Meltzy

Welcome Meltzy! I'm packing my stuff up and coming up north to visit you! Tonight's low here in freeeeeeeeezing Minnesota is supposed to be 32 below (actual temperature) with wind chills of up to 60 below! You're having a heatwave compared to us! Thanks for joining the group! I have you down and ready to roll on the spreadsheet! Thanks! Nice to be here lol. We've warmed up to a balmy -19C this morning, have had the car block heater plugged in so should start up ok! On to business: today is my 4 wk weigh in and happy to say the scale is moving again!!! HW 257 SW 253 CW 230 GW 130 Only 100# to go, no problem lol Happy Monday everyone! Not sure if it's relevant but I have been able to make my Protein goals finally and now the scale is moving again? Hmmm interesting...

Hi I'm from southern AB just had the sleeve done in Medicine Hat in December! Just thought I would say hi and good luck on your surgery!????

Hi all, I'm from southern Alberta and just 4 wks out from VSG. Just wondering why so many are going to Mexico and paying soooo much when this procedure is done here for free?

Hi all! Dec 9 sleever here, and thanks to the lovely weather up here in Canada am freezing my ta-tas off!! Supposed to be -30 C tonight with wind chill of -46 (-22/-50F) brrrr! On to the dreaded stats: HW 257 SW 253 CW 233 GW 130 (I'm only 5'3") Been in a darn stall for the last week grrr My Dr doesn't do a pre op diet, says ppl are healthier for the surgery without it. Was I happy to hear that? Hell ya! Had a hard enough time on liquid post op can't imagine pre op. Anyway love lurking around and reading all of your posts, get a lot of laughs! Good luck everyone!

Oh my! I hope you're feeling better now! It's amazing how something so delicious can be so evil to our bodies.

Glad I'm not the only one posting my bad habits on this "wall of shame" haha

Ok, reality check!!! What is there to give up? It's not like before when we got frustrated at our diet not moving fast enough and started eating everything in sight again. Whether we like it if not, there is no giving up anymore! We've had a major surgery, our tummies will not support a whole pizza anymore, or a bottle of pop and family size chips, those days are gone. The best we can do is EAT TO LIVE, take our vits, and we will lose the weight! Might not be as fast as we want but it didn't come on over night either. Of course I want it to happen quickly too, but damn it I have to wait too. Chin up and smile!

Woohoo! Good for you!!

Today's temptation: Christmas gumdrops What I thought I could do: eat a couple! What I know I should do: run away!! What did I do? Ate 3 big sugar covered gumdrops...chewed them into oblivion...thought I was SOO smart Results: spent forever sitting on the toilet, nauseous, dizzy, sweating, and then straight to bed to pass out. Did I mention I am only 2 weeks out and still on liquids? Boy did I learn a lesson...and my gumdrop passion has been cured for life. Makes me nauseous just thinking about them. Ugh

Don't crush just down em. One at a time and bigger ones sometimes have to massage them down the neck.

Omg you guys are all the best! And soooo supportive!! Thank you for all of your kind words, has helped pick me up and enable me to forge ahead on this journey ???? We've been friends for 15 yrs and I know she has always had a selfish side but now that it's directed towards me it was kind of a shock. On your advice I will ride it out and not let her sabotage things for me! I am strong! Haha

Calcium chews, G2 or something similar, those mio drink flavorings, water bottles with the measurement markings on them, warm socks, lots of pillows on your bed, new batteries in the tv remote.

Omg I had such a bad craving like that I sucked all the salt off of a cracker. It actually worked! Haha. Just make sure you don't eat the cracker...

Please don't hate me.... My best friend is looking into wls, and has been involved in the local bariatric clinic for the past year going to her classes etc. She encouraged me to look into wls as well, knowing that I would have to join the clinic and I would be far down the road behind her... Well, I work in the operating room so I asked a surgeon one day if he would accept me as a pt for wls and he said sure he would watch for my referral. Well, surg date was booked within 2 mos of our conversation. Yup, jumped the line. But in my defense I work very hard for my surgeons and they appreciate this fact, and I feel this perk had been a gift from my surgeon for my dedication. Kind of like a Christmas Bonus lol. Now...my friend is pissed. And yes she definitely has a right to be. Things are strained and I feel really bad about it but once the ball started rolling it was really out of my control. I've now been sleeved for almost 2 weeks and I really don't want this guilt to sabotage my weight loss efforts!

Premier protein is fantastic! Only 130 cals with 30g protein and 1 g sugar. After I found these I was finally able to tolerate shakes.