ShrinkingBiker

Good luck with your surgery. It is the best thing you will have done for yourself. You will be shocked looking back at yourself a few months from your surgery date.

Thanks.. I don't always wear all black.. it just happens that most of my shirts are black because I outshrunk all my other clothes and most of the "promo" free shirts I get a rallies, and events are black. It is more slimming though! haha

Some updates. I weigh 223 lbs as of today! 103 lbs down in about 5 months!

same as others have said. About 1.5 to 2 months out. It fills me up quick, but chicken seems to stay with me much longer and keeps me full for a long time. Beef Jerky is my favorite thing ever now gives high protein lowish calorie and low fat.

It may be helpful to continue on with the Shrink after your eval too. You might be able to benefit from it. I chose to revisit him since surgery to work on some non-related issues.

Only regret not doing it sooner. since march I'm down almost 90 lbs and probably added 10 years to my life.

congrats man. great job

Here are some links that might help. Just look at the ingredients to make sure no carbonation. http://www.cosmopolitan.com/food/cocktails/low-calorie-cocktails#slide-3 http://www.glamour.com/health-fitness/2008/12/5-best-low-calorie-cocktails#slide=1 http://pinterest.com/shapemagazine/low-calorie-cocktails/

I'd also like to add that it is very easy to read and back light as well.

I have this one and it is very accurate. I weighed myself before going to my docs yesterday and it was dead on to the scale there. They also have top notch customer service. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002MK6QKO/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Don't get too down on yourself. Just try your hardest to stick with the pre-op diet. The reason we had the surgery is because most of us have trouble sticking to diets. Nothing worked for me before this, and I am over 80 lbs down in 3 months. It is much easier to change your ways once sleeved. It's an awesome tool.

order soup only I suppose. Don't worry about what others think.. If you don't want to share that you had surgery then just say you had a late lunch.

walk as much as you can. The first week is the hardest part. After 2 weeks you won't even remember the pain much

Thanks for the link.. pretty cool app there. I'll check it out. Do you know if it has items from restaurants as well?

exactly what others have said here.. I vary between 600-1100 calories per day depending on what is going on. With WLS it is a bit of a different ballgame.. the way I look at it is in the early stages when we lose weight the most rapidly we are pretty much eating what we need to stay alive and active. Our small stomachs make it very hard to maintain much calorie intake anyway. Once you get to the maintenance stage then you will want to work more on making sure you are getting a good amount of calories. Obviously protien is #1 then you want to try to keep your carbs low. under 50 should give you optimal weight loss by putting your body into Ketosis. I don't really pay too much attention to ketosis unless I am in a stall.. I will eat carbs for a couple days and then cut them out as much as I can (only 20-30g a day) and it usually kick starts my weight loss again. Just a tip for something that worked for me when you get to that stage.. but for now, ignore the notice from MFP, but it is a great tool to track what you eat, how much, and be able to look back and see trends in your diet that can be adjusted to make sure you lose as much as you can.

it will get a lot better. The first week is really the worst part. While I didn't regret it, I had to deal with the head stuff for the first couple of months (and still do sometimes) more wishing I could eat more then I can when something tastes awesome. But, the scale makes you forget about that as it keeps getting lower. I'm here if you need someone to vent to or whatever. I know you're like 10 minutes or so from me.. If you need a walking buddy some time feel free to let me know.

I'm dealing with my first long lasting stall now (sleeved 3/20) and it is driving me nuts.. I'm under 1,000 calories a day bounce between 50-100 carbs and sugar and fat are always under recommended goals. It'll pass.. eventually!

hope your surgery went perfect!

good job! Keep up the work!!

Unless you drink nothing buy crisco and milkshakes I don't think it is possible to not lose. I still don't exactly follow things to a fault.. I will eat some things that are "bad foods" but I can eat so little that exercise negates it anyway. I'm sure other post sleevers will testify that it is much easier to make better food choices post op because you can only take in so little you don't get to the bad stuff if you start out with the good (protein)

Same here.. Chopped, eat street, mystery diners, giving you the buisiness, I don't watch the strait up cooking shows with the exception of not my momma's meals.

Depends on what stage you are on. If you give us some more details I'm sure the guru's here can give you some great ideas. Chili though could work with most stages..

Honestly, I couldn't do them crushed.. My doc said capsules where fine to take, and my one pill that is a solid he said to just break in half.. I have to take 2 of them a day so I just would take them 1/2 at a time 4 times a day for the first week then I was able to take them like normal after that.. Ask your doc for his advise, but I could NOT deal with crushed pills or open capsules at all.