Forensikchic

Im in too! I like challenges! My weight as of today is 176. My goal for three months is to loose 26 pounds so I would weigh 150. I hope that is doable now that I am 5 months out. Thats averaging 8.5 pounds a month. With all my little stalls, I dont know but I am going to try! Good luck everyone!

You can do this! Forgive yourself and make a fresh start. Do Lilmissdivas basics boot camp! Its really more suited for sleevers it seems like. Its pinned under another post op vsg q&a. Good Luck! We got your back!

You and I have the same challenge starting weight and final goal weight. I wonder what you did in the past two weeks to loose so much... I am falling way behind! I need advice on what to try!

SN: Forensikchic SW: 179 GW: 164 CW: 176 pounds to lose: 12 I am just all over the place this week. Sunday I was down to 175.2 which was my surgiversary. I weigh every day but I record Monday mornings weight for the challenge and I was back up to 176 on Monday, 175.9 today so I am going to call it a wash for this week. I guess I am stalling again. I hope it picks up later in the week. Wish me luck... I am still doing and eating the same things! I guess my body just has to decide when it will let go.

Wow, thats great! Congratulations! You look awesome!

Thanks!!

I was at a thrift store and my husband today and he found a pair of size 18 pants and he said he couldnt believe I used to wear those. I actually wore a 20 and told him so. He asked me to hold up the 18's and he took a picture. I was astounded when I saw the pic so I wanted to share it.. Its hard to believe that I was even bigger than this. So happy I got the sleeve! btw.. today is my 5 month surgiversary and I am down 59 pounds!

I weighed in this morning at 176.4. I weighed this last saturday too. I am hoping for a small loss by tomorrow so I can show a better overall loss on my 5 month surgiversary. But it looks like I am in a stall again. This too shall pass.

My daughter was a thrift store snob until a place opened called Plato's closet. You can sell your name brand teenage stuff to them and buy from them for way cheaper than the mall. She loves that store. I asked her what the difference was between plato's closet and a regular thrift store? She had not good answer. We donate our clothes to goodwill. I said do you think you are gross? Do you think the people who buy your used clothes should think they are gross? After you wear an outfit once, its used. So you wear "used" clothes everyday. We wash everything and press it before it goes in the closet so I don't really know where anyone is coming from on the 'gross, they are used clothes" front. Just my two cents. btw... I found all kinds of Holister, Abercrombie and aeropostle shirts and jeans in her 00 size. She loves them and hasn't complained again since!

My hdl was 51 and my ratio was 2.? % which was good. I guess I am fluffy. I was just wondering what could make the total jump up over 30 points in 2 months? Should I try to eat some oatmeal and that special orange juice with the plant stenols in it?

My husband and I have taken it to a whole new level! There is a Goodwill clearance store here in San Antonio where they bring all the clothes that dont sell at regular goodwill. They pile the clothes on big long tables. There are about 25 tables or more in the store. The clothes are all mixed up and it feels like you are going through the laundry out of the dryer but we have found some great things! It sounds nuts but its fun. We got on either side of a table (they are wide) and just work our way down to the end picking through all the clothes. Some things still have tags on them and there are a lot of name brand clothes there. I guess if they are priced too high at regular goodwill, they will come here eventually. On Saturdays, all clothes are 25 cents apeice! We can only sift through about 5 or 6 tables a trip there and that takes a couple of hours. It changes everyday. They are always bringing new stuff in there. We are addicted to this place! We buy abercrombie, holister, etc for my teen daughter, and all the name brands for my sons too. My husband is a coach/teacher and he finally said... i have enough khakis! We are going today! We have not spent over 13 dollars there and we always buy a HUGE bag of clothes that barely fits in the trunk of my Honda Accord. I am buying in all the sizes below me because i know I will get there and need them. I have some really cute Banana Republic clothes for court, lots of Ann Taylor, even some Lucky jeans that retail for over 100 dollars a pair! We are picky about the clothes but if you look you can really find great deals! I have bought capri pants in every size from 12 down to 4 and shorts in those sizes as well, because i know I will wear them by spring/summer. Even if i dont, its only a quarter. Love it!

I was fasting and no alcohol. I dont know why its back up some.

How hot is hot? Room temperature or do you heat it up?

I guess it didnt work..... Lets try again! The before is me at 234 lbs my highest weight... the second one is a few weeks ago at 179. And the little beauty is my almost 14 year old daughter!

I screwed it up....lol.. see below.

I have never been able to drink enough fluids. I am doing good to get one 20 0z bottle drank a day. I think my weight loss would be better if I could just remember to drink. My day goes something like this: 7:30 drink one cup of decaf coffee. 8:30 eat my little breakfast- I wait so I can drink but I am working so the next thing you know its almost lunch. I drink about a cup of Water around 11:30. 12:00 eat my little lunch. wait to drink and then its 3 now and I finish or almost finish my bottle of water when I realize I havent been drinking. I eat a snack around 4 waiting to drink water and forget.....get off work and drive home. I have a few sips of water I keep in my car. 6pm.. eat my little dinner start the wait. I might get a cup of milk in but thats about it and then its bedtime. PS. I can drink 4 or 5 swallows at a time now without pain. I was always a guzzler so its better for me to try to get a lot in in a short time. I need a system or something that is working for others. I simply have to get this under control. I stay dehydrated and tired because of it. Please help me figure this out! all suggestions are welcome.

Alright guys.... I went to my pcp for a physical and he did some bloodwork. It came in today and my total cholesterol and LDL were up! My three month bloodwork was total cholesterol 153--- yesterday it was 186! My LDL (bad cholesterol) three months ago was 78 and now its a whopping 121! That registered as high on my report. What gives? Why is it going up after going down so far! Dammit. I was hoping to get it really low and keep it there.. I just wonder what I am doing wrong. I know my overall number is good but it was a lot better 3 months ago. My ratio is still really good too so my pcp is not worried but I am! I dont want to continue this upward trend. I get my 6 month bloodwork drawn the end of this month and go for my checkup on Feb 10. I hope I can get it down by then but thats only about 3 weeks. HELP!

Thanks! I am still at 176 and have been all week! I want to be 174 by Sunday (my 5 month surgiversary but it doesnt appear I will make it! bummer!

My surgeon does blood work every three months for the first year I think it is. I did my 3 months blood work and it was fine except for low Vitamin D. They prescribed me 50,000 iu of vit. d. I am going for my 6 month visit on Feb 10 and I have to have my blood drawn one week before the visit so we can talk about any deficiencies. So in about a month I will have my second blood panel done. He checks everything!!!! Also, I started a running program and thought I would go to my pcp for a regular physical since my insurance covers it with no copay and it covers regular bloodwork like cholesterol, liver function, thyroid, etc. They also did my pap and mammogram too for free. I had all that done yesterday so we will see what my "regular" bloodwork says. Im excited to see if my cholesterol is down and how much. I have severe asthma but was given an inhaler so I can jog. Yay! side note... I have been really cold lately but my blood pressure runs low and has all my life. Yesterday it was a whopping 80/60! I am barely alive! teehee. My doc says thats fine but I think its really low. Dont know how to raise it and dont really want to except for my extremeties getting so cold.

I would go for the panni. I would do it as soon as possible before your insurance runs out or you wind up divorced, etc. I hope you can make your marriage work out of course, I dont mean to sound like that. I just think you should seize the moment. If later on in life you have more kids, then great! You can deal with any issues that come from that then. I would not base my decision on what ifs. I would do what I need to do for me and do it now. lol. I have been following you on you tube and on here and I wonder how you are doing. Are you getting better now? Have you lost anymore weight? What did your surgeon say after the tests? I hope they find your problem so you can stabilize and be happy.

I found the name of the other good ones! It-se-bit-see. I wore a size 8 when I weighed 234 and I still wear them now at 176 and they dont bunch up. They are great too. I got them at costco or Sams club. I think they both sell them. Good luck.

I love jockey brand. I am curvy and I like the bikini or hicut best. I guess cause I am heavy in the thighs, they just fit better and are comfortable. They last forever too. I was a size seven for years and then gained all the weight again and was a size 9 but I didnt by jockey when that heavy. I bought walmart cheap fruit of the loom. They tear up in a few weeks and you have to buy more. The waist band starts raveling. My daughters do it too. Dont buy that brand. they also dont fit right.. too tight in the legs and if you get them big enough there, they bunch in your crack and bag everywhere. Jockeys are worth the money and they are often on sale at JCPenneys. Even if you are still an 8, 7's will fit and you have a longer time to wear them. At my skinniest 130 lbs in college, I like the way the 7's fit. Funny how you can wear a 7 for a range of 45 pounds but its true. I also got some good ones I like at costco in a mulitpack. they are very strechy like LovePats. I dont know if you remember that brand from back in the day. I have worn mine so much, I wore the brand off of them, so I dont know what it is. hth!

According to the charts, you are right in the middle of normal for your height. I think you should work on the toning until you are happy with you. Maybe she didnt mean it the way it sounded. It could be that she is still working on hers and was speaking from that. I think you are a good weight for your height and you need to be happy with you so if toning is what you want, go for it! Dont let others dictate your happiness.

I went for a physical today with my pcp because I am training for a 5K. They did the whole workup, blood, urine, pap smear and later today a mammogram. During the pelvic exam, my doctor said to me, "its a lot easier to check your ovaries now that you are so much thinner"... LOL I never thought about that.. what an nsv for me! Makes even my doctors life easier. My blood pressure was 80/60... really low. He wasnt concerned though. He said it was good. I was dehydrated but they didnt give me an IV, just told me to get to drinking. I am cleared to keep running now that I have my asthma inhaler. I just feel so much healthier.

I had IBS with constipation for years and would have attacks of severe pain just below my navel. I took librax in high doses up until I had the surgery to help with the pain. I never had diahrea with it, rather constipation. I have not taken a Librax since surgery! I pray I never have another attack of it! I hope and pray I am cured! Good luck with yours!