Youngandwildresa93

im down 55 lbs but want to lose more :/ welll heres the progress so far! lots more to go tho!! well see what happens

thank you everyyyyone!! <3

I hit 199 a few days ago and am so happy. Ill never leave onederland!!! Its hard when I look in the mirror and mentally I see myself looking the same day of surgery. Then my friends tell me that im "skinny" and look so different. Its really confusing!!!! But still woo onderland

thank you everyone!

thank you it took like 2 weeks to get there!!!!! im so excited! Thank you everyone

Thank you!! I went to sports authority and tried to pick up a 50 lb weight and couldnt even lift it! i cant beleive i used to walk around with that every day!

i was diabetes free and all insulin and medicine free from the second i got out of surgery. i was diabetic for 2 years and was on 5 shots of insulin a day and oral pills. im 3 months post op and havent taken any medicines since!

my surgeon told me that i could never have pop corn for the rest of my life. although lately ive been drinking some soda with out a problem. but i can only drink a diet soda with no food or else it comes back up

I had my surgery on march 15 and have lost 28 lbs. I just turned 18 in January so as a teen this has been an emotional and physical challenge for me. Everyday gets easier and every pound I loose makes it totally worth it. Im on soft foods now and have been eating alot of refried beans and cheese, egg whites, and turkey and laughing cow cheese. My taste buds have changed so much and I don't have as much as a craving for food like I used to. I'm getting bored of just those things and feel like there's alot more food I can be eating but I just don't know what. I'm currently in culinary school so cooking and baking isn't a problem for me. If anyone knows any good recipes allowed during the soft phase I'd really appreciate it. Especially anything with tomato sauce haha that's been my number one craving! Also I've been having problems with getting enough liquid down. I only get about 20 oz in on a good day. My skins so dry lately and I know it's because of my lack of water intake but if anyone knows of a good face moisturizer let me know!! Thanks for reading and please respond! And congratulations to the rest of you sleeve patients!!

yay i love baggy-ness!! haha im 5'2 and started at 250 lbs! now im 214 lbs!!

Today I went shopping for the first time after surgery! (7 weeks) I've never been able to shop at forever 21 and I picked out a dress that I loved and it fit! So that was the first good news! THEN! I went to buy some shorts and pre op I was normally a size 24/26 and today my new size is a 16!! I'm so happy!! I also bought a heavy bag/ punching bag today and can't wait to set it up!! Today was a good day

Thank you!!

Depending on your surgeon (most) wont operate on you if your A1C levels are above a 9. My blood sugars were off the charts before surgery and a week before my original surgery date (2/15) they did blood tests and my A1C was a 12. They had to reschedule my surgery for another month. I got my A1C to around a 9 by doing the liquid diet and really sticking to my medicines.

congratulations!!! you must be soooo goood!!! im 14 lbs away!!! i cant wait!

I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes in October of 09. I was taking three medicines. Metformin for over 5 years, Lantis once a day and Humolog before every meal. So in total I was taking over 5 shots a day. The doctor said that if I had the sleeve procedure there was no guarantee that the diabetes would go away immediately but he said eventually in a few months or so it could but he said if I got the who gastric bypass surgery it would go away right away. I went with the sleeve because he thought it suit my medical needs better and since i was so young he thought it was the better choice. (18 years old) After two days in the hospital my blood sugars were in the 115-120 everyday when on a normal day my blood sugars were in the high 200's sometimes 300's. I left the hospital off all insulin's and medicines and haven't been on them since. My blood sugars are around 112 every morning and I'm not diabetic free!! Since you are on no medicines and diagnosed so recently I strongly believe that once you come out of surgery you will also be diabetes free! Good luck!!! (I was sleeved on 3/15)

congrats!! dont be sad about your stall!! i had a 2 week stall my 3rd and 4th week after surgery but that doesnt mean your body isnt shrinking!! dont worry once the scale starts moving again it will rapidly go down

Recently ive noticed my hair thinning and i can see a lot of my scalp! ahh i dont know what to do. does anyone have any recommendations or has this happened to anyone else?! what should i do!??!?!

today i bought nioxin and it made my hair really dry too!! but im going to keep using it and see if it helps!!

aww thank you!!!

yeaah definitely not the easy way out!!