prettysleeved1

pretty, do you exercise at all and how much that's great you can get that much in!!!

I exercise 8-9 hours each week.

Please tell me what your average day of eating looks like to get that in? How many calories are you consuming?

Just saw this. I eat about 850 calories per day; sometimes 900. I wish I could work my way up to 200g of protein/day but that would require me to pretty much do a full on PSMF-style diet and I'm trying to keep my fat up to avoid gallstones.

Let's see....today (Monday) I had a total of about 6 oz. of chicken breast (skinless) (about 53 grams protein), a string cheese (8g), 1 serving of chili made with soy meat, onions and peppers (about 13g), a serving of Borden protein-enriched milk (the one with the pink label) (10g), 3oz of sauteed shrimp (no oil, no butter) (21g) and about 2oz. of lean, broiled sirloin steak (about 17g).

That is about 800 calories and 122 grams of Protein

The downside is that I still can't do raw vegetables. I tried and it didn't turn out well for me. I thought by now I would be able to so I have to work hard on my regularity with so much Protein.< /p>

Anyway, I'm at 13 weeks now and only about 12 pounds to my weight goal.

HOW do you manage to get 125-130gms of Protein in daily??? I am nowhere near surgery, but was trying to visualize 80gms yesterday and its a pretty stunning amount for a teeny tummy.

I just do it. I'm very active so every couple of hours I make sure I get something with lots of Protein in. The bulk of my diet is protein. Plus, I'm stubborn. I refuse to participate in the hair loss game.

Google telogen effluvium.

Cliff Notes:

It's temporary

Literature says zinc (up to 200mg/day helps)

Personal experience:

I'm 12 weeks out and great with the hair but I eat about 125-130g Protein each day and am diligent about my Vitamins.

I did but not for the surgery; just as a part of annual check-up. It's not bad.

One misstep does not a failure make.

Do you deep condition it? That will work. The truth is that we curlies have to work harder at maintain moisture. It's just the facts of life.

I love this. Young fly and flashy! Haha...lol

LOL! Hell yeah. Misery loves company but I'm NOT RSVP'ing to that party. I don't care if I weighed 800 pounds, I'd still be as fly as an 800 pound person can be. Guinness Book...World's Flyest Woman!

Nicci, glad to hear it went well for you.

Not following your logic here... If you are in excellent health why are you considering the surgery?

I know this is to the OP but...

I'm the same way. I won't lie. I did it mainly because I'm fly and I wanted access to more fashionable clothing to "preserve my sexy," as P. Diddy says. My job requires me to be in the public and it's rapidly moving towards me having to become a public figure and I want to be fly as humanly possible.

Well, they use something called a bougie. Ask your surgeon which size bougie they use. My surgeon was willing to go bigger but not smaller than her normal preference. I just chose based on the empirical information. The thing is that there is very little variation between sizes.

Well I may have to retract that last statement I made....I believe I just found a varicose vein in my foot that I had surgery on in April....I felt a burning sensation as I was walking down stairs so I sat on my bed and removed my sock and I have a HUGE vein running across the instep of my foot. I guess that's something I will have to address tomorrow with the surgeon. Can, in fact, people with varicose veins safely have surgery? Clots terrify me (no I have never had one but I truly do know how deadly they can be, I have taken care of many patients whom were stepping down from the ICU once their clot(s) resolved. For those of you that don't know, I'm a CNA whom is ever so slowly making my way through my BSN.).

Are you prone to clotting? Is your varicose vein due to weight? My mom has had varicose veins since high school. She wasn't fat. She had me at 24. I don't see why a varicose vein would be a problem though. Do you realize how many people have varicose veins and have surgery.

Mostly, after surgery they make you walk to help avoid clots so if you decide to have the surgery, I don't think you'll have a problem.

I think that you and the 600 pound man are exceptions to the rule. The vast majority of morbidly obese individuals will experience some sort of degradation in health as a result of their weight. We didn't get fat making healthy choices and those choices will catch up to you eventually.

Again. Everyone is not a statistic. I get what "majority" means and it doesn't mean "ALL."

Again. Luck of the draw. So I guess I need to book a flight to Vegas.

Quite frankly, it's a blanket statement to assume that since she's overweight she will eventually run into health problems.

I wasn't only healthy, I was fit before the surgery and still am. I think that's the key...fitness. I was/am an athlete so even at my heaviest, I could do stuff most thin people can't.

I have an 85 year old grandfather with Type II (since he was 30) who has never had a weight problem and will sit dead in your face and eat a bag of chips Ahoy but every morning he is running for an hour and manages to keep his diabetes under control.

I'm just saying....telling someone who's 20-ish that 40 years from now she may get sick....not necessarily convincing.

Everybody is not and will not become a statistic.

There's a guy on YT who is 600+ pounds with zero co-morbidities according to his caseworker. Luck of the draw.

I KNOW THIS WAS MY CHOICE BUT YOU KNOW WHAT THIS **** IS FOR THE BIRDS I WAS SLEEVED SEPT 24TH I AM WEAK I FEEL LIKE **** I CAN BARELY GET Water OR ANY TYPE OF liquids DOWN WITHOUT MY STOMACH FEELING LIKE I BEEN KICKED IN IT I TRIED SOME pureed food LIKE MY DOC SUGGESTED AND GUESS WHAT THE SAME FEELING LIKE SOMEBODY KICKED ME WHEN IT GOES DOWN WTF AM I NOT SUPPOSE TO EAT ANYTHING THIS FEELING SUCKS THEN I HAVE TO KEEP SIPPING SIP SIP SIP IM TIRED OF f**king SIPPING IM THIRSTY I WANT TO DRINK AND EVEN WHEN I SIP ON THE WATER HITS MY STOMACH IT HURTS SO NEEDLESS TO SAY EATING AND DRINKING ARE LIKE A CHORE I WAS HAPPY FAT I ATE WHAT I WANTED WHEN I WANTED AND DRANK HOW MUCH I WANTED WITHOUT THE PAIN JUST A SIP OF WATER HURTS A SIP OF juice HURTS MAKES AN UNCOMFORTABLE FEELING IN MY STOMACH TO THE POINT WHERE I SAY f**k IT AND DON'T EAT OR DRINK AGAIN IM MISERABLE I WANT A f**king PEPSI AND A CORNEDBEEF SANDWICH AND I WANT TO EAT IT WITHOUT MY STOMACH FEELING LIKE SOMEBODY KICKED MY ASS.......IM SORRY THIS RANT IS AWFUL BUT DAMN MAN I FEEL AWFUL

Honey, you need to take 2 Benadryl and have a nap.

OP, I say don't commit yourself to anything you're not comfortable with. People can tell you horror stories, glory stories, what ifs, and shoulda' woulda' coulda' all day long. You have to be secure and confident with whatever you decide. If you talk to the doctor tomorrow and it still doesn't feel right, so be it. If you leave the office feeling great about it, so be it. But don't let what other people say (positive or negative) drive your decisions; especially not one like this.

Glad you're doing well. My BP was elevated in the hospital as well until they gave me that magic shot and then it came down, lol!

Literature suggests zinc supplementation up to 200mg/day halts Hair loss due to telogen effluvium.

Mine went from about 31 days to about 27 and I ovulate earlier in the month.

I like Lyle's articles a lot. I know that people think we need carbs for fuel but as a long time runner, I can run for miles on very little carbs and not conk out. Even when I have times where I feel shaky, I don't automatically reach for a carb because I know that Protein can do the job. Then again, I do quite well on Keto. Always have.

Well, it's obvious that you're headlong into depression. You just have to find another to let out your frustrations. You said you've stopped exercising and that's probably one of the worst things you can do since physical activity is shown to elevate mood.

In terms of sleeve stretching, I wouldn't know. But I will say that before the sleeve, whenever I would go on a diet and lose a significant amount of weight, there was a period where my stomach could hold less until I broke past that point and stopped being mindful about my eating. If it is not possible to shrink the stomach, I do believe it is possible to train your body to be satisfied with less.

I also think it would be beneficial with you to connect with your surgeon to discuss the physiological aspects of what may be happening with you.

I'd do it but I'm in Plano.

I did it with Unjury Unflavored. Meh...

Nothing worthwhile is easy.

I used Dr. Kennedy in Plano. I purposely stayed away from the doctors who had commercials because I didn't have time to separate the sensationalism from the facts. Plus, a relative used a tv doctor and would regularly wait up to 2 hours to get in and I'm not waiting for a doctor more than 30 minutes past appointment time.

The Dr./patient interaction is a relationship so I'd say that if you feel their personality will negatively affect that relationship then it is something you should take into consideration.

I've shared this story before, I think. We went to Disney World and Universal Studios for Christmas and New Year's last year. I avoided many rides, but I really wanted to ride Harry Potter. I went up to the seat tester, thank God they started providing these, instead of making people wait in long lines, only to find out that they don't fit. Anyway, I get in the tester, and it doesn't clear. Two well-meaning teenage boys decide to come "help", by pushing and pushing, no luck. A mom and her 3 toddlers decides that they're not doing it right, so she tries to put all of her 90 lb body into making the bar go down, no luck. Now, here comes her husband, concerned that she was going to hurt herself, starts to push really hard, and it started hurting, but still wasn't clearing. I was just ready to get up, but they were so insistent they could get me on the ride. I tried to explain that it was okay, my daughter still had someone to ride with, she's special needs and usually only gets on a ride with me. After several people tried with no luck, and still not wanting to let me up, a worker walks by and says to just sit in the outside spot, and I'll be fine. By that point, I had 8 people in front of me trying to "help". I just laughed it off, but my eyes were watering, partly from the embarrassment and the other part from the pain of them squishing my innards to get the bar down, but boy was it worth it. I love that ride.

I think the worst thing about this is that the adults didn't have the sense to know that it would become more embarrassing than helpful at some point.

If it's any consolation, the last boyfriend I had before I met my husband was slender but wide in the shoulders and had trouble with rides that had to go over his shoulders. From what I've heard, rides are designed based on the prototype for certain clothing sizes.