sandisleeve

16.5 months out (vsg 12.12.13)  

******** I lost a lot of muscle early on too due to a lot of pain with surprise hiatal hernia repair which made it hard to drink anything.
I'm 11 months out now and feeling better than ever although I am anemic post op and need a second round of 5 Iron infusions
I workout at least 7x a week mostly group fitness classes: spin????????????????????, hot yoga ????????☺️, power yoga ????, Pilates, barre, and sometimes Zumba ????and kickboxing ????but I mostly ❤️ yoga, Pilates and spin because they are all low impact????
293 heaviest
Surgery ~240 on 12.12.13
Current 163-168
Old goal: 175✔️
New goal: 155-160 ????
5'7"
If I can do it ANYONE can ????????
  

From 293 to 163ish, 5'8" 14 months out

From 293 to 163ish, 5'8" 14 months out

Me before & after
293 to 163 ☺️????????????

From 293 to 163ish, 5'8" 14 months out

Loving my sleeve... March 26 will make it a year

Vsg 121213
Before 293 my highest
Surgery 240
Current 163-166
Ultimate goal 155-160
I am 5'7"
 

165 ish current
HW 293
Surgery 240 on dec 12, 2013
Height between 5'7"-5'8"

 

I didn't keep my surgery a secret. I told everyone. And I too, rec'd lots of interesting comments. The one that sticks out in my mind the most is "its the easy way out". If I've learned anything after being sleeved, is that is it not an easy way out by any means. Its a great tool, and yes, its helped me loose weight more efficiently than if I hadn't had the surgery. But it is NOT easy. A lot of work needs to go into it. You shouldn't be embarrassed about ANYTHING!!!

I had sushi tonight. I'm almost 6 weeks post op and on regular diet (save for grains). I got the crab naruto roll which has no rice and is wrapped in cucumber and I also got some sashimi tuna. In all I ate about 1 1/2 pieces of the roll and 1 piece of the tuna. It was amazing

I do not eat rice at all. I ADORE sushi. Have been ordering a small seaweed salad (have a few bites) and 2 hand rolls without rice. It is SO good that way!! My fav meal.

Instead of rice, tell them u would like it wrapped in soy paper or seaweed. Yum!

KimberlyBranco7,
I've found that I can eat rice at over 6 months out BUT I choose to eat VERY little. I eat Protein first and foremost because that is what my body needs. The rice fills me up too quickly and I just don't want to use what little space my sleeve has only to be hungry in a very short period of time. Not lion roaring hunger like before the sleeve but that little twinge that says "hey, you need to eat something". I find if I watch the carbs, and that is all rice is--my weight loss is much better.
Kathleen

I'm 2 weeks out and just had a tuna avocado Naruto roll - wrapped in cucumber instead of rice. Chewed to a mush, of course. It seems to be doing just fine! Hooray! ????

From 293 to 163ish, 5'8" 14 months out

From 293 to 163ish, 5'8" 14 months out

From 293 to 163ish, 5'8" 14 months out

From 293 to 163ish, 5'8" 14 months out

From 293 to 163ish, 5'8" 14 months out

From 293 to 163ish, 5'8" 14 months out

From 293 to 163ish, 5'8" 14 months out

From 293 to 163ish, 5'8" 14 months out

165 ish current
HW 293
Surgery 240 on dec 12, 2013
Height between 5'7"-5'8"

 

From 293 to 163ish, 5'8" 14 months out