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I to am able to do all the things that you said and more. I was finally able to walk 100 yards and change my own rifle target. That may not sound like much but for me it was everything. So congrats to you for your achievements.

Sorry flat out bread from Walmart. I have lost 60 pounds in nine weeks. I am so happy and feeling so great. I am very lucky to have had this surgery. It has changed my life.

Made this guy tonight for dinner. My wife and I both loved it. Here is what I used: Float out flatbread Riccota cheese provolone cheese Sprouts Marinara sauce Black Olives Cherry Tomatoes White onions Olive oil I sprayed the bottom of the flatbread with olive oil Put on a slight layer of the marinara sauce (a little bit goes a long way) Then provolone cheese onions black olives Ricotta cheese A drizzle of olive oil to dress the pizza Oregeno Italian Seasoning Bake at 400 and watch carefully, when the cheese is bubbly take it out let it rest and put on some parmesian cheese. I used a pizza pan with holes in the bottom to help keep the pizza dry. It really came out great. Heres a pic B

Get yourself some 5 spice and bake the tilapia with that seasoning. Cooks.com has the recipie my wife and I loved it. I also bake flounder and tilapia by dredgine the fish in a beat up egg, then sprinkle with seasoned panko bread crums. Bake it in the oven at 350 for about 20 minutes or until the fish flakes easily with a fork. Both taste great this way.

I am so happy. I am nine weeks post op. I have lost 65 pounds. I am a new person, people always tell me how good I lookI so happy, no more bp meds, chlosterol meds, no more insulin pump (I still use a little Insulin) but that should to away soon. I am so happy and feel so good. I just wanted to tell the group and thank you all for your support. Mark Thomas

All you ladies look amazing congratulations to you all. I'm down 52 pounds about two months out seem to be in a little bit of a stall, but I am confident that I will meet my goal weight of 225. I'm six feet fout so I will look good. Can cure being bald though lol.

Please email me at mthomas62@cox.net and tell me how to make the noodles not soggy. I have not had much luck and I need your advise please. Thanks Mark

I think I am going to make chicken enchiladas with egg roll wrappers. I will put shredded chicken, cheese. Wrap them up in the wrapper and place in a baking dish. Then I will pour enchilada sauce over them and bake. I think that they will be pretty good. I will let you all know. I also will make southwester egg rolls (modified) no corn since I cannot have it yet but I will spray them with olive oil and bake them. Then make a nice chipoltle dipping sauce. Can't wait.

I to bought one of these guys and I tried to make zucinni noodles. They were not what I expected but I did it right over the pan into the fire. Did you allow the noodles to dry a bit before you used them? I think that would help. I also thought about putting them into a very low temp oven and allow them to dry for awhile before cooking with them. Mine just came out so wimpy nad wet. I would like to make them better and I hope you can help. If you would, would you email me at mthomas62@cox.net and give me some help please. I really do miss pasta.

I had Dr. Hamilton Le at Integris in OKC. He was a great surgeon and I have had no problems at all. Who was your surgeon?

Well it seemed like it took forever but tomorrow I start back on regular food. I finally get to eat a 1/2 cup of food. I don't know why that measly 1/4 cup of food made me always go "is that all?" I just wanted to thank all of my sleevers on this site for giving me inspiration to get to this stage. Thank you all so much. Mark Thomas, Edmond Oklahoma

That's what I am getting at. An ounce of real cheese big woop. Some of the low fat cheeses are kind of nasty

I know that we are not supposed to eat nothing but low fat cheese and cottage cheese. But really as little as we all eat now just how bad is eating just regular cheese? I'm afraid to ask my nutritionist.

I made these this morning. I just used 3 eggs some american cheese, some mozzerella cheese and some turkey sausage. Baked them at 350 for 24 minutes. They came out golden brown and just beautiful. My loved them so much she wants another one in the morning. They were a little dry for me so I will put a little more water in the egg mixture or maybe some pace mild salsa. I may also cook them for about two minutes less. Needless to say these are real keepers. Thanks so much for the recipie.

glycerin suppositories, mini enimas, coffee and those those things work. But I still have to do something external in order to have a BM. Once I am on solid foods, the bran cerial sounds like a good idea.

Maybe when the scales are not friendly, why don't you get out your fat clothes and try them on. Also you should have a tape measure to use to check your progress. It isn't all about pounds its about inches. I thought I had stalled but today I put on a 3x shirt that I could wear for years and it swamped me. So worry about weight loss, Your already sleeved, don't one of those people I see that pork out and tell that "yeah I had that surgery to but I guess I fell off the wagon a little". Its like at my support group meeting if you want to spend up to 11,000 dollars to throw in the towel but what a waste of your time and your health care providers if you just quit. Go to your nutritionist and talk to them. Do you use my fitnell pal to track your carbs, calories and protein. If you haven't start. Look at your history and see what that tells you. Please don't give up there is way too much to lose.

Well yesterday was my one month anniversary of getting my sleeve. For four days I stalled at 301 (I was 331 on the day of surgery. Well I weighed myself this morning and I am at 296! I finallly am under 300 pounds. I have not been there in years. My 46 pants are falling off of me and I am on 1/8 my regular dose of BP meds. I checked my BP this morning and my BP was 90/56. I think I will be completely off the BP meds this week. I can't wait to see what my cholesterol it. I have only had problems with constipation. I just had a BM after over a week. Does anyone have a recommendation on what laxative they take which does the job but does not cause severe cramping? Thanks, Mark

My protein goal is 92 grams a day and I admit that I have missed it lately. It is not all the time but I use My Fitness Pal and ran a report last night on my protein intake and several times I was only at about 45 grams. I know the days that it happened was when I was with my wife in the hospital and doctors appoiintments. So I am going to make a concentrated effort to get in all of my protein goals I am only a little over 3 weeks out and I am on the mushy phase so I cannot eat protein bars and such yet so protein is not as portable as I would like it to be. But I will just have to do it. So thank you for writing., Mark

Lately I have been feeling very tired. I was sleeved on the 24th of July and so far I have lost 30 pounds. I use my Fitness Pal and last night I did a report over the last 30 days of my proein consumption. It was too low. So I am tryig to up it. My question is this? How many others have had this situation occur and what did you fo to help it. Thanks, Mark, Edmond Ok

I to was sleeved on July 24 and lately I have really been tired. I also get light headed when I walk. I read in the manual given to me by my doctor and found out that I could be having protein fatigue. So I am going to bulk up on the protein and hopefully it will go away. I was feeling so energized but now that I am on 4 to 6 weeks of mushy foods at 1/4 cup each I just don't think I am getting enough food. But the rules are the rules. The bad think is my nut and nurse are both going out on maternity leave. That doesn't give me a very good support staff. Frankly I'm a little concerned.

I got sleeved on the 24th of July and I have lost 30 pounds. My only problem is I have episodes when I am really really tired. I don't know why but when I'm like that I don't feel like doing anything. Hopefully as time goes on this will pass but I am perfectly happy with my decision and I'm not looking back. Got to go out and hit the thrift stores for some smaller levis. And I have to but a new notch in my belt.

You look absolutely beautiful. Way to go, your a supermodel

My Dr. and the nut has a book that was given to me prior to surgery. I have read it for six months before surgery. Phase 1 wasSull liquid sugar free.Phase 2 was called pureed Sugar Free now she says it is "Mushies" This is much more restrictive than the soft food Phase 3 diet. Both are only 1/4 cup but phase 2 is like cottage cheese, applesauce, cream of wheat and pureed Soups. Why is it so important to not eat refried Beans maybe some turkey chili etc as long as it is pureed? Has anyone ever had a diet this restrictive? I have to be on phase 2 for 4 to 6 weeks. Thanks Mark

I had my surgery on 24 July and I to am on an insulin pump (medtronic). I was having some weird things happening with me. I would have a Protein shake with one cup of milk and would bolus for 20 grams of carbs but my BG would zoom up to 180 or so. Then the rest of the day I would do ok on my basal only but at about 5:00 pm my BG would crash to the low 50's. I had to start suspending my pump at night and would wake up the next morning to start over with the same thing. My endo finally told me to simply disconnect the pump all together for a week and see how it went. My BG is now not less than 156 and goes up to around 220 and stays there most of the time. I think I will be getting off the pump but I do think that at least for a while I may need either some insulin or or an oral drug to hold me over while my weight decreases. I have lost about 30 pounds in 3 weeks and I am sure that my weight loss will continue. I just don't know what my diabetes will do to cooperate. I am 60 years old and have been diabetic since my mid 30's. So to be totally honest I don't think that I will be completely "cured". Perhaps if I had gotten the surgery 30 years ago it would have been different. But you will never know till you try. I have gotten pretty tired of pumping insulin.

I take them but the vitamin really tastes bad to me. I can handle the calcium citrate (4 a day) but the taste of the vitamin is just too much to handle. I had them setup on auto delivery but I had the vitamins and calcium taken off auto delivery today. I am going to look at bariatric advantage.