Polymorphing

I'm absolutely SHOCKED at how many times I get hit on now vs before weight loss. Is that how normal people have to live?! It was nice at first but honestly it stresses me out and distracts me now. HOW DO I FIX THIS. Anyone else going through the same thing? It took me a while to realize all those people have been mildly flirting till my friend pointed it out because I just thought everyone was nice (I recently moved to a new city lol). It's ridiculous because I never thought my looks had *that* much to do with it. Jeez. It's not like I'm more confident now or anything either.

Sleeved on the last day of Feb 2018, and hit 70 pounds lost! I know there are people out there who lost more in the same period of time but I am honestly super happy about my progress. I've been wasting a shitload of money though in buying new sizes of clothes because they look terrible on when they're one size too big, except for certain items of clothing.

I AM FINALLY THERE. I fit into all 'skinny people' stores! It feels WEIRD. Oh man, I don't wanna go broke lol. I still walk by stores that have US 12 as their largest size thinking I still don't fit there lol.

Oh wow, your progress is amazing! Made me feel bad about my mere 58 pounds when we started almost the same. What are you doing?

I am now class 1 obese (low-risk obesity), I started as class 3 (morbid) and I am over the moon!!!!!! It feels so surreal to be only a few pounds from *simply* overweight. I weigh myself in kilograms but I just noticed I am less than a pound away from onederland! HA!

The hospital I go to doesn't even recommend a pre-op diet. My doctor said that no amount of restraint pre-op will prepare you for the new lifestyle post-op and honestly eat whatever you want, maybe you'll call that bad advice, but he was right. I'm a little over 3 months out, lost 48 pounds. Don't fret it. What I do now, and the type of restraint I do now is vastly different from anything I've worked with before.

There is definitely a difference, but please, do not be discouraged. I had almost ZERO people comment on my weight loss till I hit EXACTLY the 3 month mark, then everyone was suddenly like "Oh you look like you've lost some weight", like, everyone said it to me on the same weekend hahaha. It took them almost 45 pounds to notice Just keep on keeping on and I promise it'll happen.

THIS IS SO STRANGE! I've also been losing weight faster lately. And my appetite/stomach seem to be smaller. I don't get it. I ate more at 2 months post op than I do now LOL. Not complaining. I haven't seriously started working out yet, unfortunately. I only do a quick 20-30 minute workout a day. My check up was great despite me not taking my vitamins and supplements religiously lol

For reference, I did not go through a pre-op diet. I was at my highest weight day of surgery lol

Today is my 12 week anniversary! Can't believe I did it! Woohoo, 3 months! Dawn we are stat twins except you're an inch taller than I am, we both started at the same EXACT weight and are at the same EXACT weight now and we both had surgery the same day LOL. That makes me feel incredible as I thought I was a slow loser! I probably am, not gonna lie, but I am not unhappy about it.

64 days post op, and 35 pounds down. I feel like my weight loss is slowing down but when I somehow get busy and forget all about it, my weight seems as if it is suddenly dropping. Two weeks ago I started planning a weekend trip and picked out the outfits, and now one of the dresses is TOO big! LOL. I dug in my closet to find another outfit, saw something that wouldn't even button up back when I was pre-op and thought that there's no way it fits. It fit like a glove with some room to breathe! This surgery is truly a miracle. There are many ways you could slip up, sure, but it does 90% of the work for you.

I haven't felt the need to log anything since surgery, but I am now almost 8 weeks post up and calories are starting to creep up... especially because I've been terrible and having liquid calories and frozen yogurt and slider foods. Today was the first day I felt out of control, and I retroactively logged all of my food: 1500 calories. Yes. Only 8 weeks in. I could sit around and think of myself as a failure or I could just pick myself up and realize that I don't have the insane restriction I had anymore and that food choices DO matter. Coincidentally, it is my lowest protein % day. I am going to adhere to that protein first rule from now on. Despite being at a 500 calorie deficit I feel terrible. It feels even more terrible than my 4000 calorie binges back in the day.

Mine was 3 days clear liquid, a week of full liquids, 2 weeks of blended foods, and 2 weeks of soft foods. After the full liquids stage, I was 2-3 days early to every stage because I'm impatient. For what it's worth, I consume now less calories on solid foods (that includes gourmet foods from restaurants and snacks) than I did on blended foods. I was one of those who some foods felt incredibly easy to eat, and other foods truly showed me how restricted my sleeve is. Foods like yogurt, soups, any beverages including thick protein shakes, I could have endlessly, luckily I am not a fan of any of those things now ever since my post op diet.

I am in my sixth week post op. I've finally found a protein powder I can tolerate and I've been starting every morning with a 280 calorie/36 grams protein beverage, and that really helped me hit my protein goals. However, yesterday I did not have time to make my protein shake yesterday and I ended up feeling the same way (i.e. energized and not fatigued) and not overeating after, eating only 600 calories instead of 900. And I like that. I cannot help shake off how easy it was for me to consume 900 calories with the protein shakes so early and it made me panic. Anyway, the day after, I've had a smooth bowel movement (I was constipated before), broke through the weight stall, and woke up feeling lighter. I was thinking maybe the protein shakes were making my problems worse. Does anyone else have the same thing? Would consuming a protein shake every other day instead of every day help even if I am not hitting my protein goals every day? Also I severely dislike premier protein now and anything that comes premade, I know it's less calories I just cannot stomach it anymore. It's too sweet.

I am actually looking forward to vacations now, I used to be SO active on holiday to the point where I would gorge myself on food (think 4000 cals a day) and ONLY gain a pound or two. I am thinking even if I indulge with my sleeve I am guaranteed to lose weight!