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I JUST JOINED THE GROUP AND LET ME SAY ... THANK YOU LAWD.. I AM VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS GROUP .. I WAS SLEEVED ON APRIL 14TH 2010 IN FT .LAUDERDALE FLORIDA.. BY DR BARON @ THE FLORIDA MEDICAL CENTER .. I HAVE LOST 60 LBS TO THIS DAY .. I STARTED @ 289 AND NOW I AM 242. I GOT DOWN TO 237 BUT I GAINED SOME OF IT BACK FROM EATING SNACKS ALL THE TIME.. (SLIDER FOODS) . I WAS 2 A PLATEAU FOR 6 MONTHS. THEN IT HAS RECENTLY STARTED MAOVING AGAIN.. I HAVE UPED MY WORKOUT GAME .. I TRY TO EXECISE DAILT .. I ATTEN THE YMCA DAILY .. EITHER I ATTEND ZUMBA , YOGA , ON THE BALL ., FIT- FUSION , HARDCORE ABS,, ANYTHING THEY OFFER .. I AM THERE.. I HAVE ALSO NOTICED THAT I MUST WATCH WHAT I EAT .. AND BEING FROM A BLACK SOUTHERN FAMILY (SARASOTA FLORIDA) .. WE EAT VERY POORLY ... FRIED CHICKEN IS MY FAVORITE , BUT NOW I HAVE FRIED CHICKEN FROM BAKING INSTEAD. I ALSO EAT PLENTY OF FRESH OR FROZEN VEGGIES .. I READ ALL LABELS NOW . I HAVE EVEN GOT MY FAMILY TO EAT HEALTHIER. WHEN I GOT THIS SURGERY I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THIS WAS GONNA BE MY CURE ALL FOR MY WEIGHT LOSS. WELL ITS JUST A TOOL AND YOU STILL GOT TO DO YOUR PART AND EAT RIGHT AND EXERCISE ... ATLEAST I DO! MY HEALTTH HAS TURNED AROUND FOR THE BETTER . I HAD A STROKE IN 2008 AN MY KIDNEYS WERE DAMAGED FROM THE STROKE (thats when i gained all the weight ).. BUT NOW THAT I AM TAKING GREAT CARE OF MYSELF , MY KIDNEYS ARE 100% BETTER .. ALSO I WAS TAKING OFF MY HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE MEDS LAST WEEK .. ATLEAST ONE OF THE PILLS.. I STILL HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO BUT I AM READY TO DO THIS.. I'M OFF TO THE GYM NOW .. I DO NOT REGRET HAVING THE SLEEVE.. IT SAVED MY LIFE .. THANK YOU LORD FOR THIS BLESSING.. HAVE A GREAT DAY AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME VENT THIS MORNING ..

I feel your pain .. The same happen to me via c-section 5 years ago. I have also tried everything but the big azz belly is still there.. I work out daily and i've changed my diet significately and in time I will have a tummy tuck ,, but my tuck (and yours) is medically needed.. its time for me to tie my show without giving oout of breath. I had the sleeve done 4/14/2010 and i have lost 60 lbs so far ..i struggle with the weight ..i know that i have a addiction to food and I must deal with that as well .. I still have to eat right and exercise to stay healthy.. this is no game .. i will have my tummy tuck in November /december .. I saw the surgeon and he said loose some more weight first .. so he can do an amazing job.. i have alot of viseral fat with the apple shape body...(all messed up) well I wish you well ..

i am going through the same addiction .. i am a mother of 2 and wife .. so i am always cooking and feeding my family ..its so dam hard to say No to my kids when they want junk food. i have to say no .. i have began to walk when i just want junk food.. and i Pray.. watch oout for slider foods.. I had surgery on my foot and i gained 10lbs from sittng around and NOT being able to exercise.. I feel awful .. I can't believe I gained weight .. Now I want to eat because of depression..lol its a vicious cycle and I want OUT... I want to loose another 75 lbs... Today I am 250.......(again) lol i had got down to 239....... I am Pissed at myself ..

Well , well well . I have been @ a stall for 6 months and its frustrating .... I have naoy gained any weight but i have not lost any either. I exercise atleast 4-5 times per week . i mix it up by doing a variety of exercises. ie; swimming , yoga, spinning ,weight lifting , Zumba .. I do it all . I have a memebership @ YMCA and I use it faithfully. I know its my meal plan b/c I still want that junk food .. I take vitamins (multi, vit d and b-12) I need help with my meal plan..

Hi. I am also 7 months oot and My sleeve does this all the time... I laugh at it because it is so loud and funny ..my family tells me that they hear it also. I guess its air ..Maybe we both are eating too fast and gulping alot of air. it feels like air to me , but lots of it.(LOL) I see my Doctor in 2 weeks for my check-up and I will have a list og questions.. but everyone is different . I love my sleeve , but sometimes I manipulate it to eat more.... i got alot to learn and I will get this weight off. Its a journey.... So far I 've lost 58lb since april 2010. I have atleast 75lbs more to loose..

You are sooo right!!! I thank you so much for all of your comments. I really listen to your and others advice but you make so much sence. thanks !!! I know that its holidays .. I weghed myself today and i'm @ 237 again..thhats my lowest since surgery . it went up and now back down... I have had NO SWeets today and I am going through the motions...LOL I have done good! ..

Now I feel "Normal" LOl My calories intake I think is high because i was eating all high cal foods like cakes , donuts , cookies , chips and pies. they go down very easy .Now I love chickenb and turkey and most of my meals contain some sort of protein but I never craved sweets like i do now. It takes everything in my power to NOT buy chocolates and donuts @ walmart.(grocery stores). i know that I have to work for success because I found my self thinking that all I would have to do to loose weight was to have surgery and it will just drop off, BUT thats not true .. I cannot eat anything bad. I am going to at a meeting tommorrow morning and i will post the results when i return.. Its also true that I can't eat more that 6-7 oz in 20-30- min. But i have learned to manipulate my sleeve to consume more. Ive lost 52 lbs since surgery, I have atleast 75 lbs to reach my goal of 165lb. My nut said I'm doing great but i feel that i should be smaller than I am .. Oh yeah , I stopped exercising like i was in the beginning. i have become so lazy but I know that I have to work for this success.. thank you everyone.. it really means alot to have you all understand what I am going thru mentally as well.

Thank you again ... I can sometimes eat the mushy foods with ease . BUT sometimes I can't eat and i get so frustrated because i can't really enjoy food like before. Also when i had my 6 month check up with the nut , he said I was doing really good .all my blood test were excellent . especially my protein level ..They were impressed but since thanksgiving , i have fallen into a rut. I eat every 2 hrs , nothing really big but my husband says "baby , you are eating too much."" Then i log the food in fatsecret .com and i only consume around 1500-1800 cal daily. sometime my carbs are too much , my fat is good and my protein is always 90 and above. i really believe that its the carbs and my addiction to food. thank you for sharing all of your advice , i actually feel better. I know what i got to do , now I have to do it! I will join overeaters support group asap.. (like today!)

Thank you so much for clearing that up . so what can I do now is start from the basics again.??? I feel bad because I really don't want any more weight gain .I have gained 3 lbs since thanksgiving. i can't drink anyy plain water w/o feeling full fast. sometimes I overeat and vomit .. Its a strong addiction to food that I have to work on . any groups you can recommend? I had surgery in April and I have lost atotal of 52 lbs but I gained 3 lbs last 2 days . It could have been cookies and cake foir the holidays .. I was eating all bad things .. now i got to get back to that basics and loose this weight .its so hard because i love to cook and I am a mother of 2 small kids that have to eat .. I have to try harder for that maximum weight loss.

I agree with all of you and I thank you for your imputs..

i am always hot .. i thought it was from pre-menepause..lol but i too have been sweating like its crazy .. i am in florida but its been cold here too . i have my air on ...my family is complaining about the cold and they want the heat on ..

I would like to know if a sleeve can be stretched within 7 months??? I can sometimes eat alot of soft foods , . i get full but i will wait a few minutes and I can eat again .. its so frustrating because i have not loss any weight in 37 days.....HELP!!!!

Ok ok: .. I'm really worried now because I can sometimes eat alot of food (2 cups) or more ... I have not lost any weight in 37 days . In fact it says I have gained 5 lbs ..(hmmm) I would like to know if a sleeve can be stretched..?? or damaged within 7 months???. I have lost 58 lbs since surgery in April 2010.. But I have been able to manipulate my stomach to eat more .. I think that I will have to address my addiction to the food .. My problem is not just with surgery, its also mental.. I got to jooin a group to deal with food addiction.. I go up and down .. The lowest weight so far is 237.. from 289 ... I feel great but I have stopped exercising all together.. i just do my housework and shop alot. So I get walking from that. and I find that I crave sweets alot. HELP!!!

This is awesome . I had my sleeve done in April 2010 and I just had my 6 month doctor visit ..My blood work was on target , only low iron because i am anemic. I have lost 51 lbs since surgery . i sometime feel bad because i think in my mind that i should have lost more.. I broke my hand and had a set back in june and the weight did not move up or down.. I found out that i was eating too much carbs.. I now eat only good carbs and the weight loss has began again. i know that it will fall off with more exercise but i find it hard to get back motivated. i try to do something daily (walk, dance , swim, etc) I am very happy with the sleeve and I will look marvelous next year. I havent found the right protein shake yet. anyone , anyone ???? have a blessed day and thanks for the post!

WOW!!! You look marvelous!!!!!:thumbup1: I have lost exactly 50 lbs as of today!!! I will have my 6 month anniversary on oct 14th 2010.. i still have about 75 lbs to loose.. I have given myself a year to loose all the weight... its hard some days but i 'm learning what works and what doesn't work... you look wonderful , keep up the great work...:thumbup:

I was stuck for 63 days with my weight loss going up 2 lbs then down 3lbs .. It was so frustrating untill i was sick with a cold and couldnt eat anything ... I finally lost 7 lbs and i realize why I had stalled.. It was my carbs ... I was eating too much carbs and eating alot of slider foods.. I wasnt gaining but was not loosing.. Stay away from bad foods and eat only good healthy ones .. it will make a big difference ... I have not been eating that slider foods and I'm loosing again ..Thank you Lord for that ..you must change your diet .. You have to eat good foods also ... no sugars and bad carbs for me .. this is JUST A TOOL!!! You still have to work at it and I finally have accepted that..

wow .. i see my problem .. too many carbs when i do eat ,,my protein is great ,,but my carbs are quite high...( i've got do betta...) i've been at the same weight for 35 days now. (with NO weight loss but no gain either...) I got to get it together ... this is depressive!!!

Wow. I was 289 @ surgery and now i am 245... I had surgery on april 14, 2010 and I feel like I should have lost more...I feel as if I done this for nothing .. Its been a real stressful month for me .. I broke my hand ,, then I had gotten bitten by a mosquito and the bite became infected.. still my body was trying to heal my sleeve..? the kids were home daily for the summer and bugged me.....The hubbie lost his job again so it was constant arguing.... It was a mess all summer.... now that I have gotten my daily walk routine started again ,I should do much better. I really need to get more focused and stop being the victim.. I want to be successful in my sleeve.... thanks guys!!!! , I also needed to vent ...Aghhhhhh!!!!( in my micheal Jackson voice ) LOL

WOW...OMG... I am on that list fer sure..... I have only lost 1 (one) pound this past month(august) I have been at stall all month .. It could have been a # of different "Stressors""... So much happen this summer with me and, My kids were here ALL summer constantly bugging me:sad0: I am so happy they are back in school , now I can focus on my work out routine and better eating choices. Well I know that I could have done better last month with my diet ... I know that this is a tool not a magic bullet. Watch out for the "slider" foods ... they can backfire. I havent gained any weight and I havent lost but 1 lb .... My clothes are fitting better and sometimes too big... well thank you for posting and I got to focus and stay REAL ...:thumbup:

it will get better!!! I can truthfully say that I have completely forgotten about that sever pain from the incisions .. I was sleeved in April and I have no pain or reminders about the surgery... I mean I have NO pain what so ever. I still have my good and bad days about food and eating issues. iT si easier now that I'm 4 mths post op.. I have lost 49 lbs so far and i feel so much better. I still need to loose 100 lbs .. and I will by next year. Keep going walking and don't lay around too much . walking will help you heal.. (believe it or not) You will look back and see the difference .. Your on your way to getting a brand new life...

Oh yeah I forgot ... I had my sleeve in april and i lost a total of 43 lbs.... i was 289 @ surgery , now I am 246... its been almost 4 months... I'm giving it a whole year to get to my goal of 160lbs.... Thanks again

OMG.... I am feeling a little down in the dumps this week myself but I kinda have my finger on whats really going on with me. its been a real hard 3 weeks for me .... I broke my hand 6 weeks ago and then a mosquito bite got infected and shut me down because of extreme pain and swelling in my leg /ankle.. the Dr put me on bed rest to elevate my leg... WHEW !!! Its been hard because I could not exercise like I was doing before all this mess. I stll was able to loose weight . Not much but I lost instead of gain.. Some weeks it stayed the same... Well I am healed (almost) so I am trying hard today to motivate myself and get moving .. I must swim or walk today. I must exercise to get the full benefit of the sleeve. some of you have said that you did not have to exercise , but for me , I have to . I don't want my skin to hang ... I want to look amazing ... (with muscles) Oh yeah , I was able to buy a cute swimsuit last weekend that I can honesty say "it fits very well" lol ..... I am going through an emotional rollercoaster this week and I must get focused on my journey ... Thanks everyone for all your post and advice ... it reallly does help.

same here... I was thinking that I should be loosing weight much faster but iits steady. ive lost 45 lbs so far since april 14th, 2010. I'v cut down exercising to 4-5 days instead of 7 days . I was really over doing it. I was not allowing my muscles to heal. I just told myself that i should look forward to next year when the real results will reveal the truth. I try not to stress as much if I don't loose as fast. that will put weight on a person as well. thanks everyone..