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DO IT!!!! That's awesome!!

I'm at work at the moment, looking at my protein shake. Needing to be drinking it. I'm at work also. I need some coffee. I'm dragging. I did weigh myself this morning and I'm down to 277, which is 12 from surgery and 22 total!

Hey ladies!! I was sleeves April 16th too! Thanks for finding me!! Anywho, I posted this somewhere else and I'll post it here; Hey everybody! I thought I would share my journey and keep it all here! I hope y'all don't mind!! I am a pretty laid back lady who has had a love affair with Oreos that just went too damn far. I weighed in at 299 (although my highest was 331 but I was 9 months pregnant. I should count it, huh?) and I had two kiddos as home that needed a fit, healthy momma. So I said "No more!!" to those oreos and signed up for the seminar. That seminar was a funny place. You look at smaller people there and wish you were their size. You are thankful you aren't the biggest one there, but you know it's only a matter of time. Fast forward I do the pre-op diet. Mine was more of a south beach (closest to beach anything I wanted to be around) and knocked off 10 pounds in 2 weeks!! What what!! I had my surgery on 4/16/14 weighing in at 289. Post op, I dry heaved a lot!! In my mind, I envisioned my little stomach getting split open and my insides oozing and me dying. That didn't happen. But, it felt like it! Dry heaving sucks!! I have been doing the liquid two week portion and now am on day 6. I weigh 279! Whoooo hooo! I sometimes wonder if this will really work, and am I destined to fail like I did all my other diets. It's hard to accept that your life will change. My hardest problems are 1. Having Protein available at all times so I get it in and 2. Not gulping Water. I'm in Texas. I sweat like a whore in church after a really bad night! I'm a gulper. It hurts too when I do! I know this may get old but I weigh in every morning! I'll let y'all know how I did!!! That's my story. I wish I had trouble drinking but I don't. It scares me a lil. What of my stomach expands? I get full after a few sips and I burp but I can take most things down, being Protein shakes, broths, jellos, Crystal light, etc. so far so good. I need to do better about measuring! I just kinda swig here and there. I'll work on that tomorrow!!!

Hey everybody! I thought I would share my journey and keep it all here! I hope y'all don't mind!! I am a pretty laid back lady who has had a love affair with Oreos that just went too damn far. I weighed in at 299 (although my highest was 331 but I was 9 months pregnant. I should count it, huh?) and I had two kiddos as home that needed a fit, healthy momma. So I said "No more!!" to those oreos and signed up for the seminar. That seminar was a funny place. You look at smaller people there and wish you were their size. You are thankful you aren't the biggest one there, but you know it's only a matter of time. Fast forward I do the pre-op diet. Mine was more of a south beach (closest to beach anything I wanted to be around) and knocked off 10 pounds in 2 weeks!! What what!! I had my surgery on 4/16/14 weighing in at 289. Post op, I dry heaved a lot!! In my mind, I envisioned my little stomach getting split open and my insides oozing and me dying. That didn't happen. But, it felt like it! Dry heaving sucks!! I have been doing the liquid two week portion and now am on day 6. I weigh 279! Whoooo hooo! I sometimes wonder if this will really work, and am I destined to fail like I did all my other diets. It's hard to accept that your life will change. My hardest problems are 1. Having protein available at all times so I get it in and 2. Not gulping water. I'm in Texas. I sweat like a whore in church after a really bad night! I'm a gulper. It hurts too when I do! I know this may get old but I weigh in every morning! I'll let y'all know how I did!!!

Congrats on your new life!

I hate posting this but want some feedback. I have been on a south beach style pre-op diet and doing shakes and notice my stools are looser. And I am going more. Has this happened to anyone else?

You handled it like a classy lady. I would have handled it like a drunk sailor.

I'm set for April 16th. I am doing a south beach diet with 800 calories a day per my doc and I've lost seven pounds already! Woo hoo! Tomorrow I'm gonna go buy some shakes and see which ones I like best. I am so excited! I am doing this for my children, do I can run, play, go on rides, fly to Disney world, and not think of whether I can fit, move, etc. Cheers to the new us! (Protein shake cheers, of course)

I am doing a pre-op diet and my doc seemed more relaxed than many. I see many of you doing liquid diets. What is involved with the liquid diet? I want to make sure my liver is nice and skinny for my surgery on April 16!