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Ali you have done an amazing job with the weight loss. I know 4 months seems like a long time. You already identified the issues so you know what you have to do to keep it moving Stop the cheez its, limit the drinking, and eat your Protein. You look great and now its time for you to feel great. You can't be feeling to good with your diet like it is. Try to focus and do what needs to be done. Utilze the board for venting and anything else you need. You lost 100lbs WOW!!! It takes some time for our brains and eyes to actually get to know eachother again.

woot woot watch out for the beadingnurse cause she is on fire! CONGRATULATIONS on a great job!

I am doing that happy dance right along with you!!! Congratulations, isn't it ONEderful to hit ONEderland???

46lbs in 4 months is great weight loss. What Tiff said is the best way to go about it. Getting your protein in via food is much better for you than the shakes. Congratulations on your weight loss to date!

At my birthday I (you) will be doing mushy stage diet, mmmm, mashed potatoes. (if its within the next 2 weeks loll .) At Thanksgiving I will be doing the turkey and enjoying the hell out of it! Protein, protein, protein! But its the holiday so I will have a small bit of some candied yams too! (There are some really good recipies online for low sugar/carb sweet potatos too, go to Eggface!) At Christmas I will be doing the holidays in my brand new size and loving it! I will enjoy a meal with my family and have a small desert but be mindful of my calories as I go, I don't want to over do it too much but I want to enjoy the holiday like a normal person too!

I am 6 months out and still do not get hungry. I have head hunger still this far out and fight it as much as I can. I have noticed that right after I work out I do crave protein right away. Night time is my enemy when it comes to the head hunger thing though. The hormone you are talking about does get produced in other parts of your body after a while but not sure how long that takes.

Like it is said above, you up your calories and your carbs after you lose to your goal and you should be able to maintain. Here is a link to a calorie calculator that I have used to figure out what I would need to consume once I get to my goal weight, with and without exercise. I found it helpful. http://www.caloriesperhour.com/

I have tried the running thing but I have really bad knees and can't so I do a power walk. You do what you can lol. The heels well let me say it makes it a hell of alot easier to wear them when you don't have the excess weight on the balls of your feet. Good luck on your journey! You will do great!

I was a 40B and now I am a 38B LOL. The best part is not that they didn't disapear its that they apeared! You can see my boobs now more than my belly!!!

So happy for you Lisa! I can feel your smile all the way over here

Cludgie! You are amazing! Compliments are a wonderful wonderful thing. I know what you mean about not recognizing yourself, sometimes I just stare at myself and wonder. I look different but the same but different lol. This IS one wild and crazy ride and I'm not getting off until I'm damn good and ready! Congratulations, my friend.

First off, congratulations on your success! I just posted about this same exact issue and I've decided to ask myself some questions: Am I comfortable with me? (thanks to everyone for helping me with this!) 1) size wise: yes 2) weight wise: no 3) body visual: no 4) health numbers: almost 5) eating habits: almost - I still see where I can easily "fall off the wagon" As you see, I only answered yes to one of 5 and that answered my question. Are you comfortable with where you are? Only you know this, not hubby, not friends, and not family, just you. Good luck and congratulations again.

Yesterday, I posted about these 11S junior size jeans that fit me. I was absolutely on cloud nine! Many people told me yesterday that 11S is a really small size in reg sized jeans. Ok, how much smaller could the number be? I mean seriously right? I think it was early this week that I posted on something Pasquini was talking about and mentioned that I was going to get my very first pair of skinny jeans to go with a new pair of boots I just bought. I was so happy about the boots because there is no zipper on them and they just slid right over my calf. I bought the jeans today. Are you ready for this people???? I got a size 6 and they fit like a glove! Initially my personal goal was 140lbs, doc said no way that 155lbs is really what I should do, that my frame is too large for 140. Ok, I amended my goal to 155lb no problem. But you all know this well, we go from one goal to another until you find a place where you are happy. At one point I said I wanted my goal to be a size 6 jeans. I guess I am at goal, right? There is where lies the problem, as happy as I am in being a size 6, I am 171lbs which is 16lbs from the weight goal. Do I keep going? Do I stop and try and maintain? When do you know when enough is enough? Do not get me wrong, I AM OVER THE MOON about reaching this goal, truly I am

Thanks for all the input, guys. Your opinions mean a lot to me because you are living what I am going through too. When I ask people who know me well they think I am fine where I am at. Of course they do, LOL, they remember when I was morbidly obese and compare between then and now. Some even argued that I didn't need the surgery. I am going to continue fighting the good fight . Anewme is 100% right too, because we can gain if we are not careful, its in our make up. I proved that when I tried to quit smoking. We have to watch everything. When I don't have to watch everything is when I will be happy. I also realized too, that posing the question was in essance the answer to my question: If I have doubts then I need to continue on until I am doubt free. I need to be 100% happy with most things about me, my health, my body and especially my eating habits. In reality, like thinoneday has stated, my body will probably make that decision for me and when its happy where its at, then I will stop losing. So the deciding factor is a little bit of what EVERYONE has said ... Am I comfortable with where I am at: 1) size wise: yes 2) weight wise: no 3) body visual: no 4) health numbers: almost 5) eating habits: almost - I still see where I can easily "fall off the wagon" I think those are the 5 questions to ask when looking for the answer. I only said "yes" to one of five. Not good enough in my own eyes if I'm going to be honest about it. Oh btw, have I said how much I love you guys??? If I have never said it, I will say it now, I LOVE YOU ALL! You are all my sanity (and my hubby's) through out this whole process. Thank you so much for everything you have given me.

Amazing transformation! Congratulations on your success!

My company is switching over to UHC from Aetna. Good to know. Thanks for looking into this guys!

or perhaps, its that the skin isn't as stretched and thin so the needle has to go through more of it. Not an MD or expert but both what Thomas said and what I think does sound logical.

Thanks so much! Oh boy do I have skin LOL. My highest weight ever was 280+. When I hit the 280 mark I refused to get on the scale again for a long long time and I know I went up from there too. I'm sure 5-10lbs is skin but there is still fat in there too. Yes, sleeve4me, you are an 11 junior then LOL

Double WOOT! or is it quadruple? Either way, great job and you have a beautiful family! P.S. Now that is a smile that I loved seeing, your kids light up your face

About 2 months ago Target had a sale on junior size jeans. They were 4 bucks a pair! How could I not get a pair for that cheap? Well I bought a size 11S junior size and of course they did NOT fit then. Hell, I couldn't even squeeze the fat in and close them! This morning for two weeks in a row I weighed in at 171lbs. Yayy me! (I know my flux's at this point, I'll lose a couple of pounds and stay there up and down about 2-3 lbs for a couple of weeks. Its ok, I accept that now!) I took them out of the bag looked, scrunched my nose, thought do I want to be disapointed if they don't fit?? Screw it, I tried them on....*happy, happy, happy dance, wiggle my ass around the room, smiling and and laughing and checking myself out in the mirror* They fit with NO MUFFIN TOP!!! I didn't think they would, they just looked so small to my eyes. Well let me just say nothing is going to wipe this stupid big grin from my face today Can you feel my giddiness??? I bet you can

I have been wanting to do this for a very long time. Problem: Bad bad knees. Today, I thought screw it, I'm going to try anyway and I did. Did 2 reps of week 1 day 1 and my knee almost gave out as in POP see you later allegator. I almost gave up then I thought I am not going to give up, not ever, I modified it to my needs and did Power Walking instead of jogging. Less impact on my joints and my knees are not as angry with me. I actually think I Power Walk faster than I jog too. My goal is to power walk the entire Turkey Trot here in Charlotte.

Its different for everyone. I was in the hospital for 5 days, kinda glad too, because a) they have stronger pain meds than they prescribe for home that first week you are weak and hurting, better to have professionals take care of you. When I got home, of course it was much better day by day but better safe then sorry. Hope she is feeling better soon.

You look so great Congratulations on the success so far!

You and me both, sleeve sister! But I don't think they are going to come on a postcard lol. I think we are both grateful for our success with the sleeve as is everyone in here, but I think when we look at ourselves (especially w/o clothes on) we see the imperfections and our mind thinks fat. My brain still has to catch up to my eyes. I am in the size 6 stretch skinny jeans and size 8 dress pants but you know what? I want more or is it less LOL? I want to be a size where no matter what I wear or don't wear, I don't see a fat girl pretending to be skinny. I want to get to a point where all I see is me and nothing more or what could be less, if that makes sense. When I get there then I know I am done. In the mean time, I am going to keep fighting the good fight. For the past 2 months I have been trying not to stress over weight loss on the scale and it has helped me tremendously. I will keep moving towards 155lbs and see what happens when I get there or if I stop before that number. P.S post a pic of your new winter coat, cant wait to see it

Mmmm yummy, uh yeah, that ice cream cone looks delicious hehehe. OK at least one has a smile, thank you You look amazing my friend, truly amazing and your boy is ADORABLE!