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Good luck! You'll go through so much this next week and will need lots of support so be sure to share often and ask lots of questions here cause you'll always find good answers from this site as we've all Been where u are.

Today marks 11 weeks. My loss is slower than a turtle and yet is going up and down too.????

My major issue is the acid reflux and heartburn. I'd hoped it would be gone by now. The dr says just keep trying new RX and OTC meds until one works. Ughhhhhh ????

I weigh on Monday's and today I'm up two pounds. I'm following diet and exercise and calorie suggestions but obviously need to do better. I've gained on other weeks too and then lost the same week.

It's All an emotional roller coaster. Even tho as of date im only -21lbs, I'm just trying to stay positive in looking towards a year from now and hope I'll meet my goal of -90lbs. (I know i know I'm in lala land-lol, but can dream right?)!!!!

It's a slow painful learning process but hopefully it'll all be worth it someday!!!

Angela-

Use myfitnesspal. Add people from this forum and loTs will have diaries u can see so u can look at recipes or food people eat too! It's a wonderful wonderful way to track diet and exercise and progress

Angela-

Use myfitnesspal. Add people from this forum and lost have diaries u can see so u can look at recipes or food people eat too! It's a wonderful wonderful way to track diet and exercise and progress

I gained too. Like 10lbs and it took a out two weeks before I started seeing a loss then I stalled for two weeks and lost again then gained during my period (always normal for me) then lost. Overall during my almost ten weeks I've yo yo'd and that's been frustrating an I've only lost -18 so far but c'mon two pounds a week loss is still more than I was doing alone so I'm confident eventually that will be a steady loss and in a year it'll all be worth it

My doc have me a Prilosec RX but I chew a lot of Tum's too. The minty smooth dissolves work best. For me it lasted almost a month and now it's just every once and a while

I have and really like the magic bullet! Got it at costco with all the extras for $45

I was self pay too, so didn't have to do a lot of the things prior to surgery so from my consult to surgery it was only a matter of weeks.

I saw a few surgeons and know people that went to Mexico for a third of what I paid. Even tho I know I paid more than anyone I know, I felt my surgeon and the location to my home was right for me. That's what was most important to me.

The first week I refer to as hell week. I learned a few things after surgery I didn't know and was mostly prepared otherwise.

I'm almost ten weeks out and haven't lost a lot get. It's been very very slow for me. I'm at -18 but I'm truly happy with how much better I feel everyday. I started at 244 so if u weigh more you'll lose faster to start. So don't at all gauge by my loss.

The gas and burps were and still are a huge part of this. Walk walk walk!!!! Have someone rub your back in circles to help u burp. Like u would with a baby!

Drink LOTS of water! I'm a dasani Water addict cause it the only one I can drink room temp. Cold Water is hard to handle for about two weeks. After a few weeks switch to smart water for the electrolytes it offers..

I pre bought all my Vitamins per my dr's advice, through the beariatrics online site, and I was so sick taking them all. After week 4 my doc gave me a B12 shot and took me off the Vitamins. Said wait another month then start again but instead of all the individuals 3 times a day take my b12 shot monthly and buy the Vitamin crystals instead. They're a package like crystal light u pore in water twice a day. I will start those soon.

Good luck and keep talking to people here. It's an amazing resource.

I wish I knew the dr would cut through a muscle in my side. That pain was so unbearable that day 4 post op I went to the hospital!!! I had no idea!!! After that I used heating pads and favored that side a few weeks! It's fine now 10 weeks PO

Wow it's been since high school for me since I've seen an 8. Ten when I had my first kid and 16 @surgery and now a possible 14. So not much loss since surgery 8 weeks ago but I'm at least moving in the right direction! I think I'll take down my motivational pic of myself when I was smaller and use yours instead!!!! You go with your size8!!!

I just ordered the Ultra FitBit, does anyone have any advice or tips on it?

Thanks!!!

You really looked good before and now just a smaller good looking u! It does not look like you've lost that much weight.. That's crazy thr pic one was 61+ more than thr last pic! I can't even imagine 61# gone? I'm two weeks out and only -18! You must feel so different in many ways? Looks like u are enjoying the new you. I can't see -26 more as u look so small now but I hope you reach your goal just the same.

That's really great! Congrats to u

My fitness pal= browndes :-)

* typos thanks go to my iPhone -lol

Well, other than the horrible acid (yes I have a daily rx), and the severe nausea from Vitamins (which dr said I could stop for a few weeks &he gave me a B12 shot to hold me over), and the insomnia which cause severe tiredness around dinner time... After all that... I would not know I've had a sleeve surgery.

Sure I'm full faster but eating a few ounces several times a day is way harder than three meals a day. It's hard to go anywhere and manage the right foods.

I lost 8lbs the first week, 3 the next Rhein gained 3 the third week. Lost two if those the 4th and one the 5th. So overall I'm back to the -11lb lost I had on my ten day post op.

It's a frustrating thing.

I'm eating what my nut says and exercising (not weights tip cause I had a stran in my stomach from my muscle that was cut and not healing correctly, do was told to wait 8weeks for strenuous or weight exercise).

I'm getting in my Protein and drOwning in my Water... So I'm doing what I need to.... But my body isn't.

Over a long (long long) stretch I do feel that I'll loose. But it's hard to be seeing and reading all the fast and over wheeling success everyone has and I see that I'm $20 thousand dollars (cash) in the hole and feel like crap everytime I eat and I'm not enjoying eating out and miss my Friday night drinks with my hubby.

I hear everyone say they have total New found energy And the lack of energy I have makes me feel broken.

Ok ok ok ... I'm done venting.... Just really need to see if anyone else isn't making big strides either? Or am I just doing it all wrong?

I'm completely worried about this too! My dr says expect to lose 3/4 of what I have! YIKES!!!!

My bf had pretty big boobs now.... Well long flat pancakes is hOw she describes them. she's now wearing VS Water bras:(

My dr's office has a plastic surgeon and a visit with him for a breast lift and timmy tuck was part of my consultation.

I can't imagine going through surgery again (even after a years wait) after all the pain I had from this one, but in a years time as my body changes I might change my mind as I know I'll miss my boobs!

I'd love to see the feedback u get from people a year or more out.

Good luck to you.

I felt the same! The emotional roller coaster is very hard! I'm one month and two days out and feel nothing like I did one week out or two weeks out... It jut all gets better in time.

I've actually gained weight, so add that into my regret?!!! But I know in time that will change too!!!!

Talk to people often in the same situation and it will be a huge help!

This too shall pass!

So today I went in for my one month PO visit. I just really need to vent to people that understand cause I only have two people that I can talk to about this that have gone through it and neither live close enough to visit in person so it's a lonely road right now..

I gained two pounds! ;*( I initially have lost 11 the first 8 days out. But in the past three weeks since then I gained 4 during my period and lost two but am still up two, from my one week PO visit.

Dr says I am not eating often enough. He wants me eating 1oz 6-8 times a day. I'm eating about 2-3oz 3 times a day now.

I'm drinking at least my 64oz of Water so that's not an issue at all.

I exercise 45-60 mIn a day and am up and down stairs throughout the day so I'm doing well on exercise.

I'm getting in all my Protein without issues. And am not eating crap or fatty or fried foods.

I'm so beyond frustrated!!!!!

I've developed horrible acid reflux in the past two weeks (have a rx to take once a day but its not helping) and each time I'd take my Vitamins (3 pills 3x a day), I'd get nauseus for hours or immediately throw up. So I was just told to stop my vitamins over this past weekend but now I'm so tired that I have zero energy which makes me feel Awful.

Now my new thing is insomnia! I'm not blaming the surgery as I do have some stress going on in my life but even if I go to bed at midnight, I'm up t 3-3:30am. It takes hours for me to sleep again and then I'm tired all day.;(

I just feel very discouraged. I don't enjoy anything I eat. I have pain and gas and acid and feel like I'm hungry all the time so I drink my water to help that feeling go away but my head says "why another diet, I'm hungry".....

This just sucks.....

I truly needed to read this today! Thank you!

My one month is tomorrow and after my initial -11lbs my first 9 days, I haven't lost anymore the past almost three weeks.

I have my nut telling me she's sees I'm doing verging correct in it and exercise and yet my dr said -1-3lb at least a week is normal.

So to lose none is discouraging!;(

But again, I say the same thing every night before bed.... It'll get easier every day and less will be intolerable and less will be painful in one month, as one month ago this week was hell and pain like I've never felt. (& I've had four kids)!

Yes, to look towards the future is all I can do and just stay positive everyday that this 'diet' is one that will work!!!! :-)

Wow that's awesome!! Good or you! How exciting. You must live looking at the transformation before your eyes!

I'm one month tomorrow and haven't done anything in terms of exciting. Not yet! Lot 11 lbs the first week and nothing past three weeks. Very discouraging!

So I'm happy to see this does work for others as I know what a physical, financial and emotional tole this takes.

Great work! Keep up the inspiration for those of us not as successful (yet)!

Well tomorrow is my one month mark. I like to say right now this was all worth it but I can't.

I lost 11lbs in the first 9days (duing hell week), but nothing since then. That's almost three weeks without a weight loss? How's that possible?

My NUT says expect 1-3lbs a week but I'm not even doing 1lb. :-(

We went over myfitnesspal tracker that I use on my iPhone, to see what foods I eat and liquids and Vitamins I have and my NUT says I'm doing great. After week two she suggested to take my walking and treadmill exercise from 30min a day to 45-60. Which I did, & Although I feel better, the body doesn't look better. I'm not gaining muscle mass as I'm not working out but the NUT says don't worry it may just be this way for a while, yet my dr says the first three months I'll lose quickly.

What the heck? I can't even lose over three weeks.

I did measure myself & I have lost two inches overall but again, that was prob from the initial 11lb loss.

My month PO is in two days and I'm sure I'll have a lot to say to my dr when I see him.

This is just very frustrating and of course the thoughts of why did I do this echo over & over. I could have probably just committed to Jenny Craig and saved me 20k CASH, and 2 weeks of pain and worry.

Ok... I just needed to see if there's a light at the end of this long lonely tunnel....

Venting over.....

Back to trying to be positive about my future health!!!

I know this all will take time but to see weekly progress even if only one pound would be encouraging and satisfy my question of was this even worth it?

The first week home, hell week as it was, was an 8lb loss, then from there the bext two weeks were only 3 more.

It'll be a month this coming Tuesday the 13th and I've gained three pounds this last week and lost one. Yes gained:(

Yes I am following all the diet and exercise and Water advice my NUT is giving me. I'm getting in all my Proteins and not eating crappy stuff.

I'm not cleared to exercise with weights so it isn't a matter of weight being more due to muscle mass.

I do feel hungry all the time but since I use the app tracker called my fitness pal on my iPhone I am very clear of every Protein, fat, carb, and so on thy I'm consuming and my NUT says I'm doing perfectly!

So why aren't I losing?

Seems so odd that someone can be eating as few calories as I am, drinking an ocean of Water, taking 9 damn Vitamins a day and walking or treadmilling over an hour at minimum 7 days a week.

This weekend ends a month of Sadness and frustrating at the least....

They sound great! Thanks for the tip

My hospital required me to be picked up. My husband stayed in the hospital with me so it was not an issue.

Maybe speak to a friend or if u go to church someone there.

Or how about reaching out to someone here by listing your city and maybe someone here that actually understands your needs lives by you and you can then also have someone to lean on?

Good luck!!! If u live by me in Cali I will come get you;-)