Ms skinniness

I think we all make poor choices on special occasions.......I know I do..... today at 18 months post op, I eat basically proteins and proteins with little variation. I am working on eating more veggies but have problems getting them in after my protein. But when I am out and about and I'm hungry and feeling jittery, I do grab some Cheetos at times and can eat way too many.....So I know that this is my slider food so am really careful........

This is awesome! I love the pic! CONGRATS! Keep it up....

Can you put some antibiotic cream on it? You might be able to call your surgeon's office today an talk with an attending surgeon so you can cancel if it's a problem in their eyes.

This is such a beautiful picture and the picture is only going to get better in the next few months! Good job! CONGRATS!

It sounds like your gallbladder. I just had by gallbladder removed and it was a piece of cake.

This post brings nothing but smiles to me! :) So happy to hear you've dropped 3.3lbs! CONGRATS! And on the way to a full recovery..... I can't wait to hear how much more weight you will drop when the swelling goes down and your totally healted..... My spouse has also been eating the primal way too and his blood sugars are within normal range these days..Now he struggles with adjusting his insulin..... Coops my recovery from my gall bladder surgery was fabulous. Up and doing things the next day with no pain and very little pain medications. It was amazing, I was so afraid it was going to be as uncomfortable moving like my wls, which really wasn't too bad after the first couple of day....

I'm 18 months out and yes this does happen to me.....I also realize that I'm not able to tell the difference of my hunger and my thrist so I'm working on getting in more fluids and only eating 3 meals a day with a small snack in between meals if I need too....I tend to eat less when I'm focusing on fluids instead...If I'm emotional, then I tend to eat also......If there's those darn Mini Cadbury Eggs, I can eat a ton of them. but I'm not hungry when I am bad with the Mini Eggs... So working on keeping my sugar content down...Today Just found out that Salami has sugar in it, so it's now out of my diet........

When did you have your procedure? How much weight have you lost so far? I wish I had this info to give you better feedbacki....Thanks.

This is so gross! I have one too! Uhggggggggggggggggggggggggggg! But it looks better than before bc I can cover it nicely with my top.....

I just seen Dr Mun today and asked him specifically about stretching the sleeve and I loved how up front he was. He stated that a bougie above 40 might have more potential to stretch due to being a bit larger but will lose weight also. He explained that if the surgeon made the cut of the stomach in a straight line then there's less chance of the stomach stretching at all. When there's patches and uneveness, then those parts of the stomach is more likely to stretch a bit, but the person will still lose weight if eating a healthy diet with 3 meals a day and not eating in between. This has made me so happy because I did have a andoscopy done and mine is very straight and a size 32 bougie.....So I believe that my stomach will not be stretching. I love to have straight answers......

I truly believe your body will stop when it's at a set point.... I would just focus on eating healthy and see where your weight loss goes.......If it goes down, that's fine, if it stays the same, that's fine. You look very SEXY and hot. So keep it up!

Alot of department stores are selling the bottoms and tops to bathing suits separate these days. Norstrum rack does for sure.......

I am so proud of you.....With all the stress of your mom being in the hospital, you didn't turn to your old friend, food! CONGRATS! I hope your mom has a speedy recovery and the internal bleeding is fixed. Did she have this surgery too? Just curious. hang in there and let us know how she's doing.

ProudGrammy has said it all......This is the battle we all have to struggle with on a daily basis. Even at 18 months post op, I got dehydrated in Vegas. Wasn't fun let me tell you. So work on getting the water in and then protein, protein, and more protein.... You can do this.....

At 2 weeks out I was still on protein shakes, soups and broths and I did cheat and have some yogurt. But I could only drink about 2 ozs of a protein schake and about 2 teaspoons of my yogurt. At 3 weeks I was able to have pureed foods.....Your stomach is still swollen and healing so be kind to it and nourish it with foods that are easy to contain and digest.....

Thank you for being open and vulnerable in your response. This is a great place to be on because we can get feedback from others on how we are coming across. I do offer my condolescents for the loss of your mom and I truly understand the where your coming from. I believe that this procedure of vst would be a good choice for you but know that in the process, your body will be flooded with hormonal inbalances that will magnify your feelings. I am a strong opponent of seeking a therapist that your comfortable with to assist with the many transitions you will be going through in the process.......Once again, I really appreciate your honesty here and hope to here more from you. This is a fantastic support system here and in a support system, people do challenge you which helps create a balance and reality check if individuals areopen to do the work......

I believe that everyone here has the right to have this procedure if they so desire. I know that I haven't experienced any one attacking anyone else on here 95%of the time, the rest are people just expressing their own opinions and I take what people say, or I leave it. When I post, I know that it is an open post and everyone is going to respond according to their biases. I know that reading this post hit me as a little passive aggressive.....Just some feedback from my perspective of reading your post....

I highly recommend the book "No More Overeating" by David Kessler, MD. When u read it u will get a big picture of how people get addicted to all these junk foods. I personally won't eat at FF joints. The food is just fat on top of fat on top of fat, sugar, and salt. I am working really hard to prepare foods at home now. I buy organic as much as possible and portion the food out for future meals for me and my spouse. It helps. I also eat a lot of peanuts. u can do this!

I wouldn't want to risk being delayed in Mexico especially after being sleeved and all want is to get home and crawl into my bed......

Frumpynomore I really hate the word should....it's so defeating to us....I already see and know that you are so thankful that you lost 3 lbs! Great job.....I believe that we are going to be extra aware and monitor our losses and gaines and get back in perspective really quickly bc we love our beautiful bodies today...... I am working towards getting a face lift and perhaps a TT in the near future even if I have to finance it......

I have lost cup size from a C to a B cup along with girth...... My boobs are also tubular and hang. They do look sexy in a Victoria's Secrets bra too......

Interesting, I have been doing Keratin straighteners for the past couple of years and it has really helped my hair a lot......I love my Keratin treatments.

The costs are not bad at all. i also believe that we will be fluctuating in weight from here on in and losing 3 lbs from removing the excess skin is fantastic.......Heck I went to Las Vegas and I am up 3 lbs too. Did a lot of walking also and got dehydrated. So I'm just waiting to get back to my norm now.....

What a beautiful transformation!

BTW I just turned 57 years old and feel great.