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OK girl, I felt like s**t the day after my op but the day after that I was out shopping in the afternoon. Give a girl a new town with new shops and well, it's got to be explored! I did have to have lots of sit downs with cups of tea and glasses of apple juice but I felt amazing. Just get them to feed you drugs today!!!! Well done x

Aha! Now I know why I have been having jet propelled, nose evacuating sneezes. I could pebble-dash a wall (depending on the consistency of what is in my mouth at time of sneeze) at a hundred yards once I hit the 'choo' bit of atchoo! I know-too much information but c'mon guys, what are these forums for but to share our experiences?

Good luck. Don't be scared. Use that negative energy being excited. What you are about to do is just the best. Your kids are going to have a much fitter mum, you are going to start a new chapter in your life and all that excess flab that you have been carting round for years will at long last go where it belongs-down the loo!!!!!! Exactly where useless crap belongs! I'm just over five months down the line from my surgery and although I can be a miserable, grumpy old git, the majority of the time I am walking around grinning like a complete idiot because each day there are so many exciting opportunities opening up for the slimmer me. Just simple things but big for me. Just wish I'd had my surgery years ago. Go for it girl x

Hiya Mel. Good luck for May 3rd. Stay excited and don't be scared. I feel as though I am still in the honeymoon phase as my excitement is still with me at just over five months since my op. Every day is part of the most exciting journey you could wish for. I'm now 50lbs down so I'm slow but sure but I feel wonderful. Still got 32lbs to lose but if I can stay on track the way that I have been doing then hopefully by my 60th birthday I will be back down to a weight that I haven't seen since I was in my 20s. Clothes have started to be fun again and I've swapped the FitFlops and Crocs for cowboy boots and heels. I'm now practicing growing old DISGRACEFULLY!!!!!

Why don't you let him see this thread and it will show him that you were concerned enough about the situation with him to start it! The male of the species is notoriously susceptible to not noticing anything that does not enter the outer layers of their consciousness! Bear with it, you will get your point through to him eventually. Just have patience-lots of it! Failing that just repeat the Serenity Prayer through gritted teeth. Saves you eating the face off him!!!!!!!

Hiya Chrisredjeep. How's Wales this glorious day? Surrey has been lovely. Had a five mile walk today. Round Bushy Park, across the road to Hampton Court Palace grounds, down by the elegant Long Water, through Home Park and then to the pub for a caffeine fix! Dogs asleep, husband knackered, me..........? Smug!!!!!

Google plantar fasciitis. Think that might be your problem. I have it in my left foot and it can be agonising. Even having lost weight it hasn't gone. In fact, I think because I walk so much now it isn't getting a chance to heal. Capsicum gel seems to be the best remedy for it and I get it here in the UK from Amazon. Hope this helps.

Hi Mico, don't worry about stalling-we've all been there. The scales will move again as long as you are doing all the things that are suggested. Just imagine how much work your body is having to do behind the scenes re-arranging all its bits now that the fat is melting away. There's probably about a dozen little interior designers inside you having hissy fits about what is going where now that the lard is vacating the premises and leaving so much free space! On the dog front-we got another one recently (gives my two cats something else to wallop when junior dog tries to push into the food dish too fast) so now I walk three of them a couple of miles a day. I'm not a gym bunny (swim half a mile at a time though and love that) at all but love the fresh air. Five minutes from home is Bushy Park, a Royal Park, complete with herds of deer, buzzards, grassland, streams, ponds-it's just the best. Google it and be jealous of my daily exercise area. It's the most beautiful morning here in Surrey in the UK so I'm going to have another cuppa, drag husband out of the pit, and sally forth for a mutt march. You are doing brilliantly Mico, just, as they say, EMBRACE THAT STALL x

Just had to copy this and send it to one of my best pals. She's in need of a good laugh and I just know that she will love it.

You're on. Just get in touch when you pitch up on this side of the pond. Been there this morning for two hours. Sheer bliss.

Go girl go!!!! Bet you're glad you had your rant here on BP. You got back nothing else but other WLS pals getting behind you and shoving you mentally in the right direction. We have all had our physical limitations to some extent, some more than others. I'm not going to fib to you and say that my journey so far has been as hard as yours cos it ain't but I've had my fair share of sore bits on my journey. Having been a slim, strong professional ballet dancer in my youth I set myself up for lifelong eating problems and knackered joints. I LOVE food, always have but my 'stop' button stopped working a few years ago. The weight piled on and the overused joints took the consequent strain. Arthritis in my hips and knees plus a dodgy lower spine slowed me down to a level I hated. I had my right hip replaced 18 months ago (promised my consultant that I would lose weight before the op but guess what-didn't lose an ounce) and promised myself that I would get fit. Luckily, had dogs who needed to be walked so had to get off my arse and so I toddled off every day. Six months later, I went to a ballet company reunion and guess what? I was the only lardy lump there. The pics that were taken that day made me so ashamed that it gave me the kick up the backside to investigate WLS. Since then, I've had sleeve surgery, got myself a Misfit Shine, started using My Fitness Pal, got another dog and started swimming. My husband and various dog walking pals have noticed that I am now walking in a normal way and not hobbling along, I move faster and go for miles. I swim for half a mile most days then dog walk. Newest mutt never gets tired so my goal is to completely knacker her but think I'll have my work cut out. I can't run as my back and knee just wouldn't wear it but I can walk for Britain. I love it. I may not be working my way to an Olympic gold but I'm very happy with my fitness now, thank you. The excess flab is waving my frame goodbye quite slowly but the pace of the weight loss doesn't bother me. I am stronger, fitter, have more stamina and feel years younger. Off to make another cuppa and then off to our local park, Bushy Park which is a Royal Park, owned by the Queen. Google it-it's beautiful and five minutes away from my home. Don't give up, the rewards are just too wonderful and all the sweat and pain are worth it. YOU are worth it.

Just be excited. You are starting the best journey you will ever make. I was sleeved Oct '15 and haven't looked back. Good luck x

Walking shoes? Lucky you. We're still in wellies here in the UK!!! Took my dogs out for 2&1/2 hours yesterday and although the smaller pair were giving me 'that' look that told me they thought that I had gone a bit far (literally) the bigger re-home bitch was still going strong. I keep telling them that seeing as we have the best park (Bushy Park, right across the road from Hampton Court Palace) for dogs five minutes walk from home we might as well use it. I would never walk that far and for that long before my sleeve. Ain't life grand with all these little but really, really important NSVs

Hello Smallbird, I assume that you are asking me what plastics I got and not KindaFamiliar? Maybe you are asking he who is going to pop his plums into that thin, sliver of Lycra but.............. maybe that is stretching the imagination a tad too far-back off KindaFamiliar-JOKE!!!! You are naturally gorgeous. Back to the point, I haven't had any plastics done. If I can tighten things up with exercise and luck I'm going to stick with that. Best way to find out about plastics and people's experiences is to post your questions and there are bound to be lots of answers out there. If I wasn't such an old git I would no doubt be asking all sorts of things myself. Good luck with your research.

Given up the booze (12 years ago), fags (6years ago), can't give shoes up and now the weight is going, I'm buying some fairly decent bits of clothing. Unfortunately, my obsessive personality is kinda egging me on to just buy that little bit more........... Saving a fortune on some foodstuffs though so have thoroughly justified my spending to myself. Just have to hide my hoard from Mr Economy-Drive (husband)!!!!!!!!!

Either a protein shake (always keep some made up in the fridge) or if time two poached duck eggs on a bit of homemade bread toasted. Yum.

Blimey you lot, you put me to SHAME!!!! I thought that walking my three mutts for about an hour and a half and swimming half a mile at 7am each morning was doing me good. Hmmmmm......Bit of a re-think needed me thinks. Seriously though, ex-ballerina (and before you lot say it 'barrellina') I've got a new left hip (just over a year new) arthritic knees, and a lower spine that is completely knackered. However, just checked my Shine and I'm doing anywhere between 10,000 and 18,000 steps, including the swim, per day. I have found though that I am sleeping much more and having really restful sleep which seems to be doing me good. I'm not good at getting out of my pit early in the morning (being an old theatrical luvie) as old habits die hard but even on a dreary British Monday at the crack of sparrow fart when it is pissing down with rain I bite the bullet and get my butt into our local pool. I have got company-a very lithe 19 year old friend-who as she speeds past me in the water gets reminded that I am 40 years older than her but still going!!!!!!! I'm loving the fact that friends are commenting on how my walking has improved insofar as I am now moving much faster and with a normal gait. I have a little card attached to my notice board that catches my eye every time I pass it. It has the letters J F D I on it. Just F*€$£%*g Do It. Gives me the requisite kick up the arse that I need. Oh yes, that and some gloriously expensive designer cowboy boots that still won't quite go up my calves. I'm loving the fact that this old carcass of mine is having a much easier life now since I took the plunge, got sleeved and did what was suggested. What's not to like? Win, win I'd say.

Thank you kindly guys. Hopefully I look even better now as I'm three months further on since that pic was taken on Christmas Day. I cannot imagine how I went for so long kidding myself that I was happy being a wobbly dollop. I may not be quite the right candidate for a bikini (age, cellulite etc.) but I'm having so much fun strutting around and feeling very pleased with myself just for getting on with the surgery and then learning to eat properly (thus giving me a body that can wear great clothes). I am soooo past the baggy tracksuit days and I LOVE it!!!!!!????

Cheeky!!!!!!!!! It's the thought of you dear boy in that strip of Lycra that has addled my poor brain! Anyway, at 59 1/2 I'm allowed to talk about the weather. I'm practicing to be a miserable old git. But hang on, a NSV for me this week-bought a beautiful, black leather biker jacket in a UK size 14. Yay!!!!!!!! Looks fab with black jeans and slightly high black boots. I haven't had the boots on for about 9 years as they couldn't get up my calves. I'm so pleased! I'm having fun with my clothes now instead of hiding the rolls of suety, lardy rolls of flab under track suits. What my husband doesn't know cos I've hidden them, is that there is a new pair of black, very long boots waiting to be worn once the legs get a wee bit thinner. Must go and get some new, sleek black leggings to wait with them. I wish I had had surgery years ago. I am in the process of growing old VERY disgracefully. By the way, have managed to swim half a mile every morning this week. Ain't life grand. Yes, I've got some real crap going on in the background of my life but my slowly diminishing silhouette doesn't half cheer me up. Happy Easter bariatric pals x

Well folks, sitting here in the UK and I can tell you one thing, no one is going to be wearing any skimpy swimwear here this Easter weekend. The rain is pissing down and the sky is a leaden grey. It's back to wellies and long raincoats. The Easter Bunny has gone on strike and disappeared down into the warmth of his warren. Oh to be in England now that Spring is here.................hmmmmmmm? Think not. Hope you are warmer and sunnier stateside. Whatever the weather, hope you all have a lovely Easter and treat yourselves to just the teeniest chocolate egg. Enjoy x

Don't worry, once you start really going for it on the exercise front you will sleep-believe me. I have been walking my dogs since I got home from having my surgery and that helped my sleep patterns but for the last two weeks I have been swimming five mornings a week for up to 800m and I can sleep for over nine hours! I've never done that. I toddle off to my pit at a ridiculously early hour, cuddle into husband, three dogs and two cats, turn the TV on and I go out like a light. Bliss!!!!!

I'm in the UK and have just bought my first PB2 from Amazon. Oh bliss, I can now get my peanut butter fix guilt free. I didn't dare use the proper stuff in a jar as before my VGS I had to slather my toast with butter and then load the peanut on top of that. Now, I can get that divine taste without the guilt. Anyone got any good recipes?

Hi there, I'm another MyProtein user, order online and get the order through really quickly. I stick with unflavoured isolate and make up my own flavour combinations. You can also use the unflavoured in recipes that you can find online. These recipes are not just for shakes either. Good luck.

Stop worrying rearea89. You have lost the same as me in the same amount of time. I have stalled again but at the same time my jeans have got baggier over the last week. I have started swimming again this week and as I managed to get to half a mile on Friday I am hoping that my flab is being replaced by lots of lean muscle. I'm also walking the dogs for an hour or two each day, eating all the right things and drinking loads of water (and being in the UK) gallons of tea! I'm a very happy bunny so am just taking it as it comes. Haven't felt this good for years!

It's definitely worth a try.