gmanbat

I am doing well. I had a VERY exhausting day last week helping my wife do a quick but thorough clean up on a rental property, (not ours). I had cramps well into midnight afterwards, drank much pickle juice. That day I ate all I could get down. Otherwise, I am still hearing my sleeve and eating protein first. I am in good spirits, I KNOW I will make it back down to goal. It is the same feeling I had when I first lost the weight, the enemy is on the run, I am chasing him down and killing him off....😬😀

8 pounds down, 36 to go. I am not getting rid of my smaller clothes and they will still be in style when I get back down....😀

I think the stretch of a gastric sleeve is different from the stretch of a gastric bypass. The part left on the sleeve is the muscular part, the gastric bypass, it is bypassed. So the stretch of a sleeve is not as easy as a gastric bypass which is just stomach tissue. I could be wrong but this is what I understand. Muscles can stretch but they can also shorten. If you and I quit abusing our stomach I believe it will shrink and give us more restriction. I am already feeling different, I am paying attention more. I ate yesterday in dead silence, no TV on, something I haven't done in a while. It was amazing how soon the full signal showed up. Saving the rest for later is a good thing, that's why Tupperware was invented...😀

I had Lupron injections which basically took out my testosterone and aided in the weight gain. I also had chemo with steroids which put it on as well. I decided on the sleeve rather than RNY which my wife got because I didn't want malabsorption. Recovering from cancer and cancer treatment I figured I needed sure nutrition. I have had some gerd issues however they are minimal when I eat right.

My sleeve saved my life. Due to prostate cancer treatment drugs I had put on much weight. A cancer doctor told me the weight gain from the drugs was permanent, I would never get it off. I had to crawl up the stairs to the bedroom. I knew I didn't have long to live. My wife coerced me into a bariatric surgeon lecture. He told me he could take the weight off! He did. A year later I was 120 pounds lighter and running like an athlete. That was years ago. Today I am 38 pounds over goal. What happened? My sleeve always told me when to stop. I stopped listening. Distractions! TV, conversations at the table and in restaurants, nervousness, all dulled my sensitivity to the feeling my sleeve gave me when I'm full. I am on my way back down. Eating is a time of concentration again. I separate it from my other activities. I eat slow and savor my small portions. The sleeve is still talking but now I am listening. Sleeve talks, fat walks.

I didn't read all the comments but from one who reached goal within a year and regained 40 pounds 5 years later I will add that not "listening" to your stomach is a way to regain weight. My wonderful sleeve would always tell me when enough was enough but distractions....TV, conversations, etc., ....would cause me to miss the message. Afterwards I would suffer the consequences of sliming, heartburn, throwing up when asleep, etc. i am now recovering and am heading back down to goal. I am listening again.

4 pounds down, 38 to go. I hate the feeling of giggling fat on my chest when I walk or run. Eviction notice has been served! 👍😀

I learned to look at stalls like changing gears in an old car. Sometimes it took a while to get the thing in gear, you had to let off the gas and put down the clutch. The forward motion continued but slowed for a while. When the new gear kicked in it had more torque to continue on. You eventually got to your destination if you didn't turn the engine off. The surgery, diet, exercise WILL get you there!

I left because I got tired of nasty people. I consider forums like I consider personal contacts. I don't choose to hang out with rude people. i am back. I regained 40 pounds and got disgusted the other day when I saw my reflection in the grocery store sliding door. Victory shall be regained. I will try to be more thick skinned. There are a lot of very sweet people here like proudgrammy.

Thanks!!!

What the heck! A picture just magically appeared. The same one my Facebook uses.

I know this must be easy but for the life of me can't figure it out. I want to load my face to the circular box at the side of my posts. How?

I went from 210 back to 260. I reverted to old habits. Back on medications that I had shed before. Not the sleeves fault. My head is the culprit. It stops now. Eating right, exercising right. It shall be done!

I have been absent a long time. I got a sleeve in 2012.. It went great and before the next year I went from 340 to 225. I did well for quite a while but began regressing to old habits a little at a time. I am now at 260 and I am determined to get back. My moment of realization came when I was walking into the grocery store and saw this fat guy coming at me in the reflection on the door. I am back on medications that I had shed before and have much less energy. The downward spiral ends now. i used to be a moderator here and gave many people advice. Now I need to take it myself. I will get back!