bilka

Isn't there a way to KILL that annoying inner voice? :cuss::smash4: Mine has tred to sabotage me too but I chose to ignore it at some point. "No, I could never do it on my own, othersiwe I'd already be thin. No, this is not the easy way out. No, this doesn't mean I have a very weak personality". These were my answers to it. Prepare your answers! Are you sure you'd save money? What about the money you'll have to spend on your health if you don't take care of youself now? Mmmmh...

WOW!!! What a change! Congrats!

Congratulations on your date! Less than a month away!

Hello Billie Jo and welcome! I think we all shared your fears before surgery. I "only" have to lose 81 lbs and it's going down slowly compared to other people, but it keeps going down and it's an amazing feeling. You will lose because you have decided to turn your life aorund. And you'll love yourself more when you start seeing all the weight coming off. I still can't imagine myself weighing 128 lbs, I still can't believe I am going to get there one day seriously! All you feel is absolutely normal. About anesthesia... I don't know... I wasn't scared at all and I remember it as the best dreamless sleep of my life!

Brilliant!!! :bounce:

The only thing I seemed to tolarate straight after getting out of the hospital was iced coffeine free coffee with skinny milk and sweetener. Once I got home I had broth often and found out the only way I could drink water was adding effervescent vitamins to it and I still do it twice a day. I also had s/f jell-o. I couldn't tolerate popsicles and still can't (weird)

W-O-W! :thumbup1: You look fantastic, congratulations!!! Your bikini is really nice too, I like the colours!

:thumbup: SILLY NSV? I actually think it's a great one! Congrats on the 30 pounds as well!

Amazing! Congratulations!:thumbs_up:

Keeping a diary and sharing it with friends is helping me too! The idea of having to write everything down is really keeping me from doing anything stupid. Congratulations on the weight loss!!!

Not even a month out and you have already improved your health so much! It is great! Keep enjoying your life and your playtime with the kids!!!

First try tonight was a trash. Shame. I am going to try again tomorrow, I think I know what I did wrong, though.

Amazing! Congratulations!

I think I am going to try it soon. I do feel like cooking right now. The idea of calling it pizza is obviously killing the Italian me () and I have no idea what "Italian seasoning" is, but I guess fresh oreganon will do, won't it? I am going shopping!!!

Wow! Good on you! A size 8 is actually my goal, here in normal shops it's kinda the largest size you can get, if you don't want to go shopping in big ladies' shops! Congratulations!!! I can't wait to be there myself!

Do you have effervescent vitamins to dissolve in water there? This is what I use. Seeing that I hardly tolerate water, it also helps me getting fluids during the day. Here we have them with orange or lemon flavour and they normally aren't too sweet (I take some that also have magnesium, potassium and other useful stuff in it)...

I have no idea how to avoid appetizers. I am struggling with them too. Here in Torino instead of having dinner out we often just have an "aperitivo" or appetizer. You just pay for a drink (between 7 and 10 euros) and you can eat all what you want from the buffet, or the waiters keep bringing stuff. There are any kinds of appetizers: from small amounts of pasta to pieces of sandwiches, crisps, fries, cheese, salamis, anything you can imagine. No proteins, if you don't count the cheese on the mini pizzas! It was born in Milan then many cities adopted it too. Gosh, it's a nightmare, but it's a very common way to have this type of "dinner" with friends (because it's cheap and doesn't really require dressing up for a restaurant). I haven't learnt how to manage it either. Yesterday I had a glass of wine (I drunk a couple of sips) and a mini pizza. I did feel guilty, thank goodness I was full straight away! I don't have a solution but I share the same kind of problem!

Great topic. It made me realise I am not being good... I am doing my best, though... -I am 2 months and 2 days out. I have lost 17 kgs out of 37 I am supposed to lose (37.4 pounds out of 81.4). I am REALLY satisfied. -I eat 4 times a day: Breakfast, lunch, mid afternoon and dinner. Not a big amount of food. -I am definitely not getting the 80 gr Proteins in, but my nutritionist told me to stop the Protein shakes last time I saw him, so this isn't really my fault! (I guess in Italy people are just not used to this kind of things). -I do get my Vitamins through effervescent supplements which I add to Water twice a day, it helps me drink water as well, I am definitely not drinking enough... Probably 3 big glasses of water a day. -I introduce an average of 600 kcal per day during the week, while on weekends sometimes up to 1000 if I go out for lunch/dinner (I normally have a glass of wine, this is why) -I go twice a week to the gym for 1.5 hour. -I am super tired, but at the moment everyone is. We are having a very hot spring (30° C or 86°F), which is unusual for us living next to Alpes, my hubby and I feel like sleeping all the time, shame we can't! -And I don't feel cold. I read that many people do, after vsg, I absolutely don't.

I felt hungry all the time with liquids too, or just annoyed that I couldn't chew anything. Everything changed when I switched to mashed food, then I wasn't that hungry anymore and I was satisfied with the food I ate!

I actually talked to my nutritionist, whom I am seeing once a month. We decided that 58 kgs (128 lbs) will be fine. I have no idea what I'll look like then. I don't remember being that light in my life; the lightest I have ever been at high school was 148 (overweight anyway for my height). This way I shouldn't have much fat left and won't be insulin resistant. I am 166 cm (which should be 5.45 feet).

Congratulations! Ths is a great success! So inspirational! I really hope that people who still have doubts aboout this surgery will read your NSV!

Hello optasia! Of course it's your choice, but what I can tell you from my personal experience is that I can sleep well. An example: I woke up past 11 this morning. I wake up at 8 every morning and get my nice 9 hours of sleep every night (I don't have kids yet). I had problems with sleeping the first 2 weeks, because of the scars, but that's it. I am not even 2 months out and I already go to parties. I try almost everything, just in very small amounts. I have lost 15 kgs/33 lbs and I already like myself so much, I can't believe it's me the one in the mirror! The thing is, I don't miss food, I am just not interested anymore. I can compare myself to my skinny friends now, the ones who are full with a small amount of food and never talk about it. I really don't feel like I am missing things. I actually feel like I have a lot of time to concentrate on stuff other than food! I was lucky with my in-laws (mother-in-law in very understanding, my father-in-law was and still is in Afghanistan, so no-one told him), maybe yours will be understand too... You never know!

Hello and welcome to the losers' bench! I don't know exactly why you feel so good but I think it's a great way to start your journey! It may depend on your age, as you said. I remember that when I was between 19 and 25 I never slept, always out partying and clubbing and being stupid and even managed to get my degree on time. Now I need 2 friggin days to recover from a night out clubbing and drinking (I mean, until 2 months ago before I got sleeved, no way I am going out drinking right now!) and I am only 30! Anyway, enjoy your weight loss and I wish you to keep feeling this good!

I don't even know what "starch" means, so I can't help you with that. I just can tell you that I was worried too right after surgery. I could drink so much (a part from pure water): hot soups, tea, broth, protein drinks,.. I even LOVED my protein shakes! I too felt like I could eat anything, I was craving the weirdest food ever (do you know what tortellini are? Well, I was dying for them). Then I stopped my liquid diet and started with pured food and there I realized I really had the sleeve done. With "real" food the cravings stopped. There are days where I might think about something special (today it is chocolate, for example, because I bought some for a friend this morning), but most of the times I don't. This is my experience, but I read more than once people being worried about the same thing. I really wouldn't worry too much. Enjoy your liquids because with real food it is going to be harder...