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I felt like crap when I ate for at least 2 months. Felt ok 3-4. Pretty good 5-6. Now 26 months out I feel 100% like I did pre-op!

lol, sliming is bad. I am 26 months post op, and luckily I slimed 6 times only, eveytime but 1 was in the first 6 months. It might happen again, it sneaks up on you. Texture did it to me.. beef jerky! Ack!

Hey you got the tracker! I feel like it has been fairly easy to maintain. Although I set my weight loss goal fairly high. (169 at 5'4'') I have been the same weight 169-171 for 18 months + now. Most people don't think I weigh 170, (most guess 150!) I pretty much eat whatever I want, but if I go above 171 I take charge and will find myself at 168 in a week. I recently decided to make it to the 150's now that I have maintained so long. I am training for a 5k! I am pretty sure I can make it to my new goal of 159, before the new year! The first 3 months are ROUGH, but sooooo worth it. I have never maintained any weight, (not even 260lbs) for this long ever!! Ask me anything! I am happy to help.

I'm so glad someone responded. Have felt so overwhelmed by all the information available. I'm having it done at Park Nicollet in St. Louis Park. We live in Prior Lake so it's not too far. Who did yours? Also, how do you create the tracker of the weight that so many people have? Thank you Thank you.

Awesome. I am a RN for Park Nicollet! and I had my surgery at Methodist/ Park Nicollet with Dr. Thomas Jones. My boyfriend lives in Prior Lake/ Savage. I got my tracker from an outside website... I will put a link in for you!!

I don't drink soda pop, But I drink several bottles of sparkling Water per day, and an average of 3 beers a week. Carbonation doesnt bother me.... and no it has not and will not strech my stomach. (I am 26 months post-op) I waited until 4-5 months out.

I would reccomend waiting until you are post op and trying things on as you go. I learned the hard way no stocking up on ANYTHING post op, because I found I usually wasted my money!!

Heck yeah, I eat EVERYTHING I did pre-op just half as much, and make wiser decesions. 26 months post-op now.

Welcome Tammy! I am a MN sleever too. I live in Bloomington. Where are you having your surgery done? I am 26 months post op. Best decesion I have ever made.

I drank diet everything, sugar free this, fat free that for 20 years and ended up almost 265 pounds. Post op : no sugar free, no diet, no low fat... And I am 26 months post op maintaining my goal weight for the first time ever!! Go figure :-)

You look fantastic! Congrats

You need some fat! I peronally don't eat low fat or fat free anything, and made my goal and have maintained for more than a year ! When fat is removed, sugar is usually added or worse... Artifical sweeteners. Also full fat items are more satisfying, and I personally don't get hungry or get cravings as much.

Yay!!!

I'm tues and Thursday

by the way you're looking fantastic Laura !!

It's only temporary!! My hair was/ is my thing too. Don't worry!! The Hair loss stops, and grows back :-)

Congrats, you look beautiful!

You have all inspired me to try this! I have weighed 169-171 for the past 18 months. I have felt good about myself , but I deserve to feel great. New goal is 155. I'm 26 months post op btw! My first fast day starts tomorrow!! Thanks again ladies, I'll keep you posted!!

Yay!! That's awesome :-)

You look fantastic!

You look phenomenal. You were beautiful preop too!

Thank you for posting!! I think I have been inspired to give this a try!! I have weighed 169-171 for 18 months now. (170 was my goal...) Haven't been trying to lose. Maintaining with ease! But, I have been thinking about shooting for a new goal weight of 155 ! I'm starting tomorrow with my first fasting day! Very excited.

Part of me wants to go back and not get down so low, I really restricted my calories for a whole year, I should have been more realistic. I can eat A lot more now... I am up 35 pounds now, it was 40. :-/

do you have an update for us?!

You look amazing!

This is tremendous for me. I am slowly coming to the realization that I traded the fat (and the diabetes, blood pressure, ticking time bomb) for loose skin and I'll eventually trade the loose skin for plastic surgery scars (and a heap of pain as well as a massive sum of money)...but I don't ever get to be that genetically "perfect" woman that never battled obesity and has a body to envy.

I'm not her. And I understand that. But it doesn't stop me from looking in the mirror sometimes or judging the way my clothes fit by the standard this idealized perfection has set in my mind.

I do not feel thin.

I do not feel skinny.

I know I am not fit or athletic and I know that nobody looks at me and wishes they looked like me.

I can say "I am small."

But I only feel it's true because that's what the label in my clothes says, not because I feel I'm really, actually small.

This isn't to say I am unaware of my progress or that I feel I'm a failure.

But I do not see what my husband or my friends see when I look in the mirror.

My husband's fear is that I will eventually have my plastics and STILL be unhappy. What next? My hair, my scars, what? What would I feel the need to improve upon after I reach that point?

In some ways, I can absolutely see his point.

I'm still struggling (sometimes) with the lack of "insta happy" that I really expected to have once I reached goal.

Certainly struggling to reach goal again post pregnancy is NOT helping me! Nor is a lack of sleep, or a deploying husband, or a recent move away from most of my friends, yada yada yada. If I felt better all around maybe it wouldn't bother me as much.

But I never had a point where I was able to see the person that other people describe to me, and often even now, I don't believe I'm smaller until I see it in a picture. And even then? The first thing I do is dissect all of the things I'm unhappy about in the photo. Oh, look, my thighs are big and oh look, my arms are flabby and oh look, I have a tiny flaw there...yeah, dysmorphia? It's an issue for some of us.

~Cheri

for the record Cheri I have said to myself more than once when seeing your pic, "oh I wish I looked like her!! " 100% true

I just saw this post. I happen to be a RN, and I work in a inpatient eating disorders center. I have noticed an increase of people being admitted with a history of gastric bypass, no sleeves yet...but I totally understand. They say exactly what you said. It is a big deal. I have seen some extremely sick ladies. Please get help as soon as possible.

Leaks are possible, however unlikely. your surgeon will educate you on warning signs. Try not to worry about that...

I'm more than 2 years out. I can eat and drink everything/ anything I want. I'd guess 98% of us can. Don't worry about that either! I chose to make good choices usually...but can enjoy a slice of pizza and a beer on Friday night with my boyfriend, or splurge on a cupcake at work when a coworker has a bday.

All in all getting sleeved was the best thing I have ever done for myself!

I am a RN and worked in a clinic for 6 years. Depo is probably the worst birth control for weight... Just my opinion from what patients report. But it's not too late! You can take those 12 pounds back off. Cut back 100-200 cals a day and burn an extra 300 a day with excersise. Those pounds will be gone in a few months. Same thing happened to me, I took off 8 pounds in 7 weeks :-)