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Thank you and best wishes to everyone on their journey

You look awesome. I'd like to get some of my extra skin removed but all the friends and fam say that its not needed. I guess you do what makes you feel happy. Congrats on looking amazing.

Best of luck to everyone

Thank you. Thank you. That's right... do what makes you feel good. It doesnt matter what other people say or do. As long as youre happy thats all that matters.

Pasta and certain meats like ribs are off limits to me. Hamburger is fine (bc its ground up). Sugars are a hit and miss. Sometimes ill dump sometimes im ok but i ALWAYS feel crappy after eating sugar. I stay away from fried foods but i am ok with eating them. Im good with rice. I also dump on protein shakes. After doing the OptiFast liquid diet 3 weeks prior to surgery the site and smell of a shake just makes me sick but in order to get my protein in they want you to do the shakes. I've tried and cant do it. I do B12 shots every 2-3 weeks and i'm perfectly fine. I do my bloodwork every year like clockwork and everything is spot-on. FYI. Sugars and sweets should be on your never touch list wether or not they make you dump. Its been my experience with talking to many many post-op'rs that once they started back with the sweets and junk food that they're weightloss momentum diminished and that was the turning point for gaining all their weight back.

Yes. I still dump after 4 years but the episodes are few and far between now. During the honeymoon period i was dumping almost every day. It was hard to adjust to small quantities of food. Finally after 3-4 months my brain finally got the message that eating too much or certain food was no good and the desire to eat more than the 2 bites was gone. Pasta still kills me to this day. Im Italian and i cant eat pasta. It doesnt bother me to not be able to eat it as you would think. Every day i watch my family eat some form of pasta but every once in a blue moon i'll give it a shot and i dump. No matter what kind f pasta it is... whole wheat, spinach, rice pasta, egg pasta... i dump every time. There also is th every rare case when i eat too fast and i will dump. I find that I can eat chocolate now without dumping but i stay away from it except for Halloween lol. I can eat about 1-1/2 cups of food at a sitting. My favourite snack is one slice of Whole Wheat bread toasted with margarine and sometime SF jam. That fills me up perfectly. I can eat 2 slices of bread now at one sitting. ANd i can also drink water after eating my meal... something that i could not do right after surgery and was really troublesome for me as i take meds for a back problem. When it came time for my meds, if it didnt go down with the first gulp of water i was in trouble and had to wait 20-30 mins for another chance in getting that pill down. I cant do it without water, i'm a baby.

Thanks Karlam. There is light at the end of th etunnel. Just stay focused. It comes faster than you think

Thank you Thank you. In the summer i do a lot of walking... even jogging. Up to 15km a day. In the winter I hybernate (i live in canada). I have maintained my weightloss for 4 years now... give or take 5-8 lbs. I actually like to excercise now but if i dont i dont think that i would gain any of it back. I still watch everything I eat and even tho i'm 4 years post-op i will still dump if i eat somethig that i'm not suppose to. Thats a rare occasion now tho.

Thank you!

Thank you and good luck on your journey

Thank you. It was a life saving operation. My life has changed dramatically for the better.

Thank you very much

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Ya... it reduced a lot of stress to my back as well. My posture is better and im in less pain. I'm happy. Thank you

Yup... pretty much immediately after surgery. In my first post-op summeri was walking 5-6km a day and brought it up to almost 10km a day by the end of the summer. Nowadays my summer walks are around 13-15km a day and i love it. Right after surgery I had a ton of energy... still do

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Thanks! Great job. It feels great to be healthy. Merry Christmas

You will. Just remember to stay focused. Eventually you will re-teach yourself the proper way to eat and you will end up living a long and healthier life. Best of luck

Thank you

Stay focused and best of luck

Thats the key... excercise. For some reason, when you excercise at 350 pounds, it does nothing but if you excercise at 200 pounds you actually see a difference. You can actually see the scale move and that motivates you to keep at it.

Thank you. I didnt have any plastic surgery. I do have extra skin but its hard to see in the video and pics. I plan on having a TT even tho family and friends say i dont need it. I do a lot of walking in the summer. Thats about all the excercise I do. I have no extra skin on my legs, arm and neck... just my belly has some extra.

Thank you. It's a daily thing. As long as you stick to your goals you will have no problems. Listen to your body. If you eat too much, it'll tell you. Best Wishes

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Ya, i felt the same way. When i was just out of surgery i ate very very very little. only a few bites of food a day and a little bit of water. I think thats why I lost so much weight so fast.