Oakleygirl

Your smile in your after shots says it all!!!!!! You looked so unhappy before and now you are a strikingly beautiful young lady! Congratulations!

I get it! --Surgery on April 18.

LMAO!!!!! Too many to choose a fave but better prepared now if anyone asks!

Omg I choked laughing on a couple of these!!!!
Reminds me, actually.. I was thinking today of what I am going to say to people when they ask me how I've lost so much weight ????? Decided I'm going to tell them with a very serious face.....
"I have a tapeworm."

QUEST protein bars are AMAZING and fit your specifications exactly! Chris Powell of Exteme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition suggested them on his web site since he is gluten intolerant. They have 20 g of protein and about 5 g of carbs, low sugar. My faves are the Peanut Butter and also the almond vanilla crunch. Pricey... about $3.50 per bar, but so worth it!

I suspect I am would be like you TD41... especially the coming home and needing to eat... I have learned that my problem is that I really want to relax but don't have time so eating seems to have become my way to relax... I have 3 kids, a busy household, a full time job, etc... so I never really get to just stop and have a break/nap when my body needs it... food is always there and i seem to have made that my way to take a break. I wish I could just lay down and take a nap when I want to eat b/c I think that is what I actually need at those times. I am not sleeved yet, but I am going to start working on this now so that I don't have to battle it once I am post op, but it will likely be a long journey... so much of this is mental... like everyone keeps saying, the sleeve is just a "tool" - they can't operate on your head!

QUEST protein bars are AMAZING and fit your specifications exactly! Chris Powell of Exteme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition suggested them on his web site since he is gluten intolerant. They have 20 g of protein and about 5 g of carbs, low sugar. My faves are the Peanut Butter and also the almond vanilla crunch. Pricey... about $3.50 per bar, but so worth it!

Try eating the things your body needs first. Leaves little room for the rest. Dont temp yourself by keeping the wrong foods close and at hand. I keep nuts and when I must have a crunchy snack, I nibble on a few wheat thins. I am only 4 weeks out and thought I would never again enjoy food. Can see thats not the case. I have just started with regular foods the last few days and can see I will be able to eat the regular varity without being sick but I can't hold large amounts. My "full signal" in pain in my stomach. I really dont like full because it hurts, so I'm learning that I dont have to be finished when the rest of my family is finished. Make yourself slow down, even if it means to leave the table for a bit. If eating out, when you order have them give you a to go box. Remove what you know is more than you should safely eat and make another two meals out of it later. This is much too expensive and too much to go through to undo what you have done. Make your portion sizes smaller and eat from a salad plate. I used a baby spoon in the begining to help me gauge better how much a "new" bite was. The sleeve is only a tool and its how you use it that will make the difference. Hang in there, its a journey and still a choice. You can do it.