kyleebean

I did this a month or so ago. It was fun and the pictures turned out beautiful. I did tell the photographer I did not want a close up or any kind of photo that would show my "wings". It all turned out good. I was really uncomfortable during the session but the photographer was really good at putting me at ease. I recommend this to anyone!

Luckily I have never had a problem getting fluids in.... If I try. I can easily get 80-100 per day. That being said, if I don't drink enough, I feel extremely light headed and dizzy. Sometimes, It feels like I'm going to pass out. I never had this prior to surgery. Do I think drinking helps my weight loss, eh, Maybe. However, I do know I don't feel good if I don't drink enough.

CW: 236 goal weight for memorial day: 228

235. It's been and up-down, up-down, up-down kind of week......

OMG, I feel you.... I'm almost 5 months out. I ate a half cup of chocolate chips. (I have done this more than once) and each time I feel like crap. I feel nauseous and I get acid reflux from it. I don't usually have any kind of "bad" food in my house but I did have these stupid chocolate chips because I was baking something for my mother in law and needed 3 TBSP of mini chocolate chips. If I do this again, I'm throwing the rest away! But why have I ate them more than once? I have no idea, except, I feel the damn chocolate chips are calling my name and drawing me in with a magnet. I feel weak during these times and have to find a different way of dealing with it.

I've been off of work for two weeks for my gallbladder surgery and am returning to work on Wednesday. I thought I would go out today and buy some new clothes for spring and well, because I just don't have a lot that fits right now. So, I head to the local Avenue and Lane Bryant and try on some cute summer dresses and such. I ended up asking the sales lady (who was maybe a size 2~ why she is working at the big lady store, I have no clue) to give me an honest opinion on the two dresses I picked out. She looked at me like I was out of my mind but said I looked nice. I wasn't super convinced so I asked a fellow shopper who also said it looked a little big.... I had tried on a 18/20 dress thinking my "girls" are huge so a smaller size wasn't going to fit. Well, the smaller size did fit. So I bought them. I also realized, I am at the SMALL end of the big girl stores..... I still can't wrap my head around that. How do we come to terms with our new bodies when our minds have not caught up to the physical transformation? It wasn't too long ago I was buying shirts in 30/32 to try to hide my size~ I don't know what I was thinking, except I felt more comfortable in them and well, some of the shirts really did need to be that size. Today was a good day.... and hopefully the last time buying clothes before I can buy them at a "regular" store.

I love this thread... We can all use something to compare our diets to. I saw you use EAS shakes, and I do too, but I use the EAS Carb Advantage~ 100 cal, 17gm of Protein. Breakfast~ weight control oatmeal morning snack~ Eas Carb advantage shake lunch 2oz nonfat, plain greek yogurt mixed with dannon light and fit vanilla greek yogurt 1/2c blueberries, 1/2 c. Strawberries and 1/2 oz sliced almonds Afternoon snack~ either EAS Carb advantage Shake or Grande Skinny Latte Dinner: Tonight it's chicken lightly breaded with panko, mozzarella cheese and Pasta sauce and a small spinach salad on the side Evening Snack: sugar free/fat free pudding I usually average 1000 cal per day and 80 gm of protein I drink at least 80oz of crystal light per day...

I had band to sleeve revision on 11/27/13 and Honestly, I didn't start feeling like I had more energy until late February. I have fibromyalgia so I am tired often, but after Feb/March, I found I was the one wanting to go for a walk or do a household project. Give it some time. Some people don't feel more energized for up to 6 months....

Any pain in your back~ like radiating around to your back? Could be trapped gas or twisted bowels, could be your gallbladder or could be some serious BM..... But if you are in that much pain, you are wise to go to urgent care.

I have a ton of clothing (casual and business casual) ranging from size 20-26 (some 30/32 shirts) that I have to get rid of. If anyone is in the Milwaukee area and is interested send me a message!

My doc only required a preop diet for 2 weeks and it wasn't liquid, but it was very high Protein and very low carb. (and obviously, I couldn't eat after midnight the day of surgery) The point is to shrink your liver to make surgery easier. If you aren't eating snickers bars and are eating healthy protein, I wouldn't sweat it at all.

Our minds play such dirty little tricks on us..... When I was 315 pounds, I knew I was fat but I still thought I looked good.... Until I would see myself in pictures and ask my partner, "Why didn't you tell me I was this fat?". Conversely, now I have lost almost 80 pounds and think I still look the same as I did 80 pounds heavier. I know I don't fit into my old clothes, I know I have bought sizes way smaller than I thought I would, I know I am more physically active and comfortable.... But I can't wrap my head around the fact that I shrunk (shrank?)... Aside from the head games, when I look at your profile, I wonder if you have excess skin that could account for the weight you want to lose? Maybe your body is where it is suppose to be? Either way, I am in awe of your accomplishments and think you look amazingly beautiful.

236.... Passed my goal

OMG I love pancakes...... I will try this. I make a ricotta pancake that's pretty good and super simple. It's 1 egg, 3 tbsp. whole wheat pancake mix, 1 TBSP sf butterscotch pudding mix, 1 TBSP of torani SF syrup (Caramel or cinnamon and brown sugar are good), 1/2 c low fat ricotta. Mix together and fry up. They are super fragile and sometimes come out looking like "scrambled pancakes" but they are sooo good. Top with sf jam or sf syrup.

I had band to sleeve surgery in November. I had my band placed in 2005 and had nothing but problems. But the Dr. deflated the band about a month preop and did the removal and sleeve in the same surgery. It was a difficult surgery for me due to scar tissue from the band and from a previous open spleenectomy from years ago. I don't know about your insurance requirements but mine was horrible. They approved the surgery and after the fact told me there was a 25,000 cap per lifetime for bariatric care. I had a four day stay in the hospital due to complications which resulted in a 100,000 bill~ that I'm responsible for....

I do want to mention that I believe Zoloft comes in a liquid form and maybe your doc can prescribe that?

I can totally relate to your post. I had a very difficult surgery (mine was a revision from band to sleeve) in November and had a 4 day hospital stay due to complications. I too had severe swelling and wasn't able to get any liquids in (other than IV's) the first three days. I would try and it would come right back out. I had an Upper GI done and it showed there was no passage way due to the swelling..... So, I just had to wait for the swelling to go down. When I was about a week out, I fell into a terrible depression (despite being on Zoloft) and to just wait it out. I remember crying because I was thinking about my dog, who is 8, would die in several years. I have no reason to believe this, except she's 8 but she's healthy. I'm just mentioning this because a lot of what I felt was just emotion and not rational at all. My hormones were all over the place, I was sore, tired and HUGRY and I lost my most basic coping skill, eating for comfort. As far as sleeping, I asked my primary to prescribe Ambien to help me sleep and she did. I have always struggled with insomnia but after surgery it was ridiculous and this was really helpful. I am a side sleeper as well and couldn't sleep in my bed for about 4 weeks. I slept in a recliner with pillows and that made for a comfortable night sleep. There is light.... I know it feels dark and hopeless in the moment but you will make it through to the other side.

I had revision from band to sleeve in November 2013 and last Monday needed to have my gallbladder removed during an emergency surgery. Since then I have had an upset stomach and ongoing diarrhea. Anyone else experience this?

I'm in Wauwatosa, right in Milwaukee.

Mine is my beagle's name! I thought I was the only one whose screen name was after an animal!

OMG Trade in value would be awesome. Those puppies are so expensive! I have always had HUGE breasts~ When my, now 24 year old, daughter was about 4, she was in a dressing room with me at Lane Bryant and she LOUDLY told me "Mommy when I grow up, I want boobs as long as yours!" I secretly hoped she would get them but she didn't. She's 5'9 and maybe 110 pounds..... I'm not certain she's really my kid~ LOL! I went from a 50H to a 46 D.... I look like I have deflated balloons that I could tuck into my pants.... OK, maybe not that extreme.

A couple of people said they follow a low fat diet to deal with the stomach issues after gall bladder removal. What is the guideline you follow? How many fat grams? It is a very rare day if I eat more than 25 grams of fat.. Not sure how much lower it could be

What is FIB.... I thought you meant you lied about something... LOL

I wouldn't wait. I ended up with emergency surgery and would have much rather had a planned surgery

Honestly, I thought I had the stomach flu. I had nausea and vomiting and horrible gas. I thought maybe trapped gas? But then the pain got really bad and I knew it was something more serious..... whether it was gallbladder or possible bowel obstruction. Thankfully, it was just my gallbladder. But now I'm having serious diarrhea.