lisa2job

You will have lots of stall along the way, I am ten months out and I loose then stall, your body is catching up to the surgery it just went through. Keep doing what your doing and following the plan there is NO WAY you can not loose with the limited amount of calories you are taking in !! Keep the Faith Sister , it will happen ~~~

the more you walk the better it gets!! also lots of gas X , only you can judge if something is truely wrong, if it gets worse then you may want to see your surgeon, do they have a line where you can call and speak with a nurse? that might relieve some anixety

get use to this!! totally normal, your not taking in anything but liquids now , so it will be different than when you eat things .....you dont really have anything to poop out ....

the sleeve is only a tool for us and we have to make good decisions, its probably not normal for someone to eat pizza that so early out but hey sometimes you have to make choices. I am 10.5 months out and had my first slice about 2 weeks ago for my son's birthday it tasted so good but then I thought this is what got me here to begin with , why didnt I get a salad or take the toppings off and eat just that..... so again its choices , I wouldnt make a habit of it ...

I find that I can eat more and more as the time goes on so I try to measure my food and or buy food in certain oz so I know i will not over do this. anyhow good luck to you and try not to make it a habit .

great job the lbs will fall off wait and see !!!

lol yes yes yes !! I know the feeling , had to tap out last night myself .... good golly miss molly !! It gets better the further out you get !!

I too never had an acid reflux issue before sugery and now have to take a PPI daily, doesnt bother me in the least , a small price to pay for 112 lb loss !!! I take mine with my Vitamins in the am

that is what I was also told, my insurance doesnt cover this surgery and said they would not cover any complicatios either.. My surgeon told me that I should look into supplimental bliss coverage , he had just moved locations and no longer had it , so he refered me to another surgeon whom did carry it. you have to go through one of thier sugeons that have applied for the extra coverage, it covers leaks , strictures ect..... I had no problems and had a piece of mind that my surgeon was one of the best..... ps the coverage cost me about 500 dollars... certian things I have a 2 year coverage other things only a few months depending on the complication....

ten months out and havent had a diet coke for a year now , boy do I miss soda !! but I also was told no soda after surgery

Hi everyone just wanted to update my status , down 110 lbs so far started at 338 now 229 only 10 months later!!! the weight loss has very much slowed down after 6 months but I need to go to hte gym more ... very excited to see what 12 months brings

wowsa that is awesome !!! It makes me want to stay on point!! down 100 , 60 more to go !!! thanks

darn it I wish I new about this before giving away all my stuff!!! I am pretty stylish and had tons of really nice things so I gave them away because i didnt want to give it to good will. well at least I feel good someone else likes my taste in clothes

I am about 10 months out and its weird I had more confidence before weight loss than I have now. my skin use to look so good even being fat I filled out my body well , now I feel flabby and see hanging skin in areas it use to not hang what the heck .... also I find that its a lot harder to date when you really cant eat much and everyone wants to take you to dinner and drinks, I found a way to get around the drink part by saying I am not a drinker but the dinner part is becoming hard, I don't want to tell people I have just met that I use to be fat and have lost over 100 lbs... that is just not first date material when and if it becomes necessary I will tell them , I try to order something small but wth only being able to eat a small portion it is hard... i try to say lets do something else but men love to eat.... lol

I dont eat cereal with milk but i do eat Kashi lean , it has lots of protien in it and i sprinkle it on yogurt, with sliced fruit for a treat....

I didnt have a drain tube, my Doc said it depends on the individual and if it is needed or not. I would ask if they anticipate this or not

I was there less than 24 hours... went in at about 10 am surgery done at noon, was up and headed home at 7 am

Congrats ready to see you on the loozers bench !!!

i too was a slow looser but i think my problem really was I was eating too much, I had surgery in Sept 2012 and I have lost 104 lbs so far.. which is incredible for me...... now my weight loss has come to a stop right now but I am working out and gaining muscle ... so you never know how you body is going to react to this..... Good luck and remember with such limted calories there is no way that you cant loose !!

hey so we all go through it there are some days I feel like I could eat a horse... but if you get back to basics and start with your Protein you will get full.... most junk food like they said above is slider food. start new tomorrow and make sure you are drinking your Water at least 64 oz and eat protien first meals, I bet you get fuller faster.... I also started to eat salad when I feel I want something more for me it fills me up and is not a slider..... choose wisely !! you can do this !!

this is competely normal, i really didnt loose anything the first 2 weeks then woosh !! You just went through major surgery and your body is wondering what the heck just happened. stick to the plan and there is absolutely no way you wont loose.....

I am also about 8 months out and am stalling, but I do notice that I am loosing inches here and there and working out helps .... remember muscle weighs more ..... I do however need to get back to counting calories been really lazy this last month working on the road ..

I was 338 to start and was crazy dating I never had a problem with men, then I took the year before surgery off of dating , I have lost 97 lbs as of today and at 241 I feel I look the same or worse as when I was 338. maybe because I got some flabby spots on my legs and belly. but I totally get what your saying. I just started to date again but I still feel like the fat girl.. IDK hard to explain

I also wondered about this low end for someone 5 9 is 129 lbs high end is 170 so what do I use to calclate 60% if I go with the low end then 212 would be my weight if I go with the high end I am done loosing now but that wouldnt seem right. anyhow I am happy with my weight loss

so I was told eat protien first and at first to have about 600 calories it took a few months to get at that point, now being 7 months out the doc says to eat around 1000 calories , lo carb high protien

your doing great, the first week I didnt loose a thing !!! Constipation is normal. talk to your DR on what they would like you to take to help with that issue, I am almost 7 months out and still have bouts with constipation.... follow yourplan and the weight will come off, i am down 96 lbs.....