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I was sleeved April 6,2015. This progress photo was taken Dec 5, 2015.

Down 96lbs. Surgery was March 10th ImageUploadedByBariatricPal1435370090.118989.jpg

YOU GO GIRL!!!!!! KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK! I like the way you have on the same clothes in all the photos. That's a cool idea.

I was about 2 months & 5 days post op and was down 50 pounds in this photo.

I can appreciate your love of shoes. I have a few pairs of Louboutin's and they are way more comfortable now that I am light as compared to when I was heavy. They do still make your feet feel like someone is crushing your bones after a few hours, but beauty is painful, right? Lol.

I've never had a pair of them. I have always had shoe lust for them. LOL

Pssstttt....stop beating yourself up. You are human. No one told you to eat zero carbs for the rest of your life. I thought the same thing at first, then I hit a stall. One day I "fell off the wagon" and kept eating all day mostly Protein and some carbs. When I got on the scale the next morning, my weight dropped two pounds. Then I remembered that we can be guilty of not eating enough and not eating small amounts about six times a day (every 2-3 hours). So each day after that, I made sure that I got in all my Proteins, all my fluids, a few carbs, and ate six times a day. The scale started moving again.

Based on your ticker, YOU ARE DOING GREAT!!! Don't let head games stress you out. You are on your way!

A friend who had sleeve surgery told me to Celebrate non-scale victories, so I am DELIGHTED that at seven weeks post-op, I am down two shoe sizes. I went from a 11WW to a 11M. This is especially thrilling, because I LOVE HIGH HEELS. I had to stop wearing them because my weight got to be too much to stay on heels longer than about 30 minutes and there are not many choices for heels with extra wide feet. My dream is to buy a pair of Christian Louboutin shoes since they only come in medium widths. Since they are so expensive, I will wait until I reach my weight loss goal to buy them. I am glad that I am refocusing how I reward myself and not using food as incentives.

I don't want to tell him....ever.

Follow Dr's orders....don't be afraid to use Miralax it SmoothMove tea if you don't poop in a few days....don't trust a fart....and push those liquids-Popsicles will taste amazing!!

Best of luck to you--keep us posted, please!

Popsicles tasted like steak after surgery. LOLOL

Why does a first date have to be a dinner date.

If you find them to be good company then you can tell them what they need to know for future dates.

The first "date" was coffee. I guess I meant to say the first time we go to dinner...

I was just sleeved seven weeks ago. I am down 45 pounds. Now that my weight is down, my confidence is going up, so I decided to try online dating sites. How do I explain the fact that I can only eat 4-5 bites at the most of food on a first date? I don't want to get into a long discussion about my health history on a first date and really don't want to get into it ever. How do I explain to my dates why I am not eating so much?

No matter how you feel after surgery, it WILL get better EVERYDAY. I kept wondering if it would always hurt to swallow, be in pain, etc. It will pass before you know it.

ROCK ON girlfriend!!!

AWESOME!!!!

No problem with liquids, but am only getting in 30-40g Protein per day. I have just bought some unflavored protein to add to my food so hopefully it will help. I am only eating one meal a day and can only eat a few bites before I'm full.Thank goodness I'm getting my Vitamins and supplements in! At 3 weeks post Op I am down 12 lbs and one dress size.

SW:180

CW:168

GW:125

Have you tried Isopure? It has 40 grams of protein and counts as 20 ounces of liquid. They are great for killing two birds with one stone.

Good job! Keep us posted on your progress.

Thanks! I guess part of why it bothers me is because I had been doing great with the Water and Vitamins for months and then in just the past week or two I've been having trouble. So it feels like going backwards and it is scary that everything was going along and then it happened several times very quickly. It sucks to think, what if 4 or 8 years down the road I get off track with the food part. I'm scared of regaining.

Stop beating yourself up because you are doing great! This weight loss journey plays games with all of our minds. I have a bad habit of saying I "only lost 43 pounds" then I catch myself. I was losing zero pounds prior to making the decision to have the surgery. We all have to be kind to ourselves and forgive ourselves. None of us is perfect, yet all of us are very brave. Onward!

How much carbs are you eating? Carbs will make you crave more carbs and make you think you are hungry. It is a vicious cycle. Keeping carbs low and cutting sugar will do wonders for your hunger.

Nerves are perfectly normal, and while complications can and do happen, they are very rare. What kind of health are you currently in? If your main health issue is your obesity and you don't have any other comorbidities or medical disorders, you should be fairly safe. If you have three young children, you must not be very old. Age can also play a role in the likelihood of complications.

When you have people in your life that you love and care about, it's completely natural to worry about their welfare should something go wrong. You have weighed up all of the risks and benefits of this surgery. You say you have researched it for over a year. You made your choice with a clear mind and it's just these last-minute doubts creeping in. Trust in the choice you made when you were thinking more clearly.

Honey that's the most reassuring message I have read all day. And yes I am just 35 with no problems. I am very active and the only reasons for my decision are better health in future as my mum died after battling with two strokes and spending almost 5years in a wheelchair. Plus me wanting a healthier lifestyle for my self, kids especially and my husband who is very thin and makes me look like the worlds fattest wife.

But I so happy to hear from you.

I am 44 and like you, I didn't have any co-morbidities. My decision to have the sugery was more of a proactive measure for the same reasons you mentioned. I had ZERO complications....ZERO. If you follow your pre-op diet to shrink your liver, that will also greatly reduce the risk of complications. You'll be just fine and you will feel better each day post op. I WILL BE ROOTING FOR YOU! WOOT! WOOT! YOU CAN DO THIS!!!!!!!

My surgeon wouldn't let me travel by plane until one week post op. I live in Chicago and had my surgery in NC. I travelled about 2.5 hours away in a car to a friend's house by car to recover for the week. Everything was fine in the car and later on the plane. Just make sure that your seat belts don't touch any of your incisions.

I only have one near my belly button. My surgeon, Dr. Paul Enochs, specializes in single incision surgeries. I am five weeks out & had zero complications.