HalloweenBaby24

Amazing! Congrats!!

Awesome!!!!

xxx

hey "baby" - 52 lbs down - woo ho - keep up the great job - i know you will - happy new year back at ya

@pink dahlia Thank You

You're doing great, next thing you know, you'll be posting and ad to get rid of all the clothes that don't fit anymore. :-)

you can "taste" it LOL - you are great, keep up the good work - i know you will

@BeagleLover Thanks!

How goes your journey?

Pretty good. I was sleeved on Sept. 26th and lost 35lbs so far. Seems like there are more stalls than pounds lost sometimes.

@BeagleLover I feel ya on that note. I has mine on the 8th of September and probably have 2 good Stalls a month.

35lbs is good!, I was expecting the weight loss to be a little quicker but I'm not really disappointed either way.

It's plus sized clothes. I dropped a ton of weight before I went down a size (I was a 26/28 in pants). In Misses sizes you drop sizes faster. It's not you.

Forsythia is right. I was also a 26/28 in pants and it took nearly 50 lbs. to go down one size. The smaller you get, the less time it will take to go down in sizes. I went from an 8P to 6P in jeans and lost less than 10 lbs. Just hang in there. It will happen soon enough.

i know - sob sob - i;ve missed you!!! how was you b'day? no halloween candy for you LOL

hope all has been going well

@proudgrammy I've missed everyone here as well things have been really busy with work and life so I've had little time for focusing on food lol. My Birthday was good took my daughter out Trick-Or-Treating and spent the evening at home with some friends. My 2 months out just past on the 8th and I'm down 35lbs, Little less then I was hoping for but I'm happy regardless and I don't regret it. Hope thing's are well with you keep in touch.

Good for you, I can wait till I can start working out. I hope the ouches are from the work out and not from your new stomach.

@Unstoppable, Yes the ouchies are defiantly from the work out!...No complaints about my tummy.

Nice, keep it up and you'll soon be at goal.

Happy belated birthday! 33 lbs lost is awesome.

Duh!!! Had a brain burp......LOL!!! Sorry! Trying to focus on too many things at work this morning.

@MrsSugarbabe LOL that' s ok I totally understand that!..I know some people who were born the week of and consider their birthday's Halloween so I'll forgive you

Congratulations ! Keep up the good work !!

Happy Anniversary! Yes, tomorrow is a new day and you will be back on track. Good luck.

Did you try steak?

@woo woo I had chicken, But I've had steak at Long Horn and it went well no issues.

* May, 2013

Joining my gym was the best thing I ever did! Pre-surgery I was a member at a big fitness club (pool, cafe, computer area, etc.) and I was real uncomfortable there. Too many times I'd go, get in gym clothes, buy a smoothie, hop on a computer for a bit and then leave. The small Anytime Fitness I'm at now is perfect. The trainers greet us all by name. Early in my membership I missed 10 days in a row and they actually called to check on me. Distance is a huge factor too! It's just 5 minutes from my house, where the big club was 10 and a few to find a parking spot. Just that little bit matters. Best wishes on finding a gym that work for you!!

@HealthyNewMe I was a member of PF for a year and loved it!, Sadly it's a bit far from me (15-20min drive) and don't offer childcare for my 4yo, regardless I won't have to bring her all the time but it's nice to have the option just in case my husband get's home late. @Ava324 I was able to join a local gym that is just around the corner from my home that offer's childcare and a small tight nit facility so I'm happy about it Hopefully

I can find the motivation to go.

@Zoey16 Thanks!

Glad to have my BP family behind me

Maybe you need to look at your combo of exercise, foods and beverages, and mix that up a bit. Stop beating yourself up and accept 26 is a good number. Congrats.

Congratulations!!! that's wonderful. I can't wait till that me!!!

Now, wasn't that easy!

Almost a month but you did it. Thanks, now I know I must schedule entertainment for 4 weeks when it's my turn

Not as easy as I thought it would be, But worth it!..

I'm glad you're feeling better. I agree. The results are definitely worth the discomfort.

Hi there, I kind of wondered if you were back to the land of the living or not ! Hope things are going well for you health wise. Sorry things are'nt going well family wise, but sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do ! Hope things get better soon ! Good luck !

@pink dahlia thanks for thinking about me. Thing's are going well getting better everyday!.

Well thankfully my father's family never has much of a relationship with me to begin with, so they won't be missed.

You are not alone on this one. My cousin basically reamed me because I called him out for only contacting my Dad when he needs money. He has been deleted from my life!

Good!

Really you should take to your surgeon's office about the swelling and ask them what they think about it.

I don't remember having swelling like that.

Take care.

drink! if nothing else.... xoxo

I'm trying..

There's something very frustrating about having no appetite.

Yes, indeed, call your doctor. Mine refuses to do telephone diagnosis. Last year I thought I pulled a muscle in my back just below the shoulder blade, and Ben-Gay made it hurt like hell. After several days it did not let up, so I called and he told me he would squeeze me in. When he looked at my back, he knew right away what it was. I had shingles and there I was putting Ben-Gay on it. Boy did I learn my lesson about trying to guess what something is. The doctor said I also had "Google-itis" and to stop diagnosing myself on the internet!

Call your doc, he or she will help you. I did a little too much after surgery and let the pain slip without keeping up on the pain medicine and learned a powerful lesson. If you are on pain medicine what did they give you? I was on liquid Lortab which is a higher dose of Tylenol.

@Kaylee14 @Miss Mac called my Dr's office today and was told the Nurse Practitioner would call me back, She did and I told her my issue, She basically just told me to get over it...Didn't offer any other solution other then regular Tylenol and a heating pad which I've been doing without any relief. I was sent home with a week's worth of Oxycodone which I was taking at night only to ease the pain when sleeping and it was getting better, The first week out I was fine thing's felt well and then I got this head cold and sneezed myself paralyzed.

That's good...keep up the hard work

Congrats

*appointment...

Thing's went well, Apparently I have a little bit of a staph infection around one of my incision sites. But otherwise everything is well.

That SUCKS!!!! but glad its treatable.

Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming...I will get better every day. You are doing fine.

One day at a time , safe and slow. Sounds like you're doing better each day ! Great job !!

That was the first thing out of my mouth when I saw my dr. for my two-week follow-up. On a 90 degree day. "I'm cold all the time!" LOL

He said it was totally normal, and to expect it to get worse through the winter--"invest in fleece!" he said! What a joker. It's more than just losing weight. It's operating on so few calories, as well as our bodies spending so much energy on healing. It should get better in a year or two.

lol thank god I invested in a heating blanket!

I hate to hear all of you saying you freeze, I work outside and I dread the thoughts of being cold before I go out.