ramos252006

I hear the famous words "oh my gosh I can tell you have lost weight. I see it in your face". I hear this at least twice a day from random people i work with. I was listening to a comedy podcast and this guy John Pinette talks about how he has heard the same thing. "I see it in your face" he says "man what is this? I must have looked like the kool aid man and no one told me". hahaha I get so many compliments and they say I look good, etc. Since my first surgery in 2010 to now I have lost 85lbs. Now since my sleeve surgery in April 2013, I have lost 55lbs. I am not sure which number to really go by. I had lapband in 2010 but that failed for me, I only lost 30lbs in 2 years, my fault? I think partially it was yea, but it also slipped, causing issues. Anyways when I look at myself I don't really see what others see. yes my cloths are big, I can tell a slight difference in my face, 55lbs is alot of weight, but yet in my brain its not that much.... yet. So I think I still have that "fat girl" image of myself. yea I am not small, thin, or tiny but I HAVE lost some weight. How do I go about "thinking skinny" thoughts? Anyways last time I posted something I was having all kinds of issues, and problems and was going to have test done, just wanted to let those who encouraged me through that time know that everything turned out fine. Nothing was wrong at all, just turned out my body was still in the healing process and I wasnt such a fast healer as I thought lol. I still have issues with some dariy products and sugar intake has to be minimal, but other than that, things are GREAT. Im able to eat REAL foods now, i cant even look at soup anymore haha!! Thank you to those who helped encourage me through that rough patch.

congrats on the full liquid stage. I too am on the full liquid stage, but having issues with everything still being really swollen. They had to give me a steriod shot to help with the inflamation. I woke up feeling great, but as soon as i sipped my protein shake I had really really bad cramps and got sick. I am having a very hard time getting my protein in. Nothing wants to go down correctly cause Im still swollen. Soup, water, crystal light, everything just seems to sit in my chest. its frustrating, but I am super glad everything is going great for you!! Keep up the great work!