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Those adorable little girls are in front of Walmart again selling them devil cookies. Stay away. I am hiding under my bed for the next two weeks !!!! :tounge_smile:

I just thought this would be interesting to see how different our bodies really is. I am 5'5 started at 233lbs almost size 22. I am still 5'5 (dang ) 208lbs and currently 16's are starting to fit. My goal is 150 or size 8 ish. Whatever comes first.

Mine just fit too. I started screaming and everyone came out running. It was hilarious. You go girl. Its such a wonderful feeling and you are doing great

Nope you are doing fine. I couldn't and still can't drink plain Water. I have to drink g2 and arizona diet green tea and it can't be too cold. I also could never deal with straws. Some people can some people can't. You just got to find what works for you. Switch it up with different drinks, different temps and see. For medicine I had the same issue. Every time I crushed it was a horrible nasty taste so I crushed and mixed on a teaspoon of pudding. So much easier. Now I am fine, so you will get better. Just hang in there and keep pushing the fluids in slowly.

204 lbs. I am averaging 2-3lbs a week. Onederland is teasing me so badly..lol

Before surgery my weight could fluctuate 5-6lbs in the same day. After surgery it fluctuates anywhere between 2-3 lbs. While I still weigh myself everyday, I only count when it has been 7 days and knock on wood it has always gone done. So don't count. You could retain water, have your period coming, your sodium intake might have been high, while your water intake is down. Just wait until its been a week between the last weigh in.

Lunch is simple. The easiest ever. No need to stress just plan it a bit more. My favorite lunch is turkey slices spread a bit of cream cheese wrap around a pickle. I could eat that every day. Stir fry some shrimp with olive oil and garlic, with diced tomatoes. Always cary a protein bar/ready made shake in your purse if you end up forgetting. Whatever you ate for dinner, cook an extra portion or two.

I am at week 9(surgery was 11/29) and have lost 28lbs. I am frustrated with the slow weight loss, but recovery wise physically wonderfully, mentally I really got thrown in for a loop. I think I am finally doing better now.

Mine went crazy too. I had a period before surgery, than one right after surgery than another one a week later, then went a month without one. I asked because even though my husband had a V, I am terrified of getting pregnant again but everyone said its normal. Some might have heavier ones, some might have lighter ones. I am 2 months out and its still out of whack. So its normal and the cold too. The B12 helped me with the tiredness, but cold, I am cold all the time.

You look amazing and way to go you are loosing at a great rate. Keep up the good work

I was a diet coke junkie. 3-4 cans a day easily. After surgery I had horrible headache withdrawals. During Christmas I decided to have 1. I let it go flat and it was treat. Now I don't care for it anymore. I drink diet arizona green tea or buy the little packets of arizona pom tea and mix to my bottle of water.

Everyone tells me how much I have lost and how smaller I look and etc. I can totally feel my clothes looser, can see the difference in pictures, yet I am still not seeing this big difference everyone is seeing. I have only shared face pictures and my friends that haven't seen me in a while are begging for body pictures. I am still uncomfortable with that because I don't think I have lost enough to show this big of a difference although everyone that sees me all the time thinks I am nuts. So my question is when did your brain catch up and you felt comfortable taking pictures and seeing what everyone sees??When you lost 50, 100, only at goal weight?? Thank you

Doing a happy dance because even though its going extremely slow, I haven't stalled *knock on wood* and I am the lowest weight I have been in 10 years!!!!

I am right there with you. I am sitting at 206 and I can taste it.

Protein shakes in the morning that was 25 grams. Then some meat roll up (turkey/cheese roll up), protein shake in the afternoon or protein bar (they tasted like a chocolate bar and I cut into tiny little pieces) and that was my afternoon snack and protein ice cream after dinner. Sometimes I would eat a scoop of peanut butter just to get in the protein at night..lol

I haven't found one yet and I think that is what is making me depressed. Before food was my comfort, took that out and now I am a little lost!!

Without my B12 shots I woudn't be able to get out of bed most days. The multivitamin I take to feel better. I use to take a nasty liquid one, so I switched to flinstons gummies. Its like a treat. Don't stick with nasty vitamin. You can find decent ones out there.

This past couple days I haven't gotten sick. Thank GOD. Either I learned to chew extremely slowly or I am only eating stuff that I already know its good for my sleeve. Well today I tried eating some pork and when I felt full I stopped. A couple minutes after dinner I tried taking a sip of my tea and it all came back up. I can't drink while or right after eating no matter what. I heard its actually helpful to drink while eating because it helps things slide. Is that true or just true for some people?? And about when were you able to drink while eating or right after?? Is this going to be forever or will things get better?? I really missing drinking while I am eating or right after. It has been one of the hardest adjustments for me Thank you

I had surgery with him on Nov 29th. He is highly experienced, has never lost a patient, very caring man. There is only 2 things I didn't like. The recovery house was fine. I made friends, was taken care of, given pain meds, you name it. The only thing I didn't like was they cook food for the workers, drivers, and people that work at the clinic. Being post op not being able to eat anything and smelling yummy food sucked. The other thing is while you get a huge packet with post op instructions, you don't get the nutrition follow up or the counseling most people get when they have their surgery in the US. I have to find my own doctor to draw blood every so often, my own nutritionist if I have any questions and my own therapist. You are pretty much on your own after. So no after care. This board has been my after care more than anything else. It was all I could afford, I had great care, and don't regret going to him. Even if I had friends that their insurance covered in the US, I would still send them to him because you can't beat experience, but I would make sure that they have in place the primary, nutritionist, and therapist to help them after. That is my 2 cents, hope it helps and best of luck.

I purchased a tank top from Walmart. It was less than $20 bucks. Its like a compression but not that tight. I could still breath while wearing it unlike spanx and it felt wonderful. I wore it all the time in the beginning and it really helped with that pain you are experiencing. Good luck.

My doctor had said the no drinking 30 minutes before or after, but I thought that was temporary. Well at least I know it won't go away and I better get used to it. Thank you guys.

208 lbs. I haven't been this close to onderland since 2000!!!!!

Thank you guys. You are right food is around everything. THe mommy groups wants to check out the local restaurants and when its cold outside they want to go to the fast food places and let the kids play, the book club is always pot luck and liquor. Anytime I go on a date with my husband and we get a baby sitter he wants to go to a grown up restaurant without crayons. My friends are always inviting us to their houses for dinner. So yeah food is everywhere and it is controlling and a part of every aspect of my life wether I want to or not and I feel if I was seeing results faster, I would be able to deal with the restrictions better and I don't want food to make me happy anymore or hide my fears like it use to, I just want to eat and enjoy like a skinny person would. Does that make any sense?? Hopefully in a couple months things will get better and I won't feel like this anymore. Thank you guys for the support.

I wouldn't have had this surgery. I am almost 2 months out and can barely eat, completely bored with what I been eating. I read and researched, but everyone said instead of a big mac and fries supersized they could eat a kids meal now. I was under the impression this would be me. Well I can't even eat more than 2 pieces of fish. I hate sitting down to dinner with my family while they are eating all yummy stuff, and instead of me being able to eat that too just smaller portions, I am eating boring bland food that more than likely will make me sick. I can't take my kids out to dinner. I have given up diet coke, bread, coffee, everything and have only lost 23 lbs in 2 months. So I have been on the most strict diet of my life, and of course its working very slow for me. Great!! To me is just another diet that had a huge upfront cost, no reversal, and its requires more diligence than the rest. Everyone tells me once I reach goal or get to 6 months out, I will feel different. I hope they are right. But you asked and today that is my honest answer.

I am 7 weeks out and this is the first time I have been able to eat more than 4oz at a time. 2 eggs and I am so freaking full, more than half of turkey burger patty is enough to make me feel over full. I am wondering if these are considered slider foods because I am the same way as not being able to eat a lot of protein at all but these went down too easy that is why I ate more. I guess shrimp is my slider food..lol