KimMarh

Here's a picture of my husband....

You can eat pasta and rice and bread, just not a lot of it.. As a mater of fact my nut said you have to eat carbs... I will say never have soda.. I haven't had any in over a year. My husband, who has had the surgery also, has had a very little bit of soda. But I wont chance it... they say it expands your stomach. My Nut also told me to only have 3 meals a day and no snacking. I am not perfect and I have a bad bad habit of eating small pieces of chocolate in the office.(TOO MANY CANDY BOWLS). But I workout extra harder in the gym to make up for it.. This was the best decision I have every made. But how much you lose is completely up to you. If you don't exercise (cardo) you wont lose all your weight. I was bound and determined to get to my goal weight by 1 year post op because I know it gets harder and harder the farther out you are. I wanted to take full advantage on the first year. Now I want to lose 6 more lbs.. to be the same weight as my 15 year old daughter!! LOL that is hilarious to me .. Who would have ever thought... NOT ME!!!

I was doing the elliptical 3x a week for an hour and running 3x a week for 35 min (same days) until it got cold outside and had a hysterectomy. But I do still do the elliptical 3x a week for an hour..

I do... my legs are the worst... my stomach and my arms I can deal with but my legs are horrible..

I have never been so happy in my life!!!!

I am 2 lbs from my goal weight. (150) I will be 1 year out on Jan 21. I don't feel like I should stop loosing weight. I think I can afford to lost another 10lbs but everyone keeps telling me I shouldn't lose anymore. How do I know what is the ideal weight for me.. I am 5ft 7 inches.

In DC they board meets every two weeks.. So the longest you will wait is 2 weeks... I waited 3 days.

YES... 20lbs each shot.... but that was 15 years ago..

I don't want to stop losing weight... I am 9 months post op and down 123 lbs. I had to have a hysterectomy 3 weeks ago and cant exercise for 6 weeks. Except the elliptical which I am doing 3 days a week. But my weight loss has come to a screeching halt... Not sure what I can do but I don't want to stop losing weight. I have at least another 13lbs I want to lose.... if not more!!!

Turkey... High in protein,,

Congrats!!!

I usually order an appetizer if they have no fried items or soup

7 Months... I started at 285 and I now am down to 164 as of today 9 months later. After

dehydrated... drink some water.

Go to a day spa and treat yourself!!!

I have 5 friends that have had the sleeve, one is today... And we are all doing wonderful expect one who had a leak and over 10 surgery but I will say she never followed the plan and still does not. Smoking, drinking soda ... doesn't drink protein shakes.

I haven't experienced that... but I will just say stick with it.. I am on week 8 and running 28 min.. I would have never thought I could do it!!!

So my question is, I run the amount of time but never the distance... Should I run longer to hit the distance??

What a great thing, I am on week 7. Never thought I could run for 25 min straight!!!

Congrat!!! I know exactly how you feel!!!

I am on week 5 day 2... I feel so accomplished, I ran (jogged) 8 minutes today without stopping. I Have never been a runner but this is so doable!!!

That older picture was actually 3 years ago... And I was about 15lbs heavier then my surgery weight!!!