LadyK

I have hip pain on one side, but I think my hip pain is attributed to them being misaligned. This started after I had my first daughter and it progressively got worse with the second baby. I also have pain in my tailbone too now, I'm currently looking for a chiropractor. A bad mattress can hurt your hips as well. Maybe the excess skin on your tummy is pulling your lower back so your walking differently? Call your surgeon or PCP or even try to find a chiropractor. I hope this helps and I hope your hip pain goes away.

I'm not sure? What are you mixing your shakes with water or are you using milk, yogurt? Those can add extra calories, but usually not enough to make you gain. Sorry I couldn't offer more help. I'm sure someone will know

Stay at home mom

OH WOW around of applause LMBO that is exactly what I hear! I'm so glad I didn't have a mouth full of water when I read this or I would need a new laptop now LOL

I can't wait too! I've always been flexible, but the added padding made it hard to move into certain positions, but since I've lost 59lbs I definitely notice a difference in leg placement Victoria Secret and Lover's Lane is calling my name to buy some stuff, I can't wait till I loose more

Aww hugs to you :wub: I don't think you are crazy, I am a SAHM too and I know EXACTLY how you feel, matter of fact everything you have described in your post is how I felt day in and day out, didn't want to go anywhere, do anything or see anybody, and every time I went to the grocery store I felt people were watching me and laughing at me which probably wasn't the case, but it felt like that to me. My husband would tell me I was beautiful, even at 480lbs, and all I saw when I looked in the mirror was a fat cow. I hated to look in the mirror. Then because of all of these feelings of absolute despair about my self image, I would eat to make myself feel better, and the vicious cycle continued. I decided to have the surgery because I felt it wasn't fair to my children or husband and my poor dog, that on beautiful sunny warm days, I would rather look out of the window. As surgery got closer I put the emotional eating in check with prayer for the strength to realize when I needed to eat, and when I needed to express myself another way besides eating. My husband needs to lose weight too, and when I said I was going to get the surgery, he said he would eat healthy with me, that quickly went out of the window the first day of my pre-op diet he went to Taco Bell and ate in front of me. God know I love him so, but I have made up my mind that I will eat healthy normal portions no matter what, and choose what I will put in my mouth. I refused to buy any more clothes too, I only had about 3 or 4 shirts that I rotated. After you get your sleeve and the weight begins to come off, you'll feel so much better and want to get out of the house. I can't wait now for next summer! The time will fly by even though while your waiting it will seem like an eternity LOL but before you know it it will be your turn! Don't get discouraged, keep your chin up

I had a hiatal hernia repair too, and I still wasn't in a lot of pain, Maybe it's just everyone's threshold of pain level, because I think the c section was the worse, and then a contracting uterus while breastfeeding with the c-section OMG I thought it hurt so bad, but I've seen others I know have c-sections and vaginal births like it was a breeze.

You've been drinking liquid protein too long when you smell the shake and gag... I'm SICK of shakes now even though I can eat a little, I still can't eat enough to stop drinking them.

I wear one currently, but I had to wait until things were not so inflamed on the inside, because every time I put one on it gave me indigestion LOL I think it was because it was pressing in on everything, now it doesn't bother me I'm 7 weeks now. Just make sure your incisions are completely healed on the outside before you try one.

My sense of smell is just like I'm pregnant LOL My husband had some sardines he was eating and he threw the can in the garbage I smelled it and instantly gagged. My taste buds seem to have changed a little, but I think when you stop eating, sugar, salt, and fat, when you taste those things again it tastes funny.Holly5.3 I don't drink all the additives any more in my water, now I just put a slice of fresh lemon or lime in it and squeeze a little of the juice in there to give it a little flavor. I never have been able to drink plain water.

I was an emotional eater too, and what I found helpful was to think about why I'm eating. Am I happy, mad, sad? Sometimes I would go to the cabinet and fridge over and over again just to look in there to eat when I had just ate. Now I still think about how I am feeling but a lot of it has gone away, I just don't have the same motivation for food. I feel like eating is a chore now, I actually don't feel like eating. The only reason I eat now is because I know if I don't have some sort of sustenance It could be a detriment to me. So now I'm eating to live. Another thing that helps is I finally see the weight coming off, my clothes are too big for me now, smaller clothes is a motivator. The main reason I got the sleeve was to make my children's lives more enjoyable, now I can finally stop saying Mama knows how to Rollerblade, roller skate, jump rope, ride a bike, dive off a diving board, and hula hoop...but I can't right now. Now I can say hey let's go have fun and teach them in the process about eating normal and eating a proper portion size. I'm still working on my husband's eating, but that's another story...I have noticed that I am more outspoken about how I feel now. Your NOT broken and you can do this, but you should really think about why are you eating when you eat, think about your emotional state and how long has it been since you last ate then eat. No regrets so far, but there was a period while I was in the hospital where I thought, Why did I do this to myself, but looking back it was because I could not eat like I used to. Now that I see progress I'm all good!

Sorry I just saw this, I pray you are doing well and believe that this will work for you, God Bless

I am so grateful for my life, my health, and the ability just to say THANK YOU to the Lord for this year is finally turning around. I've lost 59lbs so far and I don't feel tired anymore, my energy is coming back! I am going to my mom's house for Thanksgiving my mom asked what I could eat and she is making the menu based on my stage of food she has been so supportive in this. I don't know if she is making stuffing this time if so, I'm having a tiny spoon of it, but I'll make sure to eat my turkey first

Thanks everyone!! :wub: SML1997 cool! I hope everything is well so far with your journey I'm so happy, I can't wait to start shopping again

Wow, I didn't know it said that I was always afraid to get the board. I thought I would break it because I weighed so much.

I was nervous going to my surgeon today about having to step on the scale...I did and I started at 480, and today's grand total was 421 lbs WOOT!! This is so amazing to me, never in life have I lost this much at once!!

That is wonderful, Keep up the awesome work!!!

My first C-section I was in a great deal of pain, I healed really well and quickly, the second one I was surprised because although it was painful, but not as much as the first and I wondered if it was because those nerves in that area were severed, I don't think they ever came back cause it's still numb today, and that was 6 years ago. I healed well after that one too. With the sleeve the only pain I felt was when I was coming out of anesthesia, and I could feel my stomach hurting, but I'm not sure if they had started my pain pump yet, or I could have been just out of it. It hurt, but no where near c-section pain, the incisions healed well too, and I honestly don't remember my incisions hurting at all, just a little pulling when I moved, and a little itchy. I wish my c-sections could have been like the sleeve.

OMG...I just went to Emily Bites and found a cupcake called Hawaiian Barbecue, the ingredients remind me of a barbecue chicken pizza, yumm! I think I'd better stock up on wonton wrappers, I think I'll be making a lot of these in the future. I can even see my picky children liking these.

Your mom is just being mom. She sees you as her baby, and still remembers the day you were born, feeding, changing you, comforting you when you were ill, and seeing you grow into a woman. She can't bear the thought of losing her baby in her eyes because of this type of surgery. Keep talking to her and reassuring her that everything will be alright, and stand your ground, ultimately this is your decision to make. She'll feel better when she sees you are happier and healthy. My mom was very supportive and encouraged me to do what ever I had to do to lose the weight because my weight was so high, I think she was more fearful of my weight and blood pressure than the surgery.

There's a new Nike Training game coming out for the Kinect, it looks like it may give a good work out, I tried the Your Fitness Evolved and I like it, it makes you sweat. I want to try Zumba on the Kinect too.

I made the ricotta bake the other night and added Ms. Dash Italian seasoning, and eggs to the ricotta mm mm good I can eat ground turkey I'm in the soft stage now, so I just browned the ground turkey, and added that to my spaghetti sauce and poured it over the ricotta and baked it.

I can't wait to go to VIctoria's Secret to get a bra too,nighties and panties! AND a whole arsenal of of new stilettos to match

I used to wonder why folks get into fights and this is exactly why, she needed a swift punch in her size 4 throat :ph34r: ...smh No no, no throat punches, but I would have made her aware that her face looked like the bottom of a shoe ...no then you would be as bad as she was, so I probably would have just ignored her.

I so needed to hear these comments, I was feeling down about my body not transforming fast enough, I know it's coming off, but I am ready to go shopping for a new size, I'm not there yet, my clothes are baggy now, but I'm ready for them to be so big that I can't wear them any more LOL. We just have to be patient, waiting is so hard... Thanks for posting this