michelle2948

Hi Specialt! Congrats on your surgery~ How are you feeling?
I am 8 weeks today...have blood work first thing tomorrow morning. I have lost 45 lbs and wore a pair of pants today I have not worn in 3 years!!! I am so excited. Have been working out for a few weeks now and tomorrow I start Zumba =) Feeling great and looking forward to the future.

I'm right there with you....72 pounds in 5 months. It's amazing how great I feel and I still have a ways to go but it's already SO much better. Congrats to you, keep it up!!

I know this post was a while ago but I hope you are feeling better? I hope you got the cpap machine, I know several people that have one and say it's the best sleep they have had in a while. waiting does suck and causes our stress to elevate which I know for me used to lead to more eating. I hope you are able to manage that stress better than me, but if not....don't beat yourself up about it. You are here which is already a great start. I did not find this website until just before surgery, which I had known about it sooner....would have helped with some of my anxiety about surgery and what to expect. Wishing you all the best and hoping to hear from you soon!

I'm with you girl! I feel so bloated all day long, that it's so hard (and unappetizing) to eat my Protein. So...I up'd my Protein Shakes as to get in more fluids and Protein, at the same time. It worked for about two weeks, then I got sick of shakes:(
My new strategy is drinking different things (16 oz each) . I give myself a time by when it has to be consumed. About 4-6 ounces per hour.It's still hard, but the variety has helped. I aim for 11 AM, 3PM, 7PM, and 11PM (I watch the 11 PM news). If I add a shake, the last drink is only 8 ounces.
Hope you find something that works for you! As with everything else in this process, I suppose this too, shall pass:)

Woohoo Soon2bnewme, 12 weeks will go quick...I had mine today, starting at 293 and have to lose 29lbs in 6months...We can do this!!!!

I have actually had a few things in the last few days that I did enjoy! I think it was just a transitional thing and maybe some food boredom. I have been enjoying my workouts quite a bit, which is great! Good luck on Thursday!! Try and remember your first night home from the hospital is the worst and you will not feel great....but I PROMISE each day after surgery (once you are home) will get a little better....each morning you wake up will be a little better than the morning before. Sip SLOWLY. Don't worry about your energy, your body is still technically getting all the calories it needs each day, it is taking the calories it needs from the fat you have been "storing" all these years!! I am putting Protein in each day not for calories but so that my body will take the extra calories from my fat and not take protein from my muscle. We want our bodies to attack the fat. The most important thing after surgery is to get your fluids in, you have plenty of "fuel" (calories). You DO NOT want to dehydrate, drink, drink, drink. I wish you the best of luck, you will not regret this at all!!

Hi! I was sleeved on 11/28/12. I started out at 321 lbs. Now @ just over 6 weeks I am 281 lbs. and SO EXCITED. Not one regret for me, this was the best thing ever did for myself. I am starting to work out, even though it's tough and I am sore, I am determined to stick with it!! My biggest struggle is getting the required amount of liquid but I work hard at it every day. Looking forward to hearing and sharing with all of you!

I had the pleasure of getting my period 3 days post-op from missing my birth control pills in the hospital. It's been NINE days and I'm still waiting for it to go away! I feel better enough to have sex, but can't because of that. I know it's normal for periods to be irregular after surgery, but never in my life have I had it this long!!!!!!