Teachamy

Someone came up to me today looking very serious and said, "what are you doing?" I said, "what do you mean?" They repeated the question. Then they said, "you've lost so much weight! How did you do it?" My real NSV is that I've been at goal for so long now, I had no idea what he was talking about! I used to hear that several times a day, now people are used to the skinny new me. It felt pretty good!

Hello everyone!
It feels so good to be here. I don't have any pictures of myself alone, so I am enclosing a shot of me with my daughter from last spring. She is covering some of my body, but the shot of me in the blue T-shirt shows you the before. (Bulging size 16 before, slim size 10 after. Now I vary from an 8-10, depending on the brand.)
I also enclosed my 2013 work ID and this year's ID so you can see the difference.
Best of luck to you all! Best decision I ever made.
Amy
 

Hello everyone!
It feels so good to be here. I don't have any pictures of myself alone, so I am enclosing a shot of me with my daughter from last spring. She is covering some of my body, but the shot of me in the blue T-shirt shows you the before. (Bulging size 16 before, slim size 10 after. Now I vary from an 8-10, depending on the brand.)
I also enclosed my 2013 work ID and this year's ID so you can see the difference.
Best of luck to you all! Best decision I ever made.
Amy
 

Maintenance so far has been fine. I still don't own a scale--don't believe in daily weight checks. I see my dietician and doctors regularly and always insist on "weighing in". Otherwise, tracking on MFP and the way my clothes feel works well for me. I have found my dietician and my surgeon sometimes disagree slightly. I had my 1 year checkup with my surgeon today, and she tells me 900-1100 calories is still a good goal for me. My dietician would rather see me eat 1500 calories, but has less experience with WLS. I am trying to keep the floodgates closed, so I only occasionally have a cookie, or a piece of toast. I would like to work my way up to 5-6 servings of fruit and veggies again, but it is challenging, given my sleeve.

Hello fellow veterans,
Ooh. It feels good to be a veteran! Hello! Hello! Just wanted to say "hey". I've been away for a while. All is well and I am still loving the fact that I made this decision.
Hope all of you are still kicking butt.
BEST,
Amy

Hello fellow veterans,
Ooh. It feels good to be a veteran! Hello! Hello! Just wanted to say "hey". I've been away for a while. All is well and I am still loving the fact that I made this decision.
Hope all of you are still kicking butt.
BEST,
Amy

I am 3 years out and maintaining a major weight loss (I went from 308, got as low as 140 and am hanging out in the mid 150s right now).
Anyway, I have been having more trouble with hunger, cravings etc and I think it has alot to do with my boys living at home again so I have food in the house that calls my name (bread, potatoes, sometimes junk food) again. Also, I am steady dating someone and for reasons i cannot grasp, that seems to be fattening - well, I am not going out dancing and stuff as much as I used to. Final issue is that I am suffering some physical issues that have interferred with my working out so i thought it would be good to get a tune up with a good NUT.
I think we talked through a couple of areas of improvement - you guessed it going back to basics! I have gotten out of the habit of focusing on hydration for example. They are now saying 64-100 oz of Fluid consumed at least 30 minutes post meal.
She said i eat more quantity than she thinks a typical sleever should be able to eat. I don't measure, but I eat from a small side plate so i am not sure about that, but it is true i can eat a good sized salad etc.
Anyway, the thing I learned that i thought was very interesting is she had a model of the sleeve tummy which is shaped like a banana. the "stretch" receptors are at the bottom and the top of the sleeve. So, I always eat Protein first, but I don't always LITERALLY eat protein first. Example, a salad with salmon on it - i have the salmon chopped up into the salad. She has suggested that I eat at least half the salmon first, before any lettuce because that "dense protein" will hit that receptor much firmer and I will feel more satiated. So, LITERALLY eat protein first and then eat the veggies, greens etc. I think I used to do that quite carefully, but i eat a lot of mixed foods now (salad with meat in it, egg dish with veggies and low fat turkey sausage mixed in it etc). I will try this.
She also really recommends the mini meals every 3 hours - so 5 mini meals. She said that if you get overly hungry, you can often eat and then maybe 1-2 hours later you are hungry again (and repeat) - referred to it as the boomerang effect. I am not sure about this one, during the weight loss phase I ate 4 mini meals. I have done 5:2 and found that the fasting can reduce appetite (as well as other health benefits of fasting). I am skeptical on this one.
Since I am struggling a bit through the holidays, and no way am I successful at 5:2 right now, I am going to try following her advice.
So, 3 years out as of Dec 11 - and so very pleased with my results and life with a sleeve!

Hello everyone!
It feels so good to be here. I don't have any pictures of myself alone, so I am enclosing a shot of me with my daughter from last spring. She is covering some of my body, but the shot of me in the blue T-shirt shows you the before. (Bulging size 16 before, slim size 10 after. Now I vary from an 8-10, depending on the brand.)
I also enclosed my 2013 work ID and this year's ID so you can see the difference.
Best of luck to you all! Best decision I ever made.
Amy
 

Hello everyone!
It feels so good to be here. I don't have any pictures of myself alone, so I am enclosing a shot of me with my daughter from last spring. She is covering some of my body, but the shot of me in the blue T-shirt shows you the before. (Bulging size 16 before, slim size 10 after. Now I vary from an 8-10, depending on the brand.)
I also enclosed my 2013 work ID and this year's ID so you can see the difference.
Best of luck to you all! Best decision I ever made.
Amy
 

Hello fellow veterans,
Ooh. It feels good to be a veteran! Hello! Hello! Just wanted to say "hey". I've been away for a while. All is well and I am still loving the fact that I made this decision.
Hope all of you are still kicking butt.
BEST,
Amy

Hello fellow veterans,
Ooh. It feels good to be a veteran! Hello! Hello! Just wanted to say "hey". I've been away for a while. All is well and I am still loving the fact that I made this decision.
Hope all of you are still kicking butt.
BEST,
Amy

Hello fellow veterans,
Ooh. It feels good to be a veteran! Hello! Hello! Just wanted to say "hey". I've been away for a while. All is well and I am still loving the fact that I made this decision.
Hope all of you are still kicking butt.
BEST,
Amy

Hello everyone!
It feels so good to be here. I don't have any pictures of myself alone, so I am enclosing a shot of me with my daughter from last spring. She is covering some of my body, but the shot of me in the blue T-shirt shows you the before. (Bulging size 16 before, slim size 10 after. Now I vary from an 8-10, depending on the brand.)
I also enclosed my 2013 work ID and this year's ID so you can see the difference.
Best of luck to you all! Best decision I ever made.
Amy
 

Hello fellow veterans,
Ooh. It feels good to be a veteran! Hello! Hello! Just wanted to say "hey". I've been away for a while. All is well and I am still loving the fact that I made this decision.
Hope all of you are still kicking butt.
BEST,
Amy

Hello everyone!
It feels so good to be here. I don't have any pictures of myself alone, so I am enclosing a shot of me with my daughter from last spring. She is covering some of my body, but the shot of me in the blue T-shirt shows you the before. (Bulging size 16 before, slim size 10 after. Now I vary from an 8-10, depending on the brand.)
I also enclosed my 2013 work ID and this year's ID so you can see the difference.
Best of luck to you all! Best decision I ever made.
Amy
 

Hello everyone!
It feels so good to be here. I don't have any pictures of myself alone, so I am enclosing a shot of me with my daughter from last spring. She is covering some of my body, but the shot of me in the blue T-shirt shows you the before. (Bulging size 16 before, slim size 10 after. Now I vary from an 8-10, depending on the brand.)
I also enclosed my 2013 work ID and this year's ID so you can see the difference.
Best of luck to you all! Best decision I ever made.
Amy
 

Hello everyone!
It feels so good to be here. I don't have any pictures of myself alone, so I am enclosing a shot of me with my daughter from last spring. She is covering some of my body, but the shot of me in the blue T-shirt shows you the before. (Bulging size 16 before, slim size 10 after. Now I vary from an 8-10, depending on the brand.)
I also enclosed my 2013 work ID and this year's ID so you can see the difference.
Best of luck to you all! Best decision I ever made.
Amy
 

Hello everyone!
It feels so good to be here. I don't have any pictures of myself alone, so I am enclosing a shot of me with my daughter from last spring. She is covering some of my body, but the shot of me in the blue T-shirt shows you the before. (Bulging size 16 before, slim size 10 after. Now I vary from an 8-10, depending on the brand.)
I also enclosed my 2013 work ID and this year's ID so you can see the difference.
Best of luck to you all! Best decision I ever made.
Amy
 

Hello everyone!
It feels so good to be here. I don't have any pictures of myself alone, so I am enclosing a shot of me with my daughter from last spring. She is covering some of my body, but the shot of me in the blue T-shirt shows you the before. (Bulging size 16 before, slim size 10 after. Now I vary from an 8-10, depending on the brand.)
I also enclosed my 2013 work ID and this year's ID so you can see the difference.
Best of luck to you all! Best decision I ever made.
Amy
 

Hello fellow veterans,
Ooh. It feels good to be a veteran! Hello! Hello! Just wanted to say "hey". I've been away for a while. All is well and I am still loving the fact that I made this decision.
Hope all of you are still kicking butt.
BEST,
Amy

There is no guarantee the surgery will cure Type II, however, it does a hell of a job getting rid of insulin resistance! So if you maintain the post-sleeve diet and keep your carbs reasonable, your body should have no problems pumping out the right amount of insulin.
I am Type I (autoimmune) but I had a lot of insulin resistance as well. I may have been a Type I /Type II hybrid. At any rate, now that the insulin resistance is gone, my blood glucose levels are far easier to control. What a relief!

Someone came up to me today looking very serious and said, "what are you doing?" I said, "what do you mean?" They repeated the question. Then they said, "you've lost so much weight! How did you do it?" My real NSV is that I've been at goal for so long now, I had no idea what he was talking about! I used to hear that several times a day, now people are used to the skinny new me. It felt pretty good!

Quest chocolate chip cookie dough. Soo good, escpecially heated. I would recommend buying them on Amazon, rather than through Quest Nutrition, if you're planning to buy a box. Be careful though, they can be "sliders". I also really like Think Thin creamy Peanut Butter. They are the consistency of a soft candy bar.

Someone came up to me today looking very serious and said, "what are you doing?" I said, "what do you mean?" They repeated the question. Then they said, "you've lost so much weight! How did you do it?" My real NSV is that I've been at goal for so long now, I had no idea what he was talking about! I used to hear that several times a day, now people are used to the skinny new me. It felt pretty good!

You should have your allergist do a blood test for chronic-autoimmune hives. I have them too. They went away after surgery, but returned over the summer, then went into remission again. I take OTC Allegra everyday, and unless I am having a flair, it keeps them at bay. There is also a shot that used to be used only for asthma that is now being used for hives too. The name escapes me, but your allergist might know.