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I completely agree Pink!!! I eat whatever. Three kids and a husband to cook for, in school full time and all the extras make me very busy. I always have Protein Bars with me if there are no reasonable options but for the most part I eat what I want in small doses. I'm not a huge sweets fan since the surgery but I eat cheese and crackers ( multigrain) and I'll eat at friends' and families homes as well. Life is too short to count calories! If I'm hungry, I eat. So far I've lost 80 lbs and in 6 more lbs I'll be in the overweight category!!! (Not obese!!) I'm a size 12 and feel GREAT!!!
Try to relax a little bit and try different things. The surgery is a life changing thing for sure but it doesn't mean you have to be a prisoner to it.
Good luck!!

Thank you so much BestYet2Come!! so great to know I'm not alone. I just get worried since I barley eat ..today I have just ate a few grapes and provolone cheese I'm currently taking 1 prenatal vitamin with folic acid...scheduled for a ultrasound next Monday. .this will be my 3rd child my son is 14 daughter is 10..I know starting all over again..but I have always wanted to have 3 thanks again! I will keep everyone updated blessing to all on your journey!

Don't be scared Meamo. *big hug* Contact your doctor and an OB/GYN. They will help guide you through your pregnancy to ensure that you and you little one are eating enough and remain healthy.
Congratulations!!!

I am losing like you. I am down 48 lbs since Dec 9th. I see everyone with big losses and I get frustrated sometimes. Then...I see my before pictures and can't help but to Celebrate my own loss. May not be like everyone else. ..But it's a LOSS! Feeling great!! Feeling healthy!!!

Congrat's to all my fellow Dec. sleevers! I love reading all your stories. Sleeved on Dec.3rd weighed 265 and now down to 188! Happy Happy happy!!! Cheers to you all and keep up the hard work! Life is GREAT!

hi @@finally --- insane how our society really makes it tough to be a happy obese person but then again even without the ridicule it just isn't a healthy state of being. I was miserable eating dunkin donuts 2x a day along with those creamy full fat whipped top iced coffee drinks -- entemanns Louisiana crunch cake I would devour in 1-2 days bad bad bad -- greasy Chinese takeout ribs fried everything you name it ...muffins Cookies ice cream it wasn't good. It never made me feel good really just added to my misery with hopes of numbing the stress and low self worth
Happy wls has helped me keep this weight off and I hope it is lifelong!
Congrats to you and I'm definitely rocking my 10s these days! Can't believe I just typed that I'm wearing 10s! Wow

Hello fellow Dec Sleevers!! I was sleeved on Dec 11th.. Starting weight was 253, current weight is 181, lost 72lbs so far. I am currently in my 3rd week stall… feeling frustrated but keeping positive!!! Think I am gonna do nothing but Protein Shakes this weekend… to kinda shake things up…. I wore a pair of super skinny jeans yesterday (I felt so self conscious – still working on my body image in my brain..) but all day long my co-workers called “skinny Minnie” it really was a boost in my step!!!
Happy Thursday!!!

I'm surprisingly slipping into 10s which is insane to me -- had to pull up my 12 jeans all day today even tho I had a belt on --- this is nuts nuts nuts to me I've never been this slim for this long as an adult ...it's really like a new life. Sadly now people pay attention to me, they ask me questions more and want to know more about me, I've also had people make fat jokes about others in front of me thinking I will get in on it too having know clue about my past morbid obese size and misery. I've never been called pretty and beautiful as much as I do these days and it really is so foreign .... I get shocked when people tell me you look good or ur so slim ...it's like I have to turn around and look for the person they are really talking about ......down 85+since October and about 62 since surgery on 121213

I was just was able to buy a size 14 pair of capris from a regular store & THEY FIT! Wow feels really cool. It has been a long time. I know you guys would understand how this little victory could feel so good.
Yay!

Hi all, just checking back in. I hit my first major goal yesterday, 100 pounds lost!! I started my journey last April so it took me one year to lose the 100 pounds. I've lost about 58 since surgery on 12-16-13.
Went on a major shopping spree this weekend & almost cried in the dressing room when I was able to actually wear "normal" clothes (16) from a "normal" store!!!

-----Wow very fast loss!! I'm down about 60 from vsg hernia repair on 121213
Down 83 from highest last year of 260 -- sitting pretty at 177 this morning

Just checking in!
Sleeved 12/2.
SW 271 (no pre op diet)
CW 191
Officially down 80lbs! Only 20lbs to my initial goal of a 100lb lost (171lbs).
Also have taken up running and run 3+ miles 3x a week, in addition to yoga and still trying out new classes at the gym. I am doing my first 5k race in a week and a half.
Just thrilled with the results of my surgery! Yes I have stalled (the infamous 2-3 week was hard and just came out of one that started at 4mos and lasted a couple of weeks), but it's part of the process.

Feeling good! Sleeved 12/2/13 .. Just returned from a lovely vacation in Boca Grande..walked everyday and did NOT gain a pound, in fact lost one so I'm pretty happy.
HW: 253
CW: 193
Keep pushing on fellow sleevers!

Feeling more "normal" than I have in 25 years. My wife and I went away for the weekend and when swimming in the pool it felt great to take off my shirt and look fairly normal.
When I was a 3x/4x I felt like a moose swimming and usually left a t-shirt on. Now, wearing a size Large shirt I feel great sitting by the pool without a shirt.
Then when shopping for a t-shirt it felt great when the worker said "you're a Medium right?"

While I'm doing well, I have also noticed a tendancy to fall back old habits. I joined a gym and started going just walking on the treadmill for now. (I know I need more) I don't know what I'm doing and can't afford a trainer at the moment. Anyway I sort of stopped going. I find myself eating candy--which is not something I did before WLS. We're about 4 months in at this point and I think it gets harder from here. Point is to not give up. For me this was my last chance at living longer, better and healthier. We made a huge decision and have taken a big step towards life change. Now is not the time to go backwards!

Finally in onederland!
Sleeved dec 17 th
Start weight 251
Today 198
So happy scale is moving under 200!!!!!

Jeans were pretty loose so I opened up the too small box and went shopping! 2 more pairs of jeans that I couldn't button a couple weeks ago!!! Yay!!

Wow foster, sounds like you dropped your blood pressure. Hope everything turns out OK.

You mean like significantly different sized boobs and a pocket of flab on the top of my inner thighs???
Nope, don't have ANY idea what you're talking about.

Sleeved jan 7 sw 255 cw 218.3 600-800 cal a day. Loving my sleeve

Surgery was 12-3-13
HW-289
SW-269
CW-235

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The black dress was 2-28-13
I love going out again. Keep up the good work everybody
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I eat five times a day (9A, noon, 3P, 6P, and 9P), always 2-3 oz lean protein first. Sometimes I exchange one of those food intake opportunities for a Premier Protein shake.< /p>

Unflavored just means they haven't added extra flavor like chocolate or vanilla to it. whey Protein has its own natural taste/flavor, so it is unflavored but not tasteless, if that makes sense. I found it fine to mix in small amounts with things that have their own strong flavor to cover up the taste of the whey, but overall I prefer using flavored Proteins.< /p>

Awwww....my beloved Turkey Bacon... how I miss it so! I can't WAIT to get back to a normal diet... but gotta follow doctor's orders....Everyone's Breakfast sounds so good... just a few more weeks and I will be able to have my egg whites, spinach and portabello mushroom omelet...my favorite breakast!
In my Dory voice ( Finding Nemo)... "Just Keep Swimming"......3 weeks will come and go before I know it..

Weighed in at 197.4 this morning .. 10.5 weeks out, sleeved on 12.12.13
Wish I could eat whatever I like in small portions but I'm still very restricted due to hernia repair
Started at 260 in October 2013
Surgery weight around 236
Down a total of almost 63 pounds in 4 months (only 38 since surgery) Happy about that!!
Spin classes 2-3 times per week and occasional walking DVDs and squats
I really miss sushi rolls guys!! ):
Wishing everyone great success along this roller coaster ride of a sleeved life.