Jonsgurl92

Hi All, My name is Adrienne and I was sleeved April 14,2009. I have so far(as of this morning) lost 40.3 pounds. I am married to a wonderful man named John and we have two teenage daughters(16 & 14 yrs) and a 2 year old Miniature Doxie named Tucker- he suffers from a Napoleonic complex, he thinks he's a Rotweiler:lol0:. I'm a stay at home mom with an LPN and now a college student(as of last fall). I have been overweight most of my life. My battle began at age 10, my mother felt I was getting too heavy and because I was too young to attend Weight Watchers, she'd make me follow her plan at home. She officially enrolled me in WW when I turned 12. I've been fighting my weight ever since- never losing more than 20 pounds each time I joined(I can't even begin to tell you how many times I've been a WW member). I'd get frustrated and quit and end up starting all over again. The smallest I have ever been in my adult life was while I was pregnant with our first daughter- I hurled so much that I lost 48 pounds and by the end of the pregnancy I only gained 15 of it back. Once my baby came home from the hospital(she had to stay an extra 2 weeks), I began to eat. By the time she was 15 months old, I was pregnant again. I lost 46 pounds with her- same issue-Dr.'s discovered gall stones) but in this case, I gained that back plus some and never looked back. Of course over the years, I tried every diet that anyone breathed. WW's countless times, different weightloss companies and every "homemade" diet you could think of(cabbage soup and grapefruit to name a couple). I turned 40 years old last year and I refuse to allow my weight to stop me from living any longer. I knew if I kept going, I wouldn't be alive to see my future grandchildren(very distant future grandchildren:laugh0:). I am so grateful that this website was developed for the "Sleevers". It's nice to see others lose weight due to their surgeries, but sometimes it can be a bit disconcerting watching all the RNY'ers and DS'ers lose so much faster and honestly, our experiences are different. So, I guess I'm just glad to be here. Thanks for "listening", Adrienne

I'm up for it too!!

Hi All, I'm about 7 weeks out. I use the 42g bullets. Because you can't absorb all that protein, what I do is take half twice per day. I don't care for the taste- it's a bit "syrupy" I add about 1/2 an oz of water, hold my nose and "shoot" it back in about 3 swallows. I know it's kind of funny to hold my nose- but that way I can't smell the protein. I also like a few of the Nectar brand protein powders. I have the strawberry kiwi, I mix it with 8 oz Crystal Light Pink Lemonade. Twisted Cherry is another good flavor. I'm going to be trying a couple other Nectar flavors, I'll keep you posted- I'm very picky when it comes to odd flavors. I can taste anything "weird". HTH -Adrienne