Lakelady

Sounds familiar!

I still drink diet coke. Not everyday, not fast and I don't pretend its good for me. . . . BUT I still have great restriction and am maintaining my (lower than) goal weight very easily.

And oddly enough I get a dumping syndrome even tho I'm sleeved. Sugar by itself makes me shakey, nauseous and my pulse high. If I weren't feeling restriction like you state-I'd be nervous. Good luck!

Wow, everybody is so different! Usually I have sips with meals and still have great restriction with veggies and protein foods. HOWEVER the world is full of delicious slider foods. I basically feel no restriction with cookies and ice cream etc. So yeah, I have to eat the other stuff instead.

January 2011 and 66 lbs!

Yes Yes Yes!!! So happy for you!

Good luck stopping losing weight! I'm eating Cherry Garcia right now because I'm trying to stop losing.

I'm below goal and my Size 4 Lucky jeans are loose on me!

Funny somebody should post here because I stepped on the scale this am and sorta got worried. I've been 120-122 for about 3-4 months now which is already 20 lbs less than my goal. This last weekend I exercised twice-walk/run/weights/elliptical and now I'm 118! I really feel just fine but this skinny was never my intention! In addition to excellent protein choices yesterday I had McDonald's fries, potato chips, a builder's bar (270 Kcal) and Ben and Jerry's Cherry Garcia yesterday! I know I just need to add snacks with high quality fats. Sugars (like yesterday's ice cream) make me feel crashy and my pulse race. I never have followed the "no liquids at meals" rule nor have I stopped drinking diet coke which i love love love.

Yesterday I have the most annoying NSV. I went to the gym and was wearing my wedding band which was loose on my middle finger because it no longer stays on my ring finger. I realized a few hours later my ring was missing! I think it came off at the gym because I cannot find it anywhere else! I'll call them tomorrow morning. If I find it-I'll get it resized. If I don't I'll have to replace it!

Don't worry about a last meal, I eat anything I want to now. Only difference is I'm satisfied after a few delicious bites! I had corn chowder (homemade and rich), grapes, diet coke and flourless chocolate cake for supper tonight.

My ticker is public and tells all. Last January I weighed 188.5. Yesterday morning I weighed 120! I reached my doctor's goal of 156 in April (3 months), MY goal of 140 in June (5 months) and I've been maintaining 119-122 (except Christmas when I was 125 for a few days due to cookies and hard liquor) since September (8 months). I was "low BMI" so I didn't have as much to lose but I don't regret doing this. Sometimes I'm hard on myself and wish I could have done with without surgery but then I remember the monster that is hunger and how I had to starve and jog and starve and jog just be 150, which was a fine weight for me but almost impossible to maintain!

I just wanted to make a post here. My sleeve surgery was exactly one year ago. I've had zero complications and feel better than I have in years! My goal was 140lbs but I've easily leveled off at 120! I was very nervous about getting the surgery, but it's been nothing but great!

I had the sleeve last year and my friend had the Gastric Bypass. Both of us are losing. She ended up back in the hospital with complications and wishes she'd done the sleeve too. It's probably not fair to compare though, I'm 15 years younger and had less to lose.

The biggest change is in me. I've become friends with a skinny woman who I would have felt fat around before. She woulda been friends with me fat but now I can stand to be around her-you know? My personality isn't actually different, I just feel much more comfortable in social situations and I think that translates into being "treated differently." My best eating friend was mad at first for not over-eating socially but she's happy for me and got over it.