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Wow. Amazing results. So are you ladies working out? If so, what's your workout regimen? I've heard some people never working out some I'm curious. I do 30-40 mins of cardio 4x weekly and my surgery is next month. Also how are you eating? Are you doing low carb diets? I weigh 290 at 5'8-9" and would like to get to 160ish... Any help or tips would be great!!!!!

I'm in stl - having surgery at Barnes hospital on 1/13. Been in the process for 1.5 years. What's going on people?

Cigna pays! Got approved Monday. I'm getting shakes, stretch mark cream, and bariatric Vitamins every month. Don't have to pay a dime. Doesnt hurt to try, at all!

Oh yea. I totally have to have Protein supplement. I have the Premier Protein shakes once a day with a bar at least. On days I workout I might have two shakes - I heard it's good to drink one post workout... But a shake can give me anywhere from 30-45g of protein. I have PB2 and sometimes I mix that with the Protein Powder and skim milk. 4 oz fish or chicken is like 20g or so... Greek Yogurt with granola, etc... So it managers to be around 80g.

I have not had any issues with losing my hair. Not sure why others have.

Thanks everyone. I'm working my way up too! I went to the doctor yesterday- I lost 11 more lbs in 4 weeks! I'm really happy with how things have been. Don't have a lot of endurance but it'll come in time I'm sure! :-)
My goal is to reach 50 lbs down by 16 weeks!
How's everyone else doing?

Hate to say it but are you working out too much or not eating enough? Personally for me, I just started working out. I've lost 10 lbs every month since surgery on 1/14. Since working out I've increased my calories and Protein to 80g. I heard that stalls are normal but it seems like if you're not getting enough calories and you're burning too many, your metabolism slows down (starvation mode). Makes sense.

Cigna pays! Got approved Monday. I'm getting shakes, stretch mark cream, and bariatric Vitamins every month. Don't have to pay a dime. Doesnt hurt to try, at all!

No shipping issues here. Got mine last week. 4 cases with 30 11oz shakes in each, stretch mark ointment and bariatric Vitamins. The box was very heavy and moist but the items were fine. Didn't have to pay anything.

No shipping issues here. Got mine last week. 4 cases with 30 11oz shakes in each, stretch mark ointment and bariatric Vitamins. The box was very heavy and moist but the items were fine. Didn't have to pay anything.

Cigna pays! Got approved Monday. I'm getting shakes, stretch mark cream, and bariatric Vitamins every month. Don't have to pay a dime. Doesnt hurt to try, at all!

Cigna pays! Got approved Monday. I'm getting shakes, stretch mark cream, and bariatric Vitamins every month. Don't have to pay a dime. Doesnt hurt to try, at all!

Congrats!!!!! You've reached such a milestone. Very inspirational as I'm looking to lose 125 lbs.
Any tips or advice for success? I'm 6 weeks out!!!

I'm Sierra btw :-)

Welp. scale won't move!!!
Week 4. Stalls suck. Staying encouraged. Gonna increase Protein and fluids. Anything else? Thanks.

I'm learning that the key is when you eat puréeds, try to eat Protein rich foods unless you have some Protein Powder to mix. It was difficult at first for me but I found some neat resources online. So like for Breakfast, I had cream of wheat with 1 scoop vanilla protein power, 1 cup of free milk and a touch of cinnamon. It's really good and got me 18g of protein or so.
For lunch - I mixed 1 package of tuna (16g) protein and fat free salsa and cottage cheese (6g) protein. So that's about 22g for lunch. And I've been sipping a 30g+ smoothie all day and still have dinner to eat.
Online has sooooo many diff recipes and ideas for trying to reach protein goals. And having a high protein smoothie or drink with 20+ grams to sip or drink all day helps to reach the 65g goal!

Hi buddies! I'm 1/13/14 12:30p too!
Sw 296
Cw 291
Gw 170
5'8"
No diet required but started yesterday - mostly high Protein and liquids... Bought sf Jello, Popsicles, broth, fugsicles, crystal lite, total lean shakes and EAS carb control... 13 days left!!!!

Not going back to work for 4/6 weeks as I'm a nurse and can't afford to be pulling and tugging on ppl.
Week 1 weight loss: 14 lbs!!!! Anyone else get on the scale today?

Sorry for late reply. Had surgery 1/13/14 Monday. Was drowsy and Painfree all day. Slept day away.
Yesterday - was horrible. Felt like death. Iv infiltrated. Was dehydrated and became a hard stick. Didn't have iv for hours. No meds! No Pain or nausea meds. Was vomiting bile and mucous continuously. Also hurt abdomen by vomiting. Couldn't keep down ice chips. Finally got 2 ivs by anesthesiologist after several ppl tried - got scopolamine patch and Toradol and zofran etc, felt like 200% better 2 hours later. Had visitors and was even walking by evening. Even could handle ice chips! Totally an isolated incident.
Today cream of wheat and juice. Burping a lot. Probably full after a few spoon Fulls? Have a headache though. Hopefully discharged later. :-)

Oh yea and finally had a bm this morning!!!! Whoop whoop!!!! :-)

Not going back to work for 4/6 weeks as I'm a nurse and can't afford to be pulling and tugging on ppl.
Week 1 weight loss: 14 lbs!!!! Anyone else get on the scale today?

Oh really? Just started that med today. $25 prescription. Guess I won't be taking it lol

Sorry for late reply. Had surgery 1/13/14 Monday. Was drowsy and Painfree all day. Slept day away.
Yesterday - was horrible. Felt like death. Iv infiltrated. Was dehydrated and became a hard stick. Didn't have iv for hours. No meds! No Pain or nausea meds. Was vomiting bile and mucous continuously. Also hurt abdomen by vomiting. Couldn't keep down ice chips. Finally got 2 ivs by anesthesiologist after several ppl tried - got scopolamine patch and Toradol and zofran etc, felt like 200% better 2 hours later. Had visitors and was even walking by evening. Even could handle ice chips! Totally an isolated incident.
Today cream of wheat and juice. Burping a lot. Probably full after a few spoon Fulls? Have a headache though. Hopefully discharged later. :-)

Thanks. They really tried fast to get me an iv. The surgeon came back and saw me. Told him i was feeling wayyyy better. I ate bfast today too and just ordered lunch! Feeling great. Ready to go!

Thanks. They really tried fast to get me an iv. The surgeon came back and saw me. Told him i was feeling wayyyy better. I ate bfast today too and just ordered lunch! Feeling great. Ready to go!