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Hey all, I've tried Brad's Raw chips before and they're great and organic (I think). www.bradsrawchips.com
I'm far too impatient to dehydrate on my own!

For the hospital, I wish I knew about the nausea after getting out of the procedure, it was horrible and for me lasted 2 days. A small pillow is a must so you can hold your stomach to cough and blow into the spirometer thing. Everything else is just the lifestyle changes that come with surgery and are second nature to me now. I don't think about them too often, except when I go out with friends. I vowed not to drink alcohol until next March because I don't want to introduce that sugar and extra calories until I am at goal or close to it. When going out, it is difficult because I enjoy a glass of wine with friends. With that said, nothing is more important to me right now than getting to goal. I have discovered that I have something in me that I never knew was there.....self monitoring and self control. With the advantages the sleeve gives you as a tool and the right mindset, we can do this. I'm not saying it is easy because it most certainly is NOT. Most things worth working for are not easy. It is achievable though and I hope to keep my mindset moving forward and take all that comes with the surgery in stride to a successful finish line. Good luck to you on your research journey.

1 year and 123 lbs lost... Current pic is from 2 months ago lol best decision EVER!!!

This is very true. I was feeling sorry for myself yesterday. I woke up today 2 pounds lighter and it just reinforces my commitment to this. Everything will come in time. This is the new me and if I like it or not I got this surgery to enforce the new me from slipping back in to my old ways. The sleeve is doing its job.

Hello everyone, it's been a while since I've been in here, I was sleeved march 20th by Dr Stowers in Decatur TX. Life has been amazing since my surgery, no major complications, i feel healthy for once in my life, no more knee pain, blood pressure and cholesterol are great! I'm at my goal weight of 175, I'm 5'10".
I if your thinking about getting the sleeve, STOP THINKING AND DO IT! It helped me in so many ways and I am very happy with my decision. Yes some set backs, like not being able to eat a whole plate if food sucks for the first 2 months, but after your mind changes and you get comfortable eating small quantities, it gets better.
Now when I got out to eat with friends, and I have take home food that lasts 2 more meals. And, when I see them eat, I think? "How the hell can they eat all that?" Mind has changed for the better, seeing all that fat, sodium and other junk entering their bodies makes me even happier that I made a decision to change my life.
Yes it sucks not being able to eat ice cream, "more than one scoop", but I'm happy when I don't. You can eat more, but your stomach won't like it at all, you will be going to the RR to throw up and have an awful stomach ache for about 30 mins.
You can eat whatever food you want, just not nearly as much as you would have before.
•PAIN- never felt any major pain at all after the procedure, incision lines never hurt, and the only time when my stomach hurt was on the staple line when I sneezed, coughed or the 2 times I threw up after the surgery. <"2 weeks only". I had the HH repaired and drinking Water felt weird for 2 weeks afterwards, after that it went away. The gas pain I felt in my shoulders for about 2 weeks, nothing after that.
The only regret I have is not getting it done sooner. Yes I was scared, but it's human nature to be scared of such a major procedure. ***But, ID RATHER SOMEONE WORK ON MY STOMACH THAN MY HEART"***
If anyone has any questions Id love to hear from you, take care and God bless you.

Just wanted to show off a little. Bought a new suit this month and then ran across a vacation pic from July 2012. If you look closely at the July pic, you might notice a cruise ship hiding behind me. :-P

Hello all
I am eight weeks post opt and I have lost a total of 66 pounds. I am happy with the decision to get this surgery. The only problem I have is head hunger other than that I am doing good. My stats are hw 377.5 sw 353.8 cw 311.6 I am 6 ft tall.

After over 2 months of steadily losing hair, washing it today I realised that single strands were coming out, not little groups of hair. It wasn't blocking the bath and when I brushed it out, there was way less hair coming out...
I know, that was today and tomorrow might see more Hair loss. But I will take every little victory and today, I am smiling :-))))))

I am currently 4 weeks post-op. I am 5' 7.5". My highest weight was 289. My doctors goal for me is to lose 50 to 70% of my excess body weight. So if my ideal weight is 160 then I had 129lbs of excess body weight. 50 to 70% of 129 is between 64 and 90 lbs. So my doctors goal for me would be between 225lbs and 199lbs.
The reasoning for the 50 to 70% is because that is the average that people tend to lose. Keep in mind some will lose less and some will lose more. I want to be one of the ones that will lose more. I want to end up between 160 and 180 lbs. With that being said I am following my doctors orders to a T. I have restarted my exercise program. As of this morning I am 236 lbs. That means I am only 11 lbs from the high end of my doctors goal for me and I am only 4 weeks post-op. Woohoo for me.

9/12: 258.8
9/19: 252.8
Down 6!

UPDATE:
I decided after a lot of hard thinking that he isn't right for me and I am being unfair to him and to myself by staying in the relationship.
I broke up with him last Monday and asked him to move out by Sunday. Last night (Sunday) he moved out of my house.
He spent the week texting me telling me he loves me so much and that he can change and please take him back but I have heard it before. He has said he can change so much but I know he has tried before and it just hasn't worked.
I have cried everyday so far but I know things will get better i just have to push through. I am very sad for him as well as I know he is heartbroken and its not like he did anything really wrong, he just isn't right for me.
I am going to stay single for a while and try and spend some time with myself. I feel very nervous about entering the dating scene again as I have never done that as a thin person. But I need to heal first.
Thank you very much to everyone who gave me such good advice and helped me to be strong and make the right decision.

Awesome news! Congrats! My doctor's scale is 2 pounds more than mine, too! Haha I was just telling my mom yesterday that I like mine better!
Keep up the good work!

Two years ago today, my husband of 20 years had a melt down and told me for the first time how much he hated my body and that our sex life was terrible because I was fat. This was the first time he had ever said anything and I was pissed, shocked, hurt and confused. I thought about walking out because it was such a bombshell, but over the next two weeks we got everything out in the open (including me telling him things that I had held back). We cried, we fought, we talked, we made some decisions. Although he could have handled it much differently, I couldn't deny that he was right....not to mention my health was going downhill.
A month later, I had WLS, that was October 2011.
A year later, I had lost 80 lbs and reached my goal weight. That was September 2012.
I wrote a blog every Sunday for the first year. If you haven't read it and you want some inspiration, please go to www.queenofcrop.com I want to inspire those who aren't sure if they should do this, or might be struggling after the surgery.
My life today is an extraordinary, amazing life. My health issues are gone, my husband and I have never been closer, our sex life is more than amazing, I feel younger and happier than I have in my entire life.
I turn 60 in a few weeks. I feel 35. I think I look pretty good for 60.
I'm happy. I am grateful.

Awesome news! Congrats! My doctor's scale is 2 pounds more than mine, too! Haha I was just telling my mom yesterday that I like mine better!
Keep up the good work!

Prior to my sleeve surgery (still too early post-op to try to introduce this just yet myself) I would make the following smoothie every morning:
2/3 c. almond milk
1/4 c. Greek yogurt
1/2 banana
1 tbsp. Peanut Butter
2 tbsp. ground flax seed
3-4 frozen strawberries (or whatever fruit I had on hand)
1 1/2 c. baby spinach
Blended up in my magic bullet and called it a day. The Peanut Butter and flax give it a nutty taste and the banana masks the spinach flavor (and I don't even eat salads so I truly can't taste it). This makes a pretty big smoothie, so I would maybe start with half if you're going to try it. A blog I love, www.skinnytaste.com, turned me onto them and she has a slew of variations. Let me know if you try it!

Yep, 10 months out, 30 lbs from goal, 3 sizes down. Feeling good

Remember, updates are being posted as they come in (or as I get a chance) at: http://sdrv.ms/19Qmc3j.
This is so much fun...like watching the results in the Olympics come trickling in! This was such a GREAT idea, FeelsMe2!

I have successfully lost 100 pounds since March 26th my starting weight was 252 I am now 150 woohoo I feel better than ever

9/12: 258.8
9/19: 252.8
Down 6!

As of this morning, I have

1) lost over 150 pounds since I began this weight loss journey,
2) lost over 50% of my "excess weight" (above my goal), and
3) reached under 300 pounds for the first time in over 20 years (since my oldest child was conceived)! Yay me!!! Woo hoo!!!

9/12: 258.8
9/19: 252.8
Down 6!

9/12: 258.8
9/19: 252.8
Down 6!

9/12: 258.8
9/19: 252.8
Down 6!

Hi there! I'm obsessed with this blog skinnytaste.com. Her recipes are weight watchers friendly, and they are super easy to throw together (at least the ones I've tried). No crazy ingredients. I'm 5 weeks out, too, and just getting started on food. My Dr. seems ultra conservative with food, but cleared me for exercise with no restriction at one week. Strange, right? Anyways, keep up the good work!

My dog Kaity is much cuter then I am, and she's only 3 (of course that's 21 in dog years), and no, she's not fat, just fluffy.