pupichupi

yeah you!

That is great. Congratulations.

Congrats!

Congrats! I need to measure.

Blade I started a chart from day before surgery till now and I am going to do it every month!!! I think its a good way to see the difference thats going on besides just the weight number. I was happy with my results!!!

thats great

Congrats Pupichupi keep up the great work i am during aqua-aerobis five days a week for an hour and it is working and I am feeling good. I just had my 3 month check up yesterday and my surgeon said I was doing awsume and he is so proud of me, who knew how great we would feel after this surgery.

AMEN to that!! Happy Friday!

Thanks!!!

Work it!!!

Thanks blade, did you hit your 40? I know we were talking about it last week?

lol, my girlfriend is a vegan, and she eats alot of tofu, she made it for me once and I was not about it, but to each their own, I don't hate on it, I will try anything once, well except liver!!! lol, I LOVE to cook and try new things all the time!!! I just wish buying food to try things wasn't so darn expensive!! lol

Liver is do-able, but you gotta mince it up real small and put it in something with a bold flavor, like Mexican food. I was an anorexic/anemic teenager with major B vitamin and folate deficiencies, and a Mexican neighbor made tostadas or tacos for me twice a week with the liver hidden in it. It got me well. My mother made the shoe leather fried liver crap which I could not stand.

Since being sleeved, I get extra pleasure out of experimentng in the kitchen to help me meet nutritional goals.

lol @ Miss Mac ... my mom made it the same way (but I still love it)...pork chops too...because she bought the thin cuts and cooked them like center cuts... let's just say she wasn't a very good cook...bless her

@BladeFox Thanks, and I hit 240 today so I am super excited, and yes I did steal your "0" idea, it is a great idea, so thanks for that!!! I always look forward to the finish and right now I have to look at the small things cause I know I have a ways to go. So baby steps first before I can run!!!

Righteous!

@Bandista, that is great that your down to a 12 and ready to go into a 10, I fit into GAP jeans for the first time in my life, not that I am superficial and need only expensive store cloths, I got them from a cousin and so when they fit, I was amazed!!! I love it!!! I am still in a 14, which fits good right now but I know another 20 lbs or so I will be out of those and into a 12 too and then I will have no cloths? I have been hitting the 2nd hand stores when I have a couple extra bucks, and I think I am going to just start buying smaller sizes just to have cause I have enough 14's for now, and then when I am able to fit the lower ones atleast I will have something to wear that will fit? @proudgrammy thanks I think readjusting my goal was the best thing for me right now, and it just makes me realize that I don't have to look at the # in lbs, but I can look at it like whats best for me to be healthy!!!

Pupichupi that's great I'm 5'11 and my hola is 170 but if I get to thin I will reevaluated my goal I have 80 more pounds to go and I'm almost 4 months post opt keep up the great work.

Awesome cupcake!!! Thanks!!!

You Pup are my idol! LOL!!! I know I'm a stress eater so over the past few months since going through the reorg at the job, I admittantly have been eating popcorn like no body's business. This has stalled my weight loss. I have lost 54 total. Really good on the inches, but the pounds...not so much. Could be better tho, ha!

Listen don't stress it so much, I am the same way, I was getting bags of smart pop and munching that, but I would do what I said get a small bowl put just enough to fit in that bowl and then put the bag away. Only eat what i could put in the bowl, and that was it. I then got wicked depressed not too long ago with my birthday that came up, I picked up Cheese puffs, cause they melt in your mouth and they are easy to eat. I was eatting alot of those, I had to tell my fiance to keep them away from me. I think its a good thing you have hiccups all of us, cause that shows hello this isn't going to help if we don't help it. I am happy that I can still eat somethings that I know are not good for me, it just gives me the opportunity to show how strong I can be!!! You can do this!!!

Thanks for the encouragement. I'm working my way through it.

lol thanks blade!!! How are you doing? How did everything go with the job thing?

you ladies inspire me!! I am so excited as my time gets closer. I am still 4+ months out, but I can't wait to be where you are! Keep up the good choices and work ladies you are amazing!

Thanks pinkpolkadot!!! I can't speak for blade, but I know going through this transformation I have found that I want to help others loose the weight, I have instilled the changes in my home too, and my son is only 9 but he is a heavy kid right now and we are working on that so that as he gets older he doesn't go through everything I have growing up and being a heavy kid.

LOL I hope your day and evening gets better.

Don't let the stress consume you Pup!

@BladeFox I try not to let the stress consume me but some days work really can get to me, and I just want to go to the nut house? LOL

wow they will pay for the skin removal?!?! very cool

My insurance covers it if I have skin irritation and so I do, so I will be dealing with that next!!!

Hey blade thought I lost you? Yeah I agree, it did take me a bit to heal from the surgery to start with and so waiting till I have the skin surgery is definitely my best option!!! Thanks hun!!!

Just needed a break for a bit with everything that's going on on the job front! Still working on smoothing that out. Cheers~

Ugh well I hope it all works out ok!!! I haven't had a great month at work and its been very stressful but keeping hopes that it will be all over soon.

101 lbs down!!! onderland - you are great!! keep up the good job!! happy 11 month surgiversary!!

I messed up it's 10 months, march 19th was my surgery date and so today is 10 months post surgery, but thanks!!!

I second that!! Im 6 months out..

It went really good, they are submitting it to the insurance now. It will take a little while cause you know insurance companies!!!

I am told they don't cover it here at all!! But I am learning there might be loop holes....

Call your insurance company and ask them what the requirements are to have it done!!! If it's a medical necessity they need to cover it. Like what I want done, the skin folds over and I get yeast infections, and sores under the folds so that is why I want it done, and it could become open sores so that would make it a medical necessity. I will say that what I want done is only $4000, so if my insurance were to not pay for it, I would save up the money and pay for it out of pocket!!!

you should be....It is amazing how this surgery is a great tool and how we can feel about ourselves when we use it...Congrats!

Thanks, it has been a fantastic tool to help me get to where I need and want to be, and I am so close I can touch it!!!

CONGRATS!!!

Pupi, the only way you won't reach your goal is if you stop trying! Of course weight loss gets slower the smaller you get. Focus on the basics -- if you've slipped in any areas, buckle down again. If you're staying on plan, maybe try something new like a new exercise program to help kickstart again. But, DON'T give up!!! If you're following the plan, working with your doctor and NUT, the weight just HAS to come off!

Thanks girls, I am definitely not giving up, I am just so discouraged cause I felt like I had a great week last week and would loose more than 1 lb again for the 2nd week in a row, and those are the 2 lbs I gained 2 weeks ago? So it's just frustrating?

Back up and take a look. Regroup and hit it again.

You have what it takes.

Blade, thanks, I wasn't even in the car, and I do have good insurance, but I also have a $500 deductable, so i have to get a estimate tomorrow on it and find out what the damage is? I am just so mad that people can be so irresponsible to hit someones car and then not put wait to tell them or leave their info for the person they hit? I would have been responsible enough to write down my info and leave it for them? Its disgusting?

Oh Hell no - they - didn't!!! Now I see why you are screaming on the inside. I sincerely hope this works out for you well in the end. Be at peace lady.

Thanks Blade, I am ok today!!! lol

Wow way to go. Glad everything is going well for you.

Wonderful News, I cant believe you are back at work already. I am going back Monday.

Just get your protien in that will help you not be so tired. Also remember you just had major surgery and you ARE NOT SUPERWOMEN LOL.

Easy, is that a flavor of bubble gum?

@Beni, I wish!!!

I agree.

Thanks everyone!!! @Sleeveless in seattle, that is awesome!!! Well congrats to you too then!!!

awsome!!! congrats!! I agree with ya great job keep it up!

117 lbs down, down and dirty -that is great!!! congrats happy happy surgiversary bud kathy