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I'm having super intense nausea after I eat all of a sudden. I've never had this symptom before. Could this be dumping? I'm a ten months out and it's happening at almost every meal that I get full. Anyone? Feeling so sick and burping and shaky

Had some fun trying on my old fat clothes yesterday. Sw: 245 Cw: 122 Height 5'6 I can't believe these used to fit me!! Size 20 to size 2. Wow. Some more pictures for you... Before: Now:

Goodbye stomach! You sucked!!! Never let me be full and let me get fat. So see ya!!!! Go on now go... Walk out the door...your not welcome anymore!!

He is pushing me away and he will likely relocate for another position. ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

I've been seeing someone seriously for about four months. A month ago he lost his job and he's taken it really hard. I don't think our relationship is going to survive it. I'm so sad about it. He was the first person I've been with since my surgery. I told him about it and he accepted it really well. I feel like I can be real with him and I've really fallen in love. It's hard to think about being so open with anyone else. I'm really sad about how things are going. I know it's not really relevant to wls but I just had to talk about it. Sad. Sad. Don't want to have to date again and don't want to lose what we have ((( It's so hard to be open about this as is.

you are hot!!!!!! You were cute before too. Yes ladies. This is me blatantly hitting on the cute online cowboy! Hahaha

My ex said if I had the surgery he would break up with me. So I dumped him and had the surgery. And now he can't take his eyes off me. Ha. Oh and he's gotten fat himself. Haha.

I tried it again. I puked. ????????????

I was embarrassed of my body which made me not want to have sex. I felt gross. Now I am one horny woman. But my sex drive with my ex never did come back. It was a problem between us, not just my being overweight.

He's going to love you just as much and love your energy level!!

Go get clothes. SqueeeeeeeeZe them on. Those are the ones you want to buy!!! I have an aversion to anything baggy now because I spent so much time wearing those type of clothes when I was overweight. Your still afraid this is all a trick or temporary and soon you will fail on your diet and regain. But this isn't the case, you won't regain. Remind yourself of this and buy those clothes right!

Mine is totally gone!!!!!!! It was gone once I got under 200 pounds. Gone gone!!! Yours will too!!

I think about this a lot. There are definitely men who like big women!!!!! No doubt about it. If they were hitting on you it was for a reason and probably a good one. That stuff is in your head- those guys wanted you. But the fact is, most men don't go for big women. Since I've lost weight, it's incredible the amount of attention I get from men. Everywhere I go. One dude walked into a pole over me! I online date and I get bombarded, whereas when is was just 30 pounds heavier it wasn't nearly as common for me to get a date. At this weight I can go out with anyone I want. Men drool over me. That said, I believe that partly it's a cultural thing. I think sexually men prefer curves. But socially, they like the arm candy of a thin girl. Thinness is praised in our society as signaling success and strength. Being overweight is viewed as a sign of weakness, laziness and poor health. Then again, I as a woman like a man to be bigger than me. I like to feel little. Isn't it likely the opposite for men that they like a woman to be small so that they feel large and manly? There is no denying most men prefer slender and/or athletic. They are looking for someone healthy to mate with, have babies, etc. they want to have some arm candy to show off. It's human nature. There is also no denying there are exceptions to the rule. A lot of men like heavy girls! They are out there! So if a guy is hitting on you, believe him. Especially if he is doing it in public in front of his buddies. He likes you. One more thing: so much of how attractive we are comes down to how we carry ourselves. When I was overweight I was not an ugly woman. I've never been ugly. But how I carried myself was. I didn't dress up, I didn't wear nice clothes, I didn't shine from the inside. I was grumpy and morose and looked like I hated life. I've know large woman who glow and live up their looks and own it. And they are damn hot!!!! I find overweight woman to be extremely sexy when they rock their looks and love themselves. So sexy. So much if it comes down to how we feel within.

Just you ladies wait!!! Skirts and dresses and skinny jeans and boots that fit and heels and cute little tops and more and more and more!!!! It's so fun. I can shop anywhere and wear so many things. My skirts keep getting shorter and shorter though and I have to laugh about that! Thrift store shopping is pretty awesome because it's so cheap and that way if you keep losing, no big deal! Shopping now is so much fun. You will discover your style and it will be so fun doing it! Here is how I dress now: Skinny jeans! Sun dresses! Sexy little tops! Whatever the heck I want!!! Haha. Okay this last one is a joke. ????

Babbs you are such a hottie you can pull off anything!!! ????

A lot of people still don't say anything to me. And I've lost 125!!! It's like they don't want to be rude or something. Sometimes people will say "you look great" but they won't mention weight. People don't realize but we knew we were fat before, and it's okay to say we've lost weight! That's why we did it, at least partly!! Some people do just come out and say it and I love that. It was about 30 pounds when people began to notice.

Hahaha. I'm going to try it again tonight. I will prevail!!

My ex was extremely cruel to me about my weight. Since we broke up we have become good friends and even tried to patch things back together. I'm extremely thin now and he has gained weight. I think it makes him incredibly self conscious. My weight bothered him before because he felt it reflected poorly on him to have a fat spouse. Now the coin has flipped and me being thin makes him more sensitive towards how he looks. He needs to get it together and start losing weight because he is getting pretty big. And I can't say a thing or he would just crumble. It's a hard situation.

I've tried and tried again to eat sushi with no luck. barf it right back up, gets stuck so fast!! And it's my favorite food in the world. Booooo hoooooo

Whatever you do, stay away from narcotic pain medication. The back pain you feel is nothing compared to how sick those will make you and how much worse they will make your pain. As you lose weight, I think your back pain will get better. Try and move around a lot, don't stay sitting or in bed all day. Warm pads and hot baths and exercise. Also have you had an mri and other tests done on your back to see what's going on?! I had severe back pain before surgery and it 100 percent resolved once I lost weight.

I'm sure it's fine.

I can't tolerate any of them. They make me horribly nauseated. I take a flinstone Vitamin each day which is al I have found I can tolerate. I try and get my nutrition from my food. So far my vitamin levels are doing okay. The vitamin part of this is very hard.

I tried to eat a bacon egg and cheese biscuit the other day. I practice portion control and I figured half of it wouldn't hurt me. I took a bite and couldn't eat it. It was sooooo greasy and so salty- after all this time eating fairly clean, McDonald's has no appeal to me. I went back and ordered a smoothie instead and even that was grossly sugary. McDonald's really has yucky food. I won't be going there again. I prefer subway or Taco Bell as they have some healthier options.

Had pain and throwing up some blood. But it was worth is and it passes! The nurses were there for me. Not everyone has such a hard time

Babbs is very opinionated and one can tell she is a very smart lady! thanks everyone. It's a tough process and that's why I'm on this board and in therapy.