chunkychic30

My husband still has a relationship with his family but barely so, we are def closer to my family. I just chalk it up to them being jealous. Jealous of the relationship with my family, they think that we don't struggle like they do with finances (we just suck it up and do instead of cry about it!), and they have made comments about us thinking we are better than them. All assumptions and all very hurtful. We do have a better relationship with my parents but only because of the way his treats us! I also think it's their loss!
So here's to us! To our new journey of rediscovering ourselves and learning new things along the way =) Whoever is left behind is their loss!!

i think i would disagree . sorry. i started with a high bmi well still am but since surgery i have lost 30 pounds that was 3 months ago. So in my case no i am not loosing faster, And i have a freind who bmi was lower than mine alot and lost 50 the first 3 months. I think it just varies from person to person. only one fact is correct and thats it the weight will come off some faster than other.

So I woke up and weighed my self... " gain of 4 pounds" what the heck i say. Im doing everything right. Grabbed my swimsuit and gym clothes. Did the treadmill, swam some laps, and did some tricep exercises that my boyfriend taught me. Got back to my apartment dried off weighed again. "Wth... gain two more pounds" ok... think to myself my hair is long and wet.... thats two pounds. Drank protein and water and did stationary bike. Weighed self.... gained 5 more pounds. Cried self to sleep. Got up repeated gym, pool, bike... weighed self.... gained 25 pounds! Then the batteries died on my scale. Lol. Lesson learned.... bad batteries equal non accurate scale!

Oh my word! Firstly just let me say that I LOVE your screen name!!! LOL I don't know if you like Adam Sandler, but he used to do a character named Fatty MaGee! And I always joke that that how I feel, or who I am! It made me crack up to see your name. I have friends that started to do the plant based diet. They have three little kids and they're doing great! I have a pretty nice sized garden, so I try to eat a lot of fresh veggies. My husband and kids would NOT go for a plant based diet, ever! I can hear it now! My 3yr old is pretty good about veggies, the 4yr old is NOT! If its green, he's not eating it, unless its jello! When I decided to do the sleeve almost everyone was helpful and supportive, at least to my face! Anyway I have one friend who was like, "you're going to have to change everything about how you live and eat, so why not just do that!" And I'm like, well hell if I could "just do that" I would be a size two and walking around naked all the time! lol, j/k! But seriously, it ain't that easy, at least not for me! I'm having VSG surgery on July 10th. I cannot wait to be on the "losers bench" as they say! Hope you are well. Take care!!

i must say what doesnt kill you makes you stronger. First day post op i thought omg why would anyone do this, then by day 3 its starts to fade. I saw it as breaking up with food almost like a relationship at first its hard, sucks, then after a while you know its gonna be ok and as the scale starts to drop you know it was the right desicion.I believe most of it is mental , you will get threw and cant wait to hear what you think 6 months post op cause already at 2 weeks i am good.

i must say what doesnt kill you makes you stronger. First day post op i thought omg why would anyone do this, then by day 3 its starts to fade. I saw it as breaking up with food almost like a relationship at first its hard, sucks, then after a while you know its gonna be ok and as the scale starts to drop you know it was the right desicion.I believe most of it is mental , you will get threw and cant wait to hear what you think 6 months post op cause already at 2 weeks i am good.

Hey april I was sleeved april 24th and also live in dallas

I can't sleep it is three am April 23 is my date but every minute between now and then is booked. I am nervous about stupid stuff like pain and squishy body after I wish I could sleep but all i can do is lay here listening to him snore and wonder if the last year of work I was crazy and now I am sane this is stupid I told my self last month if I made it this far I wouldn't let nervous get the best of me I have spent a year jumping for my insurance company I know it's last minute jitters but if I can't sleep Thursday what will I do on Sunday night

I have been watching so many others and their success stories I finally feel confident enough to post some pics myself The before pic was taken 1 month before surgery and the second today. 5 months post op and down 70 lbs!

You look amazing well done x

hey chunky
congratulations losing 55 lbs -you go girl
before surgey Ii also ate like there was no tomorrow - but oh well - there wasn't !!
go out and have a few of those dinners, and maybe goodies - oh well you deserve them!!! don't worry about eating them in the portions you love, cuz life changes tomorrow! yes before someone else says it, you can eat whatever you want after surgery, ,,,just smaller portions, thats what we're here for right? lol
Good luck to you and all of us, we will succeed!!
best
kathy

Preop I ate like I was never going to eat again- I know that most people wouldn't agree, but I'm glad I did! I didn't go overboard, I even managed to lose a few lbs- but I spent many evenings at the Olive Garden or the drive thru for taco bell and McD's. I'm not advocating eating horribly, but I don't regret it for a second.