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I would totally have a bite of a Krispy Kreme. Donuts are my kryptonite!

I would totally have a bite of a Krispy Kreme. Donuts are my kryptonite!

10 months out and feel amazing.
Went from 264 pounds to 178.
I feel like a normal person.
I haven't had any complications. I eat whatever I want, just not as much.
Best decision I ever made. Not a single regret

Oh, I think this is silly.
People should do whatever they feel up to.
Including going out to dinner and visiting with friends.

I wanted to join Stitch Fix which ends at size 14.
Which I did last month!

I wanted to join Stitch Fix which ends at size 14.
Which I did last month!

I wanted to join Stitch Fix which ends at size 14.
Which I did last month!

Yes. Reminds me of this article I just read
http://nyti.ms/1WCZ4kT
As someone with the keen observational skills of Mr. Magoo, it took me a long time to notice a problem social-media acquaintances had been talking about for months.
“I woke up to four new people today asking me for money on four different donation platforms,” one friend said. “One was my ex-babysitter announcing her wedding and where I could send cash. No invitation to the wedding. Just cash.”
“I’m a believer in giving to real charities: medical research, school drives, the Red Cross, et cetera,” said Heidi Knodle, owner of a picture framing store in San Francisco. “I’m tired of people asking for a vacation, funds for a wedding or their college tuition.”
The crime writer Mark Ebner, whose mailboxes have been increasingly filled with monetary requests, has a theory about it all. “I think online begging has become the new economy.”
I thought my friends were exaggerating. After all, a visit to GoFundMe or YouCaringyields site after site of worthy donation recipients. People whose homes were wiped out by natural disasters. People with diseases I’d never heard of, with no insurance and staggering medical expenses. Kids trying to pay for their parents’ funerals. Parents with seriously ill children wanting a trip to Disney World, and sick animals owned by people who couldn’t afford the vet bills.
One man had set up a fund for a friend who needed to take a couple of months off while his wife died of brain cancer.
But then, there were others. Many, many others. Education funds are great, but do I really want to pay for a friend to travel to Peru to become a shaman?
Should the woman who has lost a lot of weight (good for you!) ask her friends to pay for $2,500 worth of laser skin tightening? What about the girl seeking $600 for her “personal development journey”? (Not much to ask, but she was so beautiful, I didn’t understand why she didn’t develop herself into a model and make a whole lot more than that.)
......Here’s the question I can’t stop asking myself: Has social media made our craving for attention and validation overwhelm all other considerations? There is nothing new about asking your friends for help (remember rent parties?), but that help was confined to a small group of people you actually knew.
Now, no such boundaries exist. Your 4,000 Facebook friends should know if you can’t pay your rent — or your plastic surgery bill. And who knows? They may just pay up.
There was a time when there were needs, and there were wants, and we knew the difference. Now?
Now I’m not so sure."
People need to stop begging friends and family for money unless it is a life and death emergency.

For me, it was more of a psychological decision.
I didn't want any re-routing of my body parts.
Just give me a smaller stomach .
That made the most sense.
I am 6 months out and am getting enough Vitamins and nutrients from food, so all I take is one chewable multi a day.
My blood work is terrific.
I started at 265 and am at 192.
So almost 75 pounds down, and I feel completely normal, eating about 1200 calories a day.
Best of luck with your decision.
For me, it was an was easy one.

For me, it was more of a psychological decision.
I didn't want any re-routing of my body parts.
Just give me a smaller stomach .
That made the most sense.
I am 6 months out and am getting enough Vitamins and nutrients from food, so all I take is one chewable multi a day.
My blood work is terrific.
I started at 265 and am at 192.
So almost 75 pounds down, and I feel completely normal, eating about 1200 calories a day.
Best of luck with your decision.
For me, it was an was easy one.

Yes. Reminds me of this article I just read
http://nyti.ms/1WCZ4kT
As someone with the keen observational skills of Mr. Magoo, it took me a long time to notice a problem social-media acquaintances had been talking about for months.
“I woke up to four new people today asking me for money on four different donation platforms,” one friend said. “One was my ex-babysitter announcing her wedding and where I could send cash. No invitation to the wedding. Just cash.”
“I’m a believer in giving to real charities: medical research, school drives, the Red Cross, et cetera,” said Heidi Knodle, owner of a picture framing store in San Francisco. “I’m tired of people asking for a vacation, funds for a wedding or their college tuition.”
The crime writer Mark Ebner, whose mailboxes have been increasingly filled with monetary requests, has a theory about it all. “I think online begging has become the new economy.”
I thought my friends were exaggerating. After all, a visit to GoFundMe or YouCaringyields site after site of worthy donation recipients. People whose homes were wiped out by natural disasters. People with diseases I’d never heard of, with no insurance and staggering medical expenses. Kids trying to pay for their parents’ funerals. Parents with seriously ill children wanting a trip to Disney World, and sick animals owned by people who couldn’t afford the vet bills.
One man had set up a fund for a friend who needed to take a couple of months off while his wife died of brain cancer.
But then, there were others. Many, many others. Education funds are great, but do I really want to pay for a friend to travel to Peru to become a shaman?
Should the woman who has lost a lot of weight (good for you!) ask her friends to pay for $2,500 worth of laser skin tightening? What about the girl seeking $600 for her “personal development journey”? (Not much to ask, but she was so beautiful, I didn’t understand why she didn’t develop herself into a model and make a whole lot more than that.)
......Here’s the question I can’t stop asking myself: Has social media made our craving for attention and validation overwhelm all other considerations? There is nothing new about asking your friends for help (remember rent parties?), but that help was confined to a small group of people you actually knew.
Now, no such boundaries exist. Your 4,000 Facebook friends should know if you can’t pay your rent — or your plastic surgery bill. And who knows? They may just pay up.
There was a time when there were needs, and there were wants, and we knew the difference. Now?
Now I’m not so sure."
People need to stop begging friends and family for money unless it is a life and death emergency.

Finish out this phase knowing that soon enough, you will be able to enjoy some of the other foods you love.
Just not as much!
I am 5 months out and can pretty much tolerate everything in small quantities, and you will discover that will be enough!

Finish out this phase knowing that soon enough, you will be able to enjoy some of the other foods you love.
Just not as much!
I am 5 months out and can pretty much tolerate everything in small quantities, and you will discover that will be enough!

Finish out this phase knowing that soon enough, you will be able to enjoy some of the other foods you love.
Just not as much!
I am 5 months out and can pretty much tolerate everything in small quantities, and you will discover that will be enough!

Finish out this phase knowing that soon enough, you will be able to enjoy some of the other foods you love.
Just not as much!
I am 5 months out and can pretty much tolerate everything in small quantities, and you will discover that will be enough!

I have gotten ridden of so many clothes already.
Be positive that you will never be that size again!
Purge!

It's amazing how the scale knows and just mocks us, right? It did that to me too. I stayed off the scale for 3 weeks when that happened to me, and when I got back on it was at 196 or something.

Stalls are like lovers. Your first will probably not be your last!

Seriously, shut up

Yogurt, cottage cheese, scrambled eggs, avocado, cheese sticks, refried Beans , mashed up meatballs with some sauce and ricotta.
I pretty much only drink Water.
Sometimes I splash some Light cranberry juice in it.
Or float some lemons, limes or cucumber for flavor.

And so what if it was? (which it's not) Progress is progress.
I'm sorry to sound firm, but I lost on the slower side, and knowing what I know now, all the hand wringing and worrying I did over how slowly I was losing did nothing but hinder me. I finally got to a point where I just accepted it and moved on to more positive aspects of the whole thing, like researching and learning about proper nutrition and excersise to be the healthiest me I could be.
It took me a year to lose 85 pounds, and another several months to lose 8 or 9 more. Now I'm maintaining a healthy weight, and it matters not at this point how long it took me, but that I got there.
You'll get there, too

You aren't really incapacitated and will be able to deal with your period.
I'm sure your doctor has seen worse!
I wouldn't postpone my surgery if I were you.
Personally, the surgery was pretty easy.
I was nearly back to normal after 1 week. I just couldn't eat or drink much.
Nonetheless, talk to your doctor

I had knee replacement surgery a year before my sleeve and THAT was painful.
This surgery was a breeze.
Not much pain at all.
Just a couple of days of nausea.
Never took any pain meds once I left the hospital.
I went back to work in a week.

Yes. Reminds me of this article I just read
http://nyti.ms/1WCZ4kT
As someone with the keen observational skills of Mr. Magoo, it took me a long time to notice a problem social-media acquaintances had been talking about for months.
“I woke up to four new people today asking me for money on four different donation platforms,” one friend said. “One was my ex-babysitter announcing her wedding and where I could send cash. No invitation to the wedding. Just cash.”
“I’m a believer in giving to real charities: medical research, school drives, the Red Cross, et cetera,” said Heidi Knodle, owner of a picture framing store in San Francisco. “I’m tired of people asking for a vacation, funds for a wedding or their college tuition.”
The crime writer Mark Ebner, whose mailboxes have been increasingly filled with monetary requests, has a theory about it all. “I think online begging has become the new economy.”
I thought my friends were exaggerating. After all, a visit to GoFundMe or YouCaringyields site after site of worthy donation recipients. People whose homes were wiped out by natural disasters. People with diseases I’d never heard of, with no insurance and staggering medical expenses. Kids trying to pay for their parents’ funerals. Parents with seriously ill children wanting a trip to Disney World, and sick animals owned by people who couldn’t afford the vet bills.
One man had set up a fund for a friend who needed to take a couple of months off while his wife died of brain cancer.
But then, there were others. Many, many others. Education funds are great, but do I really want to pay for a friend to travel to Peru to become a shaman?
Should the woman who has lost a lot of weight (good for you!) ask her friends to pay for $2,500 worth of laser skin tightening? What about the girl seeking $600 for her “personal development journey”? (Not much to ask, but she was so beautiful, I didn’t understand why she didn’t develop herself into a model and make a whole lot more than that.)
......Here’s the question I can’t stop asking myself: Has social media made our craving for attention and validation overwhelm all other considerations? There is nothing new about asking your friends for help (remember rent parties?), but that help was confined to a small group of people you actually knew.
Now, no such boundaries exist. Your 4,000 Facebook friends should know if you can’t pay your rent — or your plastic surgery bill. And who knows? They may just pay up.
There was a time when there were needs, and there were wants, and we knew the difference. Now?
Now I’m not so sure."
People need to stop begging friends and family for money unless it is a life and death emergency.

Yes. Reminds me of this article I just read
http://nyti.ms/1WCZ4kT
As someone with the keen observational skills of Mr. Magoo, it took me a long time to notice a problem social-media acquaintances had been talking about for months.
“I woke up to four new people today asking me for money on four different donation platforms,” one friend said. “One was my ex-babysitter announcing her wedding and where I could send cash. No invitation to the wedding. Just cash.”
“I’m a believer in giving to real charities: medical research, school drives, the Red Cross, et cetera,” said Heidi Knodle, owner of a picture framing store in San Francisco. “I’m tired of people asking for a vacation, funds for a wedding or their college tuition.”
The crime writer Mark Ebner, whose mailboxes have been increasingly filled with monetary requests, has a theory about it all. “I think online begging has become the new economy.”
I thought my friends were exaggerating. After all, a visit to GoFundMe or YouCaringyields site after site of worthy donation recipients. People whose homes were wiped out by natural disasters. People with diseases I’d never heard of, with no insurance and staggering medical expenses. Kids trying to pay for their parents’ funerals. Parents with seriously ill children wanting a trip to Disney World, and sick animals owned by people who couldn’t afford the vet bills.
One man had set up a fund for a friend who needed to take a couple of months off while his wife died of brain cancer.
But then, there were others. Many, many others. Education funds are great, but do I really want to pay for a friend to travel to Peru to become a shaman?
Should the woman who has lost a lot of weight (good for you!) ask her friends to pay for $2,500 worth of laser skin tightening? What about the girl seeking $600 for her “personal development journey”? (Not much to ask, but she was so beautiful, I didn’t understand why she didn’t develop herself into a model and make a whole lot more than that.)
......Here’s the question I can’t stop asking myself: Has social media made our craving for attention and validation overwhelm all other considerations? There is nothing new about asking your friends for help (remember rent parties?), but that help was confined to a small group of people you actually knew.
Now, no such boundaries exist. Your 4,000 Facebook friends should know if you can’t pay your rent — or your plastic surgery bill. And who knows? They may just pay up.
There was a time when there were needs, and there were wants, and we knew the difference. Now?
Now I’m not so sure."
People need to stop begging friends and family for money unless it is a life and death emergency.