Jalese

Thank You so much for the great response My heighest weight was 275 I went into surgery at 257 and I now weight 189 !! I have my 6 month appt. this wendesday 6/19/13. I hope I've been pregressing good. I feel like I can do so much better though . Thank you for the vitamin updates I need to go buy somemore flintstone vitamins because the multi vitamins i have now make me sick Thanks again!!

I am so excited to be back on this site.... I have defeniently fallen off the ball and I need my VSG family to help me get back on Hi my December Sleevers Family !!! I missed all the encouraging post while I was gone. I feel off the "FULL STEAM AHEAD WAGON" ... Excuse= I just received my undergrad degree which means I stressed so much over Finals, Letters for referrals, Looking for a job and Graduation. That I let my eating habbits slip and my workouts slip. I'm back here to get what I had at the begining. Encouragment and to see other people who are doing the same as me, succed that will help me push harder. I had a question about vitamins..( I HAVE TOTALLY STOPPED TAKING THEM ) What is your vitamin regamin now, I need to get back into it? Whats your favorfite Multivitamin, B12 sub vitamin, Calcium Citrate Vitamin? Also whats your favorite forms of protien (I've stopped that too)? I look forward to all the help . I love you team and I'm ELATED to see us all losing and feeling great <3.... I am at 196 as of 6/9/13 My Goals Were Goals: 4/30/13 - 199-195lbs 5/30/13- 186-180lbs-- 6/30(date change as of 6/9/13) 6/30/13- 175-170lbs--7/30(date change as of 6/9/13) 7/30/13- 165-160lbs--8/30(date change as of 6/9/13) Big Goal: 10/19/13(my birthday)- 145-140lbs Thanks for all the help and support team <3

Hi December Team, I havent been here in a while and i was really down on myself because I lost sight of how much work it will take to reach my goal and began eating whatever, and not working out as much as I should. But since I cam back to our December page I am motivated again to work as hard as i did at the beginning of this surgery! The goal I'm reaching for now is to be under 200 by 4/30/13 I weight: 4/6/13- 207 lbs Goals: 4/30/13 - 199-195lbs 5/30/13- 186-180lbs 6/30/13- 175-170lbs 7/30/13- 165-160lbs Big Goal: 10/19/13(my birthday)- 145-140lbs Thanks for all the motivation team!!!

Hi Dec Family I have broken my stall also I love how almost all of us stalled and broke our stall around the same time. Keep pushing do not give up and remember do not compare your weight loss to others use it as inspiration to keep pushing!!

after reading a lot of forums I have came to the conclusions that a stall can last from 3-4 weeks :(

I Apologize I dont mean to make anyone feel like they are doing something wrong. I always use my pre-op weight as a start. -To make me feel better (Seeing a Larger Number of weight loss) -To include all the work I did before surgery I think its great to do it that way!!!! But I do apologize for making you feel that way

ok great thank you so much!!

Post Op as of 12/10/12 I've lost 30lbs and I am in a stall, I think I'm in a stall because I am not drinking my protein the whole reason I dont drink it is because the powders I have is DISGUSTING! Fuzzy Navel -Nectar Triple Chocolate- Five Star I need Help on a good protein that is a fair price and isnt milk based or something because I HATE this protein seriously.

yea i have a friend who had gastric bypass and she was my inspiration & one of my best friends now we def bonded Its great to know someone who went through the process so you can have someone to ask questions!!!!

wear a bikini!!!! and wear heels all night!!

Yea your right this is what i signed up for thanks for reminding me!! yea your right it is great!!! Thanks for the help!!

Do you get full entirely too fast? like i'll eat two forks of my meal and i cannot eat anymore. Does that happen to you?

I definitely will !!

I returned all my Jello, and cream soup!! I havent stepped up to mashed potatos so Im just gonna leave that alone. I have my final spring break from college coming up and I want to to look great lol

Your Welcome, Good Luck!!

OH MY GOSH i am going to follow your advice to the T. you look amazing congratulations!!!!!

Hi I just got sleeved on 12/10/12 and I def cheated on my 2 week diet twice on the secound day i went to outback and had a drink shared an apeatizer and had my own meal granted they were off the $4 dollar menu so they werent HUGE! but none the less, Then three days in i ate pudding on accident (didnt know it was clear gellotin not pudding) so when i had my meeting with my surgeron a week before surgery I confessed (spilled the beans) I told him everything I did and that I took a whole bottle of citrus of magnesium on the 4th day of my diet and drank 1 Liter of Water or more to help clean my system of those BAD BAD FOODS. He told me I was ok and I would have no problem getting my surgery, AS LONG AS I DID NOT CHEAT ANYMORE!! and I didnt. Everything still went as planned. So what i suggest to you is : 1.STOP CHEATING (LOL) I know you really really want this surgery since you have gotten this far! just keep thinking and planning your future and remind yourself of that and what you want every single time you think of cheating during these two weeks. 2.CLEAN YOUR SYSTEM: now I'm not sure if you can do this I would tread lightly I was in a panic and refused to not be able to get my surgery so I did that without consulting my surgeon or the nurses in his office. 3.TELL YOUR SURGEN AND YOUR DIETITCAN: asap because you will know what you are looking at you dont want to have cheated go in like you never cheated and then be told that you cant get your surgery after they have put you under anethsia and brought you to the OR be straight forward and ask how can you fix the situation. GOOD LUCK! I DOUBT IT WILL GET IN THE WAY OF WHAT YOU ARE DOING, BUT TO BE SURE ASK!!! I WOULD HATE TO HAVE BEEN TURNED AWAY IN THE OPERATING ROOM AFTER GETTING SO EXCITED!!

I was sleeved yesterday (12/10/12) also the gas pain the night of was horrible. Today it went away I walked and was able to alleviate a lot of gas and I was not in pain anymore so I begged to be discharged and I was!!. I am now home, I also just removed my onQ pump(ball) im not sure if you all had that but its a pain medicine ball my surgen uses to help numb my stomach musles that were cut, I personally cant stand anything hanging off of me or any numbing feeling so i took it out a few hours after i got home. Now I'm just trying to get liquids down Water is so hard to drink and my stomach is so small i get full so quickly I am so happy and excited about my new life! I cannot believe I did it. The only time I had buyers remorse was the day of because my gas pains were between a 7-9/10 the whole time after surgery.

oh my gosh I have surery tommrow morning also!! Im am nervous and excited, im not really hungry tho i just want to get it over with

I am also scheduled for the 10th at 7:30am I have every feeling you can think of !!! EXCITED!!!