Someonefab

First things first! You talked about head hunger. Your body will truly let you know when you need to feed it. Sometimes though, you will have to force yourself to eat cause you will noticed that you have went so long during the day without eating. To prevent that, plan your meals and stick to a schedule. Eat slowly to prevent the dumping syndrome. Take your time and you will find a balance of when you are truly hungry or just needing something because you are feeling a certain way. Next you talked about dealing with the food feasts & your family. This was one of the topics that was discussed at one of the support groups. Try to change the focus from food to activities like playing a game of charades or some type of activity to get people moving. One of the things I do is eat slowly, chew slowly, enjoy the conversations with everyone, get up and dance, help with cleaning tasks, anything to get me moving and out of the way and then take my plate to go. Hope this helps.

I have to say that I have been really busy lately as I haven't been on the site in a while. I finished the classes on August 28th. I had my surgery on October 22nd. I am now down to 178.4lbs. Sometimes I can't believe it myself. I have friends and acquaintenances asking me questionss about what I did. Of course, I don't tell them about the surgery but I do tell them my routine. They are amazed and proud of me at the same time.

I had my surgery on the 22nd and I don't know if anyone has had this particular problem. I have this pain in my groin area on the left side when I move my left leg a certain way. I can't make any quick movements or I will get a very sharp pain. Has anyone else experience that?

A friend of mine told me about coconut oil. I am just a week post op so we will see if it works.

Hey everyone. Just an update. I was sleeved on 10/22. When I weighed myself at home the day of surgery, I was 214.8lbs. Today I got on the scale and I weighed 206.4. I ended up coming down with a cold so it is a pain to keep blowing my nose and coughing up phlegm. I habe been walking around. I walked twice yesterday. I am going to try to get more protein down today since I only got 14oz down yesterday. I calculated it wrong yesterday. I thought I had 17 but it was only 14. So I need to get more in today.

The pre op diet depends on your doctor. I go to Kaiser on Cadillac, West LA kaiser. My docvtor did not require a pre op liquid diet. He told me to continue what I was doing cause I had been successful. Some friends I know had a two day pre op diet. They were part of the same kaiser as you. My surgery is tomorrow.

Oops! I spelled your name wrong. I meant to say akusah. I am really tired! Lol

Akanush, you and I are definitely sleeve sisters. What time do you have to be at the hospital tomorrow? I have to be there for 8am. I wish you the best for both of us tomorrow. See you on the loser side!

Tomorrow is my day. It has been a long day at work. Then I tutor a homeless child and now I am on my way home to pack my bag, change my bed linen, and go to bed. I feel like I'm coming down with a cold so I am going to call it an early night especially since I have to be at the hospital by 8am for my surgery at 10.

I'm nervous and excited! My day is tomorrow! I feel like I'm coming down with a cold a day before surgery. I have to be at the hospital at 8am for my surgery at 10am. I was told that my surgery may take an extra hour cause of all the scar tissue from previous surgeries. Once I get home, I am going to pack my bag and go to bed. I have an early day since I am catching the bus to the hospital. The only good thing is that the bus ride is only 15 minutes. But I am going to arrive early just in case something happens along the way.

Can you add me to the FB group. My email address is someonefab67@yahoo.com. Thanks. My date is October 22nd.