mskami77

You can always put off surgery, but if your daughter puts off school, she may never go. See what funding is out there. She may have to take out student loans. Education is forever

Can I pick a ton.. not just one!
1) I can wrap my bath towel once and a half around me and tuck it in. Before... I just tucked it under each boob to keep it up ..LOL. it was like a 5 inch space in the middle showing my belly..
2) My kids play and wrap their hands around my waist without touching me and extra room left too. I get a kick off of them getting a kick from it. LOL.
3) Sex... (TMI)...Whoop whoop!!! Before I use to get on top and my honey would complaint sometimes that I was hurting his hips because if my weight. NOW! ..... he's tossing me around like I'm light as a feather. LOL
4) I love the fact that I no longer have to try on my clothes before buying them. As long as its a Medium and a size 9 .. it'll fit!
5) YES.... the men are starring even harder, but I just laugh and keep it pushing. Sorry boys..but I gotta man! LOL.... And he was down for.me when was P.H.A.T!
6) I busted out a bikini at the beach the other day. Yes I did have a see thru cover up that camouflaged my stretch marks, minor loose skin and a little cellulite... RMAO! Yes if I was single I would have been false advertising... But I'm not so I was simply working it! LOL
7) I love being able to jump up and do this when I don't feel like picking
Something out. My honey has every color you can imagine.

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~Leticia **HW: 259**PreOp: 216**SURG: 3/21/13 **Discharged @: 221** 3 mons post op. CW: 165.0 lbs. --- Only 15 lbs to my goal ---

I'm so excited to go to my orientation seminar tomorrow. I'm fasting tonight cause they're drawing labs in the morning. Then the seminar and 2 support group meetings. I have an appointment with my PCP and the dietician next week for my second month of "weight management". August 22nd I'll meet with the surgeon.
I'm so ready but I'm struggling with my diet and exercise. I think I'm eating everything I won't be able to eat again. I know I need to stop eating junk and work on losing weight. I've done it many times before but it never last more than 3-4 months then the weight comes back plus some. Here's to permanent change! :-)

I'm so excited to go to my orientation seminar tomorrow. I'm fasting tonight cause they're drawing labs in the morning. Then the seminar and 2 support group meetings. I have an appointment with my PCP and the dietician next week for my second month of "weight management". August 22nd I'll meet with the surgeon.
I'm so ready but I'm struggling with my diet and exercise. I think I'm eating everything I won't be able to eat again. I know I need to stop eating junk and work on losing weight. I've done it many times before but it never last more than 3-4 months then the weight comes back plus some. Here's to permanent change! :-)

I have been "practicing" the habits we need to learn but not necessarily portions. By habits I mean taking Vitamins, sipping Water between meals but not with meals, and getting enough quality Protein. I gave up coffee and wine, but not sugar comepletely... yet. I am working on the exercise. But I haven't tackled portions and still have "cheats", for the same reason most of you do. It might be a LONG time before I gat to eat these things again, if ever. I lost six pounds in th last two weeks but today my coworkers were ordering calzones and I broke down and did too. I have not had a calzone in literally YEARS, and I thought this might be my last chance to have one. And I did, eating the entire Buffalo chicken calzone w/bacon, ricotta, and mozzarella chz. And as always when I over do it, it was not nearly as satisfying as I thought it would be. It was tasty, don't get me wrong, but it wasn't the greatest thing I ever had and I was so full that I spent most of my afternoon feeling uncomfortable. I wish I hadn't done it. I hope this is a lesson learned.
I tell myself that I am giving up foods that I've grown to love over the years. But it has been an abusive relationship... I have loved these foods but they have not been good to me. They have wreaked havoc on my health, my self esteem, and my self-respect. They have kept me from doing things I would like to do with people I care about and I'll never get those opportunities back. It is a divorce I should have sought years ago. I like to think I will not miss those foods. I am bound and determined to replace those foods with things I could never do and ENJOY MY LIFE. I don't want to want those foods ever again. I'll need the mental toughness to move forward and not go back.

There are some.great ones on here I'm looking forward to:
1. Being able to hike, ski and do marathons with all my really athletic coworkers.
2. Go to my kids events without feeling.embarrassed for them because I know people are staring at me.
3. Dancing again. Practicing tap and ballet with my girls.
4. Being able to sneak a quickie in with my husband just about anywhere in our house.
5. Standing out at work for my performance and not my.weight.