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Ohhh yayyy!!! I promise you are really going to love it!!! She will remind you a lot during your workouts the movements are to be slow and Fluid. Try not to go to fast or go herky Jerky. Elongate yourself and point your pelvis upward always and keep your back straight. And get your mind almost in a "yogish" type state. What did you think of her before / after section? Pretty neat huh?

Oh yeah!!! Dahlin that's just a month away... I"m so happy for you! BTW I was crackin up over that pict with the random dude in it. I was wondering who the heck that was... And I had a drain after my surgery. Just be prepared when they pull it out. It's a very weeiirrrdddd feeling. Not painful just heeby jeeby weird. LOL

Fantastic!!!!! Jackie you're rockin your sleeve girly!!! Hey, I think this should be a Forum Requirement here that once you get into your dreamy favorite Lil Black Dress... you gotta post um up. BTW, I do that too, displaying my goal clothes on the wall so it's staring me straight in the face every day!!!

*Hugs* you are just as motivating! Don't think otherwise. You're rocking those jeans you got on there.

Lala, I went through this with my Lap-Band. I didn't have any type of pre-opt diet and I took full advantage, and even gained about 8 Lbs before my surgery. I mean we're talking 2 weeks here or a months worth of time tops!! I had lost 7 Lbs during the 6 Month Dietician appts so that was a wash... Well... imagine my surprise that come to find out I didn't need to do any kind of "last meal" eating at all because eventually you are still going to be able to eat all your favorite foods again. Maybe not for a few months or until you hit your goals, but reality is you ARE going to be able to enjoy all your favorite foods. Believe me when I tell you, IT WILL STILL BE THERE TOMORROW... no need to pig out like it's going to not be. It is only my opinion that it's always good to get a head start. Start off on the right foot, and take this very precious time you have left to practice and prepare yourself for what's to come. It's a heckuva ride, and believe me - I've been through this twice now. This time I was successful because I went in with the right mind set. In fact, I only needed to do one week of Low Carb/ Low Fat for 7 days. I did 14. I don't regret that one bit!! The life I'm living today was well worth it, and in fact I took off 9 Lbs before I even had surgery. That placed me at 9 Lbs closer to goal, as opposed to 8 Lbs MORE to lose like what happened with my Lap Band. Good luck with whatever you choose!! The decision is all your own, much like having this surgery.

Gorgeous gorgeous GORGEOUS!!!! You're smashing girlie!!! Congrats, you are doing amazing!!!

Good morning!! I just wanted to buzz by and give my apologies for not checking in, in awhile. I'm just really been trying to give my mind some relief and slowly get out of the goal driven mind set. I've been a much better person for it honestly. In reality my size is fine, and very happy with it. I'm starting to move forward and am getting a few touch ups cosmetically over the next few months. I'm not sure who has been following me, or you may have been reading my status's over the past few weeks. I just wanted to say that even though I'm not really following this challenge to a T, I think I've gotten my mind to a place where I'm realizing that even though I don't have any definitive goals in mind or in any type of challenge mode I'm actually doing so much better now than ever. I'm just on TOM day three and I've already gotten all the Water gain off. I don't usually get that off till the week after. In the next three months to ensure safe procedures I will need to stay far away from anything high in sodium, which really has always been my #1 enemy. I have done great so far and I'm sure is the reason I've already gotten the TOM weight off. I feel really really good, and wow... I'm losing so many inches right now. It's almost like every time I wake up and look in the mirror I can see significant changes than just the day before!!! All that said, I want to hugely commend all of you who are following this plan!! This is the plan that got me to where I am right now. I still weigh 182 Lbs, but I really don't think there will ever come a day where I can use weight and the BMI as my guide to how I'm doing. I have to go by other things entirely. I'm knowing my body is still losing and that's ok too. I just want my body to settle in where ever it wants. I'm not fat anymore, I'm not obese anymore, I'm not unhealthy anymore, I'm not shopping in the Plus Sizes anymore, I'm not looked at and thought of as the fat girl in the room anymore... all those things mean more to me than the darn number on the scale. I don't have that number tattooed on my forehead and trust me, no one would ever guess how much I weighed if I didn't tell them (thank goodness!!! ) Keep up the good work all of you!!! I am watching and cheering you all on whether you know it or not. I am darned proud that starting up this challenge has gotten some of you back on track. *big hugs* Xoxo

If you can find any, Google Dr. Cirangle at LapSF. He has some very long term data. I sat in one of his seminars and was extremely informative. He said for his long term sleevers, about 10% of his patients will gain back about 10% of their excess weight. Those are some pretty impressive averages!! As for anyone here, I haven't seen anyone out that long.

Thanks Actually yes, when my Pds are all crazy like - they are more on and off... and on... round and round. The last few months for me have been really good and back on track. I'm not sure why I had a little spell of crazy Pds, but I did. Of course I was full steam ahead in my weight loss then too. Right now I"m just coasting and though I'm still losing, I"m not really pushing it like I was. I think the only answer is just give it time. I would see a Dr. though if it lasts abnormally long, are overly heavy or anything strange like that. GL!!

Are you seriously kidding me right now??? Wow... I don't even know what I would've responded to that. Sometimes if it's someone really close to me, I just straight out tell them that what they told me was outright hurtful. That will usually get them to immediately retract and apologize. I don't think there's any other way to address these, and honestly IMO it might be a good idea. You don't deserve to be treated that way at all!!!

Just know that you are not alone. *hugs* My advice to you is to please speak to your surgeon to ask for a little bit of an unfill. You are entirely too tight. You are going to hurt yourself if you remain this way. If you need to talk to someone I am here for you. Send me a PM.

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LOL no problem Lila. I know I'm hard to follow along right now... my excitement is preventing me from thinking and writing in any kind of sensible manner. Haaaa!!! Thanks everyone!!! I still need to take some photos of my waist area so you can get the before and afters on that too. I'm sooo excited about my waist!! I want it to be sooo tiny!!

Thanks Kristie!! This attachment is a sheet of paper given to me by my patient coordinator. Hi-lited pink are the areas I've chosen to have contouring.

Hey Lyndsey, I'm wishing you get well very soon!! Xoxo

As asked above, how much time did it take you to gain 10 Lbs? By the sound of it, it was spurned on pretty quickly. If that is the case, it can only be Water retention. If you're doing the 5 day pouch test you're probably intaking a lot more sodium due to the broths or Soups. You're probably holding every ounce of water you consume right now. If you're trying to get back on track, I suggest just low carbing it for 5 days (protein only) rather than the pouch test. Good luck!

This is incredibly true for me. I'm 182 Lbs and just got into a pair of 4's and I wear Size Small shirts... I got in my first 8's at just before hitting Onederland. I was wearing 14's and 12's at around 230 Lbs. I'm 5'6. Who knows why this is? I just accept it I guess. It's a reversal curse to me. I'll never weigh 135 Lbs. That would be me losing another 50 Lbs!! I don't think they even make clothes that small.

No, I had Dr. Aceves in Mexicali.

Oh yayayyy!!! I hope you will share your story too! I'd love to watch. I think I'm more excited about all this than before my sleeve!! Whatta sin, I know... LOL!!

OMG I totally forgot to mention this! I had an NSV too at the appointment. Ok so my Pt Consult is totally cute, perfect, tiny and very fit. So she tells me that she's assigning me the same surgeon who did Lipo for her and she had her knees done as well. Neat huh? LOL Well no, that's not the NSV... so I'm looking at her like, wow she's so cute, perfect, tiny and very fit... (yeah I know I already said that...LOL) and then she tells me she has gone down 2 clothing sizes by getting her Lipo done. She said she went from Size 10 to a Size 6. I had to like... totally take a time out then. She said she's a Size 6. I was like (excuse my french but) "are you totally Sh*ttin' me???" She laughed... and said yes. I don't think she got what was going on in my head because I do fit some Size 6's. THAT TOTALLY BLEW ME AWAY!!! It's so weird because I just felt so huge next to her. I have to get my brain on board with the new me. Totally. There's one more too... when she was showing me how my waist would look with a little lipo done there, she told me I really don't have a lot of fat there so my results will come out pretty dam* outstanding. So she shifts my waist a little bit to show my waist looks like a little smaller. She told me I'm going to be tiny.... WHAT??? Tiny huh? LOL. Just thought I'd share that little fun moment with y'all.

My Appt at SonoBello went excellent today!! My Pt Consultant explained everything down to a science on how they do the lipo. They have to contour everything, they can't just do one section. So you have to take a little off here, and balance it by taking a little off there. The prices were great too! I even added in some extra removal on my waist area, so you think my waist is tiny now? Ohh yeahh. ;o) Can't wait!! She also assigned me to the very best Lipo Surgeon she has on staff. He is FACS (yeahh!! so is my boob surgeon) and tends to be more aggressive with the fat removal too. He has his work cut out for him for sure! <H5>Also, she set me up for 2 separate sessions. She said the results would come out much better. She was such a doll and never once acted grossed out or weirded about my situation. She was totally professional. She even said she can't wait to see all my befores and afters, and was sooo excited for me getting my boobies too!! Hahaa!! So, I guess I need to take some befores of my waist now too. OMG this is all going so fast... good!! So here's the lineup: August 25th is my Augmentation. September 25th is my first Lipo session which includes my inner thigh and entire knee area. October 12th is my second Lipo session which includes my outer thigh and waist. Whoohooo!!!! For reference, my breast Augmentation is costing $6,500 total and my Lipo for all included is costing $7150 Not really that bad I don't think. </H5> Source: My Plastics Journey - My first one (of several)

My Appt at SonoBello went excellent today!! My Pt Consultant explained everything down to a science on how they do the lipo. They have to contour everything, they can't just do one section. So you have to take a little off here, and balance it by taking a little off there. The prices were great too! I even added in some extra removal on my waist area, so you think my waist is tiny now? Ohh yeahh. ;o) Can't wait!! She also assigned me to the very best Lipo Surgeon she has on staff. He is FACS (yeahh!! so is my boob surgeon) and tends to be more aggressive with the fat removal too. He has his work cut out for him for sure! <H5>Also, she set me up for 2 separate sessions. She said the results would come out much better. She was such a doll and never once acted grossed out or weirded about my situation. She was totally professional. She even said she can't wait to see all my befores and afters, and was sooo excited for me getting my boobies too!! Hahaa!! So, I guess I need to take some befores of my waist now too. OMG this is all going so fast... good!! So here's the lineup: August 25th is my Augmentation. September 25th is my first Lipo session which includes my inner thigh and entire knee area. October 12th is my second Lipo session which includes my outer thigh and waist. Whoohooo!!!! For reference, my breast Augmentation is costing $6,500 total and my Lipo for all included is costing $7150 Not really that bad I don't think. </H5>

Hi Shelly, well first of all - Congrats on your decision! It doesn't look like you really have much to lose, so that is an added bonus for you! That said, do not worry!! Easier said than done, I know. It takes a real toll on our nerves just right before surgery. You are completely normal in all your feelings... of excitement, apprehension, joy and of course fears. Just get through it, and hold on tight to your dreams. I spent a lot of time in the Success Stories areas and perused the Photo Galleries too. I would read and read and read here until my mind just dripped of information. It really helped to ease my mind that I was doing the right thing... and now I can truly truly say it was because I'm exactly where I wanted to end up - and then some. Hugs

This is why I don't really add a whole lot of strength training type workouts to my routines. Everything I do is more toning, for lean curvy type looks. If I lifted weights I'd be up there with the dudes. I remember at around 14 years old (and I can't believe I'm even telling y'all this) but my Auntie used to have a Gym at her old apartments. Well, me and all my cousins were playing in there one day and we were leg bench pressing or whatever its called and I beat out all my cousins. Even the boys... LMAO!!! I'm a strong girl...

I think I'm in the great minority here when I say I hope for muscle loss!! I'm wayyyy muscular for a chick... LOL I actually avoid foods or supplements that can help build muscles. That's just me though! Most everyone else should be concerned about this.