dawnr

Congratulations you are doing great and I think you have a very healthy attitude about your entire process. You are right about people not understanding the surgery and what it is all about...When you try to explain it they usually don't get it..They find it easier to believe what they had heard and not the true facts. Some are enlightened but others are just plain stuck in the land of unknown facts. It sounds like you are having a lot of fun finding the new you and that you have a very supportive hubby. That is wonderful. Yes you will have body adjustments and you will have some things that are going to be a bit "jiggly" but that is a far cry better than what it was like before you made this very healthy decision to change your life. I had my sleeve in 2011 and have been extremely happy with it. I agree with you that numbers and sizes are not the goal. Good health is the best gift you can get from this. Keep going with this...You are awesome and I hope you will always remember that you are worth every bit of the work that goes with this. It is a journey and the journey only gets better the farther you go with it. I hope to keep hearing good things, Best of all things to you Dawn

yes please let me know what the doc has to say. Mine just keeps telling me that he didn't expect me to lose a lot more than I did and once I leveled out that was normal, which was okay but now that I have gained a little more I know it is mostly because I let myself get lazy. Now I have to work at it and my head is more the problem than anything else...Just getting myself in focus.

You look fantastic You have come a long way in the past year and remember this is a journey that continues and you will find new great things as you travel on it.

Just remember where you were before and the work it took to get where you are now. If you didn't have the surgery would you have maintained for 3 years? I know how you feel I want to lose more but after nearly 6 years of maintaining I am so glad to be where I am now. All revisions don't work perfectly so if you are only doing it to be a size or two smaller I would think very long and hard about it. Good Luck

this is wonderful congradulations try ice chips for the dry throat or sugarless butterscotch candy to suck on ...It helped me

Hi gang I am 4' 10" and being short is a real challenge with weight. I had my sleeve surgery 8/8/2011 I initially lost 50 pounds then leveled off at 46 pound loss. I have gained about 15 pounds over the last couple years, it is completely my own fault by eating things I know not to eat and falling into some old bad habits. Not watching my portions and eating all the junk foods again. I am trying to find a way to get my head back in the game because it is all a matter of my own bad habits and not the surgery. The surgery was a great success and I am completely happy with it. Any words of wisdom to get myself into the proper mode of thinking would be appreciated.

that will pass and you will be so happy to have done this. It has been six years for me and I have never had any regrets

It will be six years since my sleeve surgery in August. I have done very well and am not complaining but I have gained 15 pounds over the last couple years and I am trying to find a way to get myself mentally back on track. I know what I need to do but for some reason I always seem to defeat my own efforts. I am finding my mindset back to some of my old ways of thinking. Has anyone else had this issue and if so what advice do you have that helped you....Thanks

You have the first.tool you need to get this under control. you have recognized you are eating out of emotion. Now you need to ask yourself am I really hungry or is it something else. If you aren't really hungry pick up a book or find something to get you mind busy. Give yourself at least 10 minutes and drink a glass of.water. Also find a support buddy that you can text or call to help you get past the food crisis. It will really.help.

congradulations on your dates to all of you. Remember this is going to be a birthday to Celebrate every year...The day you started your new life. It is awsome...My new birthday is only one week after my real birthday so it is kind of like having a birthday and Christmas together...LOL I am so excited for everyone who gets to start this journey. It is going to be the best thing you have ever done. Remember there is still a lot of work to do and some things may not go as fast as you would like but it is worth every bit of effort.

I agree keeping busy helps that is why I am on the computer so much...LOL It keeps both my mind and my hands occupied.

I agree it would be a eating disorder if you made a habit of it. and I also agree you will get "some" slight amount of sugars from the food in the mouth even if you don't swallow it, but if a person does it only rarely, I don't think you are going to do any real harm. Just don't make a habit of it. If you make a habit of it then you may have a problem. Like I said I've done it over the years on all kinds of diets but have never used it excessively. If I do it once every couple weeks that is a lot. I only do it when I have a really hard time with a craving. This is only my personal view and I am not advicating for anyone else to do it. I actually told my pcp doctor about it and he said as long as I didn't do it often he didn't see any real harm it in. Each person's situation is different so I would suggest you talk to your doctor or nut if you think it is a problem and get an opinion from the professional..

I think we all tend to do that same thing with just eating or snacking for now real reason. I have to watch myself with that also. I have decided to go back to basics and eating 6 times a day. aprox eating every 2 hours but only eating very very small amounts and the snacks being just protein (a piece of string cheese or some peanut butter etc...simple small proteins). Concentrating on high protein and fiber and low carbs. That way I will stay full and not feel like I have to graze. It worked perfectly for me and I just need to be more concious of how I eat rather than eating blindly.

sounds like a very good dinner...You could choose to eat the pie but not the crust. I have done that and it is satisfying, as you mainly want the taste of the filling anyway. Even better ask you mom to make a smaller crustless pie for you with sugar substitute.

I have actually done this for a long time and see nothing wrong with it. I am not bolimic or anorexic. Sometimes need to feel the food in my mouth and get the taste to satisfiy the craving. I starting doing this years ago when I was on the many "diets" I had done over the years. I have keep this "tool" to help me with my journey and have not found it to be of any problem. It has helped me many times to control the desire to eat something I know I shouldn't.