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Hello everyone. I'm new to the BAF forum. I'm usually on the RNY forum. I have a question for my sista's. I noticed the other day that my butt is starting to flatten out on the bottom and sag a little bit. What can I do to firm it up? I'm starting to see my hips again. I'm cool with that, but this butt situation, not so cool... 
Hey LadyBug-j...............And welcome back to the BAFam!!............Congrats on your upcoming 6 year "surgiversary", and for getting back on track to take off some more weight. I know it's not easy, but we do have a toll that will greatly assist us if we make the effort. What type of procedure did you have? Are you getting your protein, vits, and water in? How's your portion control? Are you getting in your exercise 3-4 times a week? I know these are tough question you have to ask yourself, but we all know the right answers to these questions hold the secret to our success at taking off the pounds and keeping them off. I'm no expert by any means, but I always like to encourage everyone to get back to the basics that we all learned early on in the process that produced the greatest of our results in those first few months.
Yes, participation has diminished greatly just since the four years I've been associated with OH, but there are a few who have hung around to offer some support and encouragement.
.......So.........Keep it moving!!..............
JJ
My 6th yr. Anniversary is coming up March 20th. Of course I have re-gained originally thinking it was 40lbs. To find it it was 25lbs.In six yrs. Not too bad, but bad enough to get my attention to wake up! and get back on the loosing side. <br />
I am doing a moderation of low-carbs!! And it's working already. Just wait until I boost in some excercise. Oh it will really be on then!! No revision here, I can do this if I really try! We all can. Thus far I have only lost 8lbs. I don't know what I was expecting? but I will take it, I don't want to sound ungrateful, because it's been a hard road, to start over. That first day, was the worst!! <br />
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Hightest wt. 354lbs. Originally lost 130lbs. Stalled, for way to long got stuck around 220lbs. Never made it to my orginal goal of 160?? I have set new realistic goals. I don't want to look like ET, anyway, so my first goal will be to see the 199,on the scale, so I can say, I weigh One-hundred????anything in the one-hundreds will do for a big girl like me, coming away from 354lbs. Some want to have surgery at 199!! & my second goal will be 185lbs. I can live with that from what I have come from. I am here to tell you I am putting my tool back to work, and yes it's working. I look forward, to seeing how much I can loose by my Surgiversary, as we used to call it!! I need some "new" friends, all of old friends from 2007, are long gone!! I need some new friends to help me through this new battle of the buldge. Only a few are still posting, here and there.
So please anybody, somebody, show me some OH-luv!! this is how I made it before and lost my way, but I always came back to visit from time to time.
Peace & luv-jbug
...........I'm still standing, and when I finally lose this 60lbs. I will be on top of the world!! "jbug"
Cant remember off hand how much in those first few weeks
Distal RNY was November 2004
Highest weight................................................325 lbs
Goal weight.....................................................145 lbs
Total weight loss .............................................173 lbs.
Tend to hover around 165 lbs but lately the scale started to move again without me even trying.
Currently about 152 lbs (did achieve 148 recently, but tended to look emaciated in my eyes, and people kept asking me how I was doing so I am not sure that my original surgical goal is realistic or practical for me)
But hey, happy dance here.... my BMI no longer is super morbidly obese, morbidly obese, or overweight!!!!
But still using my own guages to determine what is right for me!
Keep your heads up out there!
B
on 2/19/13 1:40 pm
I hear you Tricie, I was considering a revision last year but I felt guilty taking on such a serious surgery and the fear of something going wrong. But now Becca is tired of me being so miserable and we are going to a meeting for the DS tomorrow. I am a bit scared of this revision, but I will be getting it done by the best in the business so that gives me a bit more peace. Not sure yet what is going to happen, but I am going to the meeting tomorrow and see what is said.
Lee
Im considering a revision as well...I have requested my records from GA and actually had a upper GI. Seriously I hate what I see when Im looking at me...but I can literally all day...ugh!!!. I am having some kind of evsion...hopefully to a DS. This time not for vanity but just to have a life...have my life back...dammit to have ******g great sex....just keeping it real
The only person that is with us our entire life, is ourselves. Live while you are alive
Tricie
on 2/16/13 12:50 am
Wow CDawn, I am not sure how you ran across this old thread but that was a joke, I got those pictures from a colon cleanse product website. If your poop is looking like that I suggest you talk to your doctor about. it
