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You look great....When were you sleeved and what is the time frame of your almost thre pic.

To be honest I eat most everything at this point, but I am totally aware of what I put in my body. I try sticking to the Protein first and no drinking liquids 1/2 hr before eating and an hour after. I do however drink only non calorie drinks mostly water10-15 glasses a day, coffe black, an occasional no carb no calorie redbull (not best choice :( I also do wine instead of beer (I know alcohol is bad but I'm only human). Fish lots of fish and chicken always protein first. I do have carbs but no where near as much as before and my portions are always small that part the sleeve takes care of, I do have sugars in tiny portions, I know some might criticize that but I have to be realistic and honestly this journey is not about never eating again it's about being conscious of what you eat and in control, not have food control you. Oh and exercise it finally makes sense to me how important exercise is, and I try my hardest sometimes it's 5-7 times a week sometimes only 3 but still a work in progress and I try to remind myself everyday how I must be responsible for my mind and body.

Sorry if I went on a tangent

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Here's mine' date=' down 147lbs so far.[/quote']

Awesome...congratulations!

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To be honest I eat most everything at this point' date=' but I am totally aware of what I put in my body. I try sticking to the Protein first and no drinking liquids 1/2 hr before eating and an hour after. I do however drink only non calorie drinks mostly water10-15 glasses a day, coffe black, an occasional no carb no calorie redbull (not best choice <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':(' /> I also do wine instead of beer (I know alcohol is bad but I'm only human). Fish lots of fish and chicken always Protein first. I do have carbs but no where near as much as before and my portions are always small that part the sleeve takes care of, I do have sugars in tiny portions, I know some might criticize that but I have to be realistic and honestly this journey is not about never eating again it's about being conscious of what you eat and in control, not have food control you. Oh and exercise it finally makes sense to me how important exercise is, and I try my hardest sometimes it's 5-7 times a week sometimes only 3 but still a work in progress and I try to remind myself everyday how I must be responsible for my mind and body.

Sorry if I went on a tangent[/quote']

Dinora you're doing great! Thanks for the tip on the water!

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First time I see there's pics together' date=' just made my day! 238 to 148. <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' />. Surgery 3/6/12[/quote']

Wow. You look amazing! I am speechless.

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Here's mine' date=' down 147lbs so far.[/quote']

Omg. You look great. Congratulations!!!

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No that was good what exercise are u doing if u don't mind me askin and are u on myfitness pal?

I do the stationary bike I do my own interval hill climbs 45-60 min. I take spin classes from time to time, but although I haven't gone for a two weeks I do dance classes, hip hop, Bollywood, Zumba, Salsa, Samba. The dancing has been my favorite and is what I've done the most of. I slack off but try and keep trying set the clock for 5:30 to head to the gym if I manage that twice in the week I'm good, I bring my stuff to work and try going to gym at lunch, if I manage to go at least twice in the week I'm good and the dance classes I try doing after dinner, but like I said I haven't been for 2 weeks. It gets hard especially with abusy schedule but I just keep trying, some weeks are better than others.

I don't know fitness pal

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Wow. You look amazing! I am speechless.

Thanks. I really like your screen name. I think that achieving that mentality of loving oneself is really tough, still learning to do that oh not giving up.

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To be honest I eat most everything at this point' date=' but I am totally aware of what I put in my body. I try sticking to the Protein first and no drinking liquids 1/2 hr before eating and an hour after. I do however drink only non calorie drinks mostly water10-15 glasses a day, coffe black, an occasional no carb no calorie redbull (not best choice :( I also do wine instead of beer (I know alcohol is bad but I'm only human). Fish lots of fish and chicken always Protein first. I do have carbs but no where near as much as before and my portions are always small that part the sleeve takes care of, I do have sugars in tiny portions, I know some might criticize that but I have to be realistic and honestly this journey is not about never eating again it's about being conscious of what you eat and in control, not have food control you. Oh and exercise it finally makes sense to me how important exercise is, and I try my hardest sometimes it's 5-7 times a week sometimes only 3 but still a work in progress and I try to remind myself everyday how I must be responsible for my mind and body.

Sorry if I went on a tangent[/quote']

My doc says be 90% good, 90% of the time. I think that's sounds about like how you're handling life with your sleeve. Congrats!

HW: 254 SW: 243 (10/15/12) CW: 226 (11/21/12) Sleeved 10/15/12 by Dr. Ryan Heider @ Lake Norman Regional. (self pay)

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How tall are you? My starting weight was 245.5 and my goal is 180. Surgery date was 6/27. I'm 6 ft. I'm trying to imagine what I'll look like, and your stats are somewhat similar.

Go to Mybodygallery.com and put in your stats. You'll see pictures of what real people at certain heights and weights look like. I plugged in 6 feet and 180 lbs and teh women looked good! Most wore a size 10 and medium top.

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You look great....When were you sleeved and what is the time frame of your almost thre pic.

Are you quoting my post? I think so....my "almost halfway" pic was about 5 months into it. I was sleeved in February, and the second pic was in July. I've posted another on...i think it's on page 11 of this thread... 100 lbs. down which has taken 9 months. Some do 100 lbs faster than that, but I've really relaxed some of my micro managing of calories and carbs, so it slowed down, but i'm ok with that as long as I'm still losing! Which I am. I just put on a regular size 18 today! (not a "w") I started out in almost 4x or 30/32w.

not too shabby. ;)

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Thanks :) I feel so good!

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