Dooter

Does your surgeon have any continuing support groups or followups for past patients? This is going to require you to dig down into the pit of your stomach and remember WHY you wanted the surgery, HOW you felt about your body and your life beforehand, and just...get back to that place where you decided you had to put your health first. Get there, and start over. Like everyone has said...back to the basics. Get on MFP (MY FITNESS PAL) and become accountable to the people on there for what you are eating and what exercise you are doing. Many many people here on VST are on MFP, and would be glad to cheer you on and encourage you. You can do this. Get there. Do it. We got your back. (btw, I'm dooter69 on MFP) Plan your life around your exercise schedule. That is a vital element people relegate to the back seat of their lives. Needs to be front and center. YOU CAN DO IT!!!!

OOOOOoohhhhh. I'm sorry to hear that

I'm 42 now and I hit perimenopause at about 38 and full blown at 40. I've had a HECK of a time losing weight in the last 10 years, and coincidentally, that's after my children were all born. I don't what all that means, but this surgery is the first time I've had any success losing weight in years and years.

NIIIIICE!!!!!

My doc said two weeks, and only if you're comfortable. The guys here that have said a smaller amount of time have to remember, they are "top," (ok, typically..) and therefore not as much pressure on the belly!

Well...it sounds like that's what's been given to you to help you through, and I hope it's doing just that. God is the provider of ALL things, and He gives us what we need if we are His. As for your religion addiction....might I inquire as to what "flavor" so to speak, it was? If you don't want to share that, I understand. Just curious. It's not often people will talk about these subjects without argument or offense, so I'm enjoying this, thanks.

This is true. My best friend is tormented by anxiety and depression and she is one of the strongest Christians I know. Sanctification (becoming more like Christ) is sometimes a slow process, but is one that God promises us he is working in us. When one is first saved, it's like God has us by the ankles and is shaking all the sin out of our pockets. A lot of it falls right out and away, and some sticks like glue, but the process will continue. Christ has already accomplished these things for us so that if we are in Him, we HAVE the power to not do....whatever it is that needs to be stopped. That does not necessarily mean we will achieve it immediately because we will be fighting our flesh until we die. What we have is HOPE (expected dependancy) that we CAN put off these behaviors and continue to ask God for relief from it, because it is His will that we do not sin. And when we pray according to His will, He will grant us what we ask. It may not always be in our timing, because often times we have something to learn from our situation, and sometimes someone ELSE has something to learn from our situation. I told you....I'll blabber all you want Get me to talkin' about Jesus, and I'll go on and on! I hope any of it makes sense and/or helps.... These are things I have learned and personally understand to be true.

WOW!! What was THAT for???

When we are born again in Christ, we are freed from the bondage of sin and death and decay. We have the God-granted ability and power to stop these things. When one is dead in transgression and sin, we are powerless to it. Christ sets the prisoner free in every way.

I would NOT have let THAT comment go by. What a ......... well...you know!!

Ok....you asked.... Any "religion" that centers on man and man's power and ability is destined to fail. The one true God of the Bible, who is the sovereign of the universe is the only one worthy of praise and glory. And that is our purpose. To glorify God. It is HIS wrath we are under, and He has gifted us with the answer to that problem through the Lord Jesus Christ because he loves us. God is not a power hungry ogre just waiting to cast us into Hell. He is perfect love and joy waiting with outstretched arms for us to answer His call. We are not banging our fists on the gates of Heaven, wanting to be let in, yet He is keeping us at bay, instead... We are all running as fast and as hard as we can straight for Hell, but in His divine sovereignty and love he stops this one, and this one, and that one, turning us to Him and welcoming us into His family and Kingdom in eternal splendor. That's where I am. I may have never been quite so vocal on this site about this subject, so I may lose friends, but... that's what I think and feel about it. The Holy Spirit confirms this in my soul.

i'd wait until at least six weeks. ...for crunches, anyway. Now walking...you should already be doing that daily.

I used to ride when I was lighter. Last time i wanted to get on a horse I was surrounded by PETA and the humane society and ejected from the property. (JK) But seriously, I could not torture an animal that way. Who knows though, in 50 more pounds, I may take it up again!!

My blabber mouth is all over the place! Sometimes I think I should shut up and let other people talk. LOL

I wanted to express my sympathy, but I'm busy picturing the girl walking by, and now I can't stop laughing......

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO YEAH!!!! FINALLY!!!!!! You've been waiting a long time!

Eeeehhhh, not so much. That's the nice thing about this surgery. You'd have to be crazy out of control, practically endangering your life to really "stretch" your sleeve. The capacity increases very slightly over like.....a couple of years or something. But no, I don't think you stretched your sleeve. My first two months were VERY hungry. It should get better soon once the Grehlin is more out of your system.

GO FOR IT!!! YOU CAN DO IT!!! There's no such thing as "too skinny" in my book!! LOL (other than that, I don't have any advice:) )

That's WAY cool!!

exaaaaactly.

MMMMMMMM!!!!!! Yay!!! Glad you finally had some! We had sushi last night too.

If you have 300 or 400 pounds to lose...ya, it might be a little slow. If you have 90 pounds to lose....not so slow. It's all relative. The fewer pounds you have to lose, the slower it might be. Not always, but usually. Oh, and yes. You can totally stall your progress dead in the Water and not lose a pound if the right work is not being done. (Eating right, exercising..) If a person eats enough junk you can totally blow this.

That IS weird. I've heard mixed reports. I've had reflux since I was roughly 17 (before they gave relflux a real name) and I've heard some say that surgery will actually cure it, and then some that say it will still be there. At five months, I still have it, but my doc wants me on reflux meds for six months ANYway. If the prevacid doesn't work, try a different brand. Everyone responds to certain ones better than others.

Ok...just promise you all won't kill anyone, k? Hehe...that's how I felt on liquids at first. GRRRRRR!!!!! You'll do great!! Go get 'em!