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So I went to Melbourne and had the most amazing trip!! Went to the Monet Exhibition, Met up with Kelli, discovered the wonder that is Chadstone and met a personal hero all in 5 amazing days.
So my suitcase weighed 12.5 kg on the way to Melbourne and 22.5 kg when I left today lol. I shopped at VERONICA MAINE and got beautiful clothes in size 14 bought two dresses from Diana Ferrari in a MEDIUM!
Bought shoes, books, pressies for my nephew had an amazing time.
But the most amazing thing?? I WALKeD! Everywhere! We roughly worked it put based on where I had been and in the past week I walked 32 km no way could I have done that before!!!
I.
LOVE.
MY.
SLEEVE!!!!!!
Love, Liss

So not unusual...it is called food porn...we seem to get more attracted to it when we loose our stomach. I sometimes wonder whether it is part of a mourning process and finding a new way to deal with food or our relationship to food.
Post op I watched sooo many food cooking shows, read the magazines etc it was not funny.
I cook all the time, most of it gets given away or frozen for a later date.

Well tomorrow is my 12 month sleeve anniversary. I can't believe how fast the time has gone. I started at 107kg and am now 74kg. BMI was 41 and now is 27. Was size 18-20, but now 12-14. No longer have sleep apnea or need to sleep with a CPAP machine and far less likely to develop diabetes. Still have a few kilos to go to get to my personal goal of 68kg, but feeling positive and looking forward to working on maintenance plan. For anyone contemplating the sleeve as a surgery option I only have positive things to say about it and hope it becomes more widely used in future.

Hi All,
I think I have introduced myself before - possibly when I got my surgery date in Feb 13. Now I'm 3 weeks from beginning my pre op diet and 5 weeks from the big day! Super excited and annoyed my husband terribly with my counting down the days haha Have just finished puréeing bean/lentil and vegetable Soup for purée phase which starts at day 3-5 after op. Most of what I've read had people on liquids for a few weeks first? I'm having surgery at QE11 with Dr Justin Greenslade.
Yay! Oh and I've been stalking this thread for ages haha but nowhere near read all 4500 posts! Lol
Donna xo

Sue, I'm sorry for your diagnosis but so thankful you could catch it earlier!
This is my three-month check-in! I've lost 16.5 kg and 26% of my excess weight, and lost 8 BMI points. I went from a 20w in Autograph to an 18 (now W) at Target and from a 2xl top to an xl. Bra went from 22DD to 18C. Belt from L to M. I no longer take diabetes medication. And I am in week 4 of the Couch to 5K, running three times a week.
I also spent the whole weekend at a music festival eating (smaller amounts of) what everyone else was having. I fekt completely normal! I gained a little under a kg but I will take it.

I think I've just broken a 4 week "stall" (seemed more like a 4 week "kangaroo" as my weight jumped up and down in a 1.5kg range, but I believe the correct word is stall). I didn't measure myself at the start so don't know if I kept losing cms. Anyway, just had to share that with people who will know how good it feels!
I'm studying intensely at the moment and often getting little sleep and extra food - if you stay awake for 20 hours you do tend to have another mealtime, it's not gorging just a long awake period that you need fuel for. But even so I never went above 1300 cal, which is about 60% of the average daily intake for someone my height (at least I think it is). I was shocked at how easily weight loss stopped and even some regain occurred. It makes me wonder of post sleeve we all find our daily intake significantly lowered.
I should say also that my exercise is fairly light on at present - lot of sitting and studying, with 40 min dog walk each day and not heaps of anything else. That can't be good, I know. Especially in these important first 6 months (I'm 3.5 months out).

Hi guys - I haven't posted in here for so long and I'm so out of touch, but I hope everyone is doing really well. I just wanted to share a "benefit" of losing my 30kg - I've just been diagnosed with breast cancer and if I hadn't lost the weight I wouldn't have found the lump and gone for testing. So for me, having my sleeve done has paid off big time! Another reason why I'm so glad I did it!!

Flew today- first time post-op. last time I couldn't fit in the seats or the belt- the extension belt only just fit. Now??? Normal seat, normal belt that I had to tighten about 5 inches!! Tray table was DOWN ladies (and gents)!!!
Waiting for my connecting flight on a bigger plane - hoping it'll be even roomier
Doing a happy dance in my head right now!

Hi All - I have been reading and not posting too. I guess it is because I am at the stage of trying to maintain and I need some more company on this bench!
As I have confessed before, I have developed a terrible sweet tooth and also have never embraced exercise - I have never counted calories and apart from the early weeks, have not been vigilant with my Water consumption - so you could say I have not stuck to the rules! In spite of all this I have reached goal and I am managing to stay around 60kg (BMI around 21) - my challenges are that I can lose weight very easily if I cut out the crapy foods so I was quite concerned that I was developing some bad habits (or going back to old habits) of eating at night and on top of that eating sweet things to maintain weight..
So my dietician recommend a visit to the psychologist to see what type of 'hunger' I was experiencing at night to try and break the bad habit. Her rational behind that is that you don't want to reestablish the bad habits that cause your weight gain. So I go to the psychologist and she says why are you punishing yourself about these so called 'bad foods' when you are not putting on weight... good point but I am so confused. You kind of get mixed messages from different professions as they are coming at if from different directions ..has anyone else experienced this?
Anyway, my conclusion is back at where I started. Keep doing what I am doing and don't worry about it!

Very sad news. To all of the pre sleevers, It goes to show its not a light decision to be made.

Hi guys. Just wanted to let u all know that I feel amazing! 2 weeks post op today. Getting all my fluids in every day, no pain, no dizziness anymore and feeling awesome. Still struggling with Protein but I'm sure that will happen once I start eating more. I am totally in love with my sleeve. This is the best decision I have ever made. Oh, and I'm down 15 kg including pre op. yay me!
I do have to say thank you to each and every one of u! The support I have gained from this and other sites is unbelievable. I'm off for a catch up with some other Toowoomba sleevers today and so looking forward to it.
My new life has started and I love it!!!

Hi Lissa,
I am doing well thank you. My weight loss is slow and steady. A male friend noticed that I have lost weight tonight and I was really surprised because he is not usually the type to notice things like that. It felt pretty good, I must say. LOL
I will pass on your well wishes to the 'girls' on the GSA page...it was 'Horgeous Alexander' who was asking how you're doing.
Have a great Friday.
Michele

That is so sad! U just never know what can happen.
Well on a happy note... I joined a gym yesterday arvo and I have just done my first class..Body Pump! So happy with how I did. But i did nearly fell down the stairs on the way out hahaha

Sue, I think maybe the people who put weight back on aren't paying attention. I think we have to always be careful and adjust if we gain a kilo or two, rather than let it turn into 5 or 10. I also think when you're at goal you don't get that weekly scale reward so you have to set other goals. Maybe fitness or life goals. I think it is good to be prepared rather than looking through rose coloured glasses. At least I hope so!

Thanks Sue I feel so much different too!

Here is a before and after sometimes I get taken aback lol- is that arrogant???

Hi All,
I have been AWOL for a bit, have been incredibly busy with work (avg a 13 hour day) and getting ready for my next and final surgery on the 23rd of August. I wanted to share some before shots. I will be having an extended Tummy Tuck and extended arm lift. Below are some very honest photos of my body as it is, even with my 80 yo look alike arms out




My struggle since being in what I guess is maintenance is that even tho I wear a 12/14 I still see a larger person in the mirror, I can usually dress to hide the lumps and bumps from the world but I am still aware that they are there.
I am glad to see you are all recovering well and doing so well on your journeys, everyone is looking freaking amazing.

Hi everyone,I haven't been on for a while but I am still reading all your posts.For me the last few weeks seems to be very slow but if this had been an ordinary diet I would have quit by now and the weight plus more would be on.One more kilo till the magic double figures.My own personal goal.Cant weight.Keep going everyone,love reading it all.

So proud of myself today. Took my son to a soccer carnival, everyone was eating toasted sangas, hot chips, burgers etc but I sat there munching on my celery and carrot sticks. At the end of the day we went to Maccas - my willpower held strong and I got nothing. I munched on an opti bar on the drive home. I know it may not seem like much but I felt like -I got this!

3 week stall just broke and I've dropped another 3kg. Wahoo! I don't mind a stall if I lose a kg for each week stalled!

You are doing so great, Bec! Glad to hear from you. Your second picture is not showing up for me though.
I have an NSV. I walk to mass on Sundays. I used to leave at 8:15 and get there by 9:05 or so for 9:15 mass. Now I leave at 8:20 and get there by 9! I will have to start leaving 10 minutes later, I think!