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!!

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!!

Hi, and welcom back! You are well on your way, and you will get there. This is what life is made of - stress and thing that happen that can derail us, but you recongnized it and you are back! That's what determines success, so good for you.
As for Vitamins, you might need to check with your doc, since Vitamin regimes are specific to your blood levels. But just to give you an idea, I'm taking a pre-natal with Iron, 5000mcg Biotin, VitD3 4000 mg, calcium citrate 1500 mg, and Iron 325 2 times daily. I have to admit that I hate taking all this stuff - it's a full time job to make sure you get it all in correctly. I was taking a big ole prescription pre-natal, but yesterday I bought the vita fusion gummys, since I have a hard time swallowing that big prenatial. I also order the Celebrate chewable multivitamin. I use Calcet creamy chews 500 mg Calcium, or the Celebrate soft chews, or Citrical petites. Problem with the those is that you need to take 7.5 pills a day to get in 1500 mg.
So, like you, I have to be mindful of when I take all this stuff. coffee interferes with absorption, and calcium and iron both have to be taken in deivided doses and can't be taken together. So, I get up in the morning and have coffee, but can't take any vitamins for two hours. Then I start taking the calcium in one form or another. I space them out about 2 hours apart, and try to have them finished by the time I leave work. Then, in the evening I start working on the iron pills. Then I take the prenatal at bedtime. I also take all the other stuff in between there, so I feel like I'm taking pills all day long - because I am!!
As for the diet, I'm eating around 900-1100 calories a day for the most part. I sometimes go higher, rarely go lower, and I am sort of a slave to the Protein. It doesn't bother me, so it's easy to do. I exercise 3-5 days a week, depending on what's going on and how I feel.
I feel like I've settled into a pretty livable routine that I can continue to manage indefinitely. Again, welcome back and good luck.

I have my 6 month check up in another week and I'm sure they will adjust my Vitamins based on my bloodwork. I currently take
Breakfast: 600 mg Calcium citrate, 5000 vitamin D, 1000mg B-12, B-complex, and 5000mg Biotin,
Lunch: two flintstone chewables with Iron
Dinner: 600mg calcium, biotin
My nut thinks I get enough other calcium from diet. I eat 1000 to 1100 calories per day. I eat 70 to 90 grams of Protein. Less than 45 grams of fat. I don't really worry about carbs because I still don't have room for bread or Pasta.
Welcome back.

I see the VSG site on an app (vs. the computer), so I was wondering what your starting weight was? I think in spite of your crazy college/graduation/job seeking lifestyle, you must be still doing a great job.
I still take all the Vitamins, but I have a hard time getting in all the Calcium citrate because my NUT told me to take it three times a day but not near "iron," so I usually get 4 in and sometimes the last two but not always. Most of my vitamins are from the company TwinLabs and the brand is called "Bariatric Support." I have my 6 month check up a few weeks early tomorrow and I will find out the results of my bloodwork then. I have a friend who had surgery a year before me and she was told to back off certain vitamins after the 6 month visit because she was getting enough nutrition from her food sources. So, we shall see.
I am 5' 3 1/2" and was 242 last July. I lost 20 lbs by December when I had surgery, so I was 222 on day of surgery. I think I am about 162 now. (I weigh the most on my surgeon's scale, so again, we will see tomorrow.) My goal is 130 based on a body composition test that I had done with a "sports" doctor. Usually someone as short as me should weigh between 115-125, but the body comp test doesn't lie and the doctor said 130 would be "ideal." I haven't been that size since middle school, so hopefully I will get there. I don't lose as quickly as some. YOu gve yourself 10 lb goals each month, but I was looking at my fitbit stats for the past 3 months (since the last doctor's visit) and I haven't lost 10 lbs/month before now, so I imagine it will get harder (for me). I think I exercise a lot. (good) I am not a slave to an all Protein diet. (bad? debatable?)

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

I am so happy for all my December sleevers, I see how far a lot of us have come and it makes me so happy to see that despite our differences we all seem to have some form of success in this Journey . Some faster then others but never the less the scale is moving for us all we made a lifestyle decision and have committed to it and we know that we all may now have a chance to live a longer life due to that choice I stand and applaud you all for making this decision because this is not easy and its a daily fight to make the right choice so that we may continue to be successful. GO DECEMBER SLEEVERS!

Yeah. I'm in the 170s today. A couple pounds from being " overweight" instead of obese. I am losing just 2 lbs a week but only walking for exercise.
Almost a decade ago I lost 90 lbs but was exercising 2 hours per day. A shoulder and knee injury derailed that and gained it all back and then some. Decided this time I was going to lose it with a lifestyle I can maintain realistically. So been losing slowly but surely. No stalls more than a week.
Sleeved 12/17
Highest weight 254
Preop 244
Day of sx 233
Today 179

I have an app that I track my weight on. Started off with a BMI of 42 - the app screen was red which indicates an obese category.
When I updated my weight today it changed colors to yellow - BMI of 29 - that put a huge smile on my face.
Still in the overweight category - 30 pounds to go before I'm to goal. These are the small victories we never see coming.

I am smiling today...I was sleeved the day after Christmas and have lost over a hundred pounds .....never have regretted it....best thing ever ....my BMI was always in obesed scale but now ....my BMI is over weight scale....30 more pounds and I will be in the normal BMI ....yea never thought I would be normal
Patty

Jalese -- You inspired me to set some realistic goals for myself! I had my surgery 12/26 and have lost 42 pounds since the surgery, 62 pounds since I started the journey. I keep a journal but had not really set goals. I am also putting the scale away so I can weigh myself every 2 weeks and quit stressing over the numbers. Thanks for the encouragement!

Not be described as the big girl. I hate when a person ask who i am and the person says the big girl who....

I havent even had my surgery yet and Im already seeing a change in my relationship with people i have told that i am having the surgery. So I know that it will possibly happen I'm hoping that it doesnt tho we will see! *crossed fingers*

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!!

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

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

Trutein... Cinnabun and vanilla especially. The vanilla tastes like Breyers vanilla bean ice cream. They also make chocolate dipped strawberry and chocolate covered banana. very real tasting. I hate most Proteins too. Xtreme Formulations UP 2.0 is higher calorie like a Meal Replacement powder but most say it tastes even better (and is easier to get). IForce vanilla cupcake batter is also pretty good but slightly higher carb. If you want a low carb whey isolate, I like Allmax Isoflex (chocolate Peanut Butter cup).
The nectar stuff you have been trying is sickly sweet to me.

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

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

It's been six months since my sleeve surgery (6-12-12). It's been up and down, but mostly up. I'm incredibly pleased with my 75 lb. weight loss. Yes, 75 lbs! I feel like a completely different person. I have 25 more pounds to my goal of 100 lbs. lost. I not only used the surgery as a tool to eat a considerably less amount of food, but I hired a personal trainer to help me tone and ward off the potential weight gain from old habits that don't seem to go away. Yes, it is almost impossible for me to consume amounts of food like I used to, but its the wrong kinds of foods you must be aware of! If there is anyone on the fence about this surgery, you have every rig to be scared or to wonder if this is right for you. It isn't right for everyone. You can really hurt yourself if you don't listen to your body! It took me awhile to realize the pain in my chest, that was my body telling me I'm full and I need to put down the fork, NOW! At times I would get sick, and you learn. I stay away from most breads and rices because they just aren't worth it to me, and they are carbs, so it is a win/win! I get the occasional criticism, "oh, you cheated," or "it was the easy way out." Look, you go lay in that hospital bed after I woke up from having major surgery, and we'll discuss what was the easy way. It hurts. It's hard. It's also expensive. But it's worth it. I would be 27 with diabetes and high blood pressure, hitting the scale at around 250-260. I think I did what was best for me. Thank you for listening. And to whoever set up this site, thank you. Before and after my surgery, I checked this app daily. It was extremely useful!

Zip line across Fremont street at night during a concert, ride Top Thrill Dragster and other coasters in Cedar Point, take a family photo at DisneyLand with Mickey, run a 5 k with my sister, SHOP TIL I DROP for really cute clothes, retake the awful picture I took in Chicago this past summer

Shopping, not for what fits but what I WANT!

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

Tomorrow will be 2 months. I have never been so happy with my decision to have sleeve surgery. My sleeve is a tool and I'm dedicated to my life changes by going to the gym (cardio and strength) and eating clean. I truly believe 2013 will be my year. I'm starting to find myself again.

Regardless of how she lost her weight she look great.