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  • (sorry for the double post - I don't know why it showed up twice and can't see how to delete it)
  • Yes, you'll definitely get smaller. Keeping in mind that I went from a bra that probably didn't fit quite right to begin with to a bra that did fit properly, I've gone down 3 band sizes, and 4 cup sizes in the last year. At my largest which would've been before I started tracking my weight loss, I wore a 40 DD. I'm now a…
  • Thanks for everyone's thoughts. My doctor had commented on my upper arms a few years back before I had lost weight - she said that if I lost the weight that I'd have to have the extra skin surgically removed. I'm due for a physical so I should just make the appointment and go in and talk to her. I'm hoping that there might…
  • I'll have to google Dr. oz, thanks for that tip. My weight gain had been very fast when it happened with most of it being caused by a medication I had to take, so my skin got big time stretch marks. And since the collagen bonds are broken in so many places, I know that with so many stretch marks there will come a time when…
  • For the loss, yes. For maintenance, you have to be very very careful or you'll gain it all back plus more. I have a friend who has done hcg numerous times and yo-yo's something fierce because of it. Slow and steady is the sure fire way to keep it off, but I've heard that hcg has potential if you are rigorous with the…
  • I know that they usually allow extra calories for nursing moms - I think the official number is 500? I'm not sure what your goal rate of loss is, but maybe decrease it by 1/2 pound per week. That will give you a bit more calories and hopefully your supply will bump back up. I found with my kids that it got harder to pump…
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