GreenTealael

Since surgery, I've felt really good, except for this afternoon after discharge. I'm still a bit loopy from the drugs but am now at the hotel. I did some shopping and bought some baby food and some SF snacks, along with my protein shakes. I am super tired, but I have some homework to finish before I take my nap.

How are you doing?

Not likely lol

Are you feeling any better today?

Only slightly @macadamia, thanks for asking, sooooo sweet

and?...

I'm holding out for more, deeper than superficial people

good for you!

Hope you surgery went well and you are basking in the knowledge that you are now on the losers' bench with the rest of us! Congrats! Speedy recovery. Sip, sip, sip, walk, walk, walk!

There's so many ways to fast. What method are you using?

Yes, I would love to hear about how that works!

Oh I'm just seeing this... mostly 16:8 or 18:6 window but to rev it up sometimes a 20:4 window.

Thank you!

How are you feeling, did they treat you right?

Yep, hooked me up with the drugs. Im feeling better than i expected. Thanks for checking in.

And I'm not a believer in "everyone gets a medal"! Well done! You're an inspiration!

I will take those participation awards any day!!!!

Oh, I decided against the rental sites. They're expensive for what you get IMO. Can't rent pants because they have to be tailored. And for dresses, I bought some in the $30-$50 range. So even that is more affordable than renting.

Good to know those rental sites aren't worth it! I'm a minimalist so I only buy things I need ,love and goes with everything I already have so I don't buy much, and when I do get something it has to work for a while...

I'm also justifying buying more clothes than I absolutely need to at this point, because it makes me feel better about myself. Wearing fitted clothes and feeling attractive in them makes me legit happier.

But when you come off that stall.... It falls off nicely.....

Not this far out bae... It slows dramatically

Mental aspect bae... But I feel you....

I would've expected SassyTealael!

Lol

It's been a strange summer alright! I hope this doesn't mean we'll have a super snowy winter.

I just hate how menstrual cycles make you gain weight... Soooo Annoying TMI

Oh, no! The sun will shine again!

Well in retrospect - embrace the hormones cuz menopause makes ya old

This is a thought provoking question. It makes me think back to my younger, thinner days when even then I was never happy with the way my body looked - if only I knew that it was all down hill from there! And now that I have worked from being morbidly obese to reaching my goal, I am wondering if I should lose more because maybe a size 6 will be better than a size 8. I think many of us, especially women, need to explore our body image issues a little deeper. What does it take to feel satisfied with being you? Does the weight loss make us happy, or do we need to focus on our inner happiness and just being happy with who we are? Difficult questions I think.

I am sure all my lumps and bumps will not look anything like what my mind pictures! My mind just lies all the time to me anyway...lol

BUT I am already pretty happy with being able to FEEL lighter on my feet, fit into smaller clothes, etc. I think I will be satisfied, and especially after some 'nip/tuck', more like 'slash/extract/add/stretch/stitch' lol but anyway even that will not make all the internal parts 18 again, so any improvement will be just fine.

I've recently been thinking the same thing. I'm 30 lbs away from goal, so it is feeling more real. Will I be happy at 140? Will that be too high or too low? Where are these additional 30 lbs come from? I want to keep my butt, but lose my tummy, but what if the opposite happens?

I needed a raincoat yesterday and my husband grabbed one of my son's old ones. Score.............

Crazy right!

I just had to order new layering cami's, because my old ones were too baggy. Size, medium! Crazy!

Doesn't that blow your mind? I've had this happen time and time again. Makes me shake my head. I think sometimes a shake up to the ole metabolism wakes it up? Who knows....just glad once in a while we can have our cake (within reason) and lose weight, too:)

I was totally prepared for a gain... so I'll take it!

BRAVO!! Taking your power and turning your back on the stuff. Love those NSVs.

Pulled up my dress to use the toilet lol and the mirror is placed right I'm front of it...

I think you look great! Give your skin a bit more time before you get too hung up on plastics. Even losing slowly, you've lost a lot of weight in a short time!

See, I had to check on that nakedness in Panera myself, lol. You look great, we all have those nekkid skin issues.I will need major ps. I did read that it can improve with time. My old Weight Watchers leader said hers smoothed out alot after 6 years. At my age I'm not waiting 6 years to find out. Do whatever you need to to make yourself more comfortable even if it's more slicing n dicing.

Is that how it works? I eat protein bars most mornings. One of the few solid foods I can eat. Are you saying they're really sliders?

For me they appear to be, I wasn't big on them until recently so that may be a factor, but Im counting them amoung my high calories low restriction food groups and I want to monitor how often I eat these items.

Oh, ok. I only eat one a day and always count the calories. I'm really not a breakfast person, so they let me hit the ground running.

I remember that day myself, walking around outside waiting on wife at doctor and turned corner and saw myself in mirrored office window. Stopped me in my tracks cause i think that was the first time i really saw i was not the same size.

That must have felt amazing! Congrats! I certainly haven't felt "small" yet, but I did start seeing myself as more "normal" looking last week. I felt like I'd crossed the threshold of people seeing me and not immediately thinking "Wow, she's huge!"