HELLO I AM DAY 6 I WOKE UP FEELING GOOD BUT AFTER MY SHOWER AND FIX MY Breakfast I FEEL SO SICK RIGHT NOW I CANT EVEN DRINK MY BREAKFAST, I HAD TO TAKE A NAUSEA PILL. LAST NIGHT WAS RUFF I MUST SAY. I THINK I STRESSED THE MAIN INSISION AND IT BOTHERED ME ALL NIGHT THE ACHE WENT ALL THE WAY TO MY BACK. YES I WAS SCARED BUT I KNEW I WOULD BE OK. I THINK I AM HAVING A REACTION TO TRADER JOES SPICY BLACK BEAN Soup, KEY WORD SPICY LOL.

I WAS ABLE TO GET MY 60 GRAMS OF PROTIEN IN AND I THINK THAT MADE ME SICK AS WELL I WAS FORCING IT BUT I COULDNT FINISH IT NO MATTER HOW HARD I TRIED LOL.

I HOPE EVERYONE WHO HAS HAD THE SURGERY IS DOING WELL. PLEASE SHARE YOUR PROGRESS SO WE CAN LEARN FROM EACH OTHER.

Was in a stall for over three weeks....finally broke this weekend and was down 12lbs !!!

Went shopping in friends closet and was able to get into a size 18 shirt and pants !!! Yea NSV !!

I was thrilled because last June was wearing size 28 pants.....and have pretty much gone thru all the smaller sizes had in my closet. I have been holding out buying any new clothes.

I am officially down 130lbs since June 4 at my seminar weigh in' date=' and 83lbs since surgery on Sept 18.

Yes I am losing some of my hair too, but I wear mine really short so not real noticeable.

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130 pounds!!!!! That is sooooooo wonderful!!!!

Thank you VSL!!!!

Bukki: way to gooooooooo!!!!! Congrats to you.

Gypsy: You too!! You're awesome!!

I know, I'm 75 pounds lighter than I was in the spring of last year. And I haven't been this light in a decade and I can hardly wait for the scale to drop some more. I'm stunned. I periodically think that the scale must be broken or it's messing with me. But I'm just freaking myself out.

Happy Tuesday!

bukki stalker mode lol :ph34r:

well today i got on the scale and it moved yesssssssssssss. i changed up on what i was eating and added more protein and made sure i drank lots of water. and one day of riding my bike for 30 mins and it moved wow.

NGM that is great!!!!

Bring it down girl!!!!!

Great job everyone!!

bukki stalker mode lol :ph34r:

well today i got on the scale and it moved yesssssssssssss. i changed up on what i was eating and added more protein and made sure i drank lots of water. and one day of riding my bike for 30 mins and it moved wow.

I want mine to move!! How much did u get. Off?

1lb

1lb

I'm jealous!!!

Way to go everyone on the loses ! I haven't weighed this amount for 20 years. I have a family social event this coming Saturday .....and will see my sister for first time since May. I can hardly wait for her reaction...I think for first time ever I will weigh less than her !!!

bukki, exciting

becca, dont be i wish it was more

I have been losing the same 2 pounds over and over this month!

sue i feel you on that

1lb

Great job!!

Hello Ladies!!

Been following along and I am so proud of everyones success! I notice we all seem to stall and lose at the same times! I have been doing pretty good. I am down close to 60 pounds! More than I could ever do on my own that is for sure. I love the sleeve and soo glad I did it people are FINALLY noticing.

Keep up the good work girls!

Hi everyone! I came across a situation last night that made me so disappointed and this morning I still haven't let it go much yet. I'm hoping you might have advice how to deal with this kind of reality.

My daughters and I recently in the past month started salsa dance lessons and the venue is held at a sushi restaurant near our home. The restaurant is a local neighborhood place which recently remodeled and has added a wine bar. They partner with the restaurant where the cover charge is refunded from the dinner if you stay and eat, so essentially the lessons are free. We have become comfortable getting to know the instructors and getting used to this type of exercise, and it's all ages who join, very friendly down to earth people. My daughters are nearly 15 and 21 and we have enjoyed sharing this new experience.

I carpool a student with my daughter to high school in the mornings as their high school is quite a distance from where we live. The student is a really nice kid and he was invited to dinner and lessons last night with us. My daughter and he have been friends since 3rd grade. I don't know his parents that well but being from the same schools and church, and the carpooling, they seem like a really nice family.

Last night the mom drove my daughter and her son to the restaurant. I don't know if things have been stressful for her but I hadn't seen her since a high school football game last August, and I'm 70 pounds lighter since then. The minute I met them in the restaurant, the atmosphere was so tense. She literally looked me up and down, she wouldn't smile, she was extremely apprehensive and disapproving. My daughters and her son immediately picked it up. I became very uncomfortable and nervous and tried to lighten the atmosphere saying he would really enjoy the food and the lessons. After some discussion, she decided she would allow him to stay for a half hour into the lesson and pick him up, declining my offer to drive him home. When I went to the hostess, my daugters said she gave the up and down look twice more behind my back. She left and apparently sat in her car not leaving the restaurant, and after the kids and I were seated and had ordered, she texted her son and told him she was not ok with this and he had to leave. I felt so bad for him. He was so embarrassed and kept apologizing and offering to pay and I told him I completely understood and I respected his mom's decision. The mom had texted her son twice and my daughter once, but she has my phone number and didn't contact me. My daughter walked out with him and the mom told her that she didn't like that it was a bar and that people would get drunk and she didn't want her son in that atmosphere. My daughter tried to explain that it's a restaurant with a small wine bar, and that the tables are pushed back afterwards to accomodate dance lessons so it's not a night club atmosphere. Long story short, we felt she judged me (not the restaurant) after her surprise at seeing my weight loss. I felt like she viewed me as an "inapproppriate single mom who brings her daughters to a bar" . There has never been a problem between us prior to this. I do respect her protectiveness as a mother, but I'm equally so with my own children. This venue is not a pick up type of place and it hasn't been until I lost weight that I have now been courageous to go out and learn something new, and sharing with my girls. I asked my girls if I was dressed inappropriately and they said no.

Sorry for the vent but I would love some advice to learn how to deal with future reactions such as this. My self confidence has been returning since the weight loss and I felt really disappointed about this, and bad for our kids who were in the middle. Thanks!