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Thanks you too!

Both of you ladies have terrific attitudes. You've got this WLS ! It will be a pleasure to follow your joyful journeys.

Yay! Keep rockin' it girl. You've got this covered! Keep up the good work!

I'm sorry to hear that your husband has been ill. I can imagine how hard and distracting that can be from your diet. Don't beat yourself up about it just forgive yourself and move on because there is nothing we can do about the past, only the future.

Oh my, so sorry your going through this. To get some protien in they do have powder shakes, you can take a small 8oz carton of the milk on the shelf. They sell it usually in the Organic section. Put powder in shaker at home take milk with you in purse or another bag you might take a book in to read? Mix the 2 when hungry and drink. I would also take the ready to drink drinks. Put in fridge at night does stay a bit cold while your out. Prayers to you and your husband.

The very best we can do is the very best we can do. WLS is for your lifetime. You will succeed. You already are, my friend.

Lifting my protein shake to you! Go girl!!!

If you weren't nervous at this stage, you would be weirdly weird!

You've come soooo far. Now all of your work is coming to fruition .

You can do this. I look forward to watching you succeed.

See you on "The Losers' Bench". You'll like it there.

Just keep your eye on the prize. The first day of clear liquids is the worst. Hopefully tomorrow you will be better.

Good luck on your surgery....most people that think about the worst are pleasantly surprised that it is not so bad. The worst is getting used to drinking so many fluids after but once you do, life gets grand fast!

congrats on the surgery, you'll feel it for the first day and half, that's why it's awesome that YOU control your pain meds...remember every 8 mins push that button and no matter how bad it hurts WALK!! it helps

@Valentina.....haha No! we don't have a president now or for that matter one in contention for the job that I would consider singing to! But yes I knew that about Marilyn Monroe....and quite frankly with all the vanity sizing they do now I bet back in her day a 14 was probably what our size 6 is now.

Don't even get me started on politics!!!!!!!!!!! I WANT ANOTHER CHOICE!!!!!!!!!!!

I've read that Marilyn was sown into the dress she wore "that" night, but WOW!!! Lady, that was nooo size 6!! No with all of those curves------must be like looking into a mirror for you, right?

You are just rock'n this WLS thing.

thank you @Valentina.............and I'm with you on the politics.....I want another choice as well. I have no idea what I'm going to do in November....it's a very sad and scary thing we're about to head into......I hate even thinking about it!

good luck!

wow that's awesome!

Congratulations!!! Keep it up!!

Irritating as it is, there is something to be said for the "one day at a time" approach.

Isn't it funny how that happens? Enjoy!

awesome!!

welcome to BP family

Hahahaha...

How could she @Ashlegal...

I'm the total package!!

It is the accent. Always the accent.

Well yeah...

But I'm also an excellent kis...

Well...

Never mind...

Awesome!

crazy is good!!! 7 lbs in one week? holy moly chick - amazing - 67 lbs total!!! keep up the great job!!! congrats- kathy

I just wore leggings today because of the "baggy butt" thing. I feel like a kid with a load in a dirty diaper.

Yes, unfortunately that baggy butt thing gets worse the more weight you lose. I purchased a lot of yoga pants for that very reason.

luckily now that I am smaller I can pick jeans for for $20-30. Which is glorious.

I think if I were in the situation you are in right now, I would go back and look at my before and during pictures. I'm betting seeing the HUGE change would give me enough of a kick in the pants to get going again. Or perhaps go back to basics for a few days, and sort of reset your stomach and metabolism. There is also something called the five day pouch test that may help you. Try not to get too discouraged. You've come a looong way and worked hard to be here, and you'll be able to keep going because you already know you have the strength. Take care and be kind to yourself.

Try reviewing a couple of weeks of your food diaries. You may find that you've been more liberal than you'd been previously. Also do yourself the favor of recalling that few goals have an end date. It's the doing that achieves the goal, but there's no calendar attached. Certainly not when it comes to weight loss. You're still losing, so relax. You're doing/getting what you set out to do nearly a year ago. You're way ahead of the game.

Thanks but a super hero I don't think so. During the 3 procedure operation I had my gallbladder taken out. This is not incision pain. It is in the right side lower back shoulder pain that moved today to the breast armpit area. I saw my PCP on Thursday when I had the pain for 6 days all ready. He thought when the nurses and Pt lifted me off the toilet they broke a rib. But that was not the case. He gave me liquid Tylenol with codeine and it was helping but when the pain switched to the breast armpit area the meds were not helping any more. The walking I was doing was with the walker but today I couldn't even get out the door. All I did was relax in my recliner, surf the net and watch TV. It is only 10 days post op so I was surprised to see a stall all ready

Don't psych yourself out ssflbelle, you are doing fine and everything is working fine. Just chill out and heal a little bit. Slow but sure is the tortoise. Take the small victories and I agree you should stay off the scale for a while. Gas pains can and do move from one area to another sometimes. I had similar problems years ago when I had an abdominal surgery. The gas working out was the worst part.

Don't be down on yourself !

Hi I am not sure about the gas pains - I am one week out of surgery and have been trying to walk a bit when I feel up to it probably not as hard as you walk tho. I was also having a meltdown over my weight gain from surgery so good news day 8 from surgery and finally lost 2 lbs .... geez seems slow but so happy to finally be lower than my weight before the surgery!!! Hope your gas pain subsides soon!