cherrybombknits

Thank you everyone. It already feels better, just a little tender. I will keep an eye on it and report any further weirdness.

A couple of my incision sites are kinda bumpy, so I was rubbing the one on my left side absentmindedly. I swear I felt a "pop" on the inside, like a pimple sorta. Now my left side hurts. The incision line isn't discolored at all, if fact it's flat now. I don't want to call my sugeons' office without a fever or something (they are a pain), but I am freaking out a little. Sleeved 10/4/12.

Welcome to the loser's bench!

I will be getting a wrap before a family reunion in about a month, but I don't care if it only lasts a few days. I just want to feel super-cute while I'm there.

32 lbs in one month? Work it you scarless wonder!

My master plan is to make this a liveable lifestyle change. Eating only twice a day and working out an hour every day may give you results, but not everyone can sustain that long-term. The sleeve is our tool, ultimately we need to make sure we use it in the right way for us.

Yeesh! I'd be happy if I lose 20 lbs by then. I'm not sure these surgeons know what they are talking about. At my 1 week f/u my surgeon bitched me out for not going to the gym?!? A lot of us are emotional eaters; the extra judgements and stress aren't helpful.

A packet of pretzel M&M's and I had a staredown last night at the drugstore checkout stand. I won, but it wasn't easy. I miss crunchy foods!

Your sister is right. Keep up the good work!

Another thing to add: make sure you have an adequate cool-down period. I doubled my cool-down from 5 to 10 minutes walking last night and woke up with much less soreness.

I love pickles, why haven't I wanted any yet? All this pickle talk is making me wistful, but not hungry.

Don't be embarrassed. I told the tech I was going to ralph and he told me to do what I had to and handed me another bottle of ick.

I take some sugar-free fiber chewables every few days to keep things moving.

The common belief is that it will introduce more air into your itty bitty stomach. I feel like I drank more when I could use my camelback bottle. Regular water bottles just aren't the same.

*I still overeat at parties. *I advanced my diet to real food weeks before schedule with few ill affects so far. *I don't know what I am going to do while my water aerobics class is on hiatus over the holidays. * I tell people that "I had a biopsy and they took out part of my stomach". *I can see and feel that I'm thinner, but I don't feel any thinner.

Thank you! The jeans kept folding and slipping under the belt, I may have to just give up on that pair. Still luv the belt.

We were walking around today and my jeans kept slipping. I decided to buy the sparkliest belt I could find to celebrate.

Right now I am using MFP to track my food/protein/water and Endomundo Pro for my interval runs (c25k style). Everything is on my phone, including VST. Couldn't do this without the technological support.

I restarted c25k today and, though it was hard, I loved it. As someone who hated running their whole life and got shin splints and all sorts of nasties I highly reccommend the interval format. I only stopped last year because I broke my ankle (yes while jogging, no not any fault of the c25k program).

I was sleeved Oct 4th. My MFP name is cherrybombknits.

I am in! Heaviest: July 2012 - 250 lbs DOS: Oct 4 2012 - 227 lbs Currently: 215 lbs 2013 goal: 200 lbs

The organs also don't have all the fat cushioning them, so they may be resettling. Ewwwww.

Putting this on my fridge too. I'm finding that having pre-portioned servings of good stuff keeps me from reaching for the bad stuff.