BeeLee37

Congratulations, you are almost to the finish line

I love that show! LOL, I did keep my phone right by me to calculate the weights as well The Dr seems to care and I love hearing him talk Great show, very informative.

I will go anywhere my family goes with the exception of a buffet. It does not mean I have to eat or eat what they eat. When I started this process I never intended to be afraid of being around food or to be overly strict. I started getting heavy when I was 26 years old (after 2nd child, tubes tied and gall bladder removal within 6 months) so I knew how to eat before that point and stay at a size range of 3-6. I want to be like that again and being afraid of going out to eat or worrying about every little thing will never get me there. I am one month out, maybe my mind set will change later but at this point I don't plan on it. Added- It was after the birth and 2 separate surgeries that I noticed I did not recognize a full feeling anymore. I do not know why that happened. Only got worse over the next 12 years and was ten times worse after my hysterectomy in 2011. I wanted to add this info because this surgery has brought me back to how I was before all of that and I am not trying to advocate eating "off plan" to anyone else. I just know how I was before and how I feel now in regards to eating and eating outside of my home.

With numbers like that for your first month I have no doubt you will make your second goal. Congratulations on 30 pounds lost forever!

I just say my body is on hold. My longest hold was 4 days so far but there have been a couple of 3 days too. I am averaging 1 pound lost every 2 days since surgery (17 pounds since surgery). When the hold is over the weight loss catches up. As long as you are not eating crazy amounts of food your body will have no choice but to release the weight. When it is ready of course.

My Dr did not do a catheter either. He said the surgery was so short it was not needed. I was all prepared to argue against having one and was nicely surprised by his answer. Like everyone likes to point out though- Every Dr is different. Best of luck to you

I wish you the best of luck for tomorrow Please do not be nervous about surgery. When I had mine done I had my husband drop me off at the hospital on his way to work which meant I waited from 5am until 11am by myself, excited the whole time. When it was time I was smiling and happy and everyone was surprised by my lack of fear or concern LOL. When I woke up I was relieved it was finally done, I stayed over night and was released the next night when my husband picked me up. Easy peasy. I had my surgery on March 25, 2014. So far I have lost 32 pounds total but only 16 pounds since surgery. I don't know if I am mentor material but I did want to wish you the best on your surgery.

That's a huge loss so quick! Good for you, I hope your loss continues that way. Good luck and I hope you have a great summer.

This was one of the questions on my preop test, something like "Diarrhea or loose stools is a common effect of surgery?-- T or F" or something like that. The answer was True so I think you are all right

I did not see the OP as being judgemental or looking down on anyone. She wrote her feelings and her ability to lose weight while eating less. Not perfectly healthy, less. That is why I got this surgery as well. I do not plan on eating salads for the rest of my life, my problem was I could not recognize when I had eaten enough. I was not grazer, I was a binger with no off button. This surgery is my off button and I will eat what I have always eaten now that the button works. Thank you for your post, everyone is entitled to share their thoughts and experiences.

I am a little over 3 weeks out. Each stage is interesting, figuring out what to eat and when to eat it. I still can't tell when I have had too much, sometimes I am too late and then it hurts. A lot of learning going on. Good luck on stage 2

I stayed the same weight for 5 days but this morning I lost another pound for a total of 30 pounds lost- 14 since surgery on March 25th. Very happy today.

WOW!!! You have done an amazing job! You look great

Good to hear you are doing so well. I felt that weird growling at first as well but chalked it up to healing to quiet the head hunger. The food commercials got to me at first but now almost 3 weeks out I am addicted to the Food Network. I DVR so many and even watch repeats LOL. My husband and kids thinks it is weird but it is strangely helping me right now. Best of luck to you