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Thanks guys. Be encouraged LezzieLez.

Well wait no more and do what I did and give your insurance company a call. I knew before my doctor did.By the time they called to notify me I had already had a hallelujah party in my workstation. !!!!!

Calm down, we all hit the stall at 3 weeks and then again at 3 months. Its normal trust me the weight will start rolling off once it gets started again. I am almost 9 months out and I stepped on the scale today and I am actually 10lbs under my goal weight, a place I never thought was possible. Keep your head up it will get better.

Like Nike " Just Do it"!!!!!! It will be the best decision of your life....

It so gets better with time. I agree with everyone else. LIQUIDS are so important at this stage. I am eight months out and almost 80lbs lighter and I wouldn't change my decision for the world. It is true that it gets worse before it gets better but when the ball starts rolling the results are phenomenal!!!!!!

Yay for you!!!!!! I too left the pecan carmel chocolate crust cheesecake on the plate. I ate three bites and that was enough. Oh but I dreamed about it later, good thing it was at my brother's house and not with me. Thank God for the Sleeve!!!!!

I too was afraid but I will tell you after much prayer and soul seeking, I had the surgery August 16th and 4 months later, I am down 56lbs and I feel even better than I look!!!!!!! I didn't have any complications and I have only been sick twice and that was only because I ate something that I shouldn't have. Its funny how some of the things that you craved before surgery will not even be a desire after surgery. Good Luck!!!!!

My daughter had her"s on the same day as yours and today she wanted to eat chicken wing popsicles. LOL.... Hang in there, when she weighed herself today she is down 14lbs so she gave up on the chicken wing. It does get better, I did it two months ago and I am down over 40lbs. It does get alot better, hang in there....

Hooray for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CONGRATS !!!!! See you on the losers bench!!!!!

CONGRATS!!!!! I am a month out and I am just starting the " Hey my clothes are a lot looser than before stage"......

I can almost promise you that you will need to be off from work at least a week. I went back in a week and even with my desk job I was completely exhausted and still bloated. I would suggest one week if not two.

I just got over my three week stall and Liz is right, the scale wasn't moving but I was losing inches. I am glad for the stall cause I was a little scared losing two pounds a day.

Congrats on your 53lbs. I can't wait to say the same, I am at week 4.

Thanks for sharing!!!!!

I encourage you to have faith in your decision and know that all things will work together for your good. I am almost a month out and I was apprehensive myself but after losing almost 25lbs in three weeks and clothes that hung so faithfully in my closet are now being put to good use, I know I made the right decision. I know it may be scary to venture into the land of the unknown but I promise if I can do it, I know you can to. Just think, when next summer comes we will have a lot to show off on the beach besides our bellys...

Hang in there honey, I promise it will be worth it in the end.

Absolutely Awesome!!!!!! I looked in the mirror and my double chin is almost a single. I am so excited like you it felt better than any bowl of gumbo.

thanks vanessa and the verdict on the eggs for breakfast and tuna salad for lunch is a big thumbs up....

ITS OFFICIAL THE DOCTOR'S SCALE MATCHED MINE YEAH ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I FINALLY GET TO MOVE ON TO PUREE. i HAD MY FIRST SCRAMBLED EGG AND CHEESE THIS MORNING, IT TASTED SO GOOD . I AM STILL WAITING TO SEE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS IF MY SLEEVE LIKED IT AS MUCH AS I DID.

@ amy terese, trust me you won't be starving if anything you will look at the food and have to make your self eat it cause you need the energy that it will give you. My mom came and took care of me for a week and my daughter was there so my mom cooked almost everyday for them. Trust me when I say that my mom is a great cook and not even her food got my riled up. I had my first craving on Saturday, I wanted one hot wing without the skin and some green grapes. Well needless to say I ddin't have the hotwing but I did eat the grapes and threw away the skin. I only could eat about five of them but they were the best grapes that I think I have ever eaten in my life .

Smiley, I am on day 5 post op. I will be reading your blog to see what's coming up for me, LOL. Can you blog about whether you had hiatal hernia repair, also?

@ FoxyBeeGee, no hiatal hernia for me just the sleeve.

@ Gardendiva3 and amy terese Congrats and just know that just like an old church song says" My good days outweight my bad days, I won't complain. ".

You are not alone. God is always with you and the earth has no sorrow that Heaven can't heal. Think about the worst thing that you were facing last year this time and then think about how you made it through. Know that whatever you are facing shall pass as well.

AWESOME!!!! gotta try the popsicles.....

I share the same surgery date as you. YAHOO!!!!!