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I am 4 weeks out from having my sleeve & my problem is that I dont get all the protein and I am scared that I wont lose weight because of it. Can anybody give me any suggestions? I have ALOT of weight to lose & I cant let something like that stop me. HELPPPPPPP!!!!!!!

I dont actually know whats stopping me...I kinda dont know what to eat or maybe Im not eating enuff. I eat eggs or yoguart for breakfast, chicken salad or fish for lunch BUT sometimes I dont eat dinner. I really need to lose this weight so I have to get this right. Just any advice will help!!!!!! I'm also, not motivated to walk or workout. I need some serious help

I have that same problem & for me it comes from many yrs of my moma or family member saying "u better eat everything on that plate & u not getting up until then"...So we were forced 2 eat it ALL! Our brains are sponges, so what was put in us..stays in us & I have done the same thing 2 my son's PRE-surgery...now I tell them if their full put the plate away. After all, I'm here due 2 YEARS of over eating. Getting a smaller plate is much more beneficial. I dont have a way 2 measure my food either, so I went to the $1 store & got paper plates (the cake size) & it works. We have 2 play tricks on our own minds so 2 speak. Good luck...u CAN do this

Judy, Im so glad u had the guts 2 address this. I WANT 2 EAT ALL OF MY FAVORITES, & its a constant battle in my head. My mind is saying EAT IT but my stomach is saying U BETTER NOT. I cant lie I have tried somethings & my stomach was very upset with my choices. This surgery should come with a brain zap that makes u forget all of the things u use 2 eat, so we wouldnt have 2 go thru this WORLD WAR within ourselves. I am glad I got this surgery & it will save my life but this is the HARDEST thing I ever had 2 do. This is NOT the easy way out!

I am very heavy & after I wash my belly button...I dry it & put constarch baby powder in it. Tha keeps it dry & it smells good. Clean it out with alcohol & then put in the powder. I do it after EVERY shower & mine never smells. I use 2 have that problem bcuz Im so heavy & it is so deep.

Why? Im just speaking the truth...lol

Where do I begin? I have always been on the heavy side, even as a kid. When I was in grade school all the way 2 college I found out just how cruel ppl can be. I was always the pretty fat girl & that bothered me, so I transformed myself into sombdy I wasn't. I would tell jokes about myself b4 anybody got the chance 2 & I was mean/confrontational. Ppl were scared 2 say something about me & if they did they didnt say it so I could here it or else! They had no idea that I really would cry if they tlked 2 loud 2 me but I didnt care..I was good at it. At graduation, which is supposed 2 be the happiest time of ur life, when I walked across the stage this boy said "now thats a big girl"..I died inside but I slapped the hell outta him infornt of EVERYBODY even his guest at the ceremony. Time went on & I met a guy, we begin 2 date while I was in college & I was SO in love with him because he gave me the attention I NEVER had. I started slacking in school & 1 day while I was home for the weekend, I told my cousin that I had missed my cycle, so we went 2 buy a test & the results were positive...omg, I thought my mother was going 2 kill me. Clearly she didnt because I'm typing this blog...lol but during that pregnancy I gained 80lbs, they labeled me as high risk & I had to have a c-section. While I was being preped the doctor told me u dont need 2 have any more kids because you are too big. Who the hell tells sombdy that while they're about 2 have a baby? I felt so bad, like I didnt deserve 2 have my baby but anyway 1/24/03 at 11:36 am, I had a healthy baby boy. Ok, so now I'm home from the hosp & my kids dad, is staying out all night & sleeping all day...so I had 2 do everything on my own, with a wound from the c-section. Time went on & then I dropped out of school because I couldnt depend on his father 2 work because he was still doing the same old stuff...but I realize that the more he did nothing the more I ate. When my son turned 11 months stupidly I married his dad. The 2nd week in our own place, I realized that he was starting 2 act strange so lke every women, I began 2 investigate him lol. Weeks went by & we got our 1st phone bill and I seen a # on it i didnt recognize, so I called it...a woman answer & said "hey baby", I said "excuse me" & she hung up..so now I knew it was something going on. I confronted him & he said it was nothing & I was crazy. I could remember going in2 the kitchen cooking a BIG dinner, he thought I was trying 2 poison him but I just wanted 2 eat something. I was out of control of the things going on around me but the 1 thing that I COULD control was what I ate. Over the next several years, it was woman after woman & because " I LOVED HIM" I stayed with him & I just ate & ate. One year, we had moved in2 a new place & he got a job doing security, he loved it! I was so happy because he wasnt working the entire marriage, my family & I were pulling the load. Well one night he got up & left for work...dressed, he had a lunch & was goin 2 be on time. Well around 9 oclock, I called him & there was no answer...so I waited a while & called again, still no answer..so I went 2 sleep. When he got home the next morning I asked him what happened & he said he was tired & went to bed. I looked thru his phone & saw he was txting a girl that he apparently just met because it was begining stuff, so I wake him up, confronted him & he said "Im a grown man I do what I want 2". I started crying & left the room only 2 go make me & my baby a BIG bowl of ice cream, so I could try 2 make myself feel better. A few months went by, he lost his job becuase he stopped going, & he was dropping me off at work every morning and taking the baby 2 school, so I thought things were getting better...until I get a private phone call from a girl named Keisha. She asked me who I was because my name was in her man's phone. TO BE CONTINUED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Girl, put ur big girl panties on & dont worry about lil stuff like this. A stall? We been in a stall for as long as we been fat. U worried about the way ur body look after 3weeks? Dont do that 2 urself. When u feel like that please think about me...I started at 526lbs, so imagine what this body is going 2 look like in 6 months 2 a yr....but I DONT CARE!!!!!!! Im going 2 put on a GOOD girdle & my Sunday bra & keep it moving. THIS journey is about being healthy. If u dont like certain things believe me its some doctor somewhere that can fix it...from now on put all ur change left from $20 in a jar & call it my NEW body collection & by the time u lose all that weight, u will be ready 2 fix whatever u like. Think positive about this, u just added YEARS 2 ur life!

So I was cleared 2 eat soft food 2day. I jus made me 1 pc of talapia. I cut up some onion & bell pepper, put 1 teaspoon of butter in a skillet & let that simmer...then I put a pinch of seasoning on the fish & jus put it right on top of that simmer. It was the BEST fish I ever ate in life...maybe cuz its been WEEKS on liquids. I cant wait 2 eat this fish EVERYDAY..lol I made 3 pcs & could only eat half of 1...but it was damned good!

Ima have 2 try that butter but the fish was AMAZING...I was so proud of myself bcuz I like FRIED fish lol & No problem, I kno it was hard 4 me 2 do the liquids & If I could do it the WORLD could do it lol. U are goin 2 do wonderful

Lunch for SEVERAL days!

Girl, peanut butter is protien...lol Anyway, ur body is like WHT the hell is she doing...so u get those feelings of I NEED something other than just liquid. U are fighting against ur own mind. My mind says a protein drink or shake..is just that, a drink, where is the food? So u literally have 2 play tricks on urself. You will be fine. I ate 3 grilled chicken patties on my liquid diet not all at the same time but I did it & everything went fine. You can do this, trust me IF I can ANYBODY can.

I was sleeved on the 3rd & been home since the 7th, I have been drinking water...not as much as required but quiet a bit. My problem is that I am only using the bathroom once a day if that & its dark. Im not sure whats going on & my mom is VERY worried that I'm getting dehydrated. Has anyone else experienced this? PLEASE HELP!!!

Thank you guys, I have my follow up appointment with the surgeon 2morrow...so we will see what happens but I have been drinking water all day & still dont need 2 go. I really hope I dont have 2 go in the hospital bcuz I NEED 2 WORK!!!! lol

www.emilybites.com she has GREAT recipes on here....LOTS of them, they are good & healthy

Praying 4 u...congratulations

Congrats chic...keep up the good work!

Im sorry I dont have any good news for you because 2day Im really down myself. I shouldnt be because just like you, I too have lost weight (30lbs) & Im only 2 weeks out but for some reason Im just not feeling into it. I feel like I wanna just climb back in bed, put the covers over my head & just cry myself to sleep. I think about how I have SOOOO much weight 2 lose & it gets 2 me EVERYTIME. All I can say is keep doing what you been doing as far as your weight lost is concerned & pray that moments like those pass. I know Im praying & HARD!

This week I am starting 2 have my follow up appointments & I went to the 1 of the doctors 2day. Now when I 1st went I couldnt be weighed on their scale because it only went up to 500lbs & as all of u know I was 526lbs. Well 2day, when he called my name I was thinking omg, Im still not going 2 be able 2 give my weight. So the nurse said just put all of ur things dwn & lets see. So I did & I got on that scale WITH MY SHOES ON & it read 497lbs smh. Yall have no idea, how that made me feel. I know EVERY scale dont go up 2 (500lbs) but I can actually get weighed like a normal person...all I could do is cry. Most ppl dont have 2 worry about that kinda stuff but I do & it made my day 2 see my weight come accross that screen EVEN THO its still alot it came accross that screen & thats ALL that matters 2 me.

Girl, u just made me so READY for thursday to come....I will then be on soft foods & u just named EVERYTHING I love. Thank u in advance

I went back 2 work 10 days after & I am the computer 100% as well, so all I do is take the long way around for bathroom breaks. U will be ok

Congratulations on the weight lost. That is exactly how I was & I was even being mean to other ppl just bcuz they could eat & I couldnt BUT whn I went 2 the hospital 4 my surgery after 10 days on the liquids I had lost 13lbs...then it all becaome so worth it. 8lbs is hugeeeeeeee think about all the weight coming off just like that. BE ENCOURAGED!

Congratulations on ur new life.