Jen in SoCal

Wow, amazing transformation. Great work!

Thanks ladies! I am over it. I screwed up and I admitted it. Today is a new day and a new opportunity to better myself. Thanks for responding to my confession, slapping me in the face and shaking me by my shoulders...I mean that in a good way of course :-) Don't know what I'd do without the support and advice from this board!

Im down only 3 pounds this week. Starting weight 234 Surgery weight 215 on 4/30/12 Today's weight 165 My BMI is now 29.2 which means... I AM NO LONGER IN THE OBESE RANGE!!! I'm now considered overweight :-) Another goal met, what a great feeling :-)

Today I ate two carne asada tacos and they were big! I only ate one tortilla on one of them (they come wrapped in two) and I ate the meat out of the other. I literally felt like I was going to burst! I was in so much pain afterwards I honestly thought about making myself throw up. I hope I haven't done any permanent stretching to my pouch.

The tomato crab soup sounds delicious.

I got one but I've never had the guts to use it. No pun intended LOL

What a difference a month can make!! You look fabulous!!

That's great! You will be do happy to be home :-)

Awesome!

Don't feel bad, you're doing fine. At three weeks post op I had only lost 11 pounds. I lost 15 on my two week preop diet! Surgeons office said I was doing great, as did the nutritionist. Once I started eating purée/soft foods I started dropping 5 pounds a week, which I was told is ideal. Your body may be in starvation mode as you cannot take much in yet. That will change and you will start seeing more results. Congrats on your weight loss so far!!

Congrats. Hope you have a speedy recovery. :-)

I wear those tanks underneath my clothes that sucks in muffin top. My fiancé says its cheating. I said its no different than wearing a bra. He said that was cheating too...I think he misses me being big and squishy. Now I'm just smaller and squishy :-).

Also from Michigan liked rock n rye and faygo cream soda! Redpop always tasted horrible to me though, same for vernors YUCK! They do sell faygo at Bevmo here on California but its not worth paying what they are charging for it. That stuff was the cheapest pop you could buy! LOL

You're too funny. It's a perfectly reasonable reaction I think.

I wouldn't be worrying about your credit score right now. That's just your mind making excuses for you. My ex used to always try to plant that seed in my head as well. I decided I would rather be broke and happy then taken care of and miserable. I think your kids would be better off too. They will get used to a life style change if it means everyone will be happy in the long run. Not saying you should go for public housing, just live within your means. Hopefully your teenager will understand and the little ones won't notice much difference. I know it's not much advice, but trust me, I've been in the same exact position as you.

I'm currently sitting in a Starbucks and have already sucked down half of my venti iced skinny vanilla latte. It's HOT outside and it's delicious. Unfortunately I just looked at their nutrition pamphlet and a venti skinny flavored latte has 22 grams of sugar in it! DOH!!!! How is that possible? The vanilla syrup is sugar free. Is it from the nonfat milk? Do you think they're counting the lactose? This is not my first skinny latte since surgery. It doesnt cause me any problems. Can someone shed some light on this for me?

That's terrible. I hope you start to feel better soon.

I had it about a week ago. I ate two. The first one was shrimp, delicious. The second was pork I believe and it made me instantly nauseous. The meat inside was just too fatty for me I guess.

I'm glad you're feeling better. That's a misery I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy!

Only advice I can give is take it easy when your on your own and take your pain meds as scheduled. You don't want to wait till the pain starts, you have to keep it under control.

You look really wonderful! Congrats on your success and happiness!!!