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Hopefully the way I just did it worked. They show up on my end, so hopefully your as well. It's amazing the results, I never thought I would get these results! Congrats on your upcoming surgery!!! Keep us posted :-)

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Wildgrits~

Feel free to come if you would like! ANYONE is welcome!

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Hopefully the way I just did it worked. They show up on my end, so hopefully your as well. It's amazing the results, I never thought I would get these results! Congrats on your upcoming surgery!!! Keep us posted :-)

Got them. Congrats that's a great transformation

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Thanks!!!!!! :-) :-) ;-) ;-)

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PartyLite Party? Getting together tomorrow night from 5:30 till 7 with a few people and some bariatric patients for a PartyLite Party at my house. Would be a good opportunity to meet some of the locals. If interested please contact me ;-) Snacks and non alcoholic drinks provided. Feel free to bring a friend/support!

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Hi Julie!! How are u feeling!?!?!

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Well congrats! :-) About two weeks after surgery I was so tired on liquids and mushy foods! It wasn't the fact that I was hungry, it was the fact that I was just tired of that crap and wanted to try something real (took me a bit to realize that). On weeks two I sneaked a sugar free Reese's and let it melt in my mouth. Week three I snuck a very small stuffed mushroom (just the stuffing part). I needed to taste normal food lol. It didn't hurt me at all, three months out and down over 80 pounds, under the doctors goal weight already and 6 pounds from my personal (that's if I don't change it lol). The being hungry thing isn't really hunger, to me it was just wanting to taste normal food! When u are six weeks out from surgery and have something more normal you will realize your body wasn't hungry three weeks ago, but that it just wanted a change lol. CHEW everything VERY WELL :) You will be amazed when you get to solids how quickly you get full, but how SATISFIED you will be!!! I hope this helped ;-) :-)

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I am eating when I remember lol. I have a Protein shake once a day and I eat a small meal, about three ounces. Some days I hit two meals at three ounces, but not often. I got a dog as a gift so I go for two walks a day, and I recently got the ad twister pro. It's a very basic sit down machine that works on the love handles, abs and arms. Love it and I can do it right in front of the tv lol. I pick and choose my battles. When going out with friends to dinner I know I am able to eat whatever at an extremely small portion, it's what I choose that matters. From a chicken tender I can eat less then half of one, and from that I am TOTALLY SATISFIED. Drinking the Water is also VERY important and cleanses your system. I do not do excessive work out at all. Sit on my rear on the ab twister pro, couple short walks a day and get in my Protein as best I can! My taste buds have totally changed since surgery and i had to switch Protein drinks three times. I now am comfortable and enjoy VI Protein mix that can only be got online or Muscle Milk which has a good variety of flavors and for people that get EBT is can be paid for by that. (I am currently on disability). I had three month follow up and blood work this week and my blood levels have NEVER been so good! My cholesterol is perfecto as well as everything else. I've gone from I believe 16 meds to now 2. Best decision I ever made :-)

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I am a month out. I've lost just over 30 lbs. and I do get hungry! I mean like twisting, churning, growling hungry! But a very small amount of food (usually 1/2 cup or less) fills me up. I'm still not eating tougher meats or any raw fruits or vegetables, but I'm having lots of chili, chicken, fish, and eggs. Oh, and Greek yogurt. That's my go-to food.< /p>

Rensterness, how was your Party Lite turn out? I'm an Avon rep myself. If anyone wants a brochure or a link to my 24/7 site, please inbox me. Orders over $30 ship to your door for free all over the country. Sometimes there is free shipping for $10 orders. On the other hand, if anyone wants to sell Avon, it's still only a $10 investment and you can make up to 50% commission. That means you also get your own purchases for up to 50% off. And their free training is second to none! Inbox me for more info.

Avon has some really good skin firming lotion by Skin So Soft that I've been using. They also just came out with a new line of smoothing undergarments (think Spanx) that are very reasonably priced and a necessity for those of us with a little loose skin.

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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. LeighaTR

        I hope your surgery on Wednesday goes well. You will be able to do all sorts of new things as you find your new normal after surgery. I don't know this from experience yet, but I am seeing a lot of positive things from people who have had it done. Best of luck!

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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

        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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