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Wooohoooo

So I had my 6 month check-up today with my surgeon. He said everything looks good and I am doing a great job and to keep it up. I have lost 95 pounds since surgery and feel amazing. I know there are somethings that I still need to work on and get better at but for the most part I think 95 pounds in 6 months is awesome. I am an active person now working out 3 to 6 times a week including hiking almost every weekend. I can't wait to get this last 80 pounds off so I can feel even more amazing. Thank you to all of you that have supported me and made me feel so loved and cared for. I am sure I will still have many more questions and please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns you might have. Love you all!

The biggest thing I have learned so far being 6 months out is you will have stalls all the time. You will get stalls or have weeks that you lose only 1 pound or even gain. Your body does crazy things and it different than everyone elses so remember you can't compare. You WILL have these stalls or slow weeks but it will eventually come off if you are following the program. I usually go 4 or 5 weeks losing between 2 and 4 pounds each week and then go 4 to 5 weeks only losing 1 to no pounds each week. It's crazy and can be frustrating but hang in there. You will get to a place where you don't stress about it as much. You just leave it up to your body and what it wants to do and how it wants to lose.

Lookin good girl

Amazing!!! Congrats girl

The biggest thing I have learned about the weight loss so far is that stalls are going to happen throughout your weight loss journey. I will lose like 3 pounds a week for 3 weeks and then I will only lose 1 pound or none for the next 3 or 4 weeks. But like the other person said above I think I lose inches on the weeks I don't lose any or lose only 1 pound. The way you lose weight after the surgery is not what I expected but if you can prepare yourself now it might be a little easier when you hit the stalls or really slow weight loss.

Amazing! Keep it up girl

That is so great. Good for you girl. Keep it up

Well you came to the right place for motivation but ultimatley it's up to you. You can do this. You have done this and you just need to get back to doing it. You are strong. You just have to not give up is all. You know what you are suppose to do you just can't be lax on it anymore. That's all that started to happen. You became lax, got confident and comfortable and it slowly started to come back. I have been there and done that so I know how it feels. I was on a liquid diet years before I had surgery and lost 130 pounds and gained it all back and more to where I was almost 400 pounds from 188 pounds. It's really easy to do let me tell ya but you can fight it and go back to where you were before. You need to get back to where food is fuel and not for comfort or enjoyment. You can have some of those foods but in moderation. And you know what maybe you can't. I am finding that if I let myself have some of my tirgger foods it leads to overeating on them so I need to stay farrrr away from them. You might be like that too. You will get there but don't make excuses. That will jsut keep you down the wrong path. Exercise at least 3 times a week for a half an hour and that alone starts making you feel better. Give it a couple of weeks or a month if you aren't already working out consistantly. YOU CAN DO THIS. ONLY YOU CAN CHANGE IT AROUND AND YOU CAN AND YOU WILL!

Yeah I think that is key. I did better today. I am trying to keep the food away from the desk or just bring only what I am going to eat to my desk and that is it. Day 1 down. Let's see how day 2 goes, LOL. Thanks for the advice. Make sure you remember what you told me because you might end up with the same problem. Be strong and stay away!

I do need to find out why for sure. I am almost always doing it when I am sitting at my desk at work. I am a bookkeeper so I sit a lot. I am up and down all day but mostly sitting so it's just a habit to grab and eat. I need to just keep the food out of my office and go to the back room when it's time to eat my snack. I am doing this starting tomorrow I sear. I am throwing the snack foods that I usually munch on out tonight and going to pick up a veggie and fruit tray in the morning. Hopefully this will help Thanks for the great advice.

I am sure it depends on the brand and what it is made of. Make sure you look at that and don't assume. I don't know what they based their amounts off of

You guys are very welcome. If I find more I will post them

That is a good idea. I am going to try that and def bring healthy snacks only. I will eat them if they are here I just end up choosing the wrong snacks at that moment instead of the veggie tray or fuit tray. I am going to grab those first. Thaks Michele

OK WLS family. I need your help once again. I am finding myself snacking a lot and I can't seem to stop. I don't snack a whole lot at home but when I am at work there is always stuff laying around that people bring in and it calls my name and I just grab some and eat it. I don't eat as much as I did before surgery but still I know I don't need to be snacking at all. I am not hungry. I am just eating it becuase it sounds or looks good. It's like the old habits are staring to creep back in. How do you stop this when will power has always been a problem?Has anyone else been through this or goes through this and if so what do you do do fight the cravings? Thanks guys

You are very welcome. I was and am always looking for some good list. Always like to share. I know I am not the only one!

MEEE TOOOO girl. I signed up for the NeonRun in April. Is that the one you are going to do? I am sooo excited but nervous too. That is one of my goals and I hope I will be able to finish it. I know I won't be able to run yet but that just gives me another goal to beat, to RUN a 5K. I am excited for you. We can do this!!!

Hello WLS family. So I was looking for some good list of foods with their Protein amounts and I found a few and just wanted to share. Enjoy! I know they are from pregnancy websites but hey, who cares where you find them right. Hope these help www.midwifeanddoula.com/siteassist_images/otherfiles/proteincounter.pdf www.birthwellness.com/page7/assets/protein%20counter.pdf http://traditionalbirthservices.com/09Nutrition_Worksheet.pdf www.honeyduehomebirth.com/www.honeyduehomebirth.com/protein_counter.html

You are so right. I think I am dropping inches even though the scale went up. I need to not worry about it as much. Like you and the others are saying stop worring about the number and believe in the tool. Thanks guys for much needed advice and tough love. That's why I always come to you guys for advice

wise words. Will do

Yes I should do that. I have lost inches I think so maybe I should go that route. Thanks for the idea:)

1. No 2. Maybe 3. No Hahaha, I def think I need to cut the carbs for sure. Maybe with that and giving it another week or so I will be back on track. Thanks girl

Yeah I have upped my workout so maybe it is that. I do think I eat to many carbs so I need to watch that as well. Maybe I should start writing everything I eat down even though I hate that and only end up doing it for like half the day. I need to just pack a lunch and that is all I have for the day and then I won't have to write it down throughout the day cause I already know what I had. Thanks for the comment

No cycle yet and yes all pipes are working good, LOL. I don't really know how much I lost the prior month but the week before I lost 5. Thank you. I have lost well it was 81 now its 79 I am going to wait it out this week and see what my weight is on weigh in. Maybe it was just because I upped my workouts. Thanks for the concern and questions though