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  1. Comfy_Blue

    constipation Wow

    Comfy_Blue replied to Laura120's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A

    in addition to these suggestions make sure u are drinking lots of water. my ex got backed up really bad in college, so he'd drink a cup of hot water every morninf anda little before trying to poo. I hope you find something that works, Constipation is awful
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    Down almost 40lbs and NONE of my friends commented during today's outing. :(

    1. FruitLoop

      FruitLoop

      Sucks doesn't it, I went to a get together last weekend , I'd lost 26 and not a word was said , kind of discouraging but with you at 40# wow that has to be noticeable ! People are just so into them selves ! Way to go for you though!

    2. Comfy_Blue

      Comfy_Blue

      thank you all for the kind words, even though we're all online i really appreciate the support andcompassion. i definately did it for me, but it's still nice to be recognized by my friends who've become like family (one I've known since age 8, the other age 13 and the other two I met at age 15. We've all been in school and friend ever since and are 30 now). I'm proud of me and glad others are too

    3. Dr-Patient

      Dr-Patient

      If they've been seeing you regularly, they may not see it at first. But don't worry; they will! Because of the storms, snow, etc, I've been bundled up and actually don't want my neighbors/friends to see me until spring. Then I should blow their minds. Two weeks after surgery, I'd lost 17, and went to a party. Folks said I look good, but I don't think they really saw a change then. But they will. Like you, everyone will see it. Whoo-hoo! Congrats on 40#; I ho...

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  3. Comfy_Blue
    That's awesome! My husband and I were talking about how we wished they would lower the requirement because it discourages people who really need help. I was blessed because my insurance requires six months but fortunately i had happened to be doing weight watchers during that time (and had a one year e-Tools statement and the little weigh in card WW gives you to prove it). If i had had to go to a Nutritionist and wait six months, i honestly probably wouldn't have had the surgery. I was ready to change NOW. i didnt want to wait because who knows what could happen in six months. I could have gotten pregnant. Or developed more co morbities. I would still be suffering from sleep apnea and pain in my joints and irregular periods.
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    How many sizes have you dropped?!?

    Comfy_Blue replied to rensterness's topic in Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story

    So for those if you further out, is it safe to say we should expect to lose some boobage? At my heaviest I was a 42DD. I am probably a little smaller now, but am still wearing the same sized bras because they don't feel baggy. In high school, i was between 145 - 150lbs and I wore a B cup. I don't know if that is considered endowed for that size body or not. I assume i will be a b cup again when this is over. While i don't want my breasts to become (even more) saggy, i would like smaller ones because a lot of tops don't fit (especially button downs) because of them. I have a sz medium dress that i can get my arms and head into, but it won't fit because i can't get it over my breasts. It gets stuck right above them. Annoying.
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    Thank you everyone for the advice. I try staring at myself in the mirror but i can only do a few seconds at a time. I talked to my husband yesterday evening about my posting here and he said "you can't see it? Let me show you something". He found pictures of me the day of surgery that I had forgotten about. There was a series of like 10 photos in good lighting from different angles. At first i thought i looked the same. Then he took 10 new pictures of me and we compared them side by side and while i still don't look THAT much smaller to myself, i could see a different. My double chin used to be super pronounced, but now it's a small lump. The shirt doesn't gap open across the chest anymore, i guess because my back is smaller. My torso is smaller too. It's still a journey, but seeing those pictures really did help a lot.
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    How many sizes have you dropped?!?

    Comfy_Blue replied to rensterness's topic in Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story

    I too am very well endowed. Worried I will loose a lot off the girls after surgery. My husband said that would be ok he guesses. We will just have to see how it goes. I wear your before sizes now and hope to have the same type progress you're having in a few months You can and will do it Barbie! I have never lost so much weight before but it seemed to me the main places it's been falling off are my hands, face and definitely my thighs are melting but my breasts are still big. I actually want the, to go down. If not i feel like they'll start to look like implants.
  7. Comfy_Blue
    I take a multivitamin and one calcium chew a day. I fear losing nutrients and having weak bones and other ailments from defiency when i'm oldet
  8. Comfy_Blue

    Valentine's Challenge

    Comfy_Blue replied to Bea Amaya's topic in Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums

    My v-day goal is to be under 200lbs. Last week: 207 lbs This week: 203 lbs This week was really hard because a lot more people are commenting on my weight loss than ever before, but I have some body dysmorphia going on, because when i look in the mirror, i don't look slimmer. i almost wish I could cover myself in big clothes so people won't comment. I can feel their eyes on me when i walk into a room at work, especially people who work in different parts of the bldg and don't see me everyday. At first i thought it was all in my head, but people keep pulling me aside wanting to know what i'm doing and examining my body.
  9. Comfy_Blue

    How many sizes have you dropped?!?

    Comfy_Blue replied to rensterness's topic in Tell Your Weight Loss Surgery Story

    Hmm, let's see. At my heaviest I was about 246lbs and wearing a sz 20(some of my pants were sz 22) and squeezing in several too tight size 18s. Currently I am wearing a size 16 pants (almost in a 14 because my sz 16 skinny jeans are starting to sag and keep sliding down even when I wear a belt). So how many sizes down is that, like 2 or 3? I started my journey back in November and was sleeved Dec 23, so going from a 20/22 to a loose 16 is amazing, I am able to wear some large shirt (was in tight 1x's and some snug 2x's). Now most 1x's are much too big or very loose and bulky. I am very well endowed, so when i wear a large i feel a little self conscious because it fits my torso well but hugs the "girls" (who haven't slimmed down at all) and makes them look really big My husband loves it.
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    I'm down a little over 30lbs and even though he's supportive, I know sometimes my husband has a little resentment, but if I'm honest, sometimes I have resentment toward him too! Since I don't eat much, I'm okay eating the same thing for dinner 2 - 3 nights in a row before I get sick of it, whereas he eats a lot, so he wants something different each night. I resent that a dish/side that would last me for an entire week (like ground turkey meat w/taco seasoning) will only last him 1, maybe 2 meals (if he doesn't have seconds). It's an adjustment. I think keeping communication open is how we keep from blowing up or staying mad. He hasnt said he is afraid i'll meet someone thinner and leave him, but when i asked him before surgery if he'd resent me for being smaller he said ''only if u started treating me badly because i'm a big guy''. We havent had any major blow outs yet but i'm only a month in. I feel most irritated that he NEVER cooks and since i don't eat out during the week(processed foods put the pounds on me even in moderation) I end up having to prep ALL our Protein rich meals. We'll probably discuss that tonight because I also end up washing all the dishes (but that's a discussion for another forum)
  11. Comfy_Blue

    first taste of food

    Comfy_Blue replied to Dani.o.dani's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A

    My first bite of food was some rice pudding, not homemade deliciousness, but a container of reduced fat, low sugar, store bought slop. It took me like an hour to eat it because I savored every single bite (one spoonful was like 5 or 6 bites for me). Now I look at the stuff and feel nauceous. I feel the same way about almost all kinds of broth...I used to love mostly broth and very little soup fillings(ie: potatos, meat, veggies). Now I'm the exact opposite.
  12. Comfy_Blue

    I don't understand why people who barely know me comment on my weight loss. Are they nosy? Curious? Is it just exciting to them that they noticed and they want to share?

    1. Carlotta1

      Carlotta1

      Some may be just happy for u and your success even if they don't know u personally. It is inspiring to see someone successful so take it as a compliment .

    2. Debbie3sons

      Debbie3sons

      Maybe they are seeing what you are not seeing and our minds have to just catch up with our bodies sometimes I have people I don't even know or have talked to come up and say that walking your doing up and down the street is making you look good , like really , but then I just say thank you and keep on walking while smiling.

    3. Comfy_Blue

      Comfy_Blue

      aw thanks ladies. that actually helped me to understand quite a bit and feel better. i definately don't feel like my mind has caught up to my body because even though the scale says I've lost 30+lbs and I'm down a couple sizes, I still look the same to myself in the mirror

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  13. Comfy_Blue
    I'm about five weeks out and yes, my body feels more normal than when i first had surgery. The first three weeks were really hard because whenever i would anything, even just s few sips of a medicine cup of Water, I would get this weird, kind of gassy sensation in my stomach that would rise up into my chest and sit there feeling uncomfortable and lime pressure, then it would last 10 seconds or so before disappearing. This happened even when i wasn't eating. I tried gas x, prilosec and my doctor gave me some medicine that went under my tongue that was supposed to help. Nothing worked. i was so afraid I'd be like that forever and had made a huge mistake. It turned out my stomach was spasming and just needed more time to heal. I can now drink 2 - 3 good sized swallows of water before i have to stop. I don't take meds or feel like sensation anymore. I feel completely normal now except when i eat bread. I have a hard time chewing bread well, so when i eat it i get a burning discomfort in my chest after a few bites. I promise it will get better.
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    Menstrual cycles

    Comfy_Blue replied to allyrenee222's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A

    My periods had been pretty irregular (once every other month) due to my weight. Once i got under 230, i had one period in December and I just started my January period. I noticed that the first day was awful. I had really bad cramping, like so bad when I woukd go to sit diwn at work, i had to be careful because a pain like a knife would shoot through my privates. The same thing when i tried to use the bathroom. All day it felt like i had to poo, but when i would try to go, those cramps would keep shooting through me making it impossible to relieve myself. The second day my bleeding seemed heavier than usual because i put on a super absorbancy tampon AND a pad when i left home around 6:30 that morning and by 7:50 a.m. when i went to the bathroom at work, i had bled through the tamponand quite s bit was on my pad. The only brught side to my period post opt is that I don't break out in huge, sore pimples on my face anymore. That used to be how i knew my cycle was coming.. No matter how much acne cream i would use, i'd get 2 or 3 really big, gross, sore pimples tbat would take forever to go away and would leave dark marks that never fully healed.
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    my doctor never said 1 - 3lbs a week, but it's hard for me to gauge my lost because I weigh each day and my weight always stays the same for several days then suddenly, BAM, I'll have a 2 - 3 lb weight loss. . Last Saturday, I weighed 210 and stayed there until Wed (scale said 207). I stayed at 207 until Friday when I weighed 205lbs. I have been at 205lbs since then. Even though I'm losing at a moderate speed, I have large stretch marks on the side of my waist already. If I was losing faster, they'd probably be thicker, longer and on more parts of my body which would be suck.
  16. Comfy_Blue
    my doctor never said 1 - 3lbs a week, but it's hard for me to gauge my lost because I weigh each day and my weight always stays the same for several days then suddenly, BAM, I'll have a 2 - 3 lb weight loss. . Last Saturday, I weighed 210 and stayed there until Wed (scale said 207). I stayed at 207 until Friday when I weighed 205lbs. I have been at 205lbs since then. Even though I'm losing at a moderate speed, I have large stretch marks on the side of my waist already. If I was losing faster, they'd probably be thicker, longer and on more parts of my body which would be suck.
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    As my weight is going down, I seem to be having more and more trouble staying asleep. No matter how late I go to bed or how tired I am, I can't stay asleep. Last night I was exhausted (and I'm catching a cold) so I went to bed around 9:30. At 2 a.m. I suddenly woke up and had trouble going back to sleep. The same thing happened at 5 a.m. I took a sleeping pill on Tuesday because I was determined to sleep in, but the same thing. I woke up a few times during the night before getting out of bed at 6 a.m. It's very dark in our bedroom (we have blinds, plus room darkening shades) and no children or random loud noises. When I wake up, I don't have to pee, or feel thirsty, or in an uncomfortable positions, or even feeling stressed/worried. I also haven't been elbowed my husband or had a nightmare. It's annoying because I've had this problem from about the age of 8 - 25. Then, at 25 I started packing on major pounds and once I hit about 230lbs, I started being able to fall asleep quickly and stay asleep comfortably through the night. To make things even more bizarre, I had a sleep study two weeks before my operation, and the doc said I had mild obstructive sleep apnea which gave me 19 "mini wakings" an hour (even though I don't remember them and thought I was sleeping straight through the night). Anyhow I feel like I'm rambling. has anyone else experienced this? any insights, suggestions or solutions?
  18. Comfy_Blue

    Can't stay asleep anymore...

    Comfy_Blue replied to Comfy_Blue's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A

    Thank u everyone for your advice and input. I'm going to try taking melatonin for a few weeks.
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    The last time I was 'thin (150lbs) I was 17. In addition to being much younger than now (I turn 30 in a few months), I wore glasses, had shorter hair, and my hair was streaked mostly blonde. I also had smaller breasts, almost no hips and dressed a lot differently (mainly I wore flared jeans and bohemian shirts. Despite being a 90s chick, I always loved 70s fashion) When I look at those old pics, it doesnt even look like me to me. It's like looking at a stranger. I now have dark brown, almost black hair; wear contacts; have freckles; my hair is much longer and I am of course 13 years older.It's really hard to picture myself and honestly I feel like my body is going to stay fat even when the scale hits below 200 and eventually I'm into the 160s and 150s as weird as that sounds. I just cannot wrap my head around being thin because I've been heavy for so long.
  20. Comfy_Blue

    Intimacy with partner

    Comfy_Blue replied to Domika03's topic in POST-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A

    I think we waited about 3 weeks because the incision where they actually removed my stomach was extremely sore and hurt so much when I exerted myself (even just walking around) and would throb. it still feels tender which I press it. Even now, I am afraid to put too much pressure on it, so I'm always on top
  21. Comfy_Blue
    I don't always do protein first or drink enough water.
  22. Comfy_Blue
    thank you for posting that because even though i haven't lost 60lbs yet, I've lost about half that and when I wear my skinny jeans and tighter shirts versus my old loose work pants and tunics, I feel self conscious like people are looking at my curves (formerly known as lumps). Being fat is like wearing a protective armor or a couple extra layers of clothes. I think losing weight makes you feel like you've gone from walking around in a turtle neck, sweater vest, jacket and coat to just walking around in a bra. BUT, it's something I look forward to adjusting to. I refuse to stay fat so that others feel more comfortable around me. In fact there's a book I loved as a teen called ''Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes'' in which the protaganist makes friends w/Sarah(who is covered in burns from a childhood accident) in elementary school. He's extremely fat and Sarah is ''ugly'' so it works. A lot of stuff happens in the book, but what sticks out to me is the part where they get to HS and the protagonist joins the swim team. He starts losing weight, girls get interested in him, teachers give him extensions on assignments, and other students who ignored him start wanting to be friends. Sarah (half) jokingly tells him now that he's a jock and losing weight, he isn't an outcast anymore, so she guesses their friendship is over. So he starts eating like a machine to stay fat which is really hard b/c the swimming is melting the fat off him. His coaches are baffled and exercise him harder, so he eats harder until he's basically eating around the clock trying to stay fat. Sarah is touched, but demands he stop b/c she knows even thin, he'll always be her bff. THAT'S the kind of friend people should be as we shrink down.
  23. Comfy_Blue

    Goodbye lasagna

    Comfy_Blue replied to SuperFab's topic in PRE-Operation Weight Loss Surgery Q&A

    I've been trying not to have too many food funerals because it makes it harder. Instead i've tried to find replacements or healthier ways to make the foods i love. Like i make zucchini lasagna. It's so, so, good. It has everything that real lasagna does except noodles. I used ground turkey meat, canned tomatos, low fat cheese, garlic and thin sliced zucchini in lieu of Pasta and OMG even my carnivore husband and dad were scrsping the bowl and looking for seconds and thirds. It smells so, so good. I get my replacement recipes from pintrest and various blogs. The only thing i've truly had to give up and can't find a replacement for is soda. Tonight we went to my favorite restaurant and got a carry out and I really missed walking to the 7 eleven next door and grabbing a cherry come to chug with my food,
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    Valentine's Challenge

    Comfy_Blue replied to Bea Amaya's topic in Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums

    Jan. 24: 207lbs (a few more pounds and I'll be out of the 200s for thr first time in almost 8 years!!!!). Edit: Whoops, didn't post my challenge goal. It's to be 197lbs by Vday
  25. Comfy_Blue
    Pre opt, I pooped 2 - 3 times a day (and loved it!). Post opt, I poop once ever 2 - 3 days. In the beginning it was hard because my belly would hurt and I'd feel like I needed to poo, but nothing would come out. Now it doesn't really bother me so much. Usually, the night before I feel a little gassy. Then the next morning I can go. Nutritionist said it's completely normal b/c I used to eat a lot more and now what was one meal is now 2 or 3 meals for me (ie: i never can finish my lunch at work, so i always end up eating part of it for dinner)

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