I have to say that all you guys are awesome!! Also hearing the maintaining you are doing is very inspiring.

Thanks to all of you for always sharing and being so open and honest!

Hugs,
Ada

So I'm a couple of days off but last Sunday was my 1 month post-op surgeversary.
I can't believe it's already been a month. Here are a couple of pictures from the beginning of my liquid diet to where I am now. 

Stats from Before to Now
Waist went from a size 65" to a size 57"
Arm went from a size 19.75" to a size 19"
Chest went from a size 57.5" to a size 52"
Thigh went from a size 33.5" to a size 30"
Calf went from a size 21" to a size 19"
Next went from a size 20.5" to a size18.5"

Pictures

CONGRATS ADA!!!!

I'm soooo happy for you and your new life ahead. You'll see that time goes by really quickly after the meeting. Get ready, the "weight" is almost over and it's ready to start melting off! 

Yay! 

Congrats Ada- another step closer for you, I bet time will fly by!

Elena

Hi Ana,
That is wonderful news regarding your weightloss. It is a major physical and psychologically milestone. Good for you! and riding your bike for 2km is nothing to baulk at.  It is still a struggle for me to exercise everyday.  I move everyday but I would be lying to call it daily exercise. I am still having a tough time with knee issues (never had knee problem prior to surgery and wl......go figure that my ol'age would catch up to me after wl. lol. ).
As for your question...I am thrilled to have achieved my goal and then some. I feel very comfortable at this weight and I am keeping my fingers and toes crossed that I can maintain this weight.....although my surgeon did prepare me for a ten pound regain.  I still would be in my goal weight with ten pounds extra but honestly I hope I can keep the weight off.  I have been up alittle and then I go back down.  I am noticing that the last three to four weeks I am hungry more frequently and mostly in the wee hours of the morning. I wake up from my sleep from hunger. This is really the first time since my surgery that I actually feel hunger.  I am trying to eat more snacks in between but today I felt hunger every three hours or so.  I eat small portions but I am still eating more often. I guess this is where the real challenge will set in.  I am quite anxious about it all to be honest.  I am trying to take things one day at a time.  I kinda knew that this day will come. Everyone talks about it on the boards but when you are losing the weight and when you are still a newbie you can't imagine feeling hunger like you did preop.  It is so hard to get food down in the begining. It is a strange feeling to describe but it goes to say this journey is a life long commitment and struggle.  I am staying positive despite my anxieties and I have decided to believe in myself.  Again, some days are better than others.  I will keep posting on Mondays as it is keepin me accountable. I will also have to start keeping an eye on calories if the scale moves but for now I am staying the course with what has worked for me for the last 19 months.  I am getting antsy with this late spring arrival. I still have three feet of snow everywhere. Good grief! Cleaning the pool sounds great just about now. LOL.