desertmom

Hi,just pas 3 months and I also am experiencing a stomach "hunger" now.I am on Nexium though.Also some pain when eating. I am wondering if it isnt just hunger and a matter of us having to get use to that feeling again?Just cant figure this out and I am eating a lot of sugarfree popcicles to try and keep this feeling at bay! What I have found with acid though is you will either get a funny taste in your mouth or a white coating on your tongue or some slight abdominal discomfort if you dont experience heartburn or reflux.But then I see talk of silent acid,which I have never experienced.

we will live and die! As I am losing weight my life is getting better and worse.Isnt that just crazy? How different could life have been if I was just able to get thin 15 years ago?What use is feeling like this anyway? What I do know is I never would have allowed myself to be in the situation I am in now.Then the question of did I need to stay fat to keep myself "good" to be here comes up all the time?Which isnt useful either, I know.That I should have taken responsibility for my own life years ago is a fact though. Mind you,my delightful youngest came in now and made me realize again that there is purpose in everything.I cannot even think what life without her would have been like. On the upside,all this has excelerated my weightloss remarkably and I am so close to 100kg's now its unreal.It i ao atrange that I lost weight ao slowly while I was still weighing and measuring and counting carbs and cals but when I became preoccupied with life itself and didnt have the mental energy to do that anymore,the weight started dropping off. Upwards and onwards christian soldiers!When I have lost 60 pounds I will post pics.

Debbie,is that weight lost since surgery? Now Im going to exercise...lol. Great weight loss!

I really use to like a glass of red wine with a good meal maybe twice a week. Post sleeve I find that if I dont eat before I even take the tiniest little sip of wine it hits me right between the eyes for a few minutes and then I am dog tired. I tried diluting the wine (stupid to spoil good wine like that IMO) it still does the same. When I have had the meal first and then take a sip it doesnt do the same and I can at least take a sip or 2 before I start feeling tired. I have given it up as a bad job and have quit trying to drink wine at all. I can understand how people can get dependant on alcohol post surgery but you dont need 10 of anything,I would pass out looooong before finishing number 2. People that needs a crutch will find a new one post surgery,being it biting nails,drinking,smoking whatever.

I am only 3 months post sleeve down 55 pounds after the band for 7+ years. I however firmly believe if you dont change your habits in the first year to good healrhy permanent ones,you will regain again unless you can stay on a diet forever.Which I couldnt even do for 6 months usually. Relearning to enjoy the right food in the right quantities,being satisfied in your head with the quality and quantity of the food.Not increasing your portion size just because you can ( and I could already if I want to).Eating slowly and mindfully. Hehe,I suppose the proof will be in the pudding.Hunger havent change for me post surgery that made me search for the truth...that it is my head that was always hungry. My obsession with everything to do with food,weighing,measuring and counting,always talking about the diet have al but disappeared over the past month as I choose to learn new ways that will keep me thin forever.

And more than that.We do have "hungry" days.You learn to deal with that by eating more healthy Proteins when you want to eat.Smaller,tastier portions.Food that does satisfy the mind in quality rather than quantity. You'll be just fine. xxo

I think this is all part of the learning experience.Today you will go back on plan..its ok. It is part of the practicing to become normal.The time between lapses becomes longer as LONG AS YOU ARE NOT TO HARD ON YOURSELF.We can become very defeated if we dont cut ourselves some slack when we have had a terrible day.In turn the failur you feel becomes the excuse to do it again usually because we still believe eating makes us feel better. We know we can eat junk,we choose not to. Its done.Its a new day.dont dwell on yesterday,just learn from it and let it go. It does get easier. xxo

today I am 232 pounds. I have realized that I am gerting closer to half way than I ever thought possible.All in all I am much more realistic in my expectations. With the band I got to just under 200...198 to be exact.And I didnt have a vision of losing it all.I just couldnt see it happening,and because of that,it didnt. This time I will do what ever I have to, to lose it all.I will not obsess as much as I used to.I will not count every calorie to the point of going insane,I will not cut fat and carbs and every little pleasure out of my life ro the point where there is no point to it all. I will adjust and readjust what and how much I eat all the time along this journey.When my weightloss slows down I will exercise more and eat cleaner.I will always do the protein as the primary food on my plate.When I dish up a teaspoon of chinese fried rice my housekeeper made,it is just to satisfy the mind...I dont even touch it but should I have wanted it,I might have.or not.Good choices I have to make at the moment I am confronted with the choice,not as a all inclusive rule,but a momentary choice. Thin people have to make those choices all the time.Before they eat,they have to make a choice about what they will eat,how much they will eat.That is how I want to live my life after the weight loss,as a thin thinking person. Of course I will have "momentary lapses of reason" and that is ok.To get back on track with the next meal is just par for the course. I love my sleeve.Having said all this...I am losing quite fast at the moment.Easy to be positive when things are going great..lol

Connie, Comparing to the time with the band the sleeve is wonderful for me.It took me 3 months to adapt to eating very tiny,very tasty portions of food.I am satisfied and happy.I feel better when I eat very very little. And I have lost 55 pounds even without doing regular exercise (play squash once or twice a week)With the band I had to diet and exercise like a maniac all the time.Not one pound came off by itself.Not one! The band is a bad idea as far as I am concerned,a temporary cure for a permanent problem. Hope you can get your revision approved. xxo

Hi I had reflux with the band when filled even a little. Now I am on Nexium and only had slight heartburn twice.I will try and reduce the Nexium at about 5 months out so that I can stop as soon as possible. But I feel great and have lost 55 pounds where as with the band I was sick and miserable for a long long time. xxo

232.7 today.I like! Eating less works! xxo

Hehehe,every time I mention who good I am with the eating I have to prove myself wrong. Had a horrible food day yesterday.I kept on wanting to eat something every 2 hours.And I ate carbs.Little bit but all day long. Today I am puffy and swollen and I had horrible joint aches all night long ( first time in a while).Dont know what the relationship is between what I ate and that but I am back to my better eating pattern today. Going to dinner at friends house tonight but I will make good choices. xxo

one major issue I've had constantly is this horrible,thick,furry feeling in my throat every day.The dental higenist suggested I look at my meds for the asthma.Well,I skipped the alevesco yesterday and am confident that my throat will be better now.I seem to have a problem with oral cortico steroids as the previous one gave me thrush in my mouth. Now to find something that works without side effects.Or better yet...get thin and get fit so that I dont need the meds anymore,wouldnt that just be a total blessing? Some days,well most days now,I am happy with this sleeve.When I want to emotional eat,I wait for meal time and I eat something I really like.And that has changed dramatically.I feel normal.When I eat a little,I feel normal.When I fill my little pudding bowl we laugh about it and I usually end up taking half of the food out. It is great to actually not be able to eat more.I still have a popcicle or 2 some nights.Have given up doing things that make me feel uncomfortable and enjoy my food more than ever before! xxo

I am weighing 234 this morning. The weightloss have increased a lot in the last few weeks.Have not had losses like his since the initial 20.I am super happy. A the moment I must confess I am eating very little.Hope it is enough proteins though. I see a lot more hair everywhere but where it belongs lately..lol.What can you do about it? Had a vit D jab and some blood tests last week.My B seems to slowly be coming down so I will take the sublinguals.D is still super low...struggling to get that up. At the moment I am happy.I eat 2 times a day.Chicken pieces with salad or beef kebab with salad and feta or pasta with tuna (way more tuna and a tablespoon of pasta)My portion size stays the same.Half to 3/4 cup depending what it is.90 g of solid protein and I am really satisfied with wht I eat. I still suck at the exercise.Squash twice this week and nothing else so far.maybe I should just go walk on the treadmill now.My body is like a jelly fish.And maybe I am being stupid about this to convince myself to do plastics the moment this weight is off. Anyway,upwards and onwards. xxo

237 this morning! Thats 50 pounds! On the downside I had a little very diluted wine last night and heartburn at 4 this morning.So,I am now finished with alcohol.Dont need it anyway.BUT I also added acidophyllis and a B12 sublingual and a folic acid to my vits last night.That,with the wine and a not low in fat pork sausage,might have just freaked out my poor stomach. Will wait 1 day then start back,one by one,the following: 1.multi vit in the morning with acidophyllis. 2. Calcium + magnesium citrate at lunch 3.B12 a 16:00 Will see how it works.I am a very undisciplined person that is a real scatterbrain and tend to forget stuff way to often.Will try to be good! On the food side.I think I am losing because I am eating very little.Having said that there is the odd day now that I dont make my proteins and should step that up a little. xxo

O,I forgot to mention the weight today.I am 238 pounds today.Almost 50...almost!!!!!

Hi,I definetly have pimples like a teen now to!It comes and goes but I keep breaking out.Have really been hoping it will vanish but so far no luck. Dont know why!

I saw the physician today.My blood pressure is still high.It i because I am smoking.Yes,I became a secret smoker again thia months.Will stop this week.Stupid to start again as It really doesnt help for the stress.At the moment I feel it is adding to my stress levels.So,I will make a day and just quit cold turkey again.Serves me right to suffer through this. We did my bloods and I got my Vit D injection as it was very low way before surgery.Will do B12 sublinguals but he says injection is better.It is just soooo painful. I am losing exactly 2.2 pounds a week.No more and no less. Have made appointment to start exercising with someone so no more excuses for that. I feel good and I dont think I am eating badly at all.Enjoying what I eat and trying to be satisfied with the amount.It seems to be working to be very mindful about the eating. For this last month before the holidays I want to lose a little more.Hope that adding exercise,especially more cardio,will help. Still no answers on the visa for the move so the stress is quite constant as it is now almost end of school year and uni has finished already.Am trying to be ok with not knowing anything but struggling a little with this,thus the smoking...and that is my excuse and I'll stick with it.LOL xxo

Hi 12 weeks now and 48 pounds down and I must add I am NOT using this time optimal to lose as much as I can as fast as I can.Have a lot of stress and am not quite focussed. xxo

Since having my one day bout of acid after forgetting my nexium I started doing research in how on earth am I going to get off the nexium without suffering from acid. This whole thing about rebound acid is really scary to me.How on earth does the stomach learn to make less acid while being blocked? Usually I take my calcium citrate at least 4 hours before or after my nexium.Hopefully the bone density wont be affected.Will go for check up soon. At month 6,at the latest, I am goning to wean myself off the PPI's.There is some natural herbs that will help but I am also going to trust reducing from 20mg in the morning and evening to 10mg in the morning and evening will help prevent rebound.The problem is it seems that this furry fluffy feeling I have in the back of my throat is because of some acid. I wll start taking probiotics from today and see if that makes any difference. The most important thing is to 1.start taking a multivitimin again 2.take the calcium citrate every second day (gives me diaree so its a laxative as well and I really need it) 3.start taking B12 sublingual to not have injections anymore 4.get vit D injection every month till the D is up And get enough protein every day. At th momnt I am doing the protein,almost every day,the D injection tthe calcium citrate and had B12 injections until now.The multi the dr gave me contributed to my getting hotflushes so I stopped it.Have a different one that I will start drinking tomorrow. Geeze,I never thought this would be so regimented as far as do's and dont are concerned. Will start taking it serious though as I want to be healthy and get thin. xxo

last night I forgot to take my nexium.at 5 I woke up with severe burning in my throat.I took the nexium but had severe stomach ache all day long. Now I've been wondering.My dr said that the stomach will adjust the amount of acid over time.But how can it while I am taking a PPI in the morning and in the evening?It blocks acid formation,doesnt it? Some other dr's patient dont take a PPI automatically from the beginning and a lot of them dont have the acid issues at all. At the moment with the threat about senseless questions going so furiously I am to scared to aks any questions really...lol Will try to research this or ask on obesityhelp. xxxo

Today I weighed 239 and I am happy to keep losing a pound here and there as long as I keep losing. Things will be a little less hectic from next week and then I might try to go to the gym. Good things so far.My hip is a lot less painful some days.I still walk like a duck after I've sat down for to long but I definetly have less pain. I often sleep at least 5 hours before waking up lately and then I will mostly be able to sleep on and off another few hours.This is such a blessing as I have been struggling with sleep for the past few years. My clothes are much loser fitting now and people have commented that its time to get new ones.Will wait a little longer though as it doesnt make sense to buy one size smaller and then to buy again in a month. So for now I am not obsessing wirh the scale or with the eating.We've had a house guest for the past few months and I now eat a little of whatever I cook at night. Another great thing is the fact that I am eating a lot less lately and I am happy with it.I am trying to not snack as much and I do realize that the more often I eat,the more often I want to eat.A head thing I know. Some days I dont really know how much protein I did but the next day I will make up for it by drinking a shake. Well,thats me for now.Still waiting for that 5 pound drop over night...lol

Every time I cut my carbs way back to 20-30 I stall.Only eating normal,small portions of healthy Proteins and veg makes me lose weight steadily.Crazy thing is I am practically a professional low carber...and it just doesnt work for me now. Having said that my carbs are still between 50-60 only. xxo

Hi Down 47 pounds now.Slow but I'm ok with that. I am eating a lot less since I have cut out all the Snacks.But that forces me to drink one shake per day of 25g Protein. My stress levels are still sky high as we are prepairing for the big move to the UK.Still dont know how to deal with stress without food...lol xxo

When you are young skin will shrink. Losing 100 pounds when I was 35 was a lot different than now at 45.i had almost no extra skin then. Fair skin stretches more than dark skin.Darker skin is just stronger than very light skin. Other factors that dictates what your skin will do is genetics.Look at your mom,grandma aunt and it is sometimes like looking in a mirror when you get older. How many times have you lost a lot of weight in your life?that also makes a difference.Have you smoked and many more factors. I have 2 friends that have had the surgery and are at goal.One is olive complexion,not much dieting success in her past and her skin is where it belongs..lol.Normal.The other girls is very fair like me and even though she exercised like a complete lunatic she had to have her arms,legs,tummy and boobs done.In fact,her face needs doing to fit that super new body of her.She never smoked in her life but she has deep skin folds on her face. You are lucky in that respect or not. xxo