Texasmom65

I'm so happy for you Jack. Keep us posted on your progress. And btw Happy Birthday! LOL

I did it ! I'm finally under 200 lbs. This morning I weighed 199.8 ! Woo Hoo for me. I have not been under 200 in over 10 years. I LOVE MY SLEEVE! :cheer2: Now off to work I go, to spread the good news. LOL I'm so lucky to have a group of ladies at work that have supported me. And I had to take a picture of it on the scale and send it to my daughter and husband this morning. LOL I'm lovin this day.

That is awesome. Congrats.

Thank you so much everyone. It's so exciting to see that my weight now begins with a "1". When I was changing my ticker this morning, I automatically put a 2. Silly me. No more....I hope I will never ever be over 200 again as long as I live.

Wow, thanks for sharing, she has some great recipes. I can't wait to start trying them.

Thank you for sharing. Now if I can just get to solid foods I'll feel much better. And 2 years out....I know I have a chance to eat kinda normal again. Your the best Tiffykins.

great article. Thanks for sharing.

Wow you look amazing. Keep up the good work....don't let old habits back in your life yet.....reach that goal. You can do it.

Don't worry about the 30 min rule while you are on liquids. Just drink Water and your Protein shakes all through out the day. You want to make sure you stay hydrated. I use Premier Protein I got at costco, You can get at Sam's as well and order online at other places. It is 11 oz. and has 30 grm of protein. You would only have to drink 3 per day to get in your protein. Things will get better. Hang in there.

Reminds me of that song "Big Balls" by Accept. Love that song.

I love skinnytast.com also. So many good recipes. And I agree about eggfaces site. I wish her recipes were set up like Gina's, so it would be easier to find them. But still love her site. Lots of good ideas. Thanks everyone. Alot of great sites out there I didn't know about.

At my 3 wk mark when I can eat soft foods we can have ground beef or turkey. In fact my nut encouraged it.

I only stayed one night and that is what my surgeon told me I would stay unless I had problems.

I have alot of random hiccup/burp sounds when eating or drinking. But true hiccups I've only had once and it lastest what seemed like forever. Held my breath a few times and they finally stopped.

I found a liquid and a mini tab calcium today at Whole Foods. I posted about it here; http://www.verticalsleevetalk.com/topic/21765-liquid-calciumnot-to-bad/

Below is a picture of the liquid Calcium by Bluebonnet that I found at Whole Foods today. It was on sale for $9.99. I just tried it. It actually taste pretty good. I didn't gag or anything. I will let you know in the next few days if it starts to bother me. It's so much better than those chewables I was taking. Also I saw the Calcium mini tabs. Didn't buy them, since I can't see how "mini" they really are. They were $14.99 at Whole Foods. Has anyone else tried these? Thought I would try the liquid if that didn't work, then I'll try the mini tabs. But you just have to take more of them to get in my daily requirements.

Glad you are feeling a little bit better and home now. Things will get better. I'm 12 days out and no regrets here.

That is great news. I asked my husband this morning if he could tell a difference, and he said yes....a roll on my back is gone. LOL Normally that would hurt my feelings that he noticed I have fat rolls on my back....but it made me happy. I can tell a difference already in my clothes. The capris I'm wearing today are really lose. Maybe in another week or two I can buy something smaller. woo hoo.

I had my surgery on a Monday. Went back to work full time the next Monday, (This past week) and I was fine. I would think one week is good, 2 at the max, unless you have problems. But everyone is different.

My EX husband got the snip and we were in our early 20's then. We had two children and HE didn't want anymore. So it was up to him to get fixed. We went to a urologist and he did it in his office. He was good and ready to go back to work in a few days. It's a simple procedure for men. Women, its a surgery and having to be put to sleep. What? They think we don't go through pain with periods, babies, and a surgery too. Glad HE was the one to get snipped and not me back then. I had my third baby at the age of 38. I have a wonderful husband now and a sweet little 7 yr old son that love more than anything. Talk to your husband more about it.

I wish I had that problem. I guess because I still can't eat food yet, my mind still remembers how it taste and the texture of the food. So I see the commericials and I would so just love to have a bite. Sometimes I just close my eyes so I don't have to see it. I'm not hungry, its just my mind playing dirty tricks on me. I hope once I get to eating foods, the taste will turn me off some, so I don't want to overeat. Even though I know I can't (Thank the Lord and my Sleeve). Oh what I would give to just take a bite of a hamburger or maybe two bites. And the funny thing is, before my sleeve I was so good about my diet and what I ate. I was doing WW and was only eating healthy things, now all of a sudden I find myself wanting the bad things again. Why? I hate this feeling. I wish I knew how to make my brain stop this, it's killing me. But if I'm not thinking about food, I'm fine. No cravings, no hunger. This is going to be harder than I thought, dealing with my freaking "head". I hate head games.

Welcome to your DIL. Tell her to get her booty here. I was sleeved on the 11th also.

I agree with Jim. Your doctors office has been doing this a long time. They know what the insurance is wanting/needing. Even if you were denied, they will tell you what else they want and its as simple as appealing with the new info. I'm sure you will be fine. Good Luck.

I'm 9 days post op. I'm only allowed liquids, and I'm going nuts. I just want to eat something. I ate 4 popsicles yesterday because its the closet thing I can eat. I know this is probably just head hunger, but I'm going nuts. I just want to cry.

Just wanted to bump this up. Would love more feed back if you guys have any.