Carly

You have quite a talent with words, and how did you read my life/mind anyway? You are right though, if we want to be successful, we have to be honest with ourselves. I know I didn't get here by some fluke, I walked my big butt right into this predicament with my eyes/mind closed, and the only way out now is to be opened. Opened to a new way of eating, thinking, and coping.
Thanks for a great post!

Hey Deedles,
I am doing better thank God. The day after surgery was a bit hard. I had some powerful gas pains, but right now I am just working on trying to get enough liquid in. I am drinking Water, veggie broth, activia, and a little juice. I have been trying to walk but mostly just around in the house. I feel that as soon as I am able to eat more 'normally' the real work will start-psychological stuff.
Hopefully you will be just fine. I think I feel better just not having any of the bad foods in my system.
Best wishes!

I am a firm believer in listening to your intuition and inner voice. You know what you should do. Don't drag it out. What better time to think of yourself in a new way? Start fresh with the goal of taking care of yourself physically, mentally and emotionally. Let it go.

I am a firm believer in listening to your intuition and inner voice. You know what you should do. Don't drag it out. What better time to think of yourself in a new way? Start fresh with the goal of taking care of yourself physically, mentally and emotionally. Let it go.

That's wonderful! You honestly don't look like you could lose anymore. You look great! Awesome accomplishment.

Excellent post. Thank you. That is exactly what I have been aiming to do with my new life. I wanted the sleeve as a means of tempering myself, not as a means to make me a freak and queen of dieting. Obviously, that is something I don't enjoy. So I am hoping to do as you have done. To still enjoy things, but in moderation.

I use them. I mix them with Water cause I get the fruity ones. I like the lemonade. I did not like Cappuccino one at all. It was too sweet for me. The fuzzy navel one is pretty good too. I try to use more than a scoop. Sometimes two.

Thanks, y'all. My weight loss is a bit slow, but I see many people stressing about being slow losers, so I thought if there were some more seasoned voices who had felt the same way, it would give us all hope.

Thanks MNB, I hope that it will be the case with me that it will be manageable fatigue. I appreciate your reply; it helps with the fear to know others are out there who have been through it. Enjoying, thank you too for responding. My date is not confirmed yet, but it could be April fools day. Hope that's not meaningful for me though. . I should find out for sure tomorrow. No, I'm not in the military, just living and working here. I have a Kuwaiti husband too, I suppose that has something to do with it as well. Are you on a preop diet? I am not yet. Keep me posted on your progress. Again thanks!

Hello all,
I am an American living in Kuwait and am anticipating getting sleeved in April. The main thing I am worried about is I only have one week off. Do y'all think that is ok? I am a teacher, so I can't miss more. Iam so nervous it won't be enough time to recoup. Help.
Thanks in advance.

OK, so I know that MANY,MANY people post and repost about stalls and not losing and frustration. Often, people's responses seem to be not to worry it will happen. What I would love to know is are there any folks who have lost a significant amount of weight and are at least say 6 mos. out who were "slow losers" and thought that the sleeve wasn't going to work for them?

Syntrax's Nectars mix well with Water. Especially the fruity ones.

Hi Marina, welcome. It does help to have this great big wonderful group all dealing with similar issues. I will look forward to hearing more from you. I can relate about the kids, though, my children have all voiced similar "concerns". Hopefully, all that will change for us!

Yes, all of that counts towards your Fluid intake.

I have a similar experience. I thought I was approaching time of life changes cause I was having night sweats and some other issues. Since surgery though, I am no longer having them. It's so nice. I've been comfortable at night and not hot in the day; even though, I am living in Kuwait!

I have a similar experience. I thought I was approaching time of life changes cause I was having night sweats and some other issues. Since surgery though, I am no longer having them. It's so nice. I've been comfortable at night and not hot in the day; even though, I am living in Kuwait!

Wow, thats amazing. Great job!

Yes, it is right. Your body is unique. It will take it it's own time to adjust to everything that is happening and when it is a little more normalized, then you will see more weight coming off. Don't worry. Just pay attention to learning how to take care of yourself right now. It will happen!

Is that I am sitting at the dining room table while my kids are eating their after school meal, and there is a home made flan and a box of Krispy Kreme, and I am ok. If you knew me, you would know how odd that is indeed. I love my sweets. Apparently, not so much anymore. Thank God!

Is that I am sitting at the dining room table while my kids are eating their after school meal, and there is a home made flan and a box of Krispy Kreme, and I am ok. If you knew me, you would know how odd that is indeed. I love my sweets. Apparently, not so much anymore. Thank God!

I am keeping my surgery a secret, not because I am embarrassed but because I feel what motivated me to do it is very personal. Obviously, I have some problems with food that go beyond just not having willpower, so telling someone not close to me would feel like I was inviting them into my home while in my pajamas. Do what's right for you. Don't worry about anyone else's opinions or feelings. We all have our secrets.

I am keeping my surgery a secret, not because I am embarrassed but because I feel what motivated me to do it is very personal. Obviously, I have some problems with food that go beyond just not having willpower, so telling someone not close to me would feel like I was inviting them into my home while in my pajamas. Do what's right for you. Don't worry about anyone else's opinions or feelings. We all have our secrets.