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You look soooo pretty! Congrats.

good luck.

Amazing, congrats.

I have not been sleeved yet, however I have managed to loose about 30+ pounds on my own. Anyway, I have noticed the exact same thing. And each month it seems to get worse. Now I stall mid-cycle and during. I seem to be more hormonal than normal. This worries me as I have not been sleeved yet. i can't imagine what I would be like when I loose more weight. I have read on this site a few posts about estrogen being stored in fat cells and when we loose weight estrogen is released in our body. And it takes time for our bodies to adjust. If anyone has more information to share I'd love to read about it. I even googled it and did not find much. The one thing I did find is that symtoms have been eased by taking an herbal supplement "Dong Quai". I just started taking it. I'll let you know if I this works.

Good luck!

What she said.

After waiting and waiting and waiting......I got my surgery date. So the date is February 25th. Still trying to wrap my brain around the idea of what I'm doing.

Interesting. Never really thought about that. So that is a good thing.

Congrats. I'm so jealous. I feel like my date is taking forever. I'm self-pay. Everything is checked off the list, just waiting for the a phone call with a date. Good Luck!!!!

thanks for sharing, your an inspiration.

Amazing. Congrats.

Ditto!

Good luck.

MAX Protein is pretty good. I get it at GNC.

Nice! Looking good!

Amazing!

Nice.

I'm in: Surgery date...TBD Starting weight...288 Current weight ...254 Christmas goal...244

Yay, congrats.

Dressing in layers really helps.

It has to do with a low calorie intake. You burn calories to keep yourself warm. Less calories, low body temperature.

I just finished the last item on to do list for the surgery last week. I am finally at peace with my decision and ready to do this. 1. Money (Check) 2. Blood Work (Check) 3. EKG (Check) 4. Meet with Nut (Check) 5. Start a Pre-Surgery Diet (Check) - (Lost 30lbs, woo hoo!) 6. Psych Eval (Check) Surprise bill from from IRS - What??????? There was a problem with our 2010 Taxes and we just got a bill for about $4,000. Ugh! I've called our CPA to figure out what (the blank) happend. Oh gee he mysteriously no longer works for the firm. The only good thing is that the owner of the firm called me and will help us figure out what happend. I am soooo bummed. This will take a huge chunk out the surgery money. Now I feel doubt creeping in, maybe this is a sign that I shouldn't do this? Should I be spending this kind of money on myself? I did not have any insurance hoops to jump through (they wont pay a dime), so I some how pulled the money I felt like yes I really am going to do this. Then BAM! I just want to cry....... Sorry I had to vent. I just can believe this is happening again!

Just wanted to update. Good news. Our CPA says a letter will close out this issue. It wasn't a mistake, just a communication issue with the IRS. They just need an explanation of that was box we checked and the issue will be closed. Still holding my breath until this issue is closed. But I had already decided that I would not take it out of my surgery fund. I'd just make payments. I'm glad that was an option.

For me is was more about neglect. I wasn't a boy so my father had no intrest in me. My Mom had her own issues and went through postpartum depression and never really bonded with me. Once my brother was born I became invisible. Unless my Dad needed a reason to take his frustrations out on something, and that something was me. My Aunts all had boys so our family events were all about the boys. I think the biggest impact for me was my father resenting me. If I showed any sign of happiness he made sure to take that joy away. It made him angry. My friends we always chased away because he would be mean to them. I was still thin until I hit about 12, then I got sick for about a year. That's when the weight really started to pile on because I did not move. No one believed I was sick, even with several trips to the doctor. I passed out at school and my Mom once again had to take time off of work to take me in the to doctors. At that point the did a blood test and decided that I had an infection, gave me a shot and sent me home. I spent the next few hours heaving my guts out. I woke up the next day crying because I was so sick. My Dad yelled at me for being a baby and my parents left me alone to do Boy Scout stuff with my brother. By the time they came back my entire face was swollen, they got into an argument on who had to take me to the hospital. My Mom lost. I was admitted with a severe sinus infection and so sever the infection was making my blood toxic. As the nurse took my vitals, all my Mom did was complain about missing work and lectured me on my weight. If I wasn't fat this would not have happend. That event basically set the tone for many years of my life. As long as I was fat, they would make sure I would never be happy. The more my parents harped on me, the more weight I gained. My father felt that shame was the only way I would change, and he encouraged other family members to treat me the same. I had zero self esteem. But here is the good stuff. I survived. I became a strong person. I have survived so much crap. Every time I get knocked down I get right back up. I am not where I wanted to be in my career but I am far more successful then I ever thought I would be. I am well liked by my colleagues. I learned that I have value in this world. Yes I struggle with my weight, but that does not make me a bad person. What the future holds for me, I have no idea. But I spent far too much of my life letting people dictate how I should look and how I should feel. It is sad that my parents did not see me for who I was, but that is their problem. It took me years but I finally got it. So now I choose to open another chapter in my life. I want to be the person on the outside that I am on the inside. So that's how my story begins.........I get to choose the ending.

Also don't forget about the traffic. Depending on when you hit San Diego, it can take hours to get across the border depending on when you go.