skye

I'm almost a year out remember how you feel the first few weeks will be hard but it truly get better everyday I do it again in a second just take it one day at a time good luck

This is so me hungry all the time it is the most disappointing part of this surgery. Every day I say Ill be better then I'm not 25 # left to go but life is in the way work home life leave me little time to exercise making bad choice here and there How did I ever do pre diet wish I could just one more time Pity party done I will do this thanks for all the great post it helps to know I'm not the only one

ya can't scare me 56, lol,
I see that already, I've my hopes I won't be a slob again, the start helps allot I'd think in management training as was before but better with the small stomach.

You give me hope

Good luck Diva so glad it's over with your on your way

....I ask WHY? ......Why is there an add for Olive Garden never-ending Pasta Bowl on VST site???? WHY????

I'm 5 days out I can't get any Protein in nausea and weakness trying some watered down Gatorade now this is way harder than I expected

We're all going to have those cravings it's absolute ridiculous to think you will never have a bite or taste of something you once enjoyed if that's all your going to do accept it take the bite and move on we're all human with cravings don't beat your self up

I think she needs to make up her mind if your meeting your calorie requirement and doing it with small frequent meals and losing who,to,say she right if your comfortable and doc is ok I think your doing great

I think she needs to make up her mind if your meeting your calorie requirement and doing it with small frequent meals and losing who,to,say she right if your comfortable and doc is ok I think your doing great

I think she needs to make up her mind if your meeting your calorie requirement and doing it with small frequent meals and losing who,to,say she right if your comfortable and doc is ok I think your doing great

I'm at 9 :15 will join you same day

I'm at 9 :15 will join you same day

I wouldnt worry I cheated every day of my pre op diet and I told my surgeon he said not to worry about that usually enlarged liver is in men and the last 5000 surgeries he's done he only had to stop once cause of the liver and it wasn't do to nutrition!!! however since I've had my surgery August 1st I haven't cheated or broke the rules once the possible outcomes are far more dangerous just make sure come surgery day your ready to comply 100%. Good luck and I wish you a speedy recovery!!

Hedi look at August servers where are ya on this site

Is anyone moving to full liquids this week?!? I started yesterday and I can tell you it's a challangeI...I'm finally full, all the time. I'm sure it will get better with time, but it's so odd to take a few bites or pudding and fell stuffed. I forgot lunch today, looked at the clock at 3 and realized it was time for Protein. I guess each step is going to require diligence on my part not to forget to take care of my tummy.
Y'all let me know how it's going with intake and how you are feeling.
Big hugs to all our August sleevers!!!

Thrilled, thrilled, thrilled. Saw the post-op bariatrics team last Wednesday. Kaiser defines a sucessful bariatrics patient as one who has lost 50% of the excess weight within one year following surgery. I have lost 81% in 7 months.
This forum is a wonderful resource, with many people who are very successful with the sleeve in the long-run. I want to add my experiences to the pool of information. I plan on being one of the long-runs.
To keep losing weight, I have to eat fewer than 50 grams of carb a day, and stay under 1200 calories.
No, I usually don't get all my Water in. I also drink coffee, with 2% milk. This is the source of most of my carb.
Eating too much is as bad as eating too little. Doing either one can make my weight loss stall.
I can't snack anymore. The surgeon told me that, after 6 months, it's three meals a day, period. He's right.
I still use baby bowls, a baby spoon, and 5-inch plates. I plan to use the small plates forever. I like my baby spoons, and the bowls are still portion-perfect.
Too much Protein triggers insulin, and I gain weight. At my weight, 166.6, I only need 65 grams of protein a day, according to my NUT.
If I don't eat enough fat, my weight stalls.
fruit = stall.
I cannot lose without low-intensity exercise. 3 - 5 sessions a week, 30 minutes, on a treadmill that keeps me at a pulse rate of 107 (based on age) is the key. I also lift heavy weights twice a week. Throwing a 20-pound weight around does nothing for me. I use as much weight as I can lift for 5 slow reps. I am almost to the point of being able to do a real pull-up.
I have loose skin. I am a shar-pei. But I am a proud, getting-healthy shar-pei. It doesn't bother my Best Half. Why should I care? I wore a bathing suit in Hawaii, and no one reported me to the Skin Police.
Yes, I lost hair, starting at 3 months and it has slowed almost to normal. I ate my protein, took my Vitamins, and I still lost hair. It's based on hormonal changes, just like after childbirth. I still look like a girl. If you are scared to have a sleeve because of the potential Hair loss, you aren't a good candidate for the surgery. You don't want to lose weight badly enough to be successful.
I did not have a "food funeral" before my surgery, and I followed my surgeon's pre-op diet to the letter. I've spent years eating crap. Two weeks crap-less wasn't going to kill me.
I don't miss any foodstuff. I don't cry over crap not eaten. I pull my vintage sized 14 Liz Claiborne clothes out of the closet and rejoice that I no longer wear a size 26, like I did back in 2000. If I really, really want it, I eat one small bite. Most sweets that I used to crave now taste terrible. One sweet potato fry satisfies as well as a bag of gingersnaps used to. Soda tastes like chemical-salts-bilge water. Yuk.
I goof. I screw up. I eat too much. I still emotionally eat. That doesn't make me a bad person. There's always the next opportunity to make a much better choice.
Veterans, please feel free to add on. I'd love to know what is down the sleeved road!

good luck to you

your pain meds congrats heal quickly

Lacie you look fabulous and what with the do it in 6 months who say you keep doing what your doing and in 1 year youll lost 10 more pounds if you feel good and are comfortable blow off the BMI chart remember those are goverment recommindations that should give you a clue congrats on your success

We are not in San Antonio, now, or do you want the address for the Eagle Pass Holiday Inn Express? It is just as you enter Eagle Pass, right off the highway. Front Desk says address is 2007 north Veteran's Blvd.
Rosy is coming back at 7:20 in the morning.
We have been sitting out by the pool and we walked over to the little ChopChop Chinese place for egg drop Soup shortly after we got here. I bought a second bowl for my last meal for a long while :0 hopefully I can find something to occupy my time to***ht! I am thinking of having hubby check out Hawaii vacations with me online. We will soon be married 30 years, gotta Celebrate it somehow.

Think positive thoughts, Skye! You're doing this for a reason & it'll all be worth it!