italianlady13

Now you are making me want to go on a cruise!!!!! Sounds like a great vacation: eat what you want, have loads of fun doing fun and active activities AND you lost a pound.....sign me up!

The night before my surgery, at 3 AM I had the backout thoughts. I googled my doctors name and couldn't find him, I panicked! I didn't want to go through with it I had a huge issue......then I got over it, did it, lost 50 pounds am no longer obese which will cause me more problems down the line....so happy I did it.

I'm 31, soon to be 32 and I can't believe how fast my life has gone by....

Dr Abdulsalam Al Taie in Dubai, he was expensive but awesome! I was back to normal in 2 days....

They DID turn out yummy, but you have to wait unti they are completely cool, in a tin and in the fridge over night before they get nice and crispy.....I think next time I will use Stevia instead of the brown sugar. The brown sugar made it super super sweet.

I agree. I had so many people telling me omg are you nuts? Are you crazy this is NOT safe and my usual answer was "well neither is obesity"...I'm so happy I did the surgery. If anyone tells you not to do it....follow your heart and know that MANY people are successful at it.

I heard this can happen if you eat too fast!

Mine are way different now too. I have had three since post op and they are heavier and longer, however not as heavy as that. I would go to the hospital to make sure everything is ok. Maybe a cyst burst or something? Do you have pcos? That just seems like ALOT of blood to me. Do you have any cramping on one side near a specific ovary? I would definately go to the doctor especially with the other symptoms....but then again maybe I'm a baby and go to the doctor for every little problem?

I'm also in my third month and was thin on top. I am losing a bit and I sure do hope it grows back otherwise I am going to look like I have some kind of problem....maybe I"m just gonna cut it off.

could you use 1/2 a cup of the splenda brown sugar instead?

INFJ You are: slightly expressed introvert moderately expressed intuitive personality distinctively expressed feeling personality slightly expressed judging personality

get that halloween candy outta the house quick and give out toothbrushes instead!!! It's like have drugs in the house with a recovering drug addict. Everyone fears the surgery will fail and if you eat candy and junk it's bound to. HOWEVER you must live a normal life as well and know that there will be times when you eat a piece of candy here and there. Now that I have said that stop beating yourself up, throw out the junk food, and realize you are two weeks out and can hurt yourself eating snacks and junk. At two weeks broth was my best friend....

Well hello there! Good luck on your journey

hey we are in the same boat exactly. My husband was a real ass also. Reminding me that I was fat, counting the food in the cupboards. I finally got fed up. I decided to leave the Middle East where we were living. We agreed that we would try to work things out but have some space. He just stopped talking to me altogether then after a MONTH on thursday he told me he doesn't love me and will file for divorce. Well that a*****e can eat his heart out because i'm now a sexy hot lady and he's just a small troll. 50 pounds lost has done wonders for my self esteem. I LOVE MY SLEEVE!

You were beautiful then and you are beautiful now. Only this time you are beautiful AND healthy. Good on you!

This surgery is giving us the chance to live a normal life. When I say normal I mean NORMAL. It doesn't mean we can never have a slice of pizza or a cheeseburger or an occassional piece of chocolate. My doctor actually told me to eat chocolate and to NOT deprive myself. Eventually, the cravings for those foods will go away and sometimes that kind of food even tastes bad to you and you won't want it. However if you are in a social situation or a birthday party you can indeed have something, everything is ok in moderation....

I'm three months out and have lost 50 pounds. I do get hunger but it's not intense like it was before the surgery. And like itscometothis has said I eat some small meal and it's gone. I also notice that if I drink a caffinated beverage like coffee or tea I feel hunger alot more and if I eat bread....other than that it's nowhere near at all the intense I have to eat half the fridge kind of hunger....

Thomas cpa did you lose 110 pounds in 2.5 months!!!!!! YIKES

sank you

words that came to my mind: holy crap! You look so good give yourself several pats on the back! woot woot

I didn't mean perfectionist in a bad way. Just sometimes people are overly hard on themselves which is what I meant. You can't be hard on yourself, be gentle with yourself and allow yourself some screw ups. This surgery (if there are no complications) is fail proof. You would have to eat and eat and eat (which isn't really possible) for it to fail. the less you think about it failing and the more you just forget you had the surgery and live your life (excercising and pretending you are just doing some diet) then it will start to move. The more you get on that scale and weigh yourself and think about what you can't eat, it won't work and indeed will fail. The mind is a powerful thing. Just keep telling yourself THIS WILL WORK and it will.

Are you a perfectionist? I see a person who is really punishing herself. Why? EVERYONE does this, everyone goes through this. I suck at chewing and sipping and taking my Vitamins and eating enough Protein as well.... who told you that you can never have mexican food, pancakes, burgers and fries? In time you will be able to eat everything you enjoyed before just in smaller quantities and not as often. And you know what? You are going to get to the point where you won't WANT those things anymore because they just won't do it for you like they did before. You will see that this surgery is going to be the best thing you ever did for yourself. Remember that right now your hormones are raging. Shortly after my surgery I would walk through the grocery store and cry. i was not there to buy food I was just there to be around the food (kind of like visiting the cemetary) and I would read the nutrition content and cry (think obituaries) it was HORRIBLE, but I got over that with time Just do your best and your best will be! You can and WILL do this and you will look back and be slightly amused that you felt this way ever, I promise you this.

I was sleeved July 19, 2011. I have lost 45 pounds (I have not updated my ticker yet). i'm into a size 10 pants as well. I have some before and after pictures up in the success stories forum. I feel great and it's the greatest and best gift I could have ever given myself. I'm so very happy at this success.

EVERYONE keeps asking me if I'm 22! THAT is the best part. I was 31 and feeling horrible, ugly down on myself. I tell EVERYONE about my surgery because I want them to see the benefits of this surgery, especially people who I can see feel just as badly about themselves as I used to. I'm a definate advocate!!!! I can't wait to lose the rest and meet my goal, what a feeling that will be! Also, I'm so cold all the time. I am literally freezing cold all the time and have to bundle up!!

i FEEL great! Thanks