Erin.Nicole

It's been awhile since I've posted anything. It's been about 10 weeks since surgery. I'm down 56lbs!! From left to right-July 2013,December 2013, March 2014.

It's been awhile since I've posted anything. It's been about 10 weeks since surgery. I'm down 56lbs!! From left to right-July 2013,December 2013, March 2014.

It's been awhile since I've posted anything. It's been about 10 weeks since surgery. I'm down 56lbs!! From left to right-July 2013,December 2013, March 2014.

I am so glad I met you Jennifer and you showed me this awesome social network!! I can't wait to start my journal!!

Good Morning! So my surgery was at 1:15 yesterday. I was back to my room by 3:30 or 4:00. I ended up having a drain put in to one of my incisions but I wouldn't even know if it was there. Since my surgery was so late in the day I have to stay 2 nights. I didn't sleep much last night. I was up and walking by 6 pm last night and have been walking about every 2 hours. I've been eating ice all night long but they are getting ready to pass out Breakfast. Which I'm not too hungry. I am still very sore. I wouldn't expect any less though. I will keep updating as new things happen! Thank you for all of the wonderful thoughts!

I am having my surgery on Jan 7!! I'm really excited but also very nervous... I'm 23 years old. I don't know many people as young as me that's gotten it done.

I am so glad I met you Jennifer and you showed me this awesome social network!! I can't wait to start my journal!!

Wellllll...the struggle is definitely real today!!!!! That's all I have to say.... But still staying positive!!

Wellllll...the struggle is definitely real today!!!!! That's all I have to say.... But still staying positive!!

Good Morning! So my surgery was at 1:15 yesterday. I was back to my room by 3:30 or 4:00. I ended up having a drain put in to one of my incisions but I wouldn't even know if it was there. Since my surgery was so late in the day I have to stay 2 nights. I didn't sleep much last night. I was up and walking by 6 pm last night and have been walking about every 2 hours. I've been eating ice all night long but they are getting ready to pass out Breakfast. Which I'm not too hungry. I am still very sore. I wouldn't expect any less though. I will keep updating as new things happen! Thank you for all of the wonderful thoughts!

Today's the day! I'm sitting here waiting for them to take me back to surgery! I'm nervous but so ready!! I'll talk to y'all later!! <3

Today's the day! I'm sitting here waiting for them to take me back to surgery! I'm nervous but so ready!! I'll talk to y'all later!! <3

This time next week I will have my little stomach. Ahhhhhh!! 1 week from today...

January 7 seems so far away, but I know it's so close. I'm ready for my new journey! I'm ready to be able to sit on the floor and not have to worry about looking like a beached whale while trying to get up. Haha!! I'm ready to go to the gym and know there's going to be progress this time. I'm ready to be able to go shopping at regular stores and have options. so much to look forward to!!

Nothing new today, but I just wanted to get on here to wish everyone a MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! Tomorrow, we will head back to our home town in the morning and we are going to have our first Christmas shrimp boil. I'm also making an avocado/bean/corn type of a salad. This is all giving me a bit of anxiety seeing that I'm only a week post-op and this will be the first time I've seen any of my family since surgery (other than my mom who knows). I won't be drinking, which I'm sure will trigger the "are you pregnant" card. Annnnddd I have no clue what I'm going to eat, which I'm curious if anyone will question me. Luckily, I'm good at BS-ing and I think very well on my feet. It will be fine, they've all seen my crazy fad diets over the years and I've been planting the seed for about a month now that I've been eating healthy and exercising. Anyway, wish me luck tomorrow! You guys all stay strong on the food front, also! I'm sure there will be a lot of sugar Cookies, fudge, pies, etc.. that will be causing more people than just I a bit of anxiety. Just remember why we chose to have this surgery!

Well, today has been another great day! No pain meds at all. I worked for the first half of the day and then my husband and I ran a bunch of errands and I got a lot of walking in. I've been thinking of random things that have crossed my mind today that others might find helpful. I went back to the Vitamin Shoppe today because I needed more Protein Powder (ran out of my old kind from months ago) and I decided on the Isopure Dutch chocolate. I highly recommend it and the LOW carbs/HIGH Protein is perfect. Also, if anyone is looking for a shaker, check out the Smart Shaker (I think that's what it is called). It's awesome because two separate parts unscrew from the bottom so you could store Vitamins in one layer and more protein powder in the other. Also, I'm sure that most do this, but if you are prepping for what to buy, the 4 oz. Rubbermaid containers are awesome. I have a week's worth of those filled to the 2 oz. line with French onion Soup broth, Jello, pudding, and refried Beans. Ahhh, refried beans have now been 3 lunches of mine and there are two more baby cups in the fridge. I still cannot even get over that I will have gotten 5 full lunches out of ONE CAN of fat free refried beans. Unbelievably awesome! Oh, and I weighed today... Down 19lbs total. Loving my sleeve! I know there are a lot of negative posts and some people even regret it, but I seriously feel like myself again, am full from small amounts of food, exercising daily, and am losing weight... Seems like a pretty good deal to me. Hope everyone is having a good day with their sleeve!

Today is Day 6 Post Op, and it has been my first day without any pain meds! I only used half of one of my hydrocodon pills yesterday, but honestly could have gotten by just fine. As many others have stated, the only pain at this point is on that one larger incision where they had to suture to my muscle (lower right part of the abdomen). Not that I'm worried about the exact amount of weight coming off right now, but for those who are curious, I weighed this morning and am down 14.6 pounds. Of that, 6-7lbs since surgery. I feel like that's pretty good though since I was up 5 lbs. from all the fluids at the hospital on day 2. Anyway, I have been getting all of my Water in for the past two days and I just made myself my first Protein shake since surgery (I used to drink them all the time). Yesterday, I noticed that I was still kinda hungry after lunch and at bedtime, but today I've been really full. I think yesterday, I just walked for so many hours that I had burned significantly more than what I had taken it, therefore it made me HUNGRY! Also, i'm sure once I become more "regular" (ahem..), things will continue to progress nicely. As a person who is very organized in their career, home, calendar,social life, etc… I find this time fun challenge making an exact schedule of when I should take each Vitamin at what time and with/without food, etc… Each day, I've tweaked details and am really getting this down! I bought a month's worth of the Celebrate Multi-Vitamin capsule with Iron and I seriously cannot stand them. I tried pouring my 1st one this morning into applesauce hoping to tolerate it better and had to throw it out because of the taste. I have come to realize that I MUST take my multi-vitamin halfway between each meal so that I can keep it down. Okay, for all you people out there that loved Water before surgery and are sad thinking about baby sips… today I noticed that I can drink water just like I used to. I don't get any pain or gas from it! Maybe I'm odd, but I am taking substantial drinks and getting through multiple bottles of water. That was a big concern to me pre-op, because I used to seriously drink over 200 ounces of water a day (seriously. I've measured.) and going to a life of "sipping" didn't sound too fun. Just a random thought- I've become obsessed with my little abdomen brace they sent me home with… It's kind of like my security blanket (and a surgical edition of spanx!) Well, I can't think of anything else too exciting today, just much more low key than yesterday. Oh, and I've decided I'm going to work tomorrow! I technically don't have to be back at work until the 2nd, (my company closes the last week of the year YAY!) but I feel good, so I may as well save a PTO day and roll it over into 2014! I'll be back tomorrow Not sure if anyone really reads this or not, but if you do, I hope you are all doing well in your recovery and enjoying the Loser's bench! For those who haven't had surgery yet, your date is just around the corner and I hope this gives you a good look into what your immediate days will be like after surgery!

January 7 seems so far away, but I know it's so close. I'm ready for my new journey! I'm ready to be able to sit on the floor and not have to worry about looking like a beached whale while trying to get up. Haha!! I'm ready to go to the gym and know there's going to be progress this time. I'm ready to be able to go shopping at regular stores and have options. so much to look forward to!!

I am so glad I met you Jennifer and you showed me this awesome social network!! I can't wait to start my journal!!

Well... On day 2 post op and I was released home tonight. I'm not going to lie...today was a little bit more painful than yesterday. I was able to walk 2 miles around the bariatric floor mostly today. I feel so exhausted! I haven't slept for more than 2 hrs at a time in days due to everyone coming in and checking vitals, spirometer checks, etc... I was able to be on full liquids for all three meals today in the hospital, but I wasn't even hungry. That part is still surreal to me! Looking forward to sleep tonight! Fingers crossed! I hope everyone else who was sleeved this week is doing well!

Good evening, all! I thought I would take the advice of @@LuminousLife and journal my story for therapeutic reasons. I have chosen to only tell my husband, mom, and 2 best friends (from different states) and I figured since I've been getting support for months here from all of you, I could maybe assist others!
I will first give a little bit of my background. I am 27 years old, married with no children (yet)! I am not on any medications, blood pressure and cholesterol, etc are all great... I just need to lose weight! (About 125 lbs to be exact.) I officially started this journey back in August, however had been researching my options for about a year before that.
I was sleeved this morning at 9am and my surgeon said everything went perfectly! Honestly, I had been expecting the worst... Gas pains, stomach soreness, not being able to pee, etc... I have had NONE of that. Knock on wood, other than a dry mouth, I feel so blessed to have today go as well as it did. I got to my room at about 11am (I believe) and I felt sick to my stomach for about an hour and kept falling asleep. At about 2pm, I noticed I already felt way better. I've been taking advantage of sleeping when I want (I literally did not sleep all last night bc I got sick from this stupid tofu Soup I ate for lunch. Gross.) I've been using my spirometer when I can and been taking laps around the Bariatric unit every two hours, each time feeling better and better! Any questions/comments are greatly welcomed!

January 7 seems so far away, but I know it's so close. I'm ready for my new journey! I'm ready to be able to sit on the floor and not have to worry about looking like a beached whale while trying to get up. Haha!! I'm ready to go to the gym and know there's going to be progress this time. I'm ready to be able to go shopping at regular stores and have options. so much to look forward to!!

I don't have to start my diet until the day before! I've just gotten over a bad stomach bug and haven't had an appetite for a week now... Getting a jump start on the weight loss! (wish it were that easy!)

January 7 seems so far away, but I know it's so close. I'm ready for my new journey! I'm ready to be able to sit on the floor and not have to worry about looking like a beached whale while trying to get up. Haha!! I'm ready to go to the gym and know there's going to be progress this time. I'm ready to be able to go shopping at regular stores and have options. so much to look forward to!!

I don't have to start my diet until the day before! I've just gotten over a bad stomach bug and haven't had an appetite for a week now... Getting a jump start on the weight loss! (wish it were that easy!)