lauramomof3

wow vomiting under water sounds really really gross. what did the friends think about that as you guys are all swimming together!!

I think the biggest thing is to quit stressing. I was counting every morsel that went into my mouth and kept hitting stalls. When I went on vacation, ate just a bit of whatever was served, quit writing everything down, let myself be happy, and kept telling myself that I LOVE ME and this is finally gonna work - the weight started MELTING off. In fact, it's going so fast now, I'm starting to get a bit scared. I've lost 42lbs of the 77 lbs in just the last 6 weeks since I've been on vacation. It works if you stop stressing and just LET it work. =) Your only job is to start telling yourself over and over that THIS IS GOING TO WORK, that you are BEAUTIFUL, that you LOVE yourself, and that you need to be HAPPY, THIN, STRONG, and HEALTHY in order to survive. I do this mental re-programming about 5 times a day, and the weight is just falling off. :thumbup1: __________________ wow that sounds like a really great plan. i stress over every little bite that i put into my mouth. i stress at the grocery store trying to buy food for me. i am really tired of worring over every little morsel!!!! i will just let the sleeve take over and do the work for me.. thanks josephine

welcome to the good life!! i was sleeved on the 8th of dec and mine are still tender some times in certain ways that they get touched. they will sting and burn sometimes. also if i lay a certain way onmy left side it pulls inside my abdomen. i don't know what that is about. but anyway doesn't matter, i am down 53# and i couldn't be happier. good luck and keep your head up even when you have a stall. that is just our bodies adjusting to the rapid weight loss.

i can tell you right now thinoneday: we will all have set backs. i have eaten sf ice cream. i don't eat it everyday like i use too,but there are days i just need a few bites. today i was so stressed at work today over my 15 yr old son-he got into trouble at school/ that i went out to a .25 cent candy machine a got a handfull of peanut m&m's. i knew afterward i shouldn't have but the head stress go to me. i felt so guilty afterward i wanted to go throw it up,but didn't. just chalked it up as a bad bad day!!!

yes congrats tiffy. you look awesome and that is great news on the baby making in april. hope it will take the first month of trying!!! hey where did you go to get the samples of the calcium? i see my doc tomorow and i need to find the calcium. talk later and lol

oh my God, i can't believe you have to do liquids before surgery. I LOVE MY SURGEON!!!!! we just had to do liquids the night before. good luck

twobluecats: i am the same way. everybody is moving out upstairs but not downstairs. my husband had the rny about 3 weeks after my sleeve and he is down 3 pants sizes and hardly has bugded upstairs. i just would like for it all to come off at the same time but i guess i didn't put it on in one day so i can't expect it to come off in one day!!!!

Deb, i was just reading your post: are you getting enough protein and calories in per day. i also at about 3-4 wee ks felt weak and had no energy. i realized when i went to my 2 week doctor visit i was not eating enough calories. he said i was going into starvation ketosis, which is not good. he wanted me to up my calories to 600-700 per day. so now i make sure i plug all my food in daily into www.fitday.com , some of the other girls on here use www.dailyplate.com try to find one that you like adn will use. also tromero: you need to be getting in at least 60-64 oz of water or liquids per day. you are probably not flushing your system. we loose weight by peeing and pooping it out. that takes the waste out of our bodies. also start doing some sort of exercising per day. walking, you could also do some step aerobics. go on you tube and google step aerobics. it is not hard to do. when i don't drink anough during the day, i don't loose the next day. try really hard to start drinking more. talk later. hope this helps...

welcome to vsg and good luck with all of the insurance mumble jumble. this is a great place to learn everything you could ever want to know about the surgery, food, weight loss and of course whatever you want to ask...

congrats to you!! also congrats about the seatbelt...

how do you eat your luncheon meat and cheese. do you roll them up together? please help. i am getting sick of the same old things....

i also sabbotage my efforts all of the time. i knew that i shouldn't eat fat free ice cream-even just 1/4 cup but it looked so goood. i wish that i could stop!!! why can't i stop.... but anyway i am down to 235.6 this am. which =30.4 since 12809. i just really don't want to stop living!!!

hey rachel didn't realize i had already posted to this. sorry. i reply to so much i can never keep up. talk soon. hey did i ever give you my cell # let me know. love laura.

way to go rachel. keep up whatever you are doing. trust me it will come off. i have had some stalls along the way too. i went 8 days without no loss. now i am down 7 more # since i last talked to you via e-mail. some days i keep my carbs under 30 except on weekend because my husband had the rny and he can eat just about anything and loose. he also doesn't have a problem eating so everything goes down great for him. this morning i had half of a flat diet roll with scrambled eggs and half piece of bacon, lunch i had tuna with whole wheat triscuits and for supper my kids wanted chicken pot pie and i ate about 3 oz of that and oh my God what carbs i put into my body today. but you know compared to what i use to eat this is nothing. sometimes i feel like i need to treat myself no matter what. i will get back on track tomorow. i also on the weekends don't drink enough liquids because we are so busy with kids, cleaning and outside stuff going on. lets promise each other that we will try to stop stressing over every little thing. this will work if we keep our heads up and trust in this tool that our surgeon has given us. love to you girl....

tiff you look amzing in any of your clothes. i saw the pants suit you had on the 10th of jan and you look so gourgeous. keep up the great work.

you go girl!! i am so proud of you for wanting to quit the cig habit. it is probably as hard as a food addiction. oh wait we have that too don't we. i hate companys that target people that have hangups!! sounds like you had a really good day on the base yesterday. i can't see me wearing a size 9 or 11 in juniors. after wearing a size 24 & 26 that just doesn't seem right...

that skirt looks amazing on you. it doesn't look like it is too tight. it looks like it fits very well. congrats!!

rachel, you are doing so good with your weight loss. we all loose at different rates. that is what i have had to take in to account. have you measured your bady yet? find a friend to help you do that and then in two or three weeks do it again. i promise you will be amazed. we are shrinking in different stages and it may not move that devil of a scale. the scale is the devil!!!! keep your head up and hang in there. if i didn't have this tool helping me with the weight loss i can guarantee i wouldve already been gaining the weight back by now cause i would've been eating everything in sight. especailly since i stalled out a few weeks ago. girl keep your head up and let me know if there is anything i can help you with. lol

sometimes i regret that i had the sleeve when i have my reflux moments. that s_ _ _ hurts and burns so bad!! now i know how a baby feels with reflux and they really can't tell you. eating is good. i eat just about anything i want. i am on soft foods. i will be 6 wks post op on tuesday. i see the doctor on thrusday. we will see what he says about the weight loss i have had....

i have to agree with tiff. my boobs and butt are both deflating. i don't like the boob part. want the butt to disappear for good. but would love it if the boobs would stay put and not look like a deflated tire..

:sad0:I have a horrible day today. i woke up not feeling good. went to work and ate some breakfast and within 10 min of eating it all came up. i tried so hard to not throw up all of it. i was so upset because i had to ask one of the nurses to help me. then all day my tummy was just turning. they asked me if i needed to go home but i couldn't afford to go home with me just coming back from surgery leave. i really wanted to come home but couldn't. i hope everyone else had a good day. i pray that no one felt like i did. thanks for reading this and replying cause i really need it. you guys are such great people. i will have to admit though i felt good enough this evening to go to my aerobics class that was scheduled, because i didn't want to miss a day. i love it so much.

i know it is not monday but today 5 wks post op and i weigh 239.6. i have not seen the 230's in years!!! i lost 18 pre-surgery and have lost 26.4 since surgery. I LOVE MY SLEEVE!