Hey Everyone!

I wanted to pop in and say hello to everyone. You were such an amazing resource to me and I feel I should start popping back in to be the same as the new blood comes in.

Here comes a lot......

I hit my goal weight. It was an odd experience. Maybe since my goal weight was so close too 100lbs lost (it was at about 110) but it didn't hit the same way as 100lbs did And that's okay. The weird part of this journey is realizing the goals you thought would be meaningful sometimes just become a check on an app, and the things you never even dreamed (a salesperson grabbing a small for you to try on and it fits) become the things that really make your day/week/month.

I got back into the dating scene, its been fun and lovely as well as utterly heartbreaking. Which I guess is how it is for everyone, but I do find dating in a post op world is a different world. When I was bigger clearly I was big, if we were going to be intimate it didn't need to be spoken that the package under the clothes matches whats with clothes.

But right now as I'm sure a lot of us are at goal or close to, I have a lot of excess skin. So I can rock some pretty amazing outfits, but when I am naked - that doesn't match the image I can do with clothes at all. In fact it can be a bit shocking. So I learnt I still needed to be very honest about my journey early on. For some guys this was a deal breaker, for some they were really understanding. And some said they understood but ultimately couldn't deal with it. (hello ex boyfriend who just broke up with me after 3 months saying my skin was something that really bothered him and he couldn't get over it..... even though I had been very honest from day 1 and he knew I was planning plastic surgery in the future......OUCH....really ouch....as in this happened last week ouch)

Irony? I got approved for a small portion of my plastic surgeries 2 days later. And today I booked the first set of them. Am I better off without this guy - obviously. But does it hurt. OH YEAH.

But onto better things. This surgery is something I am doing for me, and the process took a solid 8 months to get to this point. I find the plastic surgery boards tend to focus more on the USA side of things so I wanted to stick with my Ontario people. I am getting a Pannicelectomy (FDL version) with Liposuction as well as a Breast Lift. OHIP is covering a very small portion but still very much appreciated. In the future I would like to do my thighs as well but they did not want me doing all of them at the same time.

I'm actually having the surgery at Humber River which is where I had my gastric. So I'll feel at home at least. The date is getting confirmed but I have 2 tentative dates booked. Oct 11 or Oct 23. I'm super excited/nervous. I'm doing this with Dr Romy Ahluwalia from Avenue Plastic Surgery. He is super nice and really encouraging about the results I will get.

Its a bit surreal as I still remember being at the very first orientation for my gastric and them talking about some people choosing to get plastics and I thought - wouldn't it be amazing to have lost so much weight that your considering that? And here I am - booked and ready.

Good morning!!

I had my surgery this summer so I did not have a trip. However we are at our trailer pretty much every weekend. I am currently looking at cruises for December but DH might be having his RNY surgery in November so I am holding off on booking. We haven't been on a vacation in almost 3 years, we really need it.

B- Milk

S- Salami and cheese string

L - Chicken salad, 3 soda crackers

S - Milk

D- Tbd, probably chicken thighs as they are already thawed out

S- Greek yogurt

you're welcome!

This is all really great advice! Thank you all as I really do appreciate it!!

My team is in Humber river hospital. I know one year seems like a long time but once you start appointments with Bariatric team it will go fast.