Shellbell333

Girl, you've got to pull yourself together. You have done an amazing job over the course of this past year. YOU have done that, no one else did that for you. YOU made the choice. We all have **** going on in our lives, but you have to decide for yourself that you are worth it, and you are worth it! Go back to basics. Get in your exercise. Don't let your family sabotage your efforts - YOU ARE TOTALLY WORTH IT!

Nope. I've been out of tracking mode since vacation a week ago. I've not logged my entire day since the Sunday before last. ARGH! I am still eating what I should and I know I am under calories/carbs/fat but I don't like that I've lost my OCD regarding tracking.
I am kicking my ass back into gear, though. That's all I can do. I got in my 10k steps today, I went to my kickboxing class as well as my TaeKwonDo class. It felt SO FREAKING good to get back into my exercise track that I know getting back into my food cycle will as well.
shake it off and restart what you are supposed to do now. Not tomorrow, not Monday, NOW.

This is a picture I took of how I stayed on track with my fluids

I really appreciate the feedback. I am disabled and unable to do strenuous exercise but am doing more than I have in a long long time. I walk as much as I can. I will try to remain optimistic.

I am 13 weeks out and have never stalled. I have been consistently losing about 4 pounds a week. Down 67 pounds in 13 weeks. I'm following gastric sleeve nutritional guidelines. I believe the most important thing for me is that I have been doing cardio workout 5 times a week on an elliptical, starting 2 weeks after being sleeved. 35 minutes of hard physical workouts and burning over 525 calories each session.

It's a stall. You will be fine. Just be patient. I know easier said then done, but stressing over it won't help either.

I'll be taking your list to the grocery store with me. Thanks for the tips!

I had cravings at 1 1/2 weeks out from my surgery. Well, I think it was more that I missed EATING. I missed food, chewing and swallowing! I was asking myself "Why did I do this". It felt like I was NEVER gonna eat again. At my 2 week follow up they told me to eat puréed foods and 3 days after my appointment I could start to Folk soft foods. I wanted to kiss my doctor! He made me to so very happy! But I think it was all mental. I JUST MISSED EATING.
After I started the puree's it got better. No more stinking thinking. I STILL have moments when I WANT something I shouldn't. But I remember the CASH I payed out of pocket and remember my goal. Having the surgery is one of the best things I could have ever done for myself.
HANG IN THERE, IT GETS EASIER.

Mine dr said 4 weeks! And I specifically asked about workout classes/dance and ab workouts and he said it was fine but if I notice discomfort to stop and don't push it. I have been doing abs since 4 weeks and haven't had any problem (I'm only on week 6)!

I had a huge craving today for a Chipotle burrito! I drank my Protein instead but it sure was hard not to pull in there and buy some burrito to puree! (I'm only a week out)
I really wanted popcorn from the movies the other night...so hard to hear people crunching it:)
Hang in there, we can do this!!

Sorry for the copy/paste. I don't prepare dishes as it's just me. Kids are out of the house so not feeding a family. I do 6 mini meals a day. Some stand bys for me are hot choc /decaf (15g) . 2 light mozzarella string cheese (12g). Chobani Lemon Greek Yogurt (15g). Boars Head Ever-roast deli chicken 2 oz (13g). Al Fresco chicken sausage (14g). Morningstar Spicy Black Bean Burger (11g).1 pouch tuna/1/2 c 1% cottage cheese (31g). Gortons Simply Bake Tilapia (20g). Unjury Protein Powder 1 scoop/8 oz skim milk (29g) and sometimes I add 2 T of PB2 which brings it to 34g. Each one of these standbys is 1 mini meal for me. I don't have room for anything after eating it. Don't eat them all on the same day but keep my cals under 900 for the day. I shoot for 90g a day. Sorry for the run on paragraph. My enter key is not working ONLY on this website. Have contacted Alex/Tech but no solution yet.

I eat 60-70 a day but today I ate 80

I'm a little over 2 weeks post & I'm about 70-80grams of Protein and not at 64oz of fluids yet but almost 50 oz of fluids

I'm 1 week post op and getting between 70 and 80g per day. Also getting at least 64 oz of Water.< /p>

Every bodies amount of Protein is different that's why we have to work with our Nut.. Because it changes as u go thru your weight loss and the amount of exercise we do ...in the beginning I was @ 100gr of protein then as I loss weight it has come down ,, after surgery it changed again ... & when I start working out its going to change again

That's good you found out now so you can make the adjustment immediately. There is something to say about post op follow-up. Great job.

Driving to the hospital now with my husband and my surgery is scheduled for 7am. Prayers please and thank you.

Wow! That's fantastic!!

One is 3 days before surgery attached with 2 months out, and one is Yesterday July 28th.... I just want to say to anyone thats in a stall... Just switch it up... You will not fail... Just do something different... If your running on a treadmill, start doing different kinds of exercises, change your diet completely.. If your eating chicken breast and salad and your in a stall... eat brocoli and fish... and drink a whole lot more water... Stalls come and trust me, stalls go.. I aint where i wanna be yet, and I was in a stall for 3 weeks without knowing it... but when i realized what was up.. I switched it up,.. and im back on the downward spiral... Good luck VSG family!

This is a picture I took of how I stayed on track with my fluids

The Isopures are like kool aid or like drinking flavored water. I guess you could mix it with ice but I haven't yet. It's not creamy at all. All the flavors are the same consistency. I don't like all the flavors but I like most of them. I like them to because they aren't creamy drinks.< /p>

Shellbell333, what is the texture like for the green apple and blueberry? I am very PRE-op, but like to plan ahead. I've only had choc/vanilla Protein Shakes. Are the fruity ones the same consistency? Do you mix yours with ice? That might be the only way I could have a fruity Protein Shake - make it like a slurpee!

I'm drinking Protein Shake called oh yeah 32 mg of Protein. You can find it at Alberts store by the coke aile

I had gastric sleeve surgery July 25 (Thursday). I came home from the hospital yesterday after a two-day stay, and today I had my first Protein Shake -- Pure Protein, vanilla, which I think is too sweet. Got it at Wal-Mart. Can anyone share their preferences for these shakes? I couldn't even finish the first one, it was THAT bad. How am I going to get 60 grams of protein in each day? It seems like it's going to be a struggle. Tips welcome!

Don't worry about the emotions - we women get e added bonus of extra hormones during the weight loss,so you are dealing with that too!