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What has experiencing morbid obesity in life taught you? Is there anything you don't want to forget about your former life as you drop weight and hit goal? What changes do you envision in your life just because of weight loss?

You have a great perspective on the change in your life Change puts us in situations to grow and overcome. Wishing you the best.

For the holidays pumpkin spice. Vanilla Protein powder. spoon of pureed pumpkin. pumpkin pie spice,,,Ice and milk

@@agreen67 You will be amazed as you continue to size down. Gives you a great visual of how fast things progress. Have fun with it and experiment with colors and style. If you are a girly girl at hart. It will give you the excuse to shop for clothing you might not chosen before.

@@Bandista No more looking like Darth Vader in bed !!! Big NSV .I hope you are sleeping and breathing better now.

@@lmm300missouri 81 pounds in three months...Wow! nothing slow about that. . The smaller I became...It seemed harder to shake off the last 10-15 pounds to goal.. I'm not sure if it is because we have less fat to burn Nothing wrong with slow weight loss as long as the scale moves in the right direction.

@@PBNB We have a class in my area on behavior changes. His take on night eating is it soothes you to sleep. It becomes a routine/Habit that you have to find ways to break. His suggestion is keep a piece of paper on the refrigerator. Log: your intensity of hunger on a scale of 1 t0 5 Log: Asking yourself is this emotional eating or soothing - Log what you are feeling at the time Log: if you choose to eat and how many calories. Looking at your log each time at night will give you an Idea of your reasons for night eating. It will also make you pause to do the log and the intensity to eat may subside.

@@glitter eyes 80 degrees and you are freezing I'm moving to Florida.

@@mtraverse How did the 5K go?

@@Kindle Definitely layers..I found a pair of fleece lined leggings. I'm going to layer them under my jeans to work today.

@@grandmaofone Doing fantastic. Yoga pants for thanksgiving dinner. Love it.

Holy hell its cold.! What have you found that is keeping you warm this winter? I have been wearing workout clothing to bed. But I think I'm going to purchase a duel zone heated mattress pad. I'm thankful that my car has heated seats.

@@atontor Seeing such a change in 6 months. Absolutely gives you another reason to be thankful on Thanksgiving. Congratulations!

@ restoration15. Surgery not for everyone. Hope you are keeping in touch with your Dr.

@@jembell01 Vent away. We all have these kind of day's People that can keep a secret and be in your circle of trust are rare to find. It sucks that your husband felt the need to tell everyone before you could. My husband told family members and it sent me into tears..... I forgave him, we have moved on. Even if you choose to not disclose your surgery. Its hard to hide the rapid weight loss. People talk... they will speculate..they will judge. ( says more about them than it does about you) Keep your supportive people around you.

@@jdj52 Congratulations on hitting goal! You can check out the maintenance and veterans forum on BariatricPal. Its a good idea to monitor your weight on a scale, fine tune your food and activity level. Give yourself a gain scale number. If you hit that number go back to weight loss phase to get it back to where you are comfortable. After a year of being focused on weight loss. You might find it strange to let go of the old phase.

@@JamieLogical Dang, you are right.The move itself is exercise. Extra calories. Set your goals in my fitness pal for intake of more calories. My Dr. had me try a few food to get my calories up. Ensure - 1 *ounce bottle is 220 calories. Its an easy grab when you are so busy. Nuts - 201 calories per ounce Whole wheat past, bread, whole fat milk yogurt butter. and brown rice.

@@CJ Porter It's nice that its hard for me to over eat on Thanksgiving. Small plate. I eat protein/turkey first. I eat what ever I want for the meal. Socializing makes me slow down as I eat. Enjoying the people around me and knowing how blessed I am. Is all I need for the holidays. In the morning I'm doing the turkey day 5K. Its my second one since surgery. It is now my new Thanksgiving tradition. This race is my way to be thankful for all things that have changed in my life.

My gym has placed signs at each workout machine. A serving of cranberries = 30 mins on the stair master to burn. Love this! Thanksgiving morning will be my second turkey day 5K since surgery. Its now my Thanksgiving tradition. The run is in the morning. dinner late afternoon with my family. My grandsons first thanksgiving!

@@tdhaddox Quest has small bags of chips with 20g Protein. http://www.questnutrition.com/quest-chips?gclid=CNKpmLm6pckCFQoSfgodbTsJLQ

@@irishaggie Thanks for posting this. It was interesting. I see that there are profound differences between individuals body chemistry. It's represented with patients on this forum. We all drop weight at different rates with basically the same diet program. I don't quite agree its the "holy grail of diets" as they put it. Whats healthy and good for us today. Will change as more research is done. My hope they find a definitive way to treat obesity. It's truly a disease. No one asked for this condition. Its an epidemic world wide. http://www.who.int/nutrition/topics/obesity/en/

@@Proud2BMe I will only share my experience if the person is truly interested. If someone approached me saying anything about my weight..and I should get surgery. I would have taken the conversation as fricken rude. I met a woman who has a super morbidly obese BMI. She is in a wheel chair, oxygen and many health issues. After talking, I took her to an information meeting to get the ball rolling. After the surgeon told her she is a high risk patient. He gave her fantastic news. He has set her surgery date for January 2016. Her stipulation is she will be placed in a nursing home after she is sleeved. I will be there for her bringing music and resistance bands, I feel no need to rescue anyone. They have to put in the work. I hope the best for her.

@@mark1733 I'm still shocked to see this photo..

@@Pillar2butterfly Big goal met. What is your goal reward?

@@LivingLight The change on the inside is one of the biggest gifts. I had to get rid if my inner fat girl with a chip on her shoulder to move forward. Take all the compliments and encouragement to keep you motivated. I hope they put a smile on your face and remind you of how amazing you are.