Angela777

Jealousy is huge when one person is doing an amazing job and the next is NOT. My mom who knew about my surgery and "supported" me turned on me when someone said: "Your daughter looks good Gina." Mom- yeah well she had weight loss surgery!
THAT is jealousy and it's such a nasty nasty thing that can hurt a lot of people.
Just remember that you did something great for yourself, you SAVED your own life by choosing to get healthy and happy. Don't let the haters rain on your parade!
Keep up the amazing work!

Jealousy is huge when one person is doing an amazing job and the next is NOT. My mom who knew about my surgery and "supported" me turned on me when someone said: "Your daughter looks good Gina." Mom- yeah well she had weight loss surgery!
THAT is jealousy and it's such a nasty nasty thing that can hurt a lot of people.
Just remember that you did something great for yourself, you SAVED your own life by choosing to get healthy and happy. Don't let the haters rain on your parade!
Keep up the amazing work!

Heat pads work wonders!!!

Heat pads work wonders!!!

Heat pads work wonders!!!

High Heels!
I have actually broke heels from being so fat!
I am two weeks post opp and down 20 pounds. I have a wedding I am standing up in 9/13/13 and I told the bride I want to wear sexy heels!!!!!

I think my sleeve is twice the size of everyone elses. I have no problem eating. hmmm
b: Protein smoothie (1 scoop strawberry Protein powder, 8 oz Water, carbmaster yogurt, and 6 frozen strawberries)
s: stick of cheese and 4 slices of low fat turkey deli lunch meat
l: 1/4 cup of whole wheat Pasta, and about 1/2 cup of spaghetti sauce with ground turkey mixed in
s: Atkins advantage chocolate Peanut Butter cups (SO delicious!)
d: not sure but maybe leftover spaghetti or a weigth watchers meal of some sort (turkey and mashed potatoes and gravy is one of my favs . . . very easy to go down)

Bubba: Anyway, like I was sayin', shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. There's uh, shrimp-kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple shrimp, lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp Soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich, and bariatric shrimp. That- that's about it.

I had my surgery on the 19th (open procedure) went home on on the 23rd. Went to Barns and Noble to grab a book I had on hold on the 24th, my hubby drove. I Drove on the 26th for a little bit, would say to wait a week and still have a small pillow to rest on at stop lights.
Good luck

I made it thru surg Oct.3-stayed in hosp three nights, but left today feeling good! The nurses said I had a lot of determination and thorough knowledge of what I need to do now! I gotta say - so far this is so much easier than I thought it would be!! My surg was at 2:30 in the afternoon. I was so nervous, I even started crying, but didn't even consider not doing it. First day after, I slept a LOT!! I lovede the crm of wheat Cereal and grape juice on the second day! Eat SLOW and steady.
It doesn't hurt to laugh or climb the stairs to my computer room
I can't wait to see us all on the losers bench--so soon!!!

4 More days til my surgery on the 10th and im scared tho i know it for the best. Good luck to all those who have up coming surgerys!!! I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST!!!

Hey we are sleeve sisters! I will be sleeved in Omaha, NE, on Oct. 19th!! yeah for us!!!

Glad you are feeling some better! I'm only a week away!!

LOL.. This is great! Keep the names coming. It's a great laugh. Still thinking of what to name mine. Two types of sleevers are really sticking out to me lately, the analyzing and the lets throw in some humor and cuteness to get through this. I will definetely name my sleeve and I will have a cutesy doggie bag for yummy leftovers that will make multiple meals.. And I will still lose weight and be successful. Sleevie ray vaughan bwahahahahah love it... maybe SLeevie Nicks too!! Slevette, Sleevietta, Sleveline, Minnie, Austin Growlers, Sleeva (like diva if she is picky), Pouchie, ok, i will stop now... hehehehe

I like the idea of naming it. For me humor helps me tremendously when it comes to something I struggle with. So I am gonna name it, I just need to come up with something funny.

You gave me hope!!! thank you for posting

Hi all.
I am now 15 months post op and have pcos too. I have lost 107lb so far with about another 20lb to go.
I also had the sleeve to improve my fatillity and become a parent.
I have noticed huge improvements. My cycle before could range anywhere from 35-60 days and now AF comes every 29-35 days. I don't ovulate every month but most months I do where before at my heavest I had tests and my levels were so low I was told I would need assistance to get pregnant!
I am still waiting for baby dust to be sprinkled on me but I am more hopeful now that I will be able to conceive with as little help as possible!
My skin is so much better too, I still get the occasional spot where as before I always had spots!
I am so great full every day that my amazing parents and partner were able to support me to have the sleeve it has changed my life.
Xxxxxxx

Thank you Angela, you too!!! It will be worth it once we are!

I will keep you in my thoughts! Good luck, I can understand what you are going though! 4 years of trying shots, meds for this and that, and still nothing, it gets so frustrating. I hope that through this journey you are able to be parents!

I am having my band removed on 9/5 I have had it for two years now, and have had nothing but bad luck. I am patiently waiting for my insurance to approve the sleeve!! Since my band removal was approved in one week, I am in high hopes that it will be approved!!!! Good luck to everyone on your journey!

You guys are all right! I need to go back to the basics! I have printed off LilmissDiva's back to basics bootcamp. I am increasing my Water intake right now. I am also logging my intake again and reading the posts on this sight!! I will get back on the right track!! Thanks for the encouragement!!

I am having my band removed on 9/5 I have had it for two years now, and have had nothing but bad luck. I am patiently waiting for my insurance to approve the sleeve!! Since my band removal was approved in one week, I am in high hopes that it will be approved!!!! Good luck to everyone on your journey!

Just think of how good you feel when you were at your lowest weight. Do something good for yourself, change up what you were doing a bit to get back motivated! Try something like Aqua Zumba, it's fun and low impact but tones and it's a great place to make some new friends!
You can do this!

That is so awesome for you... I had the band for 2.5 years and had a lot of scar tissue along with a kink... in the esophagus... ugh!!! But, I am sleeved now and doing wonderful as well......

My name is Natalee from Birmingham, Al. I was banded May 2008 and lost almost 100 lbs within a year and a half! Everything was fine but then lost my insurance and was unable to have a fill for 2 1/2 years! But during that time due to family stress gained 80lbs back!
Recently I went to a doc in the box because I was constantly nauseous and sick. Doc said it could be related to my band but I told her it couldn't be! Sure enough, went to Dr. Touliatos at Trinity Medical Center in Birmingham and the band had started to erode!! So he said it had to come out and he recommended have the sleeve at the same time since I'm still morbidly obese. Within a week the insurance had approved the surgery and I'm getting sleeved on August 17!! I'm nervous of course but ready to have this horrible band taken out!!!
Starting the Pre-Op diet tomorrow and counting down the days!!