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Surgery was November 19th. I'm down to a 15/16 pants and a L/XL top. I used to be a 24 pant and a 3x top. I have been pretty faithful to going to the gym. I do 30-45 minutes on the eliptical. My doctor is just thrilled with my results. I am not doing good with taking my Vitamins or drinking enough Water. I don't know why I can't just do it. I have such a hard time with it though. My hair is thinning out VERY bad. It scares me. I have a ton of energy and am extremely greatful that I had the procedure. Good luck to everyone on their continued success.

Today I am 4 weeks post op and down 15 pounds since surgery and 39 total. I lost 1 whopping pound this last week. I was expecting it (thanks to this site), so I wasn't too upset. I have been going to the gym a lot the last couple of weeks. It feels great to workout, enjoy it, and push myself. There is NO way I could do as much or as long as I have been at the weight I used to be. That is the best reward ever! Tuesday, 3 weeks 1 day post op- I was sitting in a chair and picking up my 4 month of niece up from the floor... when I heard a POP. To me it felt like when the underwire of your bra snaps... but I knew it wasn't because I was having burning in the area of my large incision and it hurt there to bend. I called my doctor and they said I probably popped a stitch. SCARY! It hurt for a couple of days to bend, so I avoided it. It is still sore if I do a very tight bend, but is mostly better. Please please, people, do NOT bend too tightly after surgery. It is not worth it!!! I never heard of this before and it makes sense... there is a lot more pressure on your stomach when you are bent tight like that. Just be warned...

Dumping is when you eat something high in fat/sugary/not good for you and you have to go to the bathroom almost immediately. It runs right though you. Dumping usually occurs in Bypass patients and not really with sleeve patients. I had dumping syndrome before surgery, so I still have it after. What I was talking about is sliming/vomiting with the sleeve. When you don't chew enough or eat too fast, you produce a slimy nastiness that you throw up. It's seriously the weirdest thing and something you can't really comprehend it's nastiness until it happens. Not cool. Oh and it hurts like CRAZY.

I had my post op appointment today at exactly 3 weeks out. It was really nice to hear them tell me how great I was looking and that I was doing everything right! Unfortunately, on my trup home, we stopped at Arby's and I got a Ham and Cheddar sandwich. I took the bottom bun off and began eating. I think I was too hungry and probably ate to fast... also, I might have not chewed it good enough... or it could be the fact that I had bread... Not sure what exactly, but all the sudden I got EXCRUCIATING pain under my ribs and back all the way across (same area as in front) and in my left shoulder. My husband asked me to rate the pain and I said 8/10. It was horrible!!! The pain continued for an HOUR almost. I began burping almost immediately, and soon, my throat felt like it was full. I was "sliming." I've heard about sliming, but it wasn't something I understood. It didn't make sense to me... It still doesn't really. All I know is that it is weird. After about a half hour I finally threw up a couple times and felt some relief, but was still about a 4-5/10 on the pain scale. I continued to burp... I suppose, making the bubbly nastiness that I threw up. I ended up throwing up 2 more times and all the sudden I felt completely better. I couldn't resist and looked at what I had thrown up. Surprisingly, there was't much food in it at all. It was slimy (hence "sliming") and foamy. Gross!! As my doctor reminded me today at my appointment, if I were to ever throw up, I need to go to liquids for 24 hours so my eophagus can unswell and recover. Spiffy. According to my Wii Fit weigh in, I didn't lose any weight. Sounds like that is pretty normal and my doctors were not concerned at all, so I'm happy. It will come. I went clothes shoping for Christmas picture clothes and grabbed sizes 3x, 2x, and 1x. I skipped trying on the 3x in hopes I would be out of that size. (I can't stand tight clothes at all so I bought bigger clothes) The 2x's were too frumpy looking and fit funny, but the 1x's actually worked for me!!! I was SHOCKED!!! Depending on the shirt, I would still like to lose more weight to fit in them comfortably, but most fit great. That was a mini-success! My birthday was yesterday so I feel this surgery was the best gift I could have ever gotten!! I got my life back!

Since I had such great results at my weigh-in on Monday, I decided to weigh myself again on Tuesday... gained a pound (almost). In hopes of seeing the scale go back down, I weighed myself again on Wednesday... gained another pound (almost). Starting to worry, I weighed myself again today... gained ANOTHER pound (almost) In 3 days I GAINED almost 3 pounds! WHAT THE!?! I was seriously concerned that maybe I was doing something wrong so I called my bariatric doctor's office and spoke with the nurse... who told me some information that made me feel like I was able to eat far too much soup/protein shakes at a sitting. She said she was surprised I hadn't thrown up or felt uncomfortable. I told her I haven't had any problems at all and don't feel overly hungry ever or overly full either. She decided to have the nutritionist give me a call. First off, she told me STOP weighing myself daily. I knew this but was concerned after I gained at only a couple weeks post-op. She said that it is physically impossible for me to gain 3 pounds in 3 days and that it had to be water weight. Cool. Good to know! I haven't heard many say they gained so early on. It really had me freaking out! She also moved my diet from Stage 2 foods to Stage 3 foods. It is CRAZY how many choices I have now just moving to this stage. It is almost fun to plan my meals and making sure they are balanced. I can't wait to be able to make the same things I eat for my kids too. My sleeve can hold 3-5oz she said. For EVERY meal I need 1 oz protein, 1 oz fruit or vegetable and 1 oz starch. No more soup or protein shakes for meals. I got my pep in my step back! I hope the scale moves in my favor next time I weigh in!

My breath is absolutely horrible!!! My mom calls it "ketosis breath". It's bad! I can't wait for the bad breath to go away! I hope it will be soon!!!

I'm at 2 weeks 2 days post op and down 14 pounds as of yesterday but gained a pound apparently. Not thrilled.. I'm not getting enough water probably and definitely not enough protein... I'm trying to stay positive though good luck everyone!!

Thank you for sharing your story with me. It is good to know! I will keep that in mind when I'm eating too quick or wanting to eat something I might not be ready for. I'm scared that I will throw up. My nutritionist flat out told me that everyone is going to throw up at some time though... I guess maybe it is just reassuring to hear that you survived haha. I'm wanting to progress to Stage 3 foods, but I don't NEED to. I'm not hungry... just struggling with the mind hunger and eating out of bordem. Thanks again for sharing!

I weighed myself again today just for the fun of it... NOT a good idea. I gained a pound and now today I want to eat anything and everything.... of course I'm not doing that, but I WANT TO! I'm trying not to get down about "gaining." I hope it disappears and takes some more weight with it! I'm still trying to exercise more, but am having a hard time just making myself do it. I don't know what my problem is... Any recommendations to get my butt in gear?!

Thanks so much for your encouragement! I really appreciate it! It is nice to know that I'm not alone in this process.

Thanks sooo much!! I really appreciate your kind words. I'm so glad that I could encourage someone. Keep me updated on how your progress goes! Thanks again! Just what I needed to hear!

I am 2 weeks post-op today. I'm feeling pretty good. I am starting to want to try new foods, but am scared to. I will wait until next week when I see my doctor for my post-op visit. I weighed myself this morning and have lost 14 pounds since surgery. I'm happy with this amount, but of course always wish it was more. A pound a day... can't complain. I also have lost over 5 inches. I have lost a total of 38 pounds since dieting and surgery... I still can't really tell that I've lost any weight other than my face is getting a little thinner and pants are getting a little looser than normal by the end of the day. That part is still so frustrating to me. For crying out loud, I just lost the same amount and my daughter weighs! A whole human being! I'm not going to allow myself to become discouraged. I always remind myself that it took me 24 years to gain the weight, so I need to be patient and know that it won't al fall off overnight. I can't wait until things really start changing though! I can finally pick up my kids. I LOVE it!!! They are the sweetest kids ever! They are my everything! Things with my husband and I have gotten better (although they were never bad). He was so concerned about me going through with the surgery, but very encouraging. He is an excellent cheerleader and has helped to keep me on track a couple times that I wanted to stray. We went for a nice walk this afternoon and it was nice to just be together. I'm VERY blessed to have the most amazing family ever! Life is good.

I turn 24 on the 9th and had surgery on Noember 19th

I'm getting sooo sick of stage 2 food. SO, tonight, I took some of my husbands tomato juice and added some chili powder to it, warmed it up and YUM!!!!!!!! It was a really really nice change. Healthy too! I normally do not like tomato juice, so getting the nutrients from it. I gulped milk accidentally today. Not recommended... OUCH! I am 11 days post op and have lost 14 pounds since surgery (38 total) and have met my first goal! I'm not sure about rewarding myself... I think my reward is that I am losing weight and feeling better! I can tell I'm losing weight in my waist, but my top seems to be staying the same. I'm impatiently waiting to start changing sizes. Today I signed up to become a member of the new Anytime Fitness that is going to open in my town next week. We got a good deal and I can't wait to take full advantage of it! I just hope my excitement doesn't wear off as quick as it has in the past. I found out that the liquid omeperzole they gave me to take can be taken in the pill form. I think it is horribly cruel that they gave my a prescription for the liquid. I do NOT recommend it unless you are having a really hard time swallowing anything. I didn't have any problems and wish I would have known. I could not choke that stuff down. It is the nastiest medicine I've ever tasted in my life! To top it off, you have to "sip" it so it fills your mouth with its grossness about 5 times. I couldn't do it! I was told the Prilosec OTC can in a capsule and if you broke the capsule open it had a pill that was small enough to swallow whole. I got Prilosec OTC and it didn't have a picture on the box so I assumed it was the capsule... it wasn't. I just broke it in half and had no problems at all. Totally love it!!! I threw away the $30 bottle of liquid. Sucked to waste sooo much money, but my tummy needs to be protected!

Thanks for your reassurance, Fun Size. I just had a horrible day when I wrote this and everything was just getting to me. I wasn't expecting some big changes in 1 week of post op, but I did A LOT of work pre-op too and that is what bothered me. I have lost what I think is a lot of weight since I started dieting. Like I said, I was just being a drama queen the day I wrote this... Things are already looking up. I will definitely keep updating though,