irish1988

It's crazy.. When I was at my heaviest I would day dream about the day that I would finally be "skinny". I would day dream about all sorts of crazy things.. Some miracle pill that I could take and within days loose all my weight. Perhaps just magically wake up and it would all be gone. Or I even day dreamed as far as thinking.. even if a virus took over me so I was so sick, then I would loose all my weight. I realize that it was all ridiculous. They were but simple dreams that I never thought I would have. Eating was a poison for me. A bad habit. And it's not even that I would gorge myself or eat a plethora of food items per day. It was what I ate. Because I loved the taste of certain foods. And I couldn't help myself. I lacked the motivation to do what I needed to do. Eating right was something that I was never good at. I would do good for awhile but then would fall right back into the same habits. And the progress was slow and the results were slow and that would always dampen my urge to be healthy. I continued to grow and grow and it was hard to comprehend at the time how large I had actually become. I knew that I was extremely over weight, but it really doesn't hit you until you have something to compare it to. I just assumed that I would always be heavy and that would just lead to always day dreaming about a "better" me. I would dream about what I would look like, how many more activities I would be able to participate in, the clothes I would be able to shop for, the athletic activities I could do with my kids... but to me, they were just pipe dreams.. something unobtainable. It got to the point where I could hardly fit into a roller coaster. I remember going atop the stratosphere to hop on a ride. I don't remember the name, but it shoots you straight up into the sky, high above the city. When I sat on the ride, the harness that comes down over you, would not fit. I remember my ass having to try and squeeze into the seat. And I couldn't get the harness down. It was embarrassing and I had to be moved to the "fat" person chair. Even as I am writing this I feel ashamed and horrified that I could possibly let myself get that far. It was difficult moving around and keeping up with my active family. I never wanted to do anything. That meant I was going to be hot, sweaty and miserable. I was depressed, I hated what I had let myself become. I felt as if I had no self worth and was just disgusted at my body. Now I can say that I am extremely happy with myself. It has definitely been a long road and journey and continues to be so. I still have to make the right eating choices and exercise. I can happily say that yesterday was the first time I have ran since being.. well I don't even remember the last time I ran. But it truly was amazing. I was able to do it and go for awhile until I started to breath a little bit more heavily, but I was able to continue still! And it felt great after, I am excited and happy and can't wait for even more results.

I had my surgery on Nov 6th of 2012, I haven't been losing my hair at all, does this mean I wont and I am good? Or is there still a chance that somewhere along the line I may loose it? I mean, I guess no one could really know if I may or may not loose my hair, but opinions would help!

Yes!! I completely agree! I LOVE shopping for clothes!

Thank you all for your kind words! I feel so much better! I can actually move and keep up with people and bend and flex, lol. It is a super different feeling! I have a wardrobe now instead of basketball shorts and huge shirts! I feel great!

My upper arms, thighs and stomach

I do, but I am not down to my goal weight yet so I am still not how much I will have, lol. I do think though that some plastic surgery may be necessary.

Thank you all! I do feel so much better!

Lol I'm short 5'3"

This is my before and after slideshow on my current progress.. for anyone who is considering surgery I suggest you watch this video! This was the greatest decision I EVER made!!!

I am going to try and make this as short as possible.. I was sleeved back in Nov and I have been going at my own pace and I have lost 85lbs. Well, I have this wedding to go to mid April and I am going to be seeing a whole bunch of people who haven't seen me in a long time. I want to make their jaws drop even more so! Does anyone have an exercise routine or anything like that, that could possibly help me boost a little extra weight loss for the wedding????

Good point!!

How many grams of protein do you try top get in daily?

Thank you very much

I'm not taking anything like that.. Thank you though, I'm going to speak to my doctor about that.

Stomach flu here and post OP about 4 months. Its hard to keep anything down. Any ideas as to what I should eat?

I try to eat an egg, but sometimes when I wake up I am so hungry my stomach is in pain and the first thing I eat makes me dry heave.

I love Amazong! Haha, I am going to check that out today. Thank you!

Lol, I am a lot further along. I have surpassed the cottage cheese stage haha. I practically lived off of that for so long I can't stand it anymore! Hehe.

Hey there! I had surgery November 6th and have lost 78 lbs! Anyway the only problem I tend to have is not knowing what to eat! I wake up hungry and don't know what to eat because my stomach hurts and I don't know what to snack on during the day and so on and so forth. I have read a lot of great ideas on here but I am looking for more.. Maybe some ideas for breakfast, some snack ideas.. maybe lunch and dinner ideas? Haha, all ideas. Also, I still have a hard time taking in plain water. I drink crystal light and stuff like that, but are there any other ideas? What do you guys drink? Load on the ideas.

I am a month post op and feel like I am at a stall. I have stopped dropping weight and I don't understand why. What sort of things were you eating one month post op? Your exercising routines?

How about walking? How many walks per day? How long?

I am about a month post op and I am curious what sort of exercise routines people are up to around this time. I need ideas, I want to do all that I can to reach my goals!

I went into a coughing fit for a few minutes, really heavy coughing. And now I don't know if I am just paranoid because I am only almost 1 month post op or what, but one of my incisions looks a little bumpy and red. I don't know if it was already there or not.. now I am just anxious. I am sure it's fine.. I just get anxious.. a lot.

I have searched on the forums for an idea of what I should be eating around the 1 month post op period. But I haven't been able to find any.. Aside from my protein and fluid intake I will sometimes have a 1/4 cup of fat free refried beans. Or 1/4 cup of fat free cottage cheese. I also have greek yogurt, but I need more variety.. Anyone have any ideas?