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Oops was trying to correct "dysmorphia" and hit send instead. Sorry. Anyway, I think it's common with us weight-challenged women. We all need a wake up call like you had. Hooray!

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Haven't been on for long time folks, busy with the folks. Have lost 23 kgs to date, only 15 to go. Have been stalled for ages, but then again havent been counting Protein either. Everyone looks well and from reading envy one is winning the weight loss battle, well done to everyone. Can anyone tell me please what ever happened to simply southern?

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Haven't been on for long time folks' date=' busy with the folks. Have lost 23 kgs to date, only 15 to go. Have been stalled for ages, but then again havent been counting Protein either. Everyone looks well and from reading envy one is winning the weight loss battle, well done to everyone. Can anyone tell me please what ever happened to simply southern?[/quote']

I hope she is healing. I haven't seen any posts from her. I hope she knows we are all thinking of her.

Congrats on the great loss! I can't imagine 15 to go! Well done!

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I hope she is healing. I haven't seen any posts from her. I hope she knows we are all thinking of her.

Congrats on the great loss! I can't imagine 15 to go! Well done!

Agreed about Simply Southern.

Gen :-) 12/15/12

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Oops was trying to correct "dysmorphia" and hit send instead. Sorry. Anyway' date=' I think it's common with us weight-challenged women. We all need a wake up call like you had. Hooray![/quote']

It's an odd thing because I thought I was seeing the real me every time I looked in the mirror.

Gen :-) 12/15/12

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I also have a wedding coming up in June & want to buy a cute dress now while they're in all the stores but have no idea what size to buy or how much I'll change between now & then. Since surgery I've lost 60lbs and went from a tight size 24/3X to 18/XL. I will cry, literally cry, if I ever get to single digit sizes.

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Need some advice.... I have been on a stall for about 2 weeks now! It is hard to up my Protein much more due to the strictures I keep having. I uped my exercise but then I put on 2lbs. Makes no since to me at all. I am very frustrated... I started at 256lbs and I'm now 186lbs. I'm struggling with my hair also.. any advice would help!

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I also have a wedding coming up in June & want to buy a cute dress now while they're in all the stores but have no idea what size to buy or how much I'll change between now & then. Since surgery I've lost 60lbs and went from a tight size 24/3X to 18/XL. I will cry' date=' literally cry, if I ever get to single digit sizes.[/quote']

That is what I bought my dress for a June wedding. Check w the stores return policy. On clothes it is probably 60 days. Then all you have to do is find you dress and buy it at least 1 size small and keep the receipt. If its too big before wedding then you'll have to exchange it or have it fitted.

Gen :-) 12/15/12

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That is what I bought my dress for a June wedding. Check w the stores return policy. On clothes it is probably 60 days. Then all you have to do is find you dress and buy it at least 1 size small and keep the receipt. If its too big before wedding then you'll have to exchange it or have it fitted.

Gen :-) 12/15/12

I'm nervous if I buy it now it may be out of stock by June. Silly I know.

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I'm nervous if I buy it now it may be out of stock by June. Silly I know.

No its not Silly. heck by then you could even be a couple dress sizes down actually. That is a very good thing to be nervous about. Then when you exchange, you could see if it can be ordered or exchange for a different one.

Gen :-) 12/15/12

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4 months post op today for me. I'm down 82 lbs total 72 since surgery.

Here is pictures. Left day of surgery and right is today.

You look great :-) Congrats!!!

Gen :-) 12/15/12

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Need some advice.... I have been on a stall for about 2 weeks now! It is hard to up my Protein much more due to the strictures I keep having. I uped my exercise but then I put on 2lbs. Makes no since to me at all. I am very frustrated... I started at 256lbs and I'm now 186lbs. I'm struggling with my hair also.. any advice would help!

Are you still using shakes? Can you supplant w them? That is my only idea. Sorry you're still having issues w strictures :-(

Gen :-) 12/15/12

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4 months post op today for me. I'm down 82 lbs total 72 since surgery.

Here is pictures. Left day of surgery and right is today.

Wow, Nicole! You look fabulous. I'm four months out as well but have only lost 56. Good for you!

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Jessie, sometimes when you begin an exercise program you gain a little because muscle weighs more than fat. Be sure you do all you can to get your Protein in. That will help with the loss as well as with your hair. Hang in there!

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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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