sguer56

Happy monthiversary to everyone!

Happy monthiversary to everyone!

Happy monthiversary to everyone!

Happy monthiversary to everyone!

Happy monthiversary to everyone!

Happy monthiversary to everyone!

Short term:
Return to strength training class 2 days per week. Find a way to make it work with arthritis.
Go on a hike, not a walk. A group hike.
Long term:
Stay healthy, fit, and strong into my 70s (less than 14 years away)
As you can see, I'm not much of an exercise person, but I do it anyway because I want to stay fit and healthy.
Lynda

Ok folks... TMI time... Had my first hard lesson today. I graduated to softs today and it was so great! After 3 weeks of liquid I was in heaven tasting and chewing savory food, and a teeny amount was so satisfying!
So after dinner, everyone in my family got milkshakes. So after many weeks of no sweets, I looked at everyone enjoying their shakes and thought, "hey, its soft." So I ate about 2 oz. Let me tell you all... DON'T try this! You will pay dearly! Won't go into details, but let me just say I'm so glad I was at home and close to a bathroom for the rest of the evening! This memory will definitely keep me away from sweets!

@ccaramel27. I teach high school business and marketing. Was sleeved in December 2012 and was out Thursday, Friday and Monday. Went back on Tuesday to finish the semester. Don't go back that soon. Take at least a full week off. You don't even have food figured out in less than a week.
I'm a Texas teacher, too.

You quit that right now!! Don't you dare dismiss your goals and dreams because you think they somehow don't measure up. They are your goals and dreams so ergo they are important because they belong to you!!!

Hi everyone! I'm new to the thread and enjoyed reading... Dr. Nick gave me a sleeve on July 8 at Baylor Plano and egd at victory. (i can agree with what I have read about the iv sticks, I was a pin cushion) I have loved Dr. Nick and his staff and the experience. My first few days were a mess, so much nausea and vomiting! Doing well now, most pain is gone, I think my side stitch popped. Was moving around and felt something similary to cracking joints but in my side, and the excruciating pain is gone. I'm very ready to be off of the liquid diet. Very nice to meet others so close to me!

There are several things I would love to do that I've never done because I'm too fat:
1. Run a 5k, and eventually a 10k
2. Skiing
3. Parasailing
4. Hiking up a mountain
5. Do a pull-up (or 5, or 20)
I'm also looking forward to ice skating and bike riding with my son... It's been over 20 years since I've done either of those things.
These seem very trivial compared with everyone else's big dreams...

I have to vent... Yesterday was my son's birthday and we celebrated at chuck e cheese... I had to sit and watch as everyone enjoyed pizza, wings, salad bar, cake, and ice cream... While I sipped on Water. It was worse than when my family took me out to eat at a Mexican restaurant (my favorite food) while out of town and tried to coax me into eating something while I was on my preop liquid diet. Everything smelled so good, and I was dying to have some cake (which is something I love) everyone kept commenting on my willpower, but that had nothing to do with it... The fact that any of that food could have caused complications and sent me to the hospital is what scared me into not eating it. Most times, I feel like nobody around me understands...

Between all of us July 8 sleevers, I think we have lost a whole person in weight so far! Nice work!!!