sleevegenie

I think the reason we lose weight is because we force the body to use all the stored fat it has to live our daily lives. That's why its so important that we feed the body what the fat we burn doesn't have, which is protein. I hear you though on the number of calories once we achieve our normal weight. I just found a series on youtube called supersize vs superskinny and they have a large person and a very small person move in together for a week. They have to eat the other person's food for a week. I found this facinating. The thing that got me is these anorexic people they said ate 1700 cals a day and i can't believe it because they ate nothing. I can't imagine how they could live on so little food. So I'm confused by that as well. I think it has changed me somehow tho, for the better ) jeani

Congratulations, i think 550 calories is too low, your body will think you are starving and hold on to your weight as self preservation. I have the opposite problem, i eat too much. I very recently , well 3 months ago, lost my best friend of 30 yrs and went into a big depression and was eating way too much and stayed stuck around 180, very frustrating, even tho completely my own fault. So i decided to get back in the game, since i still need to lose another 20-30 lbs and thankfully am down to 170. So the scale is moving again and i'm very happy about that. I have always been able to eat a lot more than most people say they can and i believe i have a bigger sleeve. But it is what it is and we have to work with what we have to work with. My biggest challenge now seems to be making myself exercise. I walk twice a day at work 15-20 mins. but really need to up that, i have nearly every exercise dvd know to man, the problem is buying them isn't enough, evidently you have to actually do the exercises if you want to see results, so that is where i am trying to concentrate now. I wish you every success. I'm so happy that things are moving again for you too. Good luck, jeani

Yeah, so happy for you. Remember to get up and walk, sip, rest and repeat. You are gonna do fine. Congratulations, your life is gonna get very exciting, take care jeani

thanks so much, best thing i ever did, you're doing great too, what a gift this is, yah for all of us, we rock !!

what you have done is made a very courageous choice to improve the quality of your life. Good for you. I'm almost 4 months out, down 54 lbs with 46 to go and i couldn't be happier. You will feel the same soon, i promise. Its all very emotional at first, hormones flying all over the place, your body is in shock from the anethesia and the surgery so all perfectly normal. Just get thru the first month and you'll be so glad you did this. Take care and rest, it really helps. Best of luck jeani

i have a couple of cups of coffee every day,, love it, never had any issues, my nut said it was ok to have a cup and eventually a couple of cups so i do, jeani

its sad that you had to be subjected to that. so many people have not heard about the sleeve, or even if they have heard they have no idea what it involves. my sister freaked out when i mentioned i was considering it. everyone has heard so many horror stories from back in the day when they first started doing the bypass, hopefully you didn't let it spoil your evening, you have made a wonderful choice and will be so much healthier and happier. Take care jeani