doxaholic

Please please please please please DO NOT compare your rate of loss to others. It is a recipe for misery and disaster. You will only spend all of your days hating yourself and questioning all of your actions, wondering "what am I doing wrong?!?!?" It's miserable and completely pointless. There is no reason you have to lose your weight *quickly* post-op. Your sleeve is forever. You will have PLENTY of time to lose the weight. And once you have lost the weight and reached your goal, how long it took you to get there will be completely meaningless. I was a "slow" loser by everyone's definition.
I "only" lost 15 pounds the first month. I "only" lost 8 pounds the second month. I "only" lost about 6 pounds per month the next five months. I "only" lost 2-3 pounds per month for a while after that. You know where all of those "onlys" got me? To goal! Where I have been happily maintaining for well over a year. In the end, how fast you reach goal is completely insignificant.

You both look amazing than you both for sharing your pictures very inspirational.
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You both look amazing than you both for sharing your pictures very inspirational.
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I am a dser and hispanic boy do i know about them holidays just went through my first it was tuff but i did it. Eventually you will be able to have some of the foods back you may have to tweek them to make them better but everything in moderation. Also it depends on your sleeve and what you can tolerate some folks on here are saying that there taste buds changed or that their sleeves do not tolerate some of the foods they loved.
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Picture says a thousand words or in my case makes me feel a thousand ways. Truth!
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You are gorgeous in both picture's but you have more confidence and are more flirtatious in the 2nd.
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@@Fredbear I am not going to get into the whole thing about revenge, or who is right and who is wrong. None of us know the whole story. But I do have to write a few things in response to your posts. There are a lot of men out there who still believe in honor, integrity, and responsibility. I have no idea what the dynamics were in her marriage, but I do know that two people created not just a "contract", but a family. That family has been torn apart for whatever reason. The man involved still has responsibilities, whether he chooses to acknowledge them or not.
Regardless of what passed between him and his wife, the children are the ones who suffer the most in this. They will spend the rest of their lives wondering if it is something they did, and if they could have done better or made it right if they had just tried harder.
You might want to consider editing your post to reflect the fact that it is only your opinion. You sure as hell don't speak for me, or people like me.

You are gorgeous in both picture's but you have more confidence and are more flirtatious in the 2nd.
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I was taking plaquenil and methotrexate and fixing to start humira when i found out i was approved for this surgery. Surgeon stopped me from taking humera took me off the methotrexate a few days before surgery. After surgery he took everything but the plaquenil which does not do much for my hip and knees after about a week i called and asked when i could start with the gloucosamine again for some reason this stuff helps my knees after my first dr visit after surgery i started back on the methotrexate. I think i am going totell my rheumy doc that i want to hold back on humira until i see if weight loss helps me out. Once i started my reg pills again i felt better hard to get in required exercise when your legs dont work. Was stuck doing chair exercises. Now i am moving slowly granted but feeling better.
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This is why I love my rectum. It has the am a ability to distinguish between a solid and a gas. I appreciate my rectums excellent decision making skills as the only time that it has failed me is when I was sick.

Wow lady you look younger
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I am a strong believer that all things happen for a reason. You just got a new lease on life.
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Agirlhasnofluff
Omg i have to admit your post scared the sh!t out of me then i read porkchopexpress and that eased my nerves lol some.
However i do have some questions for you since i am going to have the same procedure (maybe) and it seems like not to many people on here have opted for this one. So forgive me if i bug you but when you say 8000 times a day really about how much do you go and is it alot that comes out? Does it have an overly foul oder as i seen some say that have posted about their surgeries. Also does it hurt to go potty after surgery? Sorry not trying to be nasty just seems to be the right place to ask.Why the biopsy on your liver is that part of the procedure? Plus what is your starting weight and bmi mine is 391 bmi 53. Im on a cell phone and cannot see it if you have a ticker. Porkchopexpress i like your new picture you look slimmer already.
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Well done! And Merry Christmas too!
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Wow! Through tamales!? Whew...that's some strong and disciplined action you've got. Great job!!!
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It does get easier. There will be changes to make mentally and emotionally as well as physically, but as you succeed in making them you will discover a new independence.

I made it through christmas and boy it was not easy. As the smell of tamales wafted through the air while they were cooking and the spoon scraping the bottom of the posole pot was chiming in my ears. The warmth of the fresh bread baking in the oven followed by the sweet flavors of the buttery snowball Cookies being dunked in powdered sugar. I managed to to decorate the sugar cookies like a family and participate in most of the christmas traditions that we usually do but boy was it hard not to lick the frosting off my fingers when it would drip off the cookie. As everyone ate i too ate my 2 oz of turkey along with my family though it was not the hardest day of my life it was the most trying but i kept my wits and thanked god i was able to withstand the temptations. I only pray for everlasting strengh through my journey. And although i am happy i made it through it also makes me sad about how much this life of mine revolved around food.
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I made it through christmas and boy it was not easy. As the smell of tamales wafted through the air while they were cooking and the spoon scraping the bottom of the posole pot was chiming in my ears. The warmth of the fresh bread baking in the oven followed by the sweet flavors of the buttery snowball Cookies being dunked in powdered sugar. I managed to to decorate the sugar cookies like a family and participate in most of the christmas traditions that we usually do but boy was it hard not to lick the frosting off my fingers when it would drip off the cookie. As everyone ate i too ate my 2 oz of turkey along with my family though it was not the hardest day of my life it was the most trying but i kept my wits and thanked god i was able to withstand the temptations. I only pray for everlasting strengh through my journey. And although i am happy i made it through it also makes me sad about how much this life of mine revolved around food.
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I made it through christmas and boy it was not easy. As the smell of tamales wafted through the air while they were cooking and the spoon scraping the bottom of the posole pot was chiming in my ears. The warmth of the fresh bread baking in the oven followed by the sweet flavors of the buttery snowball Cookies being dunked in powdered sugar. I managed to to decorate the sugar cookies like a family and participate in most of the christmas traditions that we usually do but boy was it hard not to lick the frosting off my fingers when it would drip off the cookie. As everyone ate i too ate my 2 oz of turkey along with my family though it was not the hardest day of my life it was the most trying but i kept my wits and thanked god i was able to withstand the temptations. I only pray for everlasting strengh through my journey. And although i am happy i made it through it also makes me sad about how much this life of mine revolved around food.
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I made it through christmas and boy it was not easy. As the smell of tamales wafted through the air while they were cooking and the spoon scraping the bottom of the posole pot was chiming in my ears. The warmth of the fresh bread baking in the oven followed by the sweet flavors of the buttery snowball Cookies being dunked in powdered sugar. I managed to to decorate the sugar cookies like a family and participate in most of the christmas traditions that we usually do but boy was it hard not to lick the frosting off my fingers when it would drip off the cookie. As everyone ate i too ate my 2 oz of turkey along with my family though it was not the hardest day of my life it was the most trying but i kept my wits and thanked god i was able to withstand the temptations. I only pray for everlasting strengh through my journey. And although i am happy i made it through it also makes me sad about how much this life of mine revolved around food.
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Like the new pic lipstick lady
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Like the new pic lipstick lady
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Tell her point blank what you think. I did that with one of the nurses at my program. She was rude, harsh, and overbearing. I let it go the first time, but when she came in with the same attitude the second time, I had had enough. She came to the part where she asked if I had any more questions. I said, "Yeah. What do I have to do to see someone else? We aren't hitting it off very well."
You would have thought I threw a bucket of cold Water in her face. Her demeanor changed abruptly, and she was soft spoken and timid for the rest of the appointment. That did not change my mind. I have not seen her since. But tell the people who are treating you poorly that you don't like it, and that you want to know where else you can take your business - and of course your money. See if that gets a response.

Abso-freakin-lutely!

Littlebill im a bigger sissy because its been three weeks now still sleeping on my back still wearing a binder and still feel that pins and needles feeling. Seeing the doc for first visit tomorrow.
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