katia

Way to go!!!!! I finally made it under 200... I am at 198.

I think that you are losing great! I found that when I added in some carbs that I shouldn't eat they stalled my weight loss' date=' so when I went back to mainly Protein with some fruit and veggies I started to lose again. I was sleeved 3/18/ 2013 and I have lost 77 lbs. total about 50 lbs. since surgery.[/quote']

Thanks for the reality check... I get focused on the posts from other people and I get upset that their progress is very drastic. I guess I just need to eat better-ER and work out more.

How much have you lost so far?

I have lost 50 lbs total and 30 since the surgery.

My before and after!! Before Nov 2012 @235lbs. Sleeved March 6th 2013 @ 205lbs. After pic: July 2013 @ 148lbs

Amazing!!! I was sleeved on 3/19 and I don't feel like I am loosing fast enough...

How's march 19th sleevers been doing? It's been reallllllll quiet! How's the stats?

I am doing okay... I am currently stuck at 207. I hurt want to get under 200...

BigDaddyJoe please add me to the FB page, I was sleeved on 3/19.

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Thank you!!

BigDaddyJoe please add me to the FB page. I was sleeved on March 19th. Thank you!!

My update, I am down to 215 from 257 start weight and 236 per surgery weight, but I am at a stall. I am okay, just very tired and weak.

How are the rest of the march sleevers doing?

Update: I'm stuck at 215... surgery was on 3/19, surgery wight was 236...but I am happy I have lost some weight.

How is everyone else doing?

Great Katia!!!!! Nice meeting you!!!! I'm from and live in Mexico City.

Where do you live?

I was born in Mexico City, but now I live in Florida.

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I had my surgery on march 19th too and I've been feeling the shoulder pain since the first day. The dr. told me that it is very common and that it is a "reflex" pain caused by the diafragm and gas.

Yesterday night I had the worst piercing pain in the shoulder til now, and it was just before my first bm, after that I felt fine.

What I want to tell you all is it seems that this symptom is very common, and hopefully it will be gone soon. Don't worry too much about it.

Talking about something else, is anybody here from Mexico?

All my best wishes for every new sleever here, everything is going to be just fine!!!!![/quote']

I was born in Mexico.

6 days post-op- last night I was able to sleep on my right side. It was Amazing!!! I am close to getting the 64oz, yesterday I got to 61oz. This is probably TMI, but I also had 5 BM yesterday, and one again this morning... Lol

SW- 254

CW- 231

GW- 125

Katia...i'm also 3day postop and everything u wrote is exactly what im going thru. I feel a lot better today.using my heat pad and walking as much as I can. I had a sharp pain on my left side last night but I think it was either gas or my incision. I feel swollen still so i'm afraid to get on scale and see that I gained. May just wait until next week to weigh in. what r u eating? I drink Water and only half a popsicle a day!!!

I got on the scale once I got home. I had gained 10lbs but as of this morning I m down 8. I am having proteinblitz, I tried Isopure it was horrible. I am also taking chicken broth, Jello and warm tea. Warms things are awesome.

Thank you ladies for your support during my pre-op journey. I am now 3 days post op and doing well.

3 days post-op, I was able to actually rest last night, I feel slightly less sore. I am having some stabbing pain on the right side of my chest. I hope it's gas and not a blood clot. I am walking and using a heating pad. I will call my dr or go to the ER if it doesn't get better.

In the meantime any other suggestions?

I am home!!! Feeling good, about to go for a short walk. I have not had to take any pain meds.

Had my surgery today at 11:30 and I am happy to report that I had no complications. I don't have any pain or gas pressure. Just some minor soreness and dry mouth. I

hope all those who had their surgery today as doing as well or better.

I am on my way to the dr's office for my pre-surgery weigh in. I am so scared that they will postpone/re-schedule my surgery because I only lost 5 lbs in the two weeks on the liquid diet. I am feeling really anxious and emotional.

So I am on the 13th day of a liquid diet, and while cooking dinner for the hubby I was tempted to lick the pan... If it wasn't that my hubby was looking at me I probably would have done it... Lol

Thought I'd share.

One day less to wait, the 19th can't come soon enough.

So I spoke to the ST's office they were not very helpful. I then went to see my endocrinologist, she was super helpful. She asked me stop the insulin & bam!!!! Two days later I lost 6 lbs. I am currently down 8 lbs. that is still only two down from where I originally started at.

I also cut back on the shakes, I am taking 4 instead of 6.

Any other suggestions?

I think another good assessment would be to find out how many calories you're consuming on the liquid diet. I know that on mine I was allowed 3-5 shakes a day (Bariatric Advantage)' date=' with each shake being between 150-250 calories, depending on what I added to it. That gave me a ballpark caloric intake of between 450 (at lowest) and 1250 (at highest) per day.[/quote']

The shakes the dr gave me are each 160 calories each. I drink 5 a day for a total of 800 calories a day. Aside from Water and a sugar free Jello (which is 5 calories) I have nothing else.

Do you take any medications that could be hindering your weight loss... I am on Opti and Abilify it took me 5 days to lose 3 pounds which i felt was implied not to be normal by the doctor.

You should call you doctors office and speak to the nutritionist - maybe they can switch you to something other than Opti

I take metphormine, humalog and levamire. I called and left a message. I will try to call them again on Monday.

Has anyone gained weight while being on a liquid diet?

I started my Optifast diet on the march 5th, as of today I gained 3 lbs. I have not cheated at all, I scheduled for surgery on the 19th. I currently weigh 247 and the dr wants me to loose 17 by the 18th.

Does anyone know what I can do?

Hello!!!

I am also scheduled for the 19th, and currently on the 4th day of my liquid diet. I was allowed to eat sugar free Jello, and that helps with the headaches.

Good luck to you all...

Wahooo, march 19, here we come!!!!

I'm so incredibly nervous. It's a fairly tame diet: 5 days of clear liquids' date=' followed by surgery on the 14th. But it's still 5 days with no food and I am just..... I think I'm ready. I'm definately ready for my relationship with food to change. I can only speculate how hard this will all be.[/quote']

Lucky!!! I have to do 15 days of liquid diet... I am on day 4. It is not too bad. I miss chewing, I use gum to help with that. I also eat sugar free Jello as a sweet break to the Protein shakes.