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It's surgery, you will have some pain. For me, I had trouble getting in bed by myself the first few days. My pain is localized to one specific area where the doctor sutured the muscle. However staying up on my pain meds helps. Walking helps with the general gas pain. If possible, have a friend or family member stay with you for the first few days. You will not be able to lift your children for several weeks. Best of luck.

Isn't this amazing? We are really going to go all ghe way to goal once and for all. Personally, before sleeve surgery, I had no vision of me ever reaching normal weight, and believed I would die fat, many years prematurely. YeeHaw! I love reading about everyones success!

You look great! What a difference! Keep it up!

I can see it, too! Congratulations!

Your look fantastic! Great job...... Sounds like your mental demons just lost the battle! You win!!!!

It is totally obvious! And you are losing it all over. You have lost a bunch of weight in your face.

Congratulations!

You can definitely see the difference!!!!!!

You can tell a difference...keep up the great job:)

You look awesome!! Congrats!

Its been 8 months since my surgery (June 27th). I have been struggling this whole time to see my weight loss, and I've struggled with some pretty obnoxious plateaus that has me battling my mental demons that would cave and fall on old habits of defeat. I've started feeling really remotivated. I looked around at before and after pictures of folks here. I looked around on Pinterest as various weight loss blogs, and fitness sites, and woke myself back up. I got a wrangle in on my eating habits again, and cleaned that up, and am back to my hard core workouts after a 3 week hiatus. I was feeling pretty good this morning. I still can't weigh myself at home, because I've yet to buy a scale. I think I will this week. So, instead of weighing myself, I took a progress picture. And for the first time placed it side by side with my starting photo. I was so floored. I got tears in my eyes.
I had no idea.
For the first time, I SAW MY WEIGHT LOSS.
I'm flying again, and so remotivated to remember who I am and who I am proud to be. I am proud to be healthy. I am proud to love to workout! I love myself, and I am worth it to keep fighting this fight. I made the best decision of my life when I deceided to get sleeved. I am no longer pre-diabetic. I am no longer on bloodpressure medication. I am starting to return regular blood tests on my PCOS. And these pictures this morning.... how can you go back now after coming this far???
My before taken the morning of surgery. My current "during" taken this morning.

Its been 8 months since my surgery (June 27th). I have been struggling this whole time to see my weight loss, and I've struggled with some pretty obnoxious plateaus that has me battling my mental demons that would cave and fall on old habits of defeat. I've started feeling really remotivated. I looked around at before and after pictures of folks here. I looked around on Pinterest as various weight loss blogs, and fitness sites, and woke myself back up. I got a wrangle in on my eating habits again, and cleaned that up, and am back to my hard core workouts after a 3 week hiatus. I was feeling pretty good this morning. I still can't weigh myself at home, because I've yet to buy a scale. I think I will this week. So, instead of weighing myself, I took a progress picture. And for the first time placed it side by side with my starting photo. I was so floored. I got tears in my eyes.
I had no idea.
For the first time, I SAW MY WEIGHT LOSS.
I'm flying again, and so remotivated to remember who I am and who I am proud to be. I am proud to be healthy. I am proud to love to workout! I love myself, and I am worth it to keep fighting this fight. I made the best decision of my life when I deceided to get sleeved. I am no longer pre-diabetic. I am no longer on bloodpressure medication. I am starting to return regular blood tests on my PCOS. And these pictures this morning.... how can you go back now after coming this far???
My before taken the morning of surgery. My current "during" taken this morning.

Its been 8 months since my surgery (June 27th). I have been struggling this whole time to see my weight loss, and I've struggled with some pretty obnoxious plateaus that has me battling my mental demons that would cave and fall on old habits of defeat. I've started feeling really remotivated. I looked around at before and after pictures of folks here. I looked around on Pinterest as various weight loss blogs, and fitness sites, and woke myself back up. I got a wrangle in on my eating habits again, and cleaned that up, and am back to my hard core workouts after a 3 week hiatus. I was feeling pretty good this morning. I still can't weigh myself at home, because I've yet to buy a scale. I think I will this week. So, instead of weighing myself, I took a progress picture. And for the first time placed it side by side with my starting photo. I was so floored. I got tears in my eyes.
I had no idea.
For the first time, I SAW MY WEIGHT LOSS.
I'm flying again, and so remotivated to remember who I am and who I am proud to be. I am proud to be healthy. I am proud to love to workout! I love myself, and I am worth it to keep fighting this fight. I made the best decision of my life when I deceided to get sleeved. I am no longer pre-diabetic. I am no longer on bloodpressure medication. I am starting to return regular blood tests on my PCOS. And these pictures this morning.... how can you go back now after coming this far???
My before taken the morning of surgery. My current "during" taken this morning.

Debbie's big problem before her WLS was sweets of all kinds. Mine was inordinate amounts of just about anything but I was not so addicted to sweets.
It is ironic that sweets is what fights her so hard now. Yet she knows it is a small price to pay for her new health and classy slimness.

Its been 8 months since my surgery (June 27th). I have been struggling this whole time to see my weight loss, and I've struggled with some pretty obnoxious plateaus that has me battling my mental demons that would cave and fall on old habits of defeat. I've started feeling really remotivated. I looked around at before and after pictures of folks here. I looked around on Pinterest as various weight loss blogs, and fitness sites, and woke myself back up. I got a wrangle in on my eating habits again, and cleaned that up, and am back to my hard core workouts after a 3 week hiatus. I was feeling pretty good this morning. I still can't weigh myself at home, because I've yet to buy a scale. I think I will this week. So, instead of weighing myself, I took a progress picture. And for the first time placed it side by side with my starting photo. I was so floored. I got tears in my eyes.
I had no idea.
For the first time, I SAW MY WEIGHT LOSS.
I'm flying again, and so remotivated to remember who I am and who I am proud to be. I am proud to be healthy. I am proud to love to workout! I love myself, and I am worth it to keep fighting this fight. I made the best decision of my life when I deceided to get sleeved. I am no longer pre-diabetic. I am no longer on bloodpressure medication. I am starting to return regular blood tests on my PCOS. And these pictures this morning.... how can you go back now after coming this far???
My before taken the morning of surgery. My current "during" taken this morning.

I would like to buy some things if they are still available...

I like several things unsure of how to pay or how it works

Congratulations! I am also celebrating my 8 month-versary! I've lost just over 70 pounds, and I agree... best decision ever.

Its been 8 months since my surgery (June 27th). I have been struggling this whole time to see my weight loss, and I've struggled with some pretty obnoxious plateaus that has me battling my mental demons that would cave and fall on old habits of defeat. I've started feeling really remotivated. I looked around at before and after pictures of folks here. I looked around on Pinterest as various weight loss blogs, and fitness sites, and woke myself back up. I got a wrangle in on my eating habits again, and cleaned that up, and am back to my hard core workouts after a 3 week hiatus. I was feeling pretty good this morning. I still can't weigh myself at home, because I've yet to buy a scale. I think I will this week. So, instead of weighing myself, I took a progress picture. And for the first time placed it side by side with my starting photo. I was so floored. I got tears in my eyes.
I had no idea.
For the first time, I SAW MY WEIGHT LOSS.
I'm flying again, and so remotivated to remember who I am and who I am proud to be. I am proud to be healthy. I am proud to love to workout! I love myself, and I am worth it to keep fighting this fight. I made the best decision of my life when I deceided to get sleeved. I am no longer pre-diabetic. I am no longer on bloodpressure medication. I am starting to return regular blood tests on my PCOS. And these pictures this morning.... how can you go back now after coming this far???
My before taken the morning of surgery. My current "during" taken this morning.

I had my surgery on June 5th, 2012. I have lost over 125 lbs. so far and feel the best I have in yrs. Although the first few weeks after surgery were an adjustment, I wouldn't change my decision for anything. I have gone farther with my weight loss than I dreamed that I could. I can now fit into booths, wear clothing that is from a regular store, sleep without a c-pap machine, walk without getting winded, workout at the gym without feeling self-conscious, my skin cleared up (prob from not eating junk anymore), and I have more confidence than I have had in years which is the best feeling of all.

I admit it, I do eat sweets. I don't call it cheating though. I sadly do not have any negative reaction, so long as I keep portions in check. If I don't, I get that "sugar high". I've only done this once, and it wasn't even worth it. I have not had a negative reaction to anything at all, I can eat everything... in someways this is kinda sad. I wish I had negative reactions to some things. I do find now though, that I whereas in the past (pre-op) I could have easily eatten a huge piece of cake and not had the sugar phase me at all, now I'm good with eating 3-4 bites and usually then I'm putting the fork down thinking, "Man, that was really sugary. Bleck." My palette for sure has a lower tolerance for sugar now. I might have a treat like this once a month or so, then I remember I'm really past it and end up throwing it away after one bite.

The same usually goes for every VSG patient.
1st you have to get Protein in. 2nd you need to get vegtables in 3rd you can have carbs if your not to full.
You should get as much Water as possible and take your Vitamins, that is very important.
You have a very low BMI so I think maybe that is why your weightloss might be slow. Good luck
Feel free to ask any questions we are hear to help.

well, I hate to be the bringer of bad news but what you probably need more than a mentor is behavioral modification and contrary to popular belief, only you can find the motivation within yourself tomake the changed you ALREADY know you need to make.
That being said, there is something to be said for keeping successful people around you. When I notice someone on the VST forums who has done exceptionally well and has reached their goals I send them a message to find out about their strategies and I add them as friends. I do not keep people on my friends list who are always first to jump into negativity.
What I find is that most people who have lost all or most of their weight have a few things in common, they don't have pity parties for themselves, they do not make excuses, and they take their guidelines seriously. I know its no fun to pull out a binder full of rules and boring food recommendations but people who do well stick very closely to their surgical guidelines.

I managed about half the Soup, the Popsicle , and the Jello. Drank 3 bottle of Water yesterday. Slowly but surely.

Last week I felt the same. I felt ravenous, even after eating. I was taking Prevacid once daily. Switched to Nexium once a day and felt somewhat better. Bumped it up to twice daily and feeling much better. I also switched my routine up. I was drinking my Protein Shake between Breakfast and lunch. I was starving my the time I got home from work. Yesterday I drank my shake as a snack between lunch and dinner. I was able to cook dinner without having something to snack on.