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My favorite to share is that I no longer break out in a sweat over nothing in fact I hardly sweat even while jogging..I'm usually even a bit cold around the house ..this summer should be a lot more enjoyable;-)

you guys have been super encouraging through my first stall...and more recently with my relationship crap...but guess what? this girl has lost 12 pounds since her stall broke on super bowl Sunday and am under 250 for the first time....in......since ever ok...lol....I'm going to the store to get my surgeon a thank you card....that's how awesome I feel today!! p.s. don't make fun of my messy bathroom in the pic...I hadn't gotten to my housework prior to gym time:-)

advice? hmmmm keep a pillow in the car for the ride home...and try to stay positive...the first few days after surgery...are not a piece of cake but better days will come and you'll be so glad with your decision:-) Best wishes!

you go girlfriend! good work!

Thanks for the support...as of this evening his things are packed and he's on the couch..I'm nobody's door Mat..I've never taken crap off him and I'm not about to start...

I totally agree I was stunned I looked at him like..damn...I lost like 50 pounds and can run a mile..if I didn't loose that weight where the eff did it go?

Pretty sure its true..just a hard pill to swallow..he liked me better fat with no self confidence..today he asked me why I think I'm the shit since surgery if I haven't even lost "the weight" yet...and reminded me that when we met I was just an overweight single mother with no friends and no man...and he made me awesome ...I never heard him say such hateful mean things...wtf...

I was approved! Got the call today..I have bcbs of Illinois for those who were wondering ..should get my first shipment of shakes and vitamins next week :-)

I should point out that I tend not to over do it..the rare occasion that I did eat too much at once I only felt squeezing pain..for hours..

How come? Seems like everybody else has barfed or frequently barfs if they eat something new or too much?..is my stomach just built like a Mac truck..my sleeve pretty much agrees with everything and it kinda scares me..

I've noticed a lot of low Carb and Atkins friendly items state these things on the labels...what do we think about these concepts?

I totally get it..deep down somewhere we all wanna be a hot babe...I was kinda suffering from frump girl syndrome prior to surgery..and little by little I have started taking extra care in things to fancy myself up..fancy way different blonde highlights..more feminine shoes vs my favorite "grandma flats "...jewlery..spent some money on some quality makeup...point being..I guess now I actually give a rip and am trying to do little things here and there to be noticed for my newly transformed self instead of desperately wanting to blend in with the scenery...I suppose I could be skinny frump girl....but the trendy one with beautiful smelling hair and the dangly hearings just seems more fun...lol..

Of course some of it is directly related to me and how I used to not be outgoing and now I like to get out there and shop and be among people ..si it probly didn't bother me as much before because I hid in the house most of the time anyway..I'm feeling more confident and maybe my expectations of him shouldn't change..but they are...:-/

The thing is...my husband has a great build ..but I would say he's healthy..he smokes cigarettes and doesn't workout but still manages to look like a basketball athelete..its not for Me the actual working out with me that gets to ne it was before surgery him saying he would do whatever it took to support me..join the gym..give me money for my appointments...walk at the church track with me..so far non of which has transpired ..so yeah I do catch myself looking at him sideways sometimes when I leave for the gym alone or when I write a check to my surgeon ...makes me think like he would have said anything at that point to have a skinny woman..idk...that sounds nuts

All good stuff to think about ..

..or.maybe I always did but just put up with his crap cuz I had lower self esteem?..I'm finding myself in a fight with him almost every weekend now because he wont work out with me as promised..or really any little thing that he probably didn't follow through with before surgery either but now its like damn..get it together.I know my worth now?..

Sounds like you're sore from excercise ....in which case its probably working..no pain no gain my friend;-)

Mehhhhh...all these declines are starting to make me think I wont get approved...I actually havnt heard a thing..how did u find out that u were declined?

I really was surprised...when I wasn't "dying" after each passing minute and how even when I reached that 6th minute I wasn't terribly winded ..I can't wait to try again tomorrow :-)

I've been training to participate in a 5k mudrun in may..I practice on the treadmill and today I ran for 6 min before resting..up until today I was only able to go 1 or 2 min before needing to walk...best feeling ever...what has your sleeve enabled you to do for the first time?

I turned down the cream as well. I purchased Bio oil from the vitamin shoppe..and its awesome the first night I used it before bed and the next mornings mg my incisions were soft and smooth;-) I rub on my whole belly because of stretch marks since about 3 weeks out..love it! I think it was 8 dollars.

I submitted! This would be such a blessing! Thanks for sharing!

Same here Harlem! I ate at applebees (ordered the salmon from the weight watchers menu) and indulged in some spinich artichoke dip ..it was amazing ...by sun morning I was down 4 pounds..lol felt like a million bucks!

So..the day after I posted this I purposely ate kinda different ..I wouldn't say crappy but not the usual eggs and yogurt..went to apple bees and orderd the salmon on the weight watchers menu...I also indulged in some spinich artichoke dip which I'm sure was loaded with fat..by some miracle when I weighed on Sunday morning I was down 4 pounds..I think I got my mojo back!

So...I've mentioned my stall before and how the scale hasn't moved since the 7th...I don't know what to do...add calories? Cut calories...? Stop working out? Something else to shock my system?... I'm really afraid I'm goinma end up being the one who the surgery doesn't work for...pretty down about it...but..at the same time..it doesn't seem possible that I would loose...lotsof protien..excercise...vitamins...fluids ..I follow the plan...I feel I have a good amount of restriction....Bahaa..I'm baffled...