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I would call your doc, but I would really lay off the spicy stuff until your stomach is healed.

I agree. This is a support group, not a place to sell your newsletter. Alex do you have any suggestions?

I ADORE the admins here!! Thanks for your quick response to this!!!

Had two days of serious dizziness so i made an appointment to see my doc and he agrees....I was having dizziness from my blood pressure meds so i am officially off of them! yay!!!!
my first thing on my list to get rid of as a result of surgery is gone! so happy!

I second that. It was obviously a joke and in no way we would act like children racing with our lives! Crystal I understood from the start what you meant.

Apparently I need to clarify that the race you to the finish statement was a JOKE... I am not an idiot and wouldn't sacrifice my health to try to beat someone to my goal weight. If I was able to do that I wouldn't have needed this surgery to begin with. This topic is about losing weight too quickly therefore I thought it would be funny to say lets race since my weight loss is really close to his and we have the same surgery date...

I'm scheduled for April 9th.... I'm trying to get ready. Trying not to drag my heels as this is my last week of real eating..AKA food funerals..saying goodbye to the bad stuff like Cheesecake Factory's Carbonara ....and all you can eat crablegs I get my moments when I get a little scared. Hoping that I don't do this and still not lose weight like I heard some bloggers say. Since it's irreversable. Next monday I start my all liquid 2 week pre-surgery diet. I hope I don't fail. I'm afriad I'm going to get so hungry and feel like crap because I'm going thru caffiene withdrawal and try to work those two weeks feeling hungry and headachy.

Jimmy
I'm having my surgery on Good Friday 4/6 and hope to be home before Easter Sunday.
I feel pretty ready. I was in the Kaiser Options program for 12 weeks which was basically all done in the Fall of last year. It's education classes with a nutritionist and a behavioral specialist. I was cleared for surgery in January but selected April due to family commitments and work - and now I am just around the corner.
Bought my chewable Vitamins, started buying some of the items I am going to need once I get sleeved, Soups and Protein shakes.
I'm not afraid of the procedure itself - just hoping that all goes well and that I don't run into any complications.
How about you? What are you feeling?
It's a journey, for sure.
Katie

My surgery is April 24th. Nervous and excited!

I haven't had this happen. Other parts of your body secrete Grehlin so you still get it pumped to your brain. The stomach is the largest producer of it, however. You shouldn't put off this life-saving surgery if you are afraid you will lose your keys a little more often.

Does anyone feel like they might be a tad more "wild" in their new bodies? When I say wild I mean a little more risque, showing more body, or being sexy 24/7? Lol.

I would do it again 1000000000 times!!! Best decision I have made for myself EVER! For the first time in my LIFE, I LOVE being me! Each day it's like there is some new miracle. Today it was the amount of space between my belly and the steering wheel. Tomorrow it will be that I can go out to eat with my sister and be happy just talking to her instead of scarfing down food. Next week it'll be buying size 12s... It's amazing. Pray- you'll get the answer.

I am 8 days post op and feeling pretty good! The first few days were perfect...no pain, no gurgles, able to get most of my Protein and all my liquids down. Basically, this is still the case, and I am very thankful, but I also wonder why I am not having any of the complications I read about?! if it weren't for the incisions, I would wonder if anything were done to me!!! Of course, the lack of hunger is a good clue, too!

I am so happy, I lost 21 pound in three weeks I couldn't believe it .. just wanted to share the news.. I haven't weighed myself this week and I'm a month out.. its so amazing how 21 lbs makes a huge differences on ur clothes )

I researched the sleeve extensively before I had my surgery and also followed many of the experiences on the boards/YouTube. I was interested in how quickly the weight actually comes off and how soon changes in measurements happen after surgery. Well I now have my firsthand answer to those questions - at least for the beginning of the journey
I am 5'10". My highest weight was 287 - I lost a few pounds before my preop liquid diet and then lost 11 lbs. on my one-week liquid diet. I lost 14 lbs. the first week after surgery. My total loss from my highest weight is now 32 lbs.
I got curious about my measurements this morning and decided to just see how much they had changed in 32 lbs. In basically 2 1/2 weeks (I took measurements the day before my liquid diet started) I have lost 22 1/4 inches. That includes 3 inches off my waist, 3 inches off my hips and 2 inches off each thigh.
I haven't gone down a full size in my clothes yet but the size I started in (20, with a couple of 22's) is getting very loose and everything feels different. The best part is that these 32 lbs. (which btw is just 2 lbs. shy of my tall 3 year old!) will never be on my body to carry around and despise ever again and this is just the very beginning of all the lbs to be lost.
I LOVE MY SLEEVE!!!!!

I hear you. Discipline/willpower is my issue-heck probably for most of us here. I think what you have achieved it great. Feel proud of your accomplishments and keep on with it! It is a problem in our heads that doesn't just dissipate with the weight. Best wishes to you for continued success!

Hey Guys!!!
I was sleeved 12/19... I'm down about 32-35 lbs since surgery... I just really started working out.. I get very stressed and it's counterproductive... I'm trying to dedicate myself to the process and journey...
Things I've learned:
Don't compare yourself to anyone else.. our journies are as different as we are...
Don't dwell on "doing it wrong".. instead, focus on learning what works for you and your body, taking into account the instructions from our WL professionals
DO Celebrate ALL victories
DO give yourself the benefit of the doubt.. we didn't become overweight in 2 hours or 2 days or 2 months!!
DO extend the same amount of patience and consideration that you extend to others.. to yourself...
REMEMBER, each day is a new day to start fresh!!! You are doing great!! Keep up the great work!!!

I had my surgery 12-12-11 Im down 55lbs... Im feeling really good and am seriously active and hitting the gym! I dont really have a fear of stretching out the stomach because the docs cut out the elastic part on ur tummy and u would literally have to eat and drink to fullness on the daily to stretch ur tummy out.... I dont wanna press that envelope any time to soon..lol.. But other than that i dont have any food complications or issues with my sleeve... just feeling sexy and doin my thing!!
BTW congrats everyone on ur awesome weight loss.

I was released from hospital on Thursday, I flew home that Sunday and returned to work on Monday...Keep in mind, my work is not physical...I can stay seated if I need to so not up walking standing for hours and definately NO HEAY LIFTING AT ALL.
2 weeks after surgery when the incisions were healed over, I started back to Water arobics...OMG you woulld love this! I keep a pound of turkey slices in the fridge with some cheese sticks, and some cottage cheese, and lots of Water bottles, vita water etc....in the back...
Worked well for me.

I had my surgery on 1/23/12 (I will never ever forget this date) and I'm only down 28lbs from my surgery date---yes I'm one of the slow losers on this site. BUT! people at work and random people I meet think I'm 19 years old!! ---mind you I'm 32 years old and a mother (which all of the ladies know ages you). So YAY!!! for this non-weight loss success! My husband better watch out, my pool of potential suitors has expanded into the teens! LOL!
What's amazing to me about this is that at my heaviest (250lbs---I'm only 5'2") people thought I was in my 40's! I also felt older when I was heavier.

Lol @ spatter!! No my info is just wrong!! Updating now Surgery on 1/28 surgery weight 316, today 269!!

3 months today..that's all..just wanted to shout it! wooooo hooooo! woot woot! This morning's total.. down 47 pounds (That's including losing the 13 leak pounds twice.lol)

Spreading some positiveness for the guys out there who are reading the boards. I was sleeved Jan 12th... officially down by my surgeons scale 80 pounds. I never had any issues after surgery with anything ...no pain. I'm able to eat anything I want but of course in lower amounts.
Here is what my plan has been so far
- no fried foods for months now
- no sugar
- no soda, no beer! nothing carbonated...
- no/very little carbs..NO bread..no Pasta no sweets of any kind
- lots of lean steak, baked fish, grilled chicken, and ground beef. Chili is good too and so is beef Jerky
- Lots of crystal light for when I'm tired of Water
- Muscle Milk Protein Shakes - vanilla is the best to me
- Pure Protein shakes as a change up - Cookies n cream is the best to me
- Light cheeses as Snacks..string cheese
- Atkins Protein Bars that are at least under 200 cals each
- sugar free lifesavers are a great for when you want a "sweet"
- My sleeve really likes wheat thins for some reason
All this with taking my Vitamins in the morning ...most of them are in Gummy form.
Thought I'd give some guys out there some info of whats working

Steve seems to be upset at me lately - Thank goodness for SF popsicles

I woke up in recovery in achy pain. I opened my eyes, looked at the nurse & said "Hurt!". She said, "Hun, I have something for you right now." she pushed a button & I went back to blissful sleep...my surgery took 45 min, so it was around 9am when I first woke up. I woke up the second time at 2:15am in my private room! No pain, no catheter, just an IV. I got up, made peepee, rinsed out my mouth & went back to bed after hitting my morpheine button-pain pumps come around rarely in my life, so I made FULL use of mine! Lol! I had a great experience, no nausea, no great pain, just mild discomfort at most. The 5th day home, the discomfort came back, but my surgeon had prescribed me liquid hydrocodone, and that did the trick. I'll be 5 weeks post op in 2 days, and I'm sooo happy I was sleeved! I would do it all over again in a heartbeat!
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