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HAVE.A.BLAST!!!![emoji106][emoji106][emoji106][emoji106][emoji175][emoji175]

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Well done!!! Your progress is awesome!!

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Absolutely agree!!@angiebear, your transformation on this thread has been striking!!![emoji106][emoji106][emoji106][emoji176] Well done! You look fabulous as well!!

Everyone looks beautiful as usual! Happy New Year! Can't wait to see what awesome journeys this year brings! [emoji173][emoji173]

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Checking in, about 20 weeks post-op!
Weight loss has slowed to about 0.5 - 1 lb per week, and some of my binge-eating habits have returned, but in smaller quantities. So I don't think it's technically binge-eating. I'm talking eating shredded cheese out of the bad, eating Peanut Butter out of the jar, eating like 4 string cheese instead of 1. I'm sure that's making the calories add up and contributing to the slowing weight loss. It's not hard to overeat soft, high-fat foods like that. I still can't binge-eat anything high in carbs, thankfully.
This happening because I'm feeling very hungry again, especially at night. It's very discouraging because I was told the surgery would dramatically reduce the ghrelin hormone production in my stomach. It seems to have come back with a vengeance. I eat when I'm hungry, and then I fill up quickly, but then I start feeling hungry again when my stomach empties. This is not what I thought was supposed to happen.
I'm feeling very jealous of all the people who lost 75%+ of their excess weight in the first 6 months, because I'll be lucky to hit 50%.

I went to University of Miami. Great city with an international energy + flavor! Hope you're having a fabulous time and relief from frosty the snowman. Check out Havana Harry's in Coral Gables! Best Cuban food ever with some healthy choices, too! ;]

Omg!!!!! Congratulations!!!![emoji126][emoji126][emoji126][emoji108][emoji108][emoji108][emoji108][emoji122][emoji122][emoji122][emoji106][emoji106][emoji106][emoji106][emoji106][emoji176][emoji176][emoji176][emoji176]

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Average expected weight loss post surgery is 2-4lbs per week. I know it FEELS like you are losing slowly, but you are averaging 14lbs/mo and there are 4.33 weeks in a month: you actually at about the 75% percentile which is really really lovely!
Not trying to denegrate your perception. Cuz perception is real. But WE control our thoughts which then control our emotions. And my knowing that in reality you AREN'T a slow loser, would allow you to feel and understand the great progress you are making?
I shared your angst too...

Wow that's awesome!! Congrats
...... it's always the quiet ones you have to watch hahaha!

Your post is so timely! I'm also from NJ and will be taking my 6 year old niece to Disney in May, she's also a SW's lover, but very into Elsa and Cinderella. I promised to take her this year and I am looking forward to being able to fit on the plane and on the rides. I just had my sleeve last Monday, so I'm hoping by the end of May I will be able to eat and maintain hydration. Reading your posts make me excited for my own trip...and hopeful. 😀 Hope your having fun and keep up the great and useful posts!!

On the plane!!! Can’t believe I use to max this seatbelt out! Not anymore! And never again.

OML she is too perfect.
Though you know, the Star Wars franchise IS under the Disney umbrella, so technically Rey is a Disney Princess, lol.
Your niece and this other little girl could hang out and project their utter awesome-ness:
https://redtri.com/little-girl-meeting-rey-chewbacca-star-wars/

im a annual passholder. i go a lot but took off this last year to get my life together as far as surgery and focusing on losing, so i was well aware of it, but my niece is the biggest little tom boy!! when i asked her what disney princess he wanted to be, she said " i want to be rey from star wars" so guess what? thats exactly what maggie is going to be. she rather be on the rides!! she cracks me up but i cant complain.

we are doing the "be our guest" lunch where she gets to meet all the princesses tho!!

Happy friday everyone!! Tomorrow at 6am i fly from Jersey to Orlando for a week down in disney/seaworld/universal. Obviously the thought of going on vacation, ESPECIALLY Disney, can be stressful when it comes to food. So with this post, i am going to keep track every day of how i did as far as food, and choices i was able to make throughout my day. And in doing so, hopefully i can encourage and help others, along with getting advice from you guys!! I will be posting pics and keeping you guys updated as much as possible. Any questions or anything you would like me to find out for you while im down there, let me know!!! Today i weighed in at 228. If i maintain that for the week ill be happy BUT i think we can lose a couple. What do you think?

P.S. - i told myself i would allow myself one food item per day that i will try, that i usually dont eat. But i am going to incorporate it into my calorie intake.

And please no negative comments. All positive on this friend. Nothing positive to say, then stay away!!

here is my schedule

Saturday- seaworld
sunday- epcot
monday- chef mickeys for bfast and magic kingdom after hour
tuesday- hollywood studios
wednesday- universal/islands of adventure
thursday- magic kingdom
friday- animal kingdom
saturday pool day
WOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOO. No way i could have done all that at 386 pounds!!!

Wow!!!! Amazing work!!!!![emoji119][emoji119][emoji119][emoji119][emoji119][emoji119][emoji122][emoji122][emoji122][emoji122][emoji122][emoji106][emoji106][emoji106][emoji106]

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Wow!!!!!![emoji119][emoji119][emoji119][emoji119][emoji119][emoji122][emoji122] Gorgeous before and absolutely fabulous after!!!!![emoji122][emoji122][emoji122][emoji108][emoji108][emoji108]

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Wow!!!!!![emoji119][emoji119][emoji119][emoji119][emoji119][emoji122][emoji122] Gorgeous before and absolutely fabulous after!!!!![emoji122][emoji122][emoji122][emoji108][emoji108][emoji108]

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OOTD off to work.

I'm going to get selfie taking skills from my niece this weekend as I've found that hubby is going to be my rate limiting step to posting OOTD if his expressions while taking my pictures is anything to go by!!!!![emoji28][emoji28][emoji28][emoji28][emoji28][emoji28][emoji28][emoji28] So freaking hilarious!!!!

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Off to work!! Can't believe how much this thread has helped me with perspective!! Thanks so much guys!!

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Beautiful shot!!!![emoji108][emoji108][emoji108][emoji108][emoji8]

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[emoji322][emoji322]Happy Holidays everyone [emoji322][emoji322]
We are out of town post Christmas but had to come here to get my daily dose of OOTD!

You guys all look awesome!! I wouldn't even know where to start!! Wish I could like pictures ×100!![emoji108][emoji108][emoji108][emoji108][emoji176][emoji176]

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Well everyone i'm here to tell you this surgery works wonders. I was 377 pounds in December 2018. It's now the end of Dec of 2019 and i'm 175 pounds and healthy. I ate nothing but low carb Protein food 5 times a day for the last year and 3 weeks. All i did was walk on a treadmill 4 times a week for a mile a day. I never cheated on my hardcore diet. I've only puked 7 times or so by eating too much since surgery in the last year. As we all do, i had to learn the hard way sometimes. I couldn't be happier and I have hit my goal weight. I am here to tell you if you follow the doctors orders it works.
Having said that i did go against doctors orders shortly after getting home. I was starving (or so i thought) and ate meat from the first week on. Probably not a good idea. I could only get down 3 bites. I had this grand plan to portion out food and bag it up and freeze it so i could heat it up.... it all went in the garbage.
First day after surgery i could only have 3 sips of Water. Stomach made weird sounds and such. I highly suggest everyone takes off work 2 weeks afterwords. I went back to work with in 10 days and i was a mess. I was dizzy every single time i stood up for about a month or two.
Your body will adjust and you have to do the hard work on the treadmill. My back was killing me before surgery. I could hardly stand up to order at least a pound of food per meal. It goes away.... you have to do the hard work and work though the pain. Walk a mile on the treadmill at 0230 in the morning when no one else is there like I did.
It's a struggle but it pays off in the end. Work hard and listen to your doc's. I wish you all the best.
Starting weight 377 pounds
Now: 175 pounds
Waist starting: 50 inches
Now: 30 inches
Shirt size starting: 5XL
Now: M to L
BMI starting: 50
BMI now: 23

🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆Commitment🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
I applaud you from under my quilt 👏😅

Heading to a surprise birthday party and then to my high school senior class get together social.

Choosing to head outta my comfy bed early on a Saturday morning and head to the Pilates studio.

These choices are almost as important as the food.