kelliecalgary

can we get an idea of what your daily diet and exercise is? I am just over 3 months out and have only lost about 40 lbs....so whatever you are doing is what I need to copy. I will follow it to the letter, just show me the light!

I am not sure why, but it seems as though since I have been on a stall I have been avoiding talking about my surgery at all. I feel like a failure, like this was the last avenue for weight loss and I have messed this up as well. I have not been back to the clinic to see the surgeon since the surgery and have not been in to see the nutritionist either.
Before the surgery I was able to eat far more than I do now, so I know that the surgery was successful in limiting my food intake, although it was not as much as I would have liked. I would have preferred having about half of the volume capabilities as I currently have. I take full responsibility for not making the correct food choices and choosing to eat unhealthy items such as zebra cakes and Popsicle and things that I can eat without filling me up very much and are packed full of sugars. Before the surgery, I would have chosen an extra entree as opposed to anything sweet. I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes before the surgery as well, but for some reason after the surgery I have craved sweets like cakes and Cookies, things I never would have wanted before.
Those that know about me getting the surgery were very praising after I first got it and when the stall started at first they would ask me how it was going, but now they kind of don't mention it, which I am grateful for because it would make it even worse knowing that I was disappointing them as well.
I honestly do not know where to go from here anymore, if I should even bother working on dieting anymore, or if should just continue with sticking at the weight I am. I am scared that eventually I will start packing on the pounds again. My lowest since the surgery was 303 and right now I am at 310.
I dunno, I just feel lost....

I don't think that humans were intended to have fast food on every corner and advertising constantly thrown in our faces for foods that I am sure we were never supposed to have eat on a daily basis. WLS is a way for us to adapt our bodies to live healthier lives in the surroundings that we currently live in. If you can lose weight with diet and exercise go for it. I could take it off, but not keep it off. How someone else feels about it is on them.
I did not go through WLS because of vanity but rather for my health. Had I been in a car accident and needed to have my leg cut off to save my life, I do not think that I would think twice about it. How is it any different? I needed to lose part of my stomach to save my life.
Just my view on it

same here. I was told that your stomach can no longer break down the Calcium carbonate and you will benefit from it therefor we sleevers must take the calcium citrate from now on, apparently for the rest of our lives. I find it to be a LOT more expensive here, so that is a downfall but just something that I suppose we have to deal with.

I am always excited to see other people in here that were close to my weight on this site.
I was 420 at my heaviest and at the beginning of the year I was 412. Right now I am sitting at right around 345. I am so excited to see where I will be one year out, and I wish everyone on here the best in their weight loss journey.

I am always excited to see other people in here that were close to my weight on this site.
I was 420 at my heaviest and at the beginning of the year I was 412. Right now I am sitting at right around 345. I am so excited to see where I will be one year out, and I wish everyone on here the best in their weight loss journey.

I have heard of this, but more often in the Lap-band surgery. I have heard of them using it to order off the children's menu as well as getting the kid's rate at a buffet instead of having to pay full price.
I have not gotten one from my surgeon, but it would come in handy some times, although I don't know if I would feel comfortable letting every server know about my surgical history.

Thanks for the encouragement yall. It is a dream that I never even allowed myself because of my weight. Right out of High School I wanted to join the military but there was no possible way since I was so obese the wouldn't even talk to me.
Now that I have a daughter I don't think the military would fit my lifestyle but if I could get into the police that would just be so awesome. I am going to keep going and work out as much as possible working on weight resistance and cardio workouts. Will keep yall updated.

I see a lot of people from Edmonton on this site, are there any Calgary people?

I lived in Houston my whole life----all 28 years of it--- until I moved to Canada 2 years ago because of my husband...I miss my friends and family but I don't miss the heat!!! AT ALL!
as for exercise I am all about the swimming!!! low impact, but gets my heart pumping....
btw...can you give me an idea of what you eat in a day so I can figure out where I am going wrong on my weight loss?

I have always had an eating problem since I was six. Before I even looked into getting surgery I worked on my binge eating problem.
When I was dieting I would be good all day counting calories, eating what I was supposed to, but there would be a voice in the back of my mind thinking, omg I want a burger and fries, and some Cereal, ect....
Finally I would give in and just go wild and eat everything in sight. Afterwards I would feel so guilty and then would get depressed about it and do it all over again. I even went through a stage where I would purge after binging.
Finally about a year and a half ago I decided, I am not going to feel guilty about it anymore, If I binge I binge, and my weight went up about 30 lbs, I ate everything in sight, but a funny thing happened I started losing the weight slowly. I didn't feel guilty about it and didn't have to hide it anymore, so I didn't binge nearly as much anymore. I also started finding things to do to keep me distracted around the times that I would eat the most, at night time.
Emotional and binge eating are so hard to change, but it is possible.
I know that after my surgery I am going through a bit of a relapse, but I am not going to give up, and not going to beat myself up over it too much, because I know for me that just leads to more bad decisions. Take it day by day and don't give up!

I have always had an eating problem since I was six. Before I even looked into getting surgery I worked on my binge eating problem.
When I was dieting I would be good all day counting calories, eating what I was supposed to, but there would be a voice in the back of my mind thinking, omg I want a burger and fries, and some Cereal, ect....
Finally I would give in and just go wild and eat everything in sight. Afterwards I would feel so guilty and then would get depressed about it and do it all over again. I even went through a stage where I would purge after binging.
Finally about a year and a half ago I decided, I am not going to feel guilty about it anymore, If I binge I binge, and my weight went up about 30 lbs, I ate everything in sight, but a funny thing happened I started losing the weight slowly. I didn't feel guilty about it and didn't have to hide it anymore, so I didn't binge nearly as much anymore. I also started finding things to do to keep me distracted around the times that I would eat the most, at night time.
Emotional and binge eating are so hard to change, but it is possible.
I know that after my surgery I am going through a bit of a relapse, but I am not going to give up, and not going to beat myself up over it too much, because I know for me that just leads to more bad decisions. Take it day by day and don't give up!

I have always had an eating problem since I was six. Before I even looked into getting surgery I worked on my binge eating problem.
When I was dieting I would be good all day counting calories, eating what I was supposed to, but there would be a voice in the back of my mind thinking, omg I want a burger and fries, and some Cereal, ect....
Finally I would give in and just go wild and eat everything in sight. Afterwards I would feel so guilty and then would get depressed about it and do it all over again. I even went through a stage where I would purge after binging.
Finally about a year and a half ago I decided, I am not going to feel guilty about it anymore, If I binge I binge, and my weight went up about 30 lbs, I ate everything in sight, but a funny thing happened I started losing the weight slowly. I didn't feel guilty about it and didn't have to hide it anymore, so I didn't binge nearly as much anymore. I also started finding things to do to keep me distracted around the times that I would eat the most, at night time.
Emotional and binge eating are so hard to change, but it is possible.
I know that after my surgery I am going through a bit of a relapse, but I am not going to give up, and not going to beat myself up over it too much, because I know for me that just leads to more bad decisions. Take it day by day and don't give up!

agreed.....don't beat yourself up over 1 cheat, just try again tomorrow and take it day by day.
Good luck!

I know that having the sleeve was supposed to cut down on the amount that you can eat but I never expected it to work this well.
Honestly I have had an eating disorder since I was about six years old. I used to sneak food at night and get rid of the trash outside so that my family would not see what I was eating. When I got work babysitting at age 12 all of my money would go to getting food.
Before my sleeve I could easily eat $20 worth of food from Taco Bell, and not feel full. Today I had 1 bean burrito and was stuffed!!!
It is an amazing feeling, one that I have not felt in a LONG time, due to years and years of binge eating.
I really hope that this lasts, but I have heard of people stretching out their sleeve and having to get it redone!
I am curious what other peoples diets were before and after the surgery, how much could you eat in one sitting before compared to what you can eat of the same food now?

I have always had an eating problem since I was six. Before I even looked into getting surgery I worked on my binge eating problem.
When I was dieting I would be good all day counting calories, eating what I was supposed to, but there would be a voice in the back of my mind thinking, omg I want a burger and fries, and some Cereal, ect....
Finally I would give in and just go wild and eat everything in sight. Afterwards I would feel so guilty and then would get depressed about it and do it all over again. I even went through a stage where I would purge after binging.
Finally about a year and a half ago I decided, I am not going to feel guilty about it anymore, If I binge I binge, and my weight went up about 30 lbs, I ate everything in sight, but a funny thing happened I started losing the weight slowly. I didn't feel guilty about it and didn't have to hide it anymore, so I didn't binge nearly as much anymore. I also started finding things to do to keep me distracted around the times that I would eat the most, at night time.
Emotional and binge eating are so hard to change, but it is possible.
I know that after my surgery I am going through a bit of a relapse, but I am not going to give up, and not going to beat myself up over it too much, because I know for me that just leads to more bad decisions. Take it day by day and don't give up!

I know that having the sleeve was supposed to cut down on the amount that you can eat but I never expected it to work this well.
Honestly I have had an eating disorder since I was about six years old. I used to sneak food at night and get rid of the trash outside so that my family would not see what I was eating. When I got work babysitting at age 12 all of my money would go to getting food.
Before my sleeve I could easily eat $20 worth of food from Taco Bell, and not feel full. Today I had 1 bean burrito and was stuffed!!!
It is an amazing feeling, one that I have not felt in a LONG time, due to years and years of binge eating.
I really hope that this lasts, but I have heard of people stretching out their sleeve and having to get it redone!
I am curious what other peoples diets were before and after the surgery, how much could you eat in one sitting before compared to what you can eat of the same food now?

I know that having the sleeve was supposed to cut down on the amount that you can eat but I never expected it to work this well.
Honestly I have had an eating disorder since I was about six years old. I used to sneak food at night and get rid of the trash outside so that my family would not see what I was eating. When I got work babysitting at age 12 all of my money would go to getting food.
Before my sleeve I could easily eat $20 worth of food from Taco Bell, and not feel full. Today I had 1 bean burrito and was stuffed!!!
It is an amazing feeling, one that I have not felt in a LONG time, due to years and years of binge eating.
I really hope that this lasts, but I have heard of people stretching out their sleeve and having to get it redone!
I am curious what other peoples diets were before and after the surgery, how much could you eat in one sitting before compared to what you can eat of the same food now?