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Pasta E Fagioli, very light on the pasta.

MFP lies to me all the time. It tells me "If I keep eating like the way I did today, I'll weigh xx amount in 5 weeks!"
I have never hit the amount it saId I would in 5 weeks. LIES!!

Under the "check-in" tab you can edit previous entries including your starting weight.

It's just nerves. You've got this!

Down 10lbs since my surgery date 10-16-15 I HW: 230 PreOp:219 CW:209

I lost 11 lbs. on my 2 week pre op diet and then gained back exactly 11 lbs. in the hospital. That was a pisser!

I just saw the Talking Heads with Hummus thing too! Funny what our brains do to us!

UPDATE!
I am doing much better now. I am losing weight again, walking on the treadmill a bit, and drinking Protein again.
Unfortunately, I have been diagnosed with Alcoholic Hepatitis. I have lots of symptoms including weakness in my legs, fatigue, vomiting, and fogginess in my thinking. Since I quit the wine I can stand up in the kitchen long enough to make myself some tuna salad without vomiting. I still find it very hard to get up the stairs, but that is slowly getting better.
Thanks to everyone who contributed to this thread!

Getting under 200 lbs.

I keep seeing this thread title as "Talking Heads with Hummus". I think I need to clean my glasses.

I keep seeing this thread title as "Talking Heads with Hummus". I think I need to clean my glasses.

I'm a regular lurker on this site & I want to thank you all for helping me to get this far.
Now I have an confirmed VSG surgery date - November 2nd - I feel official enough to do my first post.
This date took a long time to come. I worked locally with a bariatric center that didn't pan out but I'm pleased that I have found my current bariatric team.
All that's left is a meeting with the anesthesia team. When I heard my date, I was thinking, "Holy shit!"
I'm quite glad that it's happening for real this time.????

I keep seeing this thread title as "Talking Heads with Hummus". I think I need to clean my glasses.

Girl.
Excuse my need to get real, and I am saying this with all due respect but many of us do seem to surround ourselves with like minded folk.
You seem to be very focused on your weight and appearance -- at least here on these forums. That's not a knock, it's simply MY perception. I'm guessing that your tendency to focus on your personal appearance guides the attention of the men you are dating to do the same.
Join groups that focus on biking, hiking, knitting, whatever it is YOU enjoy doing and like minded people will be there to be met.

Fantastic job on the weight loss!

Made a video about you ?
F*%K that B!#*h. No way, shape, or form that can be legal.
Sorry, I have no advice, but that blows. You should get a free pass on pimp-slapping that worthless piece of crap for as many times as you'd like.
Manipulative, petty, low-class heifer. I'm very sorry you had to be subjected to such a spineless piece of garbage.

I can't eat more than 1/2 cup or so at a sitting. bread gets stuck, Pasta and rice come back, ice cream makes me dump. I want to nibble all day because I can't seem to get in more than 1000 HEALTHY calories a day and wine gives me horrific heartburn. I am either constipated or have poop Soup - usually the first leads to the second -- and I still can't have even a small glass of Water with a meal or I will horf it all back up. Regular water sits like a lead brick in my stomach still (after 2.5 years!!) and I still sit on the potty before I pass gas just in case.

That said...

I wear a size 6/8.
I can shop in ANY store.
My teenaged daughters now borrow my clothes and I borrow theirs. (Wait -- is that good or bad?)
I can fit in any seat AND cross my legs.
People don't look at me like I am Satan on fire when I sit next to them on the bus, the theater, the airplane.
I can put junk food in my grocery cart and not feel judged.
I can (and do!) walk 6-10 miles a day without pain the next morning.
I can keep up in Zumba class and still do another workout after.
I can dance all night without feeling it the next day.
I hike, bike, kayak, and play outside with my kids comfortably.
I no longer sweat like a horse the second I walk outside.

I am healthy. No longer pre-diabetic, no longer morbidly obese, no longer ruining my knees, hips, feet and back with excessive weight.


If this was the "easy way out", so be it. It damn sure was the SMART way out.
EDIT TO ADD:

It seems that some of you are taking my "litany of complaints" as real hardships and I want to correct that. None of the things I listed above are the end of the world nor are they even more than little blips on my radar.

When my ass hurts, I get up. When I'm cold, I grab a blanket. I choose not to eat bread, rice, pasta or ice cream and as much as I loved them before, they make me feel so urpy, I no longer WANT them. The poop soup/constipation, along with the juicy toots kind of sucks, but I think some Probiotics would correct that issue. I don't drink when I eat, nor do I drink for an hour after and it's not killing me. I don't need regular water, and while I miss it from time to time, a squeeze of flavor drops or a splash of fruit juice works for me. My inability to drink wine sucks the most, but it's a small trade off in the grand scheme of things.

Getting under 200 lbs.

I'm going out of the country for vacatio in two weeks and I will be post op over3 months. I'm gonna have a margarita or two or three. I'm just gonna be careful and not overdue it.

I simmered my broth with rosemary & thyme and a bit of bouillon the strained it. I loved it.

Yep, I'm closing in on the two-year mark since my sleeve procedure, and the scale reads 147 pounds this morning. At 5'10", that brings my BMI down to 21.1, and that's a number I could NEVER have imagined after life as a size 5X, tipping the scales at 378 pounds! I'll be 56 years old in April, and I can honestly say that the last time I weighed less than 200lbs was in junior high school. I'm still coming to grips with the ridiculous amount of weight I had carried around all those years, all the abuse my poor body endured...it really is amazing that I am even here to share this experience! So, if any of you readers out there are still hesitant about "taking the plunge", all I can say is DO IT...Do it and don't look back!

I'm planning on making Taco Soup for dinner.< /p>

I use My Fitness Pal online.

Getting under 200 lbs.

Today that first digit on the scale was a one! yay!! Now I can say I weigh a hundred and plenty!