Ms skinniness

I am praying for him. It sounds like the doc has a handle on this and he is where he needs to be. I hope your taking care of yourself. I am doing some visual healing for your dad and I hope you can visualize his heart getting back to normal arrhythmia's soon. So sorry he is experiencing this.

I am not at my personal goal yet, but am with my Surgeon's goal. I do admire how you have reached your goal and also am worried about myself being at goal and letting my guard down, and then the weight gain begins. So for me, I suspect I will always have to watch what I'm eating. I'm also going to weight myself 2 times a week at least. I am curious to know how others are with maintenance. Sleeve of Steel,you have done a great job and CONGRATS! You are very successful and will continue to be successful with maintenance.

Lisa you are and have been working really hard to shed those pesky pounds! You are a hero in my book! CONGRATS! I love your positivity and the awesome feedback you leave others. I do know that I have come to a stop in WL. But I am going to keep working the program and see if anything comes of it. I do love wearing a size 8 in jeans and a size 6 in slacks. We have all Rocked our Sleeves and will continue to Rock my sleeve for the rest of my life.

Welcome to your new journey! Can't wait for you to join us on the BIG LOSER'S BENCH on May 22. This is an amazing journey that has saved our lives.

So proud of your successes! You are a poster child for weight loss and a new found you. You have worked hard for what you have accomplished, it hasn't come easy as you know. Now the job is to maintain and continue building you new found confidence! By the way, you are beautiful inside and out!

I haven't notices my eyelashs, but have noticed more pubic hairs! Sorry for TMI. My hair is also a couple inches long now, the new growth that is.

Lisa ~ ditto! I like those NSV's TBB! My butt is so boney and my collar bones are showing. My weight loss is virtually at a stand still, but have just gotten into a size 8 Lee Skinny Jeans and a size 6 in slacks! Love it. I feel really good also.

Congrats! This is the first day of the rest of your life! It is scary and you will have and develop healthier eating habits. It will be a roller coaster but you will get skinny! Yayyyyy! Congrats!

Such a great feeling to be a total loser! LOL CoNGRATS!

Let me ask my son, and I will get back to you.

Your DD is going to learn from you how to eat healthy and have healthier portion sizes. People these days eat way too much food! She will adjust and adapt more healthier eating habits by the choices that you make. I am in the process of giving my family less portion sizes with healthier food choices. I believe that it is time to be more conscious of chloresteral and the effects it has on our bodies. What better way to teach our children then by role modeling for them.

BTW, I love your pic!

Coops ~ sorry your not feeling well. It isn't fair to have these struggles. I've been dealing with the death of my FIL and now SIL and BIL are acting as thieves. It's so stupid..... Anyhooo, after the funeral services on friday, went up the mountain for the weekend and I gained 3 lbs last week. I am still working on getting all my water in but do much better when using a straw. Let me know how your doing and what the culprit could be with yourself. Sending healing energy your way. You still ROCK in my book!

At first you will be on a different diet. You will fix different foods for your kids but it will be no big deal. Later on you can eat what they eat but in smaller quanities. This is probable a great time to start making healthier meals for the whole family so that they can learn healthier eating habits now. That will make it a lot easier for you also. You will do fine. No worries.

I would cut back due to the possibility of HA and it being a diuretic. I really don't miss my caffeine.

Good Luck Michelle! See you on the BIG LOSER'S BENCH!

I would of looked into Rogaine if I thought it would help. But I have a thing about putting unnecessary chemicals into my body and Rogaine is one of them. I do take biotin and silica and my hair loss have stopped and my hair is about 2 inches long in new hair growth. I'm 7 months out. so the hair will grow back. If I was losing my hair because of a pattern of baldness in my family and I didn't have this surgery, I might consider taking it. But why spend the $ on Rogaine if the hair loss was due to surgery and will grow back? It's kind of like a waste of $. Just my opinion.

It takes time. Sometimes, when I am really full, I can feel the left side of my stapleline against my abdominal wall. Your incision site is healing and it will take time to heal and then you will forget it's even there. No problems and no, your not crazy. LOL

My struggle is getting in enough fluids. When I was getting dehydrated, I got really dizzy. When I get up in the AM, I get a little dizzy. Can you be somewhat dehydrated? Trying uping your water intake. You might be surprised. I struggle everyday with fluid intake. But I have to do it, or else suffer the consequences.

Isn't this amazing? So happy and proud for you! Keep it up. I love my sleeve and my skinniness.....

Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy! CONGRATS!

Don't stress about it. Have your doctor take care of the small details. They will talk with Cigna and change the date. If we stop and think about it, it's basically all about money with the Doc's and the insurance company. The doc will fight for you because he needs the $$$$$. It won't be a problem, and of course, Cigna does give extensions.

I would just like to say that everyone's excess skin is not the same. I started my journey at 223 and have minimal skin excess. You are very young and your skin has a lot more elasticity to it. And, even if you have a lot of loose skin, there is plastic surgery to correct. Perhaps someday, we can have our loose skin removed to help people that have burns and need skin grafts. I love my skinny body now and have so much more energy than before. I look really hot in my cloths and love it. I also have a friend that is over weight and wears jackets all the time to cover her arms due to being embarrassed by them. So big or skinny we all have areas of our body that we are not proud of. Now you have the surgery, you will get skinny, and you will be able to handle the loose skin. Don't stress on it, live for today, not for tomorrow. Enjoy what you have. This is an amazing journey that we choose. We will all have some excess skin but do have choices in what to do with the excess skin later on. Oh, BTW, are you exercising? That helps tighten up your skin also. You are beautiful and let go of your anxiety so that you can live in the present moment!

I am so frustrated right now! One weekend of bad eating and my weight bounced up by 3 lbs! Urgggggggggggggggg! My hubby and his stupid cookies! What the f*** was I thinking. Going to get back on track now and do a simple eating schedule of protein, protein, protein, veggies, and no sugary foods! Today is the day! I don't think I will be seeing the 140's by memorial day.

It is typical but mac n cheese have a lot of fat and carbs so it's best to avoid them. Eat mostly protein, protein, and protein, then veggies. Dense proteins will have the tendency to fill you up quicker. I try to think healthy but this weekend I had a struggle with my husband's impulse buying of Pepperidge Farm's cookies. Now my sugar monster is awake and I will have to tame it again. LOL