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Friday November 9th was 12 weeks since my surgery. I can't remember my weight on Friday but today (5 days later) I have lost a total of 47 pounds. I am SO close to 50 pounds gone forever! Again I missed my goal by 3 pounds but like last time I am okay with it. 
I am wearing a size 10 pants and mostly Large shirts. I am able to buy the cutesie blouses now that I use to want to buy but wouldn't dare try on before. 
My love affair with food is pretty much over with. I don't really look forward to eating, it is more of a chore now. This makes me depressed sometimes. I am eating soup (alot), cheese & crackers, popsicles, popcorn and drinking lots of hot beverages like tea and sf hot chocolate. Warm things make my sleeve feel good unlike the foods that make it hurt sometimes. 
I regret the surgery sometimes but never the results. My regrets have more to do with the withdrawl of the food addiction I think. I miss that full stomach feeling after a great meal with family like at Red Lobster or my favorite Mexican Place. We still go to these places but I always feel like everyone is watching what and how much I am eating. Still, its only been 3 months so I know things will still change. 
Overall, I would do this again, again and again.

It's been 8 whole weeks, I can't believe how fast the time is going by and how much weight I have lost already. I am down 36 pounds. I wanted to be down 40 at 8 weeks but I am not too terribly sad about the 4 pounds. I KNOW they will be gone soon. 
I am now wearing a size 12 pants and still in XL shirts in Misses. I have lost nothing in my boobs and can't get them into a smaller shirt. Guess some would consider this a blessing!
I am stilled bored with food. I try to make eating exciting but I usually end up with heartburn, spitting up or a lump in my throat. I am eating the same foods, lots of chicken, cheese, peanut butter but only 1 tsp a day. I also experimented with Doritos, OMG they go down way too good so I am staying away from them. 
I haven't started any type of exersize and my next goal is to start walking every evening after dinner. I will start slow with maybe 20 minutes and build up to 45 minutes. 

It seems longer than 5 weeks (actually 5 weeks and 4 days) but then sometimes if feels like yesterday. I have lost about 27 pounds now and have experienced a stall for about 5 days. That was the worst. It is really hard to look at the scale and see the same number 5 days in a row (I actually gained one of those days) knowing the whole time you are eating less than a 5th grader. I am trying not to weigh myself every day but sometimes can't help myself. 
Eating is getting a little easier and a lot more boring. I am finding that I don't really look forward to eating like I use to and sometimes this makes me sad. I eat a lot of chicken, tuna, cheese, eggs and chili. Wendy's chili is my favorite right now. It goes down pretty well and usually stays down. The calories and protein counts are good in it too. 220 calories and 17g protein. I have to watch it though because the carbs are a bit high. 
My clothes have gotten bigger on me, I am now in a size 14 pants comfortably and an XL shirt from the regular departments. I always had to buy my shirts in the womans department and pants in the regular department, it is nice to be able to fit in most regular department clothes now. I have always been bigger on top than on the bottom, I am hoping this evens out but probably won't especially since I am about a DDD cup even after a 27 pound loss.
My next goal is 40 total pounds by October 12th which is 17 days away. Kind of ambitious so I won't be too upset if I don't quite get there.

It has been 3 weeks since I returned from my surgery with the awesome Dr. Alvarez. He really is as great as everyone say's he is. The surgery was pretty much uneventful. I awoke from the surgery and was able to walk to the potty just fine. I spent most of the first couple of days sleeping. Not because I was in any pain or anything, just because I love to nap. 
It has been a little hard getting use to having such a small stomach. I find that I don't realize I am full until a little too late and then it just comes up. I am eating mostly pintos and cheese from Taco Bell, popscicles, and broth. So far I have lost an average of 1 pound a day. Last I checked it is 19 pounds @ 19 days out. 
I told my family about my "real" surgery when I returned. As I expected they were pretty upset about it. I still get the daily call from mom wanting to know exactly what I have eaten and if I have felt even the slightest bit weird. She is pretty darn sure I have killed myself by having this surgery and wants to know as soon as I start to die so she can tell me she told me so. My husband who has only said 10 words to me in the last 13 years (he is the typical non-talking male) just kinda said "okay honey". We are up to tweleve words now! 
Over all I feel really good. My attitude has really changed. I feel more positive and I feel like I have a lot of energy. Like most, I am impatient to get all this flubber gone but I am taking it one day at a time.