Ariella

Anyone else in their first post op week feeling randomly emotional? Like I just had the intense urge to call my dad and weep. Not having regrets, no pain or even serious dicomfort and my boyfriend is taking excellant care of me, just felt like crying. I assume it the hormonal changes and most likely having to skip my BC for two in the hospital. Oh well, still happy to be on this side of the surgery!

A first this sounds good, then all I can think is how fast does it relieve constipation....
Talk about killing the mood.
To the OP: My boyfriend and I were oraly intimate 4 days post op, and vaginal shortly there after. So at 5 months I can't see any problem if your in the mood. TBH (tmi warning) I've been too drained over all for anal, as it takes more effort lol. ENJOY!!!!

A first this sounds good, then all I can think is how fast does it relieve constipation....
Talk about killing the mood.
To the OP: My boyfriend and I were oraly intimate 4 days post op, and vaginal shortly there after. So at 5 months I can't see any problem if your in the mood. TBH (tmi warning) I've been too drained over all for anal, as it takes more effort lol. ENJOY!!!!

A first this sounds good, then all I can think is how fast does it relieve constipation....
Talk about killing the mood.
To the OP: My boyfriend and I were oraly intimate 4 days post op, and vaginal shortly there after. So at 5 months I can't see any problem if your in the mood. TBH (tmi warning) I've been too drained over all for anal, as it takes more effort lol. ENJOY!!!!

I really wish that I had measured myself everywhere for comparison. Oh well... Also have a great last meal!
HKMOM

and I drank my Water out of a straw. Best choice ever. Since surgery I have not reached my water goal, EVER. Yesterday I got in 32 oz. I felt amazing. I knew I was dehydrated, and now I know what it's like to at least be somewhat, kinda hydrated. Straws are my life now. #sorrynotsorry. I couldn't take another day not drinking.

and I drank my Water out of a straw. Best choice ever. Since surgery I have not reached my water goal, EVER. Yesterday I got in 32 oz. I felt amazing. I knew I was dehydrated, and now I know what it's like to at least be somewhat, kinda hydrated. Straws are my life now. #sorrynotsorry. I couldn't take another day not drinking.

Thank God and Dr. Cavazos for the Gastric Sleeve!! But I wish I could get rid of this loose skin a bit quicker. :-) Good luck everyone, and hang in there!!!

Down 59 lbs since dec 2nd!

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To be honest, I haven't seen anyone gain ALL of their weight back. Some regain 20-25-30 pounds as I did by eating too much junk sliders but I lost it all and more. My SLEEVE still has great restriction and it is the best tool I've ever had in my life. My 100 pound weight loss would have never been successful with just WW. I tried all that before.
And if you get back to basics and follow your plan, your sleeve continues to work! I'm four years out - down 110 pounds.

It's hard. I had a friend who was sleeved about 4 months before me and she called me over the summer to tell me that feeling her feelings really sucked. By November, I kind of got what she was talking about.
An interesting side benefit of all of this is that while feelings are really hard, I also find myself unwilling to put up with crap. Without the filter of food, or a bottle of wine, I am speaking my piece far more often. It is neither good nor bad, that part. Like Jane, I feel like those who have my back still do, and the ones that didn't or don't…will fall by the wayside.
I am finding that I procrastinate things that I shouldn't (it's still a form of avoidance, right?) and that I haven't cleaned my office so that I can actually sit and work at my desk since before the surgery. It's some bizarre little control game I am playing with myself. The surgery has been an interesting wake up call to all sorts of behaviors, some of which I have tamed, some come to peace with, and some that I am still working on.

A first this sounds good, then all I can think is how fast does it relieve constipation....
Talk about killing the mood.
To the OP: My boyfriend and I were oraly intimate 4 days post op, and vaginal shortly there after. So at 5 months I can't see any problem if your in the mood. TBH (tmi warning) I've been too drained over all for anal, as it takes more effort lol. ENJOY!!!!

Just remember 2 months is not as long as it seems. That weight loss is AMAZING! You don't feel it yet because you are still recovering. It wasn't unil I was about 10 weeks out that I felt like myself, and felt better, and lighter.
Hang in there, you're gonna turn a corner soon!

Just remember 2 months is not as long as it seems. That weight loss is AMAZING! You don't feel it yet because you are still recovering. It wasn't unil I was about 10 weeks out that I felt like myself, and felt better, and lighter.
Hang in there, you're gonna turn a corner soon!

I am in the middle of the road. I definately have changed my view on health and weight matters. I think it took a lot of courage to explain to your friend how you feel. I'm very proud of you or that. I have lost 91 pounds since last June and 50 of that was since my surgery. Like you, all my health issues have disappeared! High Blood Pressure-Gone! Asthma-Gone! Lower back pain-Gone! Neck pain-Gone! I have people tell me all the time how fast I'm walking around now!! I never knew how bad I really felt!! I would have agreed 100% with that article too at one time. I have a very dear friend who I have appoached a couple times out of concern and she flat out refuses to even think of surgery or making changes at this time. I would never, ever want to hurt her feelings or make her feel different from others. Especially since I have been there. So thumbs up to you and I hope you can continue to encourage your friend. Congrats on your great success!! : )

Shopping in the normal section of a store, single digit sizes, feeling good in panties.
OH and bracelets!!!

Before my surgery 8 weeks ago, I was looking forward to a lot of small things like being able to bend over to pick up toys, paint my toenails, and even something as simple as crossing my legs while sitting. I am happy that I can now do those things! What small things did you look forward to/accomplish?
Amanda

Lol do some research..... Anal can relieve Constipation so we could all file that tidbit away

Yes it will. The only safe sex post sleeve is in the ear. But that's only until you're completely healed up, start experiencing less restriction, and can tolerate all normal foods.

Given that anything going in your anus would have to travel at least 25 feet through your intestines to reach your stomach, I'm going to guess hell no unless your partner is some kind of serious anatomical freak or you have the world's longest toy at your disposal.

So last night I think I woke up from a brain stall.
Brain Stall: A period of time where your brain stops registering your weightloss
The last few weeks I have felt like a fatty fatty two by four. I know part of the reason was I had only been losing 2lbs a week and then one pound. I was starting to feel those old helpless feelings again, the ones that plauged me in every diet I have ever attempted. I almost started to believe this was it. As of last friday, May 2nd, I had lost 56 lbs and I was 208, a weight I havent seen in 4 years. I couldn't see it. I could barely see any of my success thus far. It was disheartening,
Then last night I saw a reflextion of my self that I hadn't seen since Highschool/after my 1st year of college. Even better, I look skinnier now than I did then because all of my weightloss is in my face and waist up. It was a big lightbulb moment for me. This is working. My body dreams are coming true.

The first song I put on to get pumped is I Love It by Icona POP
"You're fromt he 70's but I'm a 90's bitch!"

So last night I think I woke up from a brain stall.
Brain Stall: A period of time where your brain stops registering your weightloss
The last few weeks I have felt like a fatty fatty two by four. I know part of the reason was I had only been losing 2lbs a week and then one pound. I was starting to feel those old helpless feelings again, the ones that plauged me in every diet I have ever attempted. I almost started to believe this was it. As of last friday, May 2nd, I had lost 56 lbs and I was 208, a weight I havent seen in 4 years. I couldn't see it. I could barely see any of my success thus far. It was disheartening,
Then last night I saw a reflextion of my self that I hadn't seen since Highschool/after my 1st year of college. Even better, I look skinnier now than I did then because all of my weightloss is in my face and waist up. It was a big lightbulb moment for me. This is working. My body dreams are coming true.

She said that to you? I think you and I must have different definitions of "friend"! I would have told her to eff off, and yes I did say that to the one person who had a negative judgment about MY medical decision.