I am scheduled for February 18th. I will be first in. Wow, this process takes forever.

11 hours ago, Dubchild said:

Has anyone actually tried picking up a couple dumbbells or weights that equal their weight loss? I grabbed two 45lbs plates at the gym today in either arm and couldn’t believe I was carrying 90 extra lbs around not even 6 months ago

It's a wonder to me, as well. I can lift 50 pound bags of animal feed, but if your strapped two of them to my back, I would be pinned to the ground. How on earth did we carry so much?

WOO HOO!!!!!! 100 POUNDS GONE!!!! Such a milestone for me. I can hardly believe it, it seems surreal. BMI is now NORMAL!

Edited August 2, 20197 yr by AZhiker

WOO HOO!!!!!! 100 POUNDS GONE!!!! Such a milestone for me. I can hardly believe it, it seems surreal. BMI is now NORMAL!

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On 08/02/2019 at 07:43, AZhiker said:

WOO HOO!!!!!! 100 POUNDS GONE!!!! Such a milestone for me. I can hardly believe it, it seems surreal. BMI is now NORMAL!

Wow!!! Can’t wait until I get to where you are!! Congrats!

On ‎8‎/‎2‎/‎2019 at 6:37 AM, Deedee12 said:

Congratulations!!!!!

Thanks!

On ‎8‎/‎2‎/‎2019 at 6:44 AM, ldawn said:

On ‎8‎/‎2‎/‎2019 at 5:43 AM, AZhiker said:

WOO HOO!!!!!! 100 POUNDS GONE!!!! Such a milestone for me. I can hardly believe it, it seems surreal. BMI is now NORMAL!

Wow!!! Can’t wait until I get to where you are!! Congrats!

Thank you!

@AZhiker congrats!!

Well congratulations to everybody! On the progress!!

Interesting comment about picking up weight equivalent to your lost body fat. I am now 50 pounds down and couldn’t imagine picking it up. I am actually forbidden by my doctor to lift - and to think, I was carrying around that much weight. My hip pain is gone in my ankle pain- GONE. The epidurals I’ve been getting on my back for working and I feel good for the first time since the accident that started all this. This is the first morning I have not woken up and taken an opioid to get started.

My motivation for doing this was primarily related to aches and pains and back pains I was having. So while I got “skinny” a little faster, the real goal - pain relief, just hit!!!

I will say I would categorize myself as “skinny fat” now. I’m 5’-0” tall and clocking in around 110-111. I did not work out during my losing streak and now I feel like I have lost a lot of muscle mass. My husband says my legs are getting too skinny! (He likes muscular legs on women) My thighs don’t even touch when I walk now! I’m going to add some weight training to try to get some muscle tone going. I’m also been working hard on vitamins, calcium and water. Time to fine tune my “sexy” new bod! Haha!

By The way - I got that elliptical machine in the picture for free! My neighbor gave it away and it still had the protective plastic over the display. I got on it once and it kicked my butt! It is hard-core. The last few weeks kind of freaked me out as I got thinner and thinner so I was almost afraid to add cardio. I’m still carrying some weight around my waist that is probably unhealthy (see rolls in pic!). I think it’s time to work out!!

On 8/2/2019 at 8:41 AM, AZhiker said:

It's a wonder to me, as well. I can lift 50 pound bags of animal feed, but if your strapped two of them to my back, I would be pinned to the ground. How on earth did we carry so much?

Do you live in an equestrian neighborhood? I lived in one in Mesa and it was awesome! We were on irrigation.

Anna.... don’t we all have problem areas though?

Lol, I’d literally think about selling off one of my children for your legs, but I’ve always had a very “skinny” waist for my size—whatever my actual size was, my waist is ALWAYS 12-14 inches smaller than my hips.
Don’t even get me started on my thighs.... look up the definition of “thunder thighs” in any reference and you’ll probably see mine pictured. ??

So those of us women with fabulous legs would wish for less abdominal rolls.
Those of us with a small waist wonder what it would be like to look good in shorts or mini-skirts.

Hell, I’m just gonna start saving for lipo today and screw it if I get down to goal weight and still have these “fat” legs.
Lol, I’ll buy what Mother Nature has denied me.

*cue maniacal laughter*

21 minutes ago, Sheribear68 said:

Anna.... don’t we all have problem areas though?

Lol, I’d literally think about selling off one of my children for your legs, but I’ve always had a very “skinny” waist for my size—whatever my actual size was, my waist is ALWAYS 12-14 inches smaller than my hips.
Don’t even get me started on my thighs.... look up the definition of “thunder thighs” in any reference and you’ll probably see mine pictured. ??

So those of us women with fabulous legs would wish for less abdominal rolls.
Those of us with a small waist wonder what it would be like to look good in shorts or mini-skirts.

Hell, I’m just gonna start saving for Lipo today and screw it if I get down to goal weight and still have these “fat” legs.
Lol, I’ll buy what Mother Nature has denied me.

*cue maniacal laughter*

What you said.... is everything!

Okay so today is my 6 month surgiversary!!!!!

Omg, can’t believe it’s been 6 months

In celebration, decided to go back through my closet and try n items that have been too tight on me
These pants are size 12 Old Navy pixie cut pants. Picked them up at the consignment store 2 months ago bc they were only $6 and they were there NWT.
Today they fit me.
Size 12.

Omg, if someone had told me on February 6th, I’d be wearing pants like this today, I’d have had a better attitude when I woke up in the recovery room. ??

53 minutes ago, Sheribear68 said:

Okay so today is my 6 month surgiversary!!!!!

Omg, can’t believe it’s been 6 months

In celebration, decided to go back through my closet and try n items that have been too tight on me
These pants are size 12 Old Navy pixie cut pants. Picked them up at the consignment store 2 months ago bc they were only $6 and they were there NWT.
Today they fit me.
Size 12.

Omg, if someone had told me on February 6th, I’d be wearing pants like this today, I’d have had a better attitude when I woke up in the recovery room. ??

@sherribear, you look so good! Cute pants too.

I just stayed with very good friends for ten days (because we have already sold our house in preparation for our move to Australia). The wife basically harangued me non-stop for the entire ten days about the fact that I'm getting way too thin and am endangering my health, that I'm on a starvation diet and not eating enough to "sustain life" (her words), that I'm too weak to be able to live a normal life (completely untrue--I'm more active than ever), etc. She started monitoring my food intake and brought me food throughout the day that I didn't want or need. It got so bad that I left their home and moved into a hotel. Nobody has attacked me like this since my surgery. I'm in shock and suspect the friendship can't be repaired. Has anyone else experienced anything like this?