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I have not tried these yet but I did make noodles made of mung beans yesterday, and they were awesome! 20 g of protein per serving too. And definitely tasted and felt very similar to pasta.

That is, my therapist is aware of my craziness. Not crazy herself. I think.

aw. Thank you all for the support. Most days, I do really well. Just that day was a sad day. I am WELL aware that I am crazy pants. And so is my therapist. Nice to vent and hear others are in the same place I am. Also so wonderful that we have such a great community to belong to. Trying to focus more on the positive and the future than on the negative.

So it's been 4 months since my surgery. I've lost 54.1 lbs. Yes, I count the.1. I don't feel like it's enough. And I'm scared that it's never going to be enough. Never mind that I've never been able to lose weight before. I still feel like a cow. I AM still a cow. I'm annoyed that I still feel too self concious to go in certain stores. I'm annoyed and angry that my mom still looks at me when I eat and I can "see" her butt hole clench. I'm sad that I don't feel better about what I've done. I went to play volleyball yesterday and almost started crying because of the way people looked at me and because no one would let me hit the ball. I finally had to start knocking people out of my space. Am I ever going to feel good about myself? Am I ever going to feel accepted? Or pretty? This isn't doing what I wanted it to do for me.

Today is my 3 month mark, I've lost 50.9 lbs and for the 1st time ever I bought and successfully wore a pair of SIlver brand jeans. My friends and family are sick of my talking about myself but I'm just so flipping happy! Never thought anything like this would happen for me. It's a good day.

So I've lost 41 lbs since my surgery about a month ago. Yay! But my clothes don't feel different at ALL! Major bummer. So how much weight did you have to lose before you started to notice your clothing gettting loose?

I took 3 weeks off of work and I felt really good. Then this monday I went back to work. It's a desk job but it's a little bit of a walk from my car to my desk (1/4 mile). All of a sudden Wednesday I started feeling kind of yucky. Stomach pain which spikes when I swallow anything (even water), and mild nausea. Anyone else go through this? Does it sound like anything to anyone? Any help is appreciated.

i was right there with you. In fact in the hospital they were putting my IV in and i felt like I wanted to run away! but I stayed. and I do think it was worth it. You can do it! You are strong!

Hello VST people. I'm so happy you're here and have been here for me. Now that I'm surgified and weight is starting to come off I thought it might be my turn to repay the favor so I want to share what my experience has been. I've lost another 7 lbs this week and a total 30 lbs since my initial weigh in. I have thrown up twice (both times because I drank some apple juice so no more of that). I've discovered that Vitamin Water zero squeezed is my BEST friend. I'm having trouble getting in my Protein but I'm getting in the water. My dietician cleared me to eat purees so I've tried scrambled eggs (could eat about 1/2 of one) cottage cheese (about an ounce). I think today I'm going to try some maltomeal. All in all it's been a very positive experience. I've had a few moments of "why did I do this?" and "what have I done". but they passed and I think that's normal. My husband has been pretty supportive and so has my family but they don't really understand what I'm going through. SO ! If you've got questions and I can answer, ASK AWAY! I want to be as supportive as the wonderful people here were for me. <a href="http://www.TickerFactory.com/weight-loss/wgkq7Wp/"> <img border="0" src="http://tickers.TickerFactory.com/ezt/t/wgkq7Wp/weight.png"></a>

good luck! I'm only 4 days out but I know all of this hard work will be worth it!

I totally get you . I'm trying to get down my protein, that seems to help. 60 to 80 grams a day!

that is a really great way to think about it!

Thank you all so much for your personal stories and words of encouragement. I'm still scared but I feel MUCH better. I'll keep posting and asking for help so you guys better still be here!!!

I am schedule for my laproscopic sleeve gastrectomy next Tuesday April 17th. I am probably over prepared: I have Protein samples, my hospital bag is packed, my supplements are purchased, I've started taking Vitamins... I'm really excited to start losing weight, and getting healthy, and looknig better. And I'm so scared I can't hardly stand it! I'm scared I might die. I'm scared I might not lose weight. I'm scared I'll miss eating too much. Any words of encouragement or wisdom? I try to talk to my friends and family about it but I think they are sick of me, don't really know how to respond and have absolutely NO insight on the situation!!