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MirandaK WOW - almost 100 lbs gone forever - soon you will be in the Century Club your weight loss stats are terrific - congrats its true that those stupid stalls happen to most of us - we just have to ride them out keep it up - you are doing wonderfully God grant me patience, just hurry up about it

samijane congrats on hearing that you are "looking great" - nice to hear from a person of the opposite sex too btw - just cuz he has a girlfriend who is thin, means nothing -he is complimenting your hard work and success - enjoy this NVS - with many more to follow good for him for being truthful and nice & you too cuz you are doing great on your journey keep up the great work good luck congrats

ReeTee congrats on being able to drink without any pain/ problems - and not to have the fear of becoming dehydrated good luck on your continued journey best

danibecca i live in upstate New York so i can't help you your Dr/NUT should have a list/area of support groups in your neck of the woods. you'll meet other nice pre-op and post-op sleevers. will be nice to meet people in your same boat - but very helpful to meet sleevers that have had the WLS and can help with info/answers to questions good luck best wishes

Katie713 thanx for sharing the benefits of chia seeds - never tried chia seeds before - now on my grocery list

Chimera hi there, i think there are many more complications with gastric bypass. Malabsorption, intestines. Larger/quicker weight loss might be excellent initially w/bypass - but many people gain some/all weight back there are not statistics showing the success/failure of the sleeve since it hase only been done recently in U.S. I know, i know it has been done for a long time earlier. i don't think anything about bypass and sleeve are similar except both help you loose weight, both might give you problems, but in the long run IMO - sleeve is much better, less invasive - and next to sliced bread - the best thing in the world good luck

new grandmother you are human - your weakness to eating food came out. you are not the 1rst/or last to have this weakness show its ugly head prior to WLS - sometimes after surgery too we love eating food we all must change our eating habits, once we have the sleeve - we need to change the way we look and deal with food The sleeve is a tool that assists us - but we need to work on our poor eating habits. all eating problems must be dealt with - for the rest of our lives enjoy your new best friend the sleeve - take care of it - and it will take care of you good luck with WLS speedy recovery

ellis0921 common denominator with the sleeve, we all have emotions - uncertainty, doubts, nerves, terror, excitement, happiness etc. advice? go with those feelings -they are common after sleeve you will feel same emotions again good luck

carolc small accomplishments - only lost... both words must be deleted from vocabulary/dictionary doing great - keep up the good work congrats ps if that $13.00 included two five dollar bills and three one dollar bills - or one ten dollar bill and three one dollar bills - that is my money ;)

newgrandmother pre-op i never did a liquid diet you will find throughout your journey, that differen't doctors/ NUT do things in different way this info comes form the official sleeve bible that we live by thats the one thing all doc/NUTShave have in common - they are all different pay attention to what your doc/NUT says - always good luck

sarahmoni congrats on approval, sleeved next Tuesday WooHoo next best thing to getting sleeved, is the official approval good luck wonderful recovery

mikesange your doc is right solids do make you feel fuller thats why "they" always say - ask and listen to your doc good luck

MrsCT congrats on your successess "desperate" - never would have used that word - EXCEPT - after WLS, roommate and i were chatting , closed curtain between us, she asked me what surgery i had. i told her i had bariatric surgery. She came back with "wow you must have felt desperate" (saw her later, she was obese too) i had never thought of it that way, yes, after all my yo yo dieting throughout the years, for health reasons et al - i was desperate. i needed this WLS now, enjoying life to its fullest with good health, happiness - feeling great good luck through your journey you have done great

diochick my ring has been loose for awhile when home, gym, PT - i don't wear my wedding ring going out to friends, dinner et al - i put the ring back on, and i'm aware of it, even make it more secure by periodically putting hand on ring, securing it as i'm approach goal, i will get it resized shortly if you have more to lose - i would make a necklace or bracelet holding the ring, (someone earlier suggested that) it is safer that way - no worry about loosing ring - later resize. good luck

deanac hey girl, welcome aboard those weight loss numbers are great - remember, any and all weight loss is wonderful. welcome to the sleeve board nice to see a new smiling face

"SuziQ", You (we) should never question any weight loss we have - any weight you loose is not good its terrific keep up the good work continued good luck ps hope you don't mind the nickname i gave you? .

hockeymom1010 the hospital imediately took me off my insulin, and glucagage and told me to go to my PCP in a couple of weeks Dr. wants to see how you are doing without the meds PCP said "continue to stay off meds and insulin til i tell you differntly. I had lab work before i returned to PCP A1C was 5 1/2 never so low both dr. and i were very excited - he told me to stay off meds off high blood pressure meds now, most important to me, my dosage of epilepsy meds cut in 1/2 WooHoo

KishaE I love that saying I can tell you are excited about getting sleeved (who wouln't be) start counting down the days through October good luck best recovery

girlfriend you seem to be doing everything to the "t" - nothing seems to be wrong comments "from up above" concerning Protein shakes look good. drinking plenty of water is a great start, getting in as much protein as you can chewing continueously, eating slowly, keeping track of food/drink w./my fitness plan being more active Keep doin' what you are doing - is my comment you will get into twounderland soon than later - congrats on all of the above good luck with WLS speedy recovery

theosmom don't know anything about Gastric Plication everyone on this board is biased in getting the sleeve. we are the sleeve board after all to be honest, there are some people that do have complications w/the sleeve - but isn't that the case with other surgeries too? IMO the sleeve is the way to go. I could have lost the above weight on my own. I've done it many, many times. My problem is the weight never stays off - I usually gain back more than i lost - yo yo back and forth - very depressing Using the sleeve as a tool to help me lose the weight, has been great - i can't recommend the sleeve highly enough hope you come over to "our side" you'll be happy you did good luck with your decision

patrick from movie - "Hello Dolly" sung by Carol Channing" - for you youngins that might not know Hello Patrick, well hello Patrick its so nice to see you back, where you belong, your looking swell Patrick, I can. tell Patrick. your still.......... congrats at this early stage - you are doing wonderfully 100 lbs down - not too shabby For someone to start a new post entirely concerning your where abouts - you are loved keep posting what is going on - ok take care

Kimee Your WLS is tomorrow - hope things are going well on your business trip hope your doctors office gave you good news that they wouldn not cancel WLS Think good positive thoughts we're all rooting for you

Teri959 August 21, 2012 - this will be a day you will always remember. The first day of a new healthy, happier you. Ready to enter Sleeveland - its a long wonderful journey that will last a lifetime good luck great recovery

Courtney333 greek yogurt -umum good Protein bars, Quest advantage etc. cheese eggs

kiddo you have done terrific this past year. being here this past year you know, we all are different to how much weight we've lost, how long it takes to lose, we're all different no comparisons allowed you've lost 79 lbs - now standing tall in onederland, how great is that? doesn't matter how long it took you to do this, the fact you are here now is the great thing you will get over this stall. it will happen don't get depressed - things will turn around - and one more time you will be jumping around healthier and happier, and loving life again. your glass is half full not half empty God grant me patience, just hurry up about it good luck