Forensikchic

SW 147 CW 147 GW 142 Still no loss. I am in the stall from hell. I just wanted to lose 5 pounds for this challenge and somehow I have not managed to lose a pound. I gained a pound last week but lost it again. Holding steady here at ~147 give or take some ounces. Anyone with any ideas? I have been here for about 3-4 weeks now. I realize I am 10 months out now and the last 10-12 pounds would be slow but this is nonexistent. I go on vacation tomorrow and was sure hoping to be at least a normal weight by then (which is 2 pounds from now).

My uncle is an eye doctor and he says that people that lose a lot of weight often dont think about their frames. Frames come in different sizes so they can fit your face. Ever notice how some people get the wrong size and when they take them off, the legs are spralled out? Thats because they are too small. My brothers use to do this. When they are too large for your face, the lenses part is sticking way out past your eyes on each side of your head and the legs seem to go in toward your ears. I noticed that your actual lenses are way out to the side past your actual eyes. Its a beautiful thing! Plus you can get new frames that complement your new hair and your new style! I love shopping for anything!

Awesome! I love these NSV's! They are what make us truly happy....

Somehow my post went somewhere else so I will say it again here... Pookey, you look great! Your glasses are now too big for your face. You need to get smaller frames girl! What an NSV! Woohooo!

I have stopped losing. Can you give me some pointers? Can you tell me what you are eating?

My 13 year old daughter stayed the nights with me. She was good company. My husband was with me during the surgery but once I came to my room, he went home and took care of the kids and brought my daughter back to sleep there with me. He came back the next evening and checked on us, brought my daughter more food, etc and left again after visiting hours. He then came and got us when I was discharged. It worked out great! He would have been on my nerves I think after a while. lol. He handled everything while I recovered, a perfect partnership!

Will you email it to me @ tammi.sligh@gmail.com... thanks!

I am also 10 months out, sitting at 87%. I am not done losing though. It has slowed the last two months but I have been to relaxed with carbs. I am going to tighten back up on that and see if I cant get this last 13 pounds off!

You have to restrict your carbs yourself. 1400 is wayyyy to many calories to be taking in. The rule is to eat your protein first. If you follow this rule, you cant hold the carbs after and your calorie intake will be less than 1000 for sure and you will lose weight. The sleeve helps us and is a good tool. Its not magic and it doesn't keep us out of the carbs. We have to follow the rules of the sleeve to be successful. Just think of it this way, once we get to maintenance we can have a bit more carbs and maintain. You have maintained 180 for almost 2 months so you know you can maintain and have some carbs then. Right now you are in the losing phase and its time to put on your big girl panties and start following the rules and cut out those carbs and slider foods!

I wish I lived near! I hope this catches on! The dishes looked so good and just perfect for us! Maybe other good restaurants will jump on the bandwagon!

I know this feeling all too well. I think the people that say this to us mean well but it hurts just the same. Now that i have lost almost 90 pounds, they say things like "I didnt realize you were that big" or "but you werent that big", etc. Those comments belittle my accomplishments. It makes me feel bad like I didnt deserve this second chance because I hadnt done as much damage to my body as others have or let myself get as large as others did. Its a personal decision to have this tool and to become healthy. I dont care what size you start out, the outcome of living a healthy life is whats important. Whether you have to lose 100 pounds or 200 or 300, it shouldnt matter. The journey to get healthy is the same, we go though the same trials and tribulations and we should not be belittled or made to feel that we dont deserve any help or that our accomplishments are somehow lessened by our starting weight. I have been on a diet for 20 years and if diet and exercise worked by itself, I wouldnt have been 100 pounds overweight and feel yucky all the time. I am proud of my 90 pound loss and I am still working at it to lose the other 12. We should all be supporting each other, not downgrading the ones with less to lose with these hurtful comments, especially at a support group. Everyone should feel supported that we all understand what the others are going through and starting weight should not be a factor.

Great job Patrick! You can do this! It gets easier on the liquid diet. I think you are very smart to start it a month out. It will shrink your liver and make it easier to operate on you, less chance of a complicated surgery. You will be so glad you started exercising now. Get all that initial soreness out of the way so you can walk a lot after surgery and recover faster. I am so glad you wrote that about the stair pushups. I never thought of doing that and I cant hardly do one regular one. I have stairs at home and I am going to start doing those! Can you tell me how to start that? How do you choose which stair to start on and do you keep your feet on the bottom or on a stair? Thanks for any advice you could give me on this. I have lost almost 90% of my weight but I am not in shape at all. Thanks again!

I hope you are feeling better today. You can make it through this rough spot. It will get better each day. :wub:

Funny! I had two meals the two + days we were there. I didnt drink hardly anything. Its my fault. I knew I should be drinking. I am hoping for at least a little loss by Friday because its my 10 month surgiversary!

SW 147 CW 147 GW 142 No loss this week. I was in Mexico with my sister getting her sleeve, I hardly ate, didnt drink and was very busy. I guess not enough calories or Water will make you stall. I am really drinking water today so maybe tomorrow I can report a loss. Good luck everyone! We can do this!

my sister SouthernDonna45 was sleeved today. She is doing great! She is talking on the phone and has already been walking! So proud of her.

She made it through surgery and recovery and is sleeping sound. Doing real well. Everyone here is wonderful. Great experience so far.

Surgery in the morning for my sister with dr.Alvarez! Wish us luck. Will keep you posted! The hotel is really nice! So far so good...

Mine went down at the 3 month mark but back up some at the 6 months mark. they said it was still good and my ratio was fine so dont worry about it. I think its the mostly animal protein I eat, limited fiber and veggies.

So happy for you! Hope all goes well. Congrats!

I am touched by your story. Good luck to you!!!!!

Will you add my sister to this list? She is SouthernDonna45 and she is having surgery with Dr. Alvarez June1st, 2012!

I like the monthy check in as well. I am down 87 pounds now and its really slowing down for me too. I lost 4 pounds last month and 4 so far this month too. I will take it. I am 2 pounds from a normal weight and 14 pounds from my personal goal of 100 pounds lost. My goal is to be 135 by my surgiversary so I am hoping to achieve that. The carb monster is after me for sure. I had some rice today in a diet dinner and I was starving on my way home from work! WHAT? I never feel hunger. I heard that if you take your PPI for a few weeks the hunger subsides. just a thought.

They dont actually cut on you. They go in through your ureter like a catheter and use lithotripsy and and extraction. Sometimes they dont need stents put in but sometimes they do. I had a stent placed, my sister did not. Its all done through the tubes, no cutting. Its done in an OR and it is considered a surgical procedure because you are under general anesthesia.

I have had low blood pressure all my life. Mine runs about 90/50 and that is totally normal for me, always has been. I do get light headed and dizzy upon standing sometimes when I have not drank enough. Its my que that I need to get hydrated! I think its a good idea to see your doctor because you may be a little dehydrated and that is what is actually causing the drop in bp when you stand. At least that is the case for me. I also will have some nausea too at times from dehydration. Its not a terrible thing to have low blood pressure. You just have to stay hydrated to keep the symptoms at bay.