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Happy surgiversary!! The 1 year mark is a BIG DEAL....you look so happy and healthy....great job!

Great comparison pic....you have done awesome!!

This is so true...I never really thought about it this way but seeing it in writing it makes perfect sense. My dream size was always a size 8, so once I hit that size I bout alot of this size at the thrift stores but here lately they are getting baggy and I have only lost like 3 more pounds (staying in my maintenance 10…

What a great Post!!! The "red-line" concept really hits home with me....thank you Thaeda for sharing this, I am going to copy and paste your original post info , to refer back to during my "red-line" moments. Great Advice!! Thank You!!

My surgeon had me at 800-1000 calories a day during the losing phase...and if I went over I just simply did not lose weight. But I am also not a dedicated exerciser , so that may be why he had my count so low. After my first 6 months I lost 5-8 pounds a month.... may seem slow but I did finally hit my 126 pound loss goal.

What a cute swimsuit....great choice, you look really good in it!

Congrats!!! That's a NSV for sure!!

I am 16 months post-op and I still have semi-black outs when I stand up too fast if I don't get enough water in. Scares the begibbies out of me when it happens, so I always make it a point to start off each day with a full 32 ounces of water.

When I went a size down I immediately give prior sizes to salvation army.

He is jealous.....you need to show him he has no reason to be jealous.....men get scared when their women start looking attractive to other men.

I have had the same thing happen to me during my journey....my surgeon told me it was not enough fluid intake. Please let us know what your physician say's......very important to follow their guidelines. Once I upped my fluid intake my episodes subsided....but I was taking all my required vitamins.

Oh Asia1967 I truly know and understand that feeling of getting tired of hyper-focusing on food, diary,weight-loss,ect. I know in my heart though if I don't stay this way at least for another year.... I will lose control. I have just started into my maintenance journey last week and did not log or even try to think about…

Excellent Post! Thanks for sharing. I have a problem with #8. Not Exercising and #9. Eating Too Many Carbs. I really need to work on these 2 issues. I am keeping that list.... good find thanks!!

I was sleeved 11-12-13 Feel free to add me also.

That is such an awesome way to compare your weight loss with! Your babies are cuties and you look so vibrant and healthy!

With my journey my weight loss slowed way down also.... but if you keep on--keeping on with especially what your surgeon tells you to do...it does come off. Now with the belly fat....that was an issue and still is for me...I now have "belly jelly". It is hide-able with compression undershirts and all, but still there and…

Oh wow, you look beautiful...and look like you have never been overweight!!

(So there folks that friend me and see my loss on your home feed. When I stall then lose, you know I got lucky on the toilet. LOL)[/quote] Now that there is funny, but oh, so true!! :D I still have to use Miralax every third day or so just to be lucky LOL

Ooooooo that sounds really good... I am going to have to try that. I have added SF pudding powder to my shakes in the blender before and that is really good too...also helps make it thick. Great idea about the yogurt.. Thanks!!

OMG Thaeda...that is AWESOME!!!!! You have done so well...and you always seem on track....your such a motivator!! Job well done!!

Size 4!!! That is awesome.....WTG!!

Welcome to the loser's bench sunnynslim :)

Thanks everyone.....I really appreciate the comments and suggestions. With the sleeve it wasn't really hard at all just eating 500 calories today, once I set my mind to it.....plus tomorrow I can have 1200.....which is what kept me true.

I am just not comfortable counting calories the rest of my life....what I am ultimately hoping for on the 5:2 plan is to eventually only count calories 2 days a week and eat healthy the other 5 days. To take what I have learned from my healthy eating habits from this past 16 months and apply it. I just don't trust my self…

That is what I do too...just add quick add calories to go over 1000....push complete day...wait a minute or two then go back into my food diary and delete the quick add colaries. :-)

That is an AWESOME NSV!!

I just found it ---- it is called 5+2 diet !! Thank you so much Tubbs216!!!!

Thanks walkingAlong......I found the Intermittent Fasting group...your help is greatly appreciated!

I agree.....take time to heal your ankle properly...be sure to get your protein in as that aids in healing.

Vauxin ~ Glad to see I am not the only one with a lot protein powders ;)