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I had a day like this yesterday. My family had this huuuuge dinner with all my favorite foods and I was stuck with Soup. They even had dessert. I was having a pity party for myself all day while remembering I'll never be able to enjoy sugary baked goods.. Well...ever again.
But then I remembered my health. And I remembered that the reason I did this was because I KNEW I had an addiction to food and that I KNEW if I didn't take action that addiction could and most likely would very well kill me.
You're gonna regret it some days. And those days will make it worse to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
You can have chipotle again.
Just when your stomach is all healed up. Hang in there. You're doing just fine.

I had a day like this yesterday. My family had this huuuuge dinner with all my favorite foods and I was stuck with Soup. They even had dessert. I was having a pity party for myself all day while remembering I'll never be able to enjoy sugary baked goods.. Well...ever again.
But then I remembered my health. And I remembered that the reason I did this was because I KNEW I had an addiction to food and that I KNEW if I didn't take action that addiction could and most likely would very well kill me.
You're gonna regret it some days. And those days will make it worse to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
You can have chipotle again.
Just when your stomach is all healed up. Hang in there. You're doing just fine.

Not a good day for this girl!
I have to call tomorrow because I think one of my incisions may be starting to get infected and I think I am developing Thrush as well!
Feeling pretty down today!

I'm one of those people who weigh daily. It's a hard habit to break and you like to see results and daily results make you feel GREAT. Only advice I have is to weigh yourself straight away in the morning after you empty your bladder to get the most accurate!
But I would recommend weekly. After my two week appointment I am going to try my best to weigh only weekly! (I had surgery Monday)

It's not an NSAID! But I decided to just try and get the rest of the surgical scrub off and leave the area alone for awhile to see if that'll do it!

Would I be cool just to take some Benadryl to see what happens?!

Question! Anybody else get a rash on their abdomen post-op?
If so, what advice did your surgeon give you? It's not like on my ENTIRE abdomen, just a few spots! But it's definitely bothersome ????

I had gastric bypass Monday and stayed one night and went home by noon Tuesday! It's pretty standard to only stay one night.

I think you have to remember that a lot of us have been overweight or obese for our ENTIRE lives. Once we lose weight and try and figure out what to wear on our new bodies....it can be a learning process. It took me the majority of my life.. Around 19 years of being overweight to figure out that I don't have to wear sweat pants and t-shirts all the time! Now that I know I can wear cute things being the size I am now I am CERTAIN I will be able to wear ever cuter things once I drop my weight! Do I know it's going to be a learning curve? Yes. Do I want people to tell me if things don't look right on me? Yes...but positively. Don't straight up tell me I look like a 'harlot' tell me that you like the idea of the outfit but maybe a different top or different jeans or shorts or whatever would be more fitting on ME and MY body type. Meanwhile, let others tell me I look amazing because a lot of the time, people who aren't as far in their journey love to see where they'll hopefully be at after all their hard work.

Okay I'm just saying
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I think you have to remember that a lot of us have been overweight or obese for our ENTIRE lives. Once we lose weight and try and figure out what to wear on our new bodies....it can be a learning process. It took me the majority of my life.. Around 19 years of being overweight to figure out that I don't have to wear sweat pants and t-shirts all the time! Now that I know I can wear cute things being the size I am now I am CERTAIN I will be able to wear ever cuter things once I drop my weight! Do I know it's going to be a learning curve? Yes. Do I want people to tell me if things don't look right on me? Yes...but positively. Don't straight up tell me I look like a 'harlot' tell me that you like the idea of the outfit but maybe a different top or different jeans or shorts or whatever would be more fitting on ME and MY body type. Meanwhile, let others tell me I look amazing because a lot of the time, people who aren't as far in their journey love to see where they'll hopefully be at after all their hard work.

I think you have to remember that a lot of us have been overweight or obese for our ENTIRE lives. Once we lose weight and try and figure out what to wear on our new bodies....it can be a learning process. It took me the majority of my life.. Around 19 years of being overweight to figure out that I don't have to wear sweat pants and t-shirts all the time! Now that I know I can wear cute things being the size I am now I am CERTAIN I will be able to wear ever cuter things once I drop my weight! Do I know it's going to be a learning curve? Yes. Do I want people to tell me if things don't look right on me? Yes...but positively. Don't straight up tell me I look like a 'harlot' tell me that you like the idea of the outfit but maybe a different top or different jeans or shorts or whatever would be more fitting on ME and MY body type. Meanwhile, let others tell me I look amazing because a lot of the time, people who aren't as far in their journey love to see where they'll hopefully be at after all their hard work.

I think you have to remember that a lot of us have been overweight or obese for our ENTIRE lives. Once we lose weight and try and figure out what to wear on our new bodies....it can be a learning process. It took me the majority of my life.. Around 19 years of being overweight to figure out that I don't have to wear sweat pants and t-shirts all the time! Now that I know I can wear cute things being the size I am now I am CERTAIN I will be able to wear ever cuter things once I drop my weight! Do I know it's going to be a learning curve? Yes. Do I want people to tell me if things don't look right on me? Yes...but positively. Don't straight up tell me I look like a 'harlot' tell me that you like the idea of the outfit but maybe a different top or different jeans or shorts or whatever would be more fitting on ME and MY body type. Meanwhile, let others tell me I look amazing because a lot of the time, people who aren't as far in their journey love to see where they'll hopefully be at after all their hard work.

I think you have to remember that a lot of us have been overweight or obese for our ENTIRE lives. Once we lose weight and try and figure out what to wear on our new bodies....it can be a learning process. It took me the majority of my life.. Around 19 years of being overweight to figure out that I don't have to wear sweat pants and t-shirts all the time! Now that I know I can wear cute things being the size I am now I am CERTAIN I will be able to wear ever cuter things once I drop my weight! Do I know it's going to be a learning curve? Yes. Do I want people to tell me if things don't look right on me? Yes...but positively. Don't straight up tell me I look like a 'harlot' tell me that you like the idea of the outfit but maybe a different top or different jeans or shorts or whatever would be more fitting on ME and MY body type. Meanwhile, let others tell me I look amazing because a lot of the time, people who aren't as far in their journey love to see where they'll hopefully be at after all their hard work.

You're doing fantastic already! What have you been having for meals?

Oh okay! I'm on full liquids for two weeks so can't eat those quite yet! But thanks for the tips ????

How exciting!! I'm looking forward to the day when I'm back under 300 pounds!!!

I weigh once weekly.
I never understood the daily weighers, everyone knows weight can fluctuate day to day, yet drive themselves crazy weighing and worrying about those same factors that can make the weight fluctuate.

Yay! So happy for you!!!! The scale is not wrong!! All your hard work is paying off tremendously!!!
Well I was up 5 pounds from my hospital admission weight when I went home the next day because of all the fluids they gave me, so if we count that loss then I'm down 7 pounds from that!!

Oh okay! I'm on full liquids for two weeks so can't eat those quite yet! But thanks for the tips ????

You're doing fantastic already! What have you been having for meals?

Woke up in quite a bit of pain today because I slept in my bed ALL night long and have only been able to do that for part of the night, but that quickly melted away when I realized I finally joined the losers bench today. I am 2 pounds lighter than my hospital admission weight and I am so excited I can't seem to contain it!

Thanks for responding! I do have pain meds and I took a shower yesterday!
I also had my first post-op bowel movement today and that seemed to help a bit! Walking does help but it's been rainy and there's not much space to walk around in my house! Thanks for answering!

My sister went from a DD to a C in two months
Which makes me a little scared because I'm a D and I don't want them to get smaller ????

My sister went from a DD to a C in two months
Which makes me a little scared because I'm a D and I don't want them to get smaller ????