Attention ! Australian Sleevers

[mistysj 1,940]

Thanks Dean! Good luck, Linky!

Well I'm watching this Legionnaire disease thing like a hawk. That was the hospital I was in.

[Lissa_S 787]

Hi all- a quick progress shot down 77 kg and it's 9 months post sleeve. I have 5 kg to my surgeons goal and about 20 until mine (although once I hit the surgeons goal, I will just keep losing until I am happy with how I look and my body will also let me know I dare say about where it wants to sit lol). Have a happy Thursday!

[mistysj 1,940]

Hi all- a quick progress shot down 77 kg and it's 9 months post sleeve. I have 5 kg to my surgeons goal and about 20 until mine (although once I hit the surgeons goal' date=' I will just keep losing until I am happy with how I look and my body will also let me know I dare say about where it wants to sit lol). Have a happy Thursday!

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You look FABULOUS! I am especially happy about your success because you had so many complications at the start.

[kelliv 659]

Ugh I have already noticed I am using food for entertainment again! I got busy at worn and skipped morning snack. That made me feel like I "deserved" a treat after dinner. I had a tbsp of smooth Peanut Butter and one of those Soleil Desserts. Yes I journaled it and yes I was under 900 calories for the day' date=' but it was not a wise choice! I got less than 50 g of Protein today. I should have had a shake for dessert. I know I'm bored alone in my house and food is what I have always done. I also noticed how much entertainment I seem to need. Eating, reading on the iPad, and watching TV all at once. Don't normal people do one of those at a time!? I feel like a wacko. Mostly I feel like if I am already eating crap, how am I going to stay on the straight and narrow?

Bring on June 11 when my husband comes home and I can start soft foods.

Ugh I really hate coming on here and whinging! I am a perfectionist and I have a hard time admitting it when I am blowing it.[/quote']

Hi Misty, you are not a wacko! You are a woman who can multi task to perfection. Nothing wrong with that. I do it all the time. Re choices, we have a food habits ingrained over a lifetime and getting a sleeve doesn't change that thought process. Luckily if we make unwise choices we an only eat a small amount so it has little impact. I ate some potato chips yesterday as I drove over 500kms in between appointments. It was boredom and habit plus being Coeliac and needing gluten free meant finding healthy options at garages is i possible. I should have though ahead and taken Snacks and lunch with me. Don't beat yourself up.

[kelliv 659]

Hi Misty- I think we all struggle with this. A few things- first you have quickly identified that this is an issue for you. That is great! But you need to develop strategies to manage this. Some things I am using include: drinking Water with lime etc and lots of ice' date=' a big glass (200 ml) which usually means I any eat for quite a while anyway. I then try to follow this with a distraction - at the moment it is scrabble on my iPhone or yoga (although I can only do about 10 mins of that at a time lol). To help motivate me I might look at clothes online (birdsnest is brilliant and I just got the cutest dress lol- pics to follow). Whatever works for you- the cognitive trick is to STOP, think about your options and make a choice (& OWN that choice, good or "bad").

With the perfectionism - start thinking about where this has gotten you. I have no doubt that it helps drive you to excellence which is great!! But when it gets a bit out of control it can be debilitating and no doubt contributes to some of your "failures". I know that for me, my perfectionism gets out of control and I put ridiculous expectations on myself that I can never meet- I realised that there was a function to that behaviour. It meant I always had an "out" cause there was no way I could follow through with my expectation (self-sabotage in other words). I find this is the biggest thing I have tried to change post surgery.

I am still making mistakes. I get quite stressed at work and go too long without eating (I haven't eaten more than half a banana in two days) which is no good for my health or recovery I know and doesn't help with weight loss cause my body goes into "shock" and I hardly lose a thing. So managing my stress better is paramount. It feeds into the perfectionism too which is my challenge right now. So know that we all have our demons

Good luck!! Cheers Liss[/quote']

Fantastic words of wisdom for all of s Lissa. Thank you

[kelliv 659]

Thanks Dean! Good luck' date=' Linky!

Well I'm watching this Legionnaire disease thing like a hawk. That was the hospital I was in. [/quote']

I was wondering about that Misty. Do the dates coincide with yours?

[kelliv 659]

Hi all- a quick progress shot down 77 kg and it's 9 months post sleeve. I have 5 kg to my surgeons goal and about 20 until mine (although once I hit the surgeons goal' date=' I will just keep losing until I am happy with how I look and my body will also let me know I dare say about where it wants to sit lol). Have a happy Thursday!

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Wow, I can't believe how far you have come in such a short time and you look amazing and so happy. Well done Lissa

[Aussiegirl 580]

Lissa, Firstly WOAH!!!!!! How awesome and young do you look?

Congrats

Linky, good luck today!

Misty, as the others have already said. It is good that you have indentified the behaviour. You can address and be aware of it. Early on I can relate to the changes you need to make, and can say it does help with the long term results. If you can identify the behaviour and look for another way of expressing, or dissapaiting it. For me for example I am/was a stress eatter, tho I have worked hard to find other ways to work through this without food being the default, while I wont say I never stress eat, i do but do a series of other things, exercise, vocalise etc before I get to the eatting stage, works about 80% of the time for me.

Anyway, you have identified and just need to find a way that works for you. You are strong and I am sure you will.

In regards to the need for entertaining, you are not alone and I dont think this change of food related. I think we all are often engaged in 3 different activities at once, TV, computer, phone, human etc....it is part of life nowadays, always available etc

And YAY the Blues!!!

[Bec101 227]

Can't believe today is here ' date=' on my way to hospital ... Eeekk[/quote']

Good luck Linky!!!!! Just take 1 day at a time

[Bec101 227]

Thanks Dean! Good luck' date=' Linky!

Well I'm watching this Legionnaire disease thing like a hawk. That was the hospital I was in. [/quote']

I was thinking about u Misty when they started talking about this!!! Fingers crossed ur in the clear!!!

[Bec101 227]

Hi all- a quick progress shot down 77 kg and it's 9 months post sleeve. I have 5 kg to my surgeons goal and about 20 until mine (although once I hit the surgeons goal' date=' I will just keep losing until I am happy with how I look and my body will also let me know I dare say about where it wants to sit lol). Have a happy Thursday!

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Looking great Lissa!!!

[mistysj 1,940]

I was wondering about that Misty. Do the dates coincide with yours?

Apparently not.

As a result, hospital staff are in the process of contacting 1400 patients who have been discharged from the hospital since May 25.

I was discharged on May 17. It's awfully close though! Here is an article: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/man-dies-of-legionnaires-disease-at-wesley-hospital-20130605-2nq2g.html

[Bec101 227]

Evening everyone,

I have a question! When should ur bowels start working post op? Sorry if it's TMI

[cathy1110 27]

hi Bec,mine didn't work till about day5.And even then it was more liquid than anything ele.Im 2weeks one day out and I have become more regular in the last few days.

[cathy1110 27]

Oh and Lissa you look amazing!!!! I hope my loss goes as well as yours.Mine has slowed up.Lost first week and a half but now it has stopped .Didnt expect it to stop yet.