gomekast

I had three doses if dilaudid...which did nothing. Then got my liquid Percocet..which is about all that will work on me.

Almost there! Plus the feedback from a fellow soon to be sleever about your clinic! What a relief!

I'm itching to know what the scale says tho..is that horrible? I've still got my Pom Poms going for you!!

I used gas x strips and they worked within about a half hour. Also, I slept with a heating pad on my belly the first two nights home. Took all the swelling down. The nurses in the hospital started the heat thing before I was even awake. Congrats!

Amen to this!

Same here. I can't wait to see the look on my bro in law and his skinny wife. They've never made comments to our face, but he is a doctor so he has asked questions and knows some of our attempts. I have one person that isn't a friend per say anymore, but was. She is real full of herself, thinking she was the healthiest out of the two of us. She is vegetarian yet struggles with pretty high cholesterol..yet she's always sort of made her comments about my diet struggles. If only I did things her way I would look like her etc. I can't wait to see the look on her face next year when we run into each other. Never telling her either. Ever. :-)

You got this! You really got this!! And I took my scale out old yeller style a few weeks ago. Course, now I have a new digital but it only step on it first thing in am after first potty. Then carry on with my day. It keeps me accountable and in check. If I don't get on it daily, in the past, that's when I'd get out of control again. But I love love love my tiny tummy now! Never hungry..now I just forget to drink my Water..working on that.

I am 5'8 and my goal is 70.

I'm two weeks post op and my incisions are not fully healed yet. They are partly, but not all the way.

Here is an example.

I'm drinking fresh veggie juice from greens. I use a breville juicer we have. Do lots of kale, spinach, cucumber, carrots, and a few piece of fruit to balance out the taste. It zips the pulp all out and leaves me with just fresh juice and no chunks or pulp. One cup a day and I sip on it through out the day.

I'm still on full liquids. Move to purée on the 13th.

Uh oh...

I've been taking mine since I was in the hospital, whole. Was never hard or got stuck. No worries, you won't have to do anything strange to get it down. Also, just an idea of what I was up against..I had a sleeve that was swollen shut too for the first day. Still managed to get the whole thyroid pill down starting on day 2. You'll be fine!

Someone on another thread about this same issue said they used some skin firming lotion you can buy at the stores. I bought a bottle of something skin firming, and plan to use it daily once my incisions are all healed up. I'm only two weeks post op and I can see my belly getting wrinkly already.

I had to get a new scale last week..and discovered my old scale was way off! It also wasn't on level flooring either. I have a digital now and it's dead on with the dr office now. I would say, if your at 8 days out, your body is still thinking "wth are you doing to me lady!!" Well, for my pre op., I had a few stalls..but then would have a night where I just felt like crap. I would go to bed early and wake up feeling great and only to discover a big drop. And I'm talking like 2-4 pounds each time. Really listen to your body right now. If your feeling run down or anything out of your normal, take it easy. My stamina was pretty non existent as well. So I laid low during my 15 days. Get a little more sleep than you usually do. Treat yourself to a hot bath maybe..be good to yourself and weigh first thing in the morning after you've done your first bathroom trip. They say that first thing in morning is best to weigh. I would still say that your sitting at 250, with 5/6 to go! You're almost there honey!!

Dang! Only 3 shakes a day?! Holy bananas girl, that isn't much. I did 15 days as well and stalled out in the middle. Just stay the course and it will happen. You said before the stall you were stuck at 253, but then lost 3 finally? If that's the case, then you only have 5 more..and 7 more days of your pre op diet! It will come off! The more you stress, the higher up the scale goes. Take lots of you time to now to de-stress! Were all rooting for you mouse!

I also had a happy today moment this morning. I decided to try on a pair of jeans I've had in my closet for years. They were what I wore before my last pregnancy back in 08. I didn't think they would fit, I just wanted to gage how much more to go until I could. Got the second leg on and about fainted..I could button and zip without sucking it in or laying down!! There two sizes down from what I had been wearing! Congrats in your happy moment!