Oregondaisy

It says for my age I should weigh 156 but I weigh 133 so I have lost 100% of my excess weight!

I am using firefox too and the hyperlinks are still there. Tiffy is not the only one who wanted an ICU and a blood bank and a surgery done in a hospital. I didn't even know Tiffy and this board wasn't in existence when I went to Dr. Aceves because I wanted my surgery done in a hospital and to be cared for afterwards by Registered Nurses. The fact still remains that it makes no sense to have Dr. Aceves or any other surgeon who advertises here to have their name hyperlinked to another surgical facility in any posts.

I have been lifting weights for 6 years now. I stopped for about 2 weeks after surgery. I held off doing ab work a little longer than that. I didn't see how doing squats and lunges and using the weight machines at the gym could possibly be harmful to my stomach.

Make sure to let us know how you are doing as soon as you feel well enough to . I will be thinking of you!

it's rather annoying all right. sometimes it goes on for a long time before it will stop. It's best to learn to stop eating before you're full. If I stop when I am full at the table, 20 min. later I am completely miserable. It's hard to learn at first.

Pink Jewels, we had to be on the valor at the same time! I will get that number for you Sabrina!

isn't it great! Everyone loves Dr. Aceves! How could we not?:thumbup:

I absolutely loved Roatan. I can get the # from my daughter. We had a private tour guide for not much money and it was awesome! Belize was too freakin hot!

I was on the Carnival Valor and went to the western caribbean. It was great and I want to do another cruise as soon as possible. I would love to do a singles cruise or a dance cruise. This cruise had too many kids on spring break from college and I would have liked more people my age.

I just got back from a cruise too. I gained 8 lbs and lost it all in a few days. I was worried that I would have a hard time losing it but once I got back to my eating habits, it came right off. The food was so good on the cruise and the deserts were fabulous but back to reality here!

Gee that must be really frustrating. I had my sleeve done with Dr. Aceves almost a year ago and there is no way I could eat a half a sandwich. I hope you get this figured out.

Not sure what you want to know. There are a lot of us who had the band removed and got a sleeve instead. What is it that you're asking?

Sliming comes from eating too much or too fast. Your new tummy is very very tiny and will not hold much food at all. When your stomach feels an obstruction, it makes a lot of saliva to try to pass it through. Your mouth fills up and you have to keep spitting it out. Swallowing it will just make it worse. Sometimes you have no choice and the extra food just comes back up.

It's beautiful there! You will love it. Don't worry. You will be in great hands!

I think you just mix the jello with the hot water like you always make jello. Instead of using cold water, chill the isopure and replace that with the cold water.

My levels were over 4,000! All I know was I was in terrible pain!

Living with the band is a nightmare. Living with the sleeve is effortless.

so far, from the sample pack, I liked the vanilla and the cookies and cream the best. I took some samples with me on my vacation because they mix so well without a blender.

that's what we're here for :-)

did they do an ultasound on your gall bladder to be sure?

What does hungry feel like to you? Is it that feeling in your mind like "I wish I had something to eat' or "That really sounds good" or is it your stomach growling and aching?

If you are having pain and sliming, you are taking too big of bites and not chewing your food well enough. When you take very small bites and chew really well, you can eat more, much more than 5 bites, and not slime. We will never be able to eat the portions that we did before surgery, but that is why we had this surgery.

Anyone want to talk this evening? I am opening the chat window just in case!

I couldn't agree more. There are days when I eat all day long, but it's healthy stuff like almonds or cheese. There are other days when I don't think about eating at all. I finally remember that I need to eat some Protein so I do. Not having the ghrelin makes all the difference in the world!

I mixed GNC's brand of unflavored protein powder with all the sugar free liquids I was allowed to have.