gallogirl99

Great job!!! I am 3 weeks and 3 days...can't wait to see 45lbs gone! I have gone to my MD, last week for blood work, check BP etc...I WAS type II diabetic, high blood pressure and high cholesterol...they are all normal! What a great feeling to not have to take 4 pills everyday for all this! I didn't expect them all to diminish sooo quick! Glad they did......keep up the good work and would love to see pics of you! keep in touch

Vikkic, Hi! I use the Unjury, and I really like it! I buy a canister(I think its 21.95) Vanilla and I use a variety of things to mix with it. (i always use skim milk) 1 tsp peanut butter and 1/4 of mashed bananna.....ummm, I also, delute about 1tsp instant coffee in warm water then add that for coffee flavor and my favor is adding a tsp of sugar-free instant pudding. I have a single sized blender I use and it mixes it up really great and make sure after its done mixing, add ice cubes to your glass, it makes it a little thicker! Hope this helps you, PS-unflavored is great too with the above concoctions too...I just tend to like the vanilla flavor with them all...

Please Please Please, do not back out! I (like everyone else) has gone through this!!! Your emotions are very out of whack by this point! My recovery was sooo smooth and I thought the same as you, and here I am 3 weeks and off all of my meds as of today, forgot about the surgery already! Really, you will get through this! Be strong and think about all the good things that will come out of this, they will outweigh the bad! Good Luck and God Bless!

Thats great! Keep it up!

Chicken or a roast in a slow cooker? Makes the meat so moist and easy to chew! That is going to me in a week also....I'm really not "craving" anything either...potroast sounds good to me though..yummm...good luck!

today I am 3 weeks Post op and I had a visit with my MD last Thursday, took my Blood pressure and it was Normal and today just got the call from him advising my sugar and cholesterol are all perfect!! No more Meds for anything! and its only 3 weeks! Was not expecting this yet at all!! It can only get better now...thank God!! :wub:

I used skim milk, which gave an extra 9 grams of protein...I first used half water and 1/2 skim, just to be sure It agreed with me, then the second one, I used 8 oz skim( i use the Unjury protein shakes) Good luck!

Even though, I have lost 7 inches , My weight loss in 12 days is now only 9 lbs!!! I gained a lb 2 days ago and i feel so depressed today as I am following my diet to the "T"! Will I wake up one morning and 3 lbs just leaves? I need a little hope here, as, I have been able to add a few more food choices which Im wondering if because I am eating and everything is going down and staying great! Hope I make sense to someone out there?? lol

I'm 4 days out and I'm "dying" for a sip of coffee! Even decaf, I don't care....How do you get past this craving, I'm thinking about coffee flavoring mixed in my protein shake?

I get the same feeling...I was sleeved on Tuesday and If its Cold, forget it, I'm very uncomfortable, has to be room temp, no problem...its been 4 days and I too, want to CHEW! lol...

I haven't had any gas but cramping was bad, I don't have a drain....today I'm feeling pretty good, just a little weak...good luck, lets all try to stay on each other! (that sounded a little perverted didn't it?) lets all keep intouch!

Hi! I just got out of hospital yesterday, I was sleeved on Tuesday...I was having issues myself, same as you, I found that when i had anything cold, that cramped me up, and had extreme pain right under my breasts! I found that sipping on room temperature water/diet snapple/apple juice and unjury chicken broth, settled real nice...i wanted Ice Water a few minutes ago, took 2 sips, and Wham! my sleeve didn't like it at all! But I am sooo thirsty and I'm dying for a sip of Coffee!! Hope you feel better, try room temp drinks for today, see how that works for ya!

Flipflop....I have found myself doing this!! My surgery is on July 17th, and since I found out, I'm looking at EVERYTHING and eating it saying" This will be the last time I get to eat this" and I eat it with that outlook! I have put on 4 lbs since my first visit with my surgeon 2 months ago. I can feel it too! I usually always eat "low carb", but for the last week and a half, I'm eating everything! Very disgusted in myself, to say the least, I don't have any preop diet prior to surgery, but I am certainly keeping it low carb until day of surgery as I realized I am doing this to myself, I Surrender! LOL

I am in upstate NY, between Albany and Pougkeepsie..

Same here traceylynn....My name is Lori, we can be buddies...what state are you in?

Hi! Fellow Sleever! I have July 17th! Very exciting right?? We will keep in touch! Congrats

You look terrific!! Congrats to you! I as well have have 3 abdominal surgeries, not including 2 c-sections, 1994 and 1999....I should clarify that I don't need to do a pre-op liquid diet...I have been doing "low carb" for the last year and only have lost 27 lbs, very very slow...I continue to do low carb and I don't plan on even having that "last meal" prior to surgery as I don't want my liver to be in the way, so my surgeon said just keep doing what I've been doing and don't gain weight, I will be fine....so I will continue to "watch it"....thank you for the heads up! I will keep in touch., thanks!

I have a Surgery Date of July 17th!!!! No pre-op diet, which is awesome, sooo excited and nervous at the same time!

that is awesome!

I am!!! just want it done and over, as everyone else who is waiting for a date....you have done awesome Kala, hope I can get to the point you are at one day...seems so far away....any advise as to questions you didn't ask your surgeon prior to surgery and wished you had asked?

Yes Jeni, that is what he said to me....I do low carb everyday except on weekends, I tend to not count them....so I am able to "stay" at the weight I am doing this....

Good luck to you!!! just keep your eye on the "prize" at the end of it!!! you can do it!

Thank you so much and to you as well!