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157 for total cholesterol is great...do you know your other numbers? HDL (good cholesterol)? and your LDL (bad cholesterol)? 111 lbs is awesome....congratulations! and you're absolutely correct about being psychologically prepared...it's truly the most important part.

What an amazing start!! Congratulations! I can "hear" your excitement from your post!! lol

I think 23 lbs in one month is an AWESOME start. I lost 20 lbs exactly my first month post op.

That's awesome!! How many calories are you eating per day? Could it be your'e not eating enough and that's what's causing the dizziness?

At my two month appt. I told my doc I couldn't stomach one single chewable anymore or I was going to start puking and asked him if I could go back to taking regular pills. He said as long as I didn't have any troubles swallowing them to go for it. Life has been good every since. I take my prilosex and iron in the morning and the rest at night.

You're doing great...that's not slow at all.

Hey globe....I've got you beat...I'm only 5'2" stretched out!

UGH...that's for the birds. I'd hate if I had to wait that long after getting approval. I was self pay so it all went very quickly. One day shy of a month from first consult to surgery day.

well I can tell you that I'm one who doesn't eat bread, Pasta, rice, or potatoes. I really don't have room for them if I'm going to get in all the Protein I need. But I totally agree with you that it's a big mind game. I lost 20 lbs the first month, 17 lbs the second month, like 10 lbs the 3rd month, and only 2 lbs so far this month. It's very frustrating to not see the scale move at a continual pace..even if that pace is slow. I have my 3 month appt. next week even though it's a few weeks late...I can't wait to see what my doc thinks and whether I'm still on track or what. I know that if I exercised more regularly it would probably help. I'm getting in all my protein and fluids and I keep my carbs around 30g per day. I'm getting anywhere from 600-800 calories per day and usually closer to 800 most days. Why I'm not really losing I have no idea.

Oh I think there are a lot of us here...My high weight back in the middle of March was 292. I was 268 the day of surgery. My goal is to get to 135...whether I can do it, who knows. I'm a pretty slow loser now...did good at first...but been a little discouraged lately. Course I'm not really exercising much...just starting to. Walked 1.5 miles last night. That's really good for me considering 6 months ago I couldn't even walk around the block.

I think 26 lbs in 2 months is great...and I think you're right on track.

I'll probably be the person that stretches their stomach out. lol I can't seem to get the hang of stopping before I'm overfull. I eat too fast even when trying to make a conscious effort to not do so. I guess some old habits are really hard to break.

Great job...congrats!

Wow...that's a big difference! You're doing great. Congrats!

Have they given you their reasons for thinking it's not a good decision? Because whatever they are, I'm positive they can be countered easily. Thankfully most of my friends and family were super supportive. My husband went through a spell (out of fear) where he was being difficult. I was ready to sell him to pay for my surgery! LOL. He came around and is my biggest supporter. He still worries that I'm going to get sick by not eating enough or whatever...when he's home he brings me Breakfast every single day to my office and also checks with me every single night to make sure I"m taking my Vitamins. LOL I swear he feels more like my daddy sometimes...and that's just kinda weird. *grin* Anyway, if you are confident in your decision then that is all that matters...best of luck to you. And for what it's worth..I think it's a great decision! I love my sleeve!

Those pizza commercials were killer for me too....never saw so many damned pizza commercials as I did during those first couple of weeks...lol

YAY!! I'm so glad you're starting to feel better. It's just going to keep getting better!

Congratulations to both of you and best of luck!

Hey DeeDee...you look great. Healthy and fit! Can you tell us what a day of eating looks like for you?

You look fabulous and yes...soo much happier. I, too like you as a blonde! and I love the shoes!

They've added a separate forum for that procedure. Total Gastric Vertical Plication Sleeve Surgery - Vertical Sleeve Gastrectomy Surgery (VSG) Forum

You're doing fabulously! I'm sorry for what you've been through but I"m happy you were able to deal with it ok. Has all of that 82 lbs been since surgery or did you lose any of that on a pre-op diet? I had surgery one day before you and I'm not doing that darned good! LOL

I went and dug up your earlier post in the tell your story forum earlier to wish you luck with your surgery and to say I hope it all went well. I didn't even see this thread! So glad everything went smoothly and that you're doing well! Welcome to the other side!

Hey girl! I was just checking on you. You should be sleeved by now! Hope it all went well and you are recovering nicely! Can't wait to hear from you.

I have a Gladiator Smoothie nearly everyday. Sometimes I go to Smoothie King and get one sometimes I make them at home. I make sure to specify I only want ONE serving of fruit in my smoothie though as the normal smoothie comes with 2. I get either the vanilla with banana or the strawberry with strawberries. The strawberry and banana together is a very popular one but I don't really care for it. They also make a chocolate powder and sometimes I make that one at home with no fruit added if I've had enough carbs for the day but still need some Protein.