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You look fantastic--love that dress too! Congratulations!

Whoo-hoo! Congratulations--it is such a good feeling to get into (or back into) smaller jeans!

good to hear that it's not just me! thanks, Ruby!

Thanks guys--that helps. Now that I think about it, back when I did weigh 135-140, nobody believed it--they thought I weighed much less, so who knows! Whatever it is, it's nice to take up less space

I was also given liquid lortab to take at home and it worked fine to manage my pain. About the hugging--like someone else said, they may notice you carrying yourself differently if nothing else--I honestly can't remember if hugging hurt, but I do remember it being somewhat painful to lie on my stomach--not unbearably so, but I went ahead and slept on my stomach/back. Hope this helps.

Ok, so for the last 2 weeks, I've only lost 2.2lbs (total). Disappointing to say the least, but in that time, I've noticed co-workers remarking about how "tiny" I've gotten, and I've "missed the window" on some clothes (they were too small last time I checked, and now they're too big). I read a post about your body having to readjust just like moving furniture around the room (or something like that) and I guess I'm just looking for some commiseration on barely losing but having your clothes say otherwise. I suppose I should be happy since slow loss makes it less likely that I'll have a ton of loose skin when I reach my goal weight. Also, I feel like I'm wearing sizes that I last wore when I weighed at least 15 lbs less than I do now. That was 10+ years ago, so I wonder if vanity sizing has made it so that I wear a "smaller" size now, or if my weight is just distributed differently this time around and my body really is smaller...hmmm...thanks for reading--I know there were several issues here and I hope it wasn't too confusing! Have a great day, all!

This is probably one of those things that differs from NUT to NUT, but I believe I was told no more than 25g/day. I rarely hit that.

I guess other people have had the same experience as you, but I never coughed/threw up blood, so it was concerning to me. Do keep us posted when you hear back from the nurse; I hope you find out that it's nothing to worry about. Take care.

No, this is not normal. Please call your surgeon, or go to the ER. Hope things get better.

I've not had anything like that happen, but it sounds like you're losing a lot of blood...do you have a PCP yet you can go see? Hope it gets better soon...

BAM! Congratulations !

Thanks, guys! Rootman, I'm having hubby take monthly pics and I was out of town last month, so I'm going to get back on it and post soon

Yesterday was my stepson's 9th birthday, so we took some pics and video of the festivities. I was nervous to check them out, but when I looked at the pictures and video, I still thought I looked "big," but I didn't feel like I looked "sloppy" and I wasn't disgusted and sad after looking. That's a pretty big deal for me--so yay!

I'm about 4.5 months out and I recently started trying salad greens. It went down fine--it's not really that they disagree with me, it's more that with having to prioritize protein, I rarely have room for "extras" like that. But I missed the taste of salad, so I had some. Same rules apply--chew really well, pause between bites to help gauge when you've had enough...hope this helps.