LilMissDiva Irene

Hmmm... well - here it goes... I guess I'm just mentally drained where hard core weight loss is concerned quite frankly. Before I continue let me be clear I may still lose some weight... however as far as really working my butt off and continued food restraint... I think I really am done. Period. Yes I'll continue to do my early morning running, I'll still do my workouts (this will be always and forever) and I'm probably going to add in some muscle toning exercises. I bulk up really easily so this is actually going to slow down the losses a bit. However, I'm NOT going to actively push more workouts to post higher losses anymore. I'm also NOT going to do low carbs anymore, in fact I'm going to add in more per meal. Slowing down the routine will probably get me about 3-5 Lbs lost per month. I do believe I am very much ok with this. Physically I am very satisfied with how I look. I am wearing sizes 8-10 in pants right now and I just bought a bunch of size Small shirts and they are all fitting. I even bought size XS at Old Navy (my first time there ever!) and those even fit. Crazy huh? Well... this got me to thinking, how small do I really want to get??? I weigh 185 Lbs. So what??? This is how GOD made me, and I accept this. I've lost nearly 150 Lbs from my heaviest weight!!! Why am I torturing myself just because of a stupid made up BMI scale??? Its just insanity I tell you!!! I know we tend to continue losing with the sleeve even once we have decided we are at "goal". I imagine this will be true for me too. I have picked up really good habits so it's inevitable I will still continue to lose from here, I just don't want to try as hard anymore. If I want a tortilla with my dinner, guess what... I'm gonna have a freakin tortilla with my dinner. If I want a slice of bread, I'm going to have a slice of bread. If I want to some white rice one night, that's what I'll have. I can only eat one or two bites anyway!! If I want a few potato chips with my lunch... you get the idea. I just wanted to put it out there that *I* Irene am calling myself nearly done. If I lose a little more, great. If not... OH WELL!!! I'm HAPPY with ME right now and that is ALL THAT MATTERS!!! It is possible that at some point I may change my mind. Well, guess what I'm a woman so that's my right. LOL!! None the less, I just feel happy and very much ready to let go of the diet mentality. I'm ready to just live my life and enjoy the new me... get used to the new person I've become. I can seriously actually look at myself in the mirror now and be ok with how I look. I decided to put this in the Success threads because this is a huge success to me... saying goodbye to diets and hello to "maintenance"... whatever that entails (which usually for sleevers is still a little more losing but not breaking our necks for it). Well, I'm here!!! Say hello to the new and improved me. Again, if I continue to lose a few more here and there I'm ok with that. If I don't, well take me or leave me. I'm happy and content. Blessings!!!

Hey EVERYONE, whether you made goal or you simply came close - YOU ARE ALL WINNERS!! The fact that you even tried is the real goal here... it's just a means to keep us moving in the right direction. That's what this is really all about. I missed my goal by 5.8 Lbs. Oh well!!! I've been working really hard and I know I can't let that make me feel like I failed because I sooo have NOT done that. All that meant is that I was being a little unrealistic not taking into consideration that my weight loss would slow down significantly the closer I got to goal. I just needed to readjust for the next one that is more attainable. I was more disappointed that I missed being in the "Overweight" BMI category by .2 Lbs... hahaa!! It's all good folks, we'll get em next time. Keep up the good work and ALWAYS STAY POSITIVE!!

Excellent post!! You get it... I guess for real we are just going to have to learn to live with it now because we did was totally permanent and I know it would be incredibly difficult for me to gain my weight back (speaking only for myself of course). I cannot eat bad too much, it makes me physically ill. LOL!!

So, it's been many months... even years since I've seen some of my family members. Their eyes bugged straight out of their heads and was even unrecognizable to some of them. It was a lot of fun. My brother said I better stop losing weight now or else I'm going to start looking like this guy: I know... not very nice but if you knew our relationship you would think it was pretty funny... I did!! I also have a very thin cousin who's always had the perfect body IMO. She just about died when she saw my arms. She shouted at the top of her lungs "OMG YOUR ARMS ARE SO DAM* SKINNY!!!!" LMAO!! That was pretty funny too. You know what's weird though is that I really don't see it. She's still skinnier than me but I'm gonna catch her... heehee. I love her lots though. We are built almost identical and when I'm her size I know what I'll look like. She also had an augmentation so I know EXACTLY what I'll look like. She's a DD even!!! ...and no she doesn't care that I'm mentioning all this on a website, she's always talking about them to anyone who will listen! She deserves it too, they look amazing!! BTW, I'm using her surgeon most likely! I do appreciate her though because she totally defended me to all the folks there who kept telling me to stop losing. She gets it because in all honesty she's very thin but she's also been one of those who constantly say she wants to lose more. It's crazy because before I could never see it... but tonight I did. I seen it in her belly. It's not bad at all, but yeah if she wanted to lose 5 or 10 she talks about I totally get it. Is that something normal? Does anyone else notice little chubby flaws in others that they never even dawned on before? THAT was bizarre to me. Anyway I hope everyone else had as great a 4th of July... it was so nice to see all my family. I have a GREAT family!!!

I think 1PM is great! We'd probably have to meet for coffee or whatever before since Kim has to go to be at her class by 4. Don't want to risk her being late.

Ok, my official starting numbers... I do feel slightly disappointed though, I am I believe .2 Lbs from being overweight... LOL!!! ____________________________________________ SN..............Starting Wt........Current.......Goal.......Lbs to Goal LilMissDiva.....185.8..............185.8...........172............13.8

Funny you ask, I actually have some samples coming on their way (about 5 of them). They should be here by then and I'll give them to you. I'll just get me some more - no problem. I do love unjury though!

It is really a strange thing... Candace that is hilarious!! I must try this sometime...

Kelly I will take your Unjury's! Is there anything you've been wanting to try out? Let me know and I'll bring it for you in exchange.

No, it is NOT just for RnY folks... and for me, yes the symptoms are just as loud and proud as they ever were. I'm almost 10 Months post op.

Okay let's face it, when I was 330 Lbs I'm sure the only time a man (besides my AWESOME and FAITHFUL Husband) ever looked at me was to think... Wow that girl is really big!!! Of course I didn't get any comments but I could feel it. I sure was treated a certain way by men too. They were never polite and really seemed like they didn't even want to talk to me unless they absolutely had too. However, I've notice in the past few weeks I've been getting the "look" ALL THE TIME!! Men trying to get my attention anywhere and everywhere. Spiking up stupid and meaningless conversations and going for the "kill". However, as I point to my ring finger and tell them I am oh so married they want to know why I went and did such a silly thing as that (get married). Yes I've gotten SEVERAL comments like that. Funny huh? Not only that, they literally go WAY out of their way to hold doors open for me and let me go first, etc... I'm not so sure I like the attention to be honest. I mean, it's nice to know that underneath all that fat I can still be found attractive at 37 years old by men of ALL AGES I'm not kidding you. I even catch young teenage boys looking at me!! OMG!! LMAO!!! Now THAT is entertainment. I didn't even know if I should post this here, it's very strange and I don't see this being discussed much at all, but I guess it goes with the territory. Anyway, I wonder if I got so large because I felt comfortable in my big cocoon. Anyone else feel this way too? I feel... "naked" now.

Sure! Will just to see if this works for Foxbins.

2 or 3 maybe? That way I can get some things done before... let's decide! This would be about an hours drive for me.

How about Friday July 8th? It's my RDO and can make it all day... it's only about 45 minutes from my house to Vacaville. I would be wide open and maybe we can all have some coffee or lunch? LOL this should have been in our Nor Cal group huh??

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Oh wow only $29? I was expecting MUCH more than that... yes, def coordinate to go do this I will call them once you schedule an Appt to go the same time as you. Whoohoo!!

I get dumping too, and the further out you get the better your brain starts to remind you: "Should I have that? What will happen if I eat too much?" For me, this has been one of the best side effects from my surgery. I absolutely cannot eat a lot of sugar or even a lot of fat in one sitting. I have to remain mindful of portions etc, and never over-do it. I have sweets once in awhile but it's never more than just a tiny portion. In fact yesterday I had some cookie, I didn't even eat a whole one. Just a few bites even, and it did make my heart beat a little fast but that was the extent of my body's response to it. I think anymore and I'd been a mess!

Thank you! I will check out the link I usually don't have time to actually take classes and having a home gym keeps me doing my workouts. However, finding one workout class won't hurt I'm sure.

Great, let me know

I know... I was hoping there was. It looks like the closest on is at Berkeley! Well I'm still willing to check it out if you are. Let me know. I really want to know because I truly believe that my body fat % is lower than my BMI says I should weigh. ETA: Sorry I do see the one at Vacaville Golds Gym - so yeah we can definitely do that.

Hello, for what it's worth I want EVERYONE to know you are WELCOME TO JOIN IN!!! You don't have to wait until you have had your surgery. I think this would be super helpful to for the pre-op diets to help keep you on track. Good luck to all!!

When is it? That would be fun! Here's the location map for the Bod Pod... pretty sparse... http://www.bodpod.com/clients/locator

Okay... I keep checking my body fat % through this website which asks you to enter in measurement data. It just now told me I'm at 27.22% and according to the charts I'm smack in the middle of Acceptable Body Fat %... WHHOOOHOOOO!!! That said, it IS just a website and they can be a little deceiving. I don't DISbelieve it, but how can I say it's true when its just a website... they don't really know? BTW here is the website: http://www.bmi-calculator.net/ They have tons of different options to check out. It is very interesting and I think they could be really could be close in my case... I am going to search out a Bod Pod in my area. I'd like to get my body fat % within the athletic range!! That would be really nice I'm thinking 19%... LMAO... yeah right.

Yayyyy!!! Soon you will be on the fast track!! Great job

Awww it's ok you will get your stamina back. I can't tell you how fast, but actually it took me about 4 months to feel 100% normal - however now at 10 months out I have more energy now than I can ever remember!! What you are going through right now will be so worth it in the end.