angelinnc32

I can work out on post for free if you'd like to join me?

If anyone is around FtBragg and would like to work out with me I would love it. I am 27 months out 210 lbs down and had my panniculectomy done in June. Would love someone to help motivate me when I'm not feeling it!

I am 20 months out. I have lost almost 200lbs. About two weeks ago I started wearing a spanx like tank top with jeans and dresses but definitely not everyday or even regularly. Well now I find myself in ALOT of pain when I DONT wear the spanx. It feels like everything is pulling and the spanx isn't tight it just smooths out all the lumps and bumps. Please help me. I can't do this pain for much longer!! First pic is without spanx and second is with!!!

I did a liquid diet for 2 weeks then soft foods then ground up foods then regular foods all supplemented with protein shakes. I am 23 months out and 200 lbs down. I go in tomorrow for skin removal!!!! So happy

Hi all. I am a 38 yo woman. I am 5'6" HW398, SW 358, CW 202. I think being a size 10 (with my skin roll) is 100% success. My surgeon on the other hand does not. She won't let me have skin removal surgery till I am <200. <200 not 202 not 201, 199 or lower. I set a personal goal of a pant size not a weight because I didn't want to fail myself and I am past it. I wanted to be a 13 yet here I am in a size med waist cincher and 10 jeans that fall off my waist and hug my pelvic bone due to skin. Grrrr

Searching for someone who's had surgery and would like a workout/positive reinforcement buddy!

Fort Bragg NC

How did you get them to approve it? I'm having so many skin problems it's not even funny.

Well I did it. I am now down to 198.4 lbs. My doctor is planning surgery for June as there are no OR slots till then. I plan on losing more so she can't deny me my surgery for any reason.

Yay Mary!!! I am so glad you won. Wish it was more but it helps.

Sooo update!!! I am officially under 200!!! Yup today I weighed in at 198 on my period and fully clothed!!!! I am so damn proud of me. PLUS I can now wear a size 8 Jean and almost a 6!!!

Yeah it hurt me and made me so much more determined to prove her wrong. I've over come losing my young husband, an abusive parent and being told I would never walk again(yet I do) I will show her she's wrong by denying me this surgery at the preop appt.

I wish they would do mine without my RNY surgeons ok. I have a severe pelvic hernia, skin rashes and infections, the grossest smell PLUS I can't stop seeing my fat self still on my abdomen! I swear this is worse than the surgery and not being able to eat my fav foods.

Lol he came home and I was 80lbs lighter than the last time he'd seen me. He almost didn't recognize me!!!

Here's my story.... I was born small for my height. I weight 5lbs 5oz and was 20 inches long. In 1976 that was still long and skinny. Well I stayed that way till puberty. 5th grade hit me and suddenly I was wearing size 2 jeans and a dd bra. I've never been tiny up top. Middle school came and went and I slowly gained weight but mostly muscle. I was active and never sat still but was the life of the party with my huge top half. Well I got pregnant at 17. Lost the weight right after was back in my 13 s and looked great. Married the baby's dad then proceeded to spit out 3 more kids for him in 5 years. Gained almost 100 lbs and no amount of trying could get it off me. 2000 came around and I divorced then met one of my soulmates. We married and in 3 years I had 2 more babies. I was starting to lose the weight and was down to 250 when he died. I gave up. I figured that no other man would want me why should I try. I dove head first into food. I could drown my sorrows in food without anyone saying shit cuz I could still take care of my kids. Fast forward 7 years. I met my now husband and we hit it off. It was like love at first sight but neither of us would admit it. We moved fast but cautious. Met in March married in September. But by December he was deployed to Afghanistan. That's when he decided to drop a bomb on me. "I want you to lose weight and be healthy so I have you around longer!" Yeah that's what he said to me. So I started going to the gym 5x a week. I put my sexual aggravation into the gym till march of 2013 when all of the sudden my abdomen hurt. I went to the docs and found out I had a lower pelvic hernia and they couldn't fix it unless I lost an extreme amount of weight. Sooo next door he sends me and I have RNY in July after starting the diet in May. Now 20 months later I am 196 lbs lighter and feel 10 years younger!

That's awesome. I don't care about what others think but I am very nervous. I like it when I look in the mirror and enjoy looking at myself!

Yay!!! I would love to come visit. Maybe once I'm ok with putting a swimsuit back on lol

She wants me there because she says if I'm over 200 it could mess up the skin surgery and I am more likely to get skin infections even tho that's why I need the removal early. I just think it's crazy because I was told not to set unrealistic goals for myself and then I get this thrown at me at the preop for the skin removal surgery and she cancels the surgery.

20 months out and I went from a 10 to an 8.5

I never had any complications! I only dump with greasy/fatty/processed foods. Other than that I've followed the diet for 20months and have lost 196 lbs