MizzouGirl

Shout out to all the STL sleevers!! I was sleeved on 5/31/2013 by Dr. Stephen Scott. Great experience and happy with my results thus far!!

I'm in week 4 of major hair loss. Luckily I have very thick hair so it's not really noticeable to others but I can really tell. Hope it stops soons!!!

Your story really touched me. Thanks for sharing it.

I had my surgery with Dr Scott on 5/31 and am very happy. You are in great hands!

I'm down 49lbs including my 3 day pre-op diet (surgery was on May 31st). I was losing at a fairly rapid pace initially and have been averaging 3lbs/week during the last several weeks. I work out at least 3X/week for an hour with a personal trainer. I'm thinking my weight loss is about average or maybe a tad above average. I'm getting between 800-1200 calories per day.

I can eat about 6 oz per meal - any more and I'm in sooooo much pain!!! I do my protein first then my veggie or sometimes an indulgence (ie: a crab rangoon at lunch today). I'm almost 10 weeks out.

Down 49 LBS since surgery on 5/31. Unfortunately, the hair loss started a few days ago. Seems like it's coming out in fist fulls but I have very thick hair so hoping it will stop soon before it does too much damage.

During my pre-op NUT classes, we often talked about "mindful eating". So far, I've been very good about this until tonight. I violated all of the rules and I paid for it dearly. So, here's what happened.... I decided to cook tacos for dinner --- healthy tacos. I used bib lettuce for the shells and super lean ground sirloin with a variety of veggies (and a little cheese of course) for toppers. My husband was late coming home from work so I was pretty hungry by the time we were ready to eat. I filled up my lettuce leaf with all the goodies and settled in front of the TV (major violation of mindful eating) with my DH to watch last night's episode of True Blood. I was so hungry and so into the show that I pretty much inhaled my taco. OMG my tummy and chest hurt bad for the next 2ish hours. I didn't throw up but the pain was sooooo bad. I totally forgot I had had the surgery and just ate the way I used to eat. My taco was obviously too big and I ate it way too fast. NEVER AGAIN!

Thanks for sharing your story --- loved your candor! I'm a little over 9 weeks post op and soooo happy with my decision to have the sleeve - I'm confident you will be happy as well. Love Masterchef and Graham Elliot - didn't know he had the sleeve so thanks for sharing that tidbit. Best wishes to you and keep us updated on your journey.

I'm doing the same thing as you. I pretty much weigh every day unless I don't have access to my scale (ie: vacation) and I only record the losses (here and on mfp). I'm also tracking my loss in a graph in excel (I log my weight on the 15th and last day of the month) so I have a visual of the loss. I've lost 48 lbs in 9 weeks (including 3 day pre-op diet) which is an average of 5.3 lbs/week. If I back out the rapid weight loss in the beginning, I'm losing about 3 lbs per week now. That's pretty good (which I need to remind myself since I haven't lost anything in the last week!). Yes, stalls do stress me a bit but I'm trying to take them in stride. I was hoping for more but I'm happy especially considering my diet isn't super strict. I'm around 1000 calories per day and I exercise with a trainer at least 3 days a week but I do eat sugar (the real stuff - no scary chemical sweeteners for me!) and some days my fat intake is a tad high. I'm usually at 60ish grams of Protein per day and around 6 glasses of Water. I could be better but for now, I'm doing what's realistic for me.

It wasn't until the 5-6 week mark that I really felt like myself again. I still burp all of the time and have diarrhea about half of the time. But, I'm down 48 lbs and feel better than I have in a very long time. It will get better - I promise. Some of us take longer than others to recover. I know it can be confusing when you read the stories from people who seem not to be fazed or affected at all - I think that's the exception rather than the rule but I'm no expert. Hang in there and let us know in a couple weeks if you are feeling differently.

Sounds like it may have been unrelated (hopefully).

I hope everything is OK. Please keep us posted. Prayers, best wishes and tons of support going out to your hubby!!!

You might have a typo in your above username. I did a search and it came back invalid.

Community/Find Members enter <user name> and click search. Make sure you click "add friend" both times. Hope this helps.

I'm 10 weeks out and starting to lose tons of hair. I've got a very thick head of hair so hoping it won't be noticeable but guess time will tell.

I have to be honest - I have started drinking just a little bit (maybe 1/8 cup of water) with my meals especially if I'm doing anything spicy. I haven't had any discomfort luckily. Guess if I do or stop loosing weight I'll need to revisit.

Woot woot!!!!

I was sooooo nervous too. Almost called the whole thing off the morning of the surgery but I made it through and am so happy 10 weeks on the other side. One of the best things I've ever done. Best of luck to you!!!

You look amazing!!! A whole different person really. Congrats to you!!!!

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I'm 10 weeks post op and I have no soreness -- I think my soreness was gone by week 3 or 4. I've been working out with my trainer since 4 weeks post op and have had no issues with abs or heavy weights. Guess it's different for everyone, though, but it will definitely get better.

Yep - I had this as well. Not fun but I just thought about it as totally cleaning out all the gunk in my system. I'm 10 weeks out and have liquidy bm's about half the time. I'm just glad that I continue to have bm's at least once a day (for the most part). The alternative seems worse to me. Good luck -- each day gets better I promise!!! :-)

May 31st - down 47 lbs. Congrats all!!!

For the first 5 weeks it seemed like I burped non-stop. It slowed down for a couple weeks and now it seems like I'm burping a lot again (I'm 9 weeks post-op today). I hope it subsides but if it's the worst side affect I have, guess I can deal.