lauramomof3

wow tiffany, that is so awesome. we can all hope to do as amazing as you have. that is great christmas present! you go girl. keep us updated on how your body adjust to the slow down.

congrats and welcome to the sleevers club. hope you have a speedy recovery. you can also try pouring warm water over your privates!? hope that doesn't sound that bad. good lick and will look for your updates.

you really did work that sleeve over the holidays. i also know what you mean about the slimes and it just comes up. not all of it just a little. take care and know we are here supporting each other.

i am so glad things went so well for you. hope you get a great report from the urologist. i will keep praying for you. so happy for you...

i went on a tuesday and was home wednesday at 530pm. had a leak test wednesday morning and drinking broth, jello and clear liquids. i could have ice chips and water right after surgery. i am sure everyone and their doctor is different.

wow keep up the great work chandra. just keep the faith. i had to have a reality check. i went for almost 3 days without losing a single pound and then i had lost 7 pounds. it is amazing. i have lost 19 since surgery day-12809. tuesday i will start on my third week. i did horrible over the holidays. eating things that were loaded with carbs. at least it only comes once a year...

well here is what i had 3 weeks out today: no breakfast really-1/2 cont. yogurt with fruit for lunch: 2 oz turkey, 1 table squash cass, 1 table green Beans, 1 table homemade cornbread dressing-my moms! so good, 1 table butter beans, 1 table pea salad, 1 table copperpennies. couldn't finish all of this but did have it on my plate. ate all of the turkey and dressing. have beat myself up over this. but like someone else said compared to what i have eaten of all the christmas dinners past this is remarkable!! we have gone from plate fulls to little bird portions. for supper: a 1 egg veggie omelet and only are half. also had sf chocolate pudding with sf cool whip on it. that tasted so good. also a few bites of cornbread dressing again. that stuff goes down so good. wish i could find something with low carbs like that! it is mushy is why. but i know it is loaded with carbs cause of cornbread!!

Tiff, that is so great. I know you can make it. How long has it taken you to get there? You look amazing!

here are a few more: 16: fit into a bathtub 17: wear courdroy pants without them catching fire!! 18: be able to see my toes without bending over! 19: being able to get in floor with my kids to play.. 20: fit in to regular size shoes! and ditto to what you guys already said..

i just had a piece of better than sex cake! i made it mostly sf except for cream cheese layer and the pecan crust. but i just didn't eat that layer. i just ate the sf pudding and whipped cream. do they make a sf powder sugar? i also have not eaten exactly good over these christmas holidays. too much carbs. stayed under 900 cal but had things that i shouldn't have. only ate an ounce or two but it was bad for me but was nice to have other things that i just love!!

who on here goes on a webpage called "the world according to eggface". i haven't had time to make any of these but they all seem so good. she makes a protein cake and ice cream. wondering if anyone here has tried them. please post back..:thumbup:

great idea about writing on mirror your goals and things youwant out of this. thanks for the encouragement

oh how we all know where you are today. i was just probably a week/half out and we were watching a movie and everyone around me was having popcorn and there was a bag of gold fish sitting beside me and I started munching on them. letting them dissolve in mouth to a mush. my dr. would be furious with me. but you know we all go from eating whatever we want to eating nothing!!! how can they expect us to give up food just like that. that would be like asking a person who has smoked for 40 years to stop smoking!! this is an adiction and we all need to look at obesity that way. food is great and we all love it with a passion!! take it one day at a time.

Good morning fellow sleevers. I was so discouraged for the past few days. I had been stuck at 251 for the past 4 or 5 days. I thought how can I not loose weight when all I am eating is just few ounces at a time and barely getting in 700 cal or so per day. So this morning I woke up and stepped on the ugly scale and yes oh yes I was down to 248. This sleeve really does work. Just keep your heads up and keep trusting in it. I have never had much faith in me loosing weight. So Laura have faith in the procedure you just had done two weeks ago please!!!!!

congrats girls!! I haven't lost much weight this week. I think 3# since Saturday. I too weigh everyday and I have never weighed so much in all of my life. I think what has caused me not to loose is my carbs are up. I do really good for breakfast then lunch or dinner I blow it. I wasn't get enough cals in when I went to see my doctor and he made me swap to 2% milk and the carbs are high. I am at a loss. Does anyone have any suggestions?

no regrets!! Wish i couldve had this early in my life. The quality of my life would have been different and i would have been able to play with children more. I have missed so much of there life and mine because i have been heavy all of my life....

i found it at our walmart next to the yogurts and butter. it is in a plain container and sort of looks like a bowl of butter. white dish with green writing.

I am thinking about just wearing my or blue scrubs everywhere I go until I get down to where I want to be!!haha. I also had a thought about going to resale shops so I am not spending so much money on different sizes...

my doctor told me to loose at least 10# before surgery because he said it would make it easier on me and him. he could see things better in the upper part of your abdomen. i ended up losing 18# and he said that made a huge difference. he said he didn't have near the trouble he does with some patients that don't loose weight. what kind of diet does he have you own?

i want to stop weighing everyday. i am 2 wks out and have been 251 for the past 4 days!! i lost 18 before surgery and have lost 15 since surgery. i know that is alot. i am wondering if it is something i am eating or not eating enough cal. i am getting 600-700 a day. don't really know how to get more. can someone help.

i am two weeks out since being sleeved and i went monday to gym for the first time. it felt so good. i didn't get there today due to i went to the mall and i was so tired. i walked quite a bit today. i feel bad that i didn't go today though.

keep it up. you will get there. cut out everything that is the bad white foods. rice, potatos, bread, and just eat lots of protein.

you are really groving that sleeve. you go girl. keep up the great work. i want to stop eating mashed potatos. they feel so good going down, they don't hurt like most meats. i am doing the mushy stuff. i love eggs and cheese in this stage. i think i could eat an egg every meal but dont want to get tired of them..

well i had the same left sided pain that you are experiencing. my doctor said there is some kind of stich that they use on that side. i don't know if it is the same as mine but trust me it gets easier. tomorow will be 2 weeks since i was sleeved. good luck

i would love to know what old sleevers ate when they went out ot eat. some places just don't have a great menu to choose from for us wls. but when you go with someone else and they pick the place you just have to be creative..