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Wow..I read your post and all the replies......Well some Doctors are in it for money others are in it because it is their baby and they want to really help people who struggle with the disease. I found one that is very emotional about the whole thing and watches his patients like a worried father...That said..If you are not getting the support you need, go elsewhere! Stop weighing yourself so much....I know you are an athlete but you still need to nurture your body. I worry about metabolism slowing down with less caloric intake....Being active is amazing and your a full fledged exerciser....Keep your mind on what you feel like...How your clothes fit and the fact that you are moving forward whether fast or slow. You are moving! All the technical jabber is fine..But you know your body and are learning more and more about it every day.... I was at a surgeons office the other day and he said sorry..I don't know what WLS is.. I have never heard of it...dah!!! That is a man that would never understand anything related to the struggles we go through.....Right now you are struggling within yourself.... Remember that this is a lifetime journey and there will be gains and loses and stalls and what ever else the body can throw at us.... I weigh myself very seldom..Have not experienced a stall or gain yet...I have missed them all because I go by how I feel and the clothes sizes dropping...Our minds are set on numbers... Numbers mean nothing! How you feel, how you look. What are you able to accomplish...How your health is...Those are the priorities.... Over thinking is just that sometimes...Over thinking! Hope some of this makes sense! Always willing to hear your thoughts

Thank you beauty29..That was sweet of you to say.... :wub:

Me either....i have not felt that number for 34 years..Has it really been 34 years.....uggggg!

I still have really bad days..Not as bad as I used to though...I am well on my way now..But there have been many days that it feels as if my stomach closes and I cannot swallow at all....I really worry if that day I don't get a lot of Protein in....But I get over it quick as the next day things seem better...I still get aches and pains from all I want through...And they say I am looking at 2 years before I will be mended.... I was told 2 days ago that I look so pale...i am starting to really hate that word pale...I feel amazing and like a new person even with it all...I can walk now longer then 10 min. I can stand now for a long time...I actually shop now and can cross my legs and just today I pulled the seat up to the steering wheel to the max and there is lots of room in front of me still....If that is not success...I don't know what is...I want everyone to feel as good as I do about the decision I made..And to enjoy each accomplishment as if it were brand new and the first time in your life.....All this will end and you will work hard to keep it off and stay on track.....go girl go!!!!

Girl it is time you looked out for yourself....you need to get the help you need to bring diabetes to its knees....I don't imagine you will have to go through hoops, but if you do..So be it....It is your time now to get what you want and become who you want to be and take care of that person inside....You can do this....Just keep swimming!!!!!!!

Only 15 days out....You really need to keep hydrated anyway....get the G2 okay....Everything else is as usual...I felt horrible for months after my sleeve...Your getting 30 oz in Bravo!!!!!!

I don't plan to "diet" my life away but to modify my portions, my intake order and my choices. Well said... This is how I feel as well....I am not going to follow this as if it were a failed diet again. This is the rest of my life...Some days are good some not so good...But I eat much better then I ever have in my life...not to mention a lot less.....I feel fine about how I am doing it and if that changed..Then I would be on another diet that will definitely fail me...I cannot take the chance...I am learning to eat healthier and I read the back of everything I buy now...I have changed a lot over the last 11 months..I find it fascinating and fun to read labels now..i have no problem putting it back if it does not meet my personal needs or goals....

What does that mean" not taking care of you"?

I am 55...Spent 5 months in the hospital due to complications from the sleeve..Came home and spent another 5 months trying to recover my strength... I still don't have an exercise program but I walk as much as I can....I truly believe that walking is the best way to exercise when you are healing!

No, no..get some G2 and mix it 1/2 and 1/2 with Water.....that will help with dehydration if that is your problem....K

They have it now as a puffed cereal I like to munch on it... That is the only way I like it so far...You can get it plain or cinnamon..Yum!

lol..awesome......

Tried on a leather coat that was given to me 2 months ago and it did not come close to me being able to button it up....Well...Today I slipped it on and buttoned it up...It is still snug but I still buttoned it up....Can't wait to wear it...It is a large.....unbelievable! A red coat that I worn 3 different times in my life I have been able to wear for the last month.....Each time I wore it was a decade a part....Today it has become to big for me...The other 2 times it became to small for me...Guess I will have to send it to the thrift store....Oh dear! I am very happy with this situation!

Yes almost everyone has cramps and gas during the liquid stage and even after that stage...Your body is healing and changing and even good food can give you gas as you well know...Gas x strips my help....Just keep your chin up..it gets better with time....K

I have gone down several sizes in bras as they have gone down as well....It is painful to watch it happen..But like you..The butt is a big problem..i find it impossible to sit on a hard chair..I have no padding at all...the nurses who looked after me when I came home from the hospital told me they could see my ass deflating every day...They would laugh and I would sigh.... I am having trouble with perimeter as well..I have a lot of bruising due to bumping into stuff......I am so planning on tucking everything away and having a plastics help me deal with most of it..Thank you lord for plastics!!!!!!!

Excellent!

You deserve to have someone notice..Your working hard and it shows.....keep swimming..It just gets better and better as you go along and succeed at this!

I started out that way too.. I told someone on here that I sneezed when I ate a bite..That was true..Now it is when I have had enough....I think the body is telling us to be careful.... Try when you sneeze to stop eating and really take the time to feel your sleeve...Let the sneeze pass and take another bite...See how you react...Eventually your body will respond at the right time......

Nope...that is not it..Like I said it is a signal that you are full and should stop eating at that point...If you think you have not eaten enough Protein...Have a small a snack later on.. It is recommended that we eat up to 6 small meals a day...I eat 3 and one snack at night....Seems to work for me... Don't forget we have head hunger to deal with....We work on our heads while we are following the program and using the sleeve as a tool to help us.....Hope this helps kid!

There is nothing wrong with having some Protein as a snack before bed...If I don't eat something I wake up in the middle of the night and have to eat something....Now I plan a protein snack around 9-10 at night...about a 1/4 of a cup will do.. Seems to be working for me..160 down.....

I sneeze and have a runny nose when I am to stop eating....Even when we were fluffier, our bodies gave us signals to stop eating, that we were full. Sighing during a meal is a tell tale sign you are full...Watch the people around you and when they sigh or take a small breather before they reach for the second helping you know they are stretching their stomachs... Interesting how so many of us have the same tell tale signs or warnings that we have had enough to eat...Listen to that and stop eating when you sneeze...I do....I appreciate recognizing it as just that!

I hate to do this...I did not know what they were until this forum informed me...they are foods any foods that you can eat a lot of after a while....Goes down smooth and does not give you any pain or reminder that you are full...A lot of people find ice cream, junk food, chips and popcorn easy to eat without any problems... Mine are sweets and now popcorn.....so I limit both so far....

Nope it won't be like this forever.....What your going through is quite common actually. I know it is intimidating to have to move out of your comfort zone and start to eat solids...You will be very glad you did once you are in the grove... I had to learn to eat all over again when I was in the hospital...I did not eat for 51/2 months....They had to reteach me how to swallow...Hard to believe eh....But really glad they did..I explore new foods all the time now and eat things I have never eaten in my life before....I am having a lot of fun trying new things and now I spend some time watching food porn to get ideas how I can change up my food... It is not another addiction for me..It is that I paid a huge price for this surgery and have gone through a lot over the last 11 months....I am totally making it interesting and yes even fun for me..... Just start out with a very small portion and put your fork down after each bite.....Listen to your sleeve it will tell you when you have had enough of the good stuff....I don't trust it with slider foods but that is a whole other issue for many of us on the sleeve.... Long winded I know....hope it helps a little

The only thing I had problems with was when I made Spaghetti and meatballs for my husband about maybe 3 months ago...I ate one bite of the meatball and 2 noodles..I watched as he plowed down a huge pile of it and wanted to cry...That is the last time I made it and probably won't make it ever again...I realized that that was my most precious comfort food and could not stand to not be able to eat it like before.. Don't get me wrong...I am very glad I can't and I make sure that because I can only eat a little I get the best food in me that I can find...I explore the possibilities constantly and have come to enjoy completely different foods then I used to.... You may find that after surgery that beer tastes awful...who are we kidding right...lol. I can't eat beef or pork or my personal favorite Chinese food.....Not missing any of it... When you go out with your friends in the future you can have your beer and wings...Go for the company not the food..It must become secondary to your life not the main thought.... Love your honesty....Forward go!!!!!

That is just horrible...I am so sorry that your friend has suffered so much for the sleeve. We all know that death is a risk we take with all surgeries..But it does strike a huge blow when it happens to someone we know....My heart goes out to your friend....