Things are goinn really well, we had to participate in a Health Risk assessment at work and if we passed we received a discount off of our health insurance and last year I didn't even bother going becaus ei knew because of my weight I would fail, but none the less I went this year and passed with flying colors. I was so excited when I stepped on the scale and it read 158.00 lbs OMG i could have screamed.. Well I have to have a consultation with the nurse and she began her whole spill about how i'm considered overweight according to her bmi chart and how I don't eat enough food or calories and that even though I work out three days a week I should increase that to four days per week, I smiled politely and wanted to stab her with her highlighter when she said well I wouldn't have guessed you had gastric i mean look at your neck theres no loose skin and you look so normal..like wls patients look like aliens????? huh anyway she gave me a crappy pedometer that had already registered eight steps just by the box shaking and asked did I need another I said...NO THANKS!!! and walked away. I must say this has really been an amazing journey..the compliments I receive now feel long overdue..Anyway I don't eat breads,sweets, pasta or popcorn I can't tolerate anything with more than 5 grmas of sugar or I'll dump and dumping is the worst feeling in the WORLD!!!! if you have not yet experienced it I have maybe five times unintentionally.Well I'm a size 8 now in womens and 10/11 in juniors...I still have my tummy though which I was considering getting tucked and my breast reduced but I'm too pleased right now and hopefully if I keep excersing I can use the money for a new wardrobe....I LOVE TO SHOP NOW!!!!!! just call me a fashionista/glamour junkie...well I hope everyone os doing well...muah

I've found a new PCP he is very nice, very knowledgable about the procedure. He also informed me that the weight can and will come back if proper nutrition is not followed. He ws telling me how he had one patient who weighed about 388 lbs lost about 150 during the "honeymoon" phase and gained back 80 because she fell back into her old habits of eating and had taught her body how to hold more food. I fit comfortably in size 13 jeans now and if I want to be cute I can wear size 12 jeans and I dumped so much the first month If I even see candy or sugar my stomach cringes. Well any who I take my vitamins and supplements religiously. I weighed in at 172.4 at the drs office and I'm only 3 1/2 months post op. You know I hate when people say wls patients took the easy way out changing a lifestyle you've been accustomed to all your life is not easy, trying to explain to your family why you can't eat this or that when everyones out together or just tasting a spoonful of a family dish because you know what will happen later is not easy. I still can't believe I was blessed with such an opportunity. I go to my surgeon and nutritional counselor next Thursday so I'll post my comments then.