met that goal early. My next goal is to be 189 by 1/4/12. My husband should be home from Afghanistan around 1/5 and I think that will be an awesome surprise for him! We have skyped but I sit at the computer so he doesn't see the whole me. I really want him to be surprised when he gets home. I can't wait! I really try to stay on program and get in all of my Protein. I am supposed to get in 65 grams a day and most days I make that goal and if not I always get at least 50 grams. For my last labs my only Vitamin low was Vitamin A so I added that to my Vitamins this month. I feel great and am not tired at all. I do exercise at least three times a week. Twice a week I workout at the gym for 50-55 minutes while my kids are in Tai Kwon Do class and usually do cardio, elliptical or treadmill. Then on the third day I do a lunch hour class at work that rotates weekly between hustle dances and kickboxing. When my husband comes home I hope I can up my exercise to 5 days a week but for now I do what I can. I am so happy that I am finally out of the 200's. I can't really remember the last time I have been in the 100's. I love my sleeve!

What an awesome visual and very motivating for those us at the beginning of our journeys. You look amazing, congratulations! Thank you for sharing.

You look beautiful and you deserve all those compliments!

I had this problem as well. the doctor told me to try an OTC antacid and suggested Zantac or Prilosec and said it did not matter. I tried Zantac at first and it didn't help at all. After 2 weeks of that I switched to prilosec and that has helped very much. The doctor said hopefully I won't have to stay on it forever. I'm 3 months out from surgery so I hope that I can stop taking it at least by the 1 year mark. Good luck, I hope you find something that will help you.

Good luck on your journey!

I didn't have problems sleeping. My left side was really sore and you have to roll to your side before you try to get out of bed to make it easier.