DivaK

I am so happy for you! Congratulations and enjoy the new you!

This is a great sample menu! I will try to implement some of these changes.

This sounds great! I will most definitely be trying it soon:)

From everything I have read...it seems pretty normal to me. I had my surgery on July 2nd and it seems stalls are inevitable. Just try to start exercising and keep up with your protein and things should be just fine!

I can totally relate! You will be just fine...like Nike slogans suggest..."Just Do It!"...LOL

I would wait until I was done loosing all the weight as well. I don't have any tattoo's; although, my bestie is trying to talk me into it and I might give in one day, but the thought of the pain...LOL!

My doctor told me I would be able to eat 3-4 oz but he never said it could increase...I guess over time I will see.

Just curious...how do you know your stomach will be able to hold 10 oz in a year?

What is PPL? I can't eat much either. I am beginning to learn when I am full and although I haven't eaten much...I have to tell myself don't try to eat 25 min later...LOL!

Well today is officially one month! I was sleeved on July 2nd and today is August 2nd. I can't believe how time has passed me by. I am happy about my progress. I have even placed a pair of jeans that are officially too big in the "to be given away pile". I have not gone back to my doctor for my official one month follow up but according to my scale I am down 18 pounds which is incredible. I am still working on not eating too much. Last ***ht I ate some string cheese and I must have ate it too fast because in my sleep it decided it wanted to come back up. This has only happened to me once before so now I know not to eat after 7 pm. Overall, I feel pretty good. I have to remember to take my Vitamin D and Calcium tablets because the I only remember the B12 in the morning and by late afternoon Im too tired. I have been excercising but have fallen off the wagon, so I need to get back on it. Well that is all of my thoughts for now...please let me know how my fellow sleevers are doing! Thanks for reading!!!

I totally understand...I am constantly burping. I think this is my body signal for being full. I tried the deli meat and peanut butter but I was having small annoying pains, so I went back to yogurt and malt-o-meal and tuna with no crackers...LOL! I know it will get better soon!

I dont snore now...that was one of the first things my husband mentioned...he teased me by saying he didn't know I was in the bed with him and he liked it when I snored...LOL! I don't need my C-Pap machine either...Yippee!

I started at a lower BMI as well and I hope to keep going on the weight loss. I know it seems like you will never get to goal but keep going...you have come so far so now is not the time to throw in the towel...LOL! I will have to listen to my own advice soon...

Everyone is doing great. I am 4 weeks out and down 18 pounds and I lost 4 pounds the week before surgery. I guess that means I have lost 14 pounds since my sleeve. I am excited because I have never lost 14 pounds in a month. Yeah for the sleeve!!!

Congratulations...I know that is a great feeling!

I had my first post op visit about two weeks after surgery and my doctor just asked how it was going and looked at my incisions which were healed. After that he just basically reiterated what was in the book as for food progression. I see him in about another week or so for my second post op visit. It's really nothing to worry about if you are doing fine.

I used Dr. Brian Mirza on Westheimer. He is great and is very concerned about your progress. He even gives you his personal cell phone number in case of emergencies. I had an emergency and I left a message and within the hour he was calling me back(his daughter was playing with his phone) and he kept up with my progress in the ER and all but demanded I see him the next day so he could "verify" that I was o.k. You got to love him...LOL!

It will stop...stop taking the colace...that is what I did...LOL! It will be o.k and Im sure no one knows but you. It happened to me also, so I totally understand how you feel..

I am a recent sleeve patient - July 2nd and at about two weeks out I was full of regret just simply due to not being able to eat...now that I am soft foods it is not that bad. I like seafood and get to eat it so I am satisfied. I still find myself feeling as if I have not eaten enough because I can get full off of 3 or 4 bites. I am coming to grip with this is how it is for now and will possibly change later.

I shop at Sam's Club and buy the Tilapia fish fillets. They are individually packaged and I also buy the snow crab legs...you can cook a few and keep the rest in the freezer. I don't own a food saver but looks like I need to buy one!

I totally understand how you feel. It is very upsetting to know after two bites youre done and I am still trying to figure out how I will deal with this if I am in a large crowd. Fortunately, I have not been out to eat often and the few times that I did...I just made an excuse of not being very hungry and took my soup/veggies home. I have not told anyone about this surgery except my husband...no family and most definitely no coworkers! I guess I have trust issues too...LOL!

I just read my post operative report today and the doctor used a 40 in bougie! I am thinking...now that must be too large...Lord, please let me have significant weight loss (which hasnt happened yet) I am 9 days out and only 3 pounds lighter than the day of surgery! This doesn't sound good to me and I read on a post somewhere else that a larger bougie makes it harder to maintain weight loss down the line...HELP!!! Somebody please have statistics that are better than what I have seen...otherwise, I just spent thousands and had pain for nothing!

Wow you look great! Keep up the good work and be sure to keep us posted....inspiration!

My coworkers noticed the next week I returned. They said my face looked smaller. I am 3 weeks out and today I was able to wear a pair of pants that I could not fit before surgery. They would not close and zip up but today they were perfect. I still can't tell that I have lost much, but I keep going to the gym for an hour anyways.

Thanks for the update. I would love to be that range. I was shooting for 130 just to be on the safe side but I will gladly take 138-145...