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Congrats Leepers on hitting ONDERLAND!!!! And may I say you look phenomenal girl!! You have worked so hard and it totally shows! Way to go you must be so very proud!! You have been such a huge inspiration to me!!

Congrats Leepers on hitting ONDERLAND!!!! And may I say you look phenomenal girl!! You have worked so hard and it totally shows! Way to go you must be so very proud!! You have been such a huge inspiration to me!!

Went on my run this morning it starts to pour down rain within 3 minutes which was totally ok. I actually enjoy running in the rain. Then 3/4 of the 5k done and my knee blows out wicked pain. I was so mad that I continued to limp jog the rest of it through the pain. I got a few chuckles from pedestrians but I was not giving up! It was of course my worst time yet but I finished and came home and have iced on/off all day. Hopin I can still run tomorrow lol

A beautiful evening here, so went on a nice 4+ mile walk/jog after dinner.
Headed to the Lake tomorrow for a nice long weekend of swimming/boating/relaxing... and there's a great 5k course with some big hills in it....Hope everyone has a nice 4th of July!

@@Junebug36
Just stick with it, every day. Not everyone has to be a crazy calorie counting exerciser like me. The key is to find your plan and stick with it. Go out, eat, have fun, but always get back to the business at hand. Becoming healthy!

Made it to Onderland this morning! I feel great! 97 pounds gone. 33 to goal weight. Also, with getting to Onderland, I went from obese to overweight on the BMI chart!

THAT medal is f***king awesome
and so are you ..........LOVE your attitude, your spirit
you got this GF

@@SillyAuntDi that is a fantastic pic of you! You look amazing! Great job!!

I thought I was the only unlucky one who gained weight after Tummy Tuck and breast lift. I am also a nurse and I know it's the Fluid. But oddly enough every time I gain even a pound or two I feel like I gained back the 90 pounds I just lost. All head games. My surgery was in April and my tummy is really flat but doctor says there is still swelling and it will still go down more.

This was a selfie last week. Wish I had before pics to show.

So glad I went back to the dr today. He did an xray, and the band had indeed slipped a bit. Thankfully, he was able to remove some Fluid and it slipped back to where it should be. Had that not worked, surgery would have happened. I am SO glad it was fixed with taking some fluid out. He told me I will be mad at him when I start feeling hungry, but he is SO wrong. He is a wonderful dr and I am so thankfully he listens and takes my concerns seriously! I go back in 3 weeks for a follow up.
Thank you all for your kind words and support!

I also have a breast cancer ribbon on my foot, for my grandfather who was diagnosed with it and then I have this ribbon star on my back left shoulder. I was a cutter for 7 years, so I got this when I had gone 5 years since the last time I injured myself. Self injury awareness ribbons are orange in color so I had my artist do 5 ribbons and then fill in the inside to look like a star. Reminds me that I have friends and family who love me, and like stars in the sky, even if I don't always see them, I know they are always there for me!

This one is on my upper right back. My 19 y/O brother was killed in August 2012 so this was for him. He loved skating, and always wore a blue Plan B skater tshirt so my tattoo artist incorporated all that plus the angel wings into this broken skateboard heart.

I use Body Fortress from Walmart they have numerous flavors and they taste great to me...I add a scoop and my favorite additives to them will skim milk or coffee and fruits and they are very filling to me.

Today I weighed myself and I could not believe my eyes - the scale said 199.5!!
This is the first time in years (9?) that I have seen this number.
Stats:
Female, 5'4 1/2 , 30 years old
Surgery 2/4/14 weight 244lbs
Today 6/28/14 199.5.
And this is without any fills since surgery (my surgeon puts in 3 cc at time of surgery though).

It's been a year . What an amazing life changing year. Last year at this time I was a nervous wreck of getting banded almost having an anxiety attack in the waiting room before surgery but wouldn't let it show. So sacred of what life would be with this band how would I feel how would I eat how would I live. I thought for sure the band would he like a flashing neon light and everyone would laugh and scoff that I had it done. I kept it a secret and still do. At first it was because I was ashamed I needed surgical Intervention to do what seemed like an easy task just stop eating. Now I keep it a secret because it's my most treasured precious love. I'm sitting in the hospital getting my Esopogram done. Walked in with my head held high wearing a cute size large sundress which needs to be taken in I might be a medium now. Smiling not worried if I will fit in chair or people will stare and judge. I'm sitting cross legged in chair and there is room for my purse beside me in the chair what the hell is this. It's fabulous that's what it is!!!! I'm down 104lbs from a tight 22/24 pants 3x shirt to a size 12/14 pants med/large shirt. I can shop in any store in the regular size clothes although I did try a plus size store last week as it was all to big. Do I see what everyone else sees no but I'm getting there. I thought I always had great self esteem and somehow it's fluctuating have some low days but that's normal I guess because now because I'm learning to live in my new body. I have been obese for 25 years and a consistent normal size for 1. Of course I lost weight hundreds of times before but never this amount never this size in my entire adult life . And I know it's gone forever .I'm shocked when I see pictures of me like wow I did this with my band eating right and exercising. I now know the band is a tool and I'm working it. I'm at the gym 5-7 days a week eating way less and moving more. Learning the signals when I'm satisfied. Still working on the chewing better and slowing down as sometimes I forget to eat for several hours and then I get super hungry the old me kicks in and I might not chew but my band reminds me chew more and u need way less food. The amazing encouraging people I have met here is as priceless as my band. No judgements just caring, understanding and encouragement and a good swift reality check when need be. I'm healthier I have participated in2 5k and one 10k obstacle events and looking to do more. I'm ancy if I don't eat right or work out. I crave healthy food and movement. Things sure have changed but 100000% for the better. Had I known then what I feel now I would of done this years ago.
Love my band !!! And it's awesome seeing all my hard work paying off. Got a list of plastic surgeons to start interviewing so I can save for and research the next phase In my transformation

I know this should go with success stories but I wanna share it with you all as well
July 1,2013 -July 1-2014
It's been a year . What an amazing life changing year. Last year at this time I was a nervous wreck of getting banded almost having an anxiety attack in the waiting room before surgery but wouldn't let it show. So sacred of what life would be with this band how would I feel how would I eat how would I live. I thought for sure the band would he like a flashing neon light and everyone would laugh and scoff that I had it done. I kept it a secret and still do. At first it was because I was ashamed I needed surgical Intervention to do what seemed like an easy task just stop eating. Now I keep it a secret because it's my most treasured precious love.
I'm sitting in the hospital getting my Esopogram done. Walked in with my head held high wearing a cute size large sundress which needs to be taken in I might be a medium now. Smiling not worried if I will fit in chair or people will stare and judge. I'm sitting cross legged in chair and there is room for my purse beside me in the chair what the hell is this. It's fabulous that's what it is!!!!
I'm down 104lbs from a tight 22/24 pants 3x shirt to a size 12/14 pants med/large shirt. I can shop in any store in the regular size clothes although I did try a plus size store last week as it was all to big. Do I see what everyone else sees no but I'm getting there. I thought I always had great self esteem and somehow it's fluctuating have some low days but that's normal I guess because now because I'm learning to live in my new body. I have been obese for 25 years and a consistent normal size for less than 1 year .Of course I lost weight hundreds of times before but never this amount never this size in my entire adult life . And I know it's gone forever .I'm shocked when I see pictures of me like wow I did this with my band eating right and exercising. I now know the band is a tool and I'm working it. I'm at the gym 5-7 days a week eating way less and moving more. Learning the signals when I'm satisfied. Still working on the chewing better and slowing down as sometimes I forget to eat for several hours and then I get super hungry the old me kicks in and I might not chew but my band reminds me chew more and u need way less food.
The amazing encouraging people I have met here is as priceless as my band. No judgements just caring, understanding and encouragement and a good swift reality check when need be.
I'm healthier I have participated in2 5k and one 10k obstacle events and looking to do more. I'm ancy if I don't eat right or work out. I crave healthy food and movement. Things sure have changed but 100000% for the better. Had I known then what I feel now I would of done this years ago.
And for u cg here is that pic

@@SillyAuntDi I totally understand that and I agree 100%. You know right before hubby and I got married a family member was going in for WLS. It was a great choice for him, he has some pretty bad medical issues and though most of the family were not supportive I was totally in his corner I thought wow this is awesome I hope it all works out for him, and I really wanted to see all the photo's etc as he lost weight and "got healthy".
We had a brunch celebration for our family when we came back from our wedding (no one was invited to that not even our 5 kids!) There was food galore at Lombardi's everything and anything you could possibly think of or want. I felt bad when I invited him that he might not be able to eat the food there and asked the catering hall if they would accommodate any special dietary needs he might have.
So I reached out and asked him what that might be so I could let them know I knew nothing about WLS then but was starting to research it. He told me don't worry he would be able to eat anything. I didn't take that to heart until, he really was ready to eat anything. Thinking the surgery was the fix it and now he could stuff the pie hole with anything and everything and the weight was going to peel away.
Yeah well that didn't happen. I cringe when we are at family parties now that both my hubby and I have had WLS and I watch the volumes of soda (straight sugar high test soda) and the piles of food on the plate, hoagies and all.
I think to myself maybe it's all my eyes are bigger then my tummy, would have to be after sleeve surgery right? Wrong, cause by now that tummy is right back where it was, and all that food went in...and I watched and was sick. (really physically I had to walk away, my band was hurting! Not really but in my mind it was)
So for those that think there is magic in that band or sleeve or RNY, they need to know that the magician makes the magic happen and the magician is YOU.
It is dam hard work WLS or not. Getting fat was the easy part, open mouth insert food chew swallow and don't move for 3-4 months success! Getting rid of that fat...is HARD ass breaking heart pounding breath taking work! I fight for every ounce I lose as I am sure you all do too
Now off to the dentist! UGH, all my healthy eating chipped a filling... I really do hate having to go to see the dentist. (no offense to those of you who are one....but I really do hate it.)

I have learned how to gauge a poster. If they sound like they want justification for breaking the rules and a "it will be OK" attitude, I just move along. My doc and I have talked at length about the mental part of the process and how determined I was from the beginning to make this a success. I've taken nothing forgranted. I've done nothing the easy way. I've worked hard at it. I get a little miffed by those that think "Oh, I have had WLS so now all the weight is just going to fall off." I ignore those people on here. Because they are the reason people like my personal trainer have a bad view on WLS. My trainer was heard making a comment that really ticked me off about how losing weight with WLS was less meaningful than if it was done without...what the heck???? When he clarified, it was because he only knows of people who have the attitude of "WLS will do all the work and I can still eat whatever I like and never exercise." So, I just don't engage those posters. I just can't fathom putting your body through such a process only to continue to do the bad things you were doing before. <rant over>

I'm not sure that I agree I would not let anyone person's comments new, veteran or surgeon run me off.
You know some one told me opinions are like A**holes right everyone has one and some people just are.
So I when people bug me I think about that and laugh cause the visual is hysterical! Then I don't judge them, ignorance is a sickness as much as obesity is. They don't have to like what I say, but they don't have the right to treat me badly nor do I them. I don't preach to the choir I sing in harmony. (Match pitch anyone lalalala clearing voice and quieting down cause my desk mate thinks I'm wacko or went out drinking for lunch)
If I asked you are you cured of your obesity? Would you say yes because you have lost 100 pounds or more? Would you say yes if you lost 200?
We are all in this together and the newbie (even the ones who just are) has something to say and teach us as much as we have to say and teach them, even if it's simply how NOT to be, and what NOT to do.
So I take it in stride and I comment as I feel it and I don't when I don't and if I get sling back that's nasty I can hash it out with the best of em, but I really try not to stoop, I save the bending for squats
f they know better after one day then you do after X amount of years and weight lost then OK revision slips what have you that's for them to learn and experience at their own risk and share in entertaining and not so entertaining ways later, when/if I read it. Some of them could be part of the next Steven King novel the way they tell the story of how the band destroyed the Universe and blacked out the Sun.
So I ask you have you got this band thing nailed and down pat? Cause I know I don't, and all I can say is what I have experienced and nothing more, I can be supportive to those that want and seek support even if that means some tough love. Just ask my kids I rock in that department!
So friends please try not to let it rattle you, people are just people they can't help it they were born that way
Sometimes I like my cat better...even when he talks back.

@@SillyAuntDi that is a fantastic pic of you! You look amazing! Great job!!

@@SillyAuntDi that is a fantastic pic of you! You look amazing! Great job!!

@@SillyAuntDi that is a fantastic pic of you! You look amazing! Great job!!

New picture! Boxing classes are paying off

And you know it's paying off when your own mother does a double-take the first time she sees you after 2 months. She admitted that she didn't recognize me at first glance!
Happy Tuesday!

Thanks Cg, I love you too! I, also, remember the 250 lb me! I remember being hungry(head hunger), and being told by my surgeon there is no way you are hungry, you just think you are. I remember sitting in church, right after surgery, and hearing my tummy talk to me during the sermon loud enough that the person sitting next to me could hear. BUT, we don't know what we are talking about. The newbies are the experts that the other newbies want to listen to. So, this is my only refuge! Would say the veterans, but I see others in there , too! Talk to you all later.

hey karen
i am with you
like i told lizzie and others, i dont post as much
for those very reasons you stated....hard to get (slammed) day in and day out
when i advise to use common sense, call the dr and last but not least, be patient
its the world of fast food and quick results
and if it dont happen....OMG lets have a striped pink and green cow....
but i remember clearly where newbies started
i recall it well.....i also recall it from a 336+ pound woman stand point
it was either do it....or get bigger..there was no turning back for me
ANYHOW
i love ya my fl friend ♥