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Pre-op weepiness, when you are switching meds like you are decribing, should be done with the most careful understanding of what might be serious warning signs for switching meds. Weepiness that feels general, like just about anything at that moment would have caused you to cry - that can be anticipated. If it is accompanied by serious, depthful sadness - nothing can make you bounce back - or you also feel anger or rage or intense confusion - that is a sign of more. Women are told weepiness is to be expected in weight loss, but remember this should be only mild, we do not "use" all of that estrogen, it is flushed and broken down too. Try to find a mechanism that you can use (you are in a different position than I was, with the meds and smoking - so your solution will probably vary) to gauge what is normal, and ANTICIPATE what you plan to do if it worsens. No matter what the weepiness stems from, it will probably make you want to get in your comfort zone, and comfort zone for many is old, bad habits (at the very least, we do not grow in this journey in our comfort zones). So have a plan for how to do that. It does help. Good luck!

I have not been able to follow much, so I am not sure what you are referencing - but if it is just contrary opinions or people being bent out of shape - reconsider using the block. Remember, once you block someone, you can no longer get their imput, or even use them as a contrast to other's opinions. Just a thought...

I just don't eat bread. I have made a (for me) important decision not to. For the food I have to put into my body, it is just not nutritious enough to be worth it. It triggers old cravings, too. But that is just me.

How about this - the smallest pic I have in here is with, by many people's standards, even alot of people on here, I still have a ways to go to be "ideal". Go take a look - one of those pics is me in my fighting garb - I swordfight again, like a 20 year old. I kick ass and take names. Another pic is of me doing acro-yoga. If all I ever did was maintained from here, and I asked YOU if that was worth it for ME - what does it look like in those pics...look at the one where I am too big for my Husband to wrap his arms around me...then look at the one where I am FLYING... It's not easy. Was it any time you have ever tried? How hard is too hard? How hard, really, is harder than where you are now? Good luck. God bless.

I have been doing yoga for a long time, but to accomidate my body/energy level (knees, etc) I was doing generally a low-key flow that focused on breathing (well ok they all do that) and keeping flexible. I started a 40-day kick off program to the Baptiste Vinyassa Hot Flow here at Big Yoga. It is kicking my butt! lol Each week we have so many classes, home classes, and reading/studying through the guidelines he encourages you follow (not Hindu-based guru mumbo jumbo - no offense to many but that just feels like baubles and gold speckle paint to me). So we progress through very grounded, wholistic (not whole silly) lessons and practice, practice, practice...while being very present and here. I really like this yoga. Two decades and I feel more grounded and centered here than I ever have in a studio. I never kept to a studio - I was never with at group in any real way past my mid twenties, so for almost 2 decades. This feels good. I just wanted to share. if you are local, you have missed the program for now (they do it once a year, for now) but the studio is encouraging, any time, anyday...newbies and old hands welcome. While I feel encouraged that I am progressing, I feel really good just to be now. you know? just - be. Now. I keep thinking about a journey, and progress, and for us that is vital, we have to push the long term and see how we got where we were, to get where we need to be. All of us in the weigh loss/sleeve journey have a slightly different perspective than others. I don't think we should ever let our awsomeness in achieving what we have achieved ever become mundane for us. But I also like the thought of being present and in my breath and still. I had gotten away from that. They know about the weight loss, and I have had people, just randomly come up to me and tell me they "heard about my journey" and that I am awesome. lol. In a good place right now. Even though Hubby is still about three weeks at best from being home from this trip (business), I feel ok. No, I feel awesome. More than a year out and I am only getting better. yay me!

There is no advice to offer, from my experiences. If you are just talking about the general gurgles. Sometimes they are telling you you have ate enough. If you have them as you eat or just after it might be telling you to slack off an ounce or so. Hope that helps!

Hmm, I was diabetic but I am now in full, remission - however it leaves an imprint, and often I get less than 40g carbs still. Wonder if that is the problem. I will add another piece of fruit or two a day and see how it goes. Thanks.

There is no way I could be less than 170 lbs and have the muscle I hope to maintain/build. 20 lbs of bone density? IDK about that. Go to a good sports doctor and have your "minimum weight" established - your weight, with out fat, just skin, bones, organs, Water, etc. Now, add about 23% - that should be your minimum. That's not a size, either. We are all different.

While you are recovering I think it is an excellent time, when available, to send the hubby & kids off to aunites or granny's to eat.

I think you will be ok - take an antacid, and avoid MCDonalds coffee!!!! It is really acidic. I drink coffee ALOT, from all over the world, and mcDonalds (pre-surgery) gave me heartburn. One other suggestion: ditch morning drive thru! Alot of people here have stories to tell that start " I didnt eat the drive through/fast food for so long, but one morning I was getting (juice/coffee/milk/tea, etc) and then I ordered (fill in greasy, trans fat, and habitual eating)"

I assume you are talking about mexico? The hotel should be really cheap, so sure - take the extra day. if you don't want it/cant use it perhaps you could offer it to a fellow patient who would liek to stay an extra day.

You went into a doctor for weigh loss options and he pushed only the band and not the sleeve? You should file a complaint if that is the case. It may not directly affect you, but it could help alot of people later on. Lap Band offers kick backs, and doctors make an ace off that little port. I think, in an educated, researched but still "guesstimate" the Lap Band/complication rate is excessively high - the numbers are tweakd and the lobbyists hit hard for this, so it is slow to get the attention it deserves. It is looked at that complications are expected more often "in any procedure with morbid obesity as a factor" - yet fails to explain that it is rare to see sleeve results with even a tenth the complications of a band. If you can, get it out. my opinion only.

I am super-stoked to be participating in a 40 day Baptiste Yoga Immersion in Houston at Big Yoga! Wish me luck everyone! I had slacked off yoga as I got busy, so this is gonna kick my butt! If anyone else is interested, this is available elsewhere, and online too, I think.

Perhaps you could find someone on here to go at the same time?

Can you remember where you read it?

Yay for you!

Wow, the thought of chugging MoM is nausiating even now. I had complications on a flight about 2 weeks after surgery and the stewardess gave my hubby a packet of MOM to try to give me, I smelled it and all bets were off, or up, or all over the bathroom...since then I can't handle it. I did a glycerin enema once, helped alot.

Hey everyone! long time no posts, but wanted to mention I am doing a yoga program at Big Yoga in Houston starting this week. It is 40 days of yoga combined with at least one weekly meeting, with discussions included in a book "40 Dyas to Personal Revolution". It is free, but you need to pay for the yoga lessons. They have a 40$ unlimited for new students - which is an awesome price. The book is 18$. All else is free. You have to follow the whole program. I will be glad to provide more info to anyone interested, you an also search for Big Yoga on facebook. Would love to see you there! This is a well-acclaimed program, for beginners and experienced people alike. It is probably unlike any studio/yoga or exercize environment you have ever experienced.

Wonderful to hear a 2 year update. I wish more would post. I was a year ago last week.

That is great! I bet you feel so good!

That is great! A step in the right direction!

Get with your obgyn as soon as you can. One suggestion - you will be tempted to eat the soy & protien bars to get in enough protien while maintaining your weight. If you do so don't forget your healthy fats. I would suggest avoiding suralose and other artificial sugars as well. Good luck

So it has been a year. To the day. Wow! Just…wow. Progress has been steady. Had a slip up but I am back on track. I think there for a little while I felt bullet proof, you know? Nine months out and I was doing well. I have an additional metabolism issue (genetic) that I knew I would not be the high end loser, so I was comfortable with my loss. I had a foot injury, couldn’t run for a long time, couldn’t do as much of what I normally do as often…and let some bad habits creep in as I dealt with inactivity (inactivity = boredom for me). Holidays were approaching and I was really feeling the loss of my Mom (My Mom passed away a week after my surgery, unexpectedly). So I slipped. Then I caught myself and got right back up again. My “last diet” began in January of 2011…I lost some after months of trying, kept it off a little, and about the same time it began to creep back on I was diagnosed with a tumor in my stomach lining – call it serendipity or what you will…I had to have a lot of my tummy removed anyway, I had lost weight I did not want to put back on, and long story short: “last diet” 1/2011, diagnosed w/tumor 10/2011, sleeved 1/4/2012. I was self-pay more than insurance covered anything, because the insurance argued I could get the tumor removed endoscopically, grrrr…but oh well and bills, bills, bills later (paid but disputing a balance w/ with my insurance) sleeved…and I would pay so much more, in hindsight. It has been a crazy journey, so many NSV, so much rediscovering myself….I am nowhere near done. Support from this group has been so important… I am back into everything I missed, trying new things, and there is something about this – doing this now – it is like I am discovering a whole new me. At 39 years old, I am coming “into my own” at the same time I am adapting to my new body…it blows my mind still… Size 14 for now…will maybe try for 10, but 12 would be great. At 5’10” and built like a linebacker, rather than a ballerina it’s a good size for me. Wish me perseverance, and strength - and the same to you all… God Bless. Namaste. Always.

The Power of Habit by Douhig...not about the surgery, but about our habits and such. Extremely well written, a read for everyone. Literally.