CathyA72

Well today is 6 months post op. This was the best decision I made ever. I love my sleeve. Down 90 pounds total today. I feel amazing!!!!!

I was sleeved Dec 17. I had lost 10 pounds before surgery so was 233 day of surgery. I'm weighing 165 now. So a total of 68 pounds. I went from a size 22/20 to a size 10-8. I feel amazing. If I stay at where I'm at now I would still be blessed. I love my sleeve

I was sleeved 12-17 I started at 395 now I am 285 so I'm down 110.

Wow! Congratulations! I'm down 73 pounds. Was sleeved the same day you were.

_{I was sleeved 12/17/2012. I am down 72 pounds. Never thought I would even lose this much weight and its still coming off slowly but surely. It has been such an amazing experience. I am not a prisoner to food anymore. Such an amazing feeling. :wub:}

Congratulation!!!!! It will only get better as the months pass. I feel the best I've felt in 20 years. I'm at the same weight I was in high school. 23 years ago.

highest weigh: 243

Day of surgery: 233

weight today: 177

Total weight loss: 66

I feel amazing. If I don't lose anymore weight I think I would be very happy with my weightloss. :D

Good morning everyone. I havent been on a while. Feeling amazing. Had my 2 month follow up yesterday and I can't believe it has gone by so fast. I have had my stalls and have been upset at myself for things I have been eatind and been drinking but my doctor says that I am losing pretty well even though I had a stall for 2 weeks. Started losing again so I know this is working. Fitting into clothes that I thought I would never fit into. I'm loving it though. The butt is going away and the boobs are heading down south. LOL. Its worth it. I can get them fixed later. Hope everyone is doing well.

Cathy' date=' you are doing better than you thought because it has only been 8 weeks [/quote']

Lol. I guess it has then that's pretty awesome!!!

Everyone today is 9 weeks surgiversary. Can you believe it. Time went by so fast. Weighed myself this morning and I've lost 40 pounds since surgery for a total of 50 pounds. Feels amazing.

I'm under 200. What a great feeling. Thought I would never see this day ever. Good Luck to everyone. This is the best decision I have made,

We are now 7 weeks out. My stall is over and I have lost 33 pounds since surgery and 10 before for a total of 43. I weigh 200 ponds today. Only 1 more pound away from onederland. So excited. It was such an amazing feeling.

December 10th and down 40. Highest 225 and today I am 185!!!

Is the 40 all post op?

I'm so glad to see that stalls are normal. Sleeved on 12/19 down 27 pounds but have been stalled for almost 2 wks :-(

I'm Right there with you. Same 27

Pounds since surgery for the last week. Hopefully will start coming off again.

I will be 5 weeks post op on Monday. Have lost 37 total 10 before 27 after. I'm in my first stall hopefully won't last long. Your looking great.

I saw my dr and nut at 3 weeks. I told the nut I was hungry all the time and she said I could start a regular diet. She thought the puree was not satisfying my hunger. She said I am healed and can have whatever I want' date=' including breads, Pasta, and rice. I told my dr I was having light headedness and felt sleepy, esp when driving on the freeway. She told me to try going back on coffee with caffeine. So, both suggestions, to resolve hunger and the head symptoms, have made a huge difference. Granted, it takes me an hour to drink a cup of coffee and 2 bites of chicken and I am stuffed but, I still drink pro. shakes and feel the reg. food is more of a supplement because I eat so little. I was wondering if anyone else is on a regular diet yet and how it is going.[/quote']

I'm also on a regular diet accept for beef. Which ive never been a big fan of anyway. I love me sleeve so far. Been a really cheap date. Just share food from my friends plate and I'm done. They freak out. I've also been really good about no alcohol. It's been hard, but it's been awesome seeing the way I look now. Good luck everyone. Still have a long road ahead of us. I've lost a total of 36 lbs.

Sleeved 12/17. Down 22. Stalled now. Guess we thought it would just melt away. Hopefully will start coming off again.

What is the difference between puree and soft? Is puree when you strain chunks out? I feel like there is a lot of overlap. Overlap between full liquids and puree and overlap between puree and soft. I was only given two stages of diet when I was discharged: full liquids/shakes/soups and soft/soups with more chunks/etc.

I was never on a puréed stage. My NUT just said that would be gross. Lol. So just anything I eat have to chew really well. Surgery was Dec 17 also.

It was hard watching others eat and I'm slowly sipping on my Soup. It wouldn't be so hard when on soft foods.

It's even harder to eat out when your on soft foods. Only thing you can find are Soups and mashed potatoes.

I am exactly one week post op. I have lost 15 pounds so far but sometimes I stay hungry even after I've eatn what I am supposed to. Ive heard people say they had to set an alarm to remember to eat because they didn't want anythingl. Has anybody else experienced this hunger? What do I do?

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Is it hunger? Or are you thirsty? Your body doesn't know the difference. Try drinking some Water and wait 15 minutes and see if it passes. GOOD LUCK!

Im not getting enough fluids and my body feels so weak and advice ...I'm 4 days out and barley can drink half a Water bottle!

Just sip sip sip. If you take to big of a sip your stomach will tell you. I was only getting maybe about that much when I got out. Try using ice chips or sugar free pops if that helps.

oh wow. salmon is my absolute favorite im really worried about dumping syndrome. is something that passes eventually or is it just something you will deal with forever

It's your body telling you that you had something to high in far. Which can be a good thing because you won't try it again. Usually passes in 20-30 minutes. I've only experienced once and believe me I hope it never happens again.

Thanks for encouragement...I know you are walking every day' date=' but I am curious the duration and the rate (if known). I only began walking for an hour without stopping this week. To be honest, walking outside isn't really that much fun, because it is COLD (30s), so I have been borrowing my neighbor's treadmill. Well, the first time I used the treadmill for an hour, I had a lot of acid reflux afterwards, so I know that I could not have used it that long last week. Generally I have no pain in my abdomen and I can bend, but walking only 3MPH on the treadmill gets my stomach all upset.[/quote']

We had a someone come talk to us and told us to start with 10 min 6 days a week. Each week add 10%. So far that has helped me. Good luck

I keep reading about people who are not as happy with their two week weight loss. Well' date=' I've officially only lost 7 lbs in 2 weeks and 2 days...following doctor's instructions on eating and exercise. He tried to comfort me with the magical words "everyone is different," but he admitted that typical weight loss is 15-20 lbs. it's very discouraging because I am on 600-800 calories/day which would have felt like starving before the surgery. Of course, I am not hungry now, but it's only a matter of time and we do get our appetite back...Sigh...[/quote']

How do you get that many calories in a day. I can't even get 300 calories a day.

I'm eating about the same you are sweetie. It's very normal. My NUT says that we are not going to be able to eat anything we will be eating in 6 months and that should be about the size of a CD. Wish you the best. Today I hit my 30 pound mark on my weightloss was so excited.

They sell stuff in the doctors office too. I bought samples to try. So far the vanilla is the only one that is ok but I am all out of samples and the office is an hour away. They do approve of the carnation....not sure about boost though. Where do you get trader joes? Also....do you know the kind at costco? Thanks for responding. I appreciate it' date='[/quote']

The brand that I like they sale at Costco and Sam's Club is called Premier. It has 30 grams or Protein.< /p>