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HELP! Need feedback about 5 day pouch test - i'm so unhappy.  at 16 months i was down to 125# and only 5# away from goal.  never made. it.  april 13th i had a kidney stone and gained 5# from the IV fluids.  since then, i've g...

1 yr, 2.5 wks! 7# to goal!! - wow!  what a year it's been.  i was off for 2.5 weeks during the Christmas holiday and came back to soooo many comments/compliments.  size 4 pants help a lot!  so does now wear...

50 weeks! only 9# to goal!!! - i'm so close to my goal that it's almost painful at times.  but, to be very truthful, i'm not sure i will want to be at goal once i get there.  i'm thin!  i mean, i'm really th...

44 wks! 11# to goal!! - well, it's been 44 long/short weeks since surgery.  i'm wearing size 6 that are now loose... and have actually purchased a size 4 pants!!  not kidding.  and definitely in a medium ...

31 wks & 16# to goal! - slow going... but, i'm still losing! in between a size 6 and size 8 jeans.  8's too loose and not comfy by the end of the day... 6's too tight in the beginning of the day fo...

28 weeks & 17# to go!!! and NORMAL labs!! - so hard to believe!  i've "only" 17# to go for my goal!  once the stall broke, i've lost 3# total in 3 weeks!  whew!  i can be honest and say i've learned a lesson.  i think th...

S K I N N Y!! that's what they called me today! - omg!  not sure what i've done differently today but no less than a dozen peeps have called me 'skinny' or 'thin' today!  i'm floating on clouds i forgot were there.  i actually saw...

S K I N N Y!!!! that's what they called me today! - omg!  not sure what i've done differently today but no less than a dozen peeps have called me 'skinny' or 'thin' today!  i'm floating on clouds i forgot were there.  i actually saw...

27 wks, 50#, and i'm finally a loser again! - 10# pre-op with 40# post op.  daily getting nsv's from peeps at work, AND, even have been 'flirted' (gasp! bigger news is that i actually recognized it as flirting) with.  it's...

27 wks, 50#, and think i'm finally a loser again! - 10# pre-op with 40# post op.  daily getting nsv's from peeps at work, AND, even have been 'flirted' (gasp! bigger news is that i actually recognized it as flirting) with.  it's an ...

good news vs bad news... half empty or half full? - well, i'm kinda on the fence of still being excited and depressed over this stall.  yesterday was 6 months surgiversary.  i've lost 'almost' 50# since the first of december; 40# po...

6 months! - bmi still the same.  i've finally stalled for real.  in the past month i've gained and lost the same 2#.  ugh, not sure if i'll break this stall or not.  i'm in size 8 pants, a...

@ 22 weeks! - well, i'm still going down and melting away!!  melting, melting, melting.  for the first time, i'm starting to feel smaller.  i don't feel "thin" by any stretch, the huge hango...

NSV for me! - i'm in single digits on pants sizes now!!  the 10's are just a bit too baggy in the boo-tay area, especially by the end of the day.  i've lost my butt, wishing it'd been my hips an...

@ 21 weeks + 2 days... - wow!!  i've lost 46# total, 36# since surgery.  slowly, but steadily, i've lost.  i now have 22# to goal!  in single digits on my pants sizes now and medium tops.  thrilled doe...

@ 17 weeks + 2 days... - i can't believe it's been a month already since i've posted.  i've been so very busy.  i'm now 25# from my personal goal and have lost 43 since surgery in 17 weeks!  i'm gettin...

new shoes!!! - i had to get new shoes!  my feet have 'shrunk' a size.  i am so very excited about new shoes since i'm a shoe hound and since i can now wear cute heels and pumps more comfortably ....

i'm overweight!!! - 13 weeks + 3 days post op and i am now overweight!  my bmi moved from the obese category this morning!  i can't stop doing the happy dance, just can't stop!  feeling better every d...

@ 13 weeks + 3 days.... - with revised bmi goal now of 22.2: happy dance!!!

overweight!! @ 13 weeks! - it's happened!  it really really happened!  i'm overweight! To find your BMI, fill out the form below: Measurement system: ...

12 weeks and 0.4 to go to be overweight! - so hard to believe that it's been only 12 weeks!  in 12 weeks since surgery i've lost 27#.  i need new shoes, new bras, and am wearing new clothes!  i've lost from size 14+ pants (...

omg!!! 0.7 to go to be 'only' overweight!!! - i may need to revise my bmi goal.  i just figured out that my first goal of bmi 20.0 will place me at 100#!!!  yeah, i don't think so.  not at 50 years old, even if i am only 4...

10 weeks today!! - i officially have ONLY 1.1 to go on my BMI until i will be ONLY "overweight"!  oh my gosh.  i am so elated.  i've been freed from my surgeon to eat "whatever" i can tolerate.  ...

8 & 1/2 weeks out!! - saw my primary last week and had labs drawn for the first time since surgery.  HgA1C NORMAL!!  liver enzymes NORMAL!! all other labs NORMAL with the exception of cholestero...

6 weeks, 1 day! - yesterday was 6 weeks that have swoooshed by so very fast!  so much life has changed since.  i've had to re-learn how to swallow.  both drink (i used to guzzle water in big big...