Ms skinniness

What a beautiful transformation!

I can't believe that I asked a question about a lap bander and got a rude reply...... I can't believe I actually posted that he/she should get a life....... Hummmmm, perhaps I need a break......

Misty I hope everything went well for you.........May you have a fast recovery..... I had my gallbladder removed about 6 months ago and it was much better than the sleeve surgery. Here's to a speedy recovery......

Swizzly this really sucks for you right now....hope you lil guy gets better soon. It is really stressful to have to vacate the apartment for only 2 months......Big HUGS to you! Georgia you are doing so awesome! Did I hear 143 lbs? WTG! So what's your new goal? This is exciting...... I have been reading the post here but am going through a rough time right now and can't quite write about it yet.....but it is some emotional work that I've broken through thanks to the sleeve and I have more to do........I love how brave all of you are and easy your words flow. Mine get stuck...... Have a great week!

Love your body.......Keep it up..... Skinny jeans are looking really good too.....

before surgery I ate because I loved to eat......Now after reading some posts, I realized that I ate out of emotions too......Now today, I am working on my emotions and healing some of the areas that were traumatized after a trauma I experienced when I was 16 years old. Yep, that was 40 years ago on November 17, my whole life changed......This is where my life had spiraled down hill. But I am going to heal the emotional size of me so that I don't eat out of emotions now.......Thankful I chose this surgery 2 years ago..............

You look amazing and gorgeous! Love the transformation......

A bariatric surgeon told me that the Lap band is an old procedure and is not done very often in Southern California. The band has a high failure rate with a lot of complications where patient's stomachs are mangled from slippage.... He said the most common wls is the vertical sleeve. I have the vertical sleeve and I love it....so glad the surgeon was up front with his patients.....

Cheri I hope your feeling better these days. Happy you didn't get the rash too...... Georgia your pics look awesome. So much fun and what a beautiful family..... OD I know that your get a good pic for your dating site....Men are totally visual! It is so hard to work through ending a relationship and it takes time......Good that you had an old friend that you could go visit.....I'm going to visit an old friend of mine that I've known for 40 years.........We are family......we help each other out.... LV's up with the chickens! LOL I call this site the breakfast club...... Jane I know how frustrating it is to want to get out and be more active but it's still the time to coddle yourself....... :wub: Yep, love yourself...... M2G I went on the Banders site and they were very argumentative and reading way too much into each other's post! Yike what a mess........It was entertaining though...... Coops I'm happy your staying within your bounce range. It is so totally frustrating. You are into a smaller pant size! That's fantastic! Congrats, the other 14 lbs might take time to drop, but they will drop! Shoot, I forgot to weight myself this morning Damn! Today I will be making this the best day I can and eat healthy........

sometimes I wish they would have taken 95% of my stomach out instead. Glad I'm not a bander, I needed something more permanent. Look at Christie (New Jersey), he has a lap band and I'm not seeing any difference in his weight. I wanted to tell him so bad that he should of gotten the vertical sleeve.........Too late now! I love my sleeve and I love this site and the people....

I'll take some pictures tomorrow and post them..... It will be hard because I really don't like looking at my pics.

Sarsar you look totally awesome! What a difference a few lbs gone makes.... Now I just need to get the courage to show my pics...... So happy the group is hidden now.......thanks LV and Thank you Alex!

OMG, a size 2! That's awesome.....I wear a size 8 jean but can fit into a size 6 but my lady parts feel comfy........Sorry for TMI... But I love my jeans......... I will have to look into those jeans too...

I try to follow the rule of not going into my kitchen after 7:00pm at night....If I do, I'm automatically looking for something to nibble on and if I see something, I will eat it..... I have found myself wanting something to munch on and I have been successful at asking myself "am I really hungry" then answering the question with a no and staying out of the kitchen....It is so hard at times........

Take care of you and do as previous poster suggested.....I perfer the ER for safety concerns...... Let us know how your doing....

OMG! You look so hot! Just right! Perfect! You also look as if you are more confident now too! Not that you weren't before.......Congrats!

Sad but true, we can eat more the further out we are from the surgery......There are some days where you will experience some stressful days and will have emotional eating going on. The sleeve is just a tool, it did not fix our brains unfortunately. However, you are doing really well with being so close to goal that this is just a hick up for you. Just continue to recognize when your having head hunger and eat healthy most of the time. We can never go back to our old eating patterns or we will regain the weight we lost. Now can we stretch our sleeves? Some doctors say yes and some doctors say no. So who do we believe? For me, I do believe that we have to be cautious of over eating. I do eat more than I did early out, but if I eat dense Proteins then I can only eat about 3 oz before becoming really full. If I eat junk sliders then I can eat way more than that.....like a ton. So I focus on proteins and dense foods. I eat about 1200 calories a day and have plateaued here at 145 lbs. This is good for me. If I feel like my sleeve is holding more food, then I do the Basic Boot Camp Diet and focus on proteins first. This helps in giving a more restrictive feel with my sleeve. I also do the 5:2 Diet where I eat regularly for 5 days out of the weeks and then 2 days (any days I choose) I will eat around 500 calories. This helps with feeling my restriction also. If you are having carb cravings, then I success you go back to the basics of Protein, protein, and more protein for about 5 days and your carb cravings will decrease. Good luck and you can do this.....don't give up, you've come so far and look so good right now!

swizzly I never received my invite.......I don't know how to access it on google............Please send another invite, I'm feeling a little left out. LOL

I love this kind of NSV! It so reminds us of how good it feels to feel attractive again.

Wow, what a difference......

This is such a reality for us sleevers. This is a total lifestyle change of healthy eating and exercise. It is not an easy road but well worth it......It is a tool to help with our health and the side effects are looking better and feeling better too. It will help put diabetes is remission, but you will still need to watch your carb and sugar intake. Exercise is really important too. This was the best decision for me and I love my small portions too......I do still struggle with wanting to eat more but I wouldn't ever go back......

Kathy you are so tiny.......You mom is stuck with old memories and ways of surviving that are not effective for the skinny you now......Even as we get older, our moms words can cut right to the heart..... You are a success and a hero to many of us, Have a beautiful day.......

I read this because I thought it was talking about the gastric bypass surgery, not bypass surgery for diseased vessels.............

When I eat stuff with fiber or artificial sweeteners I get really gassy. Plus dairy makes me gassy.