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Good morning all you amazing lovelies. You all look fabulous. Sophie your smile always makes me smile. I took the morning off to go to my daughters Christmas program at school. I hope all of your days today is a blessed day. All of you inspire me to keep on.

Merry Christmas Eve everyone. We are all dressed for the night and ready for Santa to arrive.

Good morning beautiful ladies and gentlemen. Yesterday on my lunch I went shopping for new pants (work and jeans). That was frustrating. Anyone else have the problem all the sizes are too big? I’m only a size 6/ small but everything was at least 2 sizes too big. I finally found a pair of size 6 Nine West skinny jeans. That’s what I’m wearing today with my new Christmas boots. It’s supposed to start snowing soon and not stop till tomorrow afternoon. It’s going to be a really cold couple of days. I hope you all have a great day everyone. It’s off to work I go.

Good morning beautiful ladies and gentlemen. Yesterday on my lunch I went shopping for new pants (work and jeans). That was frustrating. Anyone else have the problem all the sizes are too big? I’m only a size 6/ small but everything was at least 2 sizes too big. I finally found a pair of size 6 Nine West skinny jeans. That’s what I’m wearing today with my new Christmas boots. It’s supposed to start snowing soon and not stop till tomorrow afternoon. It’s going to be a really cold couple of days. I hope you all have a great day everyone. It’s off to work I go.

Good morning beautiful ladies and gentlemen. Yesterday on my lunch I went shopping for new pants (work and jeans). That was frustrating. Anyone else have the problem all the sizes are too big? I’m only a size 6/ small but everything was at least 2 sizes too big. I finally found a pair of size 6 Nine West skinny jeans. That’s what I’m wearing today with my new Christmas boots. It’s supposed to start snowing soon and not stop till tomorrow afternoon. It’s going to be a really cold couple of days. I hope you all have a great day everyone. It’s off to work I go.

Good morning beautiful ladies and gentlemen. Yesterday on my lunch I went shopping for new pants (work and jeans). That was frustrating. Anyone else have the problem all the sizes are too big? I’m only a size 6/ small but everything was at least 2 sizes too big. I finally found a pair of size 6 Nine West skinny jeans. That’s what I’m wearing today with my new Christmas boots. It’s supposed to start snowing soon and not stop till tomorrow afternoon. It’s going to be a really cold couple of days. I hope you all have a great day everyone. It’s off to work I go.

Good morning beautiful ladies and gentlemen. Yesterday on my lunch I went shopping for new pants (work and jeans). That was frustrating. Anyone else have the problem all the sizes are too big? I’m only a size 6/ small but everything was at least 2 sizes too big. I finally found a pair of size 6 Nine West skinny jeans. That’s what I’m wearing today with my new Christmas boots. It’s supposed to start snowing soon and not stop till tomorrow afternoon. It’s going to be a really cold couple of days. I hope you all have a great day everyone. It’s off to work I go.

Good morning beautiful ladies and gentlemen. Yesterday on my lunch I went shopping for new pants (work and jeans). That was frustrating. Anyone else have the problem all the sizes are too big? I’m only a size 6/ small but everything was at least 2 sizes too big. I finally found a pair of size 6 Nine West skinny jeans. That’s what I’m wearing today with my new Christmas boots. It’s supposed to start snowing soon and not stop till tomorrow afternoon. It’s going to be a really cold couple of days. I hope you all have a great day everyone. It’s off to work I go.

Good morning all you amazing lovelies. You all look fabulous. Sophie your smile always makes me smile. I took the morning off to go to my daughters Christmas program at school. I hope all of your days today is a blessed day. All of you inspire me to keep on.

Merry Christmas Eve everyone. We are all dressed for the night and ready for Santa to arrive.

Looking great. Thank you for wearing the uniform.

Angie you look so festive and amazing. That dress fits your figure great. I envy the fun you have in all that you wear.

Merry Christmas Eve everyone. We are all dressed for the night and ready for Santa to arrive.

I know exactly what you are going through. 6 years out I had regained nearly 60 pounds. I was so unhappy with myself. I let life struggles, and being busy affect how I ate. About a year ago I started watching what I ate, not yet logging food again, but just making better choices. On June 18th I was back down to 168 but still so upset I was still 20 pounds from the goal I originally set out to be at, and wanted to be there so bad.

Here is what I did. I did a total reset to when I started on real food after the puréed stage. I started logging everything, anything that goes into my mouth gets logged. I concreted on Protein and veggies, and started my Vitamins again. I made protein my priority again, made sure I got at least 60 grams a day. I also stared drinking a gallon of Water a day. Also one of my meals a day, everyday is a Protein Shake. I am now below the 145 that was always my main goal. I am now at 143.6 and couldn’t feel better. I know it has to do with the protein I get in everyday now. No carbs go into my body. My vitamins , help me feel healthy. I don’t get dehydrated. The girls at work are so used to my gallon water jug I bring into work with me, and my daily lunch protein shake mixing. Even my CEO and CMO mentioned in a meeting this week about my water jug, and had only great things to say about it.

The thing is, we may have regained, but we still have this amazing tool that can work for us if we want it to. I mean if I tried to lose over 20 pounds in 2.5 months before WLS, it never would have happened.

Good luck with everything. I know life has stresses in it. We all have them. I changed my obsession with stress eating to obsessive food logging, and healthy eating. I also try to walk on my lunch. That one hour a day is my only me time when I’m not a mom, a wife, a professional, a daughter. You’ve got this, you just have to grab it. It’s great to have the support here, and keeps us in the right head space.

I know what you are going through. I am 8 years out. My high since surgery and regain was up to 189 in 2016. I lost roughly 20 pounds just making better choices in 2 years. In June this year was at 168. That’s when I said enough was enough. I still had the tool to help me be successful. I went back to basics. Today I am down to 130. That’s 38 pounds in 6.5 months. I stopped snacking, and that’s hard with an overweight hubby and an 11 year old. I started Protein Shakes again, and only drinking Water. I stopped all sugar and artificial sugars. I also stopped any added carbs to my food. My biggest help was logging all of my food. I’m not going to say it’s been easy. It sure as heck wasn’t. I chose surgery in the first place to be healthy and around longer for my family. Then the hell I was put through with 8 months in the hospital with many complications and more surgeries because of it. I finally snapped out of my PTSD and depression from it all.

Try going back to basics. Log all of your Protein, watch carbs and sugar intakes. I am now 3 pounds lower than my lowest after surgery weight. IF isn’t for everyone, but it worked wonders for me. I came back to this site, got the needed support I needed. I made sure with all the crap my family eats that I had better options in the house. I started taking a bariatric multi Vitamin again. I also tracked down my surgeon who had left the Army after we had moved on as well. He is the only one who truly knows what my post multiple surgery body is like. He has been a big help to get my digestion back that no other doctors and specialists could help me with. I took back my health, that’s why we all chose this path anyways.

Good luck in this new journey. Know that we are all here for you. You’ve got this.

Merry Christmas Eve everyone. We are all dressed for the night and ready for Santa to arrive.

Merry Christmas Eve everyone. We are all dressed for the night and ready for Santa to arrive.

Angie you look so festive and amazing. That dress fits your figure great. I envy the fun you have in all that you wear.

Merry Christmas Eve everyone. We are all dressed for the night and ready for Santa to arrive.

Merry Christmas Eve everyone. We are all dressed for the night and ready for Santa to arrive.

Merry Christmas Eve everyone. We are all dressed for the night and ready for Santa to arrive.

Merry Christmas Eve everyone. We are all dressed for the night and ready for Santa to arrive.

Merry Christmas Eve everyone. We are all dressed for the night and ready for Santa to arrive.

Looking great. Thank you for wearing the uniform.

Merry Christmas Eve everyone. We are all dressed for the night and ready for Santa to arrive.