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my fave sushi place made me rolls w/o rice...different but good! I was @ 6 weeks out when I caved and had sushi (i had it with rice too!)

Thanks guys! That and fitting in a seat with room at a concert last Saturday...this is such a great life change! Its not easy but sooooo worth it!

I'm finally OVERWEIGHT! NOT OBESE by my BMI!!! HOLY COW! I'm sooo happy.

I eat sushi...can have like 2-3 pieces of a roll...eaten SLOW. (which is nearly impossible for me, only 2 pieces at my normal speed) I can have a few bites of bread...or pancake or pizza, potatoes or dare I admit french fries...lol. I ate a McDonalds burger with mac sauce on it and just the bottom of a roll...IT WAS SINFUL and AMAZING...lol. First time I have done that in months. I didn't even cave for that months before surgery...lol. Good luck...I say, eat what you want a bite at a time...wait every 3 or so and make sure your tummy catches up with your head! MANY times I'm ticked off cause my tummy says DONE well before my brain has even enjoyed my food!

yup...its where they did a stitch (usually a vicral) it dissolves, I had one too. I looked at my doc and was like, "seriously...did ya tie that knot way to tight??" (I was an OR nurse...lol) He said it would go away...and its almost gone. Not completely. I have lost 60 lbs andf the belly pudge is still lopsided. In the end I'm sure it will shrink and look better. Thats why our docs are general surgeons, not plastic surgeons...lol.

My problem is that I still eat too fast. My full signal is hiccups but if I eat fast I get them a little late and get a bad pain right at the base of my breastbone...ugh. I try to eat slow...but I'm not good at it.

RIGHT! Stalls happen...kick up the water and activity if you can and it will happen....its normal and your body will likely drop 2,3 or more lbs quick at the end of the stall.

If you're asking me when surgery was...it was 4/12/11. This has been my NO LOSS week...ugh! This weekend better get back on track! I always do better on the weekends, its tough at work with all the planned eating times and snacks!

Lookin Good! Have fun with your new look!

For my day...(lets start with I am a rule breaker...lol) Get to work for 7 am. Cup of coffe with cream and sugar (normal no low fat no splenda...just reg old sugar and cream) Break @ 9am is Breakfast. 1 packet sugar free maple & brown sugar oatmeal drink a bottle of Water through out the day lunch 11:30. Lots of time lunch is delivered so whatever it is, Moe's, Chilie's, Panera, chinese, sushi...I pick out about a half cup of mostly Protein and the a veggie or fruit. If there is dessert...and there usually is...I go back @ 2pm and have like 2 bites of something...cookie, brownie...whatever it is but seriously like 2 bites or a handful of peanut M&M's. If we have sushi I have like 2-4 pieces of a roll depending on how long I have to spread out my eating time, spider rolls (softshell crab) and sweet potato rolls with eel sauce are my FAVORITE! Dinner: whatever I make for the fam. chicken is big in my house or I'll make something for them and eat a bite here and there of dinner. If its Pasta I'll have a few bites then add some imitation crabmeat to my plate. (thats my grab n go) After dinner I am a night time snacker...I cannot break that habit along with all the other changes...so I have a handful of kettle corn or 2 bullseye caramels (60 calories a piece) Basically I track it all on my fitnesspal and I'm honest...I try to keep the carbs in check...if i have more at lunch I have to be more careful at dinner. Some days I'm good, others I'm bad...but I want to live the way I want and so far its all working for me. Could I lose faster if I picked my lazy bootie off the couch and exercised or skipped the M&M's....sure, but I want to be happy too. So...theres my day, love it or run screaming....lol! Do what works for you and MAKES YOU HAPPY! That is whyt we all did this right????

Me too! I know its crazy...but I found if I add some carbs to my diet I lose more...wierd huh? And I do the same thing with the weight drops. I lose nothing and hover the same 2 lbs all week then on the weekend it seems I drop like 2-3 lbs like nothing??? I just keep pluggin along cause I keep losing. (I was sleeved April 12th so we're like a month apart...but I have been doing this for @ a month and a half.) I have taken pics though and the difference is hard for me to see day to day...but the pics the other night kept me sane! Do you keep track monthly or so of your measurments? I see changes in inches even when I don't see pounds shedding. Keep up the fantastic work!!! Tammy~

Ok that wa supposed to say bloodwork...today, darn auto correct on my phone! Anyway, I went at lunch...I should know more next week...I'll keep you posted!

No fruit...no drink....nothing else but some water like 20 minutes after the oatmeal. Battery of woodwork tomorrow....never a dull moment.

So...I am not diabetic. I was tested SEVERAL times (strong family history of type II) I knew if I did not have the surgery...the door I was knocking on...the looming diabetes was gonna hit! So...now I lose all this weight...less than 50lbs to goal...and my sugar is HIGH!??? I ate a packet of SUGAR FREE oatmeal this morning for breakfast, felt awful @ an hour later, checked my glucose level...168???? What is going on!? I will be FURIOUS if I did this and still end up diabetic!!! I mean I know its not just weight...but COME ON!!!! Anyone else have varying levels early out from surgery (its almost 3 months for me) I am a nurse and I just can't wrap my brain around this. What else can be causing these spikes???

I named mine WALTER...after Jeff Dunham's (the comedian) old man puppet. He's a grumpy, cantankerous,snarly old man and you never know what he'll 'say'....JUST LIKE MY BELLY! Its picky and grumbly and noisy....and likes one thing one day and not the next! LOL...so WALTER it is!