Charlotte

I would like to join the challenge.

SW 337

CW 280.4

GW 255

You can do this, just take one day at a time and if you have to start from all over with just liquids then mush and then food. You have come to far to let this set-back get you. I have to ask myself do I need this food or do I crave this food and why. It doesn't always work but I am starting to make good choices about the food I'm eating.

We are here for you and only want the best for you.

Will keep you in my prayers.

Had my surgery December 12,2011 in Las Vegas Neveda with Dr Atkins. They have support groups, Clothes exchange and you can get your supplements from them also. Call and check with them. Surgical Control Weight Center 1-702- 313-8446 they are good.

I was sleeved Dec 12, 2011 I also had type 2 diabetes before VSG. I was in the 140's for the first few weeks until I started using www.myfitnesspal.com

and I could see how much sugar I was taking in. I try to keep my intake around 35 gm a day and my numbers are now in the 70's but not higher than 120. I have 1 more A1C check before the doctor will remove it (Diabetic) from my file, can't wait for that day.

Amazon has the Blender bottles (brand name) in all the colors. I use a baby bullet it works great and not a big clean-up. They work well together.

I weight once a week and measure once a week on the day after that of my surgery (surgery Monday weight Tuesday of every week). Each person is different as to how much they lose I lost 30 lbs in the first 12 days but I was large to begin with.

Our bodies are changing day for day right now and 1 day you could be minus and the next you are plus for a number of reasons. It is much easier to take it by the week then by day. Your body will stall at one time or another but during that time it is readjusting it's self. You will see your clothes fit different at those times.

Just remember that through all of this you are getting healthier than you have ever been and all these changes are for the best.

If you haven't measured yourself yet I suggest that you do so. The changes in inches are just as important as the weight changes, but they also go up and down as you gain muscle where nothing was before.

.I hope this helps you on your journey for a happier, healthier you.

Welcome to the loser's club.

hi AllFor

can you please help me - i don't know how to find youtube? and how to use- asked for group help before but no replies, i feel unloved when no one responds to any of my posts LOL - but thats my problem.

thanx

kathy

Kathy

it's www.youtube.com and then just type in what you want to find. Sorry no one has responded to you I hope this helps you

Hugs

Congrats! It is so awesome. I have 1 more A1c check but am so positive that it will be great news for me as well

WAY TO GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :hurray:

Pain meds are so important those first few days call your doc and get liquid form or ask for melt a ways. My doc gave me Rybix it is a melt a way put it on the tongue and it melts like butter. I loved it no bad taste to it either, taste like mints.

I developed early was a 34 DD in high school then up to a 40 G when carrying my kids, surgery day (12-11-11) was a 48 DDD. Thank God today I am in a 46 D they are a bit saggy but am happy for the weight to be off my back, and I hope to lose more of them. I will have them lifted, filled, and made pretty again after all the weight is gone.

I am so sorry jasleeve, you were right I had read an old post. I see now that things are not going well for you and my heart goes out to you. I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers.

I am so glad you are feeling better. Keep up the good work so you don't sick again.

Way To GO congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Doctor said I was good to go swimming and taking a bath when the glue and strips fell off. They came off in about 3 weeks. I would call and make sure what your doctor says before doing either of them.

Vaca at the beach sounds awesome.

I to was sleeved on 12/12/11 and at 5 weeks gained 2.4 pounds freaked out. It took another week and half before I started losing again. During this time my body was making it's own changes in the form of inches. I lost 3 inches over all during that time.

I also changed how much I weighted myself to once a week (Tuesdays) the day after surgery. Because the scale was making me crazy :Banane55: .

I have had the same problem since starting real food. I still have to have a shake or a liquid Protein vial (GNC perfect Protein supplement) to make up the difference. I like these because I can add them to Water and take it to the gym with me, my favorite flavor so far is fruit Punch.

I also use Health Wise hot chocolate drink (15gs protein) just before bed. You can find this on www.whydiet.com

Hope this helps.

I would also like the shakes document. It will not allow me to open it.Would you please send it to my e-mail? sos@myfairpoint.net thank you..

I have forwarded it to your e-mail. Your welcome.

I to have been depressed on and off since surgery Dec 12,2011 (8 weeks ago this Tuesday). I hated the shakes but was given a list of some pretty tasty ones. I was given some very good advice on here, which made me stay and little bit by little bit I have opened up to the wonderful people here.

I use and used Top Ramen flavor packs for the taste and really loved the hot coco Protein rich they were my stand by's until I got to mushy's

Don't try to rush through the processes your body will tell you when to step up. If you try mushy's and get sick step back down and the same with going on to real food. If you have problems step back down for a bit. Each of us are different as to how well we tolerate the changes.

I couldn't walk at all before having the surgery it was just to hard. I had to start very slow, walk to door, then to drive way, then to street and so on. Now I am walking for 7 minutes on a tread mill. It may take awhile but you will get there.

I have attached a shake file with over 190 shakes to chose from I hope this helps get past this part.

Day by Day Step by Step with Jesus is what I pray for each day.

Wishing you a better, brighter, new day.

I have not taken any meds since morning of surgery, eight weeks now. Every time I tried I would end up spitting them out, couldn't get them down. Most of mine I can't crush according to the bottle. I have not had any effects of not taking them am doing ok. I have found a few of them in liquid form, now just to get scripts for them.

I agree we are not all alike check with your doctor and see if any of them come in liquid form. My pain pill was a melt away that they gave me to come home with.

The only one I worry about not taking is the Plavix (no crush, but does come liquid form) if approved for it.

I always think of Mary Poppins a spoon full of sugar (steveia) helps the medicine go down lol. But that didn't help me either.

These little girls are so good at selling those horrible Cookies. Last year I bought 28 boxes thin mints so now every little girl in the neighborhood has my number. I can not answer the door or I will buy them (even if I can't eat them) so I am making my sister do it for me and telling them NO. How bad is that?

I thought I could never be 135lbs again. But with the sleeve my ideas have changed. I look back 8 weeks ago and am amazed at far I have come. I have even put my wedding picture back up and now think about how wonderful it will be to see that woman again. I was sleeved Dec 12,2011 weighting 337lbs and to date have lost 51lbs, Today I weight 286lbs, and am in size 24 pants down from 28's, 3X's instead of 5x's. I can now say that I love the woman I am returning to and feel healthier than I have in 11 years.

I keep a photo gallery (take new pic every week) to see how far I have shrunk since I can't seem to get the ticker on my post or blogs.

It is a type of gastric surgery referred to as a sleeve (like a sleeve in a shirt) small tube extending from one end to the other. A large portion of the stomach is removed leaving this sleeve like tube. "Loving my sleeve" means loving my new stomach and it's shape at least for me. "Rock'n the sleeve" means I am losing weight and it's working great. I hope this helps.

I love this type of gastric surgery.

I have no regrets having my sleeve surgery, I would do it all over again, wish I would have had it sooner. I too like the non fat sugar free latte's from Mc Donalds but Star Bucks are even better with the Protein. I get ice from Sonic, it's little and just like the hospital ice. I made Mio ice pops to help with getting enough liquid after having to get iv liquids a week out. Since then no problems with enough liquid.

I use a lot of shredder cheese, cheese sticks (string cheese and sharp cheese) and Peanut Butter or almond butter for high Protein counts.

Egg flower Soup and Ramen noodle season packets are also great in the beginning they both have sodium in them to help keep the fluids up.

I am now able to go out for lunch and dinner with friends and these are a few of the things I enjoy Wendy's chili small, Jack in the Box grilled chicken strips, Taco bell bean cups, Mc. Donalds jr cheese burger no bun and KFC mashed potatoes and gravy (I think of these as treats)

I LOVE MY SLEEVE and would do it again in a heart beat.

Precious; I will keep you in prayers and thoughts, so sorry you are having to go through all this. Here is my smile if you need it sweetie.

I really hated the cooking shows and food commercials when I first got out of hospital, but now they just don't hold interest for me.

I would like more info on the antidepressants as well I was told today to start them (in liquid form) again. Not sure I want to.

Congrats on your up coming VSG surgery. New habits are great I did the same thing before my VSG surgery, I started eating slowly and chewing everything 100 times it made a difference for me at least.

Keep posting and again Congrats on up coming VSG.