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Gritty, I hear ya, I'm not sure where I will land, but it will be healthy and I'll be happy with how I look

Wags, was it easy to feel the restriction during the puréed phase? Just curious

How do I see your gallery?

I start counseling tomorrow and I'm excited and nervous about it. Just curious if anyone else sought out counseling post sleeve? If so, did you find it helpful?

Just curious, I'm terrified of stretching my sleeve?

Thx! I'm so impatient, I eat way too fast and this is my biggest downfall. I am one month post op tomorrow and on pureeds.

We tigers are pretty easy friends to be made

Yep guilty, I'm a Mizzou girl we may be arch enemies for college sports, but we will always be sleeve sisters

Thx ladies, I'm a strong believer in counseling, so I start my counseling journey tomorrow

Thank you for your honesty. The emotional part is exactly why I am going to counseling. I want to be successful with the sleeve and I know I gave some body image issues to deal with

Ok thx

You could try spaghetti squash to replace pasta

Yum

I understand. I dropped 40 lbs since surgery and went clothes shopping yesterday (it was too soon) and found that my size 20 Lane Bryant pants are fitting better but that's it so far. I can't wait to say goodbye to Lane Bryant once and for all

Dairy Fairy & Madam, thank you

Wags, well I'm now in Missouri, so KU is the arch enemy to Mizzou (my grad school:)

I know we all have different doctor's orders, but I'm curious....how many calories wEre/are you eating at 3 weeks post op on purred phase? Do you increaSe your calories if you workout?

Madam, this that helps a lot

Wags, Who do you root for, for March Madness? I went to the University of Kentucky, was there when Pitino was there, basketball is a religion in that state, so I'm a Kentucky girl at heart

Wags, WOW good for you, you aren't even at the year mark, that's encouraging to this newbie what have you done to lose? How many calories a day are you eating? Do you still focus on protein? I was very fortunate my body responded well to the full liquids following surgery, so I stayed on them for a week longer, hoping to lose more weight but instead I stalled so waiting for this stall to end. I would be thrilled to get to 150 (what I weighed on my wedding day 13yrs ago)

Bufflehead Good for you, it's sounds like you are doing fantastic!! Keep up the good work!

Sarahjane, I weighed 135 when I was 19 (I'm 39 now) and my PCP says its a good landing point. I will get out of the 200s on this journey. I'm currently at 274 and on a stall

Dairy fairy, I'm heading back to the gym on Monday and will ride the recumbent bike for about an hour. I'm going to try to burn 500 calories between the bike, eliptical & walking. What does op mean?

Joy, I'm close to 1000 calories a day, sleeved 3 wks ago and in week 2 of the dreaded stall. It's definately a test in patience (something I suck at) but I trust eventually the weight will start moving in the right directionagain. Hang in there, we've got this

Is anyone else restricted from chewing gum?? Will I be restricted forever??