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jtickle

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  1. I am buying a bike as well. Test rode a bike on a 5 mile bike trail where I live after riding the bike at the gym for 10 miles. The real bicycle was way more fun and the intensity was great, it was an awesome workout.


  2. I have been seeing the same psychiatrist for 6 years now. He doesn't take my insurance or Medicare. So I have been paying him cash for the last two years. 100 dollars for a 15 minute session. I don't want to change but affording him is getting out of hand. He did get me out of the psych eval for WLS. I seems we are more like friends then doctor and patient. He talks to me about his problems and I talk about mine. He has me on a great combo of medicine. He is very good at his job. I forgot to mention he is a child and adolescent psychiatrist. I am his oldest patient. When I was sent to him I was very sick and he saved my life. I just don't know if I should switch to a doctor that accepts my insurances. I feel obligated to him. Any advice?


  3. Well does your hubby want to see those things around your ankles? Upkeep costs are imminent and I am not letting mine drop down. My man tells me mine look great, but to me they look deflated like someone let the air out. They are much smaller and still sit nicely since they are smaller but I miss cleavage!! Thats the one area I wish I could have kept as it was....except for my overly robust sideboob. Lols! I was a 42D and am now a 38D. I tried a C but the cup feels like I am being choked....new bras stat!

    He told me to buy them at Wal-Mart, nothing against Walmart's bras, but the last time I had one it wore out in two months. Maybe their quality has changed since I bought one 11 years ago. I have an Avia sports bra from Walmart and it's a pretty nice bra. I like the style.


  4. A bra exchange would be a great idea. I am going to have some more to give away soon. Seeing that I just tried on all my 44c bras and it's looking like I need a 42b. Bye bye boobies!!! Lol!! My hubby told me I am no longer allowed to buy these expensive bras until my weight stabilizes. I told him cheap bras are not comfy and besides one more size down and I can shop at Victoria's secret. He is not going to stop me I have an addiction.


  5. I dropped 4 pant sizes and my bra size went from 46c to 44b during my 2 week stall. I am also losing weight very slowly but inches are still falling off. I bought a size 20 sports bra that was tight last week, now it is noticeably looser. I guess I am trying to get the point across that you shouldn't let a stall get you down. I was very upset when I stalled, because I weigh myself every morning. I can't stay off the scale. Oh yeah, don't stop exercising if you are allowed to. Keep pushing forward.


  6. I bought a digital kitchen scale and measure out 2 to 4 ounces of food. I somehow gained 8 pounds when I first started soft foods, I think it was Water weight. I stalled for two weeks and then lost 12 pounds in 3 days. Lost 1 pound a day for 4 days then I ate about 100 grams of Protein the other day, lost 4 pounds that day. I increased my Protein Shakes from 2 to 3 since I don't get no where near 80 grams of protein a day. Hoping it will jump start my weight loss. I also go to the gym 6 days a week for an hour.


  7. That is a huge no no. The reason you are on the liquid diet is so your staple lines can heal. Rupturing a staple line can be fatal. You don't want to fill your pouch up at all. Stuff like yogurt and Protein Shakes etc... Run right thru you new pouch straight into your intestines. I got a huge a lecture about cheating from the surgeon at my preop appointment. There are reasons for certain diets at certain times.


  8. My boobs are ugly now or at least I think so. My hubby doesn't seem to care. They were the first things to go when I started to lose weight. I was 46c now I am 42B or 44B depending on the brand of bra. This really make me mad since I have 10 perfectly fine bras that are 46c that I can not wear because the cup size is way to big and I got them at Lane Bryant so you know they were an investment. Planning on getting a breast lift with augmentation after my weight loss stabilizes. Still debating on the Tummy Tuck, just don't want both surgeries at once, but I know it will probably be cheaper to do it that way. Just thinking of the pain aspect.


  9. I already know I am addicted to exercise. I love being active was never able to do this before. I am even buying a bicycle. I thought I would pop the tires, but I didn't. Lol! I was a little shaky on it but I quickly caught back on. As for sex, I am abstaining from it right now until I get some birth control. My hubby doesn't like but he will get over it.


  10. How do you get 80-100 g of Protein in, I am two weeks out and can't get nearly that amount of protein in. I can barely eat 1 oz. of chicken and I am stuffed.

    I drink two Protein Shakes that have 23 grams, the 8oz of milk they are made of has 8 grams each. I have 4 ounces of scrambled eggs for Breakfast, 4 ounces of refried Beans for lunch and last night my husband grilled burgers. 4 ounces was a patty and half. That was 30 grams of protein. The nutritionist said to eat 4 ounces of food three times a day. If it is a denser protein like chicken I can't eat the whole 4oz. I eat very slowly and chew really well. I take the whole 30 minutes to eat.


  11. Great job jtickle! When was your surgery and what kind did you have? Do you feel smaller??

    My surgery was June 25th, I had the RNY. I probably would lost more but I gained 8 pounds when I started soft foods and I stalled for 2 weeks. Just in the last week I have lost 16 pounds. I have lost a bunch of inches not sure how many. I went from a size 26 to 18/20 in 3 weeks. As for feeling smaller, I still see myself as the size I started. It's weird.

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