ChrystyK

Hi all! I am a newbie to the group. I was sleeved on the 21st of this month here in Houston. On the day of my surgery, I weighed in at 241 lbs. This morning I am 225 lbs. To my surprise, the liquid diet has not been as bad as I thought it would be. I haven't been hungry at all. But I know my time is coming! I love to cook and eat: pray for me. :-) I am very happy that I found this support group forum. I feel like you guys will play a major part in my success. Thank you for having me and may God continue to bless each and every one of you!!!! Much love, ck

Started 465
Today 362
Feel like a new person
Before and after pics

Rude much?

@Alley-Gator POW!!!!! I love the come back! Some of these people on her need that. Thanks!!!!! :-)

This has got to be one of the worst things I have read on this forum. If all you can do is attack people with your snarky, condescending, self righteousness then please refrain from posting on my threads in the future. I didn't post here to be attacked & treated like an idiot. Responses like yours are the reason that new members are afraid to post, because they don't want to be treated this way. For you to assume that I must have gone into this blindly is completely judgmental. I researched for over a year, and my form of research was more than looking at before & after photos. I read medical journals, research studies, death rates, complication rates, personal stories...I knew exactly what I was getting into physically & emotionally. That doesn't mean it isn't hard, and that there aren't moments of regret. And someone in that moment needs support that they did the right thing. They need a safe place to vent, not to be talked down when they are already feeling badly. It isn't as if I ate a cheese burger 10 days out and came here asking for absolution and to be cottled. I came here venting that I was frustrated with this process which, last I checked, doesn't mean I am the uneducated idiot you make me out to be.
In the future you should refrain from commenting on peoples post until you can say something constructive that adds a useful voice to the conversation instead of beating someone over the head. But I don't know, maybe that's how you treat one another in the outback.

I agree with you 110 percent in theory but I think there is more to this than immaturity or ignorance. Psychologists have explored this very phenomenon in what is referred to as the online disinhibition effect.
When online forum members are posting anonymously, they are able to express feelings and thoughts that they would never post if they were writing with their real names. Depending on your point of view and the purpose of the forum, this can either be a really good thing or a very destructive one. There are two basic types of disinhibition: toxic and benign.
Toxic disinhibition is frequently expressed as cyberbully and cyberstalking, i.e., making anonymous death threats towards another member, particularly one who is onymous. Benign inhibition often takes the form of expressing amorous or intimate feelings or, in the case in question, a regression in the service of the ego.
I think anyone with an I.Q. above 70 understands, at least in a very general and practical way, what it will mean to have 75- to 80-percent of one's stomach removed. Unfortunately, that doesn't mean it won't be hard and that there won't be regret. I am guessing the original poster knows that she can't return to her surgeon and ask him to reattach her old stomach. There is no other choice but to find a way to adapt to it. For some members, belly-aching anonymously on these forums and inviting the stories of how other members coped with the early stages of this surgery helps enormously with the adjustment. It's not my style or apparently yours but it does actually work for some.
Anonymity allows members to "whinge and whine" (as an American i would write "moan and groan"... smile) in a way they would never even think of doing if they were writing with their real names. It's self-soothing in the way that eating a whole quart (liter) of Ben and Jerry's ice cream had been before the surgery. It's an attempt at achieving an emotional catharsis in the same way a good cry in private often does, "Oh my God, what did I do?! Please tell me I didn't make the biggest mistake of my life!!"
___________________________
For anyone who is interested in this topic, just conduct a search on online disinhibition effect and, especially, look out for the work of Prof. John Suller, who's a major pioneer in this area of study.

I was sleeved on 12/27 and I think about food all the darn time. I think it's normal for the first month

I think there just mad they can't eat

I have 14lbs to reach 'Onderland'. There's a chance I won't be around to enjoy it, as I am sure I will pass out when that needle reads 199 or less!!!

Tomorrow marks one month since my sleeve. Yes I'm cold alot but sure beats how hot I felt before. As far as stress- mine seems lower, even as I wean off my bp & anxiety medication. And what was the other concern?? Oh yeah memory... Just kidding! I've haven't had any problems, in fact I think its better. I find it much easier to teach & lecture now!!!

I just want to wear a single digit. Lol. Never have.

Doc knows best on that but walking a 62 pound hyper-pup or rather, him walking you, could certainly jerk you pretty good in unhealthy ways. I'd line up some doggy walkers for at least a month after surgery, but ask Doc.
When you get healed up, walking your frenetic fido will be great exercise.

FYI, I'm STD free & had a vasectomy.
And I'm mobile.

I guess you have to deal then

I thought you were a very ugly woman!! 0_o

I posted this pic up the other day, so some of you may have seen already , but I will share on this post
Day of surgery - 209lbs 9/26/12
Me, recent pic - current weight - 155 lbs, same clothes I wore day of surgery , t-shirt is loose, sweats fit the way there suppose to, not skin tight , lol.

I was sleeved on July 30, 2012... I am 5'9", I started this at 354 and I now weigh 244... This has been the greatest thing I have ever done for myself!

Well I don't like these pictures but maybe I'll like them the father along I go. Picture on the left is on my day of surgery 12/6. The picture on the right was today 1/5. One month out. I'm down 37 lbs and my clothe fit differently. :-/

That's my go to! I love the cran raspberry

I was sleeved on November 19 and all I wanted was cranberry juice for the first couple of days..When I had some Water I could taste every mineral in that water. But eventully I could drink it again..

You can get mio from any grocery store. It's little bottles of liquid Water flavoring. You van squeeze a little in or a lot depending on your taste. Before surgery I loved strawberry watermelon. Post surgery it doesnt sit well.

I am 10 weeks out and can still only do tiny amonuts of plain Water. Less than a bottle and I crave it so much. I have just this past week been able to tolerate crystal light in my water. Othwrwise I add a splash of diet cranberry or applejuice and that is the only way I have been able to stay hydrated.

Yep, sleeved 12/20, still can't get Water down, it just makes me uncomfortable and hurts my stomach. Even flavored water & gatorade. I've been living on diet cranberry, its all I've found that doesn't cause that problem. Also I can handle Sf popsicles.