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I had surgery December 4 starting weight 240 currently 204.
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I live in Clarksville and was sleeved December 4. I love it I'm down from 240 to 207.
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I had to fight my old habits hard this week. My one true weakness has always been peeps. I could demolish a case of them in a day. I just kept remembering the scale and refused to break!

Finally hit onderland. I was 199 this morning. I have accepted that I am a slow looser.
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Finally hit onderland. I was 199 this morning. I have accepted that I am a slow looser.
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Finally hit onderland. I was 199 this morning. I have accepted that I am a slow looser.
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Finally hit onderland. I was 199 this morning. I have accepted that I am a slow looser.
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Finally hit onderland. I was 199 this morning. I have accepted that I am a slow looser.
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Finally hit onderland. I was 199 this morning. I have accepted that I am a slow looser.
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Finally hit onderland. I was 199 this morning. I have accepted that I am a slow looser.
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I found an amazing cookbook called Weight Loss Surgery For Dummies cookbook. It has recipes my kids even like. ????
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I had surgery December 4 starting weight 240 currently 204.
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www.emilybites.com
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The French dip cupcakes on her site are amazing too. My kids loved them.
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Oh holy crap bat man. I didn't think about my tattoos. I'm gonna have a withered long stem rose on my boob. And my butterfly on my back is gonna look like a buzzard on my crack.

I found an amazing cookbook called Weight Loss Surgery For Dummies cookbook. It has recipes my kids even like. ????
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Does anyone else have a problem seeing their weight loss? I know it's happening however I still see the huge me lol. The first pic was about two weeks ago the second one is today
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Does anyone else have a problem seeing their weight loss? I know it's happening however I still see the huge me lol. The first pic was about two weeks ago the second one is today
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Does anyone else have a problem seeing their weight loss? I know it's happening however I still see the huge me lol. The first pic was about two weeks ago the second one is today
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I live in Clarksville and was sleeved December 4. I love it I'm down from 240 to 207.
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- 24 lbs pre op and lost 17 lbs since surgery. I am really in denial though. My scale keeps going down and I just don't believe it!

Well today was my first day of soft foods. I was so excited!! Had an egg and some melted cheese. Could only get half of it down. Still was the best egg I've ever eaten.

I lost 22 pounds my first week. Then 8 lbs my 2nd week. The scale hasn't moved in about 5 days now, though, so I think your experience is not too far from normal. I got really excited when I lost so much the first week. I was on the scale everyday watching it go down 3 or 4 pounds. Now with it not moving in 5 days I am feeling pretty depressed. So, be happy with what you do lose. Just don't count on losing at that rate for very long. Best of luck to you!

So, here's the deal with that. The first week or so, with such limited intake, your body is going to burn through the glycogen stored in your body. If you don't remember what glycogen is from high school bio class, Google it. Glycogen is initially stored in your liver, hence the reason for the pre-op diet most surgeons put us on, to shrink the liver. After the liver's glycogen stores are depleted, the body moves on to the glycogen stored in your muscles. In order for the body to store glycogen in the muscles, it must be bonded with Water in a 4 to 1 ratio, meaning 4 grams of Water bonds with 1 gram of glycogen. When glycogen from the muscles is used, both the glycogen and water are taken. So, you burn through 1 pound of glycogen, you also use 4 pounds of water for a total loss of 5 pounds. Depending on how much glycogen your body has stored, you could drop 10, 15, 20 pounds very easily and quickly. Something I always did when doing an Atkins like diet.
So, this is a bad news, good new kind of thing. The bad new is you haven't been burning very much fat at this point. Yes, you weigh less, but it's the fat burning that we really want to get to which leads to the good news. Once your body has depleted the glycogen stores, it must turn to your fat and muscle reserves and convert them to glycogen for your body to use as energy. Notice I said fat and muscle reserves. Your body will burn muscle as well as fat and this is one of the reasons why it is so important to get your Protein in. You want fat burned and muscle to be replaced.
So, rejoice in the loss of 20 pounds never coming back, but this will not last. You are at the point, now, where the weight loss will not be at the same rate, so do not get discouraged. It will continue and you must remain steadfast following the guidelines your Dr laid out for you.

Well its finally that time. Packed and ready to head to the hospital. My nerves are actually not that bad this morning, very surprised about that. I guess this is the first day of the rest of my life. Ready to get healthy!! I will keep you all updated.