BioEngineeringChick

Happy (almost) Anniversary fellow sleevers!!! We've come a LONG way. I don't even recognize myself anymore. From a size 26 to 12 pants., 3X to a medium shirt!!! From 290 to 175. I still have 25 pounds to go but it is so much better than the 140 lbs I needed to loose this time last year. I am so proud of us all! We changed our lives. Now the real fun starts with keeping it off. : ) Good Luck!!!!

I FINALLY HIT ONEDERLAND!!!! 90 lbs gone - I can not believe it! My stomach pouch has gotten a little bigger. I am now able to eat an entire hot dog (without bun). Anyone else noticing that they can eat more?

That is great!!! I'm at 80lbs from my surgery weight

Congratulations!!! I have about 15 more to go but my happiest moment was being able to wear size 16 clothes from the NORMAL WOMAN SIZES!!! Whooo hoooo!!!

I started Biotin just in case too. I finally broke out of 230s but just barely. I'm at 227 and I feel like I'm eating next to nothing and no carbs at all. How are you doing?

I am the same 5'3" and my doctor said 150. I really want to be in the healthy range of 130. My neighbor had bypass and says that she struggles to stay above 140 so I'm hoping I have that "problem". The bad thing is she has lost so much hair. I haven't seen her in a while so I'm not sure how she is now. I'm very scared about that. Everytime I wash my hair I am worrying about hairloss. Have any of you noticed hair loss? Is it ok to die your hair after surgery? I didn't know my natural hair color because I've been highlighting it since I was 16 so I died my hair dark brown before surgery trying to match my eyebrows. It turns out my natural hair color was actually dirty blonde so now I have light roots with dark brown hair. It looks so weird, but I'd rather have weird hair color that no hair at all LOL!! Good luck ladies!! I'm counting down the days till I get below 230. I've been stuck in the 230s for about 2 weeks now.

Thank you so much! I had a great day yesterday. I was wearing size 22 pants and they were getting overly baggy so I went to buy a pair of 20s and found that I actually fit an 18 with a stretch waist!!! Yay!! You are right. I'll just embrace my own path. I really appreciate your words of encouragement.

Congratulations! That is an awesome accomplishment. I'm a little sad I'm not there yet but happy that someone else from our surgery date made it I feel a little closer every day ... I'm OCD about weighing myself.

Guess I should have included a quote but I was looking at page 13... I did okay during the holidays. I had a piece of Savannah Taffy and then gave the rest away at work. I have started drinking coffee again - Soy latte is my drug of choice with splenda. I try to do decaff during the week and indulge in caffiene on the weekend. I had wine for the first time. I drank 1 glass and felt a buzz but it wasn't a happy buzz like I use to get. It made me exhausted and my muscles ached. No hangover and it was gone quickly... but I find that I don't like drinking like I use to. It isn't enjoyable to me.

wow you've lost almost 70 pounds in 2 1/2 months! That is GREAT! I need to update my weight but I'm just now reaching 50 lbs lost since Oct 15th. I have eliminated carbs and sugar and only eat lean meats and cheese with V8 for my veggies as breakfast and evening snacks.

wow you've lost half of your weight in 2 months. That is great!

Thanks!! I will try that

P.S. today is the first time I've worn a knee length shirt to work in 6 years!!! Praise God!! And it looks pretty darn good The only thing I forgot was the sound chubby thighs make in panty hose

It is OFFICIAL!! I am now closer to 200 than 300!!!! WOOOHOOOO!!! <3 yall

I agree with this user. I don't think abortion is the answer. I think adoption is a great choice for women who find themselves unable to take care of a baby. My personal experience, I was adopted at birth because my biological parents were 15-16 years old when I was conceived and I love them for making that decision even though my maternal grandmother tried to talk my mother into aborting me. Thanks to their gift, I grew up with two wonderful parents who loved me unconditionally and didn't even tell me I was adopted until I was 20 years old and only because my birth mother had asked if she could meet me. As an adult I have a good friendship with both of my biological parents and hold no ill will. It is a very selfless act for a 16 year old girl to carry a baby she isn't keeping to term when other girls that age make fun of her. When I look at my daughters I am even more thankful she spared my life because I don't think the world would be such a wonderful place without these two souls. My close friends have tried for 10 years to have a child and because of how expensive it is to adopt they haven't been able to afford it since he is a Marine and she is a school teacher in Virginia. They would love to adopt any unwanted children so please send me a message if you consider giving your child up for adoption rather than abortion.

I am about 7 weeks out and I had the exact same thing. Mine was dehydration and my body trying to cope with the drastic calorie drop. I had tons of bloodwork ran to make sure I didnt have any serious problem or internal bleeding and after all of that... they said I was fine but needed to drink more. I thought I was dying because I didn't have the will power to even lift my arm. After week 5, my energy went through the roof! It was like I was a different person and I had more energy than before surgery. The doctor said that most common symptom of internal bleeding is (too much information warning) black/dark and runny stool because that's how the blood leaves your system. I didn't have that problem at all so it was ruled out. I hope you start to feel better. The first 4 weeks I cried thinking I had screwed my body up and made a bad choice. Now I wouldn't change it for the world. Good luck! And if you are concerned you should see your doctor just to make sure you are ok.

I have just been coasting along. I have great weeks and nothing weeks. I think I'm down 36 pounds too. I'm down to 1x tops and size 22 bottoms from pre-surgery 3x tops and 26 bottoms. It'll be after Christmas before I drop another size. I've been trying to walk fast or jog to help get the weight off, but I ended up getting diagnosed this morning with planter faciatus (spelling?) on my right foot. Which is pretty painful when I walk. I'm still walking but using inserts in my shoes. I haven't started weights yet... I have a post-surgical visit tomorrow morning to see how I'm doing. I plan to ask permission at that visit. The great side is I haven't found a single food that I can't handle with my new stomach. My favorite is a slice of fresh motzarella (sp?) topped with a roast beef half slice, a roma tomoto slice and an olive. Its healthy - low carb - and sooo yummy. Also when I feel like I'm having an empty stomach (constantly hungry) day I eat a bag of 100 cal popcorn. I try not to eat anything after 6pm and eat something the second I wake up to jump start my metabolism. Keeping my fingers cross that I will break out of the 250's before Christmas. Its still so unreal how fast the weight has come off. I love this journey! Hope you fellow 10/15ers are enjoying yours too! Have a great week!!

Great job! Good luck to you wifey

Good luck! Keep us posted

I was very worried at first too! I lost 20lbs of water in the first 8 days and then nothing for over 2 weeks. This may be TMI, but it wasn't until after my first menstral cycle that my weight started coming off again. It went from 266 to 255 in less than 5 days since then. Not sure if that has anything to do with it but what people say about a stall is SO TRUE. I was really depressed over it since I emptied our saving to have this surgery and my husband was losing more weight than me just regular dieting and I was also following all of the rules. Keep it up! It kicked in again for me and I pray it will for you too!

Can we take tylenol pm after sleeve? I have a splitting headache and no regular tylenol. Thanks!

Only on this thread.

I will have to try the life water. That sounds good! I've also been adding the diet snapple peach tea packets. Yum!