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Hello new buddy Frenz. We have a lot in common from profession to philosophy. Ion my 16 month of the sleeve. Say hello when every you need. Bear

Well.. it has been eighteen months since I was sleeved. I started at 420 pounds (of swinging meat) and have lost 120 pounds. YES!!!!!!! I have enjoyed the weight loss... yes it is good to see my feet.. yes, it was even better to see "Mr. Happy again... yes it feels good to slide into cheap clothes at Walmart (imagine just paying 14 dollars for a pair of jeans at Walmart that use to cost me 74 dollars at the big and tall place. But , I believe I should have lost more. I freely admit, carbs happened, I stopped being as regimented as I was in the first year. I thought because I could only eat three ounces of food within a thirty minute time I would be safe with a cup of Soup for lunch instead of meat, or a slice of toast for Breakfast. Within the last three months eight pounds has crept on (mudderflucker) so change that weight loss number to 112 pounds.

So my question to all of you have fallen from the path.. can i get back on track again? Will I never see 240 pounds as the doctors predicted with two years of weight loss.. or is it possible to get back into the regime and whip this sumavtich for good.

I see absolutely nothing wrong with these photographs (rechecks again, enlarges..rescans, examines)... Not, a damn thing wrong with these pictures at all (rechecks a thirty-second time) still... No problem with this photograph.

I am just content to reach my feet, see all of Mr. Happy when naked and not having my thighs go "tworthph tworthph" when running naked through house. Screw the jean size and enjoy the simple pleasure of being the best you that you are at this moment!!

Hello November skeevers! I lost Seventy (70) since Dec 10th. I knew it would be rough going but ..... really nothing tastes as good as thinner feels. I am still a burly bear I still have a few pounds to take off, but it dropping at a steady pace. THE GOOD: I am wear now wearing the smallest pair of jeans I had stored in the closet from six years ago. My testosterone has surged, ( no further comment needed) and I feel like I am Twenty again. THE BAD: I still hurt, slime on occasion and still can't get all the protien I need to eat in . THE UGLY : my hair started to fall out, so I am now sporting a shaved head. I scare me in the mirror these days.

I'm going to have to stop following this site for a minute. Today I calculated how much weight I've lost since surgery...17 pounds in six weeks. I am so discouraged especially after reading about your successes. Very down right now.

Howdy Freja. Please don't be discouraged. I am a really big and burly guy and lived on milk and yogurt for a month because it's all my renovated stomach could handle.

One month post op visit today: I have lost 50 pounds in five weeks. (aaaaaiiiiieeeeeee!!!! :Cajun yell:)

Happy New us!!! Happy New Years sleevers! I am still not hungry, and this is a very interesting state of mind. I have ALWAYS been hungry. (as a child my transitional object was a pork chop) I still prefer the milk/yogurt/2 oz of fruit smoothies to purée de protien. I have already lost two sizes but now there is a tricky part. Everyone is telling me I am acting peculiar (even for me) not focused, I an having difficult sleeping. Anyone else feeling the same or am I having a behavioral issue?

*By the goose comment' date=' meant to say that after you take the Milk of Magnesia, it might take a while for it to work but once it does, whoa Nellie! But you have to get things moving or you can have a problem.[/quote']

Thank you Lilac: not only has Vanna FINALLY moved a bowel, but Pat threw in an all expense paid afternoon to the loo too!!

Errrr.... How do I code this to avoid gross out... I have been on wheel of fortune for one week, and Vanna hasn't moved a bowel yet! ( One Week ?!?!? Normal ? Adnormal ? ....growing concerned.)

Just had my surgery on 12/12/12. first few days are the worst is what they told me - and they were right. having a hard time keeping Water or anything down' date=' i'll feel not that bad in the afternoon and then all the sudden feel terrible, but walking has helped with the gas pains and the stiffness. best of luck to you all![/quote']

Hi Liz. I felt the same way. The weakness in the afternoon was not only disheartening but depressing. Drink as much as you can tolerate and walk after. I still fall sound asleep for two to tree hours at a stretch, and I always seemed to feel like I have made a little step in recovering. Easy Does It!!!! We already took the big step, we just have to be patient and listen to our bodies until we get to the destination we choose.

I know I'm a little late...but just found this post. I was sleeved on Dec. 7th.

You were wonderfully fashionably late!! How are you doing with your new tummy?

I forgot one thing: I got nauseous on the rode how from the hospital, take your fennigan before you leave the hospital room.

SLEEVED!!!!! It wasn't easy, but then again nothing worth having comes easy. The first might was rough, getting up and walking was the best counter measure for the gas pains, thank creation for morphine pumps. Second day drinking Water and juice was difficult , a cap full works. My doctor told me I would fell 80% better the third day and he was RIGHT!! sleeping (just relaxing and resting seems to be the key as well! Don't be discouraged, you repair rapidly!!

Ready......set.......go!!!!!

Well November sleever... At 8:30 am tomorrow the long loooooooong loooooooooong fisttating journey for cheap jeans and being able to see my feet ...and everything as well....will come to an end. (Mr. Happy was informed the catherter will be inserted while I am under and removed before I wake up!) I was going to shave down under into the shape of Christmas tree in keeping with the season of surprises but decided not too risk ticking off the fates! So here we go.........

December 10th is my new sleeve date. Looks like Santa will be packing surgical steel and a lathoscope!! The figgy-pudding is going to have to boiled, strained and pureed!! Still less than pleased about the catheter... no one needs to down that chimney... quick quick quick. Next post hopefully will be in the car headed to the hospital. Goooooooooo sleevers!

Good Last week of November my fellow December Sleevers. We survived Thanksgiving on a diet, We are strong and determined souls. I just wanted to share my flakineess in prepping for this journey on a spiritual level. I have been working with a peer on Matrix meditation to excellerate my healing by resolving my past issues with the emotional pain of being morbidly obese all my life, the little injuries and slights that we have all felt on our walk through life. I hope all of you about to begin this new beginning will take a few minutes to pray, meditate and embrace our new beginning. Personally I fought all my life, (just as I fought to get this surgery I so desperately need) it will be wonderful to finally be comfortable and at peace in my own skin. (I'll save the fighting for the gym and the bargain hunters at the cheap skinny jeans and tshirt shops.) Peace be with you too €. Bear the Buddhist bubbha

Happy Thamksgiving Sleevers. So thanks giving dinner was 6pz of turkey and 1 oz of blackberry wine. Though I am in limbo on a surgery date, I'm still on the preopt diet. i keep hearing the old quote in my mind, "Nothing feels as good as skinny feels" Nothing ever taste as good as skinny feels" (apparently Kate Moss never ate my mom's bourbon sweet potato pecan pie.) so .. Here is to being thankful for modern medicine, a new understanding of morbid obesity as a medical disease and.... The promise of a thinner New Year. We will rock December Sleevers.

Good afternoon December sleevers. My name is Guy, but everyone calls me Bear. (the nickname says it all. I was an adorable, fat, strong ,hungry hairy child who slept alot who grew up to become a ruggedly handsome, modest (ha!) fat, hairy 49 year old. I was originally scheduled to have surgery today (nov 20 2012) but Signa demanded one more visit to the dietician. Surgery is pencilled in on my calendar for Dec 10th. Be sure your insurance has cleared you for surgery before you get your heart broken! Good luck Yule sleevers

Looks like I will be a December sleever. The wonderful people at Signa decided not to accept my original office visit and dietitian visit in Nov 11 because... It's November it has been one year, and the dietian visit had to be within a year!! (no ****!! I was astonished) I can't see the dietian again until Dec 3 (within a new month) so surgery in now set for Dec 10th. Good luck Nov sleevers. Becareful Dec sleevers, keep all you medical records, and rest the finest of print.

Surgery postponed until next week. My primary physician failed to complete a form so my insurance company was unable to okay next (rhatshmittmudderflucker!!!)

Elder sleeve brothers... Did your feet thin out and your shoe size change? I am a 13 I or 13 eeee regulary. It would be great to actually buy shoes that do not look like two cheap caskets.

I lied.... They all think I'm having my gallbladder removed. =) why tell the truth when a lie is easier.

Hello everyone!! My surgery is just 4 days away! Nervous bit excited! I have been on the pre-op for the past week and a half and the scale was moving great the first week but this week it shows I have gained 2 lbs...how is that possible??? I am allowed yogurt' date=' fruit or egg in the morning, Protein Shake for lunch and then 4oz lean white meat with a green veggie for dinner and then another Protein shake (which I never do the last shake). With that I am lucky to take in 600 calories a day. Any ideas?[/quote']

The same thing happened to me Ricky. I wasn't eating much before the preopt diet (one meal a day , small salad) and my body took a week to adjust to food on a regular schedule. Keep the faith, follow the diet and your metabolism will adjust quickly.