MistyAnnMoon829

I actually just researched this, and while the Sleeve is excellent, it's what I got, it actually makes the GERD worse before it makes it any better, and I'm talking the GERD will be there for at least 1 to 3 years before it has a marked improvement. I don't suffer from GERD so the sleeve was the smart choice for me.

I still keep up with that diary on occasion. I just updated it recently! I can't not be having fun. I'm so happy. I almost bought ANOTHER dress last night! I need shoppers anon. Thanks for your support, you've always been awesome!

I'm not loving my loose skin, the batwings and Panni/tummy are not super sexy, but the guy I'm dating right now doesn't care at all. He actually seems to really enjoy my body completely. I HATE HATE HATE my boobs, but he keeps trying his hardest to make me okay with them. I am planning a boob job in the next year/two years, or after I have a kid. Not sure if I can wait that long. I can live with the rest of it, in fact it doesn't bother me overly much, but the boobs...Oy.

SHOPPING!! I feel like I am buying something new at least once a week. I am now small enough to shop on Wish (Chinese app/website) I still have to buy the biggest sizes but at their prices, IDC. Just this month alone from Savers/Goodwill/Wish/Target/Amazon/Ebay I have gotten a new swimsuit, 5 new dresses, several (means I can't remember!!) new tops, 2 pairs of capri yoga pants, French maid costume, peek a boo booty panties, and I can't stop. I also just bought an epilator to do home hair removal instead of shaving every other day and waxing every 4 weeks at $50 a pop. So saving money in waxing to put towards buying more clothes. >D Every time I purge my closet I fill it back up in about 3 months. I even shop out of my best friends closet as well. Guys, I think I need an intervention! Oh, and Sex, definitely addicted to sex now that it is easier to move around.

@@Chrystee It WILL move!! It just takes FOREVER!! Then it will be like a weight loss avalanche!! Have patience and just enjoy the ride, it's so worth it. I am 90 lbs. down today and my weight loss has slowed but I know it's not done and that is what gets me through. You've got this, surgi-sister!

Just looking over their menu I would recommend the Shredder - Vanilla: http://smoothieking.com/menu/smoothies/slim-blends/the-shredder-vanilla High Protein, mid to low sugar. Maybe you can ask if they use a sugar substitute, for example Tropical smoothie café will sub out their Turbinado for Splenda. The Gladiator looks like a great option as well: http://smoothieking.com/menu/smoothies/fitness-blends/gladiator Looks like there's no sugar, all protein.

Looks like it has been about 2 months since my last update and not a whole ton has happened. My weight loss has slowed down and it's pretty much a series of back to back stalls in between 1 to 2 lb. losses. I'm not really upset about it. I'm really happy with my progress, I'm happy with my eating habits, I'm happy with my life, and this great body, that still needs some fine tuning, but it is so much better than where I came from. I've uploaded a bunch of pictures below. The first is a comparison in pictures from Ren Faire in October 2014 and Piratefest in April 2015. It's crazy how much has changed!! I put that 2nd outfit together from stuff I found at Goodwill and Savers and I never would have been able to do that before, at least not have it look so great. I never realized that there were such great clothes at Thrift stores, since there never really was in my size before. The next one is a swim suit picture and while the back of the suit is pretty revealing of how much I still need to tone back there, I still am pretty happy with how I look from the front. This suit is incredibly supportive of my breasts, which is hard to find in a suit for DD's. I actually own TWO swim suits. I can't remember the last time I owned and fit into more than 1 at a time. This next picture was from a date I went on a couple weeks back. Found the dress at Savers! For $10, soooooooo cute!!!!! It was a medium from Express originally. I actually found a few dresses from Savers now and I love them, who knew ME?! in a DRESS?! Whaaat? Also, me? Dating?!!? WHAAAAAAAAAAAAT?! Go figure. I actually went on 2.5 dates that week with 3 different people. I've never really dated before, I went from my first love, to my second love my now ex-wife, and before I settle down again (for hopefully the last time) I want to give this dating thing a real go. It's pretty fun, if a bit stressful, lol. Next a selfie! I was at a wedding in Lake Las Vegas as my moms date. I felt beautiful. May face has changed so much and I'm seeing more of my family in it now that I'm not a moon face. I actually see my grandma's smile. Lastly was Me, my best friend, and my main guy in Reno a couple weekends ago. I have never loved my shoulders/collar bones so much. I felt pretty that day. So now for some stats. I'm weighing around 186 depending on the day. I actually hit 185 for 1 day and then back to 187, and down to 186. My body likes to mess with me. I'm actually really happy being about 20 lbs. from goal, I know I'll get there, because even if I make bad food choices on occasion I still make great choices 95% of the time and there is no way I am taking in enough calories to cause gains. I just have to continue to have patience and workout to build my muscles back up. I can feel my muscles under my last layers of fat and they are sexy! Hope everyone is doing as well as I am and is as happy as I am!!

I'm only 7 months out but here's my 2cents worth. I highly recommend that you track your eating and working out in MyFitnessPal, it helps to see what you're doing. I also just finished the 5 Day Pouch test and it helped show me exactly how much I can eat at a time and reset my brain a little bit. I was starting to eat more than I was use to and it freaked me out thinking that I had messed something up, just turns out I wasn't following the plan 100% properly. I'm about 27 lbs to goal myself. http://www.5daypouchtest.com

@soccerfamilyof6 That is so excellent!! I am now down to 192.2 from 275, only have about 27lbs to goal, and now that I am working out steadily and just finished the 5 day pouch test, I am feeling really optimistic that I will get there!

How's everyone doing now that we are over 7 months out?

I do find that I weigh more around my period and a few days after that I notice a sudden drop.

My mom bought me some boots from Target on clearance and they are knee-high, usually there is no way in hell those things would actually zip over my calf, but these did!! Same thing with another pair she bought me from Sheik. I now own more boots than I ever have in my life but have always wanted to but couldn't because of my big calves. Working out doesn't make me feel like I'm going to die, though it does still hurt, but that is the point right? No Pain No Gain?! The guy I'm seeing right now can move me around easily when cuddling, and does just for fun. I don't hate any of my clothes. I don't have to buy things that are "fat flattering". I'm in the overweight BMI category and I don't remember this weight ever in my life. I have more energy to play with my nephews and coach softball.

I have no issues drinking at all. I steer clear of all soda drinks, and it takes so much less to get drunk than it did before so i tend to take it easy. I can drink Moscato, mixed drinks, I don't drink beer so I don't know how I handle that. I do drink Ciders and there is no iproblem there either.

@Nevermind and @tfarr For me the hair regrowth has been pretty sparse (possibly due to the post op hairloss and waxing combined), but I lay on the table one leg straight and the other crooked to the side, she does her business, switches legs, and for the back side It's not embarassing at all, I just have to hug my knees to my chest while still laying on my back and she waxes and the whole process takes about 15-20 minutes, it take a little bit longer the first time. I bought a groupon and did it that way to try it out and I ended up loving my waxer and am going to keep going with her. Funny enough I have an appt today! Also you may want to buy a roll on product called PFB (Amazon: $13) for after, you apply it daily after your shower and it keeps ingrowns from coming/being very bad. I use to get them in the worst way and now I don't.

I just had my 6 month checkup yesterday, and my labs came out great! The PA said I needed to up my Vitamin D by taking a supplement (but so does everyone really, her words.), increase my omega-3 by eating more fish or olive oil dishes or taking a vitamin, and to eat a bit more red meat/dark greens/beans. But nothing was really off at all. It was a really positive check up and I'll be seeing them again in July! I finally joined a gym, after months of saying it, my friend finally was like "I need to do this, are you in?" and I was. So we signed up for the local Fitness for $10, and my legs are in pain today, wasn't so bad on Monday, but this just proves that I am making progress. No pain no gain! I weighed in a 196.8 this morning, and that makes me over the moon happy! I think I can hit my long term goal of 169, I'd like to hit 150 just to see what it looks like, but I really think i'll be happy in the high 160's low 170's. I already look and feel great in the high 190's!

I'd say good luck, but you won't need it!! Everything will be amazing! Congrats on making the best decision ever!

I reconnected with a guy on online from my past (we went to HS together) and we hung out a few times, before our first real date but I gave him the heads up before our first meal together and he took it really well and he is very aware of my eating now and takes that into consideration whenever we eat together, by not picking bad restaurants and he'll make better choices as well. If he cooks for me, he picks better meats and will make my stuff pretty close to perfectly portioned. A girl I was seeing briefly, actually was really excited to find out I had VSG because it turned out she too had had wls, granted she had the band, and I the sleeve, but I digress, it went well both times I had told someone that I was dating about my choice. I don't think I'd want to be with someone who was really judgemental or rude about WLS anyway. I don't like feeling like I have to justify my life choices. So when you are comfortable definitely tell him and give him the chance to step up and show how great he is, or reveal his true colors. Anyone you get with would end up finding out anyway down the line.

I got the Mirena in October and didn't stop spotting until I had my first full blown and 2 week period, I am just recently stopping spotting daily. I was spotty every day for about 3 months, and now I haven't seen anything since the 17th. and my first period lasted from Jan 1st to the 14th, and I spotted from October 17th to January 1st. I also had some mood swings, but no other issues. I've leveled off and I am incredibly happy with my Mirena. I highly recommend it. I've never had kids before and they still approved it for me, it's all a matter of how open your cervix is. Another option is the skyla which is for 3 years and approved for those who've never had kids, so it's smaller.

I don't think she was mocking you, I think she was quoting you and perhaps the app/website messed up. I don't think she was saying that you specifically needed therapy, but was using what you said as an indicator that she was responding to you. She was agreeing with you, is what I got out of it.

Well it has been almost a month since my last update. I just had my 6 month surgiversary on this past Saturday, and I am still almost 75 lbs down. I weighed in this morning at 200.4, I weighed 201.8 yesterday. So I am paying for some bad choices I made, lol. I have been drinking my calories a bit too much these days in the form of full fat coffee/tea drinks or as my guys kid calls them...dessert coffee, and alcohol. The holidays set me off track with the parties that I was going to (even though I still lost almost 10 lbs over the holidays), and even just this past weekend I drank a lot. But I do have to remind myself that I had this surgery so that I could live my life happier and healthier, not like a prisoner to my weight and diet. Less drinking my calories and back to more strictly adhering to my better choices. I'm definitely not the best example of what to do post op, but I'm okay with that, and I am human, with limited self-discipline. Learn from me. My goal for January is still to enter Onederland, and I will. I am 0.4 lbs from 199 and I have 5-6 days to get there (My ultimate life goal is to be in the 165-175 range, though I would like to see what I look and feel like at 150). I will do it. I also wanted to update my pictures, I feel like I lose track of my progress a lot, because the scale doesn't move as fast as I'd like it to and I still have to fix that image in my head that I have of myself as the super obese young woman. So many years wasted being fat and unhappy. So here is my first side by side in months and it really has helped lift my spirits and put my choices into line better. Also, is anyone else finding that they get crazy hungry quicker this far out? I feel hungry just about every other hour! Sometimes I'm ravenous and can eat what feels like a lot, and other times a couple bites and I'm good.

All those FAB sites are like that. I wanted some super cute boots from Just Fab and it was the same situation so I didn't do it. It was like Columbia house records but for clothes. Sure you get your first taste at a low low price, but then you have to pay up the wazoo later to make up for it.

Haven't updated in awhile. I am 4 days over 5 months out. My loss has definitely slowed. I lost 5 lbs, but it took over 25 days to achieve that loss. I'm okay with that because I am officially 70 lbs down today!! 70 lbs in 5 months is incredible! I really thought my loss would have stopped by now, I didn't think I would lose more that 65 lbs, so the fact that I hit 70 is FANTASTIC!! That makes me 205, I am hoping to hit ONEderland by the end of January. Once that happens, I will probably drop straight dead right then. I can eat more in one sitting and I am still struggling to eat slowly, I think that is my biggest struggle, I hate sitting still and concentrating on food. I do make better food choices than I ever did before, and I had crumb cake last night, but I only had 2 bites before I was done and I was happy with that! When before I would have eaten that whole thing and then some with a large glass of milk. I still love that I can get into any outfit in my closet and think that I am gorgeous. I was never this confident and I am so happy with that.

I totally get it, he'll say it eventually. I live for compliments right now, and I kind of enjoy rubbing it in my ex-wife's face, how hot I look now, only 4.5 months out from surgery, and we are really good friends, but there will always be that little part that says, look what you lost.

@stephh Thank you!! It's nice to have more confidence in my clothes and body than I ever did before.