Aliese

Be patient and wait for your response. I have Cigna as well and I work in the healthcare field with insurance. I work as the billing supervior for an infertility practice. Cigna was pretty good with the timing for my approval. Just prepare your mind for what's in store. I'm almost a month out and it is an experience. You just have to have faith and it will work itself out. Don't stress because that can cause you to over-eat as well. Good luck and hang in there!

I am going to be very careful with yogurt in the future. I will check out the kind you mentioned. Yoplait yogurt only had 10 g of sugar & 16 g of carbs and was 90 calories. My Ensure clear has 18 g of sugar and I did not experience dumping wtih that?

Good points Diane_65. I will keep what you said in mind. For now, I will not even try yogurt. I can't imagine giving myself that kind of discomfort again and on purpose. LOL

Thanks SpaceDust! I will do just that. It's just hard to think that the stall is so soon. I figured maybe 3-4 months down the road but dang...this was quick. LOL I did take measurements but when I see myself, I really don't see that much of a difference. i see it a bit in my clothes when I put them on but not much. I haven't even dropped a pant size as of yet and I know that is probably just how and where my body is losing the weight but come on!!!! Ugh!!!

I'm right there with ya! I'm experiencing a stall right now myself. This is my 3rd week from the surgery and 4th from the pre-op diet and I have only lost 37 lbs. I just started my stall last week. UGH!!! I want to scream!!!

Well VST Friends, I'm 3 weeks out from my surgery (6/13/13) and I'm slowing down on the loss. Today I added yogurt to my diet for breakfast this morning. I was told to introduce one food item, a day into my diet to see if I my new stomach would tolerate it. Well...bad choice today! I experienced my first bout of 'dumping syndrome' today. My stomach was jacked up for about 1 hour. I had Yoplait Lemon Creme Pie and only 3 spoonfuls of the stuff (as I don't really like yogurt). Less than 20 mins after the last spoonful, I got a very uncomfortable knot in my stomach! It was like a tight ball of yarn! I won't be trying yogurt ever again...needless to say! LOL I gave away the other two I had at work. I should just stick to my sugar free Jello, sugar free pudding and sugar free fudgesicles. They are fulfilling and taste great! The creamed soups are good as well (except the cream of mushroom...disgusting). As for the weigh in today, I didn't loose a thing this week (which I thought was strange). My caloric intake was well under 500 calories per day, so I don't know why I didn't even drop 2-4 lbs for the whole week. Kind of puzzling. I will take a look a VST (Vertical Sleeve Talk) to see if any other people experienced the same kind of stall at this stage. Oh well, I'm going to keep on with the diet and hope for the best. I'm hoping to be down 20 lbs by the end of the month...wishful thinking...I know. LOL But still hoping! I will keep you all informed! Pics to come on Friday!!! My one month anniversary! TTYL!!

Good job! Keep it up!

That sounds great! I'm 2 days out and will not be weighing myself until tomorrow morning. The official weigh in will be at my one week check up!

Hi all, My name is Aliese and I just joined the VST site yesterday. I am about to embark on a new journey. An attempt at becoming a healthier me! I won't bore you with a bunch of details about my health issues but let me just say, that I think this is the right step for me. I am in the Pre-Op phase of getting the Gastric Sleeve. I'm on day 2 of my 5 day liquid diet. My surgery is scheduled for June 13, 2013 with Dr. Tiesenga, out of The Chicago Center for Bariatric Surgery. So far I am experiencing headaches and it's probably from the low caloric intake. I am diabetic, so my sugar normally runs high (around 120 fasting) but this morning it was 82. Now that may be in the normal range but my body has gotten use to running on the high end, so I suspect that is why I'm having the headaches. I hope it will subside soon. I now have to be more diligent about taking or not taking my medication and getting my sugar levels while I undergo this transformation. This will be a whole new world for me. I plan to utilize this website to the fullest and I hope to meet new and interesting people that can offer me some support and guidance. Well, that's all for now. I will check back in after I have my surgery! A New Me, Aliese