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Sorry gals. Meant to reply sooner but work/life has been busy lately! I am still loosing but it's at a snails pace. I don't have much body fat left on me, so I've had to rethink my original 140 goal weight. Actually, my weight went UP recently as I began training hard for an upcoming event. I have been around 150 and the last few weeks it suddenly went up to 154. Things didn't compute as my diet was the same and I was logging sometimes 14 miles per day! My size 8 jeans were becoming baggy on me, so I decided to focus on my measurements vs what the scale is reporting. Now my weight is back down to 151. My daughter and I wear the exact same clothes and she is 134, so I've come to learn that weight is just a number. I didn't like how skinny fat I had become and now that I am exercising, my muscles are becoming tone and I'm building muscle. I've accepted that I may actually gain weight as I continue exercising and as long as I like the way I look, I'm okay with that! As far as what I'm eating, I could probably clean it up a bit more. I log everything in my lose it app on my phone to maintain accountability. I eat carbs but they are not my main go-to like they were pre-surgery. A typical day consists of: a Quest Protein Bar for Breakfast, a few dried mango mid-day, a small turkey/cheese lunchables, beef Jerky (although the sodium makes me retain Water weight so I'm backing off a tad) and maybe a yoplait yogurt. At dinner I typically defrost one of the premade containers I have in the freezer ready to go. I find this helps me with turning to take out or drive throughs on the way home from work. Some current favorites are a stew and chicken skillet Pasta dish that are portion sized and fill me up. I don't feel like I deprive myself. If I have a specific craving, I eat it. I try to avoid slider foods and there are certain foods that just don't appeal to me anymore. I can't remember the last time I had a sandwich. The idea of eating that much bread makes me want to vomit. I continue to participate in the challenges on this site and I find having to check in helps me with accountability.

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Where is everyone?!?!?

(Crickets) ????

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I'm still here! My weight is stuck again! I don't eat bread at all! It just don't taste the same anymore. I also don't eat Pasta I occasionally will eat a little rice but not much those are pretty much the three things that I have gave up I eat a baked potato from time to time but no french fries or fried potatoes that's some of the things that I miss but don't crave anymore! I have to admit I have been slacking on the gym so I'm trying to get back to that.

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Hey everyone!!! Just wanted to say hey and tell you all that my husband is having sleeve done tomorrow!! I feel like I'm having surgery again because I'm so nervous and excited for him all together!!! I hope you all are doing well. I can't wait for him to feel like a new person like I do. I wore size 8 pants to work today and a new blouse and got so many compliments. It was so wonderful to feel pretty! I can't remember ever really feeling proud of myself. I think it's so special to me because I worked so hard to get to this point. Well, I could go on forever with how happy it has made me..but I won't. I want my husband to feel that joy in his life as well. Please pray all goes well for him tomorrow.

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So nice to hear from you sleeve! I hope your Husband has a speedy recovery! I often wonder how everyone is doing in theirjourney. I still frequent the boards often, but find my interest is dwindling as the newbies ask the questions I had in the beginning!

My hair is just... AWEFUL. Thin and I fear will never be what it once was. Partially my fault as I don't think my Protein intake is what it should be. Outside of that, nothing more to complain about. I have been maintaining at 148 with very little effort. I seem to drop 3-4 pounds every 3 months or so but I think that may now stabilize. People finally seem to have accepted me at my new weight and the comments have finally stopped (thank God.) please don't be a stranger and stay connected!!!!!

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I had my sleeve done on 4/16/2014 and I am still not at goal. Any suggestions. My doctor didn't really have any support groups. He just started.

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Hi everyone! April 2014 sleeve. Started at 270 and surgery weight was 254 and I am at 208 as of this morning because of a 20 pound regain over this past year. The lowest I have gotten so far was 191 and I know it is going to be a tough journey getting to goal since the honeymoon period is totally over:( Looking for some support and motivation. I am hoping that I can make 2016 the year that this happens for me and be able to use this surgery as a tool and knock this out!! Hope all of you are doing well:)

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I gained 19 pounds this past year also but as of today I'm back logging into my fitness pal and weighing on Fridays I'm gonna get this back off. I found an old picture of me and I never want to look like that again !! Lost 91 pounds the first year ! I'm hoping to lose 40 this year .

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I'm still hanging on 167, I did loose 111 pounds but coming up in 2 year anniversary, I was hoping to be at goal of 130

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