PEvette

This is the best thing I have done for myself and my daughter
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i'm not putting this forth as a quote but I am just astonished that your friend said this. You are not doing this for purely asthetic purposes which, last time I checked, are the main purpose of FAKE boobs! (not hating on breast implants at all) It's not like you are getting a fake stomach...you are trying to get healthy! Who give a rats rear if you can take breast implants out! it's still changing what God gave you...that's why it's called a breast "augementation"...I'm hoping that this friend of yours is just concerned for you and looking out for you even if she isn't doing it in a way that you like. I have told most of my friends, co-workers, and family that I will be having the surgery and most have been supportive. As far as the ones that are vocal about not approving, I've already told them that I appreciate their concern and opinions but if they are not going to be supportive about this choice, then the topic is off the table for discussion. gah...sorry I got so long winded. This whole subject just kinda grinds my gears! lol. Best of luck to you! Don't worry so much about what other people are saying!

And the stomach can restretch and be "undone" as a result.. And other than that? If she cannot be more supportive than that, then that probably isn't a subject y'all need to be talking about...?

Oldnavy.com that's where I get mine....

I went in to see my PCP having been sleeved on 12/5. I told him I was disappointed with my weight loss compared to others. I know. I know. We should not compare ourselves but we all do. I weighed 280 when I was there in his office in November. The day I was in his office I weighed 252. Today I am down to 247.6 I am thrilled to be loosing but when I read about the people who lose 70-100 lbs in 3 months I just have to wonder what am I doing wrong.
My PCP shook his head and ask me to consider my journey in its entirety My biggest recorded weight in his office was 386lbs in 2006. I fought down to 270 by 2008 and then bounced around 260 to 300 until I received by sleeve in 2012. All you dieters know that in order to lose over 100 lbs and keep it off for years I had already made major changes tommy eatting patterns. My PCP explain to me that because the surgery was not a big shock to my body I did see the big change.
I most definitely eat less calories on a continued bases now but my NUT actual ask me to up my calories from the 900 I was doing to 1300-1500 pre surgery. Does anyone else think that is kind of comical. I have seen many stalls over the years even when doing the right things. My PCP say the body has set points where it will not want to let go of more. That is when I need to up calories a day or two the back off. Also I must up what I am forcing the body to urn during a stall. That is very hard for me I am no fan of exercise but I press on.
My PCP told me to realize had I not already had made so many changes before surgery I would have seen a bigger difference but I would have been at a much higher starting weight to begin with. So I guess it all evens out in the end. This made me feel better about the lost post surgery. My hope with surgey was it would take me down the next hundred as my body seemed unwilling to go down below 260 even after that 6 month supervised 900 calorie diet the NUT complained was to low. So I do feel an accomplishment to be at 247.6 it is my lowest adult weight. I certainly hope to keep moving down the scale.
My current limits 800 calories 50 carbs and 70 Protein. I try to walk uphill at 3mph for 30 mins 5 times a week. Yes it is a journey but I feel like I am running the hardest marathon ever!

612belly girlfriend - terrific pictures, lookin' good
congrats on your great weight loss
keep up the good job
but.............
where is your ticker and profile???
you show me yours, and i'll show you mine!!!!

I think sometimes people forget that when you post on this forum...everyone sees the posts, people you want to respond to your posts and people who you wished looked at your posted and not hit "reply"
When you post on here you should be prepared for all viewpoints and opinions...
And honestly, some of the questions so people post on here makes me wonder, do you have a friend face-to-face to ask, because the question has nothing to do with VSG or WLS and that people just needs a friend....
Go find yourself a friend and private message them....
Sorry, I'm just an honest person, both on here and in person....

I am so excited; I hit the 100 pound mark. My six month surgiversay was last Thursday and I was stuck at 99. Just had to share.

I am 2 pounds away from my goal! A friend asked me yesterday if I am planning a big celebration or party and it occured to me that I had put zero thought into how to acknowledge this HUGE milestone. On some levels, I think I have always had some doubt about if I would achieve it but now it is looking quite certain!
When I get to goal, I will have lost 150# from the start of my preop diet. (I was actually heavier than that at one point but that is where i started counting). I have lost a whole freaking normal sized woman or two kids or about 18 newborns.... you can think of this alot of different ways - but i have lost alot of weight and it deserves some kind of recognition!
Curious what others have done. Yes, i have been open about my surgery and have lots of friends and family as supporters.

I started the morning I went in and it was heavy. I've had period issues for a LONG time. I'm done with kids so I ended up having an ablation several months ago. BEST THING EVER. I had a little spotting for a few months after (panty liner stuff) and haven't had anything in a few months now. Woot! Hubby is fixed too so we knew we were done with the kid thing.

I was sleeved by Dr. Sherman Yu in Houston on 11/21/12 with the single incision procedure. Couldn't be happier with the results and the staff. I see him tomorrow for a follow up visit. I was self pay.

Was self-pay, but I had revision surgery....I went through Texas Laparscopic Associates (TLC) Dr. Sherman Yu....he also does the single-incision if you are willing to pay the extra money for it....but him and Dr. Scarbrough specializes in Lap procedures...
They are awesome and the staff is very supportive before-during-after the process

I'm as white as can be, BUT I have some good advice for any ladies with weaves. If your doctor makes you do a sleep study, make the appointment for the day *before* you have your next regularly scheduled salon appointment because the sleep study people are going to put sticky goop ALL up over your scalp and ruin the crap out of your weave. Hopefully this helps prevent someone the trauma of ruining a perfectly good weave.

This was an awesome post Sassafras thanks for sharing! I am a slow loser but having lost 80 pounds in 10 months make me feel amazing, making it through the holidays and wintertime without gaining a single pound makes me feel even better! Can't remember when that ever happened. It's has been a wonderful journey and I wouldn't change it for the world.

(This was my response to a low bmi soon to be sleever worried that she would be a slow loser. I got to thinking about it and realized its pretty common so I thought I would post as a topic for others who worry about it.)
Don't let the idea of being a "slow loser" worry you. I worried about this a lot before surgery and I compared myself to others alot for the first few months after surgery, but it really doesn't matter at all. I'm about to tell you why.
I am 5'2 and started with my bmi just barely under 40. I think it was 39.6 or something. I hit 5 months out a few days ago and have lost 55lbs. That may not be as big of a number as some the sleevers that start out at 300 or 400 lbs and drop 55lbs in 2 months, but I am averaging 2.7 lbs lost a week and while its not the fastest I don't think thats too bad. I also have no excess skin yet (fingers crossed). I am now in the overweight bmi category when just 5 short months ago I was a hair away from the morbidly obese category. And I have to admit I have not started to exercise at all yet (bad me I know but I am starting soon).
Some people lose slower and some faster but I promise it will all FEEL fast. It feels fast when I've gone from a size 18 jean and an XL shirt to a size 11 jrs jean and honestly (could probably wear a 9 now but haven't been shopping in weeks) and a M shirt. It will feel fast when you are clearing your closet out and everything hangs on you like a sack. It will feel fast when your smallest sizes from yo yo dieting get too big and you realize you have nothing to wear. It will feel fast when you realize you aren't starting fires between your thighs when you walk. It will feel fast when you buy a bunch of Victorias Secret cheekie panties and your tush looks amazing. It will feel fast when you climb a couple flight of stairs and you aren't the slightest bit winded. It will feel fast when you don't mind seeing someone you haven't seen in a while because you aren't ashamed of your weight anymore.
I may be technically considered a "slow loser" by some standards but the sleeve has allowed me to lose slowly but surely through a week long cruise, the fair, a 10 wk pregnancy and miscarriage, Thanksgiving, a vacation to Florida, 2 weeks of Christmas and New Years with my house loaded with company and fatty food. Any one of those things would've knocked me off any diet. Before the sleeve and I would've gained back all the weight I lost +10.
So being a "slow loser" is pretty awesome if you ask me. And probably if we went by percentage of weight lost I bet most of us sleevers would be in the same loss range. Its just going by lbs that throws everything off. I love this sleeve!

Hi guys
I've been lurking about for a bit but thought I'd finally say Hi as I've finally got my date for surgery.
I am based in the UK and had a band op in Belgium (self funded) in 2005. I loved it and lost a lot of weight quickly. Met a guy and fell in love so didn't worry too much about losing anymore. I messed about big time with my fills. And was never really happy after the initial honeymoon period.
I suffered with reflux whenever I had any restriction therefore my band was quite loose a lot of the time so I started regaining. I fell pregnant unexpectedly in 2009 and me & my partner split - cue massive emotional eating (and eating 'for 2')
I had problems with getting a fill last year and under xray they discovered my band had slipped so now I have been offered a sleeve and am very lucky to be getting it on the NHS. I luckily have no co-morbidities but am suffering hip, knee and foot pain quite badly.
I made my decision that I need to give another op a try and am excited at having another bite at the cherry while also worrying that I'll sabotage this op as I did the band and ultimately that I'll die and leave my little girl all alone...
The fear of dying is paralysing me and combined with stress at work I've been signed off for a couple of weeks. So now I have the chance to come on and immerse myself in 'sleeve talk'.
Thankfully over the past few days I've decided to try cut out the junk food and help get healthy for the op. Not easy as when my 3yr old is acting up I am craving chocolate and crisps hehe.
Well thanks for letting me share, hope to be speaking to you all a bit more during my journey.....
gilx

It's called a stricture!
It's being talked about a lot here if you do a search you will see it
Good luck

I mean really! You skinny people make me sick! You people who decided to change your lives for the better, how dare you!!!!! Shame on all of you!!! And FYI the next time I read I'm at goal I will steal a kitten! And then sell it for money! And use that money to buy a kitten. Which I will steal from me if you dare reach goal! Damn skinny b........ Oh FYI I'm 3.2 lbs before I'm in twouder (pronounced touter) land! Hey where's my kitty?! Nnnoooo!!

I think sometimes people forget that when you post on this forum...everyone sees the posts, people you want to respond to your posts and people who you wished looked at your posted and not hit "reply"
When you post on here you should be prepared for all viewpoints and opinions...
And honestly, some of the questions so people post on here makes me wonder, do you have a friend face-to-face to ask, because the question has nothing to do with VSG or WLS and that people just needs a friend....
Go find yourself a friend and private message them....
Sorry, I'm just an honest person, both on here and in person....

Moved to "Rants and Raves".
And yes, I noticed.
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This pic I have of myself on here was taken before surgery....I guess I should put up a recent one...

I was once on a weight loss forum where you could always tell when a cute new guy had joined cause all the avi's changed to gorgeous head shots. LOL.

Hello everyone,
I know I have not been on here in a while but I just wanted to give and update on my progress. Word of encouragement, hang in there. I've been sleeved over a year and I'm still losing weight. I was stuck at 170 for over 6 months and I honestly thought that was it but finally the stall broke. I'm very happy and now I'm living my life again. I have taken back everything that the Devil stole from me. I'm walking in victory.

Y'all sound like all the skinny b*****s gossiping around the Water cooler at work behind your backs.
But having said that, definitely Seth Rogan.

Mastiff_mama being stubborn and independent will help you throughout your journey, keeping you strong
i know you will be prepared with your shakes, liquids, Soups, Vitamins - all those necessary things
IMO you should be fine taking care of you
you will be in the same good hands as your adoreable Mastiffs!!
that being said........always good to have a backup plan, just in case you do need some unexpected help
don't be 'too" stubborn to ask for help-when/if needed - give mom a call
gotta jump in here about the "age" thing!!
dr saying you might need to stay in the hospital longer cuz you are 50, a"little" older???
59 here - still able to "hear" every word the surgeon/NUT tells me!!
you/me can accomplish anything the "younguns" can maybe better?
because of our "extra" years, we are "wiser" during our life long journey with the sleeve!
hmmmm, me sensitive about my age????
luv from a senior citizen
good luck with WLS
speedy safe recovery