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60 pounds down!!!! Finally reached 180! 30 more pounds to go till goal and 40 to stretch goal. What a journey this has been. The other day I was called skinny for the first time in my life. Felt amazing!!!! How is everyone doing?!

that is awesome!!!

Waiting to crack 190. I have been close but having a small stall. Got a new puppy (8 months old)and she is getting me out and walking every day - hoping that helps counteract the 3 grad school classes I am taking. I feel tied to a book or the computer. I know the exercise sure does help settle her down so I can do school work. Waiting to see if it helps me crack this mini-stall. I am 4 lbs from my halfway point.... Yay!!

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I've noticed that I seem to have a regular stall every fourth week I don't loose anything for about 5-7 days.

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same here! Its annoying but its part of the process i guess. Its frustrating at times but i just keep hopeful the scale will move eventually! =/

I've noticed that I seem to have a regular stall every fourth week I don't loose anything for about 5-7 days.

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60 pounds down!!!! Finally reached 180! 30 more pounds to go till goal and 40 to stretch goal. What a journey this has been. The other day I was called skinny for the first time in my life. Felt amazing!!!! How is everyone doing?!

that is awesome!!!

Waiting to crack 190. I have been close but having a small stall. Got a new puppy (8 months old)and she is getting me out and walking every day - hoping that helps counteract the 3 grad school classes I am taking. I feel tied to a book or the computer. I know the exercise sure does help settle her down so I can do school work. Waiting to see if it helps me crack this mini-stall. I am 4 lbs from my halfway point.... Yay!!

How much have you lost? Congrats!

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Woah! 115 pounds down - That's amazing! Congrats!

New here i was sleeved on 3/9. Im 115 down. About 40 more.

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42 down, 48 to go - almost to my halfway mark. :)

Waiting to crack 190. I have been close but having a small stall. Got a new puppy (8 months old)and she is getting me out and walking every day - hoping that helps counteract the 3 grad school classes I am taking. I feel tied to a book or the computer. I know the exercise sure does help settle her down so I can do school work. Waiting to see if it helps me crack this mini-stall. I am 4 lbs from my halfway point.... Yay!!
How much have you lost? Congrats!

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updates anyone? i've been the same for almost 2 months =/ went on vacation and got side tracked but only about 35 pounds to go until goal.

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100Lbs down, just hit the 200s which is a huge milestone for me. I probably haven't weight less than 300 since middle school.

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Anyone else still having Constipation issues? I tried weaning myself off of Colace, but I still got super constipated and ended up giving my self a tear.

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Anyone else still having Constipation issues? I tried weaning myself off of Colace, but I still got super constipated and ended up giving my self a tear.

I did initially. It is from the high Protein intake. I started using a children's probiotic and that helped along with making sure I included vegetables, especially those high in Fiber - ie broccoli, cauliflower etc. That helped tremendously. Notice if I have slacked on the veggies that I need to go back and start taking the probiotic for a couple of days and am back on track.

Good luck!

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updates anyone? i've been the same for almost 2 months =/ went on vacation and got side tracked but only about 35 pounds to go until goal.

I'm down to 200. I have been under 210 for like a month and am "patiently" waiting to get to onderland.. literally I just need to lose an ounce lol!!! Anyway, I've never felt so good about myself and I've hacent been this small since I was 15 and I turned 30 last week

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Anyone else still having Constipation issues? I tried weaning myself off of Colace, but I still got super constipated and ended up giving my self a tear.

I just started taking mira lax yesterday bc of the constipation.. so ya, it's still happening and it hurts.

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I had been taking Colace, I found the Miralax didn't really help at all.

GSleeve822, on 24 Aug 2016 - 23:07, said:

Anyone else still having Constipation issues? I tried weaning myself off of Colace, but I still got super constipated and ended up giving my self a tear.

I just started taking mira lax yesterday bc of the constipation.. so ya, it's still happening and it hurts.

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Approaching the 60 pounds down mark. Weight loss is certainly going much slower, but my measurements are shrinking much faster. Just bought a bunch of size medium tops for the first time in forever, along with size 12 pants.

I went on vacation earlier this month, which involved quite a bit of walking around. In the past, I never would have managed to do that much activity without my knees, feet and back absolutely killing me. Stairs and hills were a source of panic for me. It's amazing how much more mobile and energetic I've become. I finally feel like the 30-something I've always wanted to be. Life is good.

I also still get constipated once in awhile, but it's been a lot better than it was in the beginning. I also take a probiotic, and on rare occasion, need to use a stool softener if things are less regular.

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