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The first 3 days after surgery I was tired and a little sore so I just bummed around for those few days. I went back to work the very next week, (as a nurse in the hospital) and had no problems. I actually felt energized!

That is encouraging to hear! I am a month out also and lost 25 since but mainly all in the first 2 weeks! I keep feeling like a failure! But it is true, I weigh myself everyday and get mad at myself when all I've been doing is fluctuating. I will try very hard not to weigh everyday and just once a week.

LOL, I'm glad I was off the day that they had a huge lunch for us this Nurse's Week. The other day they came to each department with all the stuff to make ice cream sundaes! Glad I was too busy to get one!

WOW!!! You look fabulous! and you look like you really enjoyed yourself on your trip! I read another post about someone who lost weight with a trip to Hawaii. I think you are very inspirational! Can you tell me if you've ever had stalls? And if so, how did you break them. That's what I'm dealing with now. I'm a month out and postop have lost 25, but most of that was in the first 2 weeks. Just feeling depressed about it.

I lost a bunch of weight right away and then I have been stalling the past 2+ weeks. I'm mopey and depressed about it. I am aiming for 60+grams of protein a day and have been keeping my calories in the 600-1100 range. I pretty much only eat something if it has protein in it. Sometimes I feel like I'm failing my sleeve. I wonder if the "big" losers on here have ever had stalls like this. I am starting to do exercise too.

Amanda- I probably would have slapped that woman.

You know, I realized later on that maybe I should have done this as well. I really struggled with losing the preop weight before surgery and felt like I hadn't said "goodbye" to my favorite foods. Also, I was thinking that for my very first weigh in that maybe I should have put on some ankle weights and stuff to weigh me down!!! I took way too long to lose that preop weight. I had my surgery 4/12/11, but had I lost the weight properly, I could have had it done in january! Just in case you are wondering, I have been able to have the foods I love post surgery. Just very small amounts at a time!!! It takes a while to get used to eating a small bit when your brain is expecting a huge amount! I am satisfied most of the time just by drinking my fluids. Rarely hungry. I feel like I'm thanksgiving dinner full after eating 4 oz of applesauce.

I am hoping for the best for you!!! I had a alot of ups and downs before my surgery including my surgery getting cancelled on the day of. I went home from that very upset and feeling like it would never happen for me. I was really bummed and depressed for a while but then I got on track and eventually got it done. My doctors made us jump through a million hoops before surgery to make sure we didn't have other problems. Luckily I was ok and didn't need much, but as I got to know my doctor, I realized he truly cares how well we do and succeed. I thought he was just being and a-hole. LOL. I know you'll get through this. You will get taken care of presurgery and get cleared and end up with a healthier outcome! I just know it!

My husband was pretty against it when I first decided. I remember when I first brought it up and I ended up taking off for a couple hours in tears because he pretty much told me that I could lose weight if I followed regular diets properly. I had told him about all of the diets and meds I've been on since being a kid and he was like, well obviously you weren't doing it right. I pretty much told him that it's my decision and he can either support me or not and if not then we're done. We were both pretty heated. I couldn't understand why he was so opposed. I figured out he was super scared of me volunarily getting a "big surgery" and I could have complications and die. I figure he was more scared than most since both of his parents recently passed away from cancer and felt like he couldn't lose me. We eventually went to counseling and agreed to disagree. Since my surgery he has turned around big time and is glad to see me happier and feeling healthier!

Yeah, I started driving within a couple days. I only took pain medicine for 2 days after surgery and I was fine. Not like I felt like going anywhere. I pretty much just bummed around for a week. But I went back to work after a week too and was fine.

I kept it a secret for so long and by the time I got it done I didn't care anymore! I don't advertise but if someone asks I say yeah. who cares. I am really starting to love myself for once in my life and if someone doesn 't like me for it or loses respect for me for it then screw them. life is too short to worry about what other people think. I've let that kind of anxiety run my life until now!

It is so crazy. I'll eat a little prepackaged container of applesauce and then I'll lean back and moan and sigh like I just ate a huge thanksgiving dinner!!! lol

What was your starting height and weight? I was wearing 24s and 3xs and now 2xs are big on me and 22s are getting baggy!

I have been stalling this past week (post op week 2-3). every day I weigh myself and I am up one day and down another, never lower than what I was a week ago. I am not so good that I can remember what day it is and only weigh in one day a week. I am most definitely losing inches. All of my clothes were tight on me before surgery and some I couldn't even wear. Now alot of them are too big and I'm fitting in smaller sizes too!

I am a slave to my scale. I wish I wasn't.

Wow!!! You are so inspiring. I am 3 weeks out and have been stalled the past 7 days. I have heard of this 3 week stall. I have lost quite a bit so far but sometimes it's hard to believe that I'm going to lose more. Especially when I eat something and feel so full!

I was still on liquids at that time. No worries. As you heal you'll be able to add more to your diet. I am 3 weeks out and I eat in very small amounts now.

Start with the protein first and then add other stuff. I also keep my protein shake near me all day until it's gone and sip as much as I can remember.

Yeah, I can't complain about that!

Yayyyyyy!!!!!! I am so excited! I started looking in my closet for more clothes to wear. I don't need to go shopping. I have plenty of clothes I've never even worn!

I have heard of those protein shots and I will look them up as well. Since surgery protein shakes don't taste as good as they used to. Before I had been no carb for months and the protein shake was like dessert! lol I think things will get better in time. It takes time for the body to heal and time for us to understand our new bellies.

Well if you are going to get a snack there, try the fruit snacks. I got the little gummy fruit and it lasted about the whole movie. If I don't do something like that then I stick to gum or nothing.

Wow! That's crazy to not even be able to drink during the day. What kind of work is it? I work as a nurse and even we sneak in our water bottles because it's hard to go without. : /

This sometimes happens to me at work since our breaks are timed. I drank a little too quick and too much and went to the bathroom with a cold sweat and upset stomach and hypersalivating. Now I don't bring anything heavy with me. Maybe just a little cup of applesauce or something. If I am going to eat anything more than that I save it for home.

Just you wait kelly! I was just like you. But it will work. Even now I might eat something and I feel like it won't fill me up but it definitely does!!!