sleevediva

Everyone has a tipping point. For me, it was several things. This picture kind of helped me in making the decision to get VSG (see below).
Needless to say, I've attached an image . I think most of of have seen it. It's a comparison of two women who have undergone a full medical scan. On the left you have a woman who is 250 pounds, on the right, a women who is 120 pounds. I don't know their ages, nor height, which is always a factor, but looking at this picture it's just shocking.
When you look at the two scans you quickly see the following on the scan of the obese woman:
Her stomach is much larger
Her head is larger
Her hips are much wider apart
Look at the spine at the back of her head
Look at how far apart her feet are due to the weight around her tights and knees
Her ankles are bent (which could be due to the extra weight)
Different brain activity (see two white spots)
Lots of undigested food in stomach - Don't know about you guys, but I don't miss it!

This picture is motivational to me. If there was a possibility of a third picture of a woman about 250 pounds, that would have been me. I know I close to that 250 pound pic which motivates me to keep going.
Anyway, I just thought I'd share the picture as motivation to everyone out there.

Everyone has a tipping point. For me, it was several things. This picture kind of helped me in making the decision to get VSG (see below).
Needless to say, I've attached an image . I think most of of have seen it. It's a comparison of two women who have undergone a full medical scan. On the left you have a woman who is 250 pounds, on the right, a women who is 120 pounds. I don't know their ages, nor height, which is always a factor, but looking at this picture it's just shocking.
When you look at the two scans you quickly see the following on the scan of the obese woman:
Her stomach is much larger
Her head is larger
Her hips are much wider apart
Look at the spine at the back of her head
Look at how far apart her feet are due to the weight around her tights and knees
Her ankles are bent (which could be due to the extra weight)
Different brain activity (see two white spots)
Lots of undigested food in stomach - Don't know about you guys, but I don't miss it!

This picture is motivational to me. If there was a possibility of a third picture of a woman about 250 pounds, that would have been me. I know I close to that 250 pound pic which motivates me to keep going.
Anyway, I just thought I'd share the picture as motivation to everyone out there.

I did. I actually scrambled TWO of them thinking that it was gonna be no big deal. After all, I could eat four with no problem before surgery, amirite? I managed to eat about half of what I cooked but oh man was I full

I don't know if you guys have seen this before, but I was looking for high-Protein recipes and I found the food websites has an entire section of them. Awesome sauce! I made a salmon recipe tonight and I'm looking at a chicken dish for tomorrow.
Check it out!
http://www.food.com/recipes/high-protein

I made these tonight and drizzled with blue cheese dressing - they were really good. They were a little mishapen as the meatball mixture was a little runny - so in the future I would probably start with just one egg. My recipe made 18 balls, using 3 balls as a serving, MFP calculated 1 serving with 269 calories, 1 carb, 21 grams fat, 19 grams Protein. A lot of the calories and fat came from the butter in the sauce, you could always omit and just drizzle the balls with the plain Frank's sauce if you wanted to drop the calories.
chicken or turkey
2 oz cream cheese, softened
2 eggs
2 Tbl chopped celery
3 Tbl crumbled blue cheese
1/2 tsp black pepper
For the sauce:
1/2 stick (4 oz) unsalted butter
1/2 cup Frank's Red Hot
Combine all of the meatball ingredients in a medium bowl. Form into about 1 inch balls. Place them on a greased cookie sheet (with sides) and bake at 350 degrees (F) for 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, combine the Frank's and butter in a small saucepan on medium heat, or place in a microwave safe bowl for 2 minutes on high.
After 10 minutes, remove balls from oven and dunk carefully (they are tender from the cream cheese and could fall apart if you are too rough) in the buffalo sauce.
Put back onto the cookie sheet and bake for another 12 minutes. If you have leftover sauce you could pour it over the meatballs and bake for another 3 to 4 minutes if you want them really saucy.
Source: http://www.ibreathei...not-really.html

The Water just passes through you faster than you can drink it. Unless you're chugging like a frat boy I don't think you have anything to worry about.

Everyone has a tipping point. For me, it was several things. This picture kind of helped me in making the decision to get VSG (see below).
Needless to say, I've attached an image . I think most of of have seen it. It's a comparison of two women who have undergone a full medical scan. On the left you have a woman who is 250 pounds, on the right, a women who is 120 pounds. I don't know their ages, nor height, which is always a factor, but looking at this picture it's just shocking.
When you look at the two scans you quickly see the following on the scan of the obese woman:
Her stomach is much larger
Her head is larger
Her hips are much wider apart
Look at the spine at the back of her head
Look at how far apart her feet are due to the weight around her tights and knees
Her ankles are bent (which could be due to the extra weight)
Different brain activity (see two white spots)
Lots of undigested food in stomach - Don't know about you guys, but I don't miss it!

This picture is motivational to me. If there was a possibility of a third picture of a woman about 250 pounds, that would have been me. I know I close to that 250 pound pic which motivates me to keep going.
Anyway, I just thought I'd share the picture as motivation to everyone out there.

So happy that I have lost so much of my weight.....
This is truly the right decision for me to help lose my excess lbs.......
Thank you for sharing this pic!
It truly helps put things in perspective.....

Adorable. I love tiny things. Except men, men I dont like tiny lol.

I just found this article on Buzzfeed and wanted to share. I still enjoy eating what I want, just in much smaller portions. Check out the article, I just love it.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/campbellsgo/15-bite-sized-versions-of-your-favorite-foods
I just like seeing the small portions. It's adorable.

Great article. Thanks for sharing!

5 Signs Weight Loss is Hurting Your Relationship (and What to Do about It)
http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/motivation_articles.asp?id=1187

I just found this article on Buzzfeed and wanted to share. I still enjoy eating what I want, just in much smaller portions. Check out the article, I just love it.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/campbellsgo/15-bite-sized-versions-of-your-favorite-foods
I just like seeing the small portions. It's adorable.

Yes, not much nutrition. Although with the upcoming holidays very tiny portions are my way to indulge. This article was too cute to pass up.

These foods look really good but not much nutrition. Thanks for sharing.....

sleevediva those portions are sooo small - too cute
loved the one showing the "alledged" sandwich!!
i cut my one portion to a gazillion pieces too - only way to fly

I just found this article on Buzzfeed and wanted to share. I still enjoy eating what I want, just in much smaller portions. Check out the article, I just love it.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/campbellsgo/15-bite-sized-versions-of-your-favorite-foods
I just like seeing the small portions. It's adorable.

I just found this article on Buzzfeed and wanted to share. I still enjoy eating what I want, just in much smaller portions. Check out the article, I just love it.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/campbellsgo/15-bite-sized-versions-of-your-favorite-foods
I just like seeing the small portions. It's adorable.

I just found this article on Buzzfeed and wanted to share. I still enjoy eating what I want, just in much smaller portions. Check out the article, I just love it.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/campbellsgo/15-bite-sized-versions-of-your-favorite-foods
I just like seeing the small portions. It's adorable.

I just found this article on Buzzfeed and wanted to share. I still enjoy eating what I want, just in much smaller portions. Check out the article, I just love it.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/campbellsgo/15-bite-sized-versions-of-your-favorite-foods
I just like seeing the small portions. It's adorable.

I wouldn't say all the tips are for sleevers, but then again, not eveyone follows the guidelines. It's more general but I still felt if might be useful for some...kind of like an idiot's guide.

Not sure where you got this list from but they do not all apply to people with VSG. For example: gum chewing, sugar Water and some vegetables.

I lost 20 pre op. Surg on 9/6 was 263 today was 224. I am losing a lot of hair but I have a ton so its ok.
I walk 3-4 times a week and get about 60g of Protein. This past week I feel hungry but cant seem to eat as much.

9/17 42 lbs down from a size 22 to new 16's!!

Starting weight:248lbs
Sleeved:9.20.12
Today's weight: 199lbs