CraftyChristie

Firstly - congrats on your great loss so far! Secondly, I know what you mean. People didn't notice that much til I got to about 50 lbs too. Now in the past month I've gone from 50 to 65 and people keep saying "you look smaller every time I see you!" and "holy cow I can't believe the difference", when they have seen me at -50. I find it hard to believe I've changed so much in JUST this month, so maybe it is just finally catching up to their brains?? So weird!! You make a good point though that people must not be as aware as we think they are! We should let ourselves off the hook a little :thumbup1:

You are doing so well! I agree, there is a lot that needs to be addressed mentally. I feel really fortunate that I was working with a therapist on my emotional eating issues for a good 6 months before I had surgery. It really helped me get through a lot of the hard stuff before making this big change... so in a way it helped me not to feel like I had to change EVERYTHING all at once! I still find myself "wanting" to eat when I am bored, but I usually don't because I realize I'm really not hungry. That in itself is a huge accomplishment that surgery has really helped me with! Love the sleeve!

That is so awesome! I don't even know what it would be like for a guy to flirt with me. It's pretty much never happened LOL! It would take me a while to catch on, too!! Glad you are doing so well and feeling so happy :thumbup1:

For me that was the case on liquids and mushies. Once I moved to slightly firmer foods like tuna salad, chicken salad, etc that went away. Where are you at in your eating? If your diet is still pretty liquid-y, then so will be everything that comes out.

Blackberry, that's smart. My friend who is also having the hunger (she is 6 days now) is a Dr Aceves patient too. We had a less strict post op diet but still had the same hunger problem. Just hang in there, I know it will get better

Just posted some fun real-life comparison photos (i.e. not the official progress photos) on my blog - several angles of me at 12 weeks, and my hubby who is at 10 weeks. I hope you'll check it out :thumbup: Thank you! Health and Happiness: Seeing the Difference

WOW, what an awesome NSV as well as a fantastic lifestyle change. This will also help you in your goals of staying healthy, plus you get to pass on your knowledge to kids who really need it. I think it's wonderful!!

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR THE AMAZING COMMENTS!!! I have been so touched by the really thoughtful comments on this particular post. THANK YOU for taking the time to express this stuff to me. It means a lot.

That's wonderful!!! I am so happy hubby and I did this together, it would not be the same without him. I'm excited for you both.

My husband and I both dealt with extreme hunger after our surgeries. It sucked especially since, as you said, it seems like many people don't. Unfortunately not much helps when you are on liquids. Once we got to soft foods it got SO much better. Just hang in there it will get better when you get to that phase - it won't last forever. But believe me I KNOWWWWW how hard it is :crying: My friend who just had hers 5 days ago is dealing with it as well.

Hi everyone! So hubby and I had surgery two weeks apart. Mine was May 20th and his was June 3rd. At first he was always a little bit behind me in how much he could eat. At some point he passed me up. Right now I am 12 weeks post op and he is 10 weeks post op. I am still eating typically 2-4 oz (of course this varies depending on consistency of the food). It seems like in many situations, hubby can eat twice the amount I can. At a family BBQ recently I took the smallest chicken breast, and ate half of it as well as 1/3 a corn on the cob. Hubby ate his entire piece of chicken breast and the other 2/3 corn on the cob so pretty much exactly double what I ate. When we both eat chili, he can eat about half a can (so about 6 oz) and I can only eat 3 oz. So here's the thing - are we both ok? Is he eating too much? Am I eating too little? I know that 8oz is the max they ever want us eating. Neither of us has ever eaten that much so I'm sure we are ok. I feel at times that I should be eating more by now, and that maybe hubby is doing a little too much. Can those who are 10-12 weeks weigh in on this? Or if you are past that and can recollect what you were able to eat at this time? We do plan to ask our surgeon at our 3 month appointment coming up Aug 24th... wanted to hear from you guys though! Thanks!!!:frown1:

Way to go sweetie!!!!!! You're doing great and it's not slow, you're faster than average I think. How nice what your boyfriend said!

Thank you SO much! I got your blog comment as well. I am just really glad to hear that my blogging and videos helps anyone. I am unbelievably flattered to hear you say you have been looking up to me. I had a REALLY crappy day and you totally cheered me up.

thank you so much!!