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@hillnicole34 glad to hear you got passed it. There were moments when my boyfriend was not supportive and other times that he was. But when he saw how strong I was after surgery and recovery, he commended me for that and apologized for the times he wasn't supportive because he realized just how much I needed his support in the moments when I was in pain, crying or struggling the first couple weeks post op. Good luck to you and you're surgery! In the long run, you will be happy you made this choice.

I have PCOS. I'm 3 months post op and have lost 36 lbs. Before surgery, I hadn't had my menstrual cycle for 5 months..then, after surgery I got it. I've had it every month since surgery. One side effect of PCOS that has not slowed down though is the facial hair on the sides of my cheeks and where my chin/neck area is. It's not THAT bad, I've seen girls have it worse than me but that's a symptom that has not decreased. I've done 2 treatments of laser hair removal so far and it's decreased a tad...my next laser appointment is next week so we'll see how that helps it. (I was told birth control helps this side effect of pcos but I hated how I felt on bc so I don't want to go back on it)

@hillnicole34 Ugh I know my sister said the easy way out. Recovery from surgery is not easy! Doing the liquid diet is not easy! After surgery, watching what you eat and being restricted and can only eat a few bites and not enjoy a meal like before is NOT easy! People who haven't struggled with weight or food addiction don't know just how much of a struggle it has been that led you to the decision to get this surgery. Ugh sorry you're going through that. Not having support from your significant other sucks.

Hi guys, I had surgery on 7/14. My highest weight was 228 and I am now 193. In total I've lost 35 lbs. I need to be better about what I am putting in my body. I need to eat better even though I can't eat much. Looks like you are all doing amazingly. Here's my progress pic so far. I wish I took more before photos...I didn't take any, this is just one I have that someone took.

The beginning is the roughest. I don't miss it at all. I was miserable after surgery. It was really tough for me. It took me like 3 weeks before I was finally feeling normal again. One month til I was like back to myself completely i'd say. My pain was mostly from my incisions. I couldn't stand up straight and I had to hold my abdomen for a solid 3 weeks to feel support and able to do things. I drank 1-2 protein shakes a day, the rest was broth in a coffee mug but I mainly drank vitamin water zero and diet snapple to keep me going and sugar free popsicles were my treat. I have gotten so used to vitamin water zero and diet snapple that the regular ones taste sooo sweet now and I don't like them as much. You get stronger and stronger each day! Good luck! Walk the gas pain off. I didn't really experience that kind of pain...just literal physical pain from surgery. There's going to be days where you cry in regret but once recovery passes, and you start losing weight, you will be so happy!

I had the same NSV. I always wear leggings because my body is curvy and i'm short so it's hard to find jeans for myself. But also, since I had gained a lot of weight, I did not want to know what size my pants actually were so I never went to go buy jeans. But since I've been losing weight, I was feeling more confident and decided to go buy a pair of jeans. I had one pair before surgery and I was a size 18. I went to Old Navy maybe 2 weeks ago and I was a size 14 (stretchy jeans but still...) lol then I saw a pair of white slacks I bought from Express a couple years ago (size 12) and I thought, let's see how these fit so I know when I might fit into a size twelve soon...they zipped up and buttoned, a little tight but they actually fit. I dropped 3 pant sizes and I'll be 3 months post op on the 14th of this month. How awesome are we?

Yikes, my incisions did not look that red around them....you should call your doctor. I did experience similar stuff though only a week out...felt this like burning and pulling pain, could barely sit up and down and laying down and getting up was terrible...it felt like I was pulling stitches too. Just take it easy and be as gentle as possible when moving but you should reach out to your surgeon's office and ask if that redness around the incision site is normal...I had glue not stitches on the outside and it just looked like tiny scabs where the incisions were...

I had incision pain til like a good month after surgery. Two weeks post op I held my niece who's 18 lbs and I felt pain like inside...I thought I pulled an incision or something internally but it ended up being fine after resting and not lifting anything! Lesson learned for me. I would just rest and not do any lifting. If you are really concerned that something may be seriously wrong, you should call your surgeon

@OutsideMatchInside lol my dog is 13-14 and has arthritis in his hips...he can barely walk up the curb now a days. I wish he were able to walk with me.

@OutsideMatchInside I'm still healing? How long is the healing process? lol I had no idea. I guess it will get boring, but I'd rather be bored of maintaining weight loss and dealing with plateaus then feel the way I felt before surgery. I just need to try to do things that involve me being a little more active and maybe I'll actually enjoy it, who knows lol

@OutsideMatchInside lol people say that if they were in LA they would be doing all these things, but when you have LA traffic and it takes you an hour and a half to get to work and then you work a 10 hour day, and then you have another hour and a half drive back home, thats 12-13 hours out of your day gone. Then, you get home, eat dinner and wind down to sleep just to do it again the next day. On the weekends, I have to study and do homework since I work full time and am a student full time. While on the weekends I am only 20 minutes from the beach... I find the beach dirty and gross. I don't enjoy the beach especially since I'm fair skinned and also still dealing with body issues. Also, sharks and sand up your crack. I hate the salt water. I'm more of a lake kind of girl. My family has a lake house and I kayak and water ski but that is a 2 hour drive and can't do that all the time. LA isn't as glamorous or convenient as people think it is, honestly. When I drive as much as I do every day, the LAST thing I want to do is drive 20-30 minutes away just to get sunburned and have sand all over my car lol. As for my weight loss, just because I'm lazy, doesn't mean I'm not eating healthier or keeping up with eating healthy snacks vs. fast food or junk food. I can be lazy laying down in bed, but instead of chips and soda, I have string cheese or beef jerky and vitamin water zero lol @Introversion There's a hiking trail near my house that leads all the way to Topanga Canyon (santa monica mountains) but it can be kind of scary by myself honestly...it's super desolate and no cell service...also, it's hard to get my boyfriend to come on hikes with me, especially now that football season has started lol. Him and I have such busy and opposite schedules so Sundays are really our only day to do something together and hiking is the last thing he wants to do. Thank you guys though!

@ornament17 aww thank you!!

I see small differences but I'm learning to love myself as my body is morphing into what it's looking like. When I was this weight maybe a year ago, I HATED myself, and now...i'm like oh hey look at you, putting effort into the way I dress and feel. I have never been this confident at this weight ever in my life and I'm like, OK you are rocking 192 lol. It's just different this time around. I do regret really not taking any before photos right before surgery though. This before photo was a picture that was taken of me that I was soooo embarrassed of, so I'm using this as a before photo. lol

Thank you so much, that means a lot.

Hi there, thank you so much. I don't have any issues with loose skin yet. I don't workout right now. My plan is to lose the weight first and then tone. I think that I would get discouraged if I started to gain muscle and it added weight to the scale...idk that might be stupid but I'm waiting til I drop a substantial amount of weight before I start toning up.

Yes this happens. I suffered from insomnia the first few weeks. Here's why: When there isn’t a sufficient level of available glucose (sugar)— which is what the body uses for its main source of fuel — and glycogen levels are depleted, blood sugar and insulin are lowered and the body looks for an alternative source of fuel: in this case, fat. This process can happen when a person fasting, after prolonged exercise, during starvation, or when eating a low-carb, ketogenic diet (or in our case, had surgery and are now not eating much) And when the body begins breaking down fats for energy like this, a process known as beta-oxidation, ketones are formed for use as fuel for the body and brain. This is known as ketosis. When we go into ketosis, it's basically giving our body energy, hense the insomnia, and why I could not freaking sleep for the life of me the first few weeks til my body adjusted.

I'm so ashamed of myself. Over the last week and a half I have been going through a lot of ****. My emotional eating habit is terrible. I've been eating fast food and drinking soda. I'm sabotaging myself but the problem is I'm so f**king addicted to fast food and soda I keep saying "i'll give it up tomorrow" I've been saying that for a week and a half now. I'm stressed, emotional, feeling a little depressed, my anxiety is through the roof and I can't stop myself from driving to a fast food drive thru on my lunch break or going to the food court at the mall on my lunch break or having a soda before dinner. What the hell is wrong with me?? I'm struggling so bad. I know I can't eat as much as I used to but the fact that I'm falling into these old habits and can't get a hold of myself is terrifying. I just needed to share this and reach out. I'm just struggling. I feel overwhelmed and can't handle anything so I just give up and eat...

So i've been stressing and freaking out internally since surgery. Going out to eat with my boyfriend was pretty much the bulk of what we did. My boyfriend has always loved the fact that I have big boobs and a big ass. Honestly, my weight is proportioned pretty well and people have always said I don't look like I weigh how much I actually do. People are usually shocked. He loves that I'm a curvy girl. Why do I have this fear that if I lose the weight, and my boobs and my ass that I won't be attractive to him anymore? I'm scared that my body will change and I'll hate who I see in the mirror just as much as before the surgery? I'm scared that he will no longer find me attractive and what if he doesn't want to be with me anymore? I'm scared that he'll find every other woman more attractive than me because why would he want me when he can have a girl with a better body? And then I think to myself...how am I still attractive without my boobs or my ass? Why do those things make me feel attractive? He told me he would never leave me and my beauty is far more than just my body and how beautiful my face is and how my smile and my mind and heart make me just as attractive and blah blah blah but I still have this fear and anxiety and cry just thinking about it... Anyone else feel like this after surgery?

@GotProlactinoma wow thanks for that. I really need to be better about cooking and packing food rather then resorting to buying ready made food. I'm going through so much right now so I fee like most of the time, I have no will to do anything. I have just given up on everything and it breaks my heart. I don't want to feel this way. I want to shake my body and say WAKE UP DON"T GIVE UP WHAT ARE YOU DOING JUST LETTING EVERYTHING AROUND YOU GO TO SH*T?? but I can't seem to snap out of this depressed zombie phase. I'm going to do what you said though. I think that will really help. 7 of those lbs I lost were from my cleanse the day before surgery so technically I've only lost 25 lbs since surgery so we're in the same boat boo xo lol @trying4me I love that. I will start adopting that when I feel like i want to eat everything and anything.

@Sosewsue61 Thank you for the comment! I will try doing that!

@Joann454 Thanks for the kind words! I'm definitely going to be better this week. You're definitely right, keep pushing forward and don't beat myself up about last week, just get back on track!

@Walter.SobchakYeah I was sleeved July 14th. 2 months ago... I don't have a support group and I don't see a counselor or therapist. I'm just not ready to open up this vault of repressed emotions because I'm afraid of how low and dark it can get. I Just can't seek help. I've made appointments to see a therapist and cancel. I just can't do it. I want to cry. I'm so disappointed I am falling back into old habits. This morning, I had a protein bar and I'm drinking water. I WILL NOT get a kid's sized meal or have fast food and I'm giving up soda. I can't go back to old ways. I slipped up but time to get back to my goal. I don't ever want to go back to feeling the way I did before, I was miserable. I want to cry just writing this...

I'm not losing weight...I had surgery July 14th,,,I've lost 21 lbs since surgery 1 month and 2 weeks ago but I haven't lost weight and people say after surgery you lose 10lbs a month....when is this supposed to happen?? I'm stressing out. I'm super restricted. Idk what to do at this point...I see everyone talking about losing 7-10 lbs a month and I'm almost at the two month mark and no weight loss in like 3 weeks...

When I had my endoscopy, they gave me propofol and I had the same anesthesiologist for both endoscopy and my gastric sleeve so when she was about to knock me out for my surgery, I said "is this the michael jackson drug? You better wake me up" and then when I woke up in the OR my gown had fallen down a little and the OR room door opened and the anesthesiologist was like wait fix her gown and since I was high from the meds I said "I know I have nice tits but come on guys" lol I made everyone in the OR laugh but pretty awkward saying that to strangers I guess...lol

@jmar23 Thank youu!!