sheila5497

My nicotine test was blood. Most everything that is tested is tested by blood. Blood is more accurate, urine is used mostly for glucose, ketones, and protein. I'm 18 weeks post op and just now starting to tell when I'm getting full instead of all of a sudden feeling really sick because I ate too much. Oh what a difference one bite can make. I've lost 80 lbs and average about 3lbs a week. Keep up the good work girls. The loss will come. Next thing you know, you will be looking at that little red dress thinking "wow, I can really buy this now".

I had my surgery April 23rd of this year. So farive lost 80 lbs and I can now eat pretty much anything however only in small portions. But what I don't eat I put away and eat later. Down to a loose size 14 and Large shirt. I would not change anything and do not regret doing the surgery at all.

Hello everyone, sorry I have not been on here as much as I should. I have been extremely busy with my boys and work. Alex just finished a baseball season with all stars and Travel baseball. I also had some visitors come and go a few times in the last month. I have lost 70 pounds so far and have only 35 more to go. Weight loss is starting to slow down a bit but I'm ok with that because I have been eating a little bit more. I'm so sorry to here about my co-sleevers having problems with their GB. Like Joni, my doctor also put me on actigall twice a day thank goodness! I wish you guys well and a speedy recovery. Mean while I will try to be more consistent with my updates.

Well, tomorrow is my birthday and yesterday I have officially lost 60 pounds. I weigh 182 and wear a Loose 16 pant and XL shirt. I have been an inspiration to some of my coworkers and now get picked on due to my extremely healthy eating habits (junk foods literally make me fell sick to my stomach for an hour or so and quite frankly not worth the hassle). I have been slacking on the excersize as well due to the extremely hot temperatures here in Virginia. Think I will go and get a membership to my employers gym. My snack foods consist of Colby jack cheese slices, cucumber slices, seedless green grapes, Strawberries, and cottage cheese. I'm loving life a do not regret my dicision to have the surgery one bit. Eating healthy is really not that difficult anymore and I get full and satisfied faster and stay that way longer. Hope everyone is doing well and enjoying their weight loss and summer as well.

Glad to see your doing better, time will go by and before you know it you will be eating regular foods. I was sleeved on 4/23 and just now able to eat a 1/4 of a sandwich and have lost 60 pounds. Some things that I really enjoyed eating at your stage (and still do) were yoplait smoothies, Greek yogurt, Panera soup (well blended), Herbox chicken brooth, and bariatric choice banana pudding (12 grams of protein per serving) which was about 6oz. I also experimented with a protein powder that you mixed with water (kind of like Kool aid mix) that was not too bad called Nectar. I would also check out some of the Unjury protein products. Some of my fellow sleeves have rave reviews about it but I didn't try it. Also, Myoplex by EAS has a protein shake that had 42 grams of protein for 17oz. And I found that at my local grocery store and at The Vitamin Shoppe. Hope you have a good recovery and good luck. And just an FYI I would not trust a fart at this stage trust me!!!

Good luck tameka... You'll do just fine...

Sorry I haven't been on here in awhile. To add to my already busy schedule I now have my 14 year old son out of school for the summer and have baseball almost everyday between tournaments and practices ugh! Just a quick update since my insomnia is starting to go away. I have lost a total of 54 pounds, went from a 22 to a 14/16W in pants and a 3X to an XL in tops. Still having trouble digesting meats as it just seems to churn in my stomach for about an hour in turn making me feel crappy. I have no problem eating cottage cheese and cheese sticks which tend to be my favorite snacks lately. I tried some philipino pansit (not sure of the spelling) and was surprised at how much I could eat. I ate a small cup (8oz.) and didn't get a stomachache. I love it! I did however, stay full for a while after. The old me would have put away a whole plate full of the stuff! Well getting tired. I will keep everyone posted as I get a few moments! Have a Happy Wednesday all!

Just hit my first goal to get below 200 mark! I now weigh 197 which is 44 pounds lost since April 9th. Woo hoo!

It depends on height. I have a friend who can fit into a 14 and weighs the same as I do and I can only fit into a 16/18 however, she is about 4 inches taller than me. I weigh 200.5 she weighs 201. I don't squeeze into my clothes they fit just right, not to tight and not too loose. I consider it a good fit as long as I don't have the "muffin top" when I wear them. I have not lost any weight for the last week and a half. Hoping I at least see a pound or two gone before the weekend.

Finally feel better after I sat up in chair and took a nap. it took about two hours to start feeling better. i am just now feeling good enough to do some laundry and yes it probably was a mixture of different ingredients in the salad (too much, too soon). Notime--My doctor said the very same thing about exercise too. My next checkup is in two months. I am going away for the weekend and will keep everyone up to date on how that went when I get back. I hope everyone has a safe and happy Memorial Day weekend.

I went for my 1 month follow up with the Doctor yesterday and he said I was doing great. I can start taking my meds whole and start eating solid food but not dry. I need to try to avoid rice, pasta and white fluffy bread. So I went out today and got a salad and topped with hard boiled eggs cheese ranch and sunflower seeds shook it up and ate about 5 bites and was full. At first I thought well that went down ok. But then about 15 minutes after I felt horrible and so sick to my stomach I want to throw up. I slipped into my PJs and laid down but then woke up to horrible acid reflux. So I sat in my recliner and drank some water and still feel awful. I will never eat salad again. What an awful feeling

A good friend of mine told me about a recipe he makes for his family called no carb chicken pesto pizza. He takes canned chunk chicken and mashes it down into a crust in a skillet. uses olive oil spray and browns both sides in pan. Put it on pizza pan and spreads pesto as a sauce (instead of pizza sauce), and mozzarella cheese. I guess you can go with your own variations of sauce and toppings if you stick with low carb. I plan on trying it when I can eat more solid types of food. Also found a recipe that includes ground chicken and buffalo sauce to make buffalo meatballs. These are all protein and zero carbs! Gee can you tell I am craving solid foods. My question for today is: I get the hiccoughs after I'm done eating. Are any of you getting them?

I do about 10 minutes on the elliptical every day and I walk around the blocka few times too. I like to do it early in the day because I feel much better afterwards. I'm so excited today. I went shopping for some clothes yesterday and was able to fit into 16w in pants and a 1x in shirts without sucking in and feeling like I was going to pop. I can still fit into my older clothes but they are very loose (part of me is having a hard time giving them up). I guess it's because I've been that size for so long that I don't know how to dress in smaller clothes. Maybe instead of getting smaller clothes I will get them altered!

I asked my Doctor why bread was bad and he's aid that it will sit in your stomach in a blob and take up space when it could be utilized to consume more water and protein. Bread takes a very long time to digest and with the new sleeve at this stage it is very important to avoid the extra carbs because it will also hinder weight loss. He also said that eventually I would be able to eat bread but should never include white fluffy breads because they are not good for me and preferred I eat whole wheat or multi grain breads. Toasting your bread also reduces the carb content. Joni I had seen earlier your dr. Prescribed Actigall. My dr told me to take it after surgery and I started that the next day I came home. It is to prevent gall stones due to the rapid weight loss. I see my dr for my 1 month check on Wednesday. I hope he is not disappointed that I have only lost 20 pounds. I guess I was expecting a little more weight loss within the first month.

Wel today I realized that peanut butter is NOT one of my favorites anymore. I tried it because it was high in protein and low in carbs. Will never eat it again. I experienced dumping syndrome for the first time today and didn't care to want it back. What really sucked was it didn't hit me until I was at my sons baseball game. I managed though. On a better note, since the seal broke! I lost 2 pounds!

Make sure you are walking every day too. I usually walk around the block a few times and if I feel good I will do 1or 2 more. Walking helps get everything moving and burn calories. The more walking the better at this stage since you are not really consuming too many calories a day and walking will increase the calories you burn everyday. If you burn more calories than you consume you will loss weight.

Had a BM today! Hooray! I was worried. Since I am on soft foods now I tried some tofu and added onions mrs dash and soy sauce in a skillet and Carmelites the onions so they were real soft and boy did that taste good... Tofu has 7 grams of protein for 3 oz. used crisco olive oil spray and some Molly mcbutter. I am too in a weight slump. Same weight for a few days. Not worried though because it is getting that time of the month and know once I walk a little more it will go.

Hey sorry it has been a while since my last post. Been keeping busy. A 4 year old and a 14 year old that is in baseball almost every day. I started on my soft diet a day early since it was mothers day. Went out to eat for the first time and I have to tell ya it was great! Spent the day at the beach and then dinner at Lone Star steakhouse. I ordered their steak soup ( which was awesome), and a baked potato with cheese and sour cream. I ate about half of the soup (chewed the crap out of the little bits of very tender steak), and about a quarter of the potato! Oh, and had 1 fried green bean. I have to say it was much better going down than the hot dog a week ago. I asked for a box and saved the rest for later. I am starting to tell the difference between hunger and full now, and accually do get the hungry feeling now. I did over do it yesterday with the carbs and not a lot with the protein however, I am planning to do a little extra walking today! I was proud of myself yesterday, because the whole time I was at the beach the boys ate twice and it didn't even phase me or make me think to eat for that matter. All I could think of was " ugh... If I ate that and that much I would get sick". They had a total of two corn dogs some chips and a couple of juice boxes. It also made me think that the next time we go to the beach, I need to pack stuff to eat rather than rely on the junk they sell at the beach. I do have a burning question. It has been 4 days now and no BM. Now mind you I was used to going 2-3 times a day and all of a sudden nothing, for 4 days. Has anyone had this problem?

Your dr. Should have let you know what you should be eating. I had to eat full liquids for two weeks and then soft foods for two weeks ( soft meaning anything that you can mash with a fork). Avoid pasta, rice, and soft fluffy bread. Drink at least 64 oz. of water and consume at least 60-70 grams of protein (if your drinking your protein that can count as you fluid intake for the day as well).

I have been eating some cottage cheese in the morning, protein shake in between each meal (about half), some egg or chicken salad for lunch and again more protein shake in between, and some egg or chicken salad for supper. For a snack before bed. I bought some pudding that is awesome from bariatric choice the you add 4oz of water and let it set I. The fridge for a couple of hours. That gives me 12 grams of protein per serving and only 7grams of carbs. My protein shakes are Myoplex from EAS that has 42 grams of protein I can get one of those down a day.

Dogmom3- I too tried the scrambled egg and it too didn't set well. Doc said hat if I try something and it didn't agree to wait and try it in a week. One thing at a time tough. Now I plan on making egg salad and chicken salad later and I will let you know how it goes. Funny how egg salad is ok but scramble them and it is totally different!

THe most important thing is to make sure you are getting at least 8 glasses of water a day. You can count the protein shakes as liquid intake. If your lips start to get dry then check your intake. On humid and hot days try to increase your intake to 10 glasses a day. As long as your coming close to you daily intake you should be ok.