Fluffnomore

Trippy. In another minute or so, try suggesting something.

Since I get high on life, I wouldn't know what you're talking about (she said primly.)

I had a dream the other night that I was at dinner with a bunch of friends and family and started drinking wine, knowing I shouldn't but essentially saying, "Forget it." I was really relieved when I woke up and realized it was a dream.

Flaunt it baby.

Based on my experience with some of my post-surgery BMs, maybe she was on the pot and hallucinating.

Ha! Granted, I've known y'all a week…but that is ridamndonculous (sp?). I've met internet trolls and uh, no. Sorry. Not LSL.

Dangit…I hate when working and doing other stuff gets in the way of following the drama.

I know! You'd think we all came here as damaged individuals or something!

Took me a few days for the first one. Haven't been exactly what I have been used to since, either. It's a new normal.

I'm 700-800 at 2 weeks. I will now commence to attempt NOT to obsess over this. LOL

Dayum. I can only hope to look that good in 2.5 months! Way to go, both of you! PS GG I look at the picture and see your WAIST.

I didn't either. And I'm happy for the same reasons. :-)

I've actually had to turn the thermostat up this week. I never do. Also, I have decamped to the couch with the laptop to work under three blankets.

I can tell you that my surgeon originally recommended that I have the band. After really thinking about it and doing research on my own I felt the sleeve was a better choice for me. The reasoning behind the band for him was that I had GERD, and that I had "less weight to lose." But I was also getting involved in CrossFit and I really didn't want to be dealing with a port with those activities (lots of crunches, weight lifting, that sort of thing.) Fortunately the surgeon listened to my preference, and also the GERD has so far not been a problem post-op. But I really don't know that I had a prejudice for either one. And really? Far be it from me to bash something that works for someone else. But haters gonna hate.

They're apparently decided whether you're a vet or not based on the number of posts you've made. I think the number is 100.

The diet paper we get after surgery is more than a guide. Advancing too fast really increases your chances for leaks and problems. Of course you can eat anything after a couple of months, but I would be very concerned about trying stuff in the first month that you hadn't been specifically cleared for.

I'll be here all week. Try the veal.

I don't know if we want to bump that thread up or not, so I'm answering here. The question: Food addict, or denial? My answer is I don't know, but I don't think so. At least not based on the other answers. I am not a binge eater and never have been. I don't eat when stressed; in fact I can't eat when I'm stressed. I can have a box of donuts, bag of chips, layer cake (whatever!) in the house and I don't feel the need to eat it. I was a bit over fond of the wine, I believe (though I have had no trouble giving that up since pre-op) and I admit to loving food…but I would rather eat two bites of something good than a full meal of something that is not doing it for me. I do suffer from hypothyroid/Hashimoto's. I also have a highly diabetic family…and have/had been diagnosed with metabolic syndrome. But people I live with and eat out with would tell you that I don't eat more than most people; in fact I eat less. I exercise regularly. Am I just floating down a river in Egypt all by myself? I don't know. It's possible. What I believe is that there are underlying ways that our bodies respond to food and food cues that contributed to my getting to this point. I'm so new to the sleeve that I may come back here in 6 months and say, "Yup, I'm also an addict and here's why." But I can't honestly say that I believe that I am, yet. Not in an obvious way anyway.

Ah, the three horsemen of the Fatpocalypse.

My husband's father is 90, and this has always been what he does. He refers to a very overweight, dear friend of the family as "the large detective." That man's wife has lost 100 pounds in the last year with diet and exercise changes, and although he used to talk to her about his concerns about her weight, now he keeps telling her she's lost too much. (She's still slightly overweight.) She says she can't win with him. When I see him and he starts, I say flat out, "I'm not going to talk nicely to you if you speak to me that way." And he generally stops. My husband will then make private jokes to me about my brass balls clanking away. But he's not my dad, and he doesn't have the right to speak to me that way. Of course, his dad is also suffering from diabetes complications, never makes diet changes, is simultaneously a food-pusher and loves to comment on how fattening things are…from a health standpoint he is quite active for his age and that saves him. But it's very frustrating to watch him alienate and criticize while knowing that every time we see him it might be the last time, given his age and health.

Two weeks out. I'm on full liquids now. Able to add cream of wheat--that was wonderful. Having a fun time trying to determine how much is enough and too much. Right now, looks like about 5-6 ounces of soup, and about 1/2 cup of cream of wheat. C of W doesn't have enough protein but it sure is a nice change. I also get to add in yogurt. I was so distracted that I forgot about those two things until now. Still amazed at the differences in post-op diets. I think my doc is one of the most conservative out there, because we go to purees at 4 weeks and mushies at 6…and there are even guidelines as to what mushies to add when. The program is laid out for at least 8 weeks.

OMG, just didn't want to start a whole new thread for this…but I'm allowed Cream of Wheat in my full liquid phase and it tastes like manna from heaven. I didn't like it at all prior to surgery. Sorry. You can go back to your regularly scheduled programs.

It always comes back to peonies with you, Laura.

I'm totally doing this right now. My readings this week were 215.8, 213, 215.2, 210.4, 213, 212.8, 212. There's no real rhyme or reason; I was two weeks out on Thursday. the main point is that the overall trend is down. The scale is just a number, and it will be a bitch some days.

I work in the arts. Use math all the time.