GivingItMyAll

Thanks for sharing your experience. You ROCK!

Thanks. There's a Dollar General across from my daughter's school. I'll check them out tomorrow. Sent from my iPad using VST

I absolutely LOVE your personality. You just may be my new BFF in my head. Lol. I will definitely check out your older posts and subscribe to your future posts. Congrats on your weight loss success and for quitting smoking. What an amazing double accomplishment! Sent from my iPad using VST

You look AMAZING!!!!!!! I love your confidence. I can only hope to mirror your success. Thanks for sharing your pics. Sent from my iPad using VST

Im intrigued Where do you get these flavors? Sent from my iPad using VST

That is AMAZING! Congrats! Sent from my iPad using VST

Happens to me all.the.time. I usually just wiggle my toes inside my shoes as I am on the elliptical. I have noticed that the tingling toes start later the more I use the machine. It used to happen within the first 5 minutes. Now I can go 15 minutes without tingling. I've tried all sorts of different shoes. It also happens when I'm on the bike, but not the treadmill.

Way to Go New_Hope! Sent from my iPad using VST

You look GREAT! Thanks for sharing your update. I will also be having a hernia fixed and wondered what that would be like. Your incisions don't look nearly as bad as I had envisioned. :phew:

I also bought some of the Syntrax nectar. Not sure if it will work for Clear liquids (will ask my NUT when I go for my pre-op class next week). If its not okay'd for clears, I'm sure it will be okay for full. I also bought different brands of the unflavored to mix with broths. I went on BJs Bariatrics, unjury, and Nashua Nutrition to order sample packs. When's your surgery scheduled for? I'm June 27th.

Sounds like your are doing great, Sunshine. I hope to mirror your success.

I am LOVING my Fitbit. Don't know how I got along without it. Sent from my iPad using VST

I'm right behind you with two more weeks. :nervous: Sent from my iPad using VST

Awesome. Congrats! Sent from my iPad using VST

I am pre-op and thought I would have a food funeral. I even planned the place and the meal. However, since I've started working out, none of those foods seem worth it to me. I work out 5-6 days a week for an hour or more. And when I leave the gym I feel pumped! I just don't want to "mess up" all that hard work with certain foods. I am 11 days away from starting my pre-op diet and I doubt I'll do anything different than I'm doing now with regards to tracking food and making better choices. No disrespect to anyone who chooses to have a food funeral, just not for me.

Thinking of all of tomorrow's sleevers. Update us when you can. Sent from my iPad using VST

:joytears: You are an inspiration. Cogratulations of your success thus far. Can't wait to read more of your accomplishments.

I hope you found something that worked. Can't wait to be in your shoes.

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At first I intended to tell no one other than my immediate family and doctors. In the last couple of weeks I have started telling people when as it comes up. Like if someone asks me what I'm doing this summer, I respond that I plan to spend the first part of summer recuperating from surgery. If they ask what kind, I tell them. I was at a birthday party yesterday and told a close family friend and my mother in law when they questioned why I wasn't eating much or drinking. I'm still pre-op, but am watching my calorie intake, even before surgery. The two I told yesterday are two of the biggest loud mouths I know, so I'm sure half the city knows by this morning. Sent from my iPad using VST

Work it Girl! Way to Go! Sent from my iPad using VST

Dot, I like both of those. Sent from my iPad using VST

So what are you all thinking of getting? I'm thinking of a flower to go around my ankle. In a few of the petals I'll get dates that are significant to me - my wedding date, my daughter's birthdate, and my sleeve date. Sent from my iPad using VST