Arts137

Amen!

You've come to the right place! Lots of good, supportive folks, all in the same boat (and yet at different places)

You are Kickin Butt! NO WORRIES!

:-)

Also there is a LONG thread on this very topic in "pre-sleeve"

Well we need the experts to weigh in. I just want to say that your mind is playing tricks on you. 32# in 6 weeks is over 5# a week! WOW! Try picking up 6 5# bags of suger!!! Please don't you dare give up! And don't let your mind trick you towards "the easy way out". Hang in there, friend!

Bwa Ha Ha, this is great. After all the crap (pretty much exactly like OneManWolfpack described) (and I HOPE he's developing a screenplay with this scene in it!). I said "So let me describe what they're gonna do..." in bloody & gory detail. By the time of "and then they pull most of the stomach outta the hole and throw it away" they were both quiet and green!

Expect stares on the beach!!!

This is wonderful and NEEDS to be read by all. "Skinny on the outside and fat on the inside" seems to be a very common reality. I hazard to say it's a nearly unanimous reality!

Keep it up, forget the hospital, and enjoy the new ride you are on. I am following you soon!!!

Well thinking about it sounds GREAT. Even planning. But maybe try not to do it? I like the response (above) to get your head in the game! (and that's the really hard thing, at least to me.

Nothing new under the sun... I read all posts closely, maybe it IS time for a new MD to assess your metabolism. Be safe and well in your deployment.

Shoot yeah people struggle! One of the most common board topics I guess! I know that I get 'real quiet' when on the liquid fast, but will survive. A

but won't you need to do after surgery... (I have not had procedure yet, so I may be misunderstanding the issue and the solution!

Well Thrush IS a yeast infection, so having an oral thing with a vaginal thing does make is more likely to be thrush! A

Thrush would mean a VERY compromised immune system, so I'm voting with the MD. Can you see a medical professional?

Well everyone is different! I'm going to present a different take on it. It ain't a food funeral. All your (well, mostly all) of your 'food friends' will be available to you much later, so what are you burying? I've kinda decided that the point here for me is to learn a new relationship with food, so that's what I'm Trying to do. My Optifast starts Sunday, but I've certainly been trying to focus on Proteins, and Meal Replacement shakes for the last two/three weeks. Also, this liquid "fast" is a lot longer than two weeks -- you have to count AFTER surgery too, right??? and that'll be a Lot longer... Bottom line, I ain't so happy with my "friend" food right now. She's got me to a bad place. She's been a trickster and a deceiver. She makes me feel good in the short run only to bring me pain in the long term. I'm not so sure I want to take her back after she's done this to me...

Did it hurt? Hitting your Fist??? Oh, no, never mind (:-)) Really-- Congratulations!! First goal of many I am sure!!!

Relax! I bet you are just fine! Just get back on the horse!

Trust your program. From what I've read you NEED to get back to real food to make the sleeve (and fullness) work for you! You CAN do it!

Lovey, friend. JUST Lovely!

Don't worry about the pre-diet (if you can). You can do ANYTHING!

Two days, insureance letter says approved for one day, but I ain't sweating it -- that's why we pay the surgeon (and his staff) the big bucks! We got enough to worry about.

As crazy as work is today, I'd sure like someone to tell me to sit my (fat) ass on the couch.

Excellent guidance, thanks. When I discussed with my treating MD, she said that everything in medicine is a tradeoff... So I would not start or stop anything without doctor advice and guidance.