mammasue1

Checking in on my fellow August sleevers. Running into the frustration of being finished before anyone else at the table. Still can only eat about 6 or 7 bites. Working on slowing down each and every time. Think i am down to nearly two minutes a bite lol. Love, love, love my new stomach. It is doing it's job by getting me full with just a little bit. Upped my Protein intake because I have more hair strands in my brush and comb. Have become great friends with cottage cheese, as too many Protein Drinks in a day become tiresome. So far I have lost 44.8 lbs...sleeved 8/29/13. Hope everyone else is feeling better since we are a little further out from our surgery month. Good luck to all.

Some days I get frustrated too! I was sleeved on 8/5 and depending on what starting weight you use I'm down between 30 and 16 pounds. My weight when starting this journey was 204, my weight the date of surgery was 190, today I weighed 174. When I think I have only lost 16# since surgery, I begin to wonder if I wasted my money as well.
What keeps me going is knowing that if I keep following the rules eventually the weight will come off. There is no way I'm going to stay at 174 forever when I only consume 700-800 calories a day including 70g of Protein. I started off with a lower BMI than most, so it's just going to take me longer.
My body has already changed significantly. My husband compliments me constantly and anyone who hasn't seen me since before surgery tells me how skinny I look. Not sure how that few pounds of loss can make this much difference, but it does.
Just keep doing what you are doing and try not to compare yourself to others. Try on the clothes you were wearing prior to surgery and I bet you will see a big difference. Go clothes shopping and see how you look in the size of clothes you couldn't fit in before the surgery (just don't buy them, since you are still shrinking ...).
In a few months I bet you will come back and tell us how great you are looking!

Hey all...sleeved on august 22. Lost 45 so far.
I am soo worried about stretching my stomach though. Now that I feel better I can pretty much eat anything. Some days I worry cause I've eaten more than I could during recovery. I listen to my body and eat when hungry and stop when I dont. I haven't dietedb at all figuring I can't diet and have the sleeve. Should I be concerned or am I being silly. Some days I can eat more others I cant. I just had a cup of Soup with meat in it and feel guilty bit maybe I shouldnt. I just don t want this to fail since it seems to be working. So scared of stretching it out.
Neal<br />Starting weight: 363. Goal: 250. Current: 337

Neal, glad to hear someone feels like i do too. I am going thru the same thing to help myself out i am walking at least a 1.5 miles a day at the gym to help out. Starting weight 468 current 405 got sleeved on 8/27. Keep it up neal and keep me posted too.

I am 6 weeks out tomorrow
If it helps at all look at it this way... You can eat a cookie, cake, pizza etc... You are choosing not too! That's the awesome part... Be encouraged by the thought that now you are in control!
This is a life changing surgery but I can guarantee you it will pay off.
We have all tried those treats before.. We know what they taste like (and although yummy!) it didn't do anything for my butt and thighs haha... Embrace the new you! Journal if you have too. I read a few days ago on my journal how gross and " fat" I felt a few months ago... I read it now and I'm like yeah kiss my slowly fading big butt lol! I'm beating you this time.... YOU can do this!!

NSV = I can wrap a normal sized bath towel around me without any of my giblets hanging out. w00t.

I was at 20 lbs at two weeks too. Keep up the good work.

Im at 2weeks and am just getting the hang of eating but today I decided to weigh in and saw that I lost only 4lbs I lost 16 the first week. I know that im not getting enough protien at all so is that the reason im not losing much . But for 2 weeks and 3 days 20lbs is awesome before surgery I lost 16lbs in 3months so im amazed! Think I need to find a good recipe or two im really picky on wat I eat!

Im at 2weeks and am just getting the hang of eating but today I decided to weigh in and saw that I lost only 4lbs I lost 16 the first week. I know that im not getting enough protien at all so is that the reason im not losing much . But for 2 weeks and 3 days 20lbs is awesome before surgery I lost 16lbs in 3months so im amazed! Think I need to find a good recipe or two im really picky on wat I eat!

I know hwo you feel, I too have friends and family who eat all the time and that is what we did for fun. I still go out with them, and enjoy but just eat Soup or something healthy. It is all mental I am going through this now, you want to eat it but can't. I am now just starting to not crave those things, and cant imagine hoe I ate so much just 6 weeks ago. How life changing is this

Still do ALL the fun stuff with family and friends, but just try to not make food the "honored great guest of honor"

The variety in post-op care given by doctors just blows me away. I started pureed/mushy foods on day 8 (if I felt well enough to move along).
I wish there was a big Dr. conference where all bariatric surgeons got together and agreed on the same terms for all patients. It actually makes me upset to see people who are dying for a fricken cheese stick and can't have it.
I saw a post...there was a woman who had to wait 8 WEEKS before she could start pureed foods. 8 WEEKS! She had no health conditions and her surgery was very successful without complications. That's insanity and if you ask me, just plain cruel.