MidwestGirl

I like it! I think it's awesome that you're documenting your journey - it's really inspiring! Can't wait to see the Mexico videos! :confused1: By the way - sweet ARM sleeve. :lol0:

Thank you so much for posting about this! I uploaded it to my iPod this afternoon and I did my first day, week 1 today....in-place in the privacy of my dorm room! :w00t: I'm still super-self conscious since I live on a college campus & I don't really want all the really fit athletes watching me work out! Hopefully later this week, when I go home for Easter break, I can do it outside. I've never been athletic in the slightest, but even at my pre-op evaluations in meetings with both the recreational therapist & physical therapist I told them I wanted to start jogging someday. I did that first one and it wasn't too bad at all! I'm actually sweating much less than when I do my Walk-away-the-pounds DVD for half an hour. Pretty happy that I finally talked myself into downloading it! Thanks again! :thumbup:

Anna, I hope you get to feeling better soon. Just relax and know that things will get better, it just may take a couple days. Just take it one day at a time and you'll be back before you know it! Sending hugs your way.

Definitely trying this next weekend when I'm back home! Thanks for sharing. :w00t:

I think MINI-me is still on her roadtrip. :w00t:

Woot! That is awesome!!!! Welcome to onederland. I hope to join y'all there soon! :w00t:

I gained almost 10 pounds when I got home from the hospital from all the fluids. Also, I wanted to KILL my fiance (also for shrimp alfredo!) because it smelled so good. In the beginning, I really struggled with wanting what food other people had just because I couldn't have it, not because I actually wanted to eat it. :biggrin0: It goes away though! Keep doing what you're doing & it will start falling off! :thumbup:

Hmm...did you change any default settings to get them to not appear? I use firefox and some of them are still hyperlinks.

Congratulations! You two look so happy together. And you are gorgeous, lady! :001_tongue:

That would be very frustrating! I can't say I know how you feel, but I'm sorry you're dealing with the hunger! Does your plan include Protein drinks? I know that is probably part of why I stay full pretty much all day. I have Breakfast a little later than most people probably do, then lunch, afternoon shake, dinner, nighttime shake. That is what works for me. Snacks aren't on my plan but I indulge myself occasionally. :confused:

With the hunger thing, I started getting a "churning" kind of feeling in my stomach all day at around week 6. Felt kind of like hunger but I knew I wasn't really hungry. I knew it was acid because I actually woke up in the middle of the night one night choking on acid. I called my bariatric office & they prescribed Prevacid, a PPI (from my understanding). Tiffykins and I discussed the acid part and she mentioned that week 6 was when she started having issues with stomach acid too. Others have mentioned on here that too much acid in the new tiny tummy can feel like hunger. Some dr.'s prescribe PPIs for all their patients, others only as needed (mine was the latter). Those who are further out say it gets better, though! :thumbup1: I still get the churning feeling occasionally but it's not as bad now that I'm on the Prevacid. Although my surgeon didn't prescribe any refills so I'll be needing to get some more soon! I would say call your doctor, explain how you're feeling, ask him if he thinks it could be related to over-producing acid, and whether he will prescribe something. Let us know how it goes! :confused:

33 pounds in less than 2 months is EXCELLENT! At 9 weeks (I only weigh once a week), I had lost 34 lbs since surgery, which I think is pretty amazing. Just think, how much would you be losing if you were just doing another diet?? :thumbup1: It could be that because you lost so much early on your body just needs a little time to adjust! It will come off, don't worry! :confused:

That is AWESOME!!!! Congrats, girl! Keep up the awesome work! Dang, where is that last 20 lbs gonna come from?! :001_smile:

I hate the hiccups now since we can't drink for 30 minutes after eating. My hiccups are always painful. :tongue_smilie:

That sounds good. Thanks for sharing! :tongue_smilie: Is the nutritional data for one 6 oz. breast then?

Thank you, Tiffy! I will do my best. And I hope that your situation works itself out soon as well. Also, I LOVE your confession for the day! :thumbup:

My doctor says 60% of excess weight is usually lost in the first year...but doesn't say what to expect long term. I fully intend to lose 100% of it! :confused1:

Sorry, this doesn't relate to the sleeve at all but...I must confess I feel like I'm losing everything right now. I'm in my last semester of undergraduate studies and as long as I pass my classes, will graduate in May. I'm going through a rough time right now trying to be there for a friend who is in a relationship with a bad man. She talks to me about their problems (they've been dating a month), and all the signs lead me to believe, especially knowing his prior history with women, that he is going to end up hurting her. He freaked out on me this weekend and was extremely disrespectful to me over something trivial, and she defended him over it. I'm afraid I'm losing my best friend and don't know what to do about it. If I try to help her see him for what he is, I'm just going to push her further away. I don't know that I'm exactly looking for advice on the situation, but I guess it's just nice to be able to let it out. I feel like I don't have people to talk to about it because she's my BEST friend. And on top of that, I'm finding it really really difficult to concentrate on college right now when I know I need to be. Thanks for letting me rant. :confused1:

I'm not exactly religiously inclined, but my thoughts are with you both!!!! And I second Tiffy - keep us posted!

Hopefully the iron does the trick! It only took a couple days for me to feel a nice change in energy. :001_tongue: And thank you very much! I didn't even notice how different my face looked until one of my friends showed me that picture! :blushing: I can see the change in your pic too! Keep up the good work, girl!

Hi tdriver, I think Iron is prescribed particularly for women, so that may be a part of it. I think Calcium may be the same way. :001_tongue:

I stayed one night. I don't think I could have done outpatient. I was in a lot of pain right after I got out of recovery, and don't think I could have managed that with oral drugs. I was so thankful for the IV! It was also nice for me to have the adjustable bed (sounds silly) because I don't normally sleep on my back because I find it uncomfortable, so being raised up a little bit was helpful as well.

Woot! Go Brenda, go Barbara! Doing the happy dance for you both! :001_tongue: