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I just had my surgery on Nov 13th and I was on 2 1/2 weeks of Boost and Glycerna until my surgery date. Yuck.

So I just got back after 2 months in Sicily with almost no internet access. I gained 8 pounds :ohwell: but I am back on track now.:smile:

You are so inspiring! I was wondering how you posted pictures into your entry? I would like to chart my journey with photos.

5'7" with 140 lbs approximately to lose. Including the weight I lost before MFP, I have lost 55lbs which leaves me with about 85 more to go. I haven't got pictures posted yet but I will.

My husband and I are in our favourite spot right now. We bought a house in Sicily last year and we are here for the summer. It is in a quiet mountain village and we have a stunning view from our terrace. http://mysicilianhome.wordpress.com if you want to see where we are.

I so get this. I identify as pan-sexual. I happen to have married a man but that doesn't make me any less "not straight". The difference for me is that I get this assumption from both sides, gay and straight. So frustrating.

Europe: Croatia, Prague, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Holland, Russia, Finland. Africa: South Africa, Kenya, Morocco S. America: Chile, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia Caribbean: Cuba Asia: India, Mongolia, Burma, Thailand, Cambodia

My husband and I often spend summers in Sicily (he's first generation born outside Sicily). I find I always lose weight there. Food is fresher, we never eat packaged stuff, and we walk everywhere. Also, there are stairs in pretty much every building - it's like doing a stair-master 15 times a day! I didn't worry too much…

Congratulations! I'm just at the start but people like you keep me going!

Thanks everyone, your comments have really helped!

Thanks. That makes me feel better. Everyone I have talked to here including the dr and dietician have said that I will need to have plastic surgery but that is $15,000 and I really can't afford that. I know that everyone is different but if you don't need the plastic surgery then perhaps I won't as well.

I'm still waiting for my surgery but I have 1 cup of frozen blueberries, some raw almonds, skim milk with a spoonful of Xylosweet.

Well, I felt like I lost most of my inner organs over the space of 24 hours, lol. That might have had something to do with it!

Thanks for posting all of these messages - for those of us still waiting for surgery, it is really inspiring.

Yes, 10% can make such a difference. The problem in getting someone else to do this is they have to want to do it themselves. I suggested to my husband that he do this too, not because he needs to lose weight (he weighs the same as he did 35 years ago in high school - damn him!) but because his nutrition is appalling.…

Yes, I hit the wrong key and added 100 pounds to my weight!!!! No wonder it showed no pounds lost. :D

I just weighed myself and I am down 8 pounds for a total of 13 pounds on MFP! Woohoo! But I noticed my banner below my posts now says I have lost 0 pounds! That's disappointing...

Thanks John!

I know two people who went to Mexico for their surgeries - one has done really well, one was starting to gain it back and then she just disappeared off the radar. If I had the cash, I could have had the band done here and the wait would have been about 2 months. In Alberta the wait is about 6 months and Ontario is less…

Being a Canucks fan is the definition of being an optimist! I'm pretty fond of the Habs too.