Ok so I was getting a few things for dinner tonight and I was in the check outline waiting, so I started looking at a few of the trashy tabloids and there it was in black & white TORI SPELLING weight drops to 98 pounds!!! WTF I LOST TORI SPELLING, just when I was feeling good about loosing so much weight in such a short amount of time then BAM I lost Tori Spelling, oh well looks like when I am done loosing all my weight I would have lost the entire cast of 90210...lol...
Katherine

I tried to post the picture of her but I can't figure it out :(

It has been easy for me.  Easy in the sense that I have never lost this much weight this fast.  I still have to think about what I put in my mouth and plan ahead.  I have to be sure to get in my water and all my sups. 

I know that I needed the surgery.  I needed the malabsorptive part.  I too have not pushed sugar or many carbs.  I can't say I would have been able to do that just doing Atkins.  The threat of being ill is a great way to be sure that I am putting only the right choices in my mouth.

We both have been lucky and have made good choices.  Sometimes others make the surgery look hard, because they make poor choices or have a difficult time(through no fault of their own).

What is "hard" that we could not or would not do is stick to the plan and portions needed to drop the weight. I tried everything, I know I had to have the surgery to be successful. 

It may be easy, but most people could not eat the portion size and do the carb restrictions successfully without the aid of the surgery. And we all know that some still fail to lose or maintain. 

the easy way out or not, for me it was the only way out.

i was only take 3 calcium pills a day.  It turns out that I was shorting myself by HALF!  I didn't realize that a serving was 2 pills!  so, I should have been taking 6 pills.  Thank God I asked over on the RNY board.  I will continue to take the 3 pills, and then add in 3 of the Bariatric Advantage chewables.  That will bring me to where I ought to be.  Not to mention the 18-20 oz of milk i drink every morning!

Trust me, I hate working out in public but if I dont leave the house to do it, I never would.  Spinning is a SERIOUS workout but it takes time to build up your endurance just like any other exercise.  Ill be honest, I HATE working out but the feeling that I get after I have done what Im supposed to do is what makes me continue to do it.  That feeling of accomplishment and victory. 

My confidence is new found confidence.  I have never really had the confidence I have now.  I still have my insecure moments and feel like Im too fat moments but I am working to overcome those issues.  I just seem to enjoy my life like I never have before. 

I like the fact that you nosey.  Now I can see how Im doing compared to others that had their surgeries at or around the same time as me too...thanks for taking the lead.

Thanks for the product info, I just have one more question. I have to take 2 calcium pills 3 times a day, how many do you take & do you take all your calcuim w/ your chewables b/c that would be 6 a day?