BlessedBeyondMeasure2012

Just added my first weigh in! I'm pretty pumped!!

I wasn't started on protein shakes until two weeks post op. It all depends on your surgeon and his/her recommendations.

I use a fitbit 1 as well. I sync it with MFP and it works great to help me track my movement throughout the day. It keeps me motivated especially when I am close to my goal steps for the day. If I haven't met my goal at a certain point during in the evenings I'm much more likely to get up and move than to sit on the couch.

Happens to me too and I'm not even out of soft foods yet! LOL! I am thankful that I haven't had any complications. I'm thankful that I can't eat as much as I used to I am am oh so thankful for the weight that I have lost that is gone forever. I do miss tortillias and mexican food almost daily though...

Thanks!

So I am one month post op today. I got on the scale this morning so I could see where I landed in the world of losing after a month and I was up 0.1 from yesterday (I know, I know, I said I was going to quit getting on the scales every day and I'm trying, but...). Anyway, we took my 1 month post op pictures last night and I have to say that I was a little disappointed. I can see very little change in myself other than some in my face. I know it takes time. I guess the silly part of my brain was expecting to see a big difference in my pictures from a month ago. I am down 19.8 pounds since surgery and down 64.3 pounds since my highest weight. I am super pumped about that! I am so happy to be on this journey to a better, more healthy me. My pictures will change in time, I just have to wait them out

Happy Anniversary! You don't hear about people who have been married 37 years much any more, especially when they started out so young. Rejoyce in what this day is about and try not to be sad over a few pounds. Your husband of 37 years isn't worried about those few pounds, I PROMISE!!

That explains why I have felt hungrier than I thought I would since surgery. I've always been an 8 hours of sleep a night kind of girl but right now I'm averaging about 6.5. I have an 8 week old who is sleeping pretty good but from late night feedings to early morning feedings I find myself super sleepy and wanting to munch, especially in the afternoons. If only I had time for a nap! Better get up and go run around the building instead!

Okay so maybe a dumb question but I am curious. Do you just count your water as "water" or can powerade zero, vitamin water zero, Fuze, etc be counted as "water" too? I can't remember what my NUT told me. Also, I mix my protein shakes with water and I have a cup of decaf coffee in the mornings (with vanilla protein powder mixed in), can I count those beverages as "water" too since there is no sugar and no caffiene? I have been getting in at least 64 oz of actual water, H2O, everyday but can I count everything else that I drink as water too? I know in the very beginning when I was on clears I could but what about now. I'll be a month out tomorrow. Has that changed? Does it ever?

Hey if your weights are right then your math is wrong (on your signature)! You are down 10 pounds, not just three!!

It's in the signature section of your profile. When you go to settings there is a signature tab and you can add it there. I type it in every week right above the add in for my tickers. I wish it would do it for me but it reminds me to figure up what I have lost each week not just in the big picture. Keeps me motivated!

So excited for you! You'll do great!

Well said. And this is no "easy way out". It is work, sometimes really hard work. You are right, the sleeve is only a tool. As compassionate as you sound, I think you will do GREAT with it! I'm excited for you

I say don't do it, but that's just me. You will be able to have your favorite foods again just in smaller portions. It may be some time before you can but you will be able to eat normally again. You aren't saying goodbye to all food forever and whatever weight you gain while you are having your "food funeral" is just more weight that you have to lose after surgery. I'm not sure what your preop requirements are (I had to do a two week preop diet) but you need to take that into consideration too. I had tried to cut down on volume of what I was eating even before my preop diet so that when it started it wouldn't be so hard. Don't get me wrong, I don't want to have to do it again but I made it just fine. I did cheat once on accident (I drank chicken broth and apparently that was against my dr's rules, but hey, at least it wasn't worse). You have to do what is right for you and if you need that sendoff before surgery then you do. Just put lots of thought into it first. If you do it, enjoy it!!

See, I told you the other day. You're beautiful!!

Looks so yummy!!

Their steamed veggies are also really good, one of my favorites

Grilled shrimp on the barbie just don't eat the bread it comes on. I think it is on the appetizer menu and I think you get like 6 shrimp. I'm not sure where you are in your eating but grilled salmon may also be a good choice

First of all, if that is you in your profile picture you don't look awful, you are beautiful! Second, 32 pounds in 6 weeks is GREAT! That's an average of more than 5 pounds per week! When have you ever previously been able to say you consistently lost 5 pounds per week for 6 weeks straight? (I've never been able to say that!) I'm 4 weeks post op and have only lost 18 pounds since surgery so I think you are doing amazing! Keep your chin up!

I plateaued at a week and a half out on full liquids. It just broke this weekend, 2.5 weeks later. My stall held on through the two weeks of soft foods and didn't begin to budge until I went moved on to baked/grilled fish and chicken/tuna/egg salad. I had been getting in less than 70 carbs a day, at least 80 gm of protein a day, and all my fluids but nothing would break it. Since starting with the fish I have been getting in less than 20 gm of carbs a day and 100+ gm of protein a day. I think I was still getting what what considered low carbs but apparently I have to do uber low carbs for my body to get what I'm supposed to be doing. You may not be doing anything wrong. Your body has to catch up. I lost a little over 40 pounds the month before I got sleeved (including my preop diet) and then 17 pounds in the first week and a half after being sleeved. I was doing everything right as far as I know it just took some time. Measure yourself if you haven't. Even in my stall I dropped a pant size. I've read that when you aren't losing pounds you are losing inches and that seemed to be true for me. That first stall (and I'm sure all subsequent ones) is super frustrating but keep your head up, it will break! Good luck chickadee!

That is GREAT!! Congratulations on that 100 pound mark, under 300 will be here before you know it!

At my two week post op appointment I was actually instructed not to sip any more. I was told to drink in large quantities and stop when I fell full. I can guzzle a bottle of water in about 4 good drinks. I have found that if I drink it out of a bottle it seems like I get more air in but if I'll drink out of a cup/glass I do better for some reason. I guess less air.

That is so totally me! I have said time and time again that had I ever had a stall that long on a previous diet I would have gone to McDonalds or Taco Bell! My stall started at a week and a half out and lasted almost 3 weeks. I'm glad the scale has started moving again but most of all I am so thankful for this tool!

I was told no sugar. I've tried to make sure that anything mint-wise that I use is sugar free. I wouldn't want to start using something sugar based because eating sugar tends to make you crave more sugar. Get some crystal light or mio drops for your water and see if that helps. I also could have diet juice and Fuze (the slenderize kind) or Powerade Zero, Vitamin water, Gatorade G2. Try some of those, sometimes something other than plain water helps to get it down. Good luck

I had to have one this past summer when traveling. I needed one on 3 of 4 flights for our total trip and one was provided very discreetly each time, some more discreetly than others, but nonetheless discreetly. No one made an issue of it and all the flight attendents were very nice about it.