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Wow, almost to the 1 year mark...to think back to where we all were 1 year ago today & all we have learned! I don't even recognize myself in the old pictures, yet as I pick up a pair of jeans I look at them thinking "yeah right those are not fitting" so the mind has not cought up with the wt loss. I am no longer concerned about a number on a scale, my mind set is healthy & what I can do today to make tomorrow better. I feel better than I did a year ago & have no regrets! Love, love, love my surgeon : )
Hope you all are having all the success you can dream of. It's your tool & your destiny. Don't try to live through someone else's as your not them & don't have to walk in their shoes. Enjoy your journey!

If they are critical, then they are probably not really friends. Stay away from the critical people in your life. I would rather have 2 good friends than 10 lousy ones!

Proud to be posting from onderland!!! Not sure I will ever get tired of seeing the scale say less than 200!!!! : )

I hate to hear this Marla & I hope u will contact ur MD to get in sooner : / I have had amazing results. Wearing clothes from Charlotte Rouse at the moment!!! I can wear large scrubs & sum medium tops. Yeah, the top of me is literally gone (Thank God for Victorias) & I'm still 218, my goal is 140. I have lots of saggy areas but absolutely NO regrets!!

I hate to hear this Marla & I hope u will contact ur MD to get in sooner : / I have had amazing results. Wearing clothes from Charlotte Rouse at the moment!!! I can wear large scrubs & sum medium tops. Yeah, the top of me is literally gone (Thank God for Victorias) & I'm still 218, my goal is 140. I have lots of saggy areas but absolutely NO regrets!!

Come to FL, nobody can drive here!!

I hate to hear this Marla & I hope u will contact ur MD to get in sooner : / I have had amazing results. Wearing clothes from Charlotte Rouse at the moment!!! I can wear large scrubs & sum medium tops. Yeah, the top of me is literally gone (Thank God for Victorias) & I'm still 218, my goal is 140. I have lots of saggy areas but absolutely NO regrets!!

Finally hit 70 pounds down this morning! I am about 6 pounds behind "schedule" but I am okay with that. I had a stall for like 3 weeks that made me nuts, but the scale seems to be moving along again. It is hard to believe that I have just under 20 pounds to lose to make it back to Onederland!

That's great!! Since 1/10/13 I went from busting out of my 18's to wearing 14's in jeans' date=' a med-lrg in shirts and dresses, and am even sliding around in some of my shoes. I'd love to make it to 145 lbs, but I'm not sure if that's possible for me. I haven't seen that weight since grade school. At 185 lbs I was wearing a 12 and looked pretty decent; was at that weight in HS around 20 years ago. My "realistic goal" is 165, I'm 190 now-down from my original HW of 271, however DOS I was 239.9. I keep plugging along slowly... :']

Wearing large scrubs from 2-3X...I'm pretty happy! 88 lbs away from goal in just 4 months!!!
HW 310
DOS 286
CW 228

Wearing large scrubs from 2-3X...I'm pretty happy! 88 lbs away from goal in just 4 months!!!
HW 310
DOS 286
CW 228

OMG YEAY 100 POUNDS GONE IM FOUR AND A HALF MONTHS

4 months, down 60. I hit a stall though No weight loss for almost a month

Just a quick note to all Jan post ops.....As I sit & recall exactally where I was 3 months ago today - lying on that gurney about to undergo my life changing event - then think where I was before my 2 week pre op...oh frightening!! I am sooo grateful to have had this done! So I'm not a cook, u don't lose as fast as a 25 yr old but I'm me & I wouldn't trade it for the world. I hope you all can look back & have this insite as well. The more u have to lose the greater loss u will have weekly as it requires more calories to maintain those higher weights. If ur slowing about now, it's cause ur body doesn't require those mass amounts of calories anymore so it's suppose to be a slower loss, congratulate yourself that you have come to this point!!! I'm celebrating my 3 month today at beauty shop : ) pics to follow I promise! Have a great one all....PS Not feelin like a cow so much anymore : )

Just a quick note to all Jan post ops.....As I sit & recall exactally where I was 3 months ago today - lying on that gurney about to undergo my life changing event - then think where I was before my 2 week pre op...oh frightening!! I am sooo grateful to have had this done! So I'm not a cook, u don't lose as fast as a 25 yr old but I'm me & I wouldn't trade it for the world. I hope you all can look back & have this insite as well. The more u have to lose the greater loss u will have weekly as it requires more calories to maintain those higher weights. If ur slowing about now, it's cause ur body doesn't require those mass amounts of calories anymore so it's suppose to be a slower loss, congratulate yourself that you have come to this point!!! I'm celebrating my 3 month today at beauty shop : ) pics to follow I promise! Have a great one all....PS Not feelin like a cow so much anymore : )

Guess who is wearing XL scrubs to work today??? : ) From 2-3X I'm pretty happy!!!

Just a quick note to all Jan post ops.....As I sit & recall exactally where I was 3 months ago today - lying on that gurney about to undergo my life changing event - then think where I was before my 2 week pre op...oh frightening!! I am sooo grateful to have had this done! So I'm not a cook, u don't lose as fast as a 25 yr old but I'm me & I wouldn't trade it for the world. I hope you all can look back & have this insite as well. The more u have to lose the greater loss u will have weekly as it requires more calories to maintain those higher weights. If ur slowing about now, it's cause ur body doesn't require those mass amounts of calories anymore so it's suppose to be a slower loss, congratulate yourself that you have come to this point!!! I'm celebrating my 3 month today at beauty shop : ) pics to follow I promise! Have a great one all....PS Not feelin like a cow so much anymore : )

By looking at you, it doesn't appear that u have that much to lose. Smaller person, less calories required for daily activities. So basically if ur wobbling around like a meatball with legs (as I was a few short months ago) ur loss rate will be higher! Be glad ur not in that position!! I too had a failed sleeve from 2007 that I paid cash for in Mexico!!! Can you say desperate?!? I regained all but 40 lbs prior to the RNY! Good luck : )

Today I stepped on the scale at home and it said 199. I am under 200 which hasn't happened in 9 years. Small milestone but still in shock.
Surgery date 10/25 starting weight 289, now 199!!!

I juice every day. I use all organic veggies and fruit-- one apple, two celery stalks, one carrot, two or three strawberries, chunk of lemon, handful of lettuce. Makes 6-7 ounces and has about 60 calories and tons of Vitamins. I use an old acme juicer that lets some pulp in. I used to be constipated, but that is no longer an issue.
I am almost 6 weeks out and down 38 lbs. my nut is very pleased with my results and with the juicing.

Just a quick note to all Jan post ops.....As I sit & recall exactally where I was 3 months ago today - lying on that gurney about to undergo my life changing event - then think where I was before my 2 week pre op...oh frightening!! I am sooo grateful to have had this done! So I'm not a cook, u don't lose as fast as a 25 yr old but I'm me & I wouldn't trade it for the world. I hope you all can look back & have this insite as well. The more u have to lose the greater loss u will have weekly as it requires more calories to maintain those higher weights. If ur slowing about now, it's cause ur body doesn't require those mass amounts of calories anymore so it's suppose to be a slower loss, congratulate yourself that you have come to this point!!! I'm celebrating my 3 month today at beauty shop : ) pics to follow I promise! Have a great one all....PS Not feelin like a cow so much anymore : )

Just a quick note to all Jan post ops.....As I sit & recall exactally where I was 3 months ago today - lying on that gurney about to undergo my life changing event - then think where I was before my 2 week pre op...oh frightening!! I am sooo grateful to have had this done! So I'm not a cook, u don't lose as fast as a 25 yr old but I'm me & I wouldn't trade it for the world. I hope you all can look back & have this insite as well. The more u have to lose the greater loss u will have weekly as it requires more calories to maintain those higher weights. If ur slowing about now, it's cause ur body doesn't require those mass amounts of calories anymore so it's suppose to be a slower loss, congratulate yourself that you have come to this point!!! I'm celebrating my 3 month today at beauty shop : ) pics to follow I promise! Have a great one all....PS Not feelin like a cow so much anymore : )