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I have not had my surgery yet, but I am excited about being able to change my body type

on my dating profile from Big and Tall to a few extra pounds! Is that weird? lol

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12 minutes ago, ssbthodge said:

I don't think that is weird at all. In fact that is a good thing because it means you are gaining more self confidence. Good luck on your journey

Thanks!

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1 hour ago, BigDaddy13 said:

I have not had my surgery yet, but I am excited about being able to change my body type

on my dating profile from Big and Tall to a few extra pounds! Is that weird? lol

I don't think it's weird at all. I'm the same exact way. I'm finally putting myself back out there after almost 2 years of not dating anyone. And I can't wait to be able to change my body type from overweight to fit! So happy for you! I'm realizing that I'm really going to miss chocolate and pizza though! LOL!

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6 minutes ago, Hoping052017 said:

I don't think it's weird at all. I'm the same exact way. I'm finally putting myself back out there after almost 2 years of not dating anyone. And I can't wait to be able to change my body type from overweight to fit! So happy for you! I'm realizing that I'm really going to miss chocolate and pizza though! LOL!

Not much of a sweet eater myself... but I do love good food!

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Not weird at all! I had lap band in 2012, successful, stomach issues in 2016, so now looking at sleeve surgery in May. :-)

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1 minute ago, BigDaddy13 said:

Not much of a sweet eater myself... but I do love good food!

I was in culinary school for a while before my back and hand started messing up real bad. So I totally understand the love of food. Cooking and Baking. I wish I had time to make both my lasagna and my eggless chocolate cake tonight, but I don't. :( But it's okay. I'm going to figure out how to make a "carb free" lasagna using eggplant and zucchini "noodles" and homemade spaghetti sauce. All the store bought sauces I've found contain a lot of sugar. It's usually one of the first ingredients after tomatoes. So I'm going to make my own sugar free spaghetti sauce! And as far as pizza...I'll make me a pizza frittata on pizza nights (when i can eat again. LOL!) I start my mostly liquid diet tomorrow. :D

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6 minutes ago, SherryF said:

Not weird at all! I had lap band in 2012, successful, stomach issues in 2016, so now looking at sleeve surgery in May. :-)

Good luck! :)

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6 minutes ago, Hoping052017 said:

I was in culinary school for a while before my back and hand started messing up real bad. So I totally understand the love of food. Cooking and Baking. I wish I had time to make both my lasagna and my eggless chocolate cake tonight, but I don't. :( But it's okay. I'm going to figure out how to make a "carb free" lasagna using eggplant and zucchini "noodles" and homemade spaghetti sauce. All the store bought sauces I've found contain a lot of sugar. It's usually one of the first ingredients after tomatoes. So I'm going to make my own sugar free spaghetti sauce! And as far as pizza...I'll make me a pizza frittata on pizza nights (when i can eat again. LOL!) I start my mostly liquid diet tomorrow. :D

Those sound delicious!
A lot of people have underlying causes for overeating but I think I just love food.

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Good luck to you as well! You are having your surgery on my son's birthday! So, you will have a new birth date! :-)

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3 minutes ago, SherryF said:

Good luck to you as well! You are having your surgery on my son's birthday! So, you will have a new birth date! :-)

Awesome! happy birthday to him!

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3 hours ago, BigDaddy13 said:

I have not had my surgery yet, but I am excited about being able to change my body type

on my dating profile from Big and Tall to a few extra pounds! Is that weird? lol

That's not weird, at all! When I started this journey with my six-month pre-op diet program almost 13 months ago, I made a list of milestones (26 of them in all). When I hit one of the milestones, I notate that on my list along with the date. It keeps me motivated and makes me happy. And some of them are the little things like what you mentioned! (And to be honest, those are the best ones!)

Good luck as you continue your journey!

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20 minutes ago, blizair09 said:

That's not weird, at all! When I started this journey with my six-month pre-op diet program almost 13 months ago, I made a list of milestones (26 of them in all). When I hit one of the milestones, I notate that on my list along with the date. It keeps me motivated and makes me happy. And some of them are the little things like what you mentioned! (And to be honest, those are the best ones!)

Good luck as you continue your journey!

Thank you very much! what a great idea about the list of milestones!

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Thank you very much! what a great idea about the list of milestones!

I agree. Wish I had started that 6 months ago![emoji1]



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I made the jump from a few extra pounds to about average. I figure I'll let my pictures do the talking and not going to put off potential matches. My BMI is under 30 so I'm no longer obese. My BMI is almost the same as Lebron James and no one would label as a few extra pounds so I'm basically a shorter version of Lebron James.

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