Ms skinniness

Everything is well said here. I personally love sharing something with my hubby. He doesn't need to eat all that food anyways,, and all I can eat is a couple of bites if I'm lucky. I like to stick with Protein that is soft and easy for my tummy to digest. I also will sample a few other things. I was really surprised when I went to a certification class and everyone went out to lunch together. Everyone was offering everyone else food. I ended up throwing away most of my expensive meal. So I just don't order anything for me. Soup is a really good choice too..... Have a great time at the party for your mom and who cares what others are thinking, you are the important one! You are ROCKIN that SLEEVE! Have a wonderful time and let us know how it went.

Sometimes our stomach is producing too much acid and that can give us a feeling of being hungry. I had this difficulty the first 6 weeks and then Iearned that Prevacid would help with the acid and it took care of my hunger monster. LOL If your drinking liquids like Soup, then it's probably going down through the pyloric valve. I wouldn't worry about it, but you might call your surgeon's office tomorrow and check with them. I don't believe you have stretched you sleeve any since it's just soup. You might want to measure your food before eating it. Anyways, CONGRATS!

Love it! Congrats! Keep ROCKIN that SLEEVE!

Yayyyyyyyyyyyyy! Congrats! Keep rocking that sleeve! @ longer life: keep on losin!

U look absolutely beautiful! Keep up the hard work and keep ROCKIN that SLEEVE!

I'm at goal (finally!) and have totally emptied my closet three times. More than once I bought ahead in a size and wound up giving away or donating clothing items that still had tags on them! It's gotten to the point that when I buy new clothes I leave the tags until I'm ready to wash and wear them.
I didn't get to revamp my wardrobe at 1 month, however. I think it took me about two months to lose enough weight that I had to invest in new clothes, and it wasn't really until 50 pounds off that I needed to invest in my first new wardrobe.
I just did what I think will be my last wardrobe purchase. I spent a small fortune but I now have a closet full of clothes I can wear right now - there isn't a single item in there too small or too big. And the good news is that I'm pretty sure that these clothes will still fit me in a year, or two years, provided I can keep my husband away from my laundry. But I had to buy EVERYTHING - underthings, socks, shoes, clothes, a jacket, etc. because nothing I had still fit me.
And to answer your question? I have given away six tall kitchen garbage bags full of clothes and I still have six large Rubbermaid totes of clothing in my basement waiting for a new home. I also had to give away four jackets and about forty pairs of shoes (I lost a shoe size, too). I went from a size 20/XXL to a 6/S had clothes for every size in between. I promise there have been some very happy people in my life, because most of those clothes were only worn for a month or two before they got too big!
~Cheri

Congrats! You are a BIG LOSER! LOL This is where I like being. It gets even better than this. Like Lissa said, take pics alont the way so you can look back and see the difference.

Ow, you can do this. I weigh 164, am 5'6' and I am in a size 8 right now. I love it, still want to lose about 30 lbs and tone up everything! Yes, we can do it!

Lissa: I love your new picture. It shows that you have lost alot of weight. You look beautiful! Keep up the good work and enjoy each and every day we have in our new bodies! LOL

CONGRATS! Very happy for you. Don't worry toooooo much. The pain isn't bad afterwards. You can do it.....

When a person cheats on his/her diet,they are hurting themselves in the long run. This has beena major surgery that has removed 85% of our stomach. I know that I want to be successful and to be as healthy as I can possibly be. __ :aureola:

Thank you for this inspirational talk. I have been fluctuating in lbs since Xmas and find myself just so flustered that I ate things yesterday that I haven't eaten since before the surgery. I am now back on track and refocusing my energy. I have been loosing inches but I'm so focused on the stupid #'s on my scale. I am working on letting that go. It's easier said then done. Wow, I am really upset with all this. Sorry for the venting. Thank you again for the inspiration.. Keep up the hard work! This is not easy!.

Greek Yougurt is great in Protein. I just buy the Yoplait light and add some unflavored Protein Powder to it. It tastes really good and has high protein.

PS: I'm so tired of all the LAP BAND advertisements on this site! They need to go away!

Actually, I would not do anything different. Well, maybe not have gone to the scale everyday. I liked it better when I didn't weigh myself on a daily basis. So much more rewarding. I liked the experience of my body readjusting in inches and discovering that my pants got toooooo baggy in a day time.

I woke up this am and decided to just weigh myself, even though I didn't expect to lose any. I got a big surprise and had gained 4 lbs over night. Yes my ring is tighter on my finger this am. LOL. I am just going to put away the scale for the week and eat healthy. Tired of the ups and downs of weigh ins.

Actually, they look a little bit big for you now! Hahahahahahh.... Keep it up...

Isn't this exciting....LOL You look great in them! I just fit into some smaller slacks also.... Love it! Keep rockin that sleeve!

Congrats to everyone! I had been in a stall since Xmas. today I went to buy some new slacks and I had to go down a size to 8! Yayyyyyy me. I have been losing inches. The one thing I notice is that I still have alot of fat on my thighs, stomach and arms. Time to get to toning my body now. CONGRATS to all of us. I will take what ever I can get.....LOL

So sad about the motorcycle accident. Congrats on your surgery being approved. Your doc will give you a list of food to eat. Glad your getting better...

I didn't go for over 2 weeks and I finally got some Miralax and I went the next day with great ease. I had this cleared through my surgeon's office.

OMG! That is great! Keep rockin that sleeve!

Sometimes we just need to vent and talk about our fears. I know that being in a stall makes us feel like we have failed in yet another diet. That is our emotional self talking, our cognition knows that we are in a stall and that we will continue to lose. Writing about it takes away some of the frustration. I was thinking that I didn't weight my self for the first 5-6 weeks and so I didn't know if i was in a stall or not. Now I weight myself everyday and I'm fluctuating. So I have decided to put the scale away and only weight 1 time per week. Eat healthy and exercise daily. That is all I can do. Have a wonderful day.....

Disneyland can't compare! CONGRATS! :Banane55: :Banane57: :banane58: :ciappa: :boxing_smiley: :blush5: :blush2: :biggrinjester: :aureola:

When I got home from the hospital, all i seen on tv were advertisements for pizza or some other fast food place. I had to challenge the message in my head and change it to: If I did this surgery, then I don't need that stuff. It was helpful I taught myself to tune out when there's a commerical. That is totally helpful. :aureola: