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So I am getting in the tub...and I noticed THAT I DIDN'T FLOOD THE BATHROOM FLOOR. Usually when I get in it is like I parted the Red Sea...But not today folks!

So I am getting in the tub...and I noticed THAT I DIDN'T FLOOD THE BATHROOM FLOOR. Usually when I get in it is like I parted the Red Sea...But not today folks!

So I am getting in the tub...and I noticed THAT I DIDN'T FLOOD THE BATHROOM FLOOR. Usually when I get in it is like I parted the Red Sea...But not today folks!

So I am getting in the tub...and I noticed THAT I DIDN'T FLOOD THE BATHROOM FLOOR. Usually when I get in it is like I parted the Red Sea...But not today folks!

So I am getting in the tub...and I noticed THAT I DIDN'T FLOOD THE BATHROOM FLOOR. Usually when I get in it is like I parted the Red Sea...But not today folks!

Six months out I was sure it wasn't going to work. I had the hardest time right about then with a nine week stall and I could only barely hang under 200 pounds. I was terribly frustrated and felt like everyone was losing faster than I was (not true at all) and I was considering revising my goal to a higher number. I even toyed with the idea of revising to DS, but quickly decided it was too drastic.
It happens to a lot of us. The reality is that slow loss is still loss. Reaching goal in seventeen months (like me!) is no less satisfying than reaching it sooner. It's all about getting there and being happy with the changes you make that improve your health, body and lifestyle.
Hang in there and try not to get too discouraged. I found that I was sabotaging my own loss by cutting my diet back too severely. I not only lost a little more consistently eating a more balanced diet, but I also felt better. That was huge - shedding that mental feeling of deprivation also helped me shed the expectation that I'd see a drop every single day on the scale.
I lost in fits and starts the whole time - often I'd lose for only four days a month and actually gain about 3 pounds every time I had my monthly visitor.
Remember: slow loss is still loss. There isn't a prize waiting for you if you hit goal sooner. It's natural to feel discouraged when you struggle to lose and it feels like other people shed weight without real effort. But if you stick with it, you can see goal.
~Cheri

reading this made me think of those infomercials back in the 80s/90s. they had a pill that, if you took it, it would expand in your stomach and make you feel full. well, they took it off the market when people were dying of choking to death because the pill would expand in their throats or just before the stomach.

I will be 8 weeks out this Monday. I have done very well. I have lost 50 lbs. I don't weight myself so i don't freak out about stalls. Here is what happened...
I saw my reflection in my window and got depressed. I thought "oh wow my stomach is still there and I am still fat. Am I ever going to be thinner"
Has anyone else felt this way on your journey? You know things are going just fine and you are so thankful but you have that..." it isn't happening fast enough moments."?

I will be 8 weeks out this Monday. I have done very well. I have lost 50 lbs. I don't weight myself so i don't freak out about stalls. Here is what happened...
I saw my reflection in my window and got depressed. I thought "oh wow my stomach is still there and I am still fat. Am I ever going to be thinner"
Has anyone else felt this way on your journey? You know things are going just fine and you are so thankful but you have that..." it isn't happening fast enough moments."?

Haha...I'm with you on this one I had to google it.

I have been weighing myself weekly for one year. I never really stalled, just had a blip in December that I now attribute to having a really bad cold. Tomorrow is my one year anniversary. I am going to go weigh myself on my doctor's scale just to get a more accurate reading. I am also going to try to weigh myself every other week moving forward and hopefully getting to a place where I weigh in once a month. I weigh myself mostly in fear of losing too much. I am liking the thinner me even more than I thought and don't really care if I lose another 10 over the next couple of months. I have weighed the same for the past two weeks, and I am happy with that as well. I think weighing yourself daily is a little extreme, but we all need to do what makes us happy.

So I went & saw my surgeon today- he asked me how often I weigh myself-- about every 8 days or so. He then preceded to say that weighing yourself weekly can hurt your loss.
It made complete sense to me. He said as you lose weight your clothes will start falling off, dropping sizes and so on. But because our weight loss will fluctuate and hit stalls, by looking at the scale weekly, the numbers start to dictate how I feel, not the WAY I feel. He said that I could have a great week, staying on track , exercising, the whole bit... And I may feel amazing and my clothes feel loose and I feel great, but if step on the scale and only see a 1 lb loss for that week, then I'll get upset and think I'm not doing well.
I've fallen into that trap before.. I can remember years ago walking into a WW meeting feeling great, only to see I lost no weight that week, and leaving and driving straight to McD's.
So goodby scale, I'll visit you once a month when my hubby takes you out of hiding.

Everything is going good so far! I been sticking to liquids only as a preacaution but today I am going to switch to a full liquid diet as my docotor recommended. About to eat some cream of wheat, oh how lucky I am! lol.
Thanks to all of you for your prayers and well wishes! I truly do not know what i would do without this form!!!

Just wanted to check in with you guys... How's everyone holding up?

I had the same thing. Mine was just swelling....ill b thinking of you.

I have an update!!! I had the drain removed today!! No pain!! However it did feel very weird!!!! However to quick to feel really!!! Thanks to everyone who answered.

Lol at spell check.
I ment cringe.

Mine hurt so bad I turned white and almost passed out. By far the worst part of my entire sleeve experience and maybe my entire life.

I thought it hurt. Mine was forever long. Did not enjoy it one little bit! Tramatized....this whole damn thing has me TRAMATIZED!

LOL..don't wave.. Kick 300's arse to the curb! Congrats!!!!

I just said to my husband...what a great idea to do pics like that so you can see your progress so good...love it!

Lol at gene....that is exactly the way my husband would think;)

Lol..I did the same thing but mine was Doritos . See your not a lone hun!

Wow! The blue dress is amazing on you! 44..nice!!!

Just wanted to let everyone know! I finally broke my stall today. Down 3 more lbs! I'm super happy!