jhansen71

I lost 1lb. 209.6 to 208.6 on the nose. I wish it were more, but thankful I'm not stalled out. Need to work on getting my calories up this week so I can start losing more each week. Congrats to all us losers this week!

I was sleeve March 13th by Dr Scarborough in Houston (and I live in League City-25 miles south of Houston toward Galveston).

Janine, how are you feeling? I hope things went well.

My child has had hand, foot and mouth disease, but he really couldn't articulate how he felt with it. However, I had a friend get it last year and she said she was run down, her joints hurts, so tired and just overall felt bad. She thought she had something terminal (how she put it) because she felt so bad with it. Apparently it affects adults much differently than children and it's not very common for adults to get. Maybe this is why your GP hasn't thought to test for it. Anyway, good luck. I hope you feel better very soon.

Goof luck Janine. You'll do great. I'm praying for you....

You look amazing and so much younger. I pray this will happen to me. Congrats!

Onederland....congrats! I hope to move there soon myself (you notice I didn't say visit). So excited for you!

Okay, here is my opinion, take it or leave it. I think it is okay to have them register, but do not put this on the invite. You never want to make guests feel obligated to bring a gift to a housewarming party. However, to encourage gift giving, you can say something at the bottom of the invite like this: If you were thinking of bringing a gift and need gift ideas, please contact: Your Name and phone number. When they contact you, you can tell them they still have a wedding registry. If they find out they registered just for the party, this could make the guests feel uncomfortable. You never know who on your guest list is following the etiquette rules, so this allows you to cover all bases. However you decide, your friend will be thankful for you hostessing her party. Good luck!

I just realized I quoted my Memorial day challege to the Super Saturday weigh in thread. I blame it on my 7 year old who is rushing me. Sorry all...

Surgery date 3/13/12 Starting weight: 243.6 Surgery weight: 231.6 Current weight: 209.6 Total lost: 34 Loss over last week: 2.4 Memorial Day challenge goal: 20 Memorial Day challenge loss so far: 7 5 weeks and 3 days left to lose 13 lbs. Fingers crossed!!! Good luck everyone!

Okay, I lost 2.6 this week (Woo Hoo!) and weigh 209.6 down from 212 the previous week. I was stalled for a few weeks and now back to losing. Surgery date 3/13/12 Starting weight: 243.6 Surgery weight: 231.6 Current weight: 209.6 Total lost: 34

I had surgery on March 13th. I hit the dreaded stall 9 days out of surgery and started to lose a few ounces here and there last week and this week i lost 4.6lbs. 1 month, 4 days post op... PSW: 243.6 (Pre-surgery weight) SW: 231.6 (Surgery weight) LWWI: 216.6 (Last week's weigh-in) CW: 212.0 (Current Weight) Total loss: 31.6 (19.4 since surgery)

People hit stalls at different times and your body is still in shock from surgery so this could be "normal" for you. I hit a stall only 9 days from surgery. Most people hit 2-3 weeks out, i was obviously early and you just might be hitting yours much earlier. Hang in there, you'll start losing more and more as your tummy gets used to the new life.

Peacequeen, good to know. What do you mean your ticker?

It was supposed to say feels soooo good to be a loser. Dang autcorrect strikes again!

Great job! It feels spool good to be a loser! Ha!

Yay, I broke my stall and lost 4.6lbs this week. I'm super excited!!!! I hope I am off my stinkin' stall for a while. 1 month, 4 days post op... PSW: 243.6 (Pre-surgery weight) SW: 231.6 (Surgery weight) LWWI: 216.6 (Last week's weigh-in) CW: 212.0 (Current Weight) Total loss: 31.6 (19.4 since surgery) I am not sure what people consider their starting weight so I called it surgery weight. Are people counting from the date of surgery or from the start if their pre-op diet? I don't want to mislead newbies into thinking I lost 31.6 lbs in 4 weeks. I hope I did this right.

Went for my 2 week post-op today and was expecting everything to be great. No pain, lost 25lbs (including pre-op) and thought the dr would be so happy. Instead I left feeling a little worried about my health. My blood pressure was 89/50 and dr seemed concerned by how low and he restricted some of my work duties. Anyone else experience something like this? It was also low in the hospital. Dr did tell me that I lost a lot of blood during my procedure, but not enough for a transfusion. Could it be that my body hasn't made enough blood yet to replace what was missing? They didn't even do blood work. I'm not sure if that is normal for the 2 week check up? Maybe he didn't want to take any blood from me because I couldn't afford to lose it? He asked me to buy a blood pressure monitor and keep an eye on it. Anyone have some helpful insight?

You can do it. Thanks for your response.

I'm in too! I am one month out and my starting weight 243.6, current weight 216.6, challenge goal 20lbs or 196.6 and ultimate goal 150lbs. Is 20lbs in 7 weeks realistic at only 1 month post op? I hit a two week stall already at 9 days post op. Fingers crossed! Good luck everyone!