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I'm certain that I'm gonna have to have mine removed when I hit goal. Has anyone had this done? Was it painful? How do they go about it? What does it run??? Oh my gosh, the dream of wearing shorts!!! I havent since I was 12 and I hate summer because of it.

So life happened and I haven't been around for a Really long time but I've missed some of my pals!! From a quick scroll through the list I don't see anyone I recognize here, I was a member when the site was named Something else. I'm now two years and 3 months out and I had gotten to 120 lbs but did fall at one year out when I hit goal. I think the "what now's" hit me and I failed. Started bingeing on poptarts and Cookies. In ashamed but I'm back on track. Ready to do this thing. I'm glad to be back. My goal is to lose this weight again keep it off for six months and hopefully get a mommy makeover

I lost 102, okay, so similar. Wow, half marathons, you're a rockstar!! Oh goodness four months is SO long!! Iva got 6 children from 3-14. What took he longest to heal!? Butt flap implants. They really need to come up w a better name for that!

Thank you for the warm welcome miss Mac! You seem like a sweetheart!! Hey I remember you!! Iirc, you had less to lose, right? Ooh where did you go for plastics and what did you get? What was recovery like? I want to get it done really really bad but my insurance won't cover a panninulectomy, so I'll have to pay out of pocket. Any chance you had it done in Mexico? I could have sworn that I saw a hole for him dedicated to people who wanted to get plastics done in Mexico but maybe I'm wrong. And I haven't quite figured out how to navigate this app yet. *forum

I'm 2 +years out and I've gained 30 lbs from goal. working on it but in doing low carb high fat and it's really not going as quickly as I feel it should. I should probably cut the fat bit I love real bitter sooooo much. Everything is better with it. And my half and half in my coffee is a real weakness. The first year I exercised religiously and track calories and burns calories etc. drained all the Water that I was supposed to and followed all he rules. As soon as one year was up and I was at goal everything went south. I'm still moderately happy with my weight. I mean I'm not 220 lbs but I want my healthy self back. The one that could wear a size four. Please tell me what yall put in your coffee. I don't like almond milk in it. Cashew is okay if I add butter. ????. I don't like hydrogenated oils in the powders. The main thing motivating me to get back to goal and stay there is the mommy makeover of love to get

An you tell me if he uses the newer stapler that does he three rows of staples and slices down the middle? What size bougie does he use? What does the pre op diet look like? Also. Does he do sutures after the stapling? Thx! Sent from my iPhone using VST

Things that helped me be successful at getting to goal. Exercise My fitness pal Daily weighing Things that got me off track. I started a diet that worked well but promised welght loss without tracking calories. I did lose when I stuck to it but I quit and started eating when I wasn't hungry etc. I stopped daily weighing after I a aw the same number (120) for a month and a half. I shouldn't have stopped. I have every excuse in the book not to exercise. I hate hate hate it. HAAATE. the only thing I like is running and honestly I'm not going to do it outside. One cold or rainy day will throw me off for a month. I need a treadmill but have literally no money. You could say that I have negative money. I feel disgusted with myself. My butt is so wide. It's as if every oz went straight there. It's wiggly when I walk and I wish I could chop it off. "/ but yet this isn't enough to make me stop eating when I'm not hungry. I'm setting up a mfp account for tomorrow. Again. I hope I can do this. I was all set to exercise- got my shoes and workout clothes out and put them by the bed, only to realize that I can't find my dvd's!! Gah!! Please send words of wisdom. Ideas. How YOU got back on track?

I finally feel like I can do a before and "after"!! I am 9 months post op and love my sleeve!! I finally love my life! No more staying in for me! No more putting off laundry because it's "all the way downstairs". I'm living life, smiling all the time, enjoying the heck out of it all!!! Side by side- the best I could do for now. ****** try to avoid my horrible "bra is 4 sizes too big" deal I have going on. It's gonna be remedied soon. Hehe When I was a newbie (feels like yesterday) I adored before and afters. I want I be an inspiration. If anyone has questions don't hesitate to ask bid love to help! 240/127 size 22/6 Before= miserable Before face And here's me in the bathroom at Walmart. The reason for this pic is that I used to cringe and damn-near cry when I see the mirrors at Walmart. Every time. I HATED mirrors. Now!? I get giddy to walk by one and look at and pinch myself!! I'm 126.8 today. My ultimate goal is to get to 116-120.

the way I acheived weight loss- i tracked every single bite on myfitnesspal for hte first 9 months. i weighed daiy and feel that it helped a lot even though I got very frustrated when I'd see little gains or mini stalls. I never did have any true stalls and I think that may have also been due to my plan of attack when I saw mini ones. I always switched things up.. if I didn't lose for a week, I'd eat 100-200 less calories or if I'd just amped up my workout, I'd eat 100-200 more. I also did 5:2 for a short stent, I did very low carb, etc. always something new to keep my body guessing. I never did see a stall that was longer than 2 weeks. I'm now 9 lb from my ultimate scale goal of 115.. If I hit it, I hit it.. If I don't, I'm going to make sure that's because I"ve gained enough muscle that my body cannot get there or that i have skin that weighs some... I was thinking I wanted a body lift etc asap but I relaly don't.. I think I'd rather turn my garage into a family room. LOL you will probalby have skin if it's all stretched out like mine was (very thin stretch marked skin) but who cares? so you look old naked, who cares! do you look 95% better in clothes?? ROCK ON! lol maybe someday though. Now? I've been following a plan called trim healthy mama for a few months now. I don't track, I just follow that plan. i LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE thm.. <3 I'm still losing slowly and that's perfectly fine with me as long as I'm not going up! hope that helps- message with questions- I'm terrible at getting back on here and formulating anything coherent on threads.. thanks again everyone- I feel great! I hope I never see "fat amy" again

Oh I'm so excited to finally be able to post one of these! It's not the best as I'm super busy and rarely have someone to get a good shot of me, but this second shot was taken Monday. (Dec 9) 9 months out 240 to 126 I want to lose to about 117 but I'm holding pretty steady here.

I was going to say that you look much younger too!! Way to go!!

Look at you!! Wow!

Haha another gem!!

Aw don, you're the best!! Thanks for being such a big supporter from the beginning!! I'm thankful you've been along for the ride!!!

Thank you so much everyone!! It feels so surreal to be posting this! It's only been 9 months since I was looking at before and afters hoping to slime day post my own. I'm pinching myself!! Lol about my eyes. An unexpected comment. HAHA. Bran muffin, I'll be back to let you know!! I'm on my phone app and don't wanna reply with my thumbs, cuz it might be long. and I'm feeling a little sick today and don't wanna get on the desktop!! To be continued................

. As do you sistah!!!! From what I can tell from the icon on my phone!! Hey. I need to add you back to mfp!!!!

I'm 9 months out and I've hit mini stalls during my journey and these are things that have worked for me, one at a time: 1. Eat more calories. That's so not enough for your body And the hard work you're doing. It sounds backwards but it really does work. At this point I'm up to 1200-1400 depending on the day and I'm finally losing again. 2. Try the 5:2 diet or carb cycling. 3. Lowered calories after having them higher for a while. 4. Going low carb. 5. Cut in out my nightly snack- not eating after 7 pm. (Or 4 hours before bedtime) 6. Trim healthy mama diet. 7. Google "plateau" "how to bust a stall" and the like. This last stall was a 3 week jerk, and the longest if had. I FINALLY just started losing again yesterday. Also, look at the foods you're eatin. Does your body need new mutrients! Are you eating the same things over and over? Drinking your calories?

Me going back to low carb for a bit and I wanna makes some super yummy stuffs!! I'm not low fat or anything. Whatcha got!?

I LOVE dressing your truth by carol Tuttle. She'll describe what type you are in the book and then you can google the rest. You can take the free course on her site.

I make a cheeseburger pie, but never Heard of this Whitecastle version. I love Linda's low-carb website, we have made her spinach lasagna, broccoli cheese soup, bacon cheddar quiche etc. Yummo!

Oh my goodness honey, yes, eat more! Please!! I'm 9 mos on the 2nd of December and I've been eating at least 1000 since maybe 5 months out! Then 1200. Now I keep under 1400, anywhere from 12-1400. I say up it 200 cals at a time.

All the charts etc say I have about 12 lbs left to go. I'm certain that some of that is skin, so I'm saying I have 10 left. Which is Unbelievable!! I kindof wonder of I'll actually feel done when I'm done. How the heck does one know when they're at goal? Anyway- I'm hoping you guys can talk to me about the last 10 lbs., were they pesky? What was your strategy?

Oh man. 5:2 is an option, but I did that before and I was super cranky on those low days. I'll put that in my bag of tricks, but it's at the bottom. Lol. My family needs a happy mommy/wife. Slowtogo- awesome that you're still sticking with it! I'm 9 mos out and some days I just wish I could quit obsessing about it!!

Anyone!? I love color!

My favorite was my mom: "you're starting to look malnourished." No! I'm 5'3" with hips and belly in a size 6. NOT malnourished. Weird. I secretly like the "you're getting too skinny" comments. I've NEVER heard those in my life!! His was from the same person who, a few year ago, said "gosh, Amy really IS getting heavy, huh?" Hehe. I love It!