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It worries me when i read about people cheating so early out too. Why go through all the pain if you are just going to go back to your old ways in a week? Just because it MAY go down without hurting doesnt mean you SHOULD eat it. Those are the people who complain that the scale isnt moving, the sleeve doesnt work. I think its good that i had to wait 6 months to have my surgery. it gave me time to really pay attention to my trigger foods, go to foods and start to get a grasp on why i ate what i ate and when. I have thought about junk food too. When i was a week out my MIL and daughter baked a cake and she sent it home with my daughter. I thought about that cake all day and night. My husband got really upset with his mom and threw it away because she told him she was "testing me". Im sure that eventually i will have something im not supposed to eat, but its not going to be intill I control the cravings, they dont control my anymore. and it will be after i am completely healed, and will be completely worth it, not just because i am upset or bored. :woot: I will make the sleeve work for me this is my second and last chance!

Happy, did you take measurments of your body before? even if you arent losing pounds you might be losing inches somewhere. I have started a fierce cardio/ weight training thing cause i want to be toned after all the weight comes off and i am dropping inches like mad! Dont stress about the scale, our bodies are still adjusting and are going to move at their own rates. You know the weight is going to come off, how could it noe when we eat so little. Get your water and protein in and youll be fine!

yeah the first time i accidently took a bigger drink i thought the same thing and was so surprised when it didnt hurt! Took that as a sign i was healing right on track (mine was abbout 2 1/2 weeks out) and it is helping me get more water down. No you cant "break" your sleeve lol. Keep up the good work and enjoy the little things :-)

My doc told me 2-4 weeks. I elected to take a month off, I am a store manager of a busy store and j knew I would be over lifting working too hard too fast. I was approved for FMLA and going back to work Thursday :-(

I am 3 weeks out and on the second week of mushies. i am trying to eat sllloowwww but it is hard. I am using a teeny spoon so im hoping its not AS bad, but i cant seem to get the proper amount of food. Im either not eating enough so i will find something and eat another 2 oz then i feel bad. how do you gage the proper amount of food? Do you eatonly a half cup and thats it? Can a veteran tell me how they gage it cause im struggling. Im doing great besides that. I never get hungry and i rarely think about chocolate cake and donuts anymore. RARELY lol. I am 25 pounds down in 22 days. im quite happy with the pound a day loss and i am working out an hour a day, i would rather lose slower and get toned so i dont have batwings and a bunch of jiggly bits.

im going to have to go to Sams and get some of those, no Costcos around. I am 3 weeks out and have tried every protein powder, my stomach DOES NOT like them anymore. As soon as i take my first drink my tummy churns and gurgles. Ive even used unflavored with a fruit smoothie. I got the Adkins Advantage Fruit smoothie they taste ok but it only has 10 grams of protein.

im almost 3 weeks out, i went back to the gym last week, my drain incision still hurts when jiggled too much so i have been brisk walking on the treadmill for a half hour or doing the elliptical, i started doing water aroboics today, felt great but really tired afterward. Ive also been doing the arm circuit, my arms are really big and im afraid of all the loose skin and bat wings, so im starting the arm toning. Cant wait till my drain incision heals up so i can go to boot camp. It is offered 3 times a week at my gym.

i cant wait till i can guzzle water! its so hard to get in the 64 oz. sip sip sipping

i am almost 3 weeks out and i went to Bob Evans. I had the potato soup and mushed up my potatoes with my fork before i ate it, it was wonderful!! Im not sure how many bites i had not very many but i would take a bite put my spoon down, chew chew chew then take another bite. i didnt feel bad after i finished eating so i mustve not overstuffed. im staying at the 4 oz rule. I am so ready for some different foods though. Only another week and a half! yay!!

i just had my drain removed last week, It is a feeling i cant explain, its so strange. you just take a deep breath, blow out and as your blowing out the doc is pulling. Over in 30 seconds. You will feel much better afterwards. I went home and slept for 3 hours after i got home. It is really hard to sleep with the dang drain. Good luck!

in VA my step sis is starting the process, think she said it only approved sleeve and bypass, after a year of regulated doc visits.

I hope i keep my boobies! right now i am a 46 DD and i wouldnt mind to go down to a D but i would be quite content to keep the girls and just see a smller band size. I will be upset if i lose all my weight and still cant shop at Victorias Secret due to my large chest. Also, the hubs is a boob man and i know im not going to have a tummy tuck and just going to work out every damn day to get the fittest i can, so the extra boobage will help me over look the skin i am bound to get!

CONGRATS!!!!!!!

I actually saw a commerical for them on tv a few days ago!!! Dont remember the name but you put them in the microwave and it had some sort of a warming core. 3 pairs for 15 dollars, they come in pink. Think i will try some!

i had made up my mind and if you didnt like it you could piss off. I told everyone. I wasnt going to hide it because i was unable to lose the weight on my own. I have hypothyroid disease and it was lose 50 pounds gain 75 (happened twice) I love my family very much but i moved away when i was 18 and it has just been me and my husband, daughter and his parents and the new friends i have made and i guess that made me a little head strong towards doing what they thought was best. Once my husband and i came to aggrance on it, there was no holding me back. I told everyone, "if you dont have anything nice to say dont say anything at all". Think they were a little scared to approach me about it ahahaa. Once everyone realized nothing was going to change my mind they jumped on board and are all very happy that i did it, still get a few stories from my MIL about her sister knew someone who knew someone. There arent enough stories out there about the ppeople who were strong determined and never looked back. Why? cause it just isnt good gossip. I have only been sleeved 5 days but i have not felt one oz of self doubt "why the hell did i do this to myself" nothing. I was prepared, and so very sure! Good luck to the people who are just starting this journey. I made my mind up on April 16, 2011. i will never forget the day i decided to take my weight into my own hands again!

i have 5, the only one that really hurts is where the dang drain still is. cant wait to have that sucker removed on friday!

i cant believe you went to Logans and didnt eat the bread. Dunno if it is different in every state but out Logans in WV has the most AMAZING rolls! i could imagine just eating a roll for dinner lol.

Well if you are anxious about going outsie the house for social reasons, maybe have a small get together at your house? I am going to hace a few friends over for an Oscar Party. It has my love of TV and not wanting to get out of the house lol. I cant wait to sleep through the night, maybe when i get the drain out. Well good luck on your continued success.

yeah on my liquid diet i was going crazy at first. Didnt really realize just how much i though of food! I have the cleanest house now. Everytime i wanted to eat i would clean something or organize and i painted my fingers and toes, never had smoother legs, deep conditioned my hair, wrote my very best friend a letter, something i hadnt done in years. I took down my christmas decorations. Now im 2 days post op and doing pretty good. Still thinking about bread though

liquids should get no hotter than 130. makes the protein lump and i think someone said breaks down the protein?

i just got out of hospital today, the pain at my drain thing is pretty bad. My doc told me it would hurt up to a few weeks out, but gradually hurt less every day.

Came home from the hospital today, doing fairly well. I was up walking every hour at the hospital, my surgeon came and said the hospital is for sick people, get the heck out of here. The drain is the only thing that really hurts. Worried about the Water. what was the average when everyone came home from hospital? i have only drank maybe a half bottle of water today, i am using the little measuring cup and sipping out of that. I ate my Jello ok, and drank some of the Protein shake the doc brought me before i left, going to drink more of it later, it was vanilla and actually good to me. hope all my other dec 28th sleevers are doing well!

you can do yougurt made with Splenda or Nutra sweet (i think dannon lift and fit qualifies) you can have any cream soup as long as its strained. I bought cambells fat free of chicken, cream of potato cream of celery. thats all i can think of thats not sweeter. you can have carnation no sugar added instant Breakfast, no added sugar hot cocoa. my surgery is today and since i have been on Clear liquids for 3 days that sounds delicious lol.

LOL make it a three-fer, my suregery is today at 2. The time is driving me crazy and i am starving. Nothing to eat/drink after midnight is crazy when you have to wait till 2!!!!! Good luck ladies!

Dont worry! From what i have read, you have hit the "3 week stall" it seems to happen to a lot of people!