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Haa!! We'll see... as far as record - well that goes for the first week of surgery... I think I lost 9 or 10 Lbs or something like that. Still not as good as my band first week though, which was 11 Lbs!! *sigh* If only... LOL I didn't weigh today because I didn't want to stress for my official weigh in tomorrow morning. We shall see!! Good wishes to you lady!! @ Cherice - wow you just keep rocking week in week out!! Keep it up and you will definitely be at goal before you even blink an eye! Hope everyone else is doing well too!!!

I totally do understand where you are coming from. I do try to fast forward through all the annoying "commercials" especially the phony outings to Subway. What a crock!! As far as the weight re-gain, well I do believe the contestants do have a better percentage of regain than the general public, so I guess it's not all that bad. I do know though I love my chances with my sleeve the best!! RE: Ruby, it's looking like she's kicking that jerk to the curb which she needed to do from day one. He's a terrible person and I personally think he's just looking for an opportunity to be on TV and pretend her cares for her which we all can figure out (except her) that he does not. All her friends mention the fact they don't believe he has her best interest at heart at all. I hope she sticks to her guns when it comes to leaving him behind and starts kicking butt again!!

You are absolutely right with a lot of the reality TV shows. I guess I kind of overlook some of the bad, because I just really am interested in others stories and struggles. I find so much inspiration with them losing weight and working out a lot of their issues. I do also like to watch the documentaries as well! I always set the DVR for any I notice that are coming on. I never *not* watch any I know are airing. I will check them out, thank you!!

Looking forward to meeting you too!! It's going to be so great! @ Myrori - thanks chica!!

Thank you so much genepha. I cannot stress how much more my life is improved with getting my revision surgery. I truly am living the life I though I was going to have with my Lap Band. I'm so happy!!! Let me know how you progress in your journey! I'm always interested to know how other revisioners are doing.

Oh, you all sure know how to make a lady feel special!!! :D Thank you all so much for your kind words and congrats... it feels so great!!! I'm just glad all my hard work is paying off (for now...haa!!) Hopefully it will last until I hit goal... well a girl can wish can't she? @hope - hang in there!!! It truly does keep getting better and better!! @Julia - I'd love to see the happy dance!! LOL - I just want to tell you that you kept me motivated to keep trying! You've been doing so awesome and I just knew I could do it too... @thin - I'm only 5'6"... so nope not really tall. Just a bit shorter than average. Why I weigh so much I'll never know. I just do... which is why I really try not to place so much emphasis on how much my goal weight should be. I will know when it's time to stop - and I will likely weigh a lot more than others who wear the same size. No biggie though!!

Here's another show I like: http://www.mystyle.com/mystyle/shows/toofatfor15/index.jsp Too Fat for 15... So sad to see such young kids going through this. I forced myself to not be like this when I was that age. I was ridiculed as a child for being a little overweight by someone who was supposed to be a father to me. So, it transformed into an eating disorder just to not hear the ridiculing anymore. The new season my be starting soon, and it will be interesting to see how the children are doing!

Hello going, welcome to the VST family!! There is a section here specific by geographical areas. Take a look around and make yourself at home here. You will learn so much and likely grow to make new friends!!

Hello Bryn, and welcome to VST and to the rest of your life. I really like how you gave it an Operation! Very nice, for it is going to be a lot of work - both pre and post op. Take a look around, read up as much as you can. Ask some questions, I'm sure there will be answers to just about anything you could possibly think of. Wishing you all the best in this upcoming journey!!

((((hugs)))) I really hope that in this difficult time it will all work out for you. Continue to reach out to his patients and find out about him. You never know, perharps this is part of your journey. I just urge you not to go through with something so drastic without believing in your surgeon 100%. Please let us know how everything turns out.

Thanks y'all!!! You all make my day even better - thank you all so much for being such great folks!! I certainly could not have done it without you!

Anytime! I'm sure you will be fine. It's going to be tough, because the not eating is going to force us to take a look at ourselves from the inside out. But it surely will be worth it all in the end.

Hey Sassy, we were only sleeved a few days apart. That's cool! I also went through a very terrible stall for the last 3 weeks. I've finally broken through it thank goodness!! I started logging my food religiously again, I changed my eating plan to a more well balanced with 2 hi Protein Snacks, I started logging my workouts religiously - AND - pushing my limits in them too... those things I'd say the main contributing factors in me breaking my stall. I'm down 5 Lbs in 5 days. Nothing to sneeze at!!!

Hey Jamie, glad to see you are doing very well post op!! The pain yes is likely from gas and I even had a little bit of that myself. Of course if you feel strange about it, just be sure to contact your surgeon. Keep us updated on how you're doing!

Hi Candycane!! It's nice to have you here!! Well all I can tell you is that having the sleeve gastrectomy to cure my over eating is one of the very best things I've ever done for myself. Keep us in the loop of your journey! The support here will prove priceless!!

Hi blue, welcome to VST!! You will certainly have so many questions answered here by us as well. Take a look around, read and read and read as much as you can. If you have any specific questions... ask away!!!

Hi Pink, wow that's great! March 1st will definitely be here fast!! Personally, it is a little emotionally draining (at least it was for me) not being able to eat normally with my family. I really missed out on eating a lot - but you know what? Losing weight during the Holidays is something worth taking away from that experience! I've never ever done that in my entire life. So, with that - I LOVE MY SLEEVE!!!

Heehee feed... I do try not to weigh when I'm not supposed to because I only get disappointed. This time it has worked in my favor!

Oh boy I hope so!!! Kathy it took me 6 weeks to get out of the 230's. I went back and checked... I know I can definitely do better than that. But I changed my eating habits, started logging and making sure I'm getting all my workouts in. I've lost 5 Lbs in the last 5 days!!! Good luck!

I eat 3 well balanced meals per day - and on my workout days I'll add in one Protein shake (EAS CarbAdvantage RTD) after my morning workout, and one serving of peanuts in the evening. I'm going to add some other hi protein Snacks for the evening as I'm going grocery shopping tonight. I'm going to buy some beef Jerky, greek yogurt, pistachios - things like that. It works for me! I'm never able to finish my regular meals. I never ever get seconds and I don't really time myself but it takes me about 30 minutes to eat. Once I notice I'm beginning to feel full I'll take a break for about 10 minutes then finish the rest of the protein on my plate. I'd say my breakdown is about 50% Protein, 25% Fat and 25% Carbs. I also drink about 100 oz of Water per day.

I totally didn't see this thread before starting the other one. However it's kinda on the same lines, but a bit different. This is about eating and way over indulging. The Man vs. food show is so disgusting and I want to vomit when I happen to see it's on. I honestly can not figure out why he isn't 500+ lbs eating like that. He must burn 10,000 calories per day to be able to stay at his current weight, which honestly he can stand to lose some. Not only that, the quality of food he's eating... he's gotta be only a blink away from a stroke or heart attack... so gross!!! I'm personally not, I'd say, disgusted with seeing super or morbidly obese people. I'm more along the line of feeling sympathy for them. I'm so wishing I could just walk right up to them, hug them and say "there is hope for you!!!" That would be incredibly rude though, and I wouldn't dare, but still... The response would always be, "well, i'd never cut my stomach out!!!" Really though, that sort of lifestyle is way more dangerous than having surgery will ever be. I can only hope that someday they get fed up and say enough's enough. That's what I did. I have set a recording for the Extreme Eating show!! That does look very interesting. I'm also so very fascinated by certain addictions. I like the show about weird addictions too... like the one coming up where this lady is addicted to eating pillow cushions... I mean... really???