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I think it's much more relative to the fat to muscle ratio you had preweightloss and I found it that the areas where I was already firmer obviously maintained its tightness but areas like behind my arms and inner thighs where fat deposits were are just hard to tighten. I agree w your slower theory unfortunately you almost have no control in the rate of which you lose unless your caloric consumption remains the same which I found. Early possible to do. I also ended up doing endermologie and cavitation to keep up with the skin concern -

I was dr Ortiz and for the healing process it was approx 4-6 days purely clear liquids broth etc then Heavier Soups and some non lactose keffir yogurts for another say 7-14days then soft foods creams ie tuna crackers mashed veggies then at about 21-28 days you can start solids. I had surgery 2/15 and I didnt start ie soft foods till about march 21 but I followed it to the T. Also not sure what your "plans" are but I vacationed shortly after and you just adjust.. Especially since you get full so easy

Julie how is your restriction

Stina I could barely get anything down and yes you're still hungry but have more broth ...i recommend a heartier broth..make chicken Soup home made and onlynhave the broth. What really made the diff for me was not the sodium junk it was the real deal broth...even if you buy from a local spot i think it will make you feel satisfied, I'm one month out and I can def consume more liquid than before still nowhere nearb64 oz...and don't fret over the scale your body is in shock let it heal and find it's natural fat burning state...good luck ooo and expect to eat or rather drink broth every 2hrs

I recommend lots of Soup. Sip broths keeps the anxiety low and satisfy the need for warm food after all that Protein

Thats it sue! You're right on the money- I went from a size 14 to a 2 in a very short amount of time but I was devout about diet and exercise and getting to my goal- you can do it you just have to be dedicated and decided that this as you said is just the magic tool to get you from where you are to where you want to be the rest is up to you.

Today makes 2mos since my plication w dr Ortiz @ OCC. I clocked in today at 150lbs...wearing a size 6 in most everything...I feel on top of the world. Great restriction a lot of self discipline working out 3x a week w trainer and cardio 2 x on my own. Started my first round of endermologie treatments to firm up my skin and help with cellulite. This journey has not been easy but it's been so rewarding. Grateful everyday....loving life. 16lbs more to go until 134andhappy. For now I'm 150 and thrilled can't wait to be in the 140's...aahhhhhh.....losing about 1-2 sometimes 4lbs a week...slower than the beginning but I would rather slower for my physical integrity. Much love xo and on my way to 134andhappy

Today makes 2mos since my plication w dr Ortiz @ OCC. I clocked in today at 150lbs...wearing a size 6 in most everything...I feel on top of the world. Great restriction a lot of self discipline working out 3x a week w trainer and cardio 2 x on my own. Started my first round of endermologie treatments to firm up my skin and help with cellulite. This journey has not been easy but it's been so rewarding. Grateful everyday....loving life. 16lbs more to go until 134andhappy. For now I'm 150 and thrilled can't wait to be in the 140's...aahhhhhh.....losing about 1-2 sometimes 4lbs a week...slower than the beginning but I would rather slower for my physical integrity. Much love xo and on my way to 134andhappy

*****update*****
6days after my post...clocked in at 155...size 6 in some items or a small. Bought a size 28 jeans today. I cried.
Thank GOD everyday and I've been working out a lot...even walking /running before going out last night.
Life is soo sweet. 21lbs to go for 134andhappy ...next Goal 150 within 10 days

*****update*****
6days after my post...clocked in at 155...size 6 in some items or a small. Bought a size 28 jeans today. I cried.
Thank GOD everyday and I've been working out a lot...even walking /running before going out last night.
Life is soo sweet. 21lbs to go for 134andhappy ...next Goal 150 within 10 days

Hi everyone back in Miami. I wrote a beautiful long email overnight on thurs bc of course I was still on east coast time but I fell asleep and it was deleted. Sorry...hehe.
Ok so here I go...I have a low bmi. I started Jan 2012 at 5'3 188/190. I have tried everything...my dedication and passion for working out is unwavering until something happened and I can't explain it...no one can. In 2006 I weigh 160 and I looked great even though 134 is my perfect weight or well my dream #. I had an amazing trainer but finances and + the death of my grandmother spiraled me upwards until I could no longer look back. The best years with the most grandiose moments I spent so miserable about my weigh. In 2009 after some of my greatest professional accomplishments I laid in a hotel pool w 3 friends. 2 of which had come back from Colombia from Lipo, 1 which had gastric plication from a dr.sales puccini then lipo. He would not perform lipo unless she lost weight. They looked unbelievable frolicking in bikinis. I was sooo envious but happy for them. We went to a pizza place after and I'll never forget it...she could barely eat half a slice meanwhile I thought I was being modest with just 2. At the time bariatric surgery was an obscene notion.
Years passed I dieted, went back to my trainer, did cross fit, paleo diets, saw homeopathic dr's for what I thought was a hormone problem, gyno for pcos, cardiologist for heart, endocrinologist for diabetes, nutritionist for diet...nothing...all came back negative. No pcos thyroid problem cholesterol or diabetes...wtf!!! Am I the only human to defy the law of thermogenics...the lowest I got was 175 and I though I rocked 175...190 creeped back up. So this past summer while laying on a beach in puerto Rico in a rolly Polly bathing suit I was DONE...I vowed to do whatever it took 134 in 2012 is my goal this is my year to make magic and personal happiness mine. I wasn't even sure where to start. But I prayed and just let God know my health first and he would lead the way. The first week of Feb one of my three friends the one that had gone for lipo but no plication told me she had gained weight and then some that the Colombian dr. Was in town doing consults and she was going no matter what the 1st week of March. I ran and made an appt. I was a week out from seeing him and I started doing research to formulate questions. This dr does not call it plication rather branded the procedure his own name. oops battery died...as i was saying. I started researching ferosciouly. I couldn't find a whole lot on Dr. Puccini-Sales all i had was the evidence of my friends and their overwhelming success. BTW the original friend that had plication/lipo, had a baby a year after her plication and she had a healthy beautiful baby and bounced right back to her thin weight after giving birth, they actually had to photo shop her baby bump it was so small. i digress, other friends went after her and they too look like bombshells but going to colombia to baranquilla didn't appeal to me and i did not like that i could not find posts on Puccini Sales, not on the bariatric times, or public state posting, nothing. The proof was in the pudding, but i wasn't convinced and the price although similar to what i ended up paying at the OCC + or Minus was about the same. I researched Dr. Ortiz and OCC, i was pretty convinced even though i not one to fall for many marketing tools which they use many, nonetheless the decision was made. I was going to go in March for the sake of combining it with another trip, but after things kinda of fell apart from the perspective of company going with me, my friend who had gastric bypass over 10 years ago went with me. i booked the week before valentines day and was scheduled for the 15th. Tijuana was hard to roll off the tongue, i don't recommend you tell too many people but your closest confidants because you will get an ear full about Tijuana, everyone has an opinion, yet no one has gone or can provide evidence outside their perception.