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L C.
on 11/24/18 1:41 pm
VioletFemme
on 11/24/18 1:32 pm - Greater Toronto Area, Canada
Topic: RE: Second week of opti fast and I miss eating

Girl, this is my biggest fear. I have optifast over Christmas and New Years and I worry so much much that I'll miss eating and cheat. At least you know true cause (equating food with social inclusion) and found a solution (joining friends for a walk).

Female 30s Canada
RNY January 4, 2019
I lost 100% of my excess weight.
Currently re-comping body/losing vanity pounds prior to plastics.

RosieBelly
on 11/24/18 12:06 pm
Topic: RE: First Anniversary and gallstones!

Maybe. I am 60. I think the slow weight loss is due to not "dieting" and just staying on the lower end of the calories. But listen I can't complain too much after losing pretty much 90% of me!!! Thanks for the good wishes.

referred Jan 2016 intake May 2016 left programme returned June 2017 final pre-sx class Oct 2017 surgeon appt Oct 2017

Opti Wt Nov 4/17 226 lbs BMI 45 Sx Wt 212 lbs RNY surgery Nov 23/17 M1 -18 M2-9 M3-10 M4-8 M5-6 M6-7 M7-6 M8-3 M9-1(so far) Down to within one pound of my goal and 99 lbs down from my highest weight. I was not a fast loser but who cares as long as you get there! I know the newbies check the trackers and the signatures so although I kind of lost track of how the rest of the weight came off, you should know that it was not fast and furious but it was slow and steady!

current BMI 24.7 that, my friends, is NORMAL!!! Strong is the new pretty!

LeslieCL
on 11/24/18 10:26 am, edited 11/24/18 2:27 am
Topic: RE: First Anniversary and gallstones!

I'm sorry for your pain and glad you'll be getting the proper care. I thank you for your encouraging uplifting words despite the gall stone pain. I am about two months behind you and also a slow loser which I think is due to my age (61). Heal well!

Referred January 7/17, Orientation Humber May 28/17, Meet Dr. August 4/17, TRIO November 3/17, Internist November 21/17, Surgeon again December 21/17, Pre-op assessment January 4/18 and Surgery January 12/18.

RosieBelly
on 11/24/18 6:00 am
Topic: RE: Tried on my snow boots today and...

Hehehe I went from 7.5 to 6.5! I wear insoles in my old faves but mostly have just spent tons of money buying new clothes and shoes.

referred Jan 2016 intake May 2016 left programme returned June 2017 final pre-sx class Oct 2017 surgeon appt Oct 2017

Opti Wt Nov 4/17 226 lbs BMI 45 Sx Wt 212 lbs RNY surgery Nov 23/17 M1 -18 M2-9 M3-10 M4-8 M5-6 M6-7 M7-6 M8-3 M9-1(so far) Down to within one pound of my goal and 99 lbs down from my highest weight. I was not a fast loser but who cares as long as you get there! I know the newbies check the trackers and the signatures so although I kind of lost track of how the rest of the weight came off, you should know that it was not fast and furious but it was slow and steady!

current BMI 24.7 that, my friends, is NORMAL!!! Strong is the new pretty!

RosieBelly
on 11/24/18 5:58 am
Topic: RE: 6 weeks Post op

Listen you aren't going to stretch that pouch but you can hurt yourself. If you are having problems at this early stage with eating too much you MUST speak to your team. This isn't a diet you can cheat on. This is a serious surgery that you can and will harm yourself if you don't follow the rules.

referred Jan 2016 intake May 2016 left programme returned June 2017 final pre-sx class Oct 2017 surgeon appt Oct 2017

Opti Wt Nov 4/17 226 lbs BMI 45 Sx Wt 212 lbs RNY surgery Nov 23/17 M1 -18 M2-9 M3-10 M4-8 M5-6 M6-7 M7-6 M8-3 M9-1(so far) Down to within one pound of my goal and 99 lbs down from my highest weight. I was not a fast loser but who cares as long as you get there! I know the newbies check the trackers and the signatures so although I kind of lost track of how the rest of the weight came off, you should know that it was not fast and furious but it was slow and steady!

current BMI 24.7 that, my friends, is NORMAL!!! Strong is the new pretty!

RosieBelly
on 11/24/18 5:56 am
Topic: RE: one step sooner to surgery

Yes they will treat you as a non-obese person. I do not know if it is me or the rest of the world but I feel not as "judged" as before.

referred Jan 2016 intake May 2016 left programme returned June 2017 final pre-sx class Oct 2017 surgeon appt Oct 2017

Opti Wt Nov 4/17 226 lbs BMI 45 Sx Wt 212 lbs RNY surgery Nov 23/17 M1 -18 M2-9 M3-10 M4-8 M5-6 M6-7 M7-6 M8-3 M9-1(so far) Down to within one pound of my goal and 99 lbs down from my highest weight. I was not a fast loser but who cares as long as you get there! I know the newbies check the trackers and the signatures so although I kind of lost track of how the rest of the weight came off, you should know that it was not fast and furious but it was slow and steady!

current BMI 24.7 that, my friends, is NORMAL!!! Strong is the new pretty!

RosieBelly
on 11/24/18 5:41 am
Topic: First Anniversary and gallstones!

Yesterday was my one year anniversary and I thought I would come home from work yesterday and send you all a message of thanks, of hope and of wild joy! That was short lived when, at the beginning of a seminar I was taking, my side started to hurt so much I could not breathe or move. I got myself to the hall outside and called 911 after about 15 minutes of the same pain. It took almost three hours for the pain to dissipate and after five hours from onset of pain to the discharge to be told that, yup, gallstones!

I am being seen by a surgeon in the next two weeks and will move forward from there.

Yet still, even after having experienced what was absolutely the worst pain of my life (mother of two), I am so happy. I am 97 pounds down, I move freely, my asthma is in remission, I have not had a single incident of reflux, I sleep better, I flew kites with my grandson a couple of weeks ago and I was the one running around the most! I climb six flights of stairs to work every morning and barely even breath faster. I feel better, I look better, I am better.

Many thanks to this forum for before after and during. Many, many thanks to the staff at the Weight Loss Management Programme at the Civic and many, many, many thanks to my family and friends who did nothing but encourage me and cheer me on!

referred Jan 2016 intake May 2016 left programme returned June 2017 final pre-sx class Oct 2017 surgeon appt Oct 2017

Opti Wt Nov 4/17 226 lbs BMI 45 Sx Wt 212 lbs RNY surgery Nov 23/17 M1 -18 M2-9 M3-10 M4-8 M5-6 M6-7 M7-6 M8-3 M9-1(so far) Down to within one pound of my goal and 99 lbs down from my highest weight. I was not a fast loser but who cares as long as you get there! I know the newbies check the trackers and the signatures so although I kind of lost track of how the rest of the weight came off, you should know that it was not fast and furious but it was slow and steady!

current BMI 24.7 that, my friends, is NORMAL!!! Strong is the new pretty!

danaburgess
on 11/23/18 11:18 pm - Fort Payne, AL
Topic: RE: one step sooner to surgery

Which surgery will you be having? Sleeve, lap band, D'S, or RNY?

danaburgess
on 11/23/18 11:16 pm - Fort Payne, AL
Topic: RE: one step sooner to surgery

Which surgery will you be having? Sleeve, lap band, D'S, or RNY?

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