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I hit 199 yesterday and am soooo excited.....had to share!

I am so pleased with the results of my RNY so far.  I have lost 66 lbs in 11 weeks!  I'm now wearing a size 14 pants and XL tops....next time I buy clothing, it won't be in a plus sized store!!!!   That is just incredible to me.  I'm very grateful, very pleased and just had to share my gratitude.  I just got back from a 2 week vacation in Mexico and came home to a stress-free Xmas.  I'm having a bit of trouble eating meat (I don't care for it anymore) and am not so good with protein shakes...actually I'm terrible with them because I don't drink them....because I can't find one that doesn't make me gag.....so my New Year's resolution is to figure out a way to get that protein in.....before things start going downhill fast!  But for now...i feel good...i look good and I'm healthier than I was a couple of months ago so life is good. 

Happy New Year everyone!

I had my surgery on oct 6, so am not quite 2 weeks out.  I started an Optifast (liquid diet) two weeks before my surgery. Including those two weeks and the almost two weeks that have passed since surgery, I have lost 31 lbs!!!!!  Is that insane or what?  I'm very pleased with this, to say the least.  I realize my weightloss is going to slow down but almost everyday I seem to lose a pound.  It's going to be hard to not be disappointed when this extreme rate of weightloss slows down! haha  anyway i feel very fortunate to have lost this much in less than 4 weeks and had to share my success so far.
Will keep you posted!

I realized i should update and let everyone know that I have had my surgery and im' doing great.  I had my surgery 9 days ago and i'm getting around really well and feeling pretty great.  i had no complications from my surgery whatsoever.  its a challenge to get all my water in. i'm working really hard at that.  i have no problems eating my liquid type foods (jello, yogurt, soup, etc) but have realized that crushing all those vitamins doesnt work as i can't mask their flavour in the small amount of food that i eat! i have since ordered chewable vitamins so that i wont have a problem getting them all in.   its a learning curve!  next week i will start on pureed foods and let me tell ya.....i cannot wait!!!

good luck to everyone out there who is going through this.  so far i have absolutely no regrets and have lost 28 lbs (from doing Optifast for two weeks prior to surgery along with the past 9 days post surgery).

Good luck!

I flew to Montreal and had all my preo-op tests done this week. Everything went really well.  I start my Opti-fast diet next week and have to do that for 2 weeks and then have my RNY on Oct 6!  i'm getting really excited!!