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Everyone is looking incredible! @Arabesque love the black and white check and wide pants, super cool yet classic. @sillykitty Sorry to hear you are still feeling bloated and blah... hopefully it goes very soon 🤗 @AngieBear you're amazing, you keep shrinking and shrinking! Looking lovely as ever, I dig your groove man! Every single person in this thread is amazing... awesome work everyone

Wow @Sophie7713 you look incredible for someone who just had surgery!! Congratulations, and wishing you a swift pain free recovery!!! Bobby is so adorable, what a character! We are thinking of getting a new doggo soon, our much much loved little JRT girl had to be put down 2 years ago at the age of 12, it broke our hearts.. and I haven't been able to think about getting another, but hubby is keen for a new companion, so maybe... Foxy would definately be on our list, does Bobby shed much? Our JRT was a shedding machine lol... still find her hair in a house she was never in! Your hubby is a wonderful man also, what a superstar to not only look after you so perfectly, but think of your surgical team and bake them a cake!!! Wowsers what a gent!

You've come 9 weeks without smoking, you're through the worse of it, just keep NOT smoking! The relief felt after having a smoke is the relief of feeding the very strong addiction, not a generalise anxiety relief.

Yeah I am not telling any of my siblings, did bring it up with my parents, Dad supportive Mum worried of course - thinks I can do it without... lol like that's worked so well to date!!! Brothers and wives all very judgemental and never had serious weight issues in their lives, one SIL weighs 45kg!!!! Only my husband and bestie and parents will know, not telling anyone else. Thanks re job! I am a bit nervous but looking forward to a new challenge

Surely he's noticed the weight loss? Maybe you could talk to him privately and explain that due to your extensive loss you no longer can eat very much, that your stomach has shrunk so much (true!) but that the food is still beautiful.

Wow... he's a keeper lol but you know that already! OMG sugar free Reeces!!!! 🤩

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

Congratulations and a very Happy Birthday to you as well... what a great gift you have worked for yourself!!

Hahah... that's a good point! I have family there still and it might be a good excuse to pop down regularily. Not that I want some of them to know... too judgemental! Start my new job on Monday in Sydney, so going to not think about any of this for a bit. Feeling very fat atm after the holidays... can't wait to be able to do the WLS mid year, will see how things go and it might be possible to do it earlier (surgeon only needs a few weeks/month notice usually apparently after payment) Meantime will try to knock the drinking on the head and get into some good routines that will set me up well, like not drinking for 30 mins before during or after eating... kill off my major coffee addiction etc, there is a lot of work to do, and someone here said (sorry can't remember who or where I read it on here) that you can't be recovering and detoxing at the same time, I have totally taken that on board and will try to reduce the addiction element of my drinking/coffee/eating as much as possible.

I think you are one of the very fortunate ones with your skin, it has really snapped back nicely!

You look wonderful in both photos, but your happiness shines through in the after photo, what a fabulous outfit

Hahaha... so true! I think I might be like your girlfriends I have previously done Paleo, Keto, generic low carb, and basically I prefer a lower fat model myself, so it's interesting what you say about not being able to eat a lot of fat after WLS, I don't think that would be a huge issue for me, bring it on baby haha. tbh... not sure I would have been able to eat lardo even now... I like my pork belly lean and always cut around the fatty bits lol Hubster not so much he loves pork fat. My bestie has suggested a surgeon who did her lap band about 8 years ago (since removed but was sucessful she lost 50+kg) who is at Greenslopes, I did contact the clinic of your surgeon, still waiting to hear back but they might be on hols... will find out info from both and go with whomever I feel most comfortable with if I do go with someone in Bris. Still debating if I should not just go with the Sydney guy who is very good/empathetic... just the Follow up situation. Frustrating that I have to delay the surgery tbh... but I really can't hit new company with "oh btw..." at this stage and they have given me a lot of other things to come on board.

Hmmm interesting, I think it's good information and I thank you for it, we are not super keen on the high fat aspect more the low carb (works very well for both of us) and when we have done low carb in the past we haven't been adding all the butters, oil and fat etc. Will probably do a modified version anyway moderate fat, higher in green or low carb veg, moderate protein. I don't intent to do Diet doctor after surgery, will stick with my surgeon's plan. Thanks for your feedback

New Year, new job (delay in getting WLS unfortunately due to no leave!) but this is deffo the year for major change! 20/20 vision going to achieve this year

Wow... you look great! Congratulations and very well done

Good for you, sounds like a fun trip, hopefully you didn't leave any broken hearts behind haha.

Better tailored slim fit looks so much better on you! You deffo need some new much smaller clothes hun, I don't think you have really come to terms with your new size yet, but you are tiny!

Yeah I can understand it is a lovely skirt, with the pleats it should be a pretty simple alteration if you wanted to keep it

Good luck to all having surgery tomorrow!

Shopping trip to Melb... you won't need to take much with you... but book that extra luggage allowance on the return flight... haha!! 😁👍

Hahaha... it's a mystery for sure!! 😛 Those IV opioids are pretty dang good stuff hahahahaha laughing with... laughing with hehehe, not trying to be a smartypants, it's funny I work in hearing, and the amount of times I will tell someone when testing them that they will hearing the sounds in their right ear first... only to have them stop the test and say, "it's in my left... " me check equipment, no definately your right.. "oh that is my right... oh sorry..." lol hahaha

It's not mirrored no, but they are left on the left and right on the right... the keyboard is as normal and the hands are on it in the normal positions...not right on the left and left on the right as marked hehehehe when you look at the hands with the palms down the left hand has the thumb on the right of the hand and the right has the thumb on the left of the hand, they face each other inwards...

That looks so painful, my hubby has an allergy that if he is exposed does that instantly to his hands.. scary stuff!! Ummmmm.... you sure those are correctly labelled left and right? Lol..

Wow, you look amazing! Congratulations on your super loss!! SE Qld is the place to be! 😁👍