I finally made the thread for those of us who are scheduled for May 15th. It'll be fun to hear how all of us are doing during our journeys. Feel free to share!

There are many of us on pre-ops now and some have a few days. Just about a week left!!! How awesome and exciting it is! ?

Dont forget to FOLLOW the thread!

Today was much better. I wore properly fitted clothes. Felt better about myself too. Went to church tonight and a young man my husband and I mentor says "whoa! You lost a lot of weight!" I just beamed. I then asked if he wants to join the Tough Mudder team. He said yes! Now my brother has me, my husband, and our friend. ???

Back in bed early tonight. I'm going to get up and workout before the kids are up. Definitely not a morning person, but it makes more sense to get it in then. I'm either super tired or get super busy in the evenings to workout all the time. We'll see how this goes...

8 hours ago, Newme17 said:

Today was much better. I wore properly fitted clothes. Felt better about myself too. Went to church tonight and a young man my husband and I mentor says "whoa! You lost a lot of weight!" I just beamed. I then asked if he wants to join the Tough Mudder team. He said yes! Now my brother has me, my husband, and our friend. ???

Back in bed early tonight. I'm going to get up and workout before the kids are up. Definitely not a morning person, but it makes more sense to get it in then. I'm either super tired or get super busy in the evenings to workout all the time. We'll see how this goes...

I am reading this as I just got back from my morning run.... It feels so strange to be saying those words. ? Me a runner?? I started the couch to 5k training a few days ago.

I decided the same as you @Newme17, working out in the morning makes so much more sense. I got tired of eating dinner so late...lol this will get us charged up to begin the day.?

21 hours ago, Apple1 said:

I do that to myself sometimes. I stand in front of the mirror criticizing everything that is still wrong with me..? We need to stop. We are changing both inside and out and we are worthy!! Sometimes our brains just don't see the physical changes yet.

You are challenging yourself with the mudder event, that is nothing short of awesome.

Everytime I walk past my bathroom mirror and job bathroom mirror I checked myself out. Even flashing my stomach.

Hi ladies so wondering if anyone is experiencing this for the past two days I can't seem to eat much of anything. I eat maybe 2 bits and it feels like a lump and I can't eat anymore. I even get the feeling when I'm eating my gummy vitamins...not sure if this is normal...is anyone else felt this? I'm having a hard time even with protein shakes and water,..

1 hour ago, patty0715 said:

Hi ladies so wondering if anyone is experiencing this for the past two days I can't seem to eat much of anything. I eat maybe 2 bits and it feels like a lump and I can't eat anymore. I even get the feeling when I'm eating my Gummy vitamins...not sure if this is normal...is anyone else felt this? I'm having a hard time even with Protein Shakes and Water,..

I have definitely had some me days where I can't seem to eat a normal amount. Newme and I were just posting about eating to fast and feeling the affect s of that.

If it keeps up I would call your doctor and tell him/her what is going on. I hope it passes and isn't anything to worry about.

2 hours ago, patty0715 said:

Hi ladies so wondering if anyone is experiencing this for the past two days I can't seem to eat much of anything. I eat maybe 2 bits and it feels like a lump and I can't eat anymore. I even get the feeling when I'm eating my Gummy vitamins...not sure if this is normal...is anyone else felt this? I'm having a hard time even with Protein Shakes and Water,..

I would say if it keeps on, then call like Apple mentioned. Otherwise, I too have days when I feel like I'm stuffed after one ounce. It could be a whole slew of things, eating too fast, maybe eating too closely together, etc. I focused on my water one day and seems like everything went back to normal. Today I did lousy on water again, and felt the very same. So, in my opinion, and my experience, it's my lack of fluids. How is your fluid intake?

Totally not wls surgery worthy....but the bite I had was awesome. Fresh cherries are in and $2.48 a pound. My family LOVES fresh cherries. I have them ready for their picking in the fridge. But they're not eating them as fast as usual, so I pitted about a pound of them and made a cherry cobbler for them. Of course they had vanilla ice cream on top! (I'm not an ice cream fan, so, it didn't affect me any). ? Now, if I could only figure out a way to make a very healthy version.....

On ‎6‎/‎29‎/‎2017 at 5:40 AM, Apple1 said:

I started the couch to 5k training a few days ago.

I think I'll start this when I get some more weight off. My knees and feet wouldn't be able to handle jogging just yet. Almost though. How's it going? Do you like it? Do you think you'll keep it up?

Have to be out of the house early today, I had my husband wake me up at 5am to workout. I woke up feeling pretty good actually. Not too tired or sluggish. I did my workout video, showered, and then got my girls up to get ready. I'll be focusing on my fluids once again today. In fact, I need to do this everyday. I won't worry about what I'm not eating, but what I may not be getting in fluid wise. I had an awful dream that my throat was so dry and I couldn't find a store to get a drink. Now, I'm pretty sure that dream was because my throat was pretty dry last night!!!! It was awful. I don't want a dream like that again. LOL Water it is today!!!

OH....as I was working out in my pj's (best part of not having to go anywhere), my bottoms slipped down! LOL NSV!!!

Ya'll have a blessed day! I'll check back in later.

11 hours ago, Apple1 said:

I have definitely had some me days where I can't seem to eat a normal amount. Newme and I were just posting about eating to fast and feeling the affect s of that.

If it keeps up I would call your doctor and tell him/her what is going on. I hope it passes and isn't anything to worry about.

Wow this post is full of errors. I must of been really tired when I posted this...lol

10 hours ago, Newme17 said:

Totally not wls surgery worthy....but the bite I had was awesome. Fresh cherries are in and $2.48 a pound. My family LOVES fresh cherries. I have them ready for their picking in the fridge. But they're not eating them as fast as usual, so I pitted about a pound of them and made a cherry cobbler for them. Of course they had vanilla ice cream on top! (I'm not an ice cream fan, so, it didn't affect me any). ? Now, if I could only figure out a way to make a very healthy version.....

So the bite didn't effect you negatively? I have been afraid to try anything with sugar. That looks like it was worth a taste for sure!!

One of my co-workers likes to go pick cherries and there was a bowl sitting in the break room this week.

29 minutes ago, Newme17 said:

I think I'll start this when I get some more weight off. My knees and feet wouldn't be able to handle jogging just yet. Almost though. How's it going? Do you like it? Do you think you'll keep it up?

I like it a lot. I haven't done any running since 2005 when I was a skinny person so I am truly starting from the couch. Running at 5:30 am while the whole neighborhood is sleeping was enjoyable. I didn't expect to feel so invigorated and I thought it would be much harder than it was. I feel so amazing for the whole day after running. I never would have dreamed I would be thinking about running a 5k. I have just completed week 1 and I think I am going to repeat the 3rd run on wk 1 again before advancing on.

I need to buy a decent pair of running shoes though because I have read that many injuries happen because of the wrong shoes. I think you will like the program and you can advance at your own pace so don't be afraid to start slowly. I feel like you are probably much more fit than I am so you should do well.

4 hours ago, Apple1 said:

Wow this post is full of errors. I must of been really tired when I posted this...lol

I must have been too tired to catch them! LOL I didn't even notice.

4 hours ago, Apple1 said:

So the bite didn't effect you negatively? I have been afraid to try anything with sugar. That looks like it was worth a taste for sure!!

One of my co-workers likes to go pick cherries and there was a bowl sitting in the break room this week.

Nope. Not at all. I do eat fresh cherries though. Haven't had any issues with the sugar content. I won't go overboard with it though, but it's great to have a bite of something and not get dumping. Maybe my stomach is healing pretty good to forego the dumping issue. ??? I don't care to check it, although I wasn't affected with the bite.

3 hours ago, Apple1 said:

I need to buy a decent pair of running shoes though because I have read that many injuries happen because of the wrong shoes. I think you will like the program and you can advance at your own pace so don't be afraid to start slowly. I feel like you are probably much more fit than I am so you should do well.

Shoes make a HUGE impact. I replace mine probably every three to four months. I've had an injury due to wrong shoes too. My podiatrist was upset I was wearing Sketchers. I'm wearing them now. LOL Anyway, no shoes that can do a backwards or forward bend. They're the worse...even though they feel good.

Don't kid yourself about me being more fit...LOL!!!!!! May or may not be, the fact is, you're running and enjoying yourself. Now, I might be able to beat you in arm wrestling, but hey, that's another sport that we don't have to do. HAHA!

I too used to run during my skinny days. I would do about 5 miles/day, 3-4 times/week. I enjoyed it a lot. Now, why did I stop? SMH. I've done quite a bit of 5k runs too. Those are always fun. You should go to your local running shoe store (if you've got one) and sign up for a 5K now. It'll push you to keep on going!!! I'll be your biggest cheerleader...alongside your lovely family.