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Little update I kept losing got down to 148 lbs and now at almost a year out I range from 150-155 I am comfortable in that range but am addicted to the scale always worrying if I'm eating to much and will regain some of my weight. I have been to the nut and attend support groups regularly to stay on track have also started walking a lot more the other day I did 6.6 miles with a friend and yesterday I did 4.05 miles by myself at a fast pace took me 1 hr to complete 4 miles my goal is at least 3 miles a day . I still feel great

Flintstones- post op 3 a day...SAMs or Walmart

I received my box today. I got sf oatmeal Cookies, a box of Protein Bars, no sugar diced pears and a box of crystal lights. Thank you Keisha so much... I love it all

I feel that way. I am a week out and told my husband. I do not feel a lot different,maybe they just put holes in me and did nothing. I thought I was the only one!

For anyone else like me who is new and has been concerned their pouch was not working because they have not yet felt too full with either the Fluid or the small amount they ate: I learned today that this wonderful tool is very much working and even a bite or two too much can be painful. May sound sadistic, but I needed this.
I wasn't trying, it was an accident-I had about four small bites of sf Jello and noticed my taste for it changed (already), so I stopped eating it and threw it away. I wanted something else, so I took a few small bites of a mashed baked yam (plain). I knew i was "full". Less than 5 minutes later I felt pain in the middle of my stomach, the heaviness and fullness was pressing inside me. Wow, ouch, yay! and ouch some more! The pressure lasted about 15 uncomfortable minutes.
It wasn't really a lot of food, but it was too much. I will certainly be more careful because I don't want that happening again-like ever! Once was enough for me-I knew the surgery was working because of weight loss, but this was a nice sign I wasn't immune to fullness.

I have to be At The hospital At 7am, surgery is supposed to be at 8am! My prayers for all Of us tomorrow! At this time we'll be at our rooms recovering well!
Try to report as soon as you feel ok!
Godspeed

I'm not post-op yet; I am still in the pre-op stage, but the Liquid Protein diet has given me some major diarrhea. Maybe that's just God's way of telling us that we are all full of poop. LOL Good luck everyone, especially those that are post-op or about to be.

Good luck everyone having surgery this week. I wish you all the best, hopefully no complications and can't wait to see you on the losers bench :-)
Gen :-) 12/15/12

The January losers bench is really getting long!! I love it and don't mind scooching over to make room for you all.
You'll all be so happy when you start to see the changes. I came home weighing 6lbs more than when I went in (fluid and gas) but 8 days out I had lost that and 5 additional lbs.
I'm a week 1/2 out and feel great. Still challenged physically and mentally at times, but doing much better each day.

I am alive, awake and doing well. I have been virtually pain free, only issue that will resolve is abdominal cavity gas. Hope everyone is well, and Good luck surgery buds.

I was approved today! Just got the call. I am so Happy and nervous at the same time. My date is Jan 22. Yippee!!!

I was approved today! Just got the call. I am so Happy and nervous at the same time. My date is Jan 22. Yippee!!!

I was approved today! Just got the call. I am so Happy and nervous at the same time. My date is Jan 22. Yippee!!!

Just got approved!! Yay jan 22 is my date! Start Optifast on jan 8

I was approved today! Just got the call. I am so Happy and nervous at the same time. My date is Jan 22. Yippee!!!

Thanks all. 70 more pounds to go.

Wearing a cute dress and heels! Without the dress looking like a moo moo

Everyone looks amazing!!

Oh and save an outfit, too! Save a pair of pants and a shirt. I even saved a pair of my underwear...big, ole granny panties made out of that gross, shiny nylon material. YUCK. But, so glad I saved them.

Hello...I have posted some pictures of before and after. Now that I'm on my laptop, I'm a little more computer literate! Love my Iphone but wow that screen is tiny and I'm blind :-)
To answer some of your questions..I work out every day and I never miss the gym. I do a core workout at 4 AM, walk during my lunch on the hills and go to the gym every night. I am also a very careful eater, basically I eat for FUEL. You need to train yourself to eat like that, too. I make sure i get my Protein first thing in the morning because that's when I'm the hungriest. Also, pay attention to dumping syndrome..it's a very real thing and you will not eat garbage again once you experience it.
To this day, people say I took the easy way out..how is it easy? I can't eat more than a cup of food, I cannot eat what I want and I've had to change everything about my life because of the surgery. Don't let people discourage you. Take a long, hard look at them..how they eat, how they live and you will see that they're jealous.
What do I eat? Well, I am a vegetarian because that just works for me. I gained 40 lbs of my 200 back and I have since lost 60. I contribute my diet and my workouts to my tone body and not having to get surgery to remove skin. I am a size 8 now (was a 30/32 from Lane Bryant) and even lost a shoe size.
I am so excited for all of you who are about to get this surgery...truely excited. It's life changing and, although you will still struggle with food decisions, you will feel so good about yourself. Get ready, you will literally melt and that's why exercise is so important. Even if you do about 10 minutes up and down your street every day.
I have nightmares that I have been dreaming that I am thin...I have to pinch myself sometimes!