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Wow, thanks!

Laura- you are a success! You look great, nothing wrong with shameless selfies when you are looking fab. Next time, talk like a fool to the people in the waiting room - you will blow them away and inspire them all at once :-)

LouiseC thank you! All clear now, like the phrase so can use it without looking stupid and getting it wrong. I'd usually use "point of no return" but "jumping the shark" is way cooler :-))))

I haven't counted calories - I stuck with the amount of protein my dietician told me to eat and have aimed for that every day. It's worked for me because if I eat the right amount, I take in what I need calorie wise....

Laura, I know about flogging dead horses, but help me out - what's the meaning of jumping the shark???? Sorry, not a phrase we use here but think I might if I knew what it meant... :-)

Happy anniversary! Congratulations on your amazing success, I have loved hearing your story. Been watching your progress post plastics and its been really encouraging, so much so that I am thinking of doing more than my boobs. Can't wait to see the pics :-))))

Just breathe out and stick with the plan - the scale will move if you eat the right amount of Protein, fluids and get moving. Your body has had a big shock and it's still sorting itself out deciding if it's being starved or whether it should be burning fat... Hang in there, skinny is coming :-)))))

You are not alone - go to the thread "An uncomfortable truth" in the Tell Your Gastric Sleeve Stories. It's huge but read what M Reverie posted to start with, then either read it all (have a spare few hours, lol) or dip into. It will help with how you feel :-) Lots of us have families/parents who have done what your father is doing to you. You have a choice. Let him keep doing this to you, affecting your life without him even knowing or caring - or you change the way you react to his behaviour. If someone is going to be the way they are, we can't change them but we can change how we respond to it. Not easy, but do-able. Don't give him power over you to sabotage your weight loss, no-one is worth that even if we love them.Love that you went jogging, fantastic!!! At 23 years old, you have had more than your share of grief and difficult times. But what doesn't kill us, usually makes us stronger :-) and you have shown you are fighter. Find someone you can talk to because if you find the right person, it will help. Vent on this site - you will get help, advice, sympathy, empathy, support and hugs from people who've been where you are. Please don't give up, focus on you and making your life the best it can be. You are doing great with your weight loss, congratulations and good luck! Keep posting so that we know you are ok x

Marfar7, this is exactly how I lost weight, butt first! But as I got closer to target my boobs are now beginning to shrink and I can now wear the same size on top and bottom. First time I have done that in 25 years :-) But am still having a boob job to stop having to roll them up in my bra.... Sorry tmi lol

Love, love, love my sleeve! Best thing I have ever done for myself - the gift that just keeps giving :-) Was it easy? No, neither physically nor emotionally. But was it worth it? Yes, a million times over. My life is transformed, starting with my health, my confidence and my whole outlook. I feel like I have been a second chance to live the life I should always have lived - and I will not do anything to jeopardise that. Things I wish I'd known- as with others, don't get constipated, keep drinking. But the biggest thing is to remember that this too will pass. No matter how long a phase or a stall may feel, it will pass. For me, the first few weeks were the toughest adjusting to the new "normal". But I would willingly go through it all again to feel this good. Good luck!

Just what I needed to read, Lynda. Despite what my ticker is reading, I shifted my goal and have about 5 more lbs to go. And can I shift them? Nope.... Need to get some shape back in my eating in the evenings. Party season is taking its toll, not enough that I have gained but enough that I have stopped losing. So will follow ur lead and stop nibbling in the evenings....Fill up with more liquid :-)

You are stunning! Congratulations on the weight loss and the surgery, you must be beyond happy :-)

Me, me, me! I don't think I have ever worn so many layers, day and night, lol. However, having gone from a sweating blob to a cool skinny mini, I know which one I prefer....

Seela It will come! Mine happened at 3 months out for four weeks and that was a real grit-my-teeth and hope-for-the- best period. I just ignored the scale and kept doing what I was doing and suddenly the scale plummeted. Boy was I relieved... But my weight loss wasn't really a smooth downward line - sort of came down like steps and stairs, so I had lots of little mini stalls on the way. Just keep breathing when the scale doesn't move, you usually see inches come off during a stall :-)))

Omg, what a transformation in only 6 months - you look fantastic!

Wow, you are doing so well!!!! That's a brilliant weight loss, no wonder you are finding it hard to believe :-) Since my first visit to doc at end of March, I've lost 82lbs, only got a few pounds to go and I am pretty dazed by that, lol. Sometimes I think we don't stop often enough on our journey to look at just how well we've done - I was always looking at the next target.... Good luck!

Fab, I was equally thrilled to be overweight! Well done, good luck on the homeward straight....

You are absolutely gorgeous! Your pic is stunning and you look soooo young.... :-)

Think you have put your finger on it - you are probably eating too fast and possibly too much. Try taking it a bit more slowly and pause as you drink to let the liquid get down and things should improve. Good luck :-))))

I have no contact with my mother. Took years to cut the tie but I arrived at a point when it was going to be her survival or mine - and I chose me. Limiting contact meant she behaved well for a little while but then the old "familiarity breeds contempt" kicked back in. Whose mum, when told you have severe, degenerative arthritis - that needs you to inject for life and take toxic combos just to walk - rolls her eyes saying "well, we all have something as we get older..." ? The same woman who declined to come to support me at my daughter's funeral saying it was too much for her... No wants gets love or respect based on a title, even that of mother. As with everyone else, you have to earn it.

Mistysj, I wish there was a button for "really like" your post!!!

"They fuck you up, your mum and dad They may not mean to, but they do They fill you with the faults they had And add some extra, just for you." Philip Larkin, a man who sounds like he'd met some of our mothers...

I followed my surgeon's plan too for three reasons - 1. He was the expert and had a track record that showed me he had helped others be successful whereas my efforts had got me nowhere other than fatter 2. I paid for my surgery and couldn't afford to waste my hard earned cash by mucking about with the plan and failing 3. I was desperate, at the end of the road and depressed so I wanted my surgery to work because I had nowhere left to go I knew that my stomach needed time to heal and that I might not feel it if I was causing damage when it was still numb - so you could add "scared" to the reasons why I didn't eat food before I was told. It's worked for me. My life is transformed and my only comment to the OP is stick with the plan, don't make life difficult by bringing old habits with you. The period on liquid, mushies etc is boring and feels like it will last a lifetime. But it doesn't. For me it was six tough weeks but it was six weeks that reinforced that life had changed dramatically and was going to keep changing. Use that time to start making changes otherwise why anyone would have surgery just to carry on eating as before,,,,

Kathy I am doing the party dance with you! Fantastic achievement and it's great to hear how happy you are with your new life. And it's good to see you getting on with life two years out - and being happy. How are you get to Celebrate the two year surgiversary??? Jacqui x

Great news! So happy for u :-))))