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oh, and stalls happen. body is just adjusting to all the changes, so the scale might not move for a while. my longest stall was maybe 4 or 5 weeks...i was like ahhhhh! lol but it's good when they happen, and you need some motivation, check your tape measurements or try on something new...oftentimes during a stall, the scale doesn't move but those inches keep falling off.

lol my advice? stop stressing about those numbers girl! i'm 1.5 yrs out, down 146 lbs. it happens eat well, stay hydrated, and really, trust me, you're good!!

good morning. final weigh in 151.

thanks so much for hosting

thanks goplay for that update!

weighing in at 150.

happy 4th to the american participants!

@@Daisee68 thank you, it did answer my questions. i'm so excited for you! i hope you'll share that journey with us

daisee, we're only a few days apart in our surgery dates. you've rocked it girl!

sorry if this has already been mentioned, but what are your plastic surgery goals? i'm 150 this morning (1 lb from "normal" bmi...have never been a normal bmi!), and i love my reflection i always said i wanted to have the figure of a plus sized model, and i'm in an 8 now, but i think with the extra skin gone i'd go down one size, which seems pretty perfect.

@@VSGAnn2014 - no she just meant that given we will likely all have extra skin that 27 BMI is a more realistic goal than say 23 or 24 BMI before we have skin removed due to the extra weight the skin adds. She is none too pleased with me talking plastics yet though. She says to wait until I am at least 18 months post-op minimum. I am 11 months now. I intend to wai t until after summer but not likely until December.... At least for the first round.

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153 this morning! ty

lol we went out for dinner the other night, and i was so sure that i wanted spaghetti. girl, i didn't eat any of the Pasta and all of the meatballs. that really was so funny to me, because i really wasn't a meat eater before. i ate it, but i primarily ate carbs.

i swear the next time we go there i'm going to ask them to hold the spaghetti.

i'm late to the conversation, but my issue was overeating bad foods, i was a total carboholic. now, seriously, even the thought of rice and Pasta makes my face scrunch up. i live in the netherlands, and i'd been craving some good chinese and mexican (cause both are terrible here!), and i could put a hurting on some fried rice and nachos. but now...blecch!

hey good luck to you on your journey!

Mostly carbs. Things like chips, Pasta, pizza. Sugar is delicious but I can stay away from it for months at a time without a problem really. I can't have the RNY because some meds I have to take can't be taken with it so I'll be going with the sleeve. I don't mind putting in work with will power but having a tool that makes it harder to eat those things would be nice.

155...did some bouncing up to 159 but we're now back on the downswing

so sorry i'm late! was 155.

still 156. thanks!

hey there! forgot to post my starting after ending the last challenge: 156. goal: 149

still at 156. thanks!

hi! thanks for hosting guys

i'll see ya next week!

156. ty!

oh, and i was *rocking* my size 8 skinny jeans! and i turned 35 a few days ago and decided that i needed to up my facial care routine. so i was literally glowing, in my single digit jeans, easily chasing my energetic toddler. lol i was feeling myself today, truly. this rny really has been one of my best life decisions.

my toddler and i just got back from the indoor playground. besides having tons of energy to chase her little butt all around, my nsv is how cool it was to be able to squeeze through all the little holes and tubes and obstacles. she's only two, but she be fierce, so instead of the toddler area, we ventured to the big kid area...it was huge and sooo fun! i happened to catch a glimpse of myself climbing out of this teeny tube, so i'm squatting, really (cause it still hurts like anything to crawl around! i don't know how babies' knees don't hurt!), and i just easily crawl through. that alone just blows my mind...i'm so little! love it!!

yaaasss!!

and always wear red, darling! you're killing it!

glorious morning to yall! i'm extra crunk today lol...it's my birthday! :) AAAND i was right about my Water retention...i dropped back down to 160 by wednesday, and as a happy birthday to me, this morning my scale shouted 157! hallelujer!

Months ago I had said on this thread that the reflection in the mirror wasn't who I was inside. This morning as I was changing out of tops because they were too big I actually looked in the mirror and liked what I saw. BLESSED and THANKFUL

I totally understand this...... I know in my head that I have lost almost 100 pound from the start but I do t really see it

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yall, this is exactly my nsv, too. so, i was snuggling with my hubby, and i lying on top (don't worry, we're clothed, this is totally safe for work lol), and i said "why is this so uncomfortable?" it turns out that i was still holding myself up as if i was trying not to bear all my weight on him. i've lost 125 lbs, and my body still felt the need to prevent itself from crushing my partner LOL. my mind was truly blown at just how mental this world is, you know what i mean? ahh, this journey is so fun.

lol love it!! the other day, i decided to walk instead of taking the bus to a park...about a 20 min walk or so. a year ago, that 20 min walk would have taken 2 minutes cause i would have definitely taken the bus!

this increased energy and mobility is so super crazy awesome

I am 6 weeks out today and I feel fantastic. So much so that I just registered for my first ever half marathon in November. WTF? I don't run. A killer could be chasing me and I'd just lay down.

To think just a few short weeks ago I was an emotional wreck and kicking myself for going through with the surgery, and now here I am feeling better than ever and registered for a freaking half marathon.

Never in a million years did I think this could be my life.

THANK YOU VSG!!!

163...my feet are so swollen! i thnk it's just Water retention though...lol we'll see next week!

I'll just be happy to not have a huge bloated tummy in front of me anymore. If I have hanging skin, so be it. My husband and I have already talked about it. It doesn't bother him as long as I'm healthy. Besides, I don't know that I would do plastics unless the skin was really causing me some problems. It just looks so painful when I've watched skin removal surgery on TV.

I thought the same thing before surgery.. I even didn't think my friend needed skin removal surgery before she had hers.. now that I have it, I feel differently though. I could fit almost 2 sizes smaller if I had a Tummy Tuck.< /p>

I'm still losing weight, and I truly didn't think I would consider plastics...the rny was my 2nd surgery, c-section 13 months earlier was my first...surgery always scared me and I thought "no way will I risk that for nice belly"...lol my tune is rapidly changing. I can so clearly see my smaller body under my bigger skin, having to choose more forgiving fabric cause my upper arms and thighs are pretty huge. It sucks...I remember being younger and being in-between sizes and having to go up a size, and now I'm much smaller and have to go up a size cause of the extra skin! But I won't seriously consider plastics until I've built more definition.

still 160. thanks!