LilMissDiva Irene

Hey girlie!! I got those at WalMart. I had to sift through a pile of them but when I found them I knew they had to be mine

Thanks everyone!! I am enjoying my journey the futher I get down the line wondering1, no I have not had any plastic surgery what so ever. I do a lot of toning workouts and I run as well which I'm sure are the main reasons why my skin has bounced back so well. I am still going to get some though, and matter of fact I'm getting my breasts enhanced and I will get some lipo in my inner knees which will help with comfort while running beginning September. Right around my one year Sleeversary. In reality I'm very comfortable here right where I am. I do see some spots I'd like to work on however as far as being full speed ahead like I was in the beginning, I'm just not doing that anymore. I am doing my challenge but for the whole month before this I didn't even try one bit. Hugs to all in your journeys!! We will all do this together!!

So... today is day 3 and we have 27 days left to get this done!!! Today is a MUCH better day for me. I feel more relaxed and content. My head hunger and carb cravings were so terrible yesterday. I honestly don't know how I managed to do so well. Regardless, I started this and I'm going to finish, and finish strong!!! I am feeling MUCH BETTER today too as far as cravings go. It's always the first few days that are the worst, and usually day 2 is crazy for me! I hope I can keep those cravings at bay today. How is everyone else doing??? Here are my totals from yesterday: Water: 116 Oz. Just because I wanted it: Starbucks Skinny Caramel Macchiato Tall Breakfast: Atkins Caramel Latte Protein shake & Small Banana Lunch: Yesterday dinner Leftovers Snack: Peanuts & Lite string cheese Dinner: 1/2 Carl's Jr. LoCarb Turkey Burger and 1/2 Garden salad. Snack: 1 Tbsp Peanut Butter Workout: Day Off!!!

So AWESOME!!! You're beautiful and that dress is amazing!!!! *hugs*

Hi PapaBob, welcome to our humble community VST. Your story is very touching. We all have our special reasons on why we should go so far as to have weight loss surgery. You will find a lot of that here. I am also a band to sleeve revision. I too worked for all the weight I'd lost with the band, and I even ended up gaining it all back less 2 Lbs. It was then, and with a few extra physical ailments I'd gotten in that time that I decided it was time to start over. I was skeptical this would even work and figured if I couldn't work the band what made me think I could work the sleeve? Let's just say the sleeve worked me!!! I don't regret it for one moment (not counting the first weeks... LOL ) All the best to you and I'm looking forward to hearing more of your endearing journey!

Good job to all who are participating! Here are my totals for yesterday 7/24/11: Breakfast: Power Protein shake & Small banana Snack: 6 Oz Light Blueberry Yoplait Lunch: 3 chicken Wings Snack: String cheese & ½ Serving Sunflower Kernels Dinner: White Chicken breast meat Stir Fry with Broccoli & Bok Choi, and Grated Cauliflower Snack: Fage 2%, 1 Serving This is surely adding up to over 60g protein today!! Whoohooo!!! Water totals are: 105 oz. Workouts: 1 Hour Treadmill, 30 Minutes on Stationary Bike and 30 Mins Calisthenics.

Awesome!!!! It is a bit strange how we celebrate our victories, but regardless they ARE all victories!!! May you continue to indulge in them every chance you get

Hi there, well I was instructed to do 7 days very low carb diet. However I did 2 weeks instead and I don't regret doing this one bit. I already went through the "last meal syndrome" before my band. Schucks if I come to find out I didn't miss out on anything! The only thing I couldn't eat anymore was all the good healthy food. Anything junky or bad I had zero issues eating... The ONLY thing right now that I wish I had done before being sleeved is having found out about this procedure before being banded. However, that's neither here nor there because I didn't know. Good luck to you!! You're on the right path already simply because you have chosen an excellent WLS option.

Fruits are not mandatory, they are suggestive only. I do need some carbs as my workouts are hours worth and there's no way I could maintain them on 30g of carbs or less. I put a cap of 5 serving per day (which I still don't even eat that much) on it, but did not put a minimum. HTH

Six months will be perfect. That is a very slow time of year for me at work and would not be expected to worry so much about it. It would be nice if we could also get more of us NorCal sleevers to come too. Call it the BodPod party... LOL

Hi Luvtheatre and welcome!!! Hello all, today is DAY 1 and we have 29 DAYS LEFT TO GO. So the fun has only begun today and yet I'm rocking and rolling on this one!!! Ohhh goodness it would be nice to see a dip on the scale in a few days!! If not though, oh well. I'm more a Size Goalie rather than a Scale Goalie. I did great today!! I'm sooo ready for this. I haven't really been on plan in a month now and thank goodness I have not gained, and the inches are still coming off but not a whole lot. It's nice to know that even when I don't try the inches still melt away. Very very interesting. Anyway I do hope everyone else did well too! If not, that's ok tomorrow is a new day. As for myself I'm going to give it MY ALL!! I would really really love to finally being able to say I'm truly and undoubtedly done. Hugs to all!!! Here's my totals for today: Breakfast: Power Protein Shake & Small Banana Snack: 6 Oz Light Blueberry Yoplait Lunch: 3 Chicken Wings Snack: String Cheese & ½ Serving Sunflower Kernels Dinner: White Chicken breast meat Stir Fry with Broccoli & Bok Choi, and Grated Cauliflower Snack: Fage 2%, 1 Serving This is surely adding up to over 60g protein today!! Whoohooo!!! Water totals are: 105 oz. Workouts: 1 Hour Treadmill, 30 Minutes on Stationary Bike and 30 Mins Calisthenics. Source: 30 Day Challenge... get ready to kick some butt here!

Hi Luvtheatre and welcome!!! Hello all, today is DAY 1 and we have 29 DAYS LEFT TO GO. So the fun has only begun today and yet I'm rocking and rolling on this one!!! Ohhh goodness it would be nice to see a dip on the scale in a few days!! If not though, oh well. I'm more a Size Goalie rather than a Scale Goalie. I did great today!! I'm sooo ready for this. I haven't really been on plan in a month now and thank goodness I have not gained, and the inches are still coming off but not a whole lot. It's nice to know that even when I don't try the inches still melt away. Very very interesting. Anyway I do hope everyone else did well too! If not, that's ok tomorrow is a new day. As for myself I'm going to give it MY ALL!! I would really really love to finally being able to say I'm truly and undoubtedly done. Hugs to all!!! Here's my totals for today: Breakfast: Power Protein shake & Small banana Snack: 6 Oz Light Blueberry Yoplait Lunch: 3 chicken Wings Snack: String cheese & ½ Serving Sunflower Kernels Dinner: White Chicken breast meat Stir Fry with Broccoli & Bok Choi, and Grated Cauliflower Snack: Fage 2%, 1 Serving This is surely adding up to over 60g protein today!! Whoohooo!!! Water totals are: 105 oz. Workouts: 1 Hour Treadmill, 30 Minutes on Stationary Bike and 30 Mins Calisthenics.

GOOD MORNING SUNSHINES!!! The challenge has officially begun. I will post my dailies here once the sun has gone down to keep me going. I'm going to log my food intake, my workouts and general demeanor for the day. REALLY GONNA PUSH IT FOLKS!!! I'm super close to where I'll be totally comfortable stopping. I'm not sure how many of you already know this but I've already hit my goal from where I said I wanted to end up in my journey. That being in a size 8. Well I'm already fitting some size 6's and 8's so therefore I have hit my goal technically. However, I do still see some things I'd like to work on, so I've furthered my goal to Size 4's. I do probably expect to be there in about 20 more Lbs give or take. So... I have started these challenges to keep me motivated until I get there. Likely I'll need to do a few of these!! That's ok, I'm up for the challenge!!! GOOD LUCK TO ALL WHO ARE PARTICIPATING!!!

I'm sooo glad to see so many joining in on this challenge! Between here and FB!!! We are all going to kick butt really and seriously READY SET AND GOOOOO!!!!!!!

Thanks for sharing!!!! I'm really looking forward to taking my trip out when work slows down some. I'm glad you had a good time!!

Just a little over a day and the fun begins... :bananahuge:

Awesome and YES!!! Beans will be a staple for me too in the coming weeks. Whoohooo!!! Only a bit over one day to go!!!

WOW!!!!! I'm all set to start up a strict regiment myself and I'd be SO STOKED if I got numbers like that!!! I won't hold my breath tho... LOL

Hi myezzence, well - your 3rd week stall sounds like it could be right around the corner, if you should get this. First thing to do is not panic! Don't worry, if you keep staying on course your weight will eventually pick back up. That said, it sounds like you are really doing amazing things with your weight loss already -- CONGRATULATIONS!!!! As far as your eating is concerned, I also had a hard time acclimating my new sleeve over into mushies and solids when my plan called for it. What I did in the beginning was just chose one meal per day to eat as a mushy or a solid (when you get there). Not everything agrees with our sleeves so the main concern should be to eat very very slowly, take tiny bites and even wait a few minutes between each bite. Especially after the first one to see if your sleeve takes to it or not. If you feel nauseated or uncomfortable in any way, don't force it, stop immediately. Then at that point, put that new food on the shelf for a month and go back to see if you can tolerate it at a later time. Don't worry if you can't get all your foods in, some of us just take a little bit longer. Protein Drinks or supplements can be tricky for a lot of folks. I've liked Isopure in the past but it can have a very strong taste. In the beginning your main intake should be fluids. If you can't meet all your protein needs in the first month do not worry. You are pretty much in line with most others. Definitely do your best to get all or most of your Water in though! My suggestion would be to maybe water down the Isopure so the flavor isn't too demanding. Also, special K makes a nice Protein Drink that isn't as strong as Isopure. It does only have 5g per serving but as I always tell others, some protein is better than no protein. Try watering down all your protein drinks. Again, even getting a little bit is better than getting none. Try www.vitalady.com - she will send you single servings of many different and popular protein choices. They are all very good and high quality. I do suggest the Syntrax nectars. They are very good, but again those do only have 6g of protein, so if you're trying to get more you might want to make other choices right now. I hope this helps!!