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@@Shustar Your right I won't but I will shut up about it at 1 year post op! No, that's a lie I still complain about my c-section pain for 16,14 & 6 yrs ago. But I will look hot doing it!!

@Babbs.... my beautiful girl..... i did my TT at 44.... so worth it. I feel so much better, look better, clothes fit better, can exercise better. Everything is better..... The best $8800 i ever spent.
I proud to say that on the 29th i will be 47 and im in the best shape i have been in since my twenties.....

I'm about to go into the insurance and finance section to post the costs associated with my WLS surgery, plus the insurance costs (once I'm sure all of the bills have come in) -- so I think it's completely fine to ask questions about any costs (for any surgery).
I know where you are coming from though - I remember asking someone how much their house cost as a little kid and receiving a pretty quick correction from my mom. :-) I wouldn't do anything like that now (house/car).
Ok - back to my Babybel cheese and deli chicken. I've been at it for 2 hours!

Most surgeons strongly discourage us from drinking carbonated beverages and a few other foods / drinks post-op, but so far as I know almost all foods are allowed post-op, as long as you're in the appropriate phase for that food.
But if a specific food makes you sick or makes you feel bad, don't eat it. If it's a trigger food for you, don't eat it. If you really love pizza and you're far along enough post-op that pizza seems an appropriate addition to your daily menu, eat one slice and see how it goes. What one person can eat happily and without harm, another may not be able to tolerate. And what you can't tolerate 3 months out you could handle 6 months or 12 months post-op.
So much of our long-term success will depend on our ability to experiment sagely with a variety of foods and, thereafter, to exercise the discipline to eat what nourishes us and our bodies and to avoid the foods / drinks that are harmful for us.

I'm really wanting plastics, too. It's disappointing to finally be thin, but not be able to really appreciate it because of the prodigious amount of loose skin on my abdomen.
But on a more positive note, my husband and I just took a long twilight walk (well I walked, he used his mobility scooter) and both of us were amazed that I could walk so much further and so much faster than last year. I'm no longer 60 going on 82. I'm now feeling like 61 going on 45.

I so want a boob job! My girls are so deflated and sad! On onother note....almost at my one year anniversary AND i continue to lose without activity trying. Just letting my little girl do her jod! Sumner this year......best ever in over 30years!!!!!
I so want a boob job! My girls are so deflated and sad! On onother note....almost at my one year anniversary AND i continue to lose without activity trying. Just letting my little girl do her jod! Sumner this year......best ever in over 30years!!!!!
I so want a boob job! My girls are so deflated and sad! On onother note....almost at my one year anniversary AND i continue to lose without activity trying. Just letting my little girl do her jod! Sumner this year......best ever in over 30years!!!!!
I so want a boob job! My girls are so deflated and sad! On onother note....almost at my one year anniversary AND i continue to lose without activity trying. Just letting my little girl do her job! Sumner this year......best ever in over 30years!!!!!

I so want a boob job! My girls are so deflated and sad! On onother note....almost at my one year anniversary AND i continue to lose without activity trying. Just letting my little girl do her jod! Sumner this year......best ever in over 30years!!!!!
I so want a boob job! My girls are so deflated and sad! On onother note....almost at my one year anniversary AND i continue to lose without activity trying. Just letting my little girl do her jod! Sumner this year......best ever in over 30years!!!!!
I so want a boob job! My girls are so deflated and sad! On onother note....almost at my one year anniversary AND i continue to lose without activity trying. Just letting my little girl do her jod! Sumner this year......best ever in over 30years!!!!!
I so want a boob job! My girls are so deflated and sad! On onother note....almost at my one year anniversary AND i continue to lose without activity trying. Just letting my little girl do her job! Sumner this year......best ever in over 30years!!!!!

I so want a boob job! My girls are so deflated and sad! On onother note....almost at my one year anniversary AND i continue to lose without activity trying. Just letting my little girl do her jod! Sumner this year......best ever in over 30years!!!!!
I so want a boob job! My girls are so deflated and sad! On onother note....almost at my one year anniversary AND i continue to lose without activity trying. Just letting my little girl do her jod! Sumner this year......best ever in over 30years!!!!!
I so want a boob job! My girls are so deflated and sad! On onother note....almost at my one year anniversary AND i continue to lose without activity trying. Just letting my little girl do her jod! Sumner this year......best ever in over 30years!!!!!
I so want a boob job! My girls are so deflated and sad! On onother note....almost at my one year anniversary AND i continue to lose without activity trying. Just letting my little girl do her job! Sumner this year......best ever in over 30years!!!!!

I wish I knew and believed that I would reach my goal and continue to lose before my one year anniversary. I wish I knew that when I was crying and frustrated at three month post surgery, because I had not lost a single pound in 30 days.

Personally, I wish people wouldn't comment on my weigh loss. It makes me uncomfortable, just like being called fat made me uncomfortable. I was so thrilled when I started a new job and no one knew me as an obese person. Clean slate. Unfortunately that didn't last very long as I've lost 26lbs since being there. Now several times a week I'm asked about my weight, where is the food going, why don't I ever order Chinese on Fridays, eat the Bagels on Mondays, or keep a candy bowl on my desk like everyone else. Simply exhausting.

Personally, I wish people wouldn't comment on my weigh loss. It makes me uncomfortable, just like being called fat made me uncomfortable. I was so thrilled when I started a new job and no one knew me as an obese person. Clean slate. Unfortunately that didn't last very long as I've lost 26lbs since being there. Now several times a week I'm asked about my weight, where is the food going, why don't I ever order Chinese on Fridays, eat the Bagels on Mondays, or keep a candy bowl on my desk like everyone else. Simply exhausting.

@OKCPirate. Hahahahahahaha....tears are running down my face. Too funny!!!!!

@OKCPirate. Hahahahahahaha....tears are running down my face. Too funny!!!!!

Oh I thought of another one! If I never have to purchase a shirt with a cute picture of kittens and puppies I will be thrilled.
I don't know what is about large sized women's shirts but they all seem to come out of the pages of a children's coloring book!

@OKCPirate. Hahahahahahaha....tears are running down my face. Too funny!!!!!

No longer having to plan on how to cut my toenails. Used to be a logistical hassle - leg up, breath, suck in gut, bend, gasp for air No more.

I wish I knew and believed that I would reach my goal and continue to lose before my one year anniversary. I wish I knew that when I was crying and frustrated at three month post surgery, because I had not lost a single pound in 30 days.

I wish I knew and believed that I would reach my goal and continue to lose before my one year anniversary. I wish I knew that when I was crying and frustrated at three month post surgery, because I had not lost a single pound in 30 days.

Unfortunately, my darling little sleeve LOVES all and everything. The good news is I very rarely eat out, and I have the most fabulous restriction. At almost a year out I've gotten so used to my sleeve. I stop eating when I get THAT feeling and eat only when I'm hungry. Sometimes that's many times a day, sometimes it's a few times a day. The freedom to just live and eat is awesome. I was blessed to reach my personal goal and without consciously tying I continue to lose.

Unfortunately, my darling little sleeve LOVES all and everything. The good news is I very rarely eat out, and I have the most fabulous restriction. At almost a year out I've gotten so used to my sleeve. I stop eating when I get THAT feeling and eat only when I'm hungry. Sometimes that's many times a day, sometimes it's a few times a day. The freedom to just live and eat is awesome. I was blessed to reach my personal goal and without consciously tying I continue to lose.

I wish I knew and believed that I would reach my goal and continue to lose before my one year anniversary. I wish I knew that when I was crying and frustrated at three month post surgery, because I had not lost a single pound in 30 days.

I wish I knew and believed that I would reach my goal and continue to lose before my one year anniversary. I wish I knew that when I was crying and frustrated at three month post surgery, because I had not lost a single pound in 30 days.

I wish I knew and believed that I would reach my goal and continue to lose before my one year anniversary. I wish I knew that when I was crying and frustrated at three month post surgery, because I had not lost a single pound in 30 days.

Unfortunately, my darling little sleeve LOVES all and everything. The good news is I very rarely eat out, and I have the most fabulous restriction. At almost a year out I've gotten so used to my sleeve. I stop eating when I get THAT feeling and eat only when I'm hungry. Sometimes that's many times a day, sometimes it's a few times a day. The freedom to just live and eat is awesome. I was blessed to reach my personal goal and without consciously tying I continue to lose.

@@Jay05 Yes, July 2014.