Sassygirl06

i was told celery and coconut. i was also told no red meat for 18 to 24 months.

that is to funny! i would have just died! good for you!

yep, i got them too. i am more than 2 months out now and i dont anymore. havent since about 3 weeks. hang in there it gets better!

your parents love you dearly. you are lucky. my mom doesnt know about my surgery because she doesnt even care enough to be in my life. i know its hard to think that they arent being supportive, but i think that they are just scarred that something might go wrong. i know that if my child came to me and said that they were going to have a surgery this invasive in mexico i would be more than freaked out. i think the best thing to do is educate them on the facility that you are planning on going to, and the doctors reputation. while you might not get a big thumbs up from them they will have to respect that you have done your research and the decision is ultimately up to you. good luck to you!

you look great! way to go. keep up the good work!

lol that is funny! i can only manage about 1/4 cup to 1/2 cup of food at a time, and that depends on the type of food. i also feel like some times of the day i can eat more than others. i am only 2 months out though, so it probably will get to be more. i dont push it though, i would rather under eat then over do it, feel yucky and stretch out my little sleeve

a tip for communicating with the doctor is to write down everything that you want to talk to him about prior to your appointment. everyone gets frazzeled when you go to the doctors and then ends up forgeting half the stuff you want to ask. pull out that list and ask away. he wont mind because he doesnt want you going in blind. my bougie size is 32 and as far as i have heard that is the smallest they ususally go. at first i had trouble with acid reflux, but for the past month no problems and i dont take any ppi any more.

looken really good! way to go!

i have only lost 81 pounds so far, but my boobs havent gone yet. still a 42-dd. i was only an a before pregnancys.....after i got pregnant for the first time my boobs quadrupled in size, even after i lost the pregnancy weight they didnt go away. good luck

hey peoples! i have lost a total of 71 pounds as of today! woo-hoo. 25 are post op and the rest is pre-op. here are my current picts as well as my starting picts. cant wait till im at goal and get to do this again!

thank you again! arent we all so lucky to be in a time where we can get the sleeve and change our whole lives? energy levels up, compliments up, self confidence up, the only thing that is down is my weight

you look freaking amazing! you look so much younger now too!!! way to dress as well. what i wonderful inspiration!!!!

i have definatly lost my taste for junk. i feel so unsatisfied if i eat anything that doesnt have what i need in it. i feel sick if i try to eat sugars. i went through the whole binge period thinking i needed to get it out of my system. i had a food funeral and it was a sad moment as well as a happy one. the sooner you start on your diet though the faster the weight will come off. i lost almost 50 pounds pre-op and now i am down 80 pounds since starting my journey. i am so thankful that i started sooner rather then later. good luck to you

my stall lasted till my next period was over. then i lost 8.5 pounds in less then a week. it'l come off dont worry.

i had my surgery on 8-16-11 and the dos i was 261pounds today i am 230...so since suregery i have lost 31 pounds....i did have the dredded stall at three weeks for about 2.5 weeks. i didnt lose anything of course during that time. once my tom came i lost 8.5 pounds in one week, which put me at the 31 pound loss. so just about 2 months and 31 pounds....not bad and average of 15 pounds a month. i will freaking take it! lol as for sabotoge.....i guess it is possible if all you do is eat crap, but i have lost the desire to eat that crap all together. i have tried, oh believe me i have, however eversion therapy has worked for me, (i have usually thrown it back up or it has come out the other side with a vengence) not something that you want to repeat very many times. in all though it really is just up to your body type, what you eat, how often, and what types of exercise you do,and of course genetics and age. everyone will be different. as for ww, i used to have a teacher that did ww....she would make fun of her old fat self and call her pictures, terry the whale. after she gained all of that weight back and then a few the picture came down again needless to say. diets just dont work unless you are locked away in a cell and cant get to real food. (that is called the prison diet btw) i work in one hehe...i always tease the guys when they come back from an extended stay at the jail house because they always lose so much weight cause the food sucks...lol

i didnt have a pre warning. it just puts everything in perspective of how much we really are eating compared to how much we really need. i have a hard time watching anybody eat now. it is weird. i just make sure to focus on the conversation and company instead of the food anymore.

i ate there with my girlfriend. i ordered the margarita chicken. only had about 4 bites and that was all for me. i took the rest home and had enough for 3 more meals. i am so a cheap date. my girlfriend was with me and she is pre op----still gotta do all the hurdles, anyhow...she ordered the double cheeseburger they have and it almost made me sick how big it was. she ate the whole thing and i wanted to hurl. it was very hard to watch. i felt a little guilty only eating what i did. she probably felt the same as me only opposite if that makes any since?

approved!!! woo hoo for you!!!

that is so cool isnt it? i mean i really cant stress enough how when you are in the moment of losing it is hard to see it for yourself. so when things like this happen it is a eye opener that yeah, i just lost a nine year old child (that is how much i think they weigh) lol i keep telling the people that i meet with here; you need to make sure to take pictures along the way so you can see it. if you dont then it will be a lot harder in your journey to recognize how much you have lost. my girlfriend is a few steps behind me in the process so she hasnt been sleeved yet, and she keeps saying NO PICTURES! i keep telling her that she will regret it if she doesnt. i think we should celibrate all the small things and reward yourself along the way with non food items. like for me, when i reach my short term goal of 220 i am going to go to the hair salon and get a new hair style. cant wait!

so ladies i took a shower today. when i got out of the shower i grabbed one of the towels off the rack....put it on around my body. i did one of those tuck in jobs at the top to close. i was standing there talking to my husband. i didnt even notice. he looked at me and said, "wow baby, look at you! you look so sexy rapped in that towel." i was like yeah sure, but looked in the mirror and realized that for the first time in 17 years the small towel rapped all the way around me! haha i cant freaking believe it!!! before my sleeve i had to have a beach towel in order to wrap around my body. thank you sleeve!!!!

so...i did not have the band, just to start. however i went to the doctor originally for the band. i thought that it was the one for me because it could be removed if there were issues. im glad that when i attended the seminar i heard about the sleeve. i changed my mind instantly. i did my homework but from the begining i knew that i didnt want to go through the lap band because of all the maintenance as well as not being perminant. why go through all of this for a temporary solution? i want this to be lifelong! i got the sleeve 2 months ago now, and thank the lord to all of the people that write about the sleeve on here because i am soooooo happy i got my sleeve now. its not all peaches and cream.....you have to do a lot of soul searching, and changing. however by far the best choice i have ever made.