greensleeve

Good for you! You look very happy.

Today I went to a small water park. I didn't feel tired the entire time. I actually fit in the inner tube. I was able to walk up and down stairs and didn't feel tired at all. The suit I had last summer was super loose. I need a new one. I could really tell my chest has shrunk. When I got out of the water that part of the suit looked like a deflated balloon.

I meet my protein goals, take vitamins every day and take biotin. It's just coming out like crazy but I can't see a difference thankfully.

I have to say, there's a place I go to for urgent care. They always congratulate me on the surgery and my loss and they aren't even my PCP! Find a new doctor. They should at least ask you about complications.

I'm wondering if breaking my stall wasn't due to freaking hair loss! I'm shedding. I pulled a shirt out of the dryer. I guess I had brushed my hair before I put it in the wash. The whole shirt was covered in tangled and mangled hair. And it was my hair.

I'm also wondering if the YMCA couldn't be brought into it. I don't know how you would make money at it though. They have a program for cancer survivors, you would think they could have programs for people who had WLS too.

You mean before surgery? I had bigger fish to fry!

I like that one I've been thinking about writing a book after I hit goal. I was raised in an abusive family and had an abusive marriage unfortunately. I just don't know if a book is enough! I don't know if I'm willing to put myself out there, you know?

I really wish I could work with people who have been abused and are overweight or obese, and help them get their power and self esteem back.

Do you mind if we share with other WLS forums?

It takes time. It's summer and people are on vacation and out doing other things. We have binders with different topics for every month.

Well there were only two of us but we had a fabulous time!

Are we meeting weekly?

I'll be there!

Who is going?

This isn't really a rant, but does anyone else watch the WLS videos of people on you tube? Some are so inspirational and some I just want to cheer for the person. But I have noticed that a lot of the people talk the same. They don't start out that way, but by the time they get to losing a good bit of weight, it's like they all watch each others videos and end up imitating each other. It's kind of funny!

How is it working at 100%? Your stomach is making you hungry when you don't need to eat and umis allowing you to over eat. That's not working.... I can gulp down Water and I'm at 12 weeks out. I feel like. I have a new normal. I waste a lot of food at restaurants but its not my fault that portions are sized for four or five people. It depends on what your definition of normal is. Is it normal to be in pain, to have your mobility limited, to have multiple diseases and die early?

I think we all know people, even ourselves, who ate right and exercised and could never keep the weight off. I don't think that obese people should be discriminated against. I think that everyone should be treated the same. But to say that its wrong for people to try to lose weight is just crazy. I was surfing through a lot of fat acceptance and HAES blogs, and there's a lot of crazy there. There's also a lot of people who are just tired of fighting and tired of not losing and have given up. Hey surgery isn't for everyone. We all have choices to make. If someone prefers to stay obese and just accept it rather than have surgery who am I to judge? It's the black and white thinkers who I think are stuck in Cray Cray.

It's not like I care that they didn't talk to me before, I am not a social butterfly type. But why suddenly decide to talk to me? I want to say go away.

I think it works for some people, but for people who have true food issues and have a lot to lose, it isn't right for them. But everyone is different. I hate that it constantly changes. I was doing well on it until they changed everything. I hate that it is mainly just a money maker and that they have to keep changing it so you have to go out and buy all new cookbooks, calculators, etc. I also felt like my leader wasn't very helpful and that the people I was in group with were pretty addicted to food but that was never a topic.

I did ropes courses and zip lining when I was a teenager and thin. Maybe I just don't remember things accurately but I don't remember it being that big of a thrill for me. I was just a jaded teen maybe!? I want to take a flying trapeze lesson or two. They have a few schools here and you are supposed to be able to do a trick where you are hanging from your knees and someone on another trapeze catches you. I want to do that!

That's amazing! If you don't mind me asking what was your surgery weight? Good work! You have really worked hard.

I'm shedding but I have a lot of hair and I have been taking Biotin since pre op so I don't think anyone can tell. Other than the long wavy hair all over my clothes! I try to brush it out at night so I can get it all out at once instead of shedding all over but it doesn't seem to work. Kind of like with my dog. I use a furminator on her and think I'm getting all the fur and there are still hair balls on the floor! ha.

I can understand fully that everyone has their type, everyone likes a certain kind of person. Some men are attracted to larger women, some like super skinny, some like in between. But this isn't even about that. I have noticed that last time I lost weight three years ago, I was right around this same weight, and suddenly men at my job who had ignored me were talking to me. I wasn't even aware that they ignored me, I guess I am a private person and I don't talk to everyone either. But out of the blue men who were friends with the people around me started to include me in their jokes or ask me questions or what have you. And now it is happening again. It isn't like they are hitting on me. Just saying hi in the hall or adding on to a conversation I am having with someone else. What the hell? I do not get it. I sincerely hope that I am not like that. I have tried really hard not to be like that with people I don't find attractive. I try to give everyone an equal shot at friendship and at contributing something to a team. Why would you just ignore someone until they become socially acceptable to you?

So the only liquid you get a day is four cups of milk?