OK...so I waited to no avail..and she may KILL me for this one, but do I care??

Hello everyone I know I have been off of here for weeks it seems, but I wanted to share some good news.....and I thought my sister would be here tooting her own horn, but alas, NO. So I thought I would steal it from her and do it myself She is now 1 month post op, and doing GREAT!!! We were at the gym together last night (She is the one to get me there if no one else can!!) and she did 30 min on the elliptical Me at the same point in my journey could NEVER do all of that!! Heck, I cannot do it NOW...I was so proud of her, her drive, her will power, her change in attitude towards LIFE...she is amazing to me at this point..... So, if you could, go check out her profile....her before and afters are great...I can see a difference, cant you?? (legs and belly...legs and belly ) http://obesityhelp.com/morbidobesity/members/profile.php?N=P1119922840 Dianna

That's fantastic! How exciting for you and your sister...I was definately not doing the eliptical at 1 month post op...I'd probably fall off it now. Congratulations to her! Jen

Yeah, you and me both!! elliptical I thought that was the best wow moment for her thus far!! (Since I have not even THOUGHT that could be a wow moment for myself...) Miss you girl, when is the next time we can get together and go out on the town?? Lemme know.... Dianna

Many Kudos to Julie .. I can def see it in her face too as well as her legs and belly... And as to the Eliptical Machine .. that Rocks .. I hate that piece of equipment .. It makes my butt cheeks burn like no tommorow .. Good for her .. that is a great exersise to do and really burns the calories . Go Julie !!! Hugs, TInk

Go Julie! I can only do 5 minutes on the elliptical right now! so sad! She looks great! Kirsten

Julie is definietly dioing great. I caught where she posted in a post about how she was doing. Her progress pics look great. You can definitely see it in her face, jaw line, legs & belly. Definitely doing great. Courtney

Awesome work Jules! She is really changing that is for sure and I can definately tell! I hope she can too! IF you are reading this Jules congrats honey you are doing wonderful and your sister is so proud of you as we are here! Hugs! Shele

i bet she liks the gym i work out with meatwad

Well, I didn't even notice this until just now. Thanks. I'm not one for tooting my own horn. I figure that stuff like this is just what is required, not some sort of wow moment. I never caught myself saying "wow" though I would have said wow had I done a faceplant into the floor like I almost did. It was pretty stupid of me to stay on that machine for so long, I was pretty dizzy when I got off of it. Also, I've been kind of dumb and decided to try new things because I am very sick and tired of eating a) refried beans b) corned beef hash and c) cottage cheese (less tired of this than the others, even though I eat it every day for breakfast) I had a burrito from Chipotle the other day too, and I don't want one of those for a LONG TIME because it took me about a week to fini**** Anyhow, the other day I tried some hamburger. I figured it would be ok as long as I chewed it well. WRONG. Back it came. Yesterday I tried some watermelon, thinking that as long as I avoided the seeds in the seedless watermelon, and ate it slowly it would be ok too. I even waited a half hour after dinner because I didn't know if it was considered liquid or solid. That wasn't happening either. Back it came. At one point I didn't even feel like I HAD a pouch (I feel the same as I did preop) but I'm starting to learn that not only do I have a pouch, I'm going to have a hell of a time of it when I can go to normal stuff in a couple weeks. I'm not even going to mention the urso forte . The little bit of food I am eating each day is getting ruined by this crap. I can't wait to swallow pills. So forgive me for not celebrating the fact that I probably did too much exercise for the stage I'm at. I'm still hurting from it. Walking your girls to the park yesterday only compounded it. I could barely walk around my office today, and could have seriously used a nap at about 1pm. I did walk for 20 minutes this morning but there was NO WAY I was getting the other 25 in. I only let myself feel guilty about it for a minute. (by the way, thank all of you for your well wishes. I'm sorry if I sound like a cry baby. I got stabbed in the back a little at work today and I wasn't in the greatest of moods BEFORE that happened.) Julie