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Your attitude is more than commendable, this is incredibly rough. You are a brave young woman, I am going to turn off my light & fall asleep praying for you too.

Where do u live? Have u had a 2nd opinion? I am so sorry. Search this site for complications, you will meet other people who have had similar experiences that might be able to lead you in the right direction.

Hey, maybe this newt killed the thread. If so I definitely should win a prize....but NOT THE CAT

When you say 'shoved an old man' do you mean you helped him apply the prep h??

This IS the funniest thread I have read, u r all insane.....where do I check in?

That sounds about right you really need time to "build" to larger amounts just try to build up to your Protein and Water targets.

And if your not ready when the next stage comes wait a few more days until your ready.

Good advice, & as long as you r satisfied with whatever small ounces you are on don't increase your portion, over time it just comes along.

Vitamins, vitamins,vitamins.....for the long haul

Breathe, pray if you do that, even though it is hard to believe when the chips are down, everything happens for a reason.

If your doc says you can still do it then your original plan is still in place. A LOT of people need their gall bladder removed after surgery, I guess you are just special :-))

try to get some sleep .....let us know what your doc says.

It is good to be reminded of my non scale victories, NSV's, search for that forum & you might get excited. I go back and forth on "seeing how good I look". Sometimes I am amazed at my shrinking size but I still look horrible at my thighs when I sit down. I have recently remembered, my thighs have always been my "trouble spot". I had literally forgot since it has been 30 years since I have been this weight.

So I have said to myself that I am going to start loving my body parts regardless, or flat out love life, be happy regardless of my thighs. I even mantra, I am grateful to have my two legs at all. I take it as far as thinking about a situation where a person went to an airs how w/ both legs, a plane crashed and the person left with one leg. I know I sound like a nut but any way I can get it in my thick skull that I am a like able, fun person with more value than my looks, I am progressing.

I understand too, if u really feel the back pain is too much and the mental anguish, PDX,an's advice might be the lesser of evils. It was embarrassing when I felt so ugly I did not want him touching me. It was embarrassing to tell him it was about me and how I felt like a whale. He understood, way better than I thought & I felt much closer to him & shortly after we had sex with the lights out.

Now 95 lbs less wowsie, I have not seen a vibrator in awhile, I see my man a lot and he sees me. For me it was the weight that kept me in a box, now I am very happy & have about 30 lb's to go.

I go to therapy too.

Best of luck, force yourself to talk to him, it is rough when your partner does not know your "truth"....rough on him. He can only imagine stuff, the truth is easier in the long run.

You guys are fortunate to know about those strips. My pains from the gas they use during the operation made me close to tears for 5 DAYS.

This is normal for a lot of us. I know you want something to taste good but for now just be happy that this is a tool for maximum weight loss. Eat your little bit of required correct food & then remember how much weight loss this must be leading to. After awhile I became more interested in the food as it tasted better. Some of my favorite foods still are just "uh, who cares, not worth it anymore" which is a blessing. I was nauseous 4-5 months out so that sucked too, but it kept my eating small & my weight loss big.

I am a mermaid, I had to wait 3 weeks b4 I could get back in the Water, but yes, call the office.

I had the same time frame on vacation, had surgery 1 mo. prior to vacation. I hope u will have access to a kitchen. I was just coming off puréed foods but other than that I was GOOD.

I'm going to buy some lemon and limes tomorrow to put in my Water. Good idea!!

I get the Save Mart brand, presqueezed. I use 27 oz Water, 1 shot glass of lemon & four vial drops of stevia, not 4 drops, it has like an eye dropper dispenser and I use what I can squeeze into the vial....4 times. Yep, I can get addicted to anything, lol. I think most of my friends think it is too sweet, just thought I would give you my recipe, then you can go up or down. Hope you like it.

If you can dedicate yourself to a good Water program I would not be surprised if your success increased. I add lemon juice (pure, no sugar or additives) & liquid Stevia to my Water & I enjoy it. About 10 years ago I was a poor water drinker, I remember talking to my Curves instructor not believing it was possible to enjoy water, I felt like it was the hardest thing to do. I would keep a post a note in a noticeable place and have 8 lines. Each time I finished the 8 oz glass I would mark off a line and get encouraged. Now I drink out of a 27 oz bottle and I plug away at it. Yes, it is harder w/ my small stomach but I KNOW it helps me lose weight.

For me, I had to walk 6 days a weeks to get my weight loss going & now I do 4 days of water aerobics, 2 days walking and a day of rest. Without that, for me I don't lose much, plus I need better muscle mass to increase my ability to burn my food.

Lastly......I personally would never juice. I believe that It would pour out the insulin into my system & my body would store fat.

Oopsie, one more thing, are you familiar with intervals during exersise? You can google it and really learn how it helps your body, basically it is...while walking go at regular speed for say 1 minute, then 80% of your capacity for 30 seconds, 100% for 15 seconds. You do this over & over for about 15 minutes and the technique is well known to cause the body to burn more calories. You will really want to google this if you are not familiar or maybe you use to do it and sort of forgot (that's what I do, I can be big time forgetful).

This is a ton of info, lots you may already have done or are doing. Of course, the most important thing right now is having the PAP & getting some answers.

I recently did the bootcamp that I learned about from this site and it helped me out a great deal. If you want to read about it search for "boot camp anyone" under the search forum area on this site..

I am glad you are on this site. I certainly don' have all the answers, I just wanted to share my "program" with you. Too many changes all at once can be SO overwhelming, but you already know that cause when we have the surgery BOOM, we have so much to change.....you are a sweet person, I can tell by your replys. Keep going forward. Big hug to you. (sorry my post is so long)

A BIG THANK YOU TO STOMLIN75 for starting this boot camp. It was hard day 2 & 3 but staying busier on day 4 & 5 helped a lot.

I did this boot camp cause chocolate and crackers had crept in to my life in February. I lost no weight in the whole month even though I exercise big time and all my other months I have lost 10 lb's.

What this boot camp showed me was

1. I had not been getting as much Water in as I usually do.

2. My head had a hold of me & I was succumbing to "a little here, a little there, I eat so little all is Ok".

3. Team work helps a TON.

4. Instead of trying to figure out why I ate the cupcake on day 3 & worrying that I "was unable to follow the program and blah blah blah" the advice by art song "dust yourself off & keep on going" was so simple, accepting of myself IT WORKED. Umm I bet I can use that in other areas of my life...lol

This morning, the 5 th day, I woke up hungry. I needed encouragement & boy did I get it. 5 solid pounds gone!!! And the pants that were just not getting loose enough to look good ALL OF A SUDDEN fit so lovely I could S C R E A M. thanks again. I will keep checking this forum for the people still doing it, keep on going. This support ROCKS

P.S. I went to OA on Saturday, nearest meeting is one hour away, it was real good for me, heard others talking out loud about staying abstainate. Heard others with my crazy head in their crazy head.

I am gonna join in for this week. I am starting tomorrow.

I need to lay off the crackers!

Exactly what I needed to do too, I had started nibbling throughout the day too. This boot camp rocked for me, 5 lbs gone

Well I was doing good on the boot camp until my doctor admitted me to the hospital on Thursday and had my gallbladder removed on Friday. Guess that is one of the downsides of losing weight. On the upside of having surgery...my kids cleaned the whole house for me!! LOL Another upside is I feel like I just had the sleeve surgery done and am back to the the liquid diet I originally started with. I am really happy to see how many of you are doing good on the boot camp!! Keep up all the great work!!

Nita, I am so sorry to hear this, you sound positive and upbeat so I hope your pain is nil.

This person did not say she DIDN'T WANT A RESPONSE, she said she didn't expect a response....with that being said....

Dear PrettyVSG, my heart goes out to you....I would be very frustrated & sad & feel regrets too. You are right, I don't have any thing good to say. You are doing all you can having doctors on board trying to figure it out. And personal trainers, I would have thought they would have figured out some way to fool your body to release the pounds.

One way to look at this is not to regain the 50 lbs you have lost. Losing 50 lb's is a big deal, especially w/ the fight your body is giving you.

Hang in there, keep excersing, at least you are getting endorphins. XXXXXX

I messed up

Breakfast-protein shake & almonds

Lunch- 2oz salmon, 1/4 cucumber, 2 pieces of sushi w/ white rice

Snack-1/2 sweet & salty Clif Mojo (6 gm.'s sugar)

2 oz chicken

At this point it was 5pm & I had to go do an errand. Reese PBS cups were on my mind but I thought of all of you and said I can do this. At the health food store I looked at some homemade organic chocolate mouse and said no I can do this. I got in car to come home & all I could think of was sugar and I told myself "I don't care how much you want sugar u r not going to do it, it is day 3 & I want to see if these cravings will stop". I passed a cupcake store that I have never tried but knew I wanted to some day in my overall life. It did not have to be this year just someday. Well I parked, got out of car, bought a cupcake and sat down and ate 1/2, then got home & finished it. WHY I ask myself? It was like it was in my mind so bad I just had to do it and get it over with.

Any similar experiences? Any tools you can give me to not do this tomorrow would be appreciated. BTW, no hunger was involved in this event & it was just a regular tasting cupcake, nothing to melt your mouth around. I could have thrown away 1/2 of it but I did NOT even do THAT. I don't hate myself over this, I just feel crazy that I talked to myself for so long about not doing it and then my head said get this craving out of your system.

After I am done being nauseous I will have

i- 4 oz. chicken and kale

I can't remember the last time I had loose pants so for the first few months I enjoyed baggy pants. Then I finally bought a size 18 at Walmart, then I bought the same brand, style at Walmart but a 16 and I have grown into that. I am so anal I will probably do the same for the 14. I can't take the idiotic varying of sizes in clothing sizes. I realize I just told ya all that I am wearing the same pants everyday....I better hem those thrift store pants I got. LOL

OK, another day of complete success for me. I am succeeding because I know all of you are doing it. I am surprised how much I am thinking about sweets, I AM SO THANKFUL I AM DIVORCING MYSELF AGAIN FROM SUGAR & CARBS. It is unsettling that I let this creep back into my life. Because I eat such small portions when I was eating sugar or carbs there was no weight gain and it became a secret that I was doing it. I guess this is a wake up call. I know my ability to eat more will increase so this was a dangerous experiment.

I am wondering why people are eating Beans during bootcamp since they are high in carbs, I know they are "good carbs" but r they really included in boot camp?

Man this Water thing, I am only up to 70 ounces....arrgh

Thanks Diva, many people give me suggestions, YOURS is a GREAY IDEA. I plan to do it, it will give me comfort

Yea Divanurse that is good advice & it is awesome the way sweet mama accepted it. I will have this tucked in my back pocket for when I need it.

I live with my 102 year old mil, today I wanted to eat cause of the dementia. I am forcing myself to just breathe and deal w/ the emotion, she is the most loving woman I know. Because I did not eat and instead prayed, I discovered part of my frustration/anger/impatience is cause the woman I knew is already gone and I am left w/ a shell of the prior woman. This is progress for me cause I thought I just could not stand her anymore.

Thanks for this info. I am concerned about the reduction in calories and will I be able to burn much after my goal weight is reached. I think I get those tests at 1 yr out, I am glad to hear your numbers are good.

I just keep exercising, my thing is Water aerobics and walking 6 times a week for one hour. I love the pool but I am going into the land of weights and trainer next week. Hopefully I will enjoy it as much as I do that water! Getting the cortisone shot in my knee last week has also helped so I can workout at full capacity. Knee joint already trashed so I am not concerned about negative cortisone side effects, knee replacement in my future.....god, I am telling you my life story, good bye :-)))

If anyone wants to, a few of us started the 5 day boot camp, the thread is under BOOTCAMP ANYONE. It feels so good to have made it thru the first day w/ eating in the manner that automatically equals weight loss. I messed around w/ Sees candy before Vday & Reese's cups after Vday. I did not gain any weight but for the first month since surgery (month 6) I did not lose my standard 10 lb's, I lost nothing....ugggghhh the honest truth.

Anyhow for me, knowing a bunch of other people were on day 1 of bootcamp kept me on track. I kept telling myself staying off carbs/sugar will reduce the cravings, thank goodness for the support and thanks to the struggling sugar addicts that posted, I am not alone.....part of the premise of AA meetings. Together we are stronger

Throughout the day when I wanted a Reese's Peanut Butter cup or some crackers I thought of you guys, I didn't want to mess up cause if you can do it I can do it....the support for me is great. THANK YOU, again.

Breakfast egg & 1oz cheese

coffee w/ 20z milk & stevia

lunch 4oz chicken & spinach

snack almonds-100 cal. Pak

Dinner-4oz organic beef, salsa, 1/2 avocado

Water, dang I messed up, I have 70 oz in. I am still drinking but I can't get much more in. I was gonna down another 30 b4 bed, I am glad stomlin75 reminded me my "dinkie" can't handle all this water in a short amount of time. Tomorrow I will start earlier. Yea, I did not eat any popscycles, skinny cows, frozen yogart or any chocolate or crackers.

Surgery date 8/27/12

Start weight 291

Today's weight 200

Off I go to finish my Vitamins

I am so happy w/ the day of success

Excersise 2 mile walk & housework