Are there any Australian Sleevers out there, Would Love to hear from you.

Lila' date=' you look fabulous - I'm so proud of you and your positivity got you through the tough times that are behind you now...great times ahead

Kelli - definitely time to catch up again, it's been a while. Have a great time away and looking forward to catch up in the new year [/quote']

Hey you have a great time away with your in-laws too. See you in the New Year

So tired...Christmas is killing me! It's 2:30 and I have just finished wrapping the presents and have stashed them safely away from enquiring minds Friends arrive tomorrow and I'll have a full house until Christmas. I am not sure if I will have much of a chance to jump online before Christmas so I just want to take this opportunity to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and to thank you all for your amazing support and advice. I can't quite believe that I am here but am so grateful and thankful that I am.

A very Merry Christmas to you and your families - and here's to an amazing New Year for us all!!

Have a great Christmas and New year Lila. Everyone is a bit quiet on here as I guess we are all busy with Xmas events!

Wishing all my fellow sleevers an awesome Christmas and New Year! I am not sure how much I will be around as I have a holiday planned too.

Love keeping an eye on this forum. Getting excited about my date, just over three weeks away. Unfortunately I seem to be eating everything in sight at he moment. Vowed to go off chocolate until Christmas and have managed three days so just two days to go. Dony know what's wrong but just want to be eating all the time. scales are up about two kilos in as many weeks. Start my pre op diet in nine days so maybe I'm just reacting to that.

Wishing you all a great Christmas and every happiness for the year ahead.

Swift Kate, it is probably nerves and also this time of year is not conducive to healthy or smart eatting. Dont sweat it too much, food guilt isnt good, and in my case just makes me eat more. Way to go on avoiding chocolate!!! I wish I coulod be that good at the moment. Your date is coming up soon, just focus on the same rules for eatting now as you will need to post op which should also help...lean Protein first, then veggies..then carbs etc. You will do great, 9 days is nothing.

I will be heading out to my folks place for Christmas with my 3 beautiful nephews so likely wont be back on for a few days.

Whatever stage of the journey you are on, enjoy your Christmas, enjoy the people you get to spend it with...

Merry Christmas!!!!!

9 days. What a great start to the NY.

Thanks for the encouragement. Chose a lot wiser food options today. I can do it!!!!!

Wow I finally worked out how to show my ticker. Did it before but didn't add to my signature. Started off at today's weight. Didn't bother starting at pre-band which was 2 years ago. It all starts from now!!

Dear Aussie Tribe,

I hope you and your families have a fantastic Christmas.

I'm 24kgs gone today (6 weeks post op, but including 2 weeks pre op) . I thought I'd Celebrate with a new profile pic. I say 'gone' instead of 'lost' ............ lost infers you're hoping to find them again!

I have Christmas off this year and am looking forward to a special one.

All the best,

Deano

Dear Aussie Tribe' date='

I hope you and your families have a fantastic Christmas.

I'm 24kgs gone today (6 weeks post op, but including 2 weeks pre op) . I thought I'd Celebrate with a new profile pic. I say 'gone' instead of 'lost' ............ lost infers you're hoping to find them again!

I have Christmas off this year and am looking forward to a special one.

All the best,

Deano[/quote']

Thanks Dean - you are looking great! Isn't it fantastic to be able to say 'gone'!!!

Have a great relaxing Christmas!

Dear Aussie Tribe' date='

I hope you and your families have a fantastic Christmas.

I'm 24kgs gone today (6 weeks post op, but including 2 weeks pre op) . I thought I'd celebrate with a new profile pic. I say 'gone' instead of 'lost' ............ lost infers you're hoping to find them again!

I have Christmas off this year and am looking forward to a special one.

All the best,

Deano[/quote']

Well done Dean and your photo looks great. That's a big amount gone forever in a short space of time. Must feel good.

Merry Christmas to all fellow Australian Sleevers regardless of what stage you are in your journey. 2012 has been a great year for most of us on this journey and 2013 will be even better. I wish you all a happy Christmas Day, especially spending time with loved ones. For once it won't be focused on food! I look forward to meeting Brisbane sleevers hopefully at some stage early in the New Year and hope 2013 brings you good health and happiness. Cheers Kelli

Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas. Today used to be a day focused on food and just how quickly I could get myself into a food coma....but not today. Today is about family and loved ones. I'm at my sisters farm out west where there is a lot of rain, watching my girls play with their cousins in the rain instead of looking at the plate as I shovel as much food as I could into my mouth. I help with all the prep for a large family over 2 days and barely anything made me hungry or want to eat. It's a different feeling but I'm embracing it! Merry Christmas!!!!

Christmas Day has come and gone and we are on our way back to Brisbane from NQ. Haven't been near a set of scales for over a week so I will be interested to see if I have lost anything over the break. It was strange this year. Prepared all of the food, but had little urge to eat it. Had small amounts of things I really like rather than eating for the sake of it. The sleeve makes you more discerning when you know you can only fit in a small amount that's for sure. Have had a few rum balls, but again only one or two at a time instead of half a dozen! All NQ family commented on my weight loss, but I didn't tell them I have had the sleeve and none of them even asked how I had done it which was a bit odd. My mother-in-law knows in NQ but no-one else. Thought I would be more chuffed about showing off my weight loss, but in the end I realised that I have done it for me and no-one else's opinion really matters. I hope everyone is having a lovely holiday.

It's amazing how this holiday has changed for me. I still really enjoyed it but it so wasn't about the food! I ate a small amount of my favourite things and really enjoyed it but managed not to over do it and need to have a little lie down I still over fill my plate even though I am being careful but I am sure that will get better! All of my guests have now gone, so it's just the clean up now and then I can enjoy the remainder of my holiday.

I am really pleased with how I went with the food over the past few days but it is so weird as my friends are all still really big guy's and when I consider that I used to match them plate for plate, it's extraordinary! I don't care how much other people eat but it still amazes me how much this has changed. Non-sleeved people don't seem to get it - I've tried to talk to a few friends about this and I don't think they really understand the fundamental and massive shift this is, well was for me at least.

I can't wait for next year - I should have lost all my excess weight by next Christmas and that will be brilliant.

The other cool thing is that my friends and I have decided to go to Supernova in Brisbane next year. I think it is in August or September. And I am going to go in costume I would never have been brave enough to do that before and now I can't wait. I am already looking for a speciality costume designed online to make my costume for me lol. Before the sleeve I would never have considered doing this in a million years - now I can't wait!!