Raine

4/27/2011 -13 on the 2 week pre op -17 on the one month mark +3 over the past week Dont be discouraged. I know what I am doing wrong. Got on reg food and went a little nuts after having nothing but liquids and mushies for the past 6 weeks (2 weeks pre op/4 weeks post op). Getting right on that band wagon again though. I am only going to change my ticker once a month though so I have time to lose those 3 again and hopefully plus some on top of that. Good Luck!

I'm in a stall for 3 weeks now and its killing me. I am 6 weeks out. However, I know EXACTLY what I have been doing wrong. Too many carbs and basically too much food. To jump start things up again and most people will say this is wrong but I think I need to train myself again to get off of the carbs, I am going to do the shakes and yogurt during the day and have a meal at night. I am able to eat a lot more than most people on the board, but I do still feel restriction when I over do it. Hopefully this will help me move it again, along with putting in some sort of exercise! Good luck!

DO THE SHIMMY SHIMMY SHAAAKE! hahah you had me laughing! Great job!

Ok, so I misunderstood your purree'd stage. Keep in mind guys that your docs just want you to get used to food at this point. They are not counting on the foods you consume just yet to have your daily Protein intake yet. I would go with the mashed potatos with the carmelized vidalia onions (no chicken). Any meat I pureed was just gross so I depended on my shakes and greek yogurt for my protein. I would eat the mashed at dinner time and with the onions it adds a little extra flavor. Believe me you will love it! I also made mashed sweet potatos too. The refried Beans and chees with a little picante, sour cream and guac was alson a favorite of mine for those two weeks. Again no meat. You can have oatmeal and grits as well. I know the carbs are a little high in these but then again you shouldn't worry about those until you get to the softs. Make these for dinner and do your shakes and yogurt during the day, it gives you something to look forward to. I only had to do 2 weeks of the mushy stage, a month seems a long time to endur to me too. But every docs plan is different!

Kelly, I wasn't allowed to have softs until 4 weeks out. Prior to that everything had to be liquids or mushies. Once I started on the mushies after week two I did get that feeling and it was a bit weird. I am now at 6 weeks and I am able to eat a lot more than what I was able to eat while on week 3 when mushies started. You are probably still swollen and that is why the feeling of being stuck. I get that feeling still when I push it and "over eat". Mind you over eating is 4 oz instead of 3 or more than a cup of food at a time. I do get that feeling when I eat 2/3's of a can of tuna with mayo. If I eat half then I am ok. Give it a couple of more weeks and you should be fine. My advise though is to stick to the liquids for another week and then start on the mushies/softs after that to see how it goes.

Seems your mushie is a combo of softs and mushies. This is what I had last night for dinner: Mexican Night: Bare burritos: Ground beef mixed with taco sause, refried Beans, on the side in three little dollops, one of quac, one of salsa, and one of sour cream so you can just dip a little for added flavor. By the end of the meal, I didn't even use a 1/4 of each dollop. Another is: Since you can have chicken, mix chicken in with the ricotta bake. Also, I tried this from the World According to EggFace: Her bites! Make them as you want they are great. I made ham, cheddar, onions and peppers. Cooked the onions and peppers realy well but was still good for Breakfast, I was able to eat 3 of them that I made in a normal sized muffin pan. That night for dinner hubby made chicken tenders cooked in marinara sauce and I had two more with a drizzle of sause and two tenders. You can do a mexican version of this and put a little sour cream and salsa on top. You can do an italian version of this too by using italian sausage out of the skin with onions and mozzeralla cheese and top with a little marinara sauce. You can also do this as a chinese version and call it egg foo young lol add chinese veg cooked well and a little ff brown gravey mixed with low sodium soy sause. Another thing I liked doing is mashed potato and mix in carmalized vidalia onions and ground beef or cut up chicken tenders. Hope some of this helps, when I got out of the mushie stage (mine was only basically mashed, refried beans, and such, nothing with chuncks and had to be a paste consistancy or thinner) I tried soooooo many things. Good luck!

Congratulations! That is a great accomplishment.

you are averaging 10lbs a week, in my eyes thats pretty damn good. You are doing fine, everyone loses at their own rate.

Hi Kim, What doctor in Charlotte did you decide on? Did you look into Dr. V?

You made me cry. Happy tears of course. I lived that experience with you and am a better person for it. Congratulations! And yes she sure is a mini you...absolutely beautiful.

I believe she has kept it in mind by sensoring what was written. As she said it was much worse that what was stated. Regardless of pre-ops getting scared if her situation doesn't apply then it doesn't apply and they will read it for the information. If it does apply well then they have a better understanding and knows to take further precautions. From what I have read Dr. A's team was informed, not if, of her complete history.

I think you are a shoe in.

Ok, I have kept pretty quiet about this from the get go. But now I'm starting to get ticked off. Not once did anyone mention that Dr. A was a bad surgeon, not once did anyone say that the hospital was a bad hospital. All Lynn and Renee and Sarsar are relaying was their experience. People come here to be informed and informed is what they are getting. It sucks a big one that Renee went through what she went through and it serves as a reminder to anyone who is going to go to Mexicali for their sleeve that has her conditions that additional steps need to be taken. Like she said it was sugar coated here and I have no doubt that it was a terrifying experience to go through, it was her experience and no one should chastise her account of that experience. On the other side of that Sarsar was there at the same time and had quite the opposite experience. When I had my sleeve here in the states, I was puking blood for two whole days because of internal bleeding, and not once in my wanderings did I read anything about that happening to anyone. I am sure I wasnt the only one. I posted my story so others would be informed that this could also happen. In a perfect world there are rainbows and unicorns and fairies and such, but hey people we are here on earth and not everything is perfect. Renee I am glad you are on the mend and dont let anyone or anything stop you from your main goal, getting healthy.

I have no doubt you will get there!!! Congratulations!

Hi Regina! I am Lorraine "Raine" for short by my sisters both and blood and otherwise Married to the most supportive man in the world and we have a 13 year old son who is just a great kid, but hey I am not biased at all LOL. I was born and raised in Brooklyn NYC and have lived in Charlotte for the past 6 1/2 years.Yes, I am a damn Yankee I love it here and wouldn't move back. Mind you I love to go back and visit but Charlotte is my home now. I was sleeved on 4/27/2011 and am down 30lbs since the 2 week pre op diet. I love the sleeve and what is has done for my health and over all quality of life in this short amount of time. I would do it all over again in a heart beat. Sports, well I am a stands fan and will route for the home team but I don't follow stats and couldnt for the life of me tell you who is who on what team etc. I love martial arts, specifically, Jeet Kun Do, which is Bruce Lee's style of Martial Arts. I plan to go back in a couple of weeks after I get back from my sisters wedding. The doc gave me to go ahead. I figure if I have to exercise it might as well be at something that I like doing. I am a high red belt now and have 3 browns to get to my black belt. I had to stop because of my job and well to be honest it was getting too hard with the weight climbing once agan. Glad you started the group! Raine

That is great keep us posted on him!

That is fantastic! Work that sleeve! Oh and btw, you didnt put the "wrong" uniform in your bag, sounds to me like you put just the right one in.

I am 4 1/2 weeks out and can eat a cup of food at one sitting. I don't think I could get 6 perogies though. Did you feel the restriction? You should be careful you dont want to hurt that staple line it is still relatively fresh. And like everyone said, one day does not ruin a lifestyle. Get back on the band wagon girl! You can do it, I promise!

Yeah, it will pass. My stall lasted a week and a half fluxing between 176 and 179 now it fluxing between 174 and 176. Keep in mnd that it is all Water weight because you are not getting in near enough calories to actually gain fat weight. Good job!

I threw up yesterday too. Over indulged in some watermelon. That is the first time it has happened since being home after being sleeved. Felt horrible, but a nice eye opener as well.

Well welcome to this board, you will find that everyone here is so supportive and helpful. Just ask and I am sure you will get multiple responses from newbies to veterans. Congratulations on getting your sleeve!!

I use the gummy vitamins. I couldnt handle the others, made me gag everytime!

Would love to be a part of your journey

I used the medicine cups from the hospital to make the jello shots in. filled to about half way maybe a little higher. Hope this helps.

To look in a passing window and not think I am fat anymore. Today I actually painted my toe nails without getting cramps from trying to get to them while doing contortions. Getting smiles from complete strangers. Great thread!