Ms skinniness

Hi future. nothing to be embarrassed about. It sounds like your NUT dropped the ball. Not much education about what to expect after 6 weeks is kinda scary. i am 20 months post op and doing really good. My vitamin levels are good. My diet consists mostly of protein. I drink 1 protein drink in the am which helps me greatly. I don't eat breads, rice, pastas or potatoes. I do take a multivit, vit b12, vit b complex, vit D, CoQ10, and beta carotene. I do forget to take them occasionally. i do take iron tablets and calcium. I make sure that I take the calcium at different times. But I do recommend eating more protein and a little bit of veggies. Welcome to VST. You might want to look at the Veteran posts too....

Actually when I had stalls I would get frustrated and fearful that my weight loss was done but it wasn't. During the time of the stalls is when my body was rapidly decreasing in inches..... I would put on a pair of nice slacks in the morning and by the afternoon, they would be too big. That was a great NSV. You will lose your weight and have more stalls. Instead of looking at the stall as a bad thing, why not look at it as a good thing. Like the decrease in inches. If you haven't already taken measurements, this is a good time to take the measurements to see the changes in body size. CONGRATS...

What a beautiful smile you have today..... Lookin good!

You look absolutely fabulous! Congrats!

I love the fact that Christy went public with his procedure. Plus this goes to show how the RnY are pushed and the Lap Band. Now a bariatric specialist at Kaiser reports that those procedures are in the past. It just goes to show that Christy or his spouse did not do the research they needed to do. It was the blind leading the blind.......Hope he does well...I do think we should all send him and email and let him know about the sleeve for when his Lap Band fails......Just like the previous poster stated..........

If only those people would point the finger in the right place like the fast food industry and the food processors......It makes me want to throw up.....

This is interesting, I also have the same stuff like the wind blowing me around, not as strong as before. But I do love it because I love being skinny and I know that I haven't exercised like I'm suppose too. So my goal is to get my BUTT in gear and start exercising more......

Very interesting...... My cleaning lady measures her pant waist by going around her neck too which was interesting also.... Thanks for posting this.....

Yuck! The shell tastes like carb board to me.... I just ate the inside after 1 bite........

This is like a fairy tale....... CONGRATS I'm sure you won't regret it either......

I'm the beginning of my weight loss I lost quickly but the 3rd month I slowed down. It was frustrating but I still lost more slowly. I got down close to my goal weight then went on vaca and gained some now I'm working on getting it off and it's really slow. I need to start exercising now. It will come off.

Ian tracking and am now looking at how quickly I can get past 1200 calories. how many calories are u guys eating ? Most of mine are protein calories.

Spatters way to go. That is a big NSV'S I've seen.

Wow that is a fantastic transformation! Keep it up! Rock that sleeve!

OMG, I love Nuts..... I am totally addicted to my nuts.... LOL I started eating nuts at about 3 months post op. I made sure I chewed them really good and it was approved by my surgeons office.

In the shower this morning I started thinking about my migraines and I realized that I started getting migraines when I started gaining weight at the age of 24 years old. I thought that I was getting the migraines because I had gotten married and was having more stress. Or maybe it could have been both combined together. Anyways this is just more of an incentive to work to keep my excess weight off.....I also believe it's the change in eating habits also. I eat mostly proteins and avoid sugars as much as possible......Even though I still sneak a piece of candy from my son's girl friend. LOL But still, avoid sugars due to the toxicity. Now more incentive to not eat sugars..... I hope you get rid of the migraines as you lose weight and hopefully start eating non processed foods as much as possible.

Coops, Hugs to you my dear.....I love hearing about your cross addiction of shopping now....LOL You deserve the best and I hope you go out in public and ROCK that bikini.........You put a smile on my face!

Can u give us an idea of what foods ur eating. Quantities etc? Are u eating sliders? Do u exercise? Have u tried The Basic Bootcamp by LilMissDiva? This would help me a lot right now. Thanks.

I feel totally normal. I can eat about 1/3rd of the meal with no difficulties. No one notices and I totally love eating small meals now. This is my norm.

If it's carbonated, I don't want it.....I'm a soda addict and there's no side skirting the issue here...... I sit here and watch from the side line too. Have fun and hope you enjoy it.....

You both look so beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing these.....They are so inspirational, I'm looking into PS too..

I agree with the poster above. Go to a high end department store and have someone who specializes in this area help you. I have this same problem and need to go in. I am adopting a new frame of mind that the clothes that I buy, I must absolutely love them and they must be the fit also......You deserve to have the best fit also. Jeans are suppose to be snug, but not cut off your blood flow either. I had really tight jeans that i can't breath in but the other day I caught myself wearing my size 6 Lee jeans. COOPS I can't wait to see a new pic of you>>>. I know your every more sexy than ever..... YOU DID IT! :wub:

Gosh, everyone cheats in one way or another. When we cheat, we get up and brush ourselves off and get back on track. We all have bad days, some days are worst than others. But we get back on track and move on. We learn from it. Some people put things bluntly and some like to butter it up. I sometimes say things bluntly and I don't mean to be rude either.

P.S. you are not a failure.........Can't wait to see you when you get skinnier........I can see your smile now............

I'm kinda confused? Who said anything about disobeying your doc? This is a forum that is supportive and people will give information that they interpret that is asked. We have all been hungry the first week after the surgery and some is contributed to acid in the stomach and not all PPI's are affective. There is still the hunger hormone left in the stomach called ghrelin and it hasn't been completely absorbed yet.....Hang in there it will get better.....