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Tiff, love the new pictures. You look great and very happy. Thanks for posting them.

Nicolab, Welcome to VST. It's pretty normal to be cold right after surgery. I'm not sure what causes it but it lasted about 3 weeks for me. I was freezing constantly. I think that most docs don't want you to bathe at first so that it gives your incisions a chance to heal. Taking a shower (water not directly on incisions) is better for you and you have much less of a chance of infection. I showered for about a month, using the anti bacterial soap. Hope you get to feeling good as new soon. Barb

DeeDee, what a great accomplishment. I think you look fantastic. Thanks for continuing to share your story with everyone here. It helps to keep us all motivated. *hugs*

Congratulations...sounds so romantic.

Viola, glad to have you become part of our sleeve family and congrats on your surgery date. Wishing you well on your journey.

Well dont' stay a stranger. At least post now and then so we can see how you are doing. Curves should be great. I hope you do ok. I started working out as well and I'm definitely feeling it.

I'm 6 weeks out and have tried chicken salad a few times. I can only eat about 1 oz and then it just feels awful so I just quit eating it all together. I did put light mayo in it also, but very little and it still didn't sit well. Maybe in later months we can try it again.

Loser, this doesn't sound good at all. Have you called your surgeon to see what he thinks? Hope you get past this soon.

Welcome to the Forum. You are more than welcome here. You will find some of the nicest and most informed people around. Best wishes to you. Oh and on the "eating enough part", I still really can't tell when I'm full most of the time. I've had to strickly rely on measuring my food and stopping after that is consumed. Or eyeballing it to previous measurements and then stopping.

dybarra, I too have a hard time judging fullness, so I stuck to eating no more than 2 ozs per meal. Perhaps start measuring your food each meal and stop at 2 ozs. It takes a while for fullness to register so maybe you are eating past your fullness point. Good Luck.

Hugabug, congrats on your surgery today. Best wishes for a smooth and uneventful surgery. Looking forward to hearing how it went.

Great news on your surgery date. I can totally relate to joint pain. One of the main reasons I had this surgery was that the weight was causing so much pain on my joints, especially my hips. I would have pain constantly. I would wake up at night just from the pressure of sleeping on my sides which would cause severe pain in my hips. I have lost 31.5 pounds (6 weeks out) and the pain in my hips is nearly gone. I still have it some, but it gets better and better as the pounds drop off. I just started exercising recently where before surgery I couldn't walk a block without being in terrible pain. I think it will help your joints tremendously. Best wishes to you.

Congratulations on getting your date. :w00t:

Thanks for your responses everyone! Guess I need to whine more often. Yesterday morning I weighed and lost the typical 1/2lb after 2 days, this morning I weighed and lost a pound. Tiff...I have been doing fairly good on my Water, but I defintely have missed a few days of getting it all in. I'm gonna work on that. Thanks

yah!! It will be here before you know it. I'm excited for you.

woooohooooo Daisy. Maybe you should post some butt pics soon. lol :crying:

Lee, Here's an example for Feb 15th where my fat was 31. Breakfast: 1mug herbal tea 1 cup skim milk w whey Protein mix Total fat for Breakfast was 2.44 Lunch: 1/2 cup tomato basil Soup Total fat for lunch was 11 dinner: 1 1/2 mini sweet pickle 1 large hard boiled egg 1 tbsp light mayo Total fat for dinner was 10.26 snacks: 1 protein shot 1 tbsp Peanut Butter Total snack fat was 8.06 Maybe I need to cut the fat down some.

Wow Mini!!! That is so fantastic!! That reminds me to update my measurements. Great job!!

Congrats!!!

Spaz80, Welcome to the forums!

Thanks for sharing your pics! I can't tell you how motivating it is for all of us to see those. It helps us to stay the course. Thanks again.

Congratulations on getting your sleeve. Best wishes for a very speedy recovery.

Jeff, I was wondering how you are doing. Hopefully you are doing great!

That's fantastic. By the time you have surgery, you will just ease into it with no problem. Good to hear you are doing ok.

Congrats and thanks for sharing. Sounds like you are off and running.