Tryan

Date sleeved: 8/8/12
Start weight: 414
Weight today: Maybe 360 I don't weight myself, trying no to stress.
What you eating and how much daily: 2-3 meals and lost of liquid
Daily work out: Treadmill in the morning, gym shortly after and the B-ball
How hungery are you?: No I even forget to eat sometimes
How you feel physically: Noticeably weaker than I was Pre-op but strong enough try to rebuild
How you feel emotionally: OK I'm very focus and determined.
Are you glad you chose the sleeve?: Yes
Anything extra to say?: Get into the gym or workout how ever you can. Take things slow, especially eating. I've thrown up and its not fun. Get ready for a new life if your a newbie and If your one of my AUGUST brethren YYYYYAAAAAAYYYY!!!! we took the first step and we still got more to do.

I'm in Baltimore too. Sleeved on Nov. 5th.

Wear it out NOW!!!!! You look great!!!!

Date sleeved: 8/9/12
Start weight:282
Weight today:235
What you eating and how much daily: most days 64 oz of Water. 1egg for Breakfast, snack- peanuts 2oz or a pack of 100 cal beef Jerky it has 18 grams of Protein. Lunch- I piece of tilapia 19 grams of Protein. snack 100 cal greek yogurt vanilla 13 grams of protein. dinner 4-5 oz turkey or chicken or a piece of fish.
Daily work out: not enough but usually 3 days a week. 1 hr on the tread mill at about 3mph then I work on strength training on either arms legs or stomach for about 30 minutes
How hungery are you?: not very, mostly head hunger. When I'm not busy I tend to want to reach for food
How you feel physically: better then I have in a long time.
How you feel emotionally:torn, somedays are really good and others I want to eat like I used to or I want the weight to come off faster. Its crazy.
Are you glad you chose the sleeve?:I'm glad I chose the sleeve
Anything extra to say?: I often wonder if I will be one of the people that stop loosing weight after I have dropped 50 pounds and I always worry that I will be one of the people that gains my weight back.

Nothing taste as good as skinny feels! I'm 7 weeks post op and down 39 pounds. This will be you soon, hang in there!

Congratulations, It's going to feel great on the losers side. You'll be in my thoughts today.

I just finished a 20oz of Water in 20 min. Drinking was never difficult but now I feel almost back to normal. I'm a month out.

It's been like that for me since day one. I have always been able to drink liquids fairly easily. Some of us are just lucky that way. Don't be alarmed just go with it.

Okay thank you everyone I will not drink it. I was making sure.

A little over 2 months out. Have had nausea from the start. My doc has been very responsive. Gave me suppositories right from the beginning. Foolishly I hoaded them and took only one a day. Didn't know I would get more. Suffered most of the day. Told doc how discouraged I was. He has no problem prescribing 30 at a time. They only cost around $15. Told me this is the most common side affect and that it needs to be treated for as long as it lasts. I was so relieved that he took it seriously and I feel so much beter. Keep calling your doc and tell them the over the counter stuff doesn't work. You don't need to suffer. You can't be successful if you can't eat or drink. WE'RE ALL DIFFERENT.
I have not had any side affects from the suppositories. The side affects of not getting your Protein or fluids are disasterous.

I am so overjoyed to see 299 on the scale this morning! This might sound funny, but it finally seems real! 51 pounds is alot of weight but when you're 350 pounds and every time you step on the scale you're still in the 300's, it just seems like it's going to take forever! I'm so excited to see the scale starting with a 2!!!!! SO EXCITED!

I am still breathless with excitement...and fear. Oct 22 I am getting sleeved! It kinda sucks that it is the day after my birthday, so clearly no food or alcohol based celebrations... but clearly, food and alcohol based celebrations are WHY I am 100lbs overweight, right?
I keep - literally - pinching myself to see if this long wait is almost over. I started the program at Kaiser Permanente in November of 2011. And now I have a date. Wow. I am almost giddy.

Some of you may thk "whatever" cause its that simple. I was leary of eating a turkey burger but knew I needed too. So i bought Jennie-o 93/7 lean white turkey bugers 10g fat, 200 calories, 28 Protein.
Thawed burger
Tajin classic seasoning
Chopped onions
Sprayed pan with pam, placed onions in pan--sprinkled with Tajin seasoning. Cook until golden brown.
Season burger generously with Tajin seasoning, cook with onions.
It was delicious. One of the best seasons I hv ever used but tht will depend on your taste.
Would love to hear what seasons you use.

You may just have a longer stomach. Seriously. People have anatomical differences that matter. Also, what exactly did you eat? I had more real restriction when I started eating more dense foods like poultry and beef.

Everyone is different. I hope you have the kind of experience that I have had thus far. No problems, no complaints. I was sore the first week and still have one spot that is tender. I am still on puree but I puree anything I want exept for breads, Pasta, corn and patatoes. I absolutely do not drink any soda or caffinated beverages. I was told strictly to stay away from that. The one thing I will tell you is that I have not felt hungry! I eat to live instead of live to eat. People tell me " Oh you're never gonna be able to sit down and have a normal plate of food" and I respond with I don't care cause I'm not hungry and I don't need that big "normal plate of food". Again I'm only 2 weeks and 3 days out but I feel good and hope that things keep going as smoothly as they have up til now.
My advise is to follow your surgeons directions, don't cheat because your only cheating yourself and make sure you get your Water in!

Everyone is different. I hope you have the kind of experience that I have had thus far. No problems, no complaints. I was sore the first week and still have one spot that is tender. I am still on puree but I puree anything I want exept for breads, Pasta, corn and patatoes. I absolutely do not drink any soda or caffinated beverages. I was told strictly to stay away from that. The one thing I will tell you is that I have not felt hungry! I eat to live instead of live to eat. People tell me " Oh you're never gonna be able to sit down and have a normal plate of food" and I respond with I don't care cause I'm not hungry and I don't need that big "normal plate of food". Again I'm only 2 weeks and 3 days out but I feel good and hope that things keep going as smoothly as they have up til now.
My advise is to follow your surgeons directions, don't cheat because your only cheating yourself and make sure you get your Water in!

Thats awful! Good luck with your recovery!

Omg I had the exact same symptoms with 103.7 fever ...... Went to ER ..... They found nothing.... I couldn't breathe either ..... Tons of chest and shoulder pain ...... They did CT, upper gi and X-rays ..... They did bw and found my lipase was up and potassium was down... Got 5 bags of kcl and fluids.... They did start heparin injections... They said I was dehydrated but doesn't explain fever and chest/shoulder pain... I was sleved aug 16 .... Readmitted on the 27th for 3 days ... Scared of get dehydrated again since I'm drinking all I can and thought I was doing god w fluids before that happened

Bless you heart... I was sleeved on 8/9/2012 and had no problems so far...saying a prayer for your recovery... God Bless.

You guys are all gonna do great! I just wanna say that I'm 2 weeks 3 days post op. I'm doing puree I have 2 more days til soft food and I swear it hasn't been that bad. Since surgery I have not been hungry. I got bored with liquids but I was never hungry. Also, I have had a very positive experience, no nausea, i've tolerated everything i've tried, no unbearable pain only sore the first week and now I have one spot that is tender. I went back to work in a pediatric doctors office 10 days after surgery. The hardest part was is getting all my Water in. I wish you guys the best! Stay postive and keep us posted!

You guys are all gonna do great! I just wanna say that I'm 2 weeks 3 days post op. I'm doing puree I have 2 more days til soft food and I swear it hasn't been that bad. Since surgery I have not been hungry. I got bored with liquids but I was never hungry. Also, I have had a very positive experience, no nausea, i've tolerated everything i've tried, no unbearable pain only sore the first week and now I have one spot that is tender. I went back to work in a pediatric doctors office 10 days after surgery. The hardest part was is getting all my Water in. I wish you guys the best! Stay postive and keep us posted!

Lissa,
Funny you mention spaghetti. Prior to surgery, my thin boss told me that she makes her spaghetti sauce and meatballs, makes wheat Pasta for her family but she has the sauce and meatballs over green Beans. Sounded gross but I tried it and loved it. I've been eating spaghetti that way for about 2 months now and once I go to soft foods I will pick it back up again. I found a really good recipe for pizza crust wich I will also use as a bread subitute for when I want a sandwich. It's cauliflower, egg and cheese. Have you heard of it? I made it pre surgery and loved it also.