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ash    5

ash
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Yeah!!!!!! Good for You.....that's like what...a 5 year old?! lol :-)
HAHAHA, I don't know. I'll pick up a Kindergartener tomorrow and let you know. ;-)

Thanks again all!

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burnsun    27

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I always equated my band loss with how many bags of dog food it was!

I was 2 big ones and a large cat food and small cat food and the hamster shavings...... all to gether!

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Ruthi    60

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I have lost 54 lbs since my lap band a year ago and revision 3 months ago, it doesnt seem like alot for a year but I equate that to (5) 10 lb bags of potatoes + almost a 5 lb bag. I cant even imagine carrying that around all day long every day. No wonder it was much easier to climb the steps at the theatre last weekend. I am not losing as much as some people after the VSG (only 27 lbs at almost 3 months) but its not a gain and its so gradual, I dont have to come up with an excuse for all the weight loss since no one at work knows about the WLS.

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cajun    46

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HOORAAAYYYY for you Amanda! Awesome work!

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Oregondaisy    2,021

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Every lb counts Ruthi. We all no it's no race.

I always remember that I would have weighed more by now without WLS and don't worry too much about how fast I am losing.

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ash    5

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I just posted some -51 pound pics in my album...made my husband finally take an updated picture!

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Bob_350lbs    105

Bob_350lbs
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You go girl! Tell me you secret for your long eye lashes, you look gorgeous! Is it Latrisse?

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ash    5

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You go girl! Tell me you secret for your long eye lashes, you look gorgeous! Is it Latrisse?
No, someone was asking me just the other day if my lashes were fake! My sister and I just got blessed with long lashes, but without that XXL mascara, they are hard to see. Not sure where they came from, but I'm not complaining!!! Thanks for your kind words

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Malaika    50

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WOO HOO You are looking so good girl -- and -51 WHOA! That's awesome. Keep up the good work and keep posting those pics! I bet your husband is ecstatic eh?

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WOO HOO You are looking so good girl -- and -51 WHOA! That's awesome. Keep up the good work and keep posting those pics! I bet your husband is ecstatic eh?
Thank you, thank you! I'm finally able to see it when I look in the mirror now. The hubs was so cute yesterday...I put up those pics on Facebook and he kept going back and forth looking at them. Then he came and took a new pic with his iPhone so when I called he'd see the new "thinner" me. He will walk by and say, "Hey skinny" and stuff. I just laugh because I am still SO FAT! HAH! I haven't tried on any new clothes, but my size 26 pants are ridiculously big on me. No money for new clothes though! I will just have to tie a rope around my waist!!!

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Malaika    50

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Thank you, thank you! I'm finally able to see it when I look in the mirror now. The hubs was so cute yesterday...I put up those pics on Facebook and he kept going back and forth looking at them. Then he came and took a new pic with his iPhone so when I called he'd see the new "thinner" me. He will walk by and say, "Hey skinny" and stuff. I just laugh because I am still SO FAT! HAH! I haven't tried on any new clothes, but my size 26 pants are ridiculously big on me. No money for new clothes though! I will just have to tie a rope around my waist!!!

I so know what you mean about the comments - Bearded is very generous with them and I still don't see it when I look at myself - I can see a huge difference in him.

You're doing good and it shows! We're all gonna get there, it's just gonna take time is all.

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

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        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

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