*Dean*

For me I found that the self conscious thinking about food changed over time. It changed to where I was self conscious but in a good way. Now when eating out or at social gatherings food isn't a huge priority and I don't even think about what other people 'might' think, or what a waiter 'might' think. I just do my thing.

Feels good to be losing weight but not feeling deprived for the first time ever doesn't it?

I like being 'one of them'

I'm the same Kell. It doesn't take too long that you can make a reasonable dent in a small serving of something sleeve friendly. Like fish. I find I can usually fit in a restaurant size serving of fish, a bit of the salad / veg leaving the carbs.

How about 'I've had weight loss surgery and I'd feel like a hypocrite drinking your product because it's part of the problem for many people'!! Maybe not so good for client relations

I didn't start until 2 today - but I'm sure we've passed each other in the street!

You're doing fantastically well Misty. Congrats!

Misty I have some perfectionist traits and I'm a bit of a black and white thinker. For me, in the past, that was part of my problem. I was either being 'good' or being 'bad'. Now a make 95% good choices and I don't beat myself up about the 5%. Often I'm happy to on occasion indulge. Best advice I can give is to learn and improve every day on this journey there has to be some minor mistakes to learn from The old me used to say 'well you've ^%$ed today, you may as well go off the rails' or 'you've ^%$ed this week, you may as well go nuts' Taking a step back, what I've noticed is 'normal people' have occasional indulgences, planned or unplanned, then they modify what they eat the rest of the day, or following days accordingly ....... and they don't beat themselves up like I (used) to.

George did my procedure. Fantastic at what he does.

And she has no legs

Yeah, give yourself a few days to get to know the machine and what a comfortable walk speed for you and a 'comfortable' jog speed........... I'm excited for you!

That's awesome Laura! You've been a beach walker for a long time, I knew you'd enjoy it. Have you downloaded the C25K app??

Thanks Kell Feels good to like the way you look for a change. I had two slabs of meat for arms for so long ...... now they're more like a bag of walnuts!

Thanks Fiddle. I feel stronger, fitter, healthier, happier. It's amazing how resilient the human body is.

Thanks mate. We've all been there for each other through this. I've appreciated having you in my corner

My wife was laughing at me taking 'a selfie'

Hey, Sleeved Nov 2012. SW 303 CW 202 About 22 pounds away from goal.

That's a nice time to be baptised

Thanks man!! I like coming back and seeing people have dropped below 30 BMI on their tickers!

Hey guys. Everyone looks like they're in the zone, congrats. Been missing in action for a while. Still running. I'm doing a 5k about twice a week and 3 CrossFit sessions a week. Hope you're all well, Deano

Ok. Profile pic updated. And just to prove to Wendy I'm not shy (never been called that before I thought I'd pose an arm shot LOL.

1/2 a cup is normal mate. You really notice the restriction when you move to more regular food, like you said.

Ruby's a great name Wendy. Hope that all plays out well for you and your daughter - congratulations. I'm not shy, I just don't have one! I think you'd know by now, shy is the last thing I am!! My daughters have their confirmation Friday night - I'm sure there will be some happy snappers there.

Hey stranger - how've ya been?

This last little bit of weight loss is weird. It's shown me how fickle your body is. The last 10 weeks I've had .5 kilo loses with 2 two week stalls thrown in for good measure. It hasn't bothered me because I know with the cals I'm consuming I WILL continue to chip away at it. Jumped on the scales today( Wednesday weekly weigh day) and BOOM 1.5 kg loss. I haven't done a thing different this week. So 45 kilo's down, 10 to go ............