Just-A-Gem

So much luck sending your way!!! Prayers are with you!

Or the surrounding area. I know there has to be some out there. Let's get in touch!

Houston here! 38 days to being sleeved. I am really surprised by the lack of Houstonians.

Have all the September Sleevers here checked out the September board under "Monthly VSG Support Groups"?

Neither can I. In fact I can't remember a time when I wished the summer over so fast before. Although with this heat/drought I may have been wishing either way. I'll never know I suppose. One month + One week = One sleeved Heather!

Congrats! Congrats! You're sooooo close!

LOL. You just took Spring Break, Thanksgiving Break, and two weeks for Christmas/New Year. It's all good.

I think I saw one on one of the main boards at some point. We need to get the word out about this "group" so we can fill it with topics and get a name. I'd love to see more sleevers for the 2nd and 5th when I'll be there.

Woot. Excited to see September sleevers coming out of the woodwork. I'm being sleeved September 2nd with Dr. Almanza. Only 39 days to go in the morning. :-)

My husband is amazing. He has a little bit of padding around the middle, but he's not obese or even fat. The extra weight probably has more to do with my cooking than his natural tendencies. LOL. Anyway. Even as a thinner girl (years ago, lol) I've always been a "friends first" kind of girl and I was friends with all shapes, colors, and sizes. I've dated them all. My husband has a history with smaller (petite, thin, pretty) women, but he was my best friend and fell in love with me for me, I guess. I am married to my best friend and no weight will ever change that.

I am going to use some of the WonderSlim pudding shakes I got from DietDirect for the pre-op and probably a little of the post-op also. They are delicious. I really love the cocomint.

I hate the new lottery system. They started it last year and I was lucky enough to get in, but this year, not so much. I am going to do the 5K like I did 2010... Maybe I can get under a 30 minute finish. It'd be nice. That sounds awesome. Maybe I will sign up for some event on that. Are they doing multiple races?

I wouldn't call 3 days a stall, per se. You will lose, just focus on getting your fluids in at this point. Your body is probably still in shock, and I think all bodies respond to it differently 12 lbs in 7 days or even 10 is nothing to sneeze at.

You are going to have a potential problem with streaming, because the licenses for streaming are different in Mexico. You'll need to get information from the network (email possibly?) or maybe you can find someone with personal experience.

Mmmm... How about the roast beef from Arby's? I think that might remain in my diet... in moderation after the prerequisite time. Or I can just get deli roast beef and use a packet of Arby's sauce. LOL.

LOL. Ain't that the truth.. My children are 4 and 2.. Fun age, but exhausting to say the least. We have the same surgeon so I will agree with what you said, lifting, etc. should wait for 6 weeks.

Prayers to you and your surgeon for a great, uncomplicated day! You had me laughing.

Yay!!!! Congrats to you on both! Which half marathon are you running? I thought maybe the Aramco Houston Half, but that's on the 15th. It's a really great course that I just ran this previous January. You'll do great! (and you'll probably be all the way to goal by then to boot!)

I like to think it's a combination of both.

Check out the Hamilton Beach Single Serve blender with Travel Lid from Wal-Mart. MUCH cheaper than the Bullet and has better reviews. Most Wal-Marts even carry it in store.

I just posted my first vlog... I am pretty sure I said 'um' more than a few times. Probably more than I ever have in my life... which surprises me because I'm an excellent public speaker. Eh, that's neither here nor there. LOL. Anyway, check it out if you can (please...). This is just a short About me (2:45 long), but I plan to vlog about how I got here and my family relations and this whole pre-op thing I'm trying, etc. etc. Here it is! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qs03S8myYQU If I'm no good at it, I'll give it a rest. I promise! -Heather

My mom is the exact same way. It's totally depressing because I would say that she is truly my best friend and this is something so important to me. She's seen me lose 90 lbs and gain it all back in half the time it took me to lose it and still she says I should do it the "natural way". I have news for you, Mom, it doesn't work!! I have sent all the research I can her way but she still says all kinds of negative things about it whenever it's brought up which has caused me just not to talk about it around her and that kills me because I am thinking about it 95% of my time these days. Ugh. I wish I could give you a solution or find one myself. She says things like, "you know you still have to change your lifestyle", etc, but it a seriously negative, faithless way. I hate it. I really hope that our mom's come around soon, or hopefully when the results start showing. She is obese too (but probably only a 30 or 31 BMI) and unlike me, she has comorbidities like hypertension. I don't want type II diabetes or hypertension. I want to put an end to the cycle. If I drill that into her enough, I hope she comes around.

That makes total sense, Lovely Lo. Thank you. :-)

Congrats on reaching real food, btw! :-)

From what I've read, 3/4 of a cup seems on the high end of meals. I am not speaking from experience though. I know that when I get to post op, I will be using a scale and measuring my meals to about 4 oz. I think that would be 4 medium shrimp.