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Well I am happy to have said goodbye to my boobies!

Hi,
Thanks for sharing, that is AMAZING! I am down only 58 pounds in about 10 weeks so seeing your stats tells me that it can be done and I am sure you stayed the course for the entire 11 months. I am already seeing signs of weakness in my own desires to eat as my tummy heals and reading what you have done really helps motivate me.
Keep us posted on the 1 year mark. I've seen some others post losses of about 100 pounds in around 8 months so your doing awesome!
All our best, keep it up!

Actually your cat is calming, after reading this entire thread I will say no more.

A couple of years back I had a surgery called a mid-urethral sling. Basically, it took care of urinary incontinence under duress. (Coughing, sneezing, exercise.) It was certainly NOT a secret surgery, but neither was it anyone's business. I work with about 100 volunteers, and the last thing I would do is write an email or make an announcement that I was having vaginal surgery. So the people who needed to know, knew. There was another layer that knew it was for a "female" problem. The rest? I don't know if they knew or not.
I approached this the same way. I did not feel comfortable writing or announcing to a group of people (some of whom are little better than strangers) who didn't even know, ultimately, that I'd had surgery, what exactly I was doing.
My inner circle knew. The next circle knew that I was having a hernia repair (which was a bonus inclusion on this wonderful journey!) As I've lost weight, I've told some people and not told others, but I have never really treated it as a huge secret. I also wouldn't stand in the middle of the grocery store or a PTA meeting and announce it, either. Interestingly, it has been mostly a nonissue anyway. Turns out, lots of people apparently knew I had some weight to lose, and most just say, "Good for you."
I'm not ashamed of it, and I'm not a secretive person. But I am a person who believes that others' medical conditions are none of my business, unless they choose to directly share them with me. And vice versa.

Congrats! When I tried to post my before swim suit pics the computer crashed and said "Out of memory, hard drive not big enough to process you" Hehe
I really need to dig out some of my pics, really scare the kids you know? Problem is even after all the loss so far I've still got a long way to go.
Hang in there, get them last 7!

Actually your cat is calming, after reading this entire thread I will say no more.

Well I am happy to have said goodbye to my boobies!

Well I am happy to have said goodbye to my boobies!

Well I am happy to have said goodbye to my boobies!

Hi Everyone,
Yes new member today and first post hehe
Really want to contribute as I read each post I felt a special bond with each of you. Had my sleeve done on March 12th so am only 2 weeks and 3 days out. Can't really say that I am an expert now but I wanted to share some of my thoughts and experiences for you all with the caveat that as my Doctor always tells me each person is different so these may or may not apply/help you.
Protein
I had a hard time my first week to week and a half with consuming enough Protein so my incisions didn't seem to be healing well. My dietician recommended Isopure Water, 20 oz with 40g of protein. I also tried 4 different brands of shakes. It actually helped me to drink premiere protein 30g protein, strawberry when before my surgery I was a chocolate fanatic. So if you can't stomach the shakes like me try different ones and different flavors, that may help as well as drinking flavored protein Water (icky aftertaste but it went down)
Gas
Gas-X was a lifesaver, I recommend it from around day 2 or 3 onwards and ohy yes my stomach and intestines and who knows what else rumbles and speaks to me in some foreign language from time to time.
Pain
Well let me try this:
Day 1: Surgery at 7:45 am, woke up at 11:00 am in Hell
Day 2: Appears the Devil didn't like me and kicked me out of Hell and I found myself in a hospital room, bad pains!
Day 3: More pain, sent home at 9:00 pm, slept poorly, Roxicet pain medicine my new friend
Day 4-7: Yep more pain but not so bad, still needed help getting up from couch and bed.
Day 8-13: Replaced Roxicet with liquid Acetemitophin (sp?) Now just sore.
Day 14: Less sore, went back to work, stopped all pain meds, most of the last two weeks of pain forgotten after weigh in of 30 lbs less than when I had my surgery.
Day 15-17 (today is day 17): Minor sore if I bend the wrong way, healing nicely and feeling very sorry for those of you stuck in the two week time capsure of recovery from Hell.
Weight Loss
Saw a show called "My 600 lb Life" on TLC I think and talked to my Doctor about it. Gal named Penny lost 40 pounds pre op on liquid 1200 calorie a day diet but then stayed 490 lbs for the next 3 months then gained 5 pounds on month 4. I asked how it was possible. He indicated that water weight can be an issue and that is why he only weighs his patients every 2 weeks during our recovery visits. My advice to anyone not losing fast or staying static is to weigh in once a week at max or even only every two weeks at first due to the water weight and look for long term results not daily results.
Diet
It seems there are a lot of different ones out there. I have a very strict one from my doctor. Days 2-14 were liquid only with creamy Soups (strained!) allowed. I am on my last day of semi pureed and then tomorrow start a pureed diet. I do miss chewing but for those newcomers the early introduction of strained Soup really helped me get past the 'water and Protein shake blues' So try soup to help with taste...
Taste
I seem to have aquired the 'sweet' bug. Everything seems too sweet to me now. This caused me some grief cause before my surgery I was a gatorade, soda, juice or anything flavored kind of guy instead of just water. Even the dasani water drops I bought left a 'chalky' aftertaste in my mouth. My solution was to just go pure water. Use to the soup and Protein Drink or shake to break up your day with different tastes.
food Tolerance?
Every thing still smells good except... My wife brought home some teriyaki chicken and rice. I swear to the almighty himself that to me it smelled like some small rodent had died and was covered in used motor oil. I had no problems with the food before my surgery nor any problem with nausea but I was sure I was going to heave and let fly if it got any closer to me than a few feet. I am not sure but I think I can't eat teriyaki chicken anymore.
sleeping
I use a cpap set at the G5 tornado force winds setting and felt fine before my surgery. Now my mouth dries out and I have to wake up and sip water several times a night to alleviate the symptom and it is getting better but I used my cpap at literally 100% of the time and now it's a bit harder to use so be prepared though this could be just common to me. Also FYI I found the first few days I could sleep much better in a recliner or semi sitting position instead of lying flat. After about 12 or so days despite being sore I can sleep flat now w/out much pain in my abdomen region.
Vitamins
I found some Bariatric ones, easy to chew not to bad on the taste and designed just for us via Amazon. Be sure to take the Iron supplement away from the Calcium as it interferes with the Calcium absorbtion (or so I'm told)
That's all I can think of for now. I am in a bit of shock at how some people were home so fast. Hopefully you are being well cared for. I hope we keep our little sub group intact since we are all going through the same thing at around the same time.
I also want to say that my first few days I really had regrets for doing this but that was me just being in pain, being sore and missing the psychological impact and relationship that I had with food. Now I am feeling that this is the right decision and that getting past the first two weeks was the critical part of the operation. My sister had the classic bypass Roux done about 10 years ago and she prepped me well so that I understood that the surgery is just a tool and like any tool it can be abused so the exercise, eating healthy and taking care of one's self is still important and can't be neglected as I have done for too many years.
So in summary for those of you thinking of doing this or just done it hang in there the first two weeks will go by and indeed I went from thinking death was a pleasant option to embracing my life now and I have a lot of work to do still.
Have a good weekend everyone!

Well I am happy to have said goodbye to my boobies!

Well I am happy to have said goodbye to my boobies!

Well I am happy to have said goodbye to my boobies!

Well I am happy to have said goodbye to my boobies!

Hi,
The site creator wrote an ezine article about this exact topic a few weeks back regarding plateau's and if I recall correctly I think he mentioned like five different things one can do to get through it.
Other things that I have read were changing up the amount of calories consumed either more or less than normal. Changing your activity levels, type of activities and time of doing them and finally changing the type of foods you eat. I also remember something about attitude and sticking the course. I have my motto in my signature as remembering it's a marathon and not a sprint. Every day, week or even month that you do NOT regain any wait is a POSITIVE. Stick with your programs, tighten up your 'clean' eating and recommit, focus and stay positive. You've done great so far and best of luck in the upcoming 5k, I am still just trying to walk 1k LOL so put that into perspective and I hope you do well.

Well I am happy to have said goodbye to my boobies!

Well I am happy to have said goodbye to my boobies!

Well I am happy to have said goodbye to my boobies!

Well I am happy to have said goodbye to my boobies!

Well I am happy to have said goodbye to my boobies!

Well I am happy to have said goodbye to my boobies!

Well I am happy to have said goodbye to my boobies!

Well I am happy to have said goodbye to my boobies!

Hi,
The site creator wrote an ezine article about this exact topic a few weeks back regarding plateau's and if I recall correctly I think he mentioned like five different things one can do to get through it.
Other things that I have read were changing up the amount of calories consumed either more or less than normal. Changing your activity levels, type of activities and time of doing them and finally changing the type of foods you eat. I also remember something about attitude and sticking the course. I have my motto in my signature as remembering it's a marathon and not a sprint. Every day, week or even month that you do NOT regain any wait is a POSITIVE. Stick with your programs, tighten up your 'clean' eating and recommit, focus and stay positive. You've done great so far and best of luck in the upcoming 5k, I am still just trying to walk 1k LOL so put that into perspective and I hope you do well.

Well I am happy to have said goodbye to my boobies!