Enerfina

my mom thought that in one month after surgery i was going to be "skinny" lol n i told her i wish it were like that, but it takes 1-2 years to lose atleast 70% of my body weight..

I was sleeved on march 5, its been 10 days since, and i live in fl.. supper sunny right now especially in Miami. the temperature is great, the wind is blowing.. and my body feels so hot! it needs to be submerged... My point is that I love the beach, n now its the perfect time to go to the beach! but since its only been 10 days out, i am concern on how the salty water may affect my sleeve..or skin.. My incisions do not hurt anymore, and looked healed.. i just want to dive n swim my life out, since i have been stuck at home for nearly two weeks now.. So i don't know what to do..

i am 3 weeks out n i find it better if i freeze the water , it feels so good lol.. n also nice cold crystal light hmmmm.but still cant get the required amount.

ur doing great keep it up!

wow i am sry u feel that way, the surgery is done make it work, it does work. you need to mentally prepare your self and learn the new traits of ur sleeve. Remember this is just a tool to aid in weight loss, no magic gimics here. Its all you and the sleeve, and how active u are, and on top of what ever ur doc and nutritionist say whats best for u. u need some motivation, go to youtube there are many inspirational stories. No one said it was an easy journey, its not the easy way out, you have to work hard to get to ur goal.. its done.. move on to a more positive side, and make it work!

i am three weeks post op n have lost (not including the 2 pre op 2 week diet ) 17 pounds since surgery n been stuck at the same weight for almost 4 days now.. i dont stress it much because my body is still healing everywhere n trying to catch up, i noticed my face is slimmer, my double chin is now one n is small, my legs , thighs, arms ,wrist n fingers all inches lost . n i went from a tight 16 to a 14, so i am happy for that. i still am trying to get all my vitamins in, n protein, n water.. but i know it will get better! i am 17 pounds away from "Onederland" so if it takes me 2 month to get there hurray because i know its not only pounds i am dropping but inches as well.. the pounds will fall on their own. dont forget to walk walk walk, n sip sip sip.

yay me too!!! soo good i had some ham and cheese for breakfast.. i tried egg on sunday n it didnt please my belly.. so yea i got a list of things approved by my nutritionist.. any of these salads with fat free mayo.. or light.. egg salad chicken salad tuna salad. any flaky fish, tilapia, snapper, grouper, meats chicken pork i didnt see beef.. weird.. sausages the list goes on n it just says its 1/2 cup 5 to 6 meals 3 hours apart. n remember to chew chew chew, and chew.. n no eating n drinking.. drink after 30mins. n then just sip all day in between meals!..

I am here with u. Me without having to lift my belly to see precious lol n can't wait for my belly to be gone n my thunder thighs to slim down!

awesome! man i want to get in the water so bad!.. do u think water is going to get in the incisions?

Damn girl you look FLY!!! GReAT WEight lost! :tongue2: :tongue2:

lol wow girl a mc muffin lol.. sausage mcmuffin lol u win

i went thru the same thing to, my problem was that i was using a teaspoon to eat n every time i ate it hurt as u described the nut told me i needed to be using a baby spoon because it was the right bite size. after that everything went down fine.. after the 6th day.

how much of it do u guys eat.. meaning the measurements..

i don't know if its the craziest but here it goes.. my mom cooked boneless bbq pork ribs. smelled so good i tasted a tip of the sauce n hmmmm so good.. so i took two pieces n pureed them along with my veggies.. boy was it good.. though i couldn't chew it down so i had to spit it out.. it was a good try .. but then i got heartburn so if anything next time i'll cook it since she dd use oils n seasonings that produced the heartburn from me sucking the world out of the meat. other than that i'll stick to blending yogurt with my protein shake and 2oz of soy unflavored milk..with lots of blended ice so it looks like a Slurpee lol..hmmm..

..sorry to interrupt "your eating popcorn" can we eat pop corn? how long til i can eat pop corn i on my second week n i read to stay off pop corn until 6 most after surgery.. and a lot of websites with resources back that up.. man i thought i would never be able to eat pop corn.... how does it feel going down n how long it takes u to digest it..?

girl it is so hard lol, my nutritionist was talking about pureed foods n one person in my weight loss group in miami was like does that mean i can puree platano lol i started laughing so hard lol...she was like can i make plantain soup lol.. man my mom makes tostones with salami in the morning n man my room is close to the kitchen so that aroma fills my room n i am like uuuugh lol.. n she looks at me ha u cant eat this, ur sleeved lol.. n i said one day i will lol so funny!

I am 11 days post opp n today wasn't a good day. I tried to have my purees this week which have been hard but today I threw up 3times since surgery. I dranked to fast n after that anything I put in my mouth felt stuck n had real bad pain so I had to burp it out. Right now I started over with liquids hopefully tomorrow will be better! N no I don't regret my surgery!!

Hey paisana! lol hows Dominican Rep its so cool that u can communicate from way over there! Shout out to my Dominican people, you know we cant stay away from water, and beautiful beaches!.. keep us posted on ur progress.

So jealous right now .. Jk that sounds awesome. Hmmm there's a pool at my local park I will ask them how much it to join. Thanks

i love ur schedule, i am doing p90x insanity was too hard for me lol.. right now i am working on my arms n legs until i am authorized to really "Bring It" lol..

LilMissDiva couldnt have said it better!!! You look great by the way!!! Love the hills

thanks guys for your advice, i will wait until i see the doc again, the beach will be there waiting for me so no rush... i took a cold shower to to relieve my self of the beach craving lol...

i agree with everyone, but i will just stick with exercise and spandex n my olive oil Shea butter cream that i mixed.. and is working.. other than that if i have some skin left.. who ever God puts in my path (love, relationship wise) they are going to have to enjoy it, and love me for who i am. Later on when i have kids then i'll think about plastics.