I am seeing progress

[grandmaofone 411]

My story is I was over weight since I was little. I have lost and gained so many times. I finally found out our insurance paid for the surgery. I told my parents I was seeing a nutritionist, as I run a home daycare and my mom is my back up provider. I went to the seminar in January followed all the appts needed by my insurance and had surgery on June 15. I lost about 10 lbs before surgery and since I have lost 34 1/2 lbs. I am excited that I have so much energy. I walk 5-6 days a week about 3-4 miles. I am eating just about anything I want. But I can only eat about 3 ozs at a time. Drinking all the Water I can. I can not stand Protein Shakes and have not drank a single one since surgery. I am only eating Protein and getting just as much as I was before surgery. I didn't eat a lot of meat before surgery, so I think my body is used to it. I went out and bought an up Jawbone which keeps track of your steps, activity levels, and food intake. I bought my husband one too and you can compete for who can take the most steps as he is dieting too. I have gotten sick a few times from eating something that didn't set well with my new tummy. But I have been doing great! I ate lettus and tomatoes on my meat yesterday for the first time and have not had an issue. I love me some tomatoes, so I was excited! Hope everyone else is doing good!

[laguerr13 993]

You are doing awesome, that is very encouraging, please make sure you try to get some kind of Protein, especially with your level of activity, right now your ok, but as you continue to lose weight it can begin to literally eat your muscle, and it won't be noticeable until it's too late, I think your diet is a great one, I limit myself to 3-4ozs per meal, but because I workout a lot, I need extra protein to maintain........ There are some great articles online regarding activity and small amounts of protein, keep going your making progress

[Monnie815 64]

SO SO proud of you and your husband!!!! It's a huge help when you have a support system & buddy. My husband and I are both having surgery. We see doctor on AUGUST 5th to set up surgery.....

This has went kinda fast for us. First doctor visit was May 20th. And hopefully surgery by September.

Insurance didn't require 6month diet...so that help on timeline

I know y'all are like newlywed again with a new life