Attention ! Australian Sleevers

[jules58 37]

HI everyone, not sure i am in the right thread BUT i am a new poster i live in the Gold Coast and am wanting to have a sleeve. I have paid for a year of Health Insurance back in March this year and have been told i need to wait 12 months before i can claim on it. I am at the very beginning of finding out what exactly to do next! Can anyone please help me out? which surgeons are the best, in the Goldie or Brisbane? Do i need a Drs referral before i make an appointment with the surgeon? Any tips would be great.Thanks in Advance :0

Hi Retrogolly Im on the Gold Coast and used Dr Candice Silverman they have justed moved to Varsity Lakes she was great.

[mistysj 1,940]

I had a great time meeting Kelli for lunch today. We split a fabulous grilled salmon fillet. Could have split it in thirds as we had a big chunk left over! I hope more people can make it next time.

I also met with my new dietitian today and really like her! She shared my concerns about my previous plan. She would like me to get 50 grams each of Protein and carbs for now, evenly spread through the day. And limit myself to around 5 grams of fat per meal to see if that helps with my gastro issues. She also wants me to take a probiotic for a month and she changed my Calcium from caltrate to citracal. She was happy I am taking elevit with iodine. Oh and she is happy for me to have around 800 calories a day rather than the 1000 the other dietitian wanted.

And I have to do better with my Water. She explained that the digestive muscles need to be wet to work right and they will pull liquid from elsewhere if you don't give them enough. She said I have to spread my Water throughout the day and if I still have gastro I should consider taking a diluted electrolyte drink.

I will see her in a month and I am excited to implement this plan! Although the fat will be really hard. Can't have cheese with any other fat at all for instance. And no cheese on eggs. Also if I keep my fat that low and my carbs that low, I really have to have 80 grams of Protein for it to work out. I need to email her about that I think.

[Lissa_S 787]

Hey all- was feeling a bit glum as I had a very brief stall (literally just a week) but this week I bounced back with a 2 kg loss which means I am now just over 2 kg from my first goal (80kg loss)!!! So chuffed!!

[mistysj 1,940]

Hey all- was feeling a bit glum as I had a very brief stall (literally just a week) but this week I bounced back with a 2 kg loss which means I am now just over 2 kg from my first goal (80kg loss)!!! So chuffed!!

Wow! 2 kg sounds so achievable! Can you believe it? How do your kids feel about their mum's new look?

[kelliv 659]

Hey all- was feeling a bit glum as I had a very brief stall (literally just a week) but this week I bounced back with a 2 kg loss which means I am now just over 2 kg from my first goal (80kg loss)!!! So chuffed!!

Lissa, I am curious about what you are now eating on a typical day? You don't seem to have stalled much and have lost an incredible amount in a short space of time.

[Lissa_S 787]

Wow! 2 kg sounds so achievable! Can you believe it? How do your kids feel about their mum's new look?

Lol I care for my nephew and he is hilarious!! He now introduces me as his "pretty" Aunty Lila hahaha he did say a while ago though that he "misses" my "big fat belly!" But he loves how much we do together now- simple things like going for runs and walks and being able to slide down the slippery slide etc it's brilliant!!

[Lissa_S 787]

Lissa' date=' I am curious about what you are now eating on a typical day? You don't seem to have stalled much and have lost an incredible amount in a short space of time.[/quote']

I track with MyFitnessPal almost obsessively I have to say. I find brekky hard so will often have a hit milo made on Water - no milk. Then have half an apple or 6 dried apricots for morning tea. I usually have either half a sandwich or steamed veggies for lunch and dinner is either half a piece of fish with steamed broccoli and a small cob of corn or chicken stir fry etc. I find I still can only eat about 1/2 to 2/3 cup in the 20 minutes and I try NEVER to eat longer than that. I almost never eat dessert. I very rarely eat chocolate or chips etc- mostly cause I don't feel good afterwards. On average I get between 500-600 calories a day. Plus I do yoga pretty much every day plus weights morning and night (10 mins twice a day) and jog twice a week. I rarely sit around long enough to watch a TV show without moving around lol- cleaning, pottering etc which I never did pre- sleeve! You could barely get me off the lounge!! It's a completely different life- it's not just weight loss!!

[mistysj 1,940]

I track with MyFitnessPal almost obsessively I have to say. I find brekky hard so will often have a hit milo made on Water - no milk. Then have half an apple or 6 dried apricots for morning tea. I usually have either half a sandwich or steamed veggies for lunch and dinner is either half a piece of fish with steamed broccoli and a small cob of corn or chicken stir fry etc. I find I still can only eat about 1/2 to 2/3 cup in the 20 minutes and I try NEVER to eat longer than that. I almost never eat dessert. I very rarely eat chocolate or chips etc- mostly cause I don't feel good afterwards. On average I get between 500-600 calories a day. Plus I do yoga pretty much every day plus weights morning and night (10 mins twice a day) and jog twice a week. I rarely sit around long enough to watch a TV show without moving around lol- cleaning' date=' pottering etc which I never did pre- sleeve! You could barely get me off the lounge!! It's a completely different life- it's not just weight loss!![/quote']

Can you add me on MFP? I am mistysj.

[Lissa_S 787]

Can you add me on MFP? I am mistysj.

Hey Misty- I can't seem to find out how to do it on my iPhone app but will jump online when I get home

[kelliv 659]

I track with MyFitnessPal almost obsessively I have to say. I find brekky hard so will often have a hit milo made on Water - no milk. Then have half an apple or 6 dried apricots for morning tea. I usually have either half a sandwich or steamed veggies for lunch and dinner is either half a piece of fish with steamed broccoli and a small cob of corn or chicken stir fry etc. I find I still can only eat about 1/2 to 2/3 cup in the 20 minutes and I try NEVER to eat longer than that. I almost never eat dessert. I very rarely eat chocolate or chips etc- mostly cause I don't feel good afterwards. On average I get between 500-600 calories a day. Plus I do yoga pretty much every day plus weights morning and night (10 mins twice a day) and jog twice a week. I rarely sit around long enough to watch a TV show without moving around lol- cleaning' date=' pottering etc which I never did pre- sleeve! You could barely get me off the lounge!! It's a completely different life- it's not just weight loss!![/quote']

Thanks Lissa, you are not eating much really, but it is definitely working for you. Thanks for the update.

[mistysj 1,940]

Hey Misty- I can't seem to find out how to do it on my iPhone app but will jump online when I get home

You go to Friends and then Add Friends. It will ask you for their email address but you can put the username instead.

[Lissa_S 787]

Thanks Lissa' date=' you are not eating much really, but it is definitely working for you. Thanks for the update.[/quote']

Thanks Kelli- I know I am not eating much and I do worry about when I can eat more what that will mean in terms of my ongoing weight loss and maintenance!! Even though I am almost 10 months post op, I have really only been eating for myself for 6 which is also why it looks so little!! I find too that I drink so much Water that I often feel full and not able to eat much at times but it's constantly improving and from where I was not that long ago, it's amazing!!

[Lissa_S 787]

Thanks Misty will do

[kelliv 659]

Thanks Kelli- I know I am not eating much and I do worry about when I can eat more what that will mean in terms of my ongoing weight loss and maintenance!! Even though I am almost 10 months post op' date=' I have really only been eating for myself for 6 which is also why it looks so little!! I find too that I drink so much Water that I often feel full and not able to eat much at times but it's constantly improving and from where I was not that long ago, it's amazing!![/quote']

You are doing so well considering the challenges you had at the beginning of this journey. I wonder if you are getting enough nutritionally at the moment? Are you still consulting a dietician? You are looking very healthy but looks can be deceiving. Getting the right balance with calories once we reach our goal weight will be a new challenge!

[Lissa_S 787]

You are doing so well considering the challenges you had at the beginning of this journey. I wonder if you are getting enough nutritionally at the moment? Are you still consulting a dietician? You are looking very healthy but looks can be deceiving. Getting the right balance with calories once we reach our goal weight will be a new challenge!

I am not seeing anyone at the moment and am not sure nutritionally how I am going. One of the pitfalls of living rurally is how hard it is to see a dr if you do t have a limb dropping off I feel good and my fitness is definitely improving so that has been my measure of my overall health for the past three months. I take on board what you are saying though and will have a think about how I am going to get that checked out I certainly didn't go through all of this to be thin but sick