tlemieux220

today 203.4

I still have 69 pounds to go to my goal. I was at exactly 100 lbs to lose.

What's amazing is that I can shop in my own closet again. I am wearing things that have not fit me in 8 years. It is truely amazing, even when I stall I am seeing a difference.

Yes the three week stall is true for most of us, but you will see during this time that the inches are coming off instead of the pounds. Keep the faith.

I am still at 205.2 but had a great week anyway, started back at the gym, so we will see what next week brings. My new goal is to get to 199 to bring me under 200 I have not weighed this amount in 13 years.

I wore the spandix for the first few weeks after my surgery and it worked wonders for me, but now I am happy with my new look and I don't think this would be for me but nice to know it works for others.

Today I am 205.6. finally got to 205 I am so excited the last time I was this weight was 13 years ago.

I am very open about my WLS, I guess I am lucky that I have all the support from my friends and family. I know a lot of people on this site and other sites want to remain private and not let others in, and they have the right to do this. We are all entitled to be who we are, so I have decided to just post and see what people have to say about this. I am 47 years old have hidden myself from the world since I was 9 years old when I was told by a counselor that I was fat. I had this WLS for a reason and I am very proud of what I have done. I am very proud of everyone here and on other sites as well, I just wish alot of others on this site and other sites (facebook pages) would be tired of hiding too. Sincerey, Teresa Lemieux (Tess)

Keep going, this is so exciting. Your family and friends will adventually come around and be more supportive, sometimes it's hard for family and friends to see you go through this extreme because they have seen us go up and down with other diets. My spouse is very supportive, sometimes too supportive, but he is not skinny by any means and wants to tell me what I should be doing, I know he wants the best for me, so I just let him know that until he can do this then he can be supportive but not tell me what I should eat or not eat and I just reasure him that I love him, but I am doing this for me. That usually works.

I didn't feel this in the beginning, but sometime when I want to eat something that taste good and can only have a bite or two then yes, I will have small regrets, I think we all do at different stages of our journeys. I certainly did about 3 weeks ago when my girls had a Band Banquet and I thought, I could have a very small piece of cake from costco. Boy was I very wrong. It was the first and only time I had been so sick that I had to throw up. Let me tell you I had a lot of regrets that day. I told my husband I am so sick of not being able to eat what I want, but then he reminded my how nice I am looking and how strong I am getting, and with out this WLS I would not have been able to get where I am now. So, just know we all have these feelings, it is how we deal with them that make the difference. Good Luck I hope you have moved a little past this point. Tess.

I completely understand where all of you are coming from, and the struggles that we have all had at times, I am not trying to get anyone to talk to others about what their jouney is like. I know we are all safe on this site and can talk about how we are all feeling. My main concern is when you have other groups that you belong too for support, like facebook and you become friends with others that are going through the samething and you post on your personal page, about your own journey (not theirs) and then they have a hard time with it because they have not come out to their friends and family on their page. Of course I would never mention any names or other information about these friends, but it just seems odd to me that if you are a friend on my personal page, you should be able to tell me what I can and cannot post about elude to portion control, "weeks out" etc.. and then say thanks for understanding. I guess I will just attend support groups like this one from now on. I get more from it anyway.

Starting weight is 206 goal weight is 190

I am not able to get into this website to log in. I would love to join in. My starting weight as of today is 206. I am 11 weeks post op. Just came off my 3rd stall.

I have only been sick once and I will not each any cake again. This is my 9 week tomorrow since my sleeve and down 32 lbs and have stalled twice. Last Tuesday was my daughters band banquet and I had a very small piece of cake from costco, I think the frosting was to sweet for me and I got sick for the first time, and now I can't look at frosting in the same way. The problem is, I bake cakes on the side, so I had to have both of my daughters taste the frosting for me.

I was a 100 lbs over weight when I got the sleeve, I wish I wouldn't have struggled so long to make the decision. I am down 32 lbs right now at my second stall but I am okay with that. I have never lost 32 lbs before and I feel amazing, especially when I can fit into clothes that my teens were, not that I want to be a teen, but knowing that I can is amazing in it self. Only you can make this decision, but even if I had only 50 lbs to lose I would still do it again.

Can anyone recommend a good cold medicine I can take now that I have my sleeve and can not take Aleve cold and sinus.

I am looking forward to just feeling better and not being in anymore pain when I walk. I am also looking forward to being able to spend time with my children and being able to keep up with there activities without being tired all the time.

Maybe it is what you are eating, I can't believe you are already on a regular diet, after two weeks, I had to wait 6-7 weeks before I could eat regular foods, and if I ate them before I would hurt. I would have to drink to get it to become unstuck. Bread does get stuck and you have to drink right away to soften it, so it will go down, I would recommend maybe going to soft foods for a while. This is just my option, but check with your Nutritionist. .

I would have done the same thing you did. And just think you still lost weight. I think it is more important to be health then to stick to the plan if you are needing carbs to get you where you needed to be.

I have had a couple of sips of soda to help me burp, if needed but that is the only time I do. I don't want to get use to having soda again, even though I know it really doesn't harm you. I have a friend that did the gastric bypass when they first came out with WLS and she drank Mt. Dew every day and she kept her weight off. Again it is up to every individual here what they want to do. I am not here to tell anyone that they can or cannot have something. I am here to get information and use it for me. Thanks everyone...

Dear Snowkitten, Hi, my name is Tess and I am not here to ream you or tell you what you are feeling is wrong, because I know exactly how you feel. I may not have been as heavy as you were or are, but I have been told all my life that I was fat, and no matter what your weight you remember these words and being on 5 foot 0 inches it made me look like a 400 lbs person. All I can do is work day by day, and I am only 7 weeks out from surgery and I have had a couple of down falls myself. One day at work I had nacho because my friend at work had them and then went home and had Ice cream and went up 2 lbs on the scale and I beat myself up for it. I decide that day to live one day at a time and if I screw up then the next day I will work harder not to. I hope with each day will get easier for you and me. Just stay positive and if you need anything let all of us know.

You look great, can't too see what I will look like when I am down to my goal as well. Great Job.

I have been craving carbs, I wasn't sure why, since before my surgery, I wanted sweets. I decided to figure out why, and wouldn't you know it, I have my cycle. Has anyone else's craving changed since surgery? Don't get me wrong I loved carbs before too, but I never craved them, I wanted chocolate and that was the only time I did. I am just glad I am figuring out this new body of mine, so I can stay on track with my eating and not give into what I want as much, as I use to.

We all stalled at this time and we have to let our bodies figure out what is right for each of us. when I started this whole process I was 240 lbs, lost 5 before surgery so my surgeon only goes off 235, when I left the hospital I was at 233, and I am now in week 7 as of tomorrow, I weigh 209 lbs and I have lost 31 lbs as of today by my records of course. I lost 19 by week 3 and then stalled and only lost another 2 at my 6 week check up and my Nut told me that people on Weight Watchers lose more then I did in 3 weeks, that made me mad, because I know how much I tried, so she told me to up my calories because working out on low amount of calories tells our bodies to go into starvation mode, so try that, I hope it works for you like it did for me.

From what my Nut stated to me is that we are not taking in enough calories to burn what we are exercising and in order to lose weight we need to eat a little more calories. for example: If we are only eating 1000 calories and we burn 500 by working out hard our bodies are going to go into starvation mode and it will not allow us to lose weight, so we need to up our calories by about 200 this way our bodies will be satisfied and will we will start losing. I was at a stall for 3 weeks and now I took what she said and I have lost 5lbs in a week. Good Luck everyone.