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Ellie you are amazing. Wow what you went through. Have an great flight and sip sip sip. 😇

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Ellie123 looks like you made great choices at the store and will have everything you need to have a successful trip.

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2 minutes ago, clsumrall said:

Ellie you are amazing. Wow what you went through. Have an great flight and sip sip sip. 😇

Thank you, repair the Stricture REALLY opened me up... knock on wood. I think it’s been slowly closing up over time as I would eat and feel beltchy and gassy and quite awful, but I thought it’s just the way things are post surgery. Well... apparently not...

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Be smart,be careful, come back to us safe and sound. We all miss you, and everyone is right, your pictures are fab. Hopefully when you come back on October 26 I will have good news to share too. Prayers that this time I will have success, can't continue as I am.😥💦😥

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12 minutes ago, Frustr8 said:

Be smart,be careful, come back to us safe and sound. We all miss you, and everyone is right, your pictures are fab. Hopefully when you come back on October 26 I will have good news to share too. Prayers that this time I will have success, can't continue as I am.😥💦😥

Prayers your way dear Frust8, you've waited so long for this and I just hate you are having such a hard time! The good news is your scoped showed it's the ulcers acting up. So there is a plan that if you follow, should get you fixed. Would have been more frust8ing if they could not find a reason you are having these symptoms. Hang in there and prayers for you!

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Hey... do I count?? :)

My surgery date 9-28, right on the cusp of what would be considered summer or fall...

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Hey Ellie! Hope all is well. Frust8 good luck on your thing too!

I’m down to 207.6!!!! I have been this low since 2012!!! And I was on some crazy diet and diet pills to get this low!! (Basically a super concentrated caffeine pill, was eating nothing for Breakfast but an apple and Water, lunch and dinner were freezer meals that were low cal and supposedly healthy and I was doing Zumba every day for an hour and I still couldn’t break the into the 100’s)

I noticed some loose skin yesterday and it threw me off I knew it was coming but omg it’s terrible!! I’m going to up my water intake and run oils on my skin and add weights in. I ran out of my 9 round trial :( sad. So I downloaded p90 and am starting that today.

Kind of scared of the lose skin.

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Yeah Kara you count on my Book and also in YLime the lady who started Summer 2018 Surgery check in here and this one. She is a super nice,lady, as I hope everyone on here ism We are just brimming with💖for all our friends.

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Megen lose skin is what I an full of. I wish I could do something about it all, not being able to walk very much makes a difference in what kind of exercise I can do. I really wanted to join a gym except that all of the ones here in Oklahoma are not really user friendly or affordable. I keep hearing about one at work that I guess I am just going to have to go and check out.

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Just thought I’d share my breakfast this morning there were 2 eggs, 1 quarter of an avocado, 3 strips bacon and a handful of blackberries (yummy) I’m sharing it with my toddler and husband since I can’t eat that much. I had 1/2 an egg, one strip bacon, a few berries and my avocado.

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2 hours ago, Kara Eckel said:

Hey... do I count?? :)

My surgery date 9-28, right on the cusp of what would be considered summer or fall...

I'd say you get to join both groups. Lucky you.

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1 hour ago, iattcom said:

Megen lose skin is what I an full of. I wish I could do something about it all, not being able to walk very much makes a difference in what kind of exercise I can do. I really wanted to join a gym except that all of the ones here in Oklahoma are not really user friendly or affordable. I keep hearing about one at work that I guess I am just going to have to go and check out.

Look on Craigslist in the "Free" section for fitness equipment. I just picked up a treadmill last Friday. I also got a stationary bike over the summer and some free weights.

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Hey worth a try. After all*** nothing ventured*** Nothing Gained!

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Hey gang! Just chugging along over here, and 4 lbs away from 50lbs!!! It hasn’t even been three months 🙌🙌. Has anyone tried kodiak flapjacks? I typically am not eating anything with white flour and sticking to very clean, but heard this is a great alternative?

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