Fiddleman

Wowwzers. Good job at being successful and an inspiration to all of us current sleevers and further sleevers. Such an exceptional change that gives anyone with doubts a reason to be like you.

I am sorry you are dealing with such an issue post sleeve. Not only do I hope you are able to recover from the thinning esophagus soon, but that gastric bypass offers you long and continued success.

I hope you are able to recover soon. What kind of issues are you struggling with regards to sleeve?

My wife had a good idea to make swimming Rama at home for dinner tonight. It is really simple to make. Serves 2. 6 cups spinach Peanut sauce (light coconut milk and PB2, brown sugar and Splenda mix, red pepper flakes) 3/4 cup of cooked chicken breast chunks Boil large pot of Water at high on stove Add spinach in a steamer insert into boiling pot of water Remove quickly, as soon as spinach is slightly wilted (15 seconds), set aside Dump 1 can coconut milk in a medium size pot Add 1/2 cup pb2 Stir to combine and heat on medium low until warm, add 3 Tbsp brown sugar/Splenda sweetener and red pepper flakes to taste. Keep warm on low. Heat chicken breast chunks in microwave about 45 seconds until warm For each serving, Arrange 1/2 spinach on plate, top with 1/3 cup chicken and 2 Tbsp of peanut sauce. Enjoy! So yummy!!! Ps if peanut sauce is too thin use corn starch to thicken. If too thick, use water or chicken broth to thin.

Like the others said, do the best you can. Mall walking works very well. Just walking up and down all the corridors for as long as you can manage. Also just walking loops around your house works, jamming to your favorite songs. If you have a treadmill at home, walk on it at whatever speed feels comfortable. I think the first week out, I could only walk about 1/2 a mile and was walking probably 1.5 mph. However, it got further and faster before long. Sooner than you realize it, you will be walking miles and at brisk pace. Jut as n extrapolation point for your progress I am running 5k t 5 month out. You can do it! It gets better every single day! I swear it does. However, it does take you wanting to phone foot in front of another even when you do not feel like it during the first month.

That is such exciting news for you! I can remember the day for me when I got the approval. Serious happy dancing ws going on here. It is such a positive life change that is ahead for you with many people you can turn to support for in these forums.

I really like the weight loss goal driven threads so let us make a runner's / walker's goal thread that is ongoing until st Patricks day. It does not matter where you are at in your WLS journey. You might be 1 week out or you might be two years out. Think of a goal you want to accomplish in 3 months time and write your progress here as often as you like. For example, I want to run a 10 k in 45 minutes by st Patricks day. By that time, I will be 8 months out. 12-5-2012: 5k in 30 minutes Today: 7 k in 50 minutes ( had to take short 3 minutes fast walks after 30 minutes every 10 min of running 5.8 mph) Goal: 10 k in 45 minutes It will be fun and also keep folks focused on a long term exercise goal ( myself included). Try and keep the exercise goals limited to walking and running on this thread. I used to love running long distances before gaining back 100 lb that lead to sleeve surgery so look forward to a marathon some day. The most I have ever run was 20 miles in 5 hours, but that took months to build up to. Feel free to post to his thread as you make progress. Let's have fun with this!

I am in month 5 so I guess this would still be solids phase.

I am wondering if these are ok to drink post sleeve. They have sparkling water in them and come in a lot of different flavours. I tried a sip of one over the weekend and, whoa, the bubbles kicked me. I think I read on another post a while back that these drinks are ok, but thought I would ask....

That is awesome progress! 30 inch waist, that is unbelievable!

You are right. My mistake. My weight should be 180 according to the charts and I want my BMI to be around 18-20. The pcp doctor said I was about 24 BMI when I saw him last week. i am sure my surgeon doctor's support team can help me figure out the right number to hit when I go in for my 6 month checkup next month. If any of you have some advice, I am open to it....