JD7176

I'm not judging you here.....but.........i'd TOTALLY stay away from the ice cream. It's a very bad habbit to start, and hard to stay away from once you start eating crap foods like that. my advisce is, if you start treating yourself this early on, you might be one of those posts down the road like: why am I not losing?.......
Stick to the foods the DR has directed you to, and you will be much better off.
Good luck, I know it's tough.....but hang in there!

Thanks again everyone.
Mensch thanks for that because I forgot about the fact that I went through this surgery with no complications. I am sooooooo thankful for that. God is good!! Thanks for making me see things from a different perspective.

I never had issues revealing that I underwent WLS to people I know. I'm almost 3 weeks post-op and am getting out more, resuming my regular life and the one question that's starting to burn me is, "so how much weight have you lost?" with this wide eyed expression. When I say 20 or so, they almost get this disappointed look. Did you think I was going to lose 100lbs in 2.5 weeks?! WLS is a tool not a magic pill. It takes months and years and WORK to pull down those types of numbers.
I had to get that off my chest! Have a happy Saturday!

Vomiting after VSG is not like it was before (at least not for me and not representing those who have had leaks or excessive nausea, etc.) there is not much force behind the food that is coming up and because of PPI's not much acid either, it is more like chewed food going the other direction - OUT. Not much wretching or fluids probably due to not drinking with a meal. It's over in a few minutes and then you feel fine.
I slimed a few times in the beginning by eating too fast/too much...but found my happy place - the old 1/2 cup or 4 oz limit for most meals.

Today 43 is the best number. I turned 43 and I am down 43 lbs since starting my journey.
Feeling pretty good except this painful healing ridge
MsVickee

I has my sleeve May 18 and am -46 lbs. I'm doing great, now. I had a stay in the hospital a couple of weeks ago due to severe dehydration. Anyway, I don't know how much you can tell by my profile pic but, here's a new pic.

For me, it's not being a size 2 or 4... I would be happy to be an 8. BUT - I want BOOTS, tall boots that zip up and fit my calf, boots that I can tuck my jeans into. The day that happens I will be jumping up and down in the shoe store!

My NUT says we may have issues brushing our teeth because of the mint. She explained why and of course i don't remember except bits lol. But think of how you eat mint for digestion. So your stomach is gurgling, but nothings in there or something like that. I remembered the solution! Which is switch to cinnamon.

Ok..so I get it...I guess I would be curious too! But...I love how one of my coworkers asked how much I had lost ( I'm ok with that) ..then asked whaty goal to lose was and I knew she was adding the numbers in her head to get how much I weigh now!!! Rude! So of course I lied and gave her a bogus number..teehee for me! I could tell by the look on her face that her numbers just didn't add up in her head! Nosey Rosie..that's what you get!! LOL

My NUT does say to Water them down, but she highly recommends pineapple juice or tidbits when eating meat. Something about their make up helps tenderize meat....think pineapples on a ham.... So I drink about 2oz of orange pineapple in the morn and in the eve with my meds that have to be crushed.

I've had several moments that I would place pretty for down on the MISERABLE scale. The kind of moments that you remember clearly regardless of time. And even when things change, they still hurt. And I've seen others go through them. I can guarantee that just about everyone here has had a really sucky moment or another. And most of us have had "a-ha" moments when we realized it's just ridiculous, and it's time do something about it. Yay us for that one.
Friday I got my hair cut by a lady who is not my regular lady. New lady was one of those "as wide as she is tall" ladies. When she was washing my hair, her fatty bat wing (whatever you call it) kept seriously hanging in my face and blocked my air a few times. I never said a thing, so she had one of those moments, without knowing it ever happened. That's probably the best kind.

So I finally decided to bare trying on clothes after losing so far 57 pounds. I went to Torrid yesterday since they were having a buy one get one half off sale. I tried on this dress http://www.torrid.com/torrid/Clothing/Dresses/Casual//Black+And+Electric+Blue+Color+Block+Maxi-536490.jsp and another maxi dress. I used to wear a size 4 (26/28 )in this store and now I'm down to a size 2 (18/20) when it comes to dresses. I was so excited I started crying thinking about how when I was bigger it was harder to find something and how far I've come. It felt really good fitting into those dresses. So now I have two cute dresses for my trip to Europe next month. Here's a pic of the other dress I bought. Can't wait to see more results and enjoying my new life.
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I never had issues revealing that I underwent WLS to people I know. I'm almost 3 weeks post-op and am getting out more, resuming my regular life and the one question that's starting to burn me is, "so how much weight have you lost?" with this wide eyed expression. When I say 20 or so, they almost get this disappointed look. Did you think I was going to lose 100lbs in 2.5 weeks?! WLS is a tool not a magic pill. It takes months and years and WORK to pull down those types of numbers.
I had to get that off my chest! Have a happy Saturday!

The problem I've seen with the "kids" menu, in most restaurants, is that the options available are typically high fat, high carb meals. I'd much rather order from the regular menu, where I can make choices that are healthy, rather than smaller. I can always eat the left-overs the next day.

I can't say that I miss a particular food, I do however get the urge to just take a big bite of something. The eating slow and small bites is so unnatural to me.

Hi everyone. It has been awhile since I posted. I will be 7 weeks out on Monday. I thought I would post my first before and after pic. I'm down 42 pounds as of today. I can't wait to post when I'm down another 42 pounds!

Who got in 70g of Protein today? THIS GIRL! Who got in 60oz of Water today? THIS GIRL! Who KILLED their teacher demonstration today and had offers from all 4 principals? THIS GIRLLLLL! Today has been a great day! Even though I do believe I may be at the horrid 3 week stall, nothing is stopping my happiness today. I'm going out for a drink....of water! Lol

Who got in 70g of Protein today? THIS GIRL! Who got in 60oz of Water today? THIS GIRL! Who KILLED their teacher demonstration today and had offers from all 4 principals? THIS GIRLLLLL! Today has been a great day! Even though I do believe I may be at the horrid 3 week stall, nothing is stopping my happiness today. I'm going out for a drink....of water! Lol

Thank you everyone! I do know which school I'm selecting. I was hoping that I received an offer from them when I went in. It just felt sooo good for everyone to think I'm awesome lol. Today was the first day that I met my Water goal and exceeded my protein....just thrilled.

Who got in 70g of Protein today? THIS GIRL! Who got in 60oz of Water today? THIS GIRL! Who KILLED their teacher demonstration today and had offers from all 4 principals? THIS GIRLLLLL! Today has been a great day! Even though I do believe I may be at the horrid 3 week stall, nothing is stopping my happiness today. I'm going out for a drink....of water! Lol

Who got in 70g of Protein today? THIS GIRL! Who got in 60oz of Water today? THIS GIRL! Who KILLED their teacher demonstration today and had offers from all 4 principals? THIS GIRLLLLL! Today has been a great day! Even though I do believe I may be at the horrid 3 week stall, nothing is stopping my happiness today. I'm going out for a drink....of water! Lol

Whoop!!! You go, girl!! Love reading your happy news

Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyy!

Whoo Hoo!! This was just one of many awesome days to come! Congrats on all of your successes!

Congratulations!