Wana77

I was quite surprised by:
- the intensity of the gas pain
- my entusiastic reaction to pureed chicken after drinking nothing but liquids
- my new obsession (weighing myself in the morning, without clothes, with clothes, before pee, after pee, at my friend's house, after a nap, in the middle of the night, with my hair up, with my hair down, on the bathroom floor, in my bedroom, 3 times in a row, 4 times in case the previous 3 were wrong etc.)
- the feeling of not being hungry (yes I know it's normal, and I did not it would happen, but the feeling is still new)

296.6 so far away from my goal but heading in the right direction thank you so much nice to know that I'm not in this alone

296.6 so far away from my goal but heading in the right direction thank you so much nice to know that I'm not in this alone

299.6

303

305

Thanks. Surgery is on Friday. I am so excited.

307

303 again

Currently 303

So today I am 306. I posted my starting weight as 292 but was actually 304

Start = 292
Goal = 270

Hi, so I just wanted to check because I don't see my name on the spread sheet ?

I would like to join please

Start = 292
Goal = 270

Scheduled for August 21st & I wish it was today

Thank everyone for their support

Hello,
My name is Edwana. I am a 37-year-old African-American female. I have been struggling with my weight my whole life. You name it and I've tried it. I've been on a roller coaster ride and I desperately want to get off. I thought I had reached the departure point when I had the band surgery in 2010. Imagine how crushed I was when that tool never really worked for me from the start.
I know that I am an emotional eater. .I work in the helping profession and I'm constantly bogged down by my own and others' emotional problems. My go to escape and happiness maker (for a moment) has been food. I definitely feel like I have matured over the last few years. I've learned to take it slow, to sit down while eating cut out fast food & enjoy cooking. I am also learning not to own things. I even have been exercising rack rolling for the last four months doing CrossFit. Nevertheless, I know I need assistance.
Even though I'm mobile and exercise, the stress on my knees every day from this almost 300 pounds it carries is slowly killing me. Not to mention the sporadic back pain and three blood-pressure meds I have to take. Part of me feels like I should be able to get this weight off to just show some self-control. But I am hoping that the band to sleeve revision surgery will give me that push that I need to keep going. I have a motivational board set up on Pinterest. I feel like that's when I was most successful; when I pin a positive affirmation & reflect on each day.
The one below is one that continuously crosses my mind and describes me. I so want this surgery to work but have some fears since I have been unsuccessful in the pass. Nevertheless, I know that I half to succeed and that I want to succeed. I want to fly off the roller coaster!!!!!!!

August 21, 2015