Michellemo

You have to decide that you're no longer going to go along with just being in a hook up situation then let your partner know and stick to it -only then will you know if the other person is on the same page or not

I've been alone for years doing nothing but being a single mom so I am totally clueless about men and relationships. This is the first hook up I've ever had so your advice is right on I'm sure. It will also be my last hook up!

I need some advice! How do you turn a hook up into something more?

Ok I keep trying to report a problem but it still won't let me. This is the problem I'm having. Why won't it let me log in with my user name and email that I used on verticalsleevetalk? When I try it says already in use! Is it not possible to use the same info? So I had to create all new info even had to get a new email address.

I've had problems and have tried reporting them and it won't let me

I'm 15 months out. What to eat is not a big deal. I can eat what ever I want just small amounts. I eat very view carbs and I weigh daily. By weighing daily I don't feel I have to track my food.

Has anyone gained weight from the depo shot?

I woke up from surgery hungry. I'm 14 months out and gave lost 172 pounds so hunger pangs haven't had a negative affect on me. I get hungry so I eat a few bites and I'm full so it's not been a problem.

I'm 38 and have lost 172 pounds. I do notice a few lines and I have had a little filler done but I think I look good and prettier now that my face is not as chubby. I now weigh 146 and I'm very happy at this weight and mainly because I'm afraid I would start to look older if my face got any thinner.

You look great!

I'm going to look these books up. I got in the floor the other night to stretch and my goodness I was so tight it was pitiful. Thanks!

Yes the scale number is just a number but I let that number get all the way up to 318! So I feel the number on my scale is very important. It's important I see 146 or close to that every morning so I don't get complacent and god forbid see 318 again.

Good morning! I am so sorry about the weight gain. All I can tell you is what I do, what I've done from the beginning. For me it is a total lifestyle change, as natural to me as breathing. I call this my 'dashboard'.

1) I weigh EVERY day. I KNOW how quickly I could gain eight or ten pounds, and that would be overwhelming to me. If I'm up a pound or two, I just make a change or two and it's gone in several days.

2) I weigh and/or measure my food when I am at home (eye ball it carefully when out)

3) I log my food on my fitness pal. Before discovering MFP, I used fitday.com and at the VERY beginning, I have a spiral notebook and wrote it down.

4) I attend support groups

My comfort zone is 142 - 145, I weigh first thing in the morning, out of bed, go to the bathroom and on the scale. A pound or two is manageable, but for me, I cannot go by how my jeans fit, by that time I'd be up ten pounds and it would take me a few months to get that off, I'm sure of it. I must track my calorie, there is a fine line for me between maintaining, gaining and losing. I've been doing this for over 2.5 years, so I've got the hang of it, but I can never be complacent. Like I said, this is my new normal. This is why I call what I do, my dashboard, if a 'light' comes on, and to me, being up a couple of pounds, or my calories being above what I need.....those are my lights. I just change things up a little, meaning, I lower my calories by 100 -150 and that takes care of it.

Make sense? My advice is, find something that works for you, something you can do forever, there is no end date, we've made a lifetime commitment.....and make it part of your life. Good luck, you can do this.

I also weigh every morning. I'm always so surprised when people on here say it's unhealthy to do that. I would flip out if I weighed only once a week and my scale said I was up 10 lbs! My body wants to be fat so I must keep on top of it. I would rather be up a pound in the morning and deal with that then be up 10 and be freaked out on how to get it off.

Good luck with your tummy tuck!

When did you have sleeve surgery?

I started at 318 and I'm now 146. Yes be prepared for a Tummy Tuck. I had one 7 weeks ago.

I eat very few carbs. Some days I probably don't have any. Some days I eat a few more. I find the more carbs I eat the more cravings I have so why bother?

I don't drink milk any more. I don't want to waste calories on milk.

I would have a excuse ready like a you are taking a friend for surgery and you can't back out because she has no one else to take her. If she arrives a few days after surgery just tell her you hurt your back and also have the flu. That's what I told everyone and they all believed it. It explained why I was getting around very slowly and why I wasn't really eating. Not one person suspected a thing.

That's awesome! Had my tt 7 weeks ago and couldn't be happier! Good luck!

I'm almost 14 months out and I sometimes keep track of what I'm eating. Usually when I track my food it's to make sure I'm eating enough. I only track maybe once every 2 weeks.

I'm almost 14 months out and I love hearing success stories from people that are further out then me. It seems lately I've read more from people gaining and struggling with their weight so thanks for posting! I have had no issues so far and reading your post gives me hope that I won't!

I had to see the nutritionist and psych dr once. Blood work and seminar. Took me 6 weeks from start to surgery day!

I had a Tummy Tuck 2 days before my one year sleeve anniversary.

How long after surgery did you get Tummy Tuck?

i had my tummy tuck 2 days before my 1 year sleeve anniversary

You look amazing!

Well how much are you eating?