alene

I was stalled for 2 1/2 weeks... finally broke the stall ( I hope). 2 lbs down since Sunday! I have to concentrate on getting more protein too.

Thank you! ! My boyfriend is a cigarette smoker and he is willling to try an e-cig.

So the other day we had a company birthday party for two coworkers at Olive Garden. Hummm what to order. . Im on soft moist proteins. So after much deliberation, I ordered the meatball sandwich with out the bread. It came on this cute long thin plate with 4 meatballs and sauce and cheese on top. It was delicious. (the 5 little bites that I had. ) I ate 3/4 of one meatball and I was done. took the rest home.

Awww Thanks. I'm getting an alarm security system put in Monday. That will help relieve some anxiety. I don't feel like eating or drinking but I am. Stiill stalled this am. Waaa

15 day stall here. Feeling depressed and to top it off, my house was burglarized today. :-( My 100 lb dogs are so sweet no good for keeping the house safe. Poor things are traumatized. I've got a headache. I guess you'd call this a Bad day.

Good question, I had surgery on July 8th lost 15 lbs through week 2.(then nothing) I've been at a stall for almost 2 weeks now. I wonder how long it's gonna last. Hummm :-/

Sounds scary lol!! I was thinking about getting the zumba dvd at costco, then I'll work my way up to shred...gulp

Wow!! You look fabulous!!! Congratulations on all of your hard work. You must be feeling so great and healthy! !! You are very much an inspiration to all of us!!! :-)

You're welcome :-) hope you're feeling better now. So, I thought I might have broke my stall. NOPE. I've been at or around the same weight for almost 3 weeks now. I'm following every single thing that my surgeon said to do. I called the Drs office to see what they suggest. They just said it was normal. Blahhhh. Also I'm cleared for exercise Monday Aug 5th. The nurse said no lifting heavy weights or strenuous workout or hard running on the treadmill because that can cause a hernia this early out from surgery. Is anyone else still in the middle of a stall?? How long? And does anyone have some words of wisdom? I'm becoming really frustrated and want to see that scale move :-(

If you can get some Gatorade G2 (low calorie) it would really help with the dehydration. Or some water with electrolytes in it. The gatorade saved me. About a few days after surgery, I woke up with a dry mouth and a headache. Got some gatorade and made it my mission to drink it every few minutes. I didn't want to end up in the ER on an IV bag. I hope you feel much better very soon :-)

I'm 3 weeks out and my surgeon is fine with me just taking the whole Nexium capsule because it's not very big. ( he basically said, " no horse pills)

I broke my one and a half week stall!!! 3 whole lbs down yay!!

It's amazing. ...I ate 2 oz of turkey thin sliced deli meat and mild Chedder cheese for lunch, and my tummy felt soooo full. It's bizarre and going to take some time to get used to eating such small portions.

My body hiccups when the sleeve starts to get full. It's kinda cute. I'm just glad that I have some kind of warning alarm, cause pre sleeve I was notorious for eating till I couldnt eat anymore.

Oh also, before the sleeve I never had any cravings. And now I am really craving warm French bread with some yummy soft butter on it. I'm not going to give into my craving but I just find it very strange. Its not even like I used to eat french bread and butter. It was never high on my list for something I had to have, now maybe because I know I can't have it, I want it.

2 pounds down so that's good. Now that I'm getting more hungry I'm just eating what my boyfriend does, but I blend mine and make it pureed. Still trying to figure out how much to eat at a time without feeling stuffed. :-D

Quest Bar is the best I've come across so far.

The Gatorade G2 saved me too. I was getting headaches from dehydration and I just made it my mission to drink it all day long.

Oh I sure hope the same is true for the rest of us :-)

So next question. ... how long till we see the scale move down again? :-/

I was told no drinking before during and after eating. when I used to have a bowl of breakfast cereal, it always involved milk. So it's basically eating and drinking at the same time.

So, one thing I forgot to ask my Nut was, what about breakfast cereal??

Hi there, I'm Alene. I am 48 years old I do not have any children except for the four legged kind. I live with 2 dogs and a wonderful boyfriend. I work in our local hospital as an EEG technician doing brain wave testing. I had the lapband then put in in 2007 and it was horrible I was miserable most of the time with the food getting stuck and so my surgeon suggested that I get the gastric sleeve surgery. I went in for surgery October 2012 to have the revision and when I woke up from anesthesia my surgeon told me there was no way he could do the gastric sleeve surgery because the band had damaged my stomach and we would have to wait 6 months to try again. So I waited 9 months and had the surgery two and a half weeks ago (7-8-13) my highest weight before surgery was 276 lbs, my surgery weight was 268 and I am now 250 but I've been in a stall for the last 5 days. I'm so happy to have found this site it has helped me tremendously and I can't wait to one day show my before and after photos!!! My goal weight is 140 lbs but if I get to 170, I know, I'll be very happy . :-D