Fallenangel2904

It depends on where your weight is proportioned, age (which is on your side) genetics and how long you've been overweight. By your pictures I honestly don't think you'll have much of a problem. Your arms aren't that big. My arms are my worst area, even pre op they sagged (from years of yo-yoing with my weight) now they are already very saggy and I've only lost 55lbs (have lots more to go). But I had a 20 inch forearm at my biggest so it's understandable there is going to be skin issues. I honestly think you'll be fine. And by the way your beautiful good luck to you you'll do great!!

I also was given antibacterial sponges to use the night before and morning of surgery. The sponge even had a little scrubby pad and I made sure I scrubbed my tummy with it good lol

I've always been interested in becoming a vegetarian so it's awesome to hear it is possible! I'm only about 5 weeks out so if I did make the transition I would wait until I was at least 6 months but its something I have been thinking a lot about. I would imagine being vegan is very difficult with wls but seems vegetarian is doable yay!

It was a piece of cake for me (no pun Intended lol) he asked me about my life, my family etc. there were questions like 'have you ever been abused physically or sexually, have you ever had anxiety' stuff about my mental health history. We talked about my life growing up. He asked me if I had a good childhood. I was honest about things and I was afraid a bit too honest but it helped me actually understand where a lot of my emotional eating habits stemmed from. He was very nice and it was a very good experience over all. Don't be nervous it's really not a huge deal

Congrats! I wish I had it done a few years ago. I'm 23 and about 5 weeks out and it's been great! I've lost 36lbs since surgery (56 all together) and it was one of the best decisions I've ever made. You'll do great!

I'm about 5 weeks about and all I've been since Surgery is constipated. It's been extremely uncomfortable honestly. It was so bad one night I was crying. I only go maybe about every 4-5 days which I guess makes sense considering how much I eat but I dread going to the bathroom. I know constipation is extremely common even for us VSGers. With a high protein diet we aren't really getting in any fiber so it makes sense. I'm going to begin a fiber supplement and see how it helps. I'm hesitant to do a stool softener because I've had issues with them in the past pre VSG that gave me explosive diarrhea which no one wants lol. Wish I could tell you constipation was untrue but it's an unfortunate reality for most of us.

Slider foods are foods that are able to easily 'slide' through the sleeve with out really filling you. A lot of the time they don't have the best nutritional value. For example potato chips. As for me I'm not sure what mine are but kind of don't want to know lol. I had a few wheat thins the other day and know I could have had more but was able to just have a few (which is huge for me because I am addicted to those things lol)

The pillow really does help. I put a pillow in front and in back for extra support. I was able to get fully on my side about 5 nights after surgery. My stomach was almost 2 weeks but it still hurt a little, by 2 and a half weeks I was able to sleep any way I wanted.

HW 379 SW 359 CW 324.6 NY goal was 315...my Christmas goal was originally 319 but I revised to 323 because I didn't think I would make 319, but now I might because I've finally broke my stall So lets still strive for 315 for New Years!

Nut= Nutritionist

Deep breaths. I had surgery the week before Thanksgiving. I was thinking WHY the Hell did I do this?? about a million times on Thanksgiving. I was lucky enough to avoid the holiday and lock myself at home away from everyone...and food, but it was very rough. Especially when my best friend texted me to complain about how she over ate and was stuffed. Its really rough for a food addict to NOT be able to eat when all everyone is doing is stuffing their face. I described it to my mom like this...for a food addict to NOT be able to eat on Thanksgiving (or Christmas, or any of these holidays...) is like a crack head being told they can't do crack on national crack day, while everyone else around them, even people who normally do dont crack are going crazy smoking the stuff, the the TV, media and every other source is all 'Hey everyone it's crack day! Don't forget to do your crack!' ...okay a bit extreme but how I felt. We are food addicts, it's extremly tough to not be able to eat this time of year but see it EVERYWHERE. At work, the grocery store, TV...and heck even if you don't see it- you smell it! It drove me INSANE all day smelling my next door neighbor cooking on Thanksgiving!! Just sending you some big hugs, I think we who suffered through the holidays deserve some extra bragging rights when all is said and done And remember there will ALWAYS be more holidays in our futures! And now thanks to surgery hopefully a few extra ones!

This is BRILLIANT! I have a tough time getting in the protein and really have an aversion to most protein shakes, this will SO help me! Thanks so much!!

Well since my official weigh in day is Wednesday i weighed today and lost 2 more pounds! 324.6 so almost to 323! I may possibly make my initial goal of 319 after all!

HW 379 SW 359 CW 326.9 DOS 11/14 I'm a little over a month out. I stopped looking at the scale for a while because I was in a stall for a while. I've lost about 33lbs since surgery and 20 of that was the first week, so only 12 lbs week 2,3 and 4. Granted I know that's an average of 4 a week for those weeks but it didn't come off like that lol. Anyway my Christmas goal was 319 and I'm not sure ill make it. That's 8 pounds. So I'm revising my goal to 323. If I get to 319 great, if not I'm happy with 323.

Thank you all for all the honest answer, tough love and all. It's a rough day for me. I know I need to tell him soon. And to answer the question- we broke up for a few reasons. Honestly there are a little blurry now. We live a bit far from each other that was one of the issues, but things are different now he used to live at home with his mother and now he has his own place. We really just started to take each other for granted, lots of back and forth and we both hurt it each other. It was a messy breakup. We spoke several times over the last two years even saw each other a few times but never really 'tried' again. I'm thinking that our time to really 'try' may never come. I've always been a romantic, only when it came to my relationship with this guy- but maybe this just wasn't meant to be. Maybe the timing is so off because it just wasn't suppose to happen. Thank you all I'm still trying to mull it over because its never been easy when it came to my feelings for this guy. He's the only person who's ever really gotten to me. I really don't think ill win either way here

Thank you. I said that to him because he spent the last two days telling me how he still loved me, has never gotten over me etc and how I was and am the love of his life. But when he said this stuff to me about weight loss I said to him, was everything you said about loving me true? Because you turned this very shallow in a very short time. I honestly would still love him if he gained weight or lost weight- though he was already extremly small so I don't know how much he could lose lol. Before he met me he dropped 70lbs and got into being a gym rat and eating healthy so I thought HIM of all people would understand and be okay with it. I'm starting to see how hypocritical it is of him actually, I have thought it was part insecurity, but I do believe he just genunly likes big girls. I've known him for 6 years on and off and has always liked bigger girls so I don't believe it's purly an insecurity thing, but I do believe there may have been an underlying factor to it. I told him where I stood about weight loss- though still have not said anything about WLS- and I can see he's struggling with it. At first we just said okay this is it, lets walk away, but we spoke more and said maybe lets try and see, I told him I'm never going to be super model skinny- which isn't something I've EVER wanted. I like my curves, and he said he wanted me to be healthy and if this was something I wanted he wouldn't stand in the way, but also said he didn't want to give any less then 100 percent to me and if he felt like he couldn't he would tell me. I'm just nervous to even try at this point because there has already been so much pain in our break ups I honestly can't go through one again, Thank you for the advice! I appreaciate it. I need to do some thinking.

Thanks PA, you're right. I think its because I always seemed confident and okay with my size when we were together, he was surprised I wanted to change. And I told him the truth, I was and AM confident with myself at every size I've been but I did this for my health. And he said he understood but was just being honest about his attraction- he didn't say it in a bad way but I respected his honesty. Maybe we are just on two different paths I don't want to be with someone who isn't attracted to me. I've never settled for that, He said he would still love me for who I am, and think I was an attractive person but he just doesn't know if HE would be attracted to me, Maybe I need to face this for what it is I just really did get my hopes up for a minute because I DO still love this guy but I can't settle for someone I'm with just thinking 'well she has a good personality' because I'm scared that's what it will be

I didn't know where else to post this and it does have to do with WLS. The short version is my ex and I have been seperated for almost two years. We last spoke almost a year ago and I honestly never thought we wouls speak again. The other day we spoke on the phone for the first time in a year and long story short we've been talking about how we both want to see each other and see what is still there. The issue is my ex met me when I was big- I was around 350 when I met him and he is someone who is soley attracted to big woman. I have met a lot of guys who view it as a fetish but he was just attracted to larger girls as a preference which I understand. I didn't tell him I had weight loss surgery because frankly at first I thought it was just going to be a catch up convo, I told him I had my gallbladder out instead (which I didn't) but as we talk more and more now I feel like I need to tell him. I did tell him I lost 40 pounds and he has basically kept saying how I shouldn't get too skinny, and I actually told him today I planned to lose more weight (keeping surgery out of it) and he kind of changed his tune a little bit because he said he just doesn't know if he would be attracted to me at say 250 pounds versus where I am now despite still being in love with me. I've been crying on and off after discussing this because I don't even know if its worth it to try. I AM going to change, its not like a diet where I can stop losing weight- I CAN'T- not like I want to because I have wanted to lose weight more then anything, but have felt like this guy was the love of my life also. It's sort of the reverse situation a lot of people go through when they GAIN weight. I told him I need to be healthy and he said that is the most important thing and wants me to be healthy, but he is just being honest about his attraction which I understand. I'm really upset and in my head know what I should do, but my heart can't bring me to- it never can when it comes to this guy. Please help!

You look amazing!! The shoe thing is awesome I really hope my Fred flintstone feet shrink too LOL. You look so much younger also! Just awesome!!

Thanks Tally! Your doing amazing too! Ill be SO happy to finally get out of the 300's!! Little by little I'm getting there lol

I'm in! I joined the Christmas challenge thread but I'll post here too with my fellow November sleevers! ~ Surgery Date (SD): 11/14/12 ~ Starting Weight (SW): 359 ~ Current Weight (CW): 336 I believe, though I'm trying to only count weights on the same day every week- even though I have been weighing in daily...but for the sake of this thread 336 ~ Goal Weight (GW): I'm gonna be ambitious (I'm not sure of its ambitious or not lol) and go got 315. * Bonus: Inches Lost. I measured the night before surgery- trying to do it every month. Next measurment will be 12/13

I've been walking every day for a little while though the weather is getting cold here so I need to get to a gym soon- that's on my list of priorities lol. Dr told me 6 weeks before I can work out with any intensity but walking was a go from day one. I'm actually eager to start working out- first time in my life I've ever said that LOL

I'm 5 days ahead of you and I was hungry at first too but it evens out. I'm eating foods with a bit more body now, will officially be able to move to puree/soft next week but I've been thickening my sops with yogurt now, even adding some meat to my soups and blending them- and it's helped to feel fuller. It took me a few days. I still get a little hunger some times but I think some of it is head hunger also. I also have heard that it takes a little whole for the hunger hormone to leave out bodies and I think I may have finally experienced this because the past few days I haven't been hungry at all but have to make myself eat to get protein. It will get better, but do try an acid reducer to see if that helps. Its also been really easy for me to tolerate everything I've eaten so far and sometimes I wonder if that's normal. I'll try something new, wait and expect to feel something bad but don't. I think we may just be lucky lol

So question for the single sleevers- how long should one wait after surgery before jumping into the dating pool? I don't think I'm ready yet but just want to get others opinions or experience. I'm on some dating sites now but not taking anything seriously but would like to eventually. Thoughts?

I got his from Pinterest. Gonna try to attach a screen shot of it. It gives you oven directions but can be adapted for a crock pot if you add chicken stock and let it simmer before adding the cheese. Pinterest has a ton of awesome crock pot meals of your on there!