Reached A Milestone Today

[Rockrose]

At my weigh in this morning I reached a milestone.
90% of excess weight lost meaning I only have 10 kilos to go.
So very happy.
I now weigh less than when I started dating my husband.

[Lie-in King]

It's an amazing achievement Rockrose, well done! :-)

Rowan also, after some hard times, to keep going, well done to you as well! :-)

[sunny-dave]

Congratulations - it's not an easy option and it must have been very scary at times - you have my admiration and I hope that the maintenance regime can settle down to a weight you are happy with for a long time.

Dx

[maggiebee]

First of all may I say a huge CONGRATULATIONS on your achievement, it can't have been an easy journey but you seem to have been so focussed throughout it. Hope this does not seem an insensitive question, but I am genuinely interested in how you have dealt with excess skin - that is if you have had to.

[puzzled54]

Well done, you are doing so well

[Rockrose]

Maggie not sensitive at all. I have awful excess skin my breasts look like I have breastfed a 1000 children!! My arms and belly are terrible and as for my thighs they hang down to my knees!! Let’s just say I have invested in some very good structural underwear and eventually I will have most of it removed

[anneasquith]

Skin reduction day. Be fabulous achievement .

[bednobs]

you probably have 10 kg of skin!

[anneasquith]

Bednobs , while you are here, are you and new wee girl well ?

[Bazile]

Is Rockrose the same as Islay ?

[Rockrose]

Yes as several people have outed me out of malice I will admit it

[Bazile]

Well done

Does it mean that you will never be able to have a standard 3 course meal again ?

[Rockrose]

Yup I was at a wedtat the weekend and managed 2 mouthful of beetroot and goats cheese salad, 3 of butternut crumble and a tiny bit of cheese. It’s all about balance. The day before I managed 125g of steak nothing else it was stuffed for 5 hours

[Bazile]

crikey - Why did the surgeon reduce your stomach to a size where you can only eat a tiny bit of food ?

[Rockrose]

Generally they do 70-80% of a normal stomach mine did a tight 80. The thinking is that you are forced to stop eating after 15 minutes. I’m still on 4-5 meals a day which is unusual so far out but as I had so much weight to lose they are not overly concerned

[maggiebee]

Thanks for your reply Rockrose - was wondering as my husband's niece had this problem after losing a lot of weight. Good luck when the time comes for your skin reduction.

[Rockrose]

Thanks Maggie primark does an excellent range of sucky in knickers

[marval]

Well done Rockrose, you should be very proud of yourself.

[ethandron]

That’s brill rockrose, we’ll done you x

[Rockrose]

Thanks Eth if only our dear friend was still here xx

[ethandron]

Indeed, I’ve thought of her a few times this week due to where we are. She’d be one of the loudest cheering you on x