June 30th Sleevers?

[barbado 38]

Ktprimo... I think it's odd that people already have judgements on how things are going to be.. hell we just started this process I'm still over 300 pounds.. I feel better and weight is pouring off me but my friends are my friends.. if they don't like the new me then to hell with them. This has everything to do with my long term health and being around for my family.. plus most of my friends are fit and support me 100%.. as for the heavy friends, I'm hoping to be an inspiration and I personally didn't tell them about my surgery.. I want them to see the results and hopefully they will consider it..

Just be yourself, it took courage to do what we did and if you find confidence and improved health than hooray!

[sleevenv 483]

No week three stall for me! Woo hoo. I got it in week two! Down 15 pounds (from my beginning weight of 200) on post op day 17! I thought at a starting BMI of 33.3, that I'd only lose 10 pounds a month. So to lose 15 by this point, I am so thrilled!

[bnm4 93]

I've noticed that I'm eating a lot more this week - I mean not my old usual amount but more that I have the past two weeks. I'm still staying under 700 calories (which is still mind boggling to me! I would have been able to eat that in one meal hahaha!) but I'm trying to only weigh myself once a week so I don't get discouraged if I do stall

But I'm in the same boat as you - my bmi wasn't crazy high so I was expecting to lose very fast but I'm very pleasantly surprised!! Yay for the sleeve!

[sleevenv 483]

@@bnm4 I am definitely eating more. I get in 800 calories a day. I get the shakes and feel horrible if I don't. I'm still mostly on liquids with cottage cheese and yogurt added in. To get my Protein up, I add Unjury unflavored protein to almost everything. I have good muscle mass and hair I want to keep! I can start more puréed foods, I've just been kind of disinterested in going into the cooking mode yet. I eat some Soups, but they're really high in sodium. I wish I could pay someone to be my personal bariatric chef!

[bnm4 93]

How much of the unflavored Protein do you normally put in one serving of food?

[insideout629 7]

Today is my 2 week post op (June 29) and I am now cleared to swim and eat mushies and I am so glad to be able to get Protein from other sources than shakes BUT I have felt guilty all day every time I put something in my mouth thinking I am overdoing it.

Here is what I had all day: A banana for Breakfast, 1 egg scrambled with moz cheese and mushrooms for lunch and 1/2 hamburger patty for dinner (no roll) plus Water in between meals. I'm down 25.5 since my pre-op diet (15.5 since surgery). My husband thinks I'm crazy and says I'm doing great. I'm guessing I will get used to eating real food and that guilty feeling will go away.

U can have hamburger at 2 weeks out???

Yes. 95% ground meat, pork tenderloin, chicken, tuna, fish... My NUT told me as long as I can cut it with a fork I can eat it. I was only able to eat 1/2 burger. I really can't get much down to this day so I'm taking it a little at a time.

[sleevenv 483]

@bnm4. I only can tolerate 1/2 scoop or it affects the flavor and texture. I really like adding it to Tomato basil Soup. Kind of makes it feel like I'm eating spaghetti sauce rather than just soup. But I add it to yogurt and cottage cheese as well. I try to keep each meal under 25 grams of Protein because I hear you don't absorb any more than that at one time.

[Ktprimo 63]

Ktprimo... I think it's odd that people already have judgements on how things are going to be.. hell we just started this process I'm still over 300 pounds.. I feel better and weight is pouring off me but my friends are my friends.. if they don't like the new me then to hell with them. This has everything to do with my long term health and being around for my family.. plus most of my friends are fit and support me 100%.. as for the heavy friends, I'm hoping to be an inspiration and I personally didn't tell them about my surgery.. I want them to see the results and hopefully they will consider it..

Just be yourself, it took courage to do what we did and if you find confidence and improved health than hooray!

Thanks, Barbado.

Sure will keep that in mind. I'll try not to let it get me down.

[bnm4 93]

I really don't want to come across as bragging- but I'm just too excited I have to share! Stepped on the scale today and I'm down a little over 20 pounds in 20 days! I'm amazed! I know this fast paced weight loss isn't going to last forever (and I haven't hit my first stall yet - so that should be coming soon) but I'm just so happy about our choice to change our lives!

To be totally cliche: it may not always be easy but it is so worth it!

[barbado 38]

Congrats!! I know what u mean. Funny too my shirts are getting longer..lol

I asked my Dr about "stalls" and he said the only stalls that come your first year are by people weighing themselves too much.. he did say that at about 12-16 months our bodies will recalibrate and the weight at that time will become our new set point.. take it for what it's worth...

[Ktprimo 63]

Haha- my shirts are getting longer too! Also, I've had three other signs of my weight loss- 1. my husband but his leg over my thigh the other night while we were sleeping and I woke up because it pinched my skin. I didn't realize my thighs had started to have loose skin already! 2. (And this one may be TMI but) the crotch area in all my pants has started hanging so low that I had to wonder if my crotch shrunk or my stomach shrunk so much it can't hold them up anymore. Lmao.

3. My boobs stick out further than my stomach finally!! Hahaha

Down 30lbs and finally seeing a difference.

Eating normal (soft) food again and feeling great!! Yay!! So glad we all did this!!

Edited July 20, 2015 by Ktprimo

[staceymeaux 90]

I am in Louisiana. Dr. Hargroder is my diet. How was your surgery?

[Ktprimo 63]

Hi, Stacey! My surgery went very well. Have you had your's yet? He has some "mad skills" (like my teenage brother would say)! Lol

My incisions healed by a week and a half and they are so perfect I know they will leave super tiny scars. I didn't even do the spider procedure he offers and my largest incision is already barely visible. He is also fantastic at minimizing nausea and discomfort. I had none with the combo of meds they gave me. And never suffered from vomiting or any of the issues I've heard others have gone through. Thankfully!

I am now on soft foods and though I am learning what my new stomach can and cannot handle, I am so happy with my decision to have the surgery and to have chosen him. I had mine done at St. Elizabeth's in gonzales. Where & When did you (or will you) have the surgery?

I'm from Crowley so I will start doing my follow-ups with my internist here instead of fighting I-10 traffic to go to Baton Rouge to see him.

[sleevenv 483]

@ktprimo. What soft foods have you experimented with thus far? I've only had scrambled eggs, cottage cheese, and refried Beans.

[barbado 38]

Sorry to butt in sleevnv... I have done those and humus and boiled tilapia mashed up..