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Holy crap! You look amazing now. Congrats!!

Capt Derel, first of all I want to thank you for your service to our country. Second you should tell the USCG to go kick rocks. You have done an amazing job so far, I applaud you!!! You will be at goal in no time.

Congrats! That is such a great feeling. I had ordered some cute tanks a couple of weeks back, one in the size I was moving into and two in the next size down. Got them yeaterday and the smaller size fits perfectly. Man I love this sleeve.

I am six weeks out and went from a 34 to a 30. I had kept one pair of jeans from before and they were 32, tried them on and they are too big. Even the two pair of new pants I got for work last weekend are feeling roomy already. Oh the joys of being sleeved.

I have a small one...the scale has been stuck due to the dreaded third week stall and I was finally going back to work and needed some pants as the only two pair I had were too big. I went to Catherine's and picked out the next size down and to my surprise they were too big. I actually got two sizes smaller and I don't think they will last long as they already seen roomy around the waist. Oh happy day!

Has anyone tried those new thin breads/buns/bagels that are out there? I used to eat those when on WW and two slices equaled one slice of bread. I wonder if toasted that could be an alternative layer down the road.

All foods now just making sure protein first. I just went shopping and I am down two pant sizes and one shirt size. That made my day.

They were about a month out. I was approved in December so they were looking at January but she was out for two weeks so we set a date in February. I ended up having to push it to March due to our house fire and here I am today. I would not have changed anything and so glad I did this. You will be too!

I love Lisa....she is so inspirational. I have united health care and it took less than 5 days once they sent it in.

When you have your one month followup they will give you a list of what you'll need. They are pretty specific on what you'll have to take. Pain was not bad and they were great about keeping up on the pain meds if you needed them.

Forgot...just a chewable vitamin and Pepcid afterwards.

No drain and no leak test. I think we have it the easiest compared to most posters on the forum. Are you in the Portland area?

You will love this...one day pre-op diet and no catheder either.

I had Dr. Patterson too and loved her. Had my one month follow up this week. Surgery went great and I had no surgery complication. Probably the easiest surgery I've had.

I am in Portland and had my surgery at Good Sam. Who is your doctor?

You're not alone....I was sleeved on 3/19 and had my one month follow up yesterday and I'm down 15 pounds since surgery and 38 total including the pre op diet. I was on antibiotics on week 2 for bronchitis and they said that slowed me down a little but they were happy with my loss. If you think about it that's half a pound a day. I never did that on any other diet I have ever tried. Keep your chin up and stay with getting in your water and protein and we will get there.

Just got back from my one month follow up and I have lost 15 pounds. Not what I had hoped for but it's weight I'll never seen again. I had been on antibiotics during week two and they said that slowed down my loss. Hopefully things will start moving now. I have also been released for all physical activities and returning to work and can now introduce foods one at a time. So thankful to be getting back to a more normal life. Zumba classes here I come.

Emily Anne, where did you have your surgery? How far along are you? How are you doing?

OMG I has the same thing happen today with egg salad, luckily the feeling finally passed but I thought for sure that I was going to be sick.

I would like to jump in, this will be my first challenge. Here goes: HW: 358 SW: 355 CW: 321 GW: 300 Good luck to everyone.

I only had to do liquids the day before surgery which was not that hard.

As in any situation you will usually only hear about the bad things. For every person who has had complications there are hundreds that have had successes. It is a personal decision and only you can make it. I wish you the best of luck and if you'd like to talk offline I would be happy to.

Hi! Nice to know there are at least a couple of people close by. I'm in the Portland area. We're you sleeved in WA?

I can start adding salad in starting Tuesday. I have been craving the seared ahi salad from cheese cake factory. I too have been longing for salad since week 2 but have followed my plan. I don't meet with my NUT until I'm six weeks out. Have my first post surgery followup this Thursday. I hope to God that the scale will start moving again. Have been in the dreaded third week stall.

Am wondering other than PDXMan (who is awesome) are there any other Oregon folks out there? Would love to connect with someone.