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Wow...your weight loss is really moving along! Good work! I'm doing well. I'm in St. Petersburg, FL with my kids and grandkids for the weekend. We had a nice dinner at the Columbia Restaurant (I had a snapper dish) and spent some time out on a pier. Tomorrow we'll take the kids to the beach where there will be live music and fireworks over the Gulf. It's great to be able to walk around and enjoy doing things again without being in constant pain.

My food choices have been pretty lousy this week. I haven't eaten any large quantities of anything--and I've gotten in plenty of protein--but I've eaten too much junk, missed my vitamins, and been low on my water intake. I've had chips on a couple occasions, several cookies, a few bites of cheesecake, and a small piece of a brownie. I don't know why I had a harder time this week, but I'm not going to beat myself up over it. I just need to make healthier choices. Hope you have a wonderful holiday!

Congratulations on your weight loss! I'm feeling increasingly good about having had this surgery. I'm just hoping that I continue losing until I reach my goal weight. I've lost 43 pounds in the past 10 weeks (2 weeks were preop). That may not be as fast as some, but it's faster than I've lost on any diet, and I'm really not feeling deprived or hungry. I spent a while analyzing my weight loss graphs this afternoon, and it's just very encouraging. I got to advance my diet from "mushies" to regular food this week. So far, I haven't found anything that I have not been able to eat in small quantities. My two biggest remaining fears are 1) The possibility of developing a leak still remains. 2) The way that I feel since this surgery seems too good to be true. I'm afraid that either my pouch will stretch out over time, or my body will begin to produce more ghrelin, and that I will be hungry and want to eat more...Just hoping and praying that this is a lasting experience!

How are you doing with your sleeve? I hope everything is going well for you. Katt

I'm doing great, other than wishing my weightloss would speed up a little. I've had a cold for the last week, so I've been more sedentary. I hope that when I start moving a little more, I will see the scale start to move again. Liquids were not a lot of fun, but it will go faster than you think. I wasn't really interested in food for several weeks. Call me when you feel up to it. Kathy

I had trouble with the ticker too. I could try to tell you, but it will be clearer if you look under the Forums heading and scroll down until you see one that mentions a tutorial on how to do the ticker. It has clear pictures that show you exactly what to do.

Let me know when your headed this way and we can plan something!

Thanks for the encouraging response to my blog. It helps a lot to know that it does get better. I think my biggest fear is that my metabolism will get slooowwwer and slllooooowwwwwer with eating such a small amount food and that I will quit losing. Your weight loss has been great, and is definitely an inspiration!