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That IS a wonderful feeling!!! It's one of the best feelings ever! I have also pulled out some summer clothes that I wasnt able to fit and they look great! I can't wait til summer comes full bloom and to go shopping. I told myself I wouldnt do any shopping until my birthday which is in July. UNtil then I'm just wearing my old clothes that I can now fit.

:lol0:Congrats! You got the most difficult part out the way and now it's downhill from here!!! You will be looking at this pain as a blur when u start geting the results you want. I only had gas pain the first two days, so when I went home on the fourth day I was feeling wonderful. Did you try any medication to help for the gas? Gas-x strips, etc. Walking helped a lot with the gas. I walked a lot right after the surgery.

Congratulations!!! That's awesome. You must feel so great! Did you do anything different that made the stall break?

I wore panties in the O.R. and when I got back to my room my boyfriend threw them away because the got dye all over them! I was so out of it I thought it was a bunch of blood!!!! :001_smile::scared0::001_rolleyes: Lol, it's funny now but it was scary then.

OMG! I totally understand where you are coming from. I work out 6 days a week and then do soemthing fun like skating for two or three hours on the seventh day. I love the feeling, i love sweating, I love to feel my muscles burn, I love to feel accomplished and stree-free (even if for a little while :001_smile:) I want to be able to accomplish things like triathalons and marathons. Anyways, I could not do low-carb working out the way I do, sometimes I even do two-a-days, i.e. today I went to the gym this morning ran a couple miles and did some good strength training and then when I got off work this evening I biked home (approx 4.5 miles) What I do just for fuel is have something 30min to an hour before working out like a protein bar or a 1/4c oatmeal. It really helps me get through my work outs. I have noticed that when I do not intake enough carbs I get dizzy and lightheaded and the worst ever, I even blacked out once in the shower right after the gym :crying: I knew after that I could not be afraid of carbs. And another thing, it's crazy I never watched carbs when I dieted before and was able to lose at the same rate I'm losing now, and even more so. Remember it's good carbohydrates and not the bad ones. It's not like you'll b eating a bunch of carbs and sitting on ur behind. It's for fuel :001_rolleyes: My weight loss doesn't get affected by adding in good carbs.

Thats awesome! Congrats!!! And good luck with the races. I wish u lots of energy and positive vibes!!!

On April 4 I will be two months out; I started at BMI 36 and have loss 42 lbs. and gained a lot of muscle. I've been working out 5-6 times a week since a week after surgery. I want to complete my first triathlon in October :laugh0: I can not believe I'm almost half way to my goal at not even 2 months out! As a "lightweight" you should do wonderful things just like everyone else!!!:w00t:

Wow. A heart attack? I understand why you wouldn't be interested if it felt that bad! Although if you're working that hard sex can be a great workout. That's what my doctor always tells me :laugh0: The interest will come back and it'll be better than ever! :w00t: I still have 60 pounds I want to lose but I don't even feel my stomach as a bother like I used to, it's awesome! And the fact that I don't cover up my body with the covers anymore, I actually can look down at myself and go WOW! :lol0:

Lol! My sex drive has risen tremendously. I'm 25 and thought I was too young to not have a high sex drive before WLS but I knew my depression and low self esteem had a lot to do with it. Sometimes it was physically uncomfortable and I would be grossed out the way my stomach felt underneath my partner so I just wouldn't want to do it. I didn't want him touching me I didn't want him looking at me if and whenwe did go there it would be lights off under the covers type of deal. He's very happy with my new boost of energy and found confidence. I let him touch me rub me (I won't get too graphic lol but u get the picture). I think once u feel better about urself physically and emotionally it should really help. I actually FEEL sexy and that is truly important as far as sex is concerned. Hope it rises for u!!!!!!

Stacy congrats! You are doing wonderful. I understand how you feel, I've been going through the same feelings of whiny-ness lol but one thing I remind myself is that I weight train a lot and am building a lot of muscle so that helps me not be too disappointed. SW: 240 CW:198

cONGRATS!!!! you look amazing and have come a long way in a short period of time. Keep it up!!!

Thank you Itstime! I can do the 10K at about 1 hr. 20 min. currently, hopefully I can knock it down a little by the time the race comes (fingers crossed)

You all are progressing so wonderfully. It's awesome!!! I will be two months out next week and I am running my first 10K on April 11, I'm so excited!!! I don't know what made me skip right over the 5K and attempt to take on a 10K from jump but.....I'm gonna do it! And you all will be doing them soon too. BTW-- Attitudefree, what triathalon are u doing in september? I wanna do the L.A. Triathalon in October!!!! I'm completely stoked!

The same for me. When I take in a low amount of carbs I stall and on top of that I don't have enough energy for my workouts which are pretty intense. All the times that I've lost weight in the past I never limited my carbs to a super low amount and I always had energy for workouts, which I have a history of doing plenty two-a-days a couple times a week. When I tried 30g or less i felt lightheaded a lot and even blacked out once in the shower after coming from the gym. Scary. I have up my carbs some and am doing wonderful on my progress. I actually just did a 10K at the track this morning in 1hr 20 min. Whew!!! I'm pooped! (but very proud) I am looking to decrease that time by my first 10K on April 11.

Tiff-- thank you so much for the link! It is soooo awesome. My goalis 140 and it said my "ideal" weight is 138 so it's pretty close. Stacy--OMG, i know exactly how you feel embarrased to let your husband in on your stats. When I met my boyfriend of a year and half I was 195 (and two months before I met him I was 220) and within a month and a half I was down to 180. I wanted to go further but being in a new relationship was soooo hard because we went out on a lot of dates that involved food, food, and more food. And we both work evenings so after work we would eat fast food together every single night!!! Because I was still working out hard about 5 times a week I was able to maintain 180 ( and not lose a single pound more) for about 4-5 months. Then...it happened. Got lazy, stopped working out as much, it was just much easier being cuddled up and eating good fattening food with my new beau. I went up to 240 (my highest weight EVER) within 8-9 months, probably 10 pounds a month. I'm so glad I immediately started looking for WLS right away when I gained the weight, I didn't let it really linger. But my boyfriend would always tell me, "oh, you haven't gained that much weight" and stuff like that and I was so embarrased that I gained 60 DOGGONE pounds, I couldn't bring myself to tell him what real weight I went up to when he was thinking I couldn't have gained much. I always hid myself from him, wouldn't really let him touch me, wouldn't let him watch me undress, no more hot steamy showers together (lol), just lights off, under the covers, no real "intimacy" if you know what I mean. But becuase he supported me during my WLS and never looked down on me, during the recovery after surgery I decided to fully open up and talk about my TRUE weight and actually let him examine me naked to show him how much I truly had gained. He was shocked to learn I had been up to 240, he said he thought I was only at 200. It was like a breathe of fresh air to fully open up to somebody because I just closed myself off to everything and everyone being at that weight; it felt like I was trapped. Anyways, I know it's totally embarrasing but it might make you feel more at ease instead of hiding all the time to let your husband know your stats. Afterall, you surely won't be there long!!!!

Did the staff tell u what the "fix" would be if u did have to have one? I will b 2 months out on April 4 and I haven't tried bread yet so I don't know how much of a sandwich I can eat but I assume it would be about half because when I eat 2 slices of thin deli turkey and some cheese and I'm stuffed. I tried three slices once and couldn't do it. What all was on ur sandwich?

Lol. Lmao! The important thing is that u finished. I wanna run a marathon soooo freaking bad! I was only at my highest weight (240) for a couple months not long-- before that I was 180 an running 6-7 miles and working my way up to a half marathon. I'm so sad I have to start over. I'm almost 2 mo post-op and I'm up to 2-3 miles.

My surgery day 2/4/10 I was 240 and now a week from 2 months I am 201.6 :-)) I wanted to run the L.A. marathon so bad yesterday I cant wait til next year- I'm totally doing it!!!!

Kermit - did u run the whole half marathon??

Saulzy- I totally understand how u feel about the gaging and the even the THOUGHT of gagging down a protein shake makes me sad. One thing I've been doing is in a water bottle mixing half a bottle o isopure RTD which would b 20g protein and then the other half water and a hawaiin punch sugar-free to-go packet (which come in a bunch of awesome fruity flavors) this concoction is pretty decent. Then the other thing is I've been making vanilla protein pudding made by ProDesert. It's instant pudding tht u mix with water and gives 25g protein. It's really yummy and I've added a little sugarfree flavored syrups i.e. Butterscotch, cookie dough, etc. This has been a yummy protein treat that goes down amazingly!!!

What speed are you all jogging at?

Tiff- what's the total carb count on your daily vitamin intake? Is it high like angels or it lower? And when you said you were keeping under 30g during the honeymoon phase you counted the carbs in the vitamins correct?

I'm 4 weeks today and all week I have been struggling with this non-desire to eat. It's killing me because I know I am seriously lacking calories. LIke yesterday I ate some egg whites with cut up deli turkey and a little cheese on top and that was it all day. I drank a lot of water and it just felt like there was no room for food. It's like when I wasn't drinking enough water I had a little bit more of an appetite, like I would eat 3 times instead of 1. BUt now that I'm chugging down water all day it just feels like there's no room for anything else. I know I need food and I know I need water and I know I need protein. How the heck do you get it all in during the day?!? It seems like I can't do them all together. It's getting really emotional because I want to be successful but it doesn't seem feasible for me.

I will try it just so I don't rule it out before giving it a try. It's just hard for me to try new things being a picky eater. But imma try it :-))

Tracy- you are so right! You really put that out there nicely. I totally can see your take on it. And before now I use to think the same way about not worrying about eating good carbs but ever since reading how evil they are I just tried to eliminate them as much as possible. But thanks again for your POV