rizabonita

Aww, my husband told me he loved me the way I was and that I didn't need to have the surgery. Now, that I had it he tells me that he's proud of me for doing what I wanted and he still thinks I didn't need the surgery :-) We all have a loving man by our side!! It's wonderful!
keepin it real

I love my husband, and he is my best friend of 20 years, he has loved me thru all my problems with weight. He has been my best support. I have to admit, I'm starting to look hot, and we went to the mall last night, and he reached out and took my hand. I just looked at him, and he gave me that young man look, that won my heart years ago. We only held hands for a few minutes, and went on our way, but it was nice. Thanks sleeve for letting me relive the good ol days.
top weight 260
sleeved 12/12/11
todays weight 195 - 65
goal weight 145

This is me the night before surgery all the way up til tonight, 7 weeks post op.

Congrats....on ur way!!
keepin it real

Muy bonita!! I think this should be ur new profile pic )
3/12/12

I use a GNC product. It is the Amplified Wheybolic Extreme 60 in vanilla flavor. It taste pretty good and u can get 60g of Protein with one shake. I drink my shake for Breakfast and keeps me worry free from wondering if I had enough Protein during my day. Try it.
3/12/12

I have no regrets. Look under my picture and you'll see 1 reason why. Look at my ticker and you'll see the other. I'd have given my eyeteeth to lose 100 pounds and here I am, nearly there.
I did have one moment of "What did I do?" about a month ago. I was actually thinking to myself "What if I starve to death because I can't eat enough later?" And then I smacked myself in the head, went back to working out and got over it. I'm in NO danger of starving to death, and won't be even when I hit goal.
The only thing I regret is not having done this sooner.

Awesome!! You look great!! ) ur preop pic is a nice one too...u r very pretty.

Lol this is funny, my man will get a kick out of this too!! BTW ur doing awesome )

my nutritionist and many other doctors have told me that when you are eating actual food that contains protein it is better then shakes or vitamins...supplements and other ways of getting in protein.....not dissing Protein Shakes, or other forms, just saying it is better for you to receive the stuff from real foods (according to my nut and doctors)....that being said, it does make it easier to get it in when you have a scoop and measure out how much you are getting.
I like to make protein pancakes with the stuff.....I add 1 egg to pancake mix, then 1 scoop of whey protein (banana flavor) and 1%milk instead of water....then cook the same as regular pancakes.....I can only fit one small size pancake in at a time, however that one pancake has over 20 grams of protein.