shrinkydinkme

We have "onederland" for entering the 100's but I now have 96 to lose so I feel like it's also an accomplishment worthy of a term.
Clever ideas?

Ya'll know what? I used to teach years ago and I always told my co-worker that there must be something in the food because children these days are different emotionally and intellectually. It had gotten to the point where I could tell a student, "take this paper and put it in the trash" and by the time they walk to the trash can, they've forgotten what they're supposed to do with the paper. They are having trouble focusing, learning, with fine motor skills,
I am not exaggerating.
I also have to wonder where all of these developmental issues are coming from all of a sudden. I'm only 31 and when I was in school, we didn't hear about ADD/ADHD/Autism. The main issues when I was growing up were Down Syndrome and physical disabilities. We already know our food supply is more chemicals than food these days and I'd really like to see some research on the issue. While I think that these diseases have a long history, I have to wonder why they went from being rare to rather prevalent.

I live in Port Angeles, had my sleeve done for my 50th birthday. Best present I ever got. That was on Jan of 2010. I have lost 128# since then. I do have some hanging skin and will need a body lift when I'm done loosing but it was so worth it. No problems on airplanes, now going to the gym is something I look forward to, and l Love that I can know buy clothes in a regular store. And am finding it hard to believe that the clothes at Cathrine's are too big now. Yay!!!!

wonderfully written, you are amazing and thank you for giving back

Just thought I'd post a quick update for my family here at VST. Today I am exactly one year out from surgery. On August 30, 2011, Dr Patrick Domkowski changed my life and introduced me to Rex, my new sleeved tummy. The short of it is that I'm now 117 pounds lighter than I was last year. I'd have given my eye teeth to lose that weight before surgery, but I just never managed to do it! Rex and I have had one heck of a ride and I couldn't have predicted how this year went if I'd have tried.
I lost a best friend. She died suddenly in January, but she was one of my biggest supporters every single day. I'm proud to tell Lynn that I have lost more than her entire body weight. I've lost a couple of other friends along the way. They are still alive, but jealousy has eaten both of them alive. I wish them both well on their journeys. Mine is going a different direction than theirs apparently.
I've gained a TON of family, right here on VST. I want to thank all of you for your support and well-wishes this year and I will continue to try to give back to those who are following in my footsteps. It's wonderful to come here and post the absolutely most bizarre questions and KNOW that someone here has experienced the same problem. You guys have been MY support group even when no one else in the world seems to understand! Thank you all!
So, I'm still about 50 pounds away from my surgeon's original goal for me, although he thinks I'm completely successful. I've lost over 1/3 of my total body weight, more than 72% of the total weight I wanted to lose, and I'm still working my plan. I will get to my goal...then I'll reach the goal the plastic surgeon set for me.
I'll post pictures tomorrow. My house was hit by a tornado on Monday and I've spent most of this week cleaning up from that. I am very lucky that my damage is minor and that no one in my community was injured. My final act of clean up was to go through my closet, which got drenched, and sort through my clothing. Everything that's in there now is either the correct size or too small (for the moment) and I'm sending another six bags of freshly washed, dried and folded clothes off to bless someone else.
I have to work tomorrow, so I'll take and post some pictures after I get dolled up for that!
Again, big hugs to everyone here and, for the newbies, THIS is why I had surgery. So that I could live my life without being held back by anything. All this week I have worked from sunup to sundown on cleaning up, repairing and helping others. Pre-surgery, I could barely walk from my front door to my car. This week, I've proven that I am capable and able to do ANYTHING I need to do, from hauling tree limbs to climbing on a roof to help patch it. I'm living, not merely existing. I love life!!!

What about your sense of smell? After getting home I had to unplug my scentsy warmers. 22 days out and I still can't stomach strong smells!

I'm sorry if this comes off as a brag post but I'm just so dang excited!
I came across a picture of myself from last Christmas (only 8 months ago!) that blew my mind. I don't remember EVER looking like that! Here's that picture along with one I took this past weekend. Please excuse my deranged smile, I was excited that that shirt fit me. Haha. -137 pounds!
 

I told my sushi waiter I was on a low carb diet and requested the mixed crab filling from my favorite roll and they served it to me in a bowl with a bit of spicy tuna on top. It was awesome and one serving was 3-4 meals. I've been twice this week but need to watch the salt intake from the soy sauce.

not sure but you sure if he is like that you just dont want a whole new account he wouldnt know

I was sleeved August 1, and I've been up and down all week. I know I should put the scale away, but old habits are hard to break. I have a net loss for the week, but I've also had days several days that I gained. We just have to stick with the plan and we will see the scale start moving again.
On a brighter note, I had to go shopping today and buy a few shirts, because everything I have is too big! I went down a full size, WHOOO HOOO!

I will be there as well! I cannot wait to see everyone that has been sleeved since July!

Victor and I will be there!! I can't wait see all of the people who have had their surgery since our last meeting!

Planning to be there and see all of you inspirational sleevers! So excited to be on the losers bench with everyone else.

I had the same stall happen....doesn't it drive you crazy?! I kept thinking I can't believe I got 85% of my stomach cut out only to loose 17 pounds and then nothing.
Luckily it only lasted a week and I've been able to loose a steady 3-4 pounds per week since.
You'll get there!

Okay - I was wrong. It was The Doctor's TV show. So sorry.
Here is link though.

I had Kaiser (Fontana So Cal) and no pre-op just liquids day before with clears at night and nothing after midnight.

I was talking about in & Out with my husband yesterday and saying.... that is one place I have no current solution for. We will not be going there for a long time together, since I am 19 days post op. There are so many other places with sleeve friendly options. He can go there with out telling me all about it. It is for sure one of the things I will miss, but not worth staying overweight for~!

Here is some data from Jossart and Cirangle's 5 year data
Breakdown of %EWL by BMI
 35-45 Kg/M2 – 82.2%
 45-55 Kg/M2 – 73.4%
 > 55 Kg/M2 – 52.1%
This shows that the lower your BMI was to begin with, the more likely you were to lose a greater percentage of your excess weight. if you want to see the powerpoint, here is the link:
http://www.ssat.com/video/2008/SSAT%2049th%20Annual%20Meeting(3)-Cirangle.htm

3 weeks out and still changing.... came home loving the smell of everything good, food, coffee, toast, even our hand soap. I did no longer like Snapple lemon tea but loved the peach. And treat every day was my chewable Vitamin strawberry pineapple flavored. Well this past week my love of coffee had dwindled and my Vitamins make me so sick I can no longer take them So for me for the most part all is well but there are still changes going on.

That is cool! However, I am quite happy not to see mine. I think it would freak me out. Ignorance is BLISS!

1. I confess I am sorry I told the early restrictions to my family because I do not need them policing me.
2. I confess I take gulps all the time and finish my liquids faster then I am suppose to... oh well there is air and pain when I sip
3. I dreamt of coffee 5 times right after surgery and love me a Decaf skinny sugar free carmel latte (5 in 2nd week post op)
4. I am so excited when I go out and do things with friends who have no idea I had this surgery 2 weeks ago!
5. I totally thought I would be a fast looser and am stumped that I am average.... not much you can do about it though.
bonus - I purposely make half truth Facebook posts to tweak out all the legalist out there who know I had WLS and think the worst, I am evil and think it is fun!
Thanks for all who posted.... read every single one tonight.

was just thinking it's easier to discuss religion or politics with people than it is to discuss WLS hahahahaha

1. I confess I am sorry I told the early restrictions to my family because I do not need them policing me.
2. I confess I take gulps all the time and finish my liquids faster then I am suppose to... oh well there is air and pain when I sip
3. I dreamt of coffee 5 times right after surgery and love me a Decaf skinny sugar free carmel latte (5 in 2nd week post op)
4. I am so excited when I go out and do things with friends who have no idea I had this surgery 2 weeks ago!
5. I totally thought I would be a fast looser and am stumped that I am average.... not much you can do about it though.
bonus - I purposely make half truth Facebook posts to tweak out all the legalist out there who know I had WLS and think the worst, I am evil and think it is fun!
Thanks for all who posted.... read every single one tonight.

I was talking about in & Out with my husband yesterday and saying.... that is one place I have no current solution for. We will not be going there for a long time together, since I am 19 days post op. There are so many other places with sleeve friendly options. He can go there with out telling me all about it. It is for sure one of the things I will miss, but not worth staying overweight for~!

I confess I just had a 3 oz Lobster tail 2 bites of a baked potatoe and it was AMAZING. The BEST thing I have tasted in months! I thought I would never truly enjoy a meal again. And now I know I WILL enjoy a meal again because truly I doubted it. I can wait weeks if I know once in a while I can enjoy!