Newme17

Hey, chin up! Let's believe for some awesome changes coming your way okay? Let's put a smile on your face. I'll be praying for good and awesome change, financially equipped change for you hon.

Better start that savings account! LOL Those are beautiful, but I'm not a purse kind of girl, so more power to you!!!

Awww, super girly and cute.

Awesome! Have you had your surgery yet? I'd love to see it when you hit that goal! Do you know what of?

I thought I recognized that name. I love Jane Austen books.

Awesome! I love the smile!!! ? Keep up the good work.

Ooh, that's very meaningful. I was thinking what I could do to make the lace tat more meaningful in regards to losing the weight but can't think of anything. ? I do think I might place a tiny tat on the top of my hand near the thumb and forefinger, not sure what that area is called, that's says something to the tune of "never again 266" <---that being my highest weight. It'd be a constant reminder.

Do you know what of?

I mentioned adding a trip, but I live next to a beach so my kind of trip would be Italy, Ireland, Spain , or England. There are tons of awesome deals on groupons for these.

What kind are you leaning to?

Ooh, I hadn't thought of a trip! Might add that to my list. Oh, definitely a breast lift and possibly will need a tummy tuck. I'm hoping not, but we'll see.

I'm going to have short term goals throughout my journey. But when I hit my goal weight (or very near to it), I'm going to get my lace tat piece, similar to the pic, but no flower. What's yours?

Unless you have to take some kind of pain medicine that will interfere with anesthesia meds, than I don't see how that would postpone. You'd be able to walk still, so that's good news. Hope it turns out nicely...and your forearm heals great too.

In my personal opinion, inches are better than numbers on the scale. Are you currently working out too?

give it time....your body has to adjust to the major changes it just went and is going through.

Congratulations on seeing the change...although I don't see a pic? Could it be my computer? You also gave me the idea and reminder to go short term on my goals. Thanks for posting that.

I grew up with my father who is all about health and has worked in the medical field for 40+ years. He's always used calipers for his patients. There will most likely not ever be some kind of electronic device that will be as accurate as calipers. Although I do believe many of them can come pretty close. But anyway, calipers are the ones that can't go wrong, unless you read it wrong.

I have the same requirements with cigna as @SeaShells82 has. But I started mine on jan 22nd. Had my pysch evaluation this past Monday and will have my 2nd nutritional appt next week. So, I have 2 more after that, it'd be Mar and April. The bariatric center will submit paperwork at the last meeting in a April. Depending on how long Cigna takes, I suspect it'll be end of April or early May for my surgery. Start to Finish, about 3-4 months. And congrats on making the decision for better health! ??

Geez that was long!!! I agree with the bulk of it. Exercise only accounts for less than 20% of your overall physique (fat, muscles, etc) and diet is over 80%. People can lose weight just from changing their diet alone. Exercise is a boost really. I've never really agreed with the calorie in, calorie out though. I did once upon a time, but now it's just eating better quality food and watching how much to eat. Eat when you're hungry and stop when you're full/content. Now, the article almost came off as, you don't have to exercise at all. Although this can be true, kind of, it's even better to incorporate exercise to get the best "bang for your buck" so-to-speak. So, for weight loss, yes, it can help. But heart conditioning, muscle building, strengthening, stretching...those are all excellent benefits of exercise and we still do lose calories doing them (if you count calories) but the diet is what counts most.

I'm believing this to happen to me!

I believe it goes both ways. The unbeliever is offended by a believer's statement and the believer is offended by the unbeliever's statement. I'm offended because the poster referred to my God as a fairy-tale, but I'm also respectful of not name calling someone's unbelief too. For the believers' : Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." Luke 23:34 For the unbelievers: I just ask you to not name call our beliefs as we shouldn't be doing either. Yes, Christians can be wrong too. We are all here for encouragement and advice from others walking through their journeys with WLS. It's ok if we want to mention how God works in our lives regarding our sleeves, if we want. It's okay if you're an unbeliever to mention your god or however you choose, your conscience, led you through your WLS too. Let's keep religion (which I don't care for--too long to explain) or spiritual preferences and for sure, political association out of the forums. There is a RELIGIOUS SLEEVERS forum for all this. Peace out!

Yes He is!

Green tea is great for many things. It's really up to each individual if it's going to work for fat burning though. Most likely it seems to come from the caffeine that's in it, even though it has less than coffee. But even if it weren't for the possible fat loss booster, many other things are beneficial from it. Lowers risk of cancers, antioxidant rich, etc. can't go wrong with green tea (unless heavily ladened with sugars) and it just might do the wonders for your body you're looking for!

Good for you! Seems like you've got a great support system already too. That's always a big plus!

Congrats hon!