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mufasas-mom    170

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For being the 'slowest' loser? I am finally down 20 pounds since surgery - 30 total. Last week I was NOT eating enough and I know it.....I thought I was coming down with something and just wasn't hungry - but I'm now back on track and forcing (yes, literally forcing) myself to eat. I am NEVER hungry - which is good and bad. I have not taken my measurements as I do those on Fridays - but I am down 2 dress sizes and went from a size 16 to size 10 (squeezing, but in them) jeans. I just hope that I can be close to target when I take my daughter on vacation to Cozumel for my 51st birthday first of March....I did buy all size 6 shorts, but in order to get into them I need to lose another 30 pounds....geez I hope i can get there. At the rate I'm going it will be cutting it close!!!

Hitting 800 calories most days is really hard, hitting the Protein goal is pretty easy. I use Muscle Milk shakes on the weekends when I'm not eating enough.

Never thought it would take away my hunger 100%, but it does. Glad I don't suffer from head hunger....

My daughter and her husband are both Army and will be shipping out Dec. 4 with my beautiful little grandkids to Germany for 3 yrs....so we are doing Christmas on Thanksgiving...it's ThankMas at my house!! And I'm cooking a huge meal for everyone and lots of sweets - and YES I will indulge myself with these sweets, as it's not an every day thing and I'm not going to beat myself up over it....after all I AM NOT ON A DIET....if i put on a pound or two it won't be the end of the world...it will come back off so I'm not worried.

Good luck to everyone, have a wonderful holiday, and for those who are NOT eating the goodies during the holiday...more power to you.

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kmwheel    127

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16 to 10 is huge! Wow!! I totally agree on the indulgences. If it works for you, don't worry about it. Are you going to visit your family in Germany? I would miss them so much, but what a great experience for the kids. My husband is Army, but he's full-time for the National Guard, so we don't really have to move like that. Sometimes I think I would like to...I'd love the chance to live overseas for a while. My mom's got rheumatoid, so we are going to their house so I can cook Thanksgiving dinner. I can't wait to eat my tiny bit of turkey and mashed taters and gravy. I love that I'm not hungry now, but it is hard to get all of those calories in!

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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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    • Alisa_S

      Alisa_S

      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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      Officially here for a long time, not just a good time💪
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    • KimBaxleyWilson

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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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