*susan*

I am so excited for all of you about to get sleeved. It really is wonderful. Congratulations.

Well, I think I am going to give it a try. I may do a couple of glasses of wine and tylenol first, lol. I just have to find where to go in my area.

G4E, that is so sad! At least the grandkids have you to help lead them down the right path. Happy Tuesday everyone! I am so glad we have a short week. Work wouldn't be so bad if I could just sleep as late as I want and then go in. But, with things being so tense at home, I was glad to come back to work today. Have a good one all!

It amazes me how many of us are having issues right now. I want to leave, but at the same time am really sad about losing what I thought would be the perfect marriage and my best friend. This weekend, my husband asked me why I don't love him anymore. Normally, I just say "I love you". This time, I said, "I am having a hard time forgiving everything you have done." Next thing I know, he has sold his trailer and I find him looking at apartments online. I am not sure how I feel about all of this. I have so many emotions going on. Which I am sure many of us are dealing with. It is scary to think of leaving someone whom we thought we would be with forever.

It scares me to death, yet I am definitely thinking about having done. Does it help to have a couple drinks first to relax you?

Folks, no need to continue reporting the same posts in this thread. Elisabethsew has handled the situation. As long as you remain on track from here on out, everything should be fine.

You gotta love it when you stand up and your pants fall down. I take that as a good, yet slightly embarrassing, sign.

I think that is the best way to go. I know I feel amazing after I work out. And when I don't, I feel yuck.

Congratulations on getting your sleeve! Pretty much what everyone has already suggested here is what I lived on, so nothing new to offer there.

Yep, Denise you are doing amazingly well. I wish my recovery had gone half as easy as yours did! I think I was able to eat a bit more when doing mushies than I am now. I still eat just about four bites of hard protein and am completely stuffed.

Good morning my little pretties!! That is all have for now. Trying to erase the image of Plain's enormous, uh, well you know, from my mind.

My marriage has definitely gone downhill. My husband basically ignores me. He gets home from work, grabs his dinner, goes to the den and spends the rest of the evening playing with his rc cars or on the computer. He doesn't say goodbye when he leaves the house in the morning, he doesn't say goodnight when he goes to bed and he never compliments me on my weightloss. We are just sort of existing together in the same house, that is about it. Part of the problem with my marriage is I learned my husband cheated on me 8 years ago with his ex-wife, who he has always claimed to hate. We had only been married 1 1/2 years at that time. And, even though I had suspected it, he lied to me about it for eight years. He also lied about a secret checking account, post office box and, most recently, cashing out his 401k. I finally got him to admit about sleeping with the ex in April. Yeah, it was eight years ago. But between the fact that he lied about it all these years no matter how many times I confronted him, and all the other lies, I just don't have much faith in him anymore. Plus, now that I am losing weight, I am starting to get attention from men. I know it shouldn't affect me, but it does. I am enjoying the attention. Perhaps, if I had gotten more attention at home, it wouldn't matter, but it does. I still love him, but not the way a wife should love a husband. I don't want to hurt him, which I think is why I am still there. But, I don't know how much longer I will stay as I am just not happy anymore.

Hey everyone!! What's up? I have been so busy at work with our latest fundraiser, this is the first chance I have had to hangout here in a while. We had another great fundraiser, and now I have a break for about a five weeks before I get slammed with the next major one. I hope you guys are all doing well. I seriously need to catch up, especially with those of you who don't do facebook!

I basically do what you say Steve, I concentrate on one area per workout. However, when I first started working out, I worked with a personal trainer the first few times just to figure out what I needed to be doing. He has me start my workouts with ten minutes of cardio just to get my heart rate up and then move on to the weight training. Once I complete the weights, then I do a full thirty minutes of cardio.

I went through some head hunger issues last week. I think it had more to do with frustration over the darn scale though. It didn't move for almost two weeks. I am exercising just about every day and still just barely hitting between 600-700 calories a day. I was getting really frustrated. As a result, I started doing the, "well, if I am not going to lose any weight I may as well eat such and such", with my idea of "such and such" being something salty and crunchy. I ate one cool ranch dorito and quickly changed my mind for fear of getting into old habits again. Fortunately, I got on the scale today and suddenly it is moving again. I have lost 3 pounds in 3 days, thank goodness. Lets hope it keeps moving this time.

Hey everyone, drive by posting here. Hope everyone is doing well. I am peachy freaking keen!! Life is good. Just incredibly busy.

The peanut butter one is good, but I think I drank so much on the fluids part that I just can't stomach them much now. I do have the hot chocolate, but when it is ninety degrees, hot chocolate does not appeal to me.

For me, the best thing is just the fact that I can enjoy dining out with friends and family again. I haven't been able to do that in three years without the inevitable race to the bathroom to choke up my food!

That is wonderful news, congratulations. I loved seeing the pictures. My stepson just finished his 13 month tour in Iraq yesterday. My daughter-in-law sent us wonderful pictures of him arriving back at the base in Germany and reuniting with them and their two year old son.

I am not getting anywhere near the recommended amount of protein either. However, I just cannot tolerate the protein drinks. So, I am doing the best I can with the amount of food my tiny tummy will let me consume. I had dinner at my parents for Mother's Day. They barbecued chicken, potatoes, green beans, fruit salad and bread. I had about four bites of chicken and two green beans and was stuffed. Now, my mom is calling me every day because her and my father are very concerned that I cannot possibly survive on that little bit of food. But, what can I do, if I eat a bite more, I fear I will explode!

Hi and welcome back. You will find most of us here completely sympathize with you. I think the best decision I ever made was removing my band and revising to the sleeve.

I told a couple of people at work, but they are my closest coworkers and we pretty much share everything. I guess it is a personal choice. I don't really hide it, if someone compliments and says they can tell I am losing weight, I smile and tell them thanks. If they take it a step further and ask how I am doing it, I usually don't mind telling them.

That's true. Plus, I just realized it is PMS week, and I usually tend to retain. Hopefully next week I will see a change. I ate a lot of creamed soups. The fact that they were in high in calories didn't bother me because I couldn't eat very much. Even now, I am struggling to hit 600 calories a day. I also made a lot of protein shakes, I liked the peanut butter one I got from Netrition and the Whey Gourmet cookies and cream one. I also made smoothies and put the unflavored unjury in them.

Congratulations! I just had surgery with him in April and he and all his staff are wonderful. I agree that doing it with a friend is awesome as well. You guys will be a great support system for each other.

I can eat about four or five small bites and that is it. I have to remind myself to eat, because I am just not hungry either. On a depressing note, I have reached a stall in my weight loss. I am sure it is only temporary, but I have not lost anything this week.