Stae

You look great!!!! Congratulations!

Great Job. I am working up to my first one. I cannot wait to accomplish it.

I was sleeved on June 26th. The begining of catching up on all the living that I have been missing out on. I have to say that I have really not had any complications. I was in a little bit of pain on my right side for a couple of weeks. Mainly hurt when I got in and out of bed. I am able to eat pretty much anything. I don't, but what I have tried has been fine. My NUT suggests one cheat day a week. Always the same day. I do that. Sunday is my day. The best thing is that even though I am not eating healthy food, I can only have a few bites so no harm. I have lost 50 pounds so far. I will never get tired of everyone telling me how great I look and asking me how much weight I have lost. I am enjoying going shopping for new clothes. The weight came off so fast that I actually missed out on wearing some of my "skinny clothes" because by the time I dug them out they were too big. I have become addicted to the gym. I actually miss it if I can't go for whatever reason. Luckily mine is open 24 hours a day. It is not out of the question to be there at 11PM. Last night I was there and it was like a ghost town. I was running on the tread mill and looked over and saw myself in the mirror. I could not believe that was me!! I know people around me thought I was crazy because I got this huge smile on my face. I still have a ways to go, but I looked normal for a change. I could finally see how much I had changed. I think it was the angle. I look at myself in the mirror every day, but for some reason I finally saw all my hard work paying off. What a blessing. It pushed me to work twice as hard. I have set a few goals for myself. 1. I am going to travel to Maryland in November for my best friend's baby shower. (I have not been back in 5 years) I really want to be down another 20 pounds. I know I can do it. 2. My daughter is a freshman in HS and she plays softball. I want to be in onederland by the time games start in February. I can't wait to order a shirt for her team that is not extra because I need a 2 or 3X. I will take a large please!!! For anyone thinking about getting this surgery... I know it is a personal decision. I had never had surgery before. My husband told me that when I got into the operating room, the anesthesiologis would tell me when he was putting me under. As I was rolled down the hall, I really thought that I was going to back out. I was just too scared. Lucky for me he did not give me the chance. I don't even remember getting into the room. Just being in recovery. For me I feel like it has saved my life. I know that I will be able to live a long healthy life. Happily sleeved.... Stacy

Day three was bad for me too, but I pushed through the pain and really worked on trying to walk around the house. I would take my pain medicine and walk for 10 minutes in the house and then nap because the meds made me tired. It really helped though. I took the meds every 4 hours and did not skip even if I did not feel any pain I was able to walk a lot and on day 4 I felt a million times better. Keep your chin up. My life has changed so much in just two months and I will never regret this. Feel better and get ready to really start living!!!

Congratulations!!! You will be so happy.

I am so excited. I am two weeks out and officially down 20 pounds. I am so excited. My pre-op weight was 306 and today I stepped on the scale at 286!!!! So excited. I start in the gym next week. Can't wait to see the pounds fall off when I really start moving. Yay me!!!

I am 9 days out and light string cheese is on my list of approved foods. I have it for one of my three meals.

I got it at wal-mart in the pharmacy section. It was with the other Protein drinks.

LOL. I know it shounds weird. They are kind of like corn pops, but better and much worse for you. They are covered with butter and cinamon. Soooo gooooood.

I am 9 days post op and my daughter has a softball tournament out of town this weekend. It is the first one since my surgery. In the past, we would snack the whole weekend. My family still is. We have only been in the hotel for an hour and I don't think my husband has put down the Snacks. We even stopped at Buccees on the way here and got my favorite beaver nuggets. I don't want to sabatoge my progress, but it is so hard to sit here while they are all snacking. Any encouragement / advice would be helpful. Thank you!

I agree with everyone else about the carbs. I tried the Special K Protein drinks (pink lemonade) and it was awesome. I was almost doing cartwheels I was so excited to find something that I could drink. It really had no after taste and really just tasted like pink lemonade. They have 0 fat, 6 carbs and 0 sugars and 5 Proteins. I know that this is not so much protein, but i figure at least I am getting some in. I actually add some unflavored to it to give me a little bit more and it really does not change the taste. At least I am getting some more protein. I was having a heck of a time getting any in other than from food. Good luck!

I am in. I am only one week post op and I already want to eat the wrong things. SW: 297 GW: 260 Other goals: Get my Water in Start really excercising. Proteins first always! Thanks for the Challenge and good luck to everyone!