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girlonfire22119    29

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I love that idea!

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FluffySaysForkIt!    823

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Great idea! Would be a nice visual reminder.

I have some family rings that I have not been able to wear as they are too small and I am hoping to fit later.

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notmyname    593

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I've been buying myself jewelry at specific intervals along the way (50#/75#/60% EWL loss, etc) - mostly not expensive, but I have my eyes on something really nice for 100# down. :)

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Alwzla8    155

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Nice idea!! I think at goal weight something from Tiffany's would be so lovely:)

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naiad    51

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I've been buying myself jewelry at specific intervals along the way (50#/75#/60% EWL loss, etc) - mostly not expensive, but I have my eyes on something really nice for 100# down. [emoji4]
I love this idea! I will probably do this too!

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GradyCat    3,697

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That sounds like a good idea. I haven't decided what my "reward" is going to be when I reach goal weight.

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Sheribear68    3,201

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Honestly I’m thinking about getting a tattoo.
Still haven’t figured out what it will say, but something that will make me remember this journey and how important it is to stay on track for life

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Frustr8    7,886

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My suggestion: a bird tattoo, a Phoenix , rising from the ashes of the past. When Life tried to declaw you, they forgot About your wings and now you can fly, swift and strong into your future!

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Poppyseed28    115

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One of my goals is to run a marathon and get a tattoo that symbolizes both my weight loss and finishing a marathon. I want a Ariel tattoo in human form wearing running clothes with a race bid with the number of pounds I’ve lost.

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Alwzla8    155

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I wish tough mudder was a little further away to have more time to heal because I would love to do that one.

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mousecat88    2,281

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10 hours ago, Sheribear68 said:

Honestly I’m thinking about getting a tattoo.
Still haven’t figured out what it will say, but something that will make me remember this journey and how important it is to stay on track for life

I have the same idea. I want something on my inner arm post-arm lift to cover some of the scar and it'll be weight loss related somehow. Not sure exactly what yet, though.

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Frustr8    7,886

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Ivy is nice but how about a shooting star or comet. After all You are the Star of your own success!

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naiad    51

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One of my goals is to run a marathon and get a tattoo that symbolizes both my weight loss and finishing a marathon. I want a Ariel tattoo in human form wearing running clothes with a race bid with the number of pounds I’ve lost.
That is so fantastic! I love it!

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    • Alisa_S

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. LeighaTR

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        I hope your surgery on Wednesday goes well. You will be able to do all sorts of new things as you find your new normal after surgery. I don't know this from experience yet, but I am seeing a lot of positive things from people who have had it done. Best of luck!

    • Alisa_S

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      On day 4 of the 2 week liquid pre-op diet. Surgery scheduled for June 11th.
      Soooo I am coming to a realization
      of something and I'm not sure what to do about it. For years the only thing I've enjoyed is eating. We rarely do anything or go anywhere and if we do it always includes food. Family comes over? Big family dinner! Go camping? Food! Take a short ride or trip? Food! Holiday? Food! Go out of town for a Dr appointment? Food! When we go to a new town we don't look for any attractions, we look for restaurants we haven't been to. Heck, I look forward to getting off work because that means it's almost supper time. Now that I'm drinking these pre-op shakes for breakfast, lunch, and supper I have nothing to look forward to.  And once I have surgery on June 11th it'll be more of the same shakes. Even after pureed stage, soft food stage, and finally regular food stage, it's going to be a drastic change for the rest of my life. I'm giving up the one thing that really brings me joy. Eating. How do you cope with that? What do you do to fill that void? Wow. Now I'm sad.
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      1. summerseeker

        summerseeker

        Life as a big person had limited my life to what I knew I could manage to do each day. That was eat. I hadn't anything else to look forward to. So my eating choices were the best I could dream up. I planned the cooking in managable lots in my head and filled my day with and around it.

        Now I have a whole new big, bigger, biggest, best days ever. I am out there with those skinny people doing stuff i could never have dreamt of. Food is now an after thought. It doesn't consume my day. I still enjoy the good home cooked food but I eat smaller portions. I leave food on my plate when I am full. I can no longer hear my mother's voice saying eat it all up, ther are starving children in Africa who would want that!

        I still cook for family feasts, I love cooking. I still do holidays but I have changed from the All inclusive drinking and eating everything everyday kind to Self catering accommodation. This gives me the choice of cooking or eating out as I choose. I rarely drink anymore as I usually travel alone now and I feel I need to keep aware of my surroundings.

        I don't know at what point my life expanded, was it when I lost 100 pounds? Was it when I left my walking stick at home ? Was it when I said yes to an outing instead of finding an excuse to stay home ? i look back at my last five years and wonder how loosing weight has made such a difference. Be ready to amaze yourself.

        BTW, the liquid diet sucks, one more day and you are over the worst. You can do it.

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