Gayle

I wish I was losing inches! I was at the start of it but it's kind of stopped to,,,, BUMMER!

Thanks guys. I almost never get that down about it and I'm not so upset now, I just was this morning and had to say something somewhere! lol

Yes, I have thought about revising but my insurance only pays for one wls in my lifetime so that's not an option. And I was supposed to be at 40 carbs when I first started out, and it goes up from there. But like I said I'm on the slow side, today is 30some carbs including fiber.

I am 10 months out and down 120 pounds with another 100 to go. For over a month now I haven't been losing weight and I have been trying so many things. On average I get between 30-100 g carbs a day (on the lower side majority of the time, including fiber) and like 20-30 grams of fat and 60+ g of protein. I even am trying taking alli even though I don't eat much fat. I exercise and get 7 thousand steps a day and 4 flights of stairs at minimum. I get all my liquids in and eat between 800-1000 calories. I have even tried calorie cycling by going up to 1500 and then back down to 800 but even though I lost some doing that it didn't last. I am at the end of my rope and need some help or advice or anything!

He is already taking 4 different blood pressure medications. I really don't think another one is going to do that trick. I am just worried what will happen during the surgery.

That's the scary thing, the surgeon isn't running any more tests. He did the psych test and that's it now it's going through insurance and he will be scheduling soon

I had surgery a while ago and my dad got all excited about it and he wants to have it to. He has an average BP of 188/98 and an A1C of 10.7 among other health problems. I'm afraid he isn't healthy enough for surgery. Did anybody else have similar health problems going into surgery?

I am five months out and was just wondering what other people similar too me have been eating during the day? How many calories a day?

I have been measuring, they haven't been going down. like last month i lost half an inch in a couple places and that was it

I am a little over three months out and down 73 pounds. I started at 402 so I'm now 329. I am discouraged because I am only down about half a size. I am still wearing the clothes that I was wearing before my surgery. They are somewhat looser but I thought I'd be down one or more sizes by now. How long did it take everybody else to go down sizes?

At first it will be different, like softer. But after you get back on solids it should be normal, maybe a little harder because you won't be getting a lot of fiber. But it just won't happen as often. I suggest fiber gummies

Wow, what an amazing difference. Congrats!

I just wanted everybody to introduce themselves! Where are you from, when were you sleeved and how much have you lost? I am from Boise and I was sleeved April 13th by Dr. Vallentine at St Lukes Boise. I am down 55 pounds now

Well of course he didn't finish. Why would he?

Hi PenPen, my doctor told me that it's not what they call a functional cyst, which means it has no blood flow to it, so basically those ones just get bigger they are rare to get any smaller.

So I had the sleeve April 13th, and things went pretty well, but I was in quite a bit of pain. It was only in the past couple weeks that I was able to start back working out (even though that still makes my ouchie spots pretty sore). I even was able to roll around in the sack with my dear fiance, and only to no avail. It was really painful and we couldn't even finish. Haven't tried since. Went to see my OB and they found a 2 inch cyst on my left ovary. I am having another ultrasound in a month, and if it hasn't gotten any smaller I am going to have another surgery to take it out. They say it's really unlikely that it will get smaller, just will keep getting bigger. I know this type of surgery isn't that big of a deal and probably less painful than what I already had, but still sucks, it will keep me out of exercising and Water aerobics for a while over. Almost feel like i'm starting over. Anybody else had this type of surgery?

when I joined my TOPS group they had a scale that only went up to 300 pounds, and I weight like 380, so my biggest goal is to be able to weigh on that scale!

I made my own pulled pork the other day. Pork tenderloin, very lean, sugar free bbq sauce. It was fantastic

You are a rock star Sarah!

I had my sleeve just 3 days before you and I am doing pretty well too. Although I haven't had a period since a month before my surgery! I'm starting to feel really bloated and crampy so I think I got one coming on. I'm glad you are doing so well. I'm happy for you. I've got a long ways to go to get to onederland, lol

That's nothing. One or two of those aren't going to kill you. Be careful with the gum though. They say chewing it can add air to the stomach.

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Hi, my name is Gayle too! It worked out for me, so that means it must work out for you! lol. That's just simple logic!

I didn't have much restriction on the liquids phase. It will be very apparent when you get to more solid foods

Wait, I thought he broke up with you