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MoonSiren    48

MoonSiren
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Hi VST friends! I haven't been on here in a month so just letting you all know what's going on. I started exercising 30+ minutes every single day (walking, playing Zumbaa on kinect, swimming, and weight lifting) and have noticed I'm melting off the pounds faster. Before I was losing 1-2 pounds a week but now it jumped up to 5 since last week!!!!! I can now fit into REGULAR WOMEN SIZE 12 TOPS and 16 BOTTOMS!! :lol: I've always been bottom heavy like a pear but am now a smaller one. (: I could fit into a size 12 dress that had a pleated skirt too. I used to have to wear plus size 26 at 300 lbs before my weight loss and my largest size was 32 at 400 lbs. When I try on my size 32 pants, I can fit my whole body in one leg!! :o

Everyone should consider the sleeve. It is the best procedure in my opinion. I can eat sweets when I want and not have dumping. Of course, I will crave the sweets but a spoonful or a bite will satisfy me and I toss away the rest. I eat 4 oz of meat and some veg and then I feel comfortably full like I just had Thanksgiving dinner. I always LOVED the feeling of being warm and full so would overeat until I got there before surgery. :P

The down side is that I burp nearly after every meal for 5-10 minutes and if I eat too quickly food will get stuck. I take papaya chewables so that helps a bit to get the food down. I can't eat dry food like chips, crackers, pretzels, dry meat without some kind of sauce, and Cookies. It just gets stuck and hurts my chest until I burp it up. I can't eat any bread either because it makes me feel sick. I can only tolerate a few pinches of ultra soft mushy bread. I get Constipation a lot because I'm eating so much Protein every day too.

I was afraid that my hair would fall out but it didn't. I had been taking Biotin and eating 80-90 protein every day to prevent this. I look forward to losing more and more weight until I hit my goal of 150 lbs!! :wub:

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SkinnyOnMe    81

SkinnyOnMe
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Good job. WHen did u have ur surgery?

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Lisa's Hope    421

Lisa's Hope
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Congratulations! Life sounds wonderful for you. :) I can't wait until can post a story just like this!

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favoredone    590

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Great job!!!.. I'm 324 and wear a 22/24.... I can't wait to get out of the 300s.. I'm ramping up my workouts this week.. Thanks for the encouragement...

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rebecca b    19

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you are doing awesome! and favoredone, you'll be out of the 300's soon!

sleeved 12-1-11

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sleeve 4 me    910

sleeve 4 me
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WOW! great job! Congrats!!!!

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Imlosing big    112

Imlosing big
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Awesome job!!!!1

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D1NOnlySexyLady    70

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Congratulations! How much weight have you lost in total? When I'd you start doing Zumba and exercising more intense? Have you experience a lot of lose skin, or has the exercise helped?

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MoonSiren    48

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I have loose skin on my arms, belly and thighs but I think it will tighten over time. If not, there is always plastic surgery. I started the Zumbaa game on XBOX Kinect two weeks ago. I will take the class option on there on moderate level.

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MegInNOLA    531

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Congratulations on your progress so far! You're rocking that sleeve!!

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Dooter    1,457

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HEYYYY there you are!! Good job!!!

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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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    • Alisa_S

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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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      1. summerseeker

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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.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        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.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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      Three months and four days ago... I was in Costa Rica having a life changing surgery! Yesterday we had a followup visit with Dr. Esmeral via video chat and this morning my middle number changed.  I'm down 47lbs and two pants sizes. I can wear a Large tshirt for the first time in like... 14 years! Woot!! Everything is going great. I have zero regrets. I went down to the riverwalk with a friend and walked 2 miles on Monday without even getting fatigued. And no more snoring or chugging pickle juice for crazy leg cramps! I need to go to the gym more... I'm making new shirts next week so that will motivate me. LOL But I'm also just not as TIRED all the time! I have a LONG way to go...but seeing the progress on the scales and in the mirror is a huge motivator!! Thank you all for cheering me on and supporting me!!
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