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I loved these also when i was getting ready to do the surgery and on my journey of weight loss, they were invaluable inspirations!! I am about 15 months out and holding between 135 and 139 at 5"6 :-) HW 240 ish SW 217... No PS yet, but the saggies hide well anyway lol

I loved these also when i was getting ready to do the surgery and on my journey of weight loss, they were invaluable inspirations!! I am about 15 months out and holding between 135 and 139 at 5"6 :-) HW 240 ish SW 217... No PS yet, but the saggies hide well anyway lol

I loved these also when i was getting ready to do the surgery and on my journey of weight loss, they were invaluable inspirations!! I am about 15 months out and holding between 135 and 139 at 5"6 :-) HW 240 ish SW 217... No PS yet, but the saggies hide well anyway lol

I loved these also when i was getting ready to do the surgery and on my journey of weight loss, they were invaluable inspirations!! I am about 15 months out and holding between 135 and 139 at 5"6 :-) HW 240 ish SW 217... No PS yet, but the saggies hide well anyway lol

I loved these also when i was getting ready to do the surgery and on my journey of weight loss, they were invaluable inspirations!! I am about 15 months out and holding between 135 and 139 at 5"6 :-) HW 240 ish SW 217... No PS yet, but the saggies hide well anyway lol

I loved these also when i was getting ready to do the surgery and on my journey of weight loss, they were invaluable inspirations!! I am about 15 months out and holding between 135 and 139 at 5"6 :-) HW 240 ish SW 217... No PS yet, but the saggies hide well anyway lol

I loved these also when i was getting ready to do the surgery and on my journey of weight loss, they were invaluable inspirations!! I am about 15 months out and holding between 135 and 139 at 5"6 :-) HW 240 ish SW 217... No PS yet, but the saggies hide well anyway lol

I loved these also when i was getting ready to do the surgery and on my journey of weight loss, they were invaluable inspirations!! I am about 15 months out and holding between 135 and 139 at 5"6 :-) HW 240 ish SW 217... No PS yet, but the saggies hide well anyway lol

I loved these also when i was getting ready to do the surgery and on my journey of weight loss, they were invaluable inspirations!! I am about 15 months out and holding between 135 and 139 at 5"6 :-) HW 240 ish SW 217... No PS yet, but the saggies hide well anyway lol

I loved these also when i was getting ready to do the surgery and on my journey of weight loss, they were invaluable inspirations!! I am about 15 months out and holding between 135 and 139 at 5"6 :-) HW 240 ish SW 217... No PS yet, but the saggies hide well anyway lol

I loved these also when i was getting ready to do the surgery and on my journey of weight loss, they were invaluable inspirations!! I am about 15 months out and holding between 135 and 139 at 5"6 :-) HW 240 ish SW 217... No PS yet, but the saggies hide well anyway lol

The heavy people will be lined up waiting for their injections! It never ceases to amaze me how much research is being done and yet the heavy people are still heavy. It seems like the only thing that has ever helped me is my sleeve and my ability to work it.

Only ask this question because I can't find the rules about posting on this area. I am 10 months out, I am at goal and have lost just over 105 lbs. I have some questions about maintenance. Historically I have never been good at this since first diet aged 7 yrs or so.

God Bless You Lisa, and your dear Bear. I know there are many of us who have gone through the heartbreak of losing loved ones, and it is the worst pain in the world. I know losing my 30 year old son to a heart attack and my sister to ALS, nearly destroyed me emotionally. Somehow you will get through these days ahead, only by the Grace of God and a lot of prayer and support. Hospice has been part of my family many times, and not just the end time, because 18 months they were my Mother's rock when my Dad had cancer. They offer so much help, especially with medicines, nurses, and even volunteer sitters on a weekly basis so you can leave your home for a short while. I think with your acid problems the fudgsicles probably help. You should try the knitting or crocheting as someone suggested, something to busy your hands and give you something mindless to do when you are sitting. We can be here for moral support when you need it. Hang in there. Big hug. Linda

Excellent advice and i plan on taking it :-) I do sometimes find myself thinking my old fat girl way " You have done so well! you are almost to goal - go ahead and have that XYZ... what would it hurt??" So far i have been lucky i didn't gain but the times i did that, mainly over the Holidays, it put me in some pretty impressive stalls. It does make sense that what we do now we must always do - thanks for the advice :-)

It's been a long time since I've been on here so hete I go...
This has been the most amazing journey over the last year. I have started to live again and love again.
I was a food addict. I still am but im in recovery... I ALWAYS will be.when I was 353lbs I would wake up and think about food. I would eat and eat and eat. I reached the point that I could barely tie my own shoes bc i could barely bend over. I had to roll off of my couch to get up.. I could barely wipe my own ass. I was always uncomfortable.
Miserable.. I was completely miserable.
When I would pull thru the drive thru I would act like I was ordering for 2 bc i was ordering so much food. When I was cashing out at the convenient store I was act like I was buying all that chips and candy for my kids.. not me.
Embarrassed. .. that's what I was.
I would constantly compare myself to everyone... I would look at other women and actually be mad at her bc she looked better than me.. she had a better body than me.. my man probably wanted her bc i was so fat and ugly.
Ashamed is what I had become.
Finally I decided after years of dieting enough was enough.... I had the gastric sleeve 02/26/2013.BEST DECISION I MADE.
It's now been a year and here are my stats. 32 years old and 5-7'.I was 353 and now I'm 183lbs. Went from a bmi of 55.5 to 28.7. I wore a size 26 pants and now I'm in 10/12.
Over the last year I have stayed active. For the first 6 months I was VERY strict.on what I ate. Now I'm more lenient. I eat every 3 hours making Protein #1. That isn't hard for me bc I'm a hard

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core carnivore. As far as exercise I life weights 2xs a week at home.. 2 10 lb weights.. I walk 3 miles 4xs a week also. I've never busted my ass at the gym and do what works for me!!

I just had the scariest NSV yesterday coming home from a business trip - i was stopped in customs and in checking my passport they guy says this doesn't look anything like you? I need another form of a picture ID to compare, so i give him my drivers license, and he says - well this looks like her but still not you??
I panicked and just said " I started exercising? " lol there were tons of people around and i really didn't want to get into the details of my WLS?? So he just looked at me funny and said good job and get new pictures.
It was the best feeling although those guys really have no sense of humor so it was a little nerve wracking as well.
Anyway YAY to my sleeve and YAY to almost goal, i can't believe in only 8 short months how my life has changed :-)

I am so struggling right now......I have been going to a friends house and helping her with home health needs and her best friend has a whole lotta crap in the house. It's pure sugar and I've found myself making all kinds of excuses to eat it...... I told her yesturday that unless her friend takes her crap food home, I will not be coming over much....I really don't have the right to make these demands, but I know that I am doomed if I keep going over there and eating that crap... So she agreed, she told me that she doesn't really like the sugary stuff and feels her friend will understand. But it is possible to gain the weight back especially when we can eat when we're not physically hungry... It's head hunger.....
I can eat a lot more now than I use too and that is scaring the pants off me.....

No, it doesn't have to happen. It happened to me though, and it was hard to take it off. You have to be vigilent, and not snack or think you can make a whole lot of changes in maintenance. The farther you are post op, the harder it is to take off weight gained back.
Whatever you're doing now, tracking your food, counting your calories, etc, it's pretty much a life long plan. If you keep losing and you don't want to lose, you can add in a healthy snack, like avacodos, nuts, etc. You'll find your calorie range.

Been doing good still have be mindful. Put on some 131 like to be closer to 125. Off sugar need to slow down with carbs Wheat thins are soooo easy to eat! Don't know what 5:2 is will look it up. Over 3 years and still love this sleeve. I know I will be back closer to 125 before it would have been a flash and gain gain gain. Still struggle with Protein done with the "manufactured" stuff powder, bars chicken is my staple and eggs (sometimes they don't set well with me) Also eat grains that have protein. Need to "log" in food to get my protein up. Visual person! Hope all is well Oregondaisy

I would have been terrified! Obviously you have changed, m'dear!

Wow..what a deal. Yes I know what u mean the attitude of customs, congrats on your weight loss journey. You rock. !

I just had the scariest NSV yesterday coming home from a business trip - i was stopped in customs and in checking my passport they guy says this doesn't look anything like you? I need another form of a picture ID to compare, so i give him my drivers license, and he says - well this looks like her but still not you??
I panicked and just said " I started exercising? " lol there were tons of people around and i really didn't want to get into the details of my WLS?? So he just looked at me funny and said good job and get new pictures.
It was the best feeling although those guys really have no sense of humor so it was a little nerve wracking as well.
Anyway YAY to my sleeve and YAY to almost goal, i can't believe in only 8 short months how my life has changed :-)

I just had the scariest NSV yesterday coming home from a business trip - i was stopped in customs and in checking my passport they guy says this doesn't look anything like you? I need another form of a picture ID to compare, so i give him my drivers license, and he says - well this looks like her but still not you??
I panicked and just said " I started exercising? " lol there were tons of people around and i really didn't want to get into the details of my WLS?? So he just looked at me funny and said good job and get new pictures.
It was the best feeling although those guys really have no sense of humor so it was a little nerve wracking as well.
Anyway YAY to my sleeve and YAY to almost goal, i can't believe in only 8 short months how my life has changed :-)

I just had the scariest NSV yesterday coming home from a business trip - i was stopped in customs and in checking my passport they guy says this doesn't look anything like you? I need another form of a picture ID to compare, so i give him my drivers license, and he says - well this looks like her but still not you??
I panicked and just said " I started exercising? " lol there were tons of people around and i really didn't want to get into the details of my WLS?? So he just looked at me funny and said good job and get new pictures.
It was the best feeling although those guys really have no sense of humor so it was a little nerve wracking as well.
Anyway YAY to my sleeve and YAY to almost goal, i can't believe in only 8 short months how my life has changed :-)