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I didn't have any problems on Southwest, I fit in the seat without an extension! Had fun at the conference and received some future job offers. So far everything's going fine. I'm stalling a bit( still loosing weight though)and loosing some of my hair.  I'm now working nights and looking for a house. I have a couple of days before my 4month anniversary. Hopefully I will weigh 299. I want to be out of the 300's. A total of 104lbs weight loss including the 38lbs prior to surgery, which is great. I wear a size 20-22 depending on the pants and 1-2x in shirts.so happy I'm on my way. 

Mom is finished with her classes and only has cardiac clearance and psych left.cousin has one class left, cardiac and psych left.

thats it for now

later

So far I have lost 91lbs total (38 prior to surgery; 53 after) with 4 days left before my 3 month mark, I wonder what my Drs scale will say. I think mine is off by 4-5lbs. I'm happy about my weightloss, but I still see myself as I was in the mirror. I know I've lost the weight, I'm now in a size 22 down from a 32. I think I will begin to see a skinnier me when I get into an 16/18. I don't want to be supper skinny, and I will have tot have plastic surgery for the loose skin (hope insurance will pay for it).

Bigger question is am I happy? Yes! Was it easy? No. Do I crave sweets? Sometimes, just look for a better alternative to fix the cravings. Fullness? I get full really quickly. I have a 30 min. lunch and I eat in about 5 min. I don't eat to fast, I just fill-up quickly. Others tell me to take the whole 30 min to eat, but how can I when I eat about 3oz. It still takes me along time to get enough fluids down, and I dehydrate really fast. I don't have a job where I can sit and sip on water all day, so its really difficult to get the fluids in.

Lots and Lots has been changing in my life. I'm looking into joining the Air Force Reserves, when I'm down to an appropriate size. Also looking for a house. The thought of buying a house is more stressful than looking into the Reserves.

I'm going to a Nursing Conference at the end of March and hope that I won't have a problem with the airline seat. Flying Southwest! When I get back I'm changing shifts at work, more money and shift differential. I'm also looking into a Masters program in Nursing. Haven't figured which direction to go into, but looking.

I'll update my weightloss on March 27th (with my scale) and on April 4th (Dr. scale). Cross fingers hoping I can get down to 304 or 299.

-Mearetoo

I lost 22.2lbs since surgery. I have a long road ahead of me and I thank God for showing me what i need to do to have a better and healthier life. Dr. Yu has giving me the ok to go back to work and to start an exercise regiment for the gym. I wanted to start some weight training to tone up. Now I have to figure out which gym to attend.

My Condo complex has a very very small one but its only open from 9am to 5pm (business office hours). Of course being a nurse, I don't have those hours. The nearest 24 hour gym is 20 miles on my way to work. So I could just stop before or after work for a good hour work-out. The gyms close to where I live are open from 6am to 9pm and only about 10 miles from me. I'll figure it out. Anywho, good luck to my friendly loosers. Until next time.. Happy Weight-loss! 

I made it from boot camp liquids and my surgery. I'm home now with hardly any pain. I have really bad gas pain and if I move too much I have pain on my left side. I will say the first night was my worst night. The nurse wouldn't give me anything extra for pain and ignored me. The other nurses would give me what I need and I was okay. Being a nurse myself, I knew she was wrong in treating me like that. I had the dry heaves and nausea and she wouldn't give me any zofran or phenergan. The nurse that came on next hooked me up and I was fine. I stayed 3 days\ 2 nights.  I didn't feel up to talking or chatting, but two of my friends came and saw me while I was in the hospital.  I thought my mom was going to do a scene from the movie "Terms of Endearment" "give my daughter her shot"! But before she did that, the next nurse brought my phenergan on piggy back to my IV.   No more dry heaves. I'm probably rambling. Anywho, I wish everyone good luck with their surgeries.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

I'm starting my pre-op diet tomorrow getting more excited as my surgery date draws near. I still can't believe how lucky and quickly i was approved for surgery. I'm going to be using the GNC lean 25 shakes for my diet along with other approved "food" , chicken broth, jello ).  Well off to bed, have to work tomorrow...Night