Alex67

I'm excited for you! Plan on getting stuck. I've read on here it's going to happen several times before we hit our goals. I have a comment from someone saying to avoid simple carbs. I found I feel pretty grouchy and my energy was poor when I was eating nothing but protein. I started loosing weight again when I did start including a little bit into my daily diet. I actually think the addition of a little fat may have actually helped me break through also. I was told moderation. Not extinction of any kind of foods. But you don't want to eating much or simple carbs. When I said I was eating potatoes, they were the tiny purple ones. Far smaller then a regular brown ones. And only two of them. I don't think I have enough room to eat an entire brown one anymore. I've been eating a lot of romaine lettuce with olive oil and vinegar. I just started eating beans. Anyhow, I feel really good now and it seems to be working!! Good luck and congratulations on the surgery!!

I thought I would share a little experience I've learned the hard way. Between my 2 week liquid diet and post sleeve recovery, I lost 35 lbs. But then I got stuck at that same weight for about 2 months. I began 20 minute walks 3x a week. Still nothing. I got curious as to what I could stomach (pun intended), so I cooked a chicken breast and added a can of corn. I figured if i was going to vomit, it would be spectacular. My surgery was at the end of January. Thankfully it stayed down. Although eating the entire amount of corn was probably not best idea, but I was feeling kind of bummed and got an attitude I'm still working on getting over. Anyhow, it was the largest and most I've had to eat since the surgery. I bought a small bag of those small purple potatoes. I cut up two of them and nuked them for 4 minutes. I cooked 3 eggs in a non-stick pan and added a bit of shredded cheese. It was great. I try not to weigh myself everday. So after two days of this I was expecting to have put on weight and wasn't looking forward to the result. Well, suprise, I actually had lost 3 lbs. I figured I may have just been a bit dehydrated so I didn't get my hopes up too high. Well, now here I am a week later and I've now weighed in at a 9 lb loss in just over one week! I have been so desperate to loose weight and break through my plateau that I wasn't actually eating enough! I was 315 on the day of my surgery and now I've consistently watched it drop to 271! I haven't been this light in 3 years! I've gone from a 50" waist to a 42", and those are starting to get too loose with my phone, wallet and keys in them. I was just about to start buying 4xxx shirts and now I'm getting close to pulling off a 2xxx. I'm not so much bragging as I am trying to share with other frustrated people who are making my mistake. I'm not sure if this is just displaying my own ignorance or not. But I wanted to share just in case. Don't give up! 44 lbs down. Hopefully 70 more to go. It doesn't seem so unattainable anymore. Best of luck!

Thank you.

I had a gastric sleeve on January 23rd. I have been pretty much stalled at 30lbs for 3 weeks now. I was praying my appitite was going to decrease with the removal of most of my stomach. But my appitite hasn't changed and where if I ate too much for the first month i would vomit. That seems to have stopped. I do get uncomfortable but not enough anymore. My mood swings are driving me nuts. But they seem to be on a downward slide in general. I haven't found the resolve to take my two dogs walking. I'm not out of breath all the time like i was pre surgery, so i don’t have a legitimate excuse. Friends are telling me to be more patient. I have cut out all the bad choices i used to eat. And i can't eat half of what I used to be able to. But the loss has stalled and i feel blue way too often. Is this just an Alex thing or has anyone else felt this way? And how did you turn things around if you have?? (I live alone and don't have very many local friends. No family either)

Thank you for responding. I should share a bit more. I'm short. 5'6. I'm actually glad to be this tall. My mother was 4'11. But not so cool when you weigh 315. I suppose that I stopped caring before I was even close to that. My A1C was 10.7. I have no idea how long I've been diabetic. I am stuck at 280 right now but, after being on Invokana 300mg for almost two months now, my test on Wednesday had it down to 6.7 Not everything is doom and gloom. But it's so frustrating being hungry all the time. I'm doing pretty well at staying away from really fatty foods. I tried eating a few ribs 2 weeks after surgery but they made me so sick with heartburn. I deal with sweet tooth with canned lite or no sugar added cans of fruit. Other than 3 egg cheese omelettes occasssionaly, my fat intake is low. I just don't understand the long stall. I wish that I felt more motivated to walk. I'm should also mention that in real life I'm a major introvert. That makes things all the harder when it comes to exercising.

Anyone around Murray, Utah looking for a walking partner?