ElectricBoogaloo

I’m back, but have to catch up later today! I feel so patriotic... weighed in at 177.6 this morning. ??

Hey there, peeps! 3. 2018 Goals: Goal weight: 140 pounds (less if my body says so...130-135 would be my college weight) Get back into my goal clothes. I never made it to goal with the band, but truly believe I can with the sleeve. Interestingly, I have great clothes in the mid-range/still fat (where I settled with my band), but will happily donate those clothes...when I get back in them (5-10 more pounds)...kind of addicted to clothes...love jeans...just counted, have 53 pair...WTF?! Who does that? I promise I am not a hoarder. Breast reduction/lift and brachioplasty.

I am hard pressed to come up with a procedure (laparoscopic GI or esophageal repair issue? Hernia repair?) ...but more importantly, how about.... None of your damn business...I will be away for a few days! Have the kids stay at family or friends during your surgery...no reason for him to be at your house while you are away. At least for me, po wasn't bad, I could interact with people without them noticing. It is also none of his business if/how you are losing weight...so go ahead and count your points on WW! You are no longer married to him, owe him nothing...he is now her problem.

I love that bustier!! The good news/bad news it that soon it will be way too big!! You will have to buy another one!?

Hold the bus...wait for meeeee.... SW: 210.8 CW: 180.8 GW: 140 January goals: Exercise 5-6 days/week 80 oz water/day Lose an inch in the hips!

I appreciate you sharing this article. It really resonated with me.

Very insightful @sideeye! I will work on incorporating the 5-year mindset! Congrats on leaving the brittle, Renee!?

I was banded in 2014 and actually loved my band. Even though I didn’t make goal, I counted my experience as a success because I was probably on my way to my very own episode of M600PL and the band prevented it with also an associated weight loss! I was recently revised to a sleeve because I was diagnosed with esophageal dilation due to my band (scary stuff). That part...not so good. At the time I elected to get the band, I wasn’t at a place where I would consider anything more invasive. It is definitely a tough and personal decision. There are folks who are wildly successful with many years under their belt and those where the band has to be removed for whatever reason (even if all of the rules are followed), with significant symptoms and comorbidities due to the band. Have a thorough discussion with your team about the pros and cons for you and do extensive research. If I had to do it again, I would still get the band because I wasn’t ready then. If my first surgery were today, I would have opted for the sleeve instead, but I now have a different mindset (can’t distinguish if my mindset has changed based on my experience with the band or just overall wisdom/lack of fear of the other surgeries). I wish you well with your decision.

Challenge Starting weight: 190 Current weight lost: 30 Losing or maintaining weight: Losing Fitness/exercise goal: 6 days/week...didn't happen consistently Total weight loss at the end of challenge: (Post January 1st 2019): 9.2!! (CW 180.8) Check in: Tell us how you are doing - (How is your diet and exercise plan going? Any struggles? Stress level? What have you overcome? Any strategies that have helped) Struggles: During this challenge, I was in a stall most weeks with an overall loss of 9.2#...SCORE!!! On the weeks that I lost, it was one pound or less. I went to DisneyWorld for Christmas (5 days) and came back to a 4 pound loss!! Thanks Mickey...I think. I'll take it!? Thanks @Healthy_life for starting this challenge. I can't remember a time when I lost nearly 10 pounds (or any pounds?) over the holidays!

Ha! In before the lock!!

Try being away for a day or two!! Yikes! Lots of catch up on. ?? A great group!

Welcome back!!! You were missed!?

@FluffyChixI also got that message a couple of posts ago.

Those Reward Points, though!! A sign of major contributions! Go @Orchids&Dragons!?

Hear! Hear!

WootWoot! You go, @Roxine!!!

Congratulations, Wanda! Fantastic!

You know when you have one of those days that you should play the lottery (I don't play)?! Well yesterday, I walking down the fish aisle at Costco lamenting on how much I miss orange roughy...my favorite fish and the fish that actually made me say that I like fish...which has been over fished and disappeared about 10 years ago. Lo, and behold, orange roughy right before my very eyes... ORANGE ROUGHY!!! One of those happy moments I will never forget, even if dementia is in my future!! Lottery score!?

Thank you! I was sooo proud of myself, I had to shout from the mountaintop (in my first thread creation)...the little things in life! Now on to killing our next challenge...within the time frame...for real!!!??

I joined the November Hydration Challenge (yeah, you read that right) started by @GreenTealael...and the struggle was real (45oz pure water, minimum of 90 oz/day)...until today...two months later!! I did it! I feel so accomplished. ?? Unfortunately, this was me at work today...

Bwahaha! It was chill. We spent Christmas at DisneyWorld...never again (I was outvoted ?). I got the obligatory 'you look nice' from most. No one knows that I had surgery. Shhhh!

I'm in! Perhaps I can do better than the hydration challenge!!?...still working on that...

New research... https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/12/21/678342879/scientists-find-a-brain-circuit-that-could-explain-seasonal-depression

I am gone for a few hours and all hell breaks loose! I can't keep up. Whiplash...I love this group! Let me see... Deviated from what I knew lead to successful outcomes when the fluid was removed from my band in February...gained significant weight (25#). Sleeved in October and found the mind that I had lost over those months. Back on track though... Goals: Concussion recovery!! Get over the stall and really start losing again. Nothing fast (like I have a choice), but consistent. Get back into my awesome clothes...and wear the hell out of them...LBD at the movie theater, Louboutins at the grocery store, Church hats to work on Wednesdays...you get the point!?? And doing it all with my head held high and my boobs/skin hanging low! Never had tea laxatives, though I am chronically constipated...well not constipated per se, but regular every 4-5 days. Been like this my whole life...the one change is that since I have been taking BP vitamins, my stool is oddly dark green. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

We have the same closet!!?