WalkByFaith94

I like premier Protein shakes a lot. Muscle milk isn't bad too. Click protein is probably my favorite but it's lower on protein and higher in carbs and sugar. It's good mixed with half a premier Protein shake though. My advice is buy the plainer options and you can play around with sugar free syrups and creamers. That's what I like to do any way. Also 20 pounds is great!! Congrats!!!

I like the caramel latte atkins shakes. Their bars are pretty good too in my opinion.

I had Aetna and gained some weight during my pre-op and was still approved.

Yay! You're doing awesome!

You've got this! It's never too late to change! I've had days where I've made horrible food choices and punished myself for it. You just have to get back to eating right and following your plan! It's okay to treat yourself every now and then, just don't do it too often. Remember all of the reasons you started this journey! You can do this, I promise!

I've been doing protein bars since I was maybe one and a half months out? I like the quest and atkins bars.

Hey! I'm 21 and was sleeved May 18th so not at the exact same time but I'd still love to be friends!!

All I really needed was comfy clothes to wear home and a pillow for the drive home. I wore the gown and non-skid socks in the hospital. Make sure if you're driving far you bring your pain and nausea medications with you in case you need them on the ride home! Good luck to you both! You'll will do great!!

I absolutely love this idea and wish I would've done this at my highest weight. I'm no where near close to goal though so I think I'm going to give it a shot.

i didn't have one.

Yay!! Good luck! You're going to do great!!

The pain sucks in the beginning but I promise it will get better! You've got this! Keep sipping that water!

Hey y'all, I'm incredibly excited and I have to share this with someone who will understand! I was sleeved on May 18th and since then I've lost around 16 pounds. The scale hasn't moved in almost a week though and I've been wanted to add in exercise so I thought now would be a great time to do so. I've had an elliptical for a couple of years and I finally got back on it a few days ago. Tonight when I was on it it hit me - I wasn't out of breath! Before my surgery when I would get on it (a year or two ago) I was out of breath within five minutes and the rest of my workout was a huge struggle. Tonight when I was almost finished I realized my chest wasn't on fire! I think I'm more excited about this than the weight I've lost!! Anyways just wanted to share with my fellow sleevers! God bless!

Everyone is different. I'm 2 weeks out today and I'm on soft/solids. I had very little pain the first few days and my energy was extremely low the first week but other than that I've been out of the house doing things and have felt fine. My doctor said I had a pretty quick recovery though compared to a lot of people. Good luck to you and I pray your recovery is also quick and easy!

I wish I would've known how bad the cravings were going to be the first couple of days. Despite the fact that I wasn't really hungry I had INTENSE cravings for all of the junk I was eating pre-op as well as diet coke (I had a major addiction to diet coke).