sweetcurves3

Sleeved 2/28 and feel great. Started pre op 2/14 and 3/8 lost total 31lbs. (19 on pre op) Saw surgeon and he was impressed with how good I feel. I truely believe it is due to: Walking daily prior to surgery- Quitting smoking 2 months prior- Not cheating on pre-op- Walking lots post up...even day 2...walking around every 15 minutes- sugar free lollipops days 1-4 for fluids. I feel back to normal, truthly better than normal. (I self paid and my insurance would not pay for complications, so that is why I was careful to do what I was told)

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I'm a little over 2 weeks out and I'm down 18lbs from my last dr visit back on jan. 30th. Dr said that I'm doing good and have exceeded expectations. I will weight myself on my scale tomorrow morning and track my own weight since I will not have a follow up again until 6 months out. I'm hoping to get down another 15lbs by my bday at the end of this month.

Hey everyone I'm new to the forum and I'm in marietta. I was sleeved on feb 18th.

Janel2013, I know for me the walking helped me with the pain I had in my shoulders. I didn't really walk a whole lot but I would get out each day and get something from the store and I guess that was good for me.

I am just over 12 weeks out and tried Pork rinds for the first time this week. No problems going down whatsoever. I needed something different. I think calorie, carb, and Protein wise, they are better than any cracker or bread based snack because they have zero carbs and zero sugar, and relatively low calories per serving. Also, you can have them with a reduced fat ranch dip, or mashed up avacado and tomatoes, or even humus. Everyone has their own WL plan, and I choose to stay away from bread, crackers, and chips in general. I only allowed myself the rinds because of the no carb, no sugar, high protein ratio. My only problem was that they tasted so good, I ate them several times a day. If you can limit it, then it's a good alternative to crackers, as most are very hign in calories and carbs. But that's just my two cents.

Susan and Diva thoughts and prayers to the both of you. Hope you both have great recoveries.

I had my surgery on 2/18 and I had the same type of feelings before. Wondering if something would go wrong or if I would be the very small percentage that would not make it through at all. I tried not to dwell on it so much and just prayed when I started to think like that. Dr said my surgery went great and I feel pretty good now just to be 1 week post op.

I was sleeved on mon feb 18th and was in the hospital until wed day afternoon. I hope everyone is recovering well and best wishes to all that have not had their surgery yet.