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^ Slow and Steady wins the race. Well, 2 days to 10 weeks now and I've not lost much more honestly. But...the inches! Goodness the inches. I'm down from a super tight uncomfortable size 18 jean (at the waist) to a 12 perfect fit. Haven't been this size since highschool! I'm actually smaller than highschool to be honest. I barely have anymore stomach left. It's just my lower pouch...but I've had two kids...and my youngest just turned a year on the 25th...so yeah. That might never be gone for all I know...but come on now...size 18 to size 12...if that's not hope...what is? I'm also wearing medium size shirts now. I was a L/XL. Usually XL. I could sort of get away with a large if I wore my steel lined corset underneath. I've tossed that for 2 months now lol. My face is super slim, and contoured now. I'm loving this. Hoping this keeps up!

Sleeved July 25th (2 days to 10 week mark, this Wed) and 23.8lbs down w/ 52.6 to go. Stalled from week 3 to week 7. Started losing weight week 8. Down 5lbs in the last two weeks. So I'd say, weight loss is super super slow! I'm barely even making a crawl. However, I'm down inches like no ones business. Down from a super tight/uncomfortable size 18 skinny jeans in waist to a super loose size 14, and a perfect fit size 12! Not bad my friends...not bad at all! My thighs didn't really need much, but those are tiny too. My legs are super muscular calves of sexyness (they sort of always were...but now...DAMN). My arms are down, my bra size is down 2 cups, however my band remain's the same (bra rolls anyone lol). My face! OH MY FACE I TELL YA! So slim. No double chin in sight. And sooooooo slim with all that natural contouring in my cheek/hollows etc. Nice! So I'd trade inches over lbs any day! I just hope to keep dropping the inches like this forever! HAHA!

yep.

21.4lbs down. But including every time I've gained some, and then lost it again (plus some) it's more around 25-28lbs down really.

I'm 5' 1" and was 33 bmi day of surgery. I agree that the smaller we are the slower we lose, however, It balances out since we have so much less to lose in any case. So we get to goal at the same regardless. At least this is what I'm telling myself. My ticker's got my progress so far. Weightloss slowed to a pathetic excuse for a crawl at weeks 3, 4 and 5 post op. I gained 3 lbs in that last week, lost them overnight through drinking tons of Water to keep me full and avoid eating and drank 2 Protein shakes (30g each) to avoid food. Ate only 500 calories that day. Lost 3 of those gained lbs plus an ounce or two that had been stuck for 5-6 days. Then...I hit a full on (no ups, no downs) stall for another week and a half. This was week 6 and most of week 7. Now I'm 3 days into week 8 and am on my period. I finally broke the stall though! PHEW! Lost 2lbs and 14 oz overnight for no reason at all on day 2 of week 8. Lost 2oz today (day 3 of week 8). Again, no changes. So yeah, hope I don't stall again and manage to keep at this rate for the remainder of my journey. Not counting on it though. But hey...a girl can dream. Good luck!

So easy! You just take about 4-5 cups of milk and scald it. Stop the heat before it begins to boil over. Let it cool down. Check with your hand after an hour or so, if it doesn't burn then your good. lol. Once the milk is cool just add 2-3 tbsp of yogurt (I use what I've already made previously...but you can buy the single serving tubs...I think they even have single serving greek now). Then you just mix the milk and yogurt super lightly a couple of times, so it's evenly distributed and pour it into a container of your choice. Turn the oven up to warm for a bit and turn it off after 3 minutes. You just want it to be slightly warm in there. Or, if your kitchen is normally warm and you don't mind waiting up to 12 hours you can just keep it on the stove. That's what my mom and I do. Otherwise, just stick the almost-greek-yogurt in the warmed up/turned off oven and if you've a light let that stay on too, it'll keep it from cooling down. Come back after 5-6 hours and check on the greek yogurt. If it looks like yogurt you're almost done! Basically it should be thicker and should stay together when moved around like thinned out yogurt. Once it's done you just get a cheesecloth and a rubberband and place the cheesecloth over the bowl and rubberband it down, not too tight, not too loose cause you're going to strain the whey out to make the yogurt "Greek"! So, pour all of the yogurt into the cloth covered bowl and stick it in the fridge for up to 4 hours. Whatever is left at the top, all nice and thick and greek yogurty is what you're gonna wanna seal up airtight and store in the fridge. Whatever is in the bowl is the "whey"! That stuff is great too!

Ah.....the benefits of making your own Greek Yogurt at home. Thanks mom for teaching me!!!! LOL!

Wouldn't the ketosis test strips turn negative if I've eaten? I thought ketosis was only during a fast? I've been at a stall for the last 3 weeks, and the stall is worse than any I've been on. I'm actually running around crazy trying to NOT GAIN right now, it's that bad. I'm at 500-530 calories, and under 20g carbs, and over always 85+g Protein and every single time I've gotten in anything NEAR 600 calories I've gained 3+ lbs this whole stall! I'm losing my damn mind here. How in hell can I be restricting calories and carbs and fat so much and still be losing my mind trying not to gain! I thought the weight was supposed to be falling off!!! What I wouldn't do to have even a fraction of a pound a day come off, or even every 2-3 days.....I thought the ridiculous gain cycle was over with now that I've had this surgery! I'm not even eating how much I can easily eat. I've portioned everything I put into my mouth because I know I can't starve, and I know I can't exceed my calories for some reason or I end up gaining. Exercise is only making me feel stupid right now. I workout like insane for 3-5 days, check my weight...and oop....we're stuck, or up. I realize muscle gains etc....but I promise you its not that. I measure, among many other things. So frustrated with this damn sleeve right now. It's not even that I can't eat. THE WORST PART is the fact that I can eat probably however much I want, just haven't let myself test the limit cause I'm terrified of having too many calories and gaining again. But I know this, my stomach could easily take 1-2 cups of whatever I'm eating since day 1...literally the first day out.(beef, turkey, salad, chicken...any form...any consistancy....everything goes!). Almost as much as before, just a teeny bit less really. I just avoid eating high calorie/fat stuff so I don't gain. Why after the surgery am I having to work just as, or twice as hard to lose weight....or better yet....keep myself from gaining for the past 3 weeks? Yeah....I'm pissed. Sorry for the rant. I suck.

I feel like that too! Turns out it was heartburn. I honestly thought they were serious hunger pains from HELL! Funny though, they sure don't feel like heartburn. They're pretty low for them too....its so strange. But yep, that is what they are. They've definitely lessened now. I just had one super long episode that just now ended only 10-15 minutes ago after I had some turkey chili. It's my fourth time having it since I made it and my portion is super tiny too......no reason I guess. But I swear I thought I was super starving to death. Then I realized that when I get truly hungry, I'm dizzy and lightheaded within 3-5 minutes of the feeling. I didn't get that with this feeling. Strange enough though, it does tend to calm down for a bit right after I have a sip or two of my protein shake or water or something. Just like hunger does. But it usually comes back in a bit....

..........................What? heheheeeeee. Meoooowwwwww

Agreed! Basically...if you stall despite avoiding all sugar and white carbs try one of these a day until you see what works for you. 1.Eat more. 2.Eat less. 3.Workout / Workout more 4.Stop working out / give that body a rest to heal and replace muscle! 5.Change up what you're eating. (If you're low carb, high protein, low fat. Change it up, make it high fat, low carb, high protein or whatever else works for you!) 6.Change up you're workout. If you're lifting weights, try cardio. Vice versa. 7. Drink more Water. This should be number 1 from my experience!

All I have to say (further) about this stupid stall is.....guys....just drink down that Water please! I swear...I don't know how I would have lost those evil 3lbs I gained the other day if I hadn't drank up my 2 litres like a mad women. Not to mention it kept me away from grazing and made it so I had less meals. I just had 2 Protein shakes a day and my 2 litres of water...and a turkey slice lettuce wrap (66 cals, 33 if you use just one slice). 3 times in the whole day. Kept my calories low at 520 approx, kept my fat super low at 13g, my carbs lower than ever at 13.9g, and my protein HIGHER THAN EVER at 91.2g!!! I lost those 3lbs over night. Plus 2 ounces that I was stalled at for so many weeks! I know 2 ounces doesn't seem like much, but for us stalled for several weeks....it's enough to have a mini-fiesta over LOL. BTW...Just thought I'd add again...July 25th here.

I too stalled badly at 2 weeks and am still stalled pretty much on the last day of my 5th week. It's really upsetting. I even gained 3lbs overnight because I had 700 calories the night before the last! UGH! I knocked myself back down to 520 cals and lost those 3 plus 2 ounces yesterday...and have tried to do the same today and will see what the scale says tomorrow. This stall is the absolute WORST.LOL

errr....I had a 3-day pre-op liquid diet. No cheating. Meh. My surgeon luh-uuuved my shrinky dinky liver!

Try Wellesse Multi Vitamin+. They're liquid. I just got mine in the mail today...Natural Citrus Flavor. Tastes like slightly diluted orange juice. I don't mind taking the ounce (2 measuring tablespoons) directly honestly, and that's saying a lot as I absolutely despise liquid/chewable Vitamins and medicine tasting stuff. But this wasn't bad at all. Well at least not as bad as all the others I've tried. Yuck! However, I did add it to my orange flavored Energy crystal lite to make a tasty SuperMommy Infusion! So that it would last me all day rather than just take a shot of the stuff and hope it does. But that's just moi. I think you can get it at most RiteAids too....I ordered via vitacost.com. But you can always call your local Riteaid and check. Good luck. oooh....and you can always just add them to your favorite drinks and shakes and it's like orange juice....so the possibilities are limitless. Here's a link to some examples of homemade Vitamin Water that tastes waaaaay better than the useless brand stuff. (I love this women, everyone needs to check her recipes out!!OMG!!) http://realsustenance.com/how-to-make-your-own-vitamin-water-plus-a-giveaway/ or.....there's always gummies.