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You too! Congrats!

You too!

Me either thank goodness!

I didn't have a pre-op diet and I just started exercising very leisurely and I have lost the same weight as you. I could have easily lost another 11 pounds if I exercised vigourously and had a pre-op diet like you did. Those extra 11 pounds would have put me at 50 pounds. We don't all lose at the same rate, we didn't all start at the same weight, we don't all have the same size stomach, some had complications so they lost more while recovering etc. It is absolutely possible that some people have lost 50+ pounds. What is unbelievable to me is that you called others liars without taking those things into consideration.

Yes!!

Hi ladies! Most of us have celebrated our 3 month surgiversary and some are about to. Congratulations! Please update us on your progress on the link below : http://www.verticalsleevetalk.com/topic/28360-november-sleevers-2011-roll-call-shoutouts/page__pid__270144__st__20#entry270144

Hello everyone, Today is my 3 month anniversary and just got back from my surgeons office. I got to speak to the nutritionist, my surgeon, the exercise physiologist and the mental health counselor. It was great! I got all my questions answered and they were happy with my progress. I am a "slowish" loser, so it was great to hear from them that I am on target. I will jumpstart my exercise routine. I have been biking leisurely 5 days a week for 15 minutes (I had not riden a bike in 30 years), which of course is not enough, so I plan to join a gym shortly. Meanwhile I am going to a Zumba class this Saturday. Two days ago I was able to eat 3 ounces of chicken and I was happy and shocked! It should start to become easier to continue to meet my Protein goals now. I am able to meet my Fluid goals almost everyday, but I struggle with Vitamins. I promised myself I will make a plan today so I can start taking them religiously. I feel great and want to continue to feel this way, so I have to get better at it. What else? I am two sizes down and thrilled about it! My husband measures me every month. It is exciting to see the number of inches lost go up. I bought some shapewear and now take my time getting dressed in the morning. I want to look nice everyday! I have a long way to go yet, but I am truly enjoying the journey. I hope I get to say this at my 6th month update. Until then, good luck everyone!!!!!

I haven't felt that way yet because I know I can have some later if I wanted to. However I have been fearing this on my upcoming vacation to France. I can't imagine only eating a bit of that awesome food and leaving the rest on the plate! It has been worrying me for weeks, which is terrible in itself! Aaaah!

And I always wondered how YOU picked it. lol

I carry most of my weight on my middle and as we know that is the deadliest kind, so I had the surgery to hopefully live longer. I want a longer life.

Fruit juice is not ideal at all, but it was the only way some of us could meet our protein goals. At your stage, the only other thing I can think of that is not sweet or milky is

I am sorry this is not what you want to hear but I was never able to stop myself from thinking about it and I couldn't make time fly. :arf: So I let myself be obsessed :biggrin: and I read old and new threads on this website for many hours a day (the positive AND negative posts). I wrote a list of things I wanted to accomplish on my journey, a list of reasons why I was doing the surgery, saved recipes for Protein shakes, broths & other foods, ordered Protein Shakes samples, wrote a list of questions for my nutritionist & surgeon, asked questions, organized my closet by size, dreamed about the clothing I wanted to buy, increased my Water intake, read my surgeons "manual", organized my life so I could have some down time after surgery etc. I hope this helps. :smile1: ( I am STILL obsessed!)

There are like a million posts about this. :biggrin: I was able to eat "a lot" initially, and still eat more than many. Log your foods and you are probably under 800 calories! Not a lot at all. You will feel restriction once you start eating dense Protein (chicken, pork etc). It will be alright. :-)

Thanks so much for all the detail and honesty! Great read, great help. Congrats!!!!!!!!

Did you surgeon say this is normal????

This was mentioned in my pre-op class. We were adviced to eat in a relaxing environment.

I have fluctuations, but I associate it with gas & acidity. I have noticed that if I don't wait the full 30 minutes before eating when I take my PPI first thing in the morning, my sleeve feels funny and therefore I eat less. Same with gas, so I take gas strips when I feel I can't eat enough to meet my goals. I stay pretty regular with Benefiber, so maybe that is why I haven't noticed a correlation with BM. I am guessing, of course, but seems to solve the "problem" for me.

You should probably be asking yourself why you allowed him to overule you in a situation like this.

That is not why I mentioned those things. Many sleevers become lactose intolerant after surgery and that causes stomach discomfort among other things. Same with high sugar levels and cold drinks. It wasn't about the nutrition.

Very inspirational!!!!!!!!!

and the lactose?

My plan allowed those things after day 22 but my sleeve was not ready, just like yours is probably not ready for Pasta & chips. I stuck to Protein shakes for all my protein since I don't like yogurt or cottage cheese and I attempted to sample things like 1/2 ounce of grated cheese, 1/2 egg made into egg salad, ham salad etc for the fun of it. When my sleeve was ready then I ate more real foods and less protein shakes. Now I drink a few shakes a week out of convenience but not because I have to. I hope this helps.

In my plan, yogurt, milk, Protein shakes, cottage cheese, cheese, flaky fish, dark meat poultry, and any protein (chicken, pork etc) mixed with low fat mayo such as egg salad, tuna salad, chicken salad, salmon salad etc. On my 25th day I wasn't ready for most of those foods yet, so I continued on full liquids and sampled foods (a bite or two) for flavor and fun, but not nutrition. Consider logging your foods. Many of us use myfitnesspal.com Best wishes!

The first things that popped in my head is the lactose, potentially high sugar levels and the temperature (super cold) on those smoothies. I know you are hungry, but that would not have been my first choice for a new healthy sleeve, much less for your sleeve. Could you try it homemade with lactose free products, Splenda and at room temperature?