mwilson4040

9 months and none just took vitamins and followed diet

So im 9 months out and down 125 pounds. I have a question on what people can eat. I am able to eat 4-5 ounce piece of steak with 3-4 med shrimp and about half a cup of potatoes. Niw this takes me 15-20 mins and i am really full, but i can do it if i havent ate all day. Does this seem ablut right?

Hello everyone i have posted on here before. I had the sleeve march 22 2012, so its been roughly 8 months. My starting weight was 350 im right around 230 ish now. I went from a 46 inch waist to 34 inch. I eat what i want now and do not crave many bad foods as i did before. And if i do it is much easier to say no. Anyway it has been awsum, and am super happy with it.

Excess sking isnt really an issue a little on my tummy but not much hangover action.my arms just a little but are tightening up im hoping it will be zero issue it seema like it wont be. And i exfoliated 3 times a week, and used skin tightening cream and cocoa butter about twice a day, also vitamin e oil once a day, also took my vitamin and drank alot of gatorade g2 lol

Thanks everyone im blushing lol. Crystal i am not at goal, i want to go 15 more, but i am happy where im at so im just gonna go with it.

Chad my staples are greek yogurt, morningstar veggie burgers, bagged potatoe wedges i can put in oven(switching to roasting sweet potatoes with spleda mix brown sugar) and 1 egg omlettea with turkey sausage and cheddar cheese. (And an avacado on hard workout days) and those steamer veggie things. I am now really thinking of juicing a veggie shake a day and adding fiber supp to it. I love nuts but can eat so many of them i dont likw to buy them. And ofcourse i dont eat great everyday just when i eat crappy now i cant eat alot. Portion is about 1 veggie patty and 1 cup of cooked veggies over 20 mins then im stuffed. Although today inate about 2 cups mashed potatoes 7 big shrimp and an 8 oz filet in 2.5 sittings lol. And i eat anout 5 times a day

I really didnt do anything extra to keep muscle just lift. I have always had alot of muscle, but did lose strength throug all this. I am in the process of regaining that strength. I was a power lifter when i was younger so i think starting with alot more muscle helped me our alot. And yes it gets easier to bulk im doing about 120-140 grams of protein a day and 1700-2200 cals

Thanks everyone it feels good to show off, and hopefully excite someone checking out the forum thinking of getting sleeve, i know i spent alot of time creeping around here. This has been the easiest way to lose weight ever its the cure to obesity i beleive. Anyway my doc was dr alan sabre i beleive he is in new york now he was at university hospitals in cleveland. He pioneered a single incision technique so if u can look him up, he is amazing.

I started out walking then jogging a quarter mile working my way to 3 miles, i made sure i took the stairs most of the time, and parked at the far end of all parking lots. On my breaks i would just try to make up things to walk for such as leave things in my car i l knew i would need then walk and get them. Ive been lazy latley but my workout routine example would be now 2 mile jog at 6mph then 30 mins of weight training, then 15 mins on bike or elyptical, then on a good day a half mile swim

So im down 90 pounds since march 21 2012. 3 weeks ago i really started working out heavy as in 2 mile jog, 1 mile eliptical, 30 mins weights, 10 min core, half mile swim approx 5 days a week. I eat around 1600 cals a day with 90-100 grams of protein. I have been between 240 and 244 for like a freaking month and cannot break it. This is my first stall. My nut said up cals 300 or so on workout days. Any suggs or words of encouragement

Before and after and my present for it all im in 36 waist now goal is 32-33 started at 48 inch waist so 40-45 more pounds to goal i guess

Thanks everyone its been a geat thing

O im 8 weeks post op and i feel great. Except my belly button were they did surgery is leaking blood and fluid and some green stuff. It is constantly wet. I could push on it and it would fill up. My surgeon is baffled i went in today for wound exploration surgery waited 7 hrs only to he sent home becuzz of no operating rooms. And surgeon saw a piece of dried greenstuff it looked like seaweed and said this worries him maybe leaky bowel or infection. But ive been on antibiotics for ten days and fluid does not stink anymore. Oh and the ct scan showed no major abcesses any suggestions This is what ive been dealing with for the last 2 weeks just finished up antibiotics talked to surgeon today and is going to hold of on surgery due to the leaking has significantly slowe in the past 30 hrs plan b is anothet ct scan and opening it up

Thank you very much

O im 8 weeks post op and i feel great. Except my belly button were they did surgery is leaking blood and fluid and some green stuff. It is constantly wet. I could push on it and it would fill up. My surgeon is baffled i went in today for wound exploration surgery waited 7 hrs only to he sent home becuzz of no operating rooms. And surgeon saw a piece of dried greenstuff it looked like seaweed and said this worries him maybe leaky bowel or infection. But ive been on antibiotics for ten days and fluid does not stink anymore. Oh and the ct scan showed no major abcesses any suggestions

Thanks so much oldmedic i will so do you think next week is putting of surgery to open it up to long

Really what did your surgeon say

Ive been on 500 mg of keflex 4x a day for 10 days and they said it showed no abcesses so they think it us outside the abdominal wall. How could this thing get infected after it had been closed for 6 weeks

I am 7 weeks out and started having pain around bb ( i had single incusion through bb) then liquid started leaking out the i could push around it and fill it up with blood. Went to hosp got ct no abcess seen but they suspected it was the start of a subcutaneous abcess. So put on anti biotics then saw surgeon he cauterized it 6 days ago and its still leaking he says its a suture being pushed out from my body and if it doesnt heal will need second surgery to remove that bad boy

So im wondering if anyone else had this. Im 7 weeks out and had single incision sleeve through belly button. A couple days ago my belly button was becoming sore, then starting leaking a clear yellowish liquid. Then it became very sore and starting leaking blood ( both dark and bright). So i went to hospital and when they pushed around the BB it would fill up with blood and u could actually hear it squirting out with air. So they did a CT scan and found no visible abcess and nothing in abdominal wall. So they sent me home with antibiotics. Then 2 days later i see my surgeon and he says it has opened up a bit and that it could be a soucher working its wat out. So he cauterizes it. He says if this doesnt work i will need to get surgery to remove it. And if they dont put a new one in i could get a hernia. So now the bleeding has subsided a bit, but i am still getting gunk out. The pain is also almost gone. At first i freak out because i ate half a blackberry on accident a week ago and thought i caused an abcess with the seeds.

So im 6 weeks ot down 48 pounds total and feeling fantastic, but sometimes i have this full feeling up my throat that feels like liquid or food or something is in there. My first thought is acid reflux but there is no discomfort or burning just an odd feeling and no actual liquid or anything is coming up. Oh and i take my prilosec everyday. Like i said not uncomfortable in anyway just odd. Thanks Mike

Forgot to add this i get it anytime even a couple of hours after i eat or simetimes after ive been asleep for 8 hours so im not sure and i havent been made uncomfy from eating or drinking yet(ie puke or pain)

For me the first week or two i felt hungary then it pretty much went away now six weeks out i feel hungary very rarley and my cravings r basically gone. Have no want for food other than i know i need to eat it lol

Thanks everyone it has subsided today yeehaw

So i woke up an hour early today with a back ache across my middle back. It feels alot like the gas pain i had the night after surgery, but not nearly as bad. Im 14 days out and got a little scared thinking the worst that this is a sign of a leak, but i have no other symptoms. I thought this becuzz latley i gave been drinking my fluids faster and able to get down maybe like 20 oz and hour i dont gulp but constantly sip. So i called my nurse and she said dont worry becuzz i cant hurt the staple line by drinking to much. And they also did a ct scan b4 i left the hospital and no leak. Another theory of this pain is weight loss ive lost 30 pounds and my muscles r adjusting. My nurse also said some people feel it in there back when there pouch is full but it has been aching all day. Any ideas would be appreciated im confused