Ms skinniness

I had my sleeve at the age of 55 with no complications. This is the best choice I have made and it is life changing.....I wish I could of done it when I was younger........I would do it at 60 too.......

It really sucks to wake up with no sleeve. But this has probably saved your life for sure. The sleeve will come later so hang in there.

Cheri it makes me sad to hear your DH is being deployed. It so scares me everything going on out in this world today.... Miss you when your not around. You motivate me a ton.... LV sorry your having to deal with your thyroid being taken out, but your still look gorgeous when it's all healed and everything.... Good job Coops in getting back on track......Georgia thanks for the info on the vitamin D. i'm going to increase my vitamin D now, because I'm always low. I won't be fasting until next Tuesday so have a wonderful weekend. love to all Dorrie.

It helps to go back to basics. Consuming mostly proteins and some veggies. Cut out the carbs and exercise. You can do this!

What is PTTD? I don't have it if it involves the ankle......would like more info too.

Today is a day of very little calories........am so looking forward to it.... I will be drinking a lot of fluids. OD I have the same problem, I think I'm hungry if I don't take my omeprazole too..... I had to start taking it again.

Good job. Use the PCA all the time to help the pain. Added benefit is sleep.

She can dig all she wants. I believe in Karma and she will get hers. I like that ur focusing on itself. Keep it up.

LV I hope your biopsy goes well....... Georgia I hope you feel better really soon..... My scale told me I was up 5 lbs since yesterday............it must be from the bread I ate. It was pizza..

i ilegal, it's really cool to see you here! Congrats on your 5 lb loss too.......This is a great group of people here..... Today I am going to redue my fast day due to no follow through yesterday. My DD, her boyfrend and my beautiful wolf dog were coming down the mountain and ran over a rock, it tore open something under the car and Fluid was leaking. We had to have triple A tow the car home over 75 miles and my wolf dog had to ride in the car by himself.... I was worried about him getting too hot and getting sick that I turned to my emotional coping skills of food. Oh well, he's doing really good and took it like a trooper. I survived and today is a great day to fast........ Yayyyyyyyy!

My A1C is in the normal range since the surgery and I love it. I do know that I will have to always be careful of the sugar due to the possibility of the diabetes coming back....But I can live with this....

I've lost about 30% of my hair and it just looked and felt thinner, I could see the new hairs coming in and rapidly growing when at the hair dresser and she was doing my hair.....Now it's normal I believe.....

I had this experience 1 time but it was due to a drop in my blood pressure due to a little dehydration. now I'm obsessed with having a bottle a water or Gatorade around me..... New addiction..... Make sure your getting in a lot of fluids.

Did you have any difficulties eating those cupcakes? My stomach does not like that stuff.... LOL

good job making a tuff choice in the moment. What I do going thru a drive through like that is I tell them i want a beef burrito without the tortilla. So i tell them to leave the carbs out..... It works for me......just an idea.....

Work on not thinking about that evil Oreo cookie! It would be impossible to stop at one. Have you cleared your house of all the evil carbs and junk food yet? If not, this is a great time to empower yourself and fill up the trash with all that evil foods. When you get to goal, you can rethink the oreo thing. Keep up the hard work and stop thinking about some evil processed sugar foods that's addictive to begin with....

I believe that we should always follow the docs orders. there is a reason behind their mode of thinking. Soon your be here sitting on the Big Loser's Bench with us!

You look beautiful! Your skin looks really good too! CONGRATS!

Hey GT: my life got better when I stopped interacting with my mother. She was a negative person who always gave me messages that "I don't know what I'm feeling," I have an attitude when I was actually crying after her rage towards me," etc, etc, etc. That has been like over 10 years ago. My DH told my daughter in-law that after I did this I became a happier person. Sometimes we have to let go of the toxic people in our lives no matter who they are. I have and had been scared by my mother and it affected my children also. I did do a lot of therapy and then became a therapist. Georgia I love what you wrote about always wanting to be in the future ore in the past! It is so me to the T! Now I practice living in the present and it reminded me to stay in the present. I have also been reminded to love who I am and that I have been so focused on my failure at times and eating the wrong foods. So now it's back on track to loving myself as I love others in my life. We are people and we will make mistakes... Today i weighed myself and my weight is back down to 142.2 lbs. Perhaps I lost Water weight and that's ok. I am focusing on today and enjoying. Today is a fast day, I wasn't particularly hungry so I waited until lunch to eat Protein.

Thank you everyone for your support. This is a funk I'm in and my old eating habits have come back. As I look around the house I see that there are so many unhealthy foods that contain sugar from the others living here, and even though they do put it in their rooms or closets I know where it's at, and I find every excuse to take one. Today I will be talking with everyone once again and discussing how I need their help in cleansing our house of horrible foods. Secondly, I am really going to stick to not buying Quest Bars that I like. My husband likes to eat them because he is staying away from gluten foods also and they help with his blood sugar levels. I'm going to stop using the Protein Drinks also. I'm switching to real food for now on and eating clean. I still have really good restriction. Today it is back to real Protein and a lot of Water. I am going to be more diligent about measuring my foods and logging them on MFP....... Swweetems you are so right......all Snacks must leave this house now...... Coops I am so happy to hear that you had a wonderful vacay and gained a minimal amount......welcome back...... M2G I am going to do better now and redirect my attention to exercise and cleansing the house of sh** that others bring in.... OD I am sad to hear you fell and hit your head on the cement and have a concussion. Your equilibrium is really off these days. Have you discussed this with your doctor? I don't want anything to happen to you, I still want to meet up with you my next visit to Coos Bay. Swizzly I have a fitbit too and I don't know how to use it.... LOL I love that you take 10,000 steps in a day. That is what Kaiser tells us we should be aiming for. Heck I get about 5,000 on my good days. LV lets do our fast days and stick with them no matter how hungry we get......My fast day will be tuesday and thursday with no excuses..........I'm not sure I can go 12 hours in between meals though in the day........but i can try and go as long as I can. Perhaps if I make it my busy day. It might be even easier since i won't be eating Quest Bars now. Time to detox from sugar and carbs for a while...... Have a wonderful day, I'm going to go clean my refrigerator out.........

I really hate it when doctors don't listen to us. We know what works and what doesn't work. It is BS when they're just trying to save a buck at our expense. So frustrating!!!!! I you keep on those doctors about this and get it changed really quickly.Meanwhile, I'm sending some positive healing energy your way..........

Sad to hear about your parents struggles, it's sad to have to depend on others as we get older.....Dad has a lot on his plate plus now he has broke the cast on his foot. He's lucky he has a wonderful daughter there for him and your mom......These are tying times and can really stress us out. Thank goodness this is such an awesome support group on here. I feel like I know all of you. Sending you lots of hugs..... :wub: Ok, I am really not doing well. I just want to eat, even when I'm not hungry. I can't seem to stop so I don't know what to day with myself. Today is the day i choose to get back in the groove and avoid all carbs and "ONLY EAT WHEN I'M HUNGRY!" (note to self). What do you guys do when this happens. my coping skills are very taxed right now.........

You look fabulous! Keep it up!

I'd throw it away. Or put it in the freezer for a later date. I do know that my head would be nagging me to make that batter and eat those cookies. That's a fight I would never win. So I just don't buy it or I throw it away.

Your doing good. Some is better than none. Can you go see a NUT to help with eating clean or to just clarify if there is a problem or not. I did utilize my NUT a lot and it was very helpful for me.....