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Oh Skyjack, I'm envious! I began at 42H and have ended up a very sad looking 34C. So I am soooo glad I didn't get the reduction I always wanted, there is nothing left as it is!!

This is GREAT information, thank you!!

Ask him if he thinks using nicotine Patches or medication to quit smoking is a cop out. Lung cancer is serious, but then so are heart disease, diabetes, colon cancer, breast cancer, kidney failure and the myriad of other obesity related illnesses. Or perhaps consider that he is male and *may* be expressing his anxiety regarding the surgery and his concerns for you in what most of us would consider a completely crap way .

1. Wondering what I will wear when I go out because I actually have choices, and not hoping for any reason in the world (apocalypse anyone?) to get out of having to show myself in public. 2. Blending in. Not standing out for my weight or just as importantly, my freakishly oversized chest. 3. Feeling comfortable that if one of my kids takes off running I'm going to be able to catch them instead of flailing uselessly behind with my lungs burning as they potentially run in to danger. 4. No longer feeling the suffocation of knowing what I am doing to myself by overeating/poor food choices/zero exercise yet for whatever reason, not taking the action to change it. 5. Being happy to leave the house without the dread of running in to someone who last saw me 'x' pounds ago. Happy to report that this is pretty much my reality now . Well except for the running part, but the boobs are getting small enough now that I'm ready to work on that without risking black eyes/bruised knees .

Honestly, I'm a bit oblivious to what other people eat. Too concerned with what is on my own plate . Many of us who have been obese though are/have been insecure, self conscious and prone to both perfectionism and self loathing. I wonder if the origin of many of the negative thoughts to other people's food habits etc is projecting our left over feelings regarding ourselves...

Oh dear... I hate to tell anyone not to listen to their doctor but in this case I will . What you are doing is working. Beautifully. Its also giving you a fantastic chance of not frying your metabolism for years to come. I have to wonder if the whole lose-weight-as-fast-as-you-can-while-you-can thing is a consequence of starving your body and getting in fast before your metabolism resets itself (semi?) permanently. Also, big breath before I say this because once again, I hate ignoring doctors' advice... Surgeons are surgeons. Not obesity experts. Just because they know how to perform obesity surgery doesn't mean they have expended the same time and effort on exploring the many, many hotly debated theories on optimal weight loss. There are so many differing approaches and it will probably be years, if ever, before a final 'best' option is agreed to. Bottom line: you are doing great. Spectacularly . Keep it up and don't risk screwing it up based on advice that equates to permanently starving yourself.

Four months?!! Holy crap, that is amazing! Well done!!

I told my 5yo a special doctor (ie.surgeon, so he didn't worry his regular doc might do the same to him) was going to make my inside tummy smaller so my outside tummy can be smaller. Plus made sure to let him know I'd be sore so he'd have to be gentle. He accepted this, but bless him, I'm looking forward to when he doesn't say "but Mummy, your tummy is still big" when we talk about it!!

You look hot!! Enjoy .

LOVE this!! Thank you for sharing

I told my four year old that a special doctor was going to do an operation to make my inside tummy smaller so my outside tummy could get smaller. Plus I made sure he knew I would be sore so we could only have gentle cuddles instead of the usual boisterous body slams! Though the little bugger keeps looking at me with big eyes and saying "but Mum, your tummy is still big!" I've lost a good deal of weight thank you very much, that the whole world has noticed except for my son !!

I am far from an expert but two things that pop to mind are 1) increasing your Protein and 2) maybe increasing your calories to 800-1000. As for being a slow loser? So am I. I was just thinking about this yesterday in fact. I am 14 weeks post op and have lost 33 pounds (55 including pre-op). What I have realised though is that I am pretty damn happy with my progress. It is 'slow' for the world of gastric sleeves but I have NEVER lost weight this consistently before and I am reaping the benefits. I'm getting a lot of positive comments, my health and fitness are improving, I'm clocking up NSVs very quickly and I'm on the cusp of being overweight rather than obese (I'm 5'3"). I've even realised that the mirrors I thought were 'skinny' in the change rooms I've been in recently are plum normal, its ME that is much smaller than I realised!! Honestly, as much as I'd like to be at goal yesterday, I'm not sure my head would keep up if I were to lose any faster. My skin was already too stretched to escape weight loss unscathed, but no doubt would be even worse if I'd lost at double or triple my rate. I find that our heads get so consumed with losing weight and how quickly others lose that it is easy to lose perspective. Imagine if a friend or family member had lost 100 pounds, or even 50. You (or maybe just I) would think it insane to be disappointed with that! Crazy!! The health benefits are immeasurable, the change in appearance would be huge and it would be an enormous achievement. Maybe its the Australian in me coming out but I'm finding my thoughts and expectations are a little different to a lot of what I read. As far as I am concerned you have done awesomely! Take a moment to congratulate yourself on taking life altering action by having the sleeve done, think of all the progress you have made (I've kept a list of every single NSV I've had) and think about whether you *need* to do anything differently. You might find that relaxing things a little has a positive impact on your weight loss. Or not. Either way, the weight loss you have had is nothing to be sneezed at and you are doing brilliantly .

Dianne NY, thank you!! I came to read this forum tonight looking for a bit of direction after getting into a rut and what you wrote is exactly what I needed to read. Thanks :wub: .

No worries . I should also add that my sister was sleeved within a few weeks of me and is still breastfeeding and there is at least a handful of women who are still breastfeeding post sleeve on an Australian support site. I guess you can never be sure until you have done it but it has definitely proven successful for a bunch of us. All the best!!

I was sleeved six weeks ago and am still breastfeeding my 15 month old. No pumping and dumping was required. I'm ashamed to admit my Fluid intake is far from stellar but my baby is still getting enough milk to keep him happy, not to mention hydrated when he was recently sick with gastro. Originally my supply went way down and I thought it was all over, but my baby was determined to feed so I let him back on and even without extra feeds/pumping my supply bounced back within the week. Surprised the life out of me given how dismal my supply was in hospital!!