jennyinky

I'm 5'11 too and I believe a 12 is perfect for my frame.

I'm 5'11 too and I believe a 12 is perfect for my frame.

I'm 5'11 too and I believe a 12 is perfect for my frame.

Hi Jade,
Good luck with your decision. My surgeons office requires a great deal of education. They go through each WLS option in great detail, including complication rates and "life after." They ask you to think about which surgery you are interested in and then individually discuss with surgeon. In my experience, the surgeon answered my remaining questions and asked me which surgery I wanted. I told him the sleeve and he said he thought that would be a good option for me. My point is that you have consultation with your surgeon before having to decide for sure. Good luck with your decision.

249 today

My weight on 6-14 was 263. Sorry I forgot to post.

I agree - the Lean Body is pretty good. I can't drink premier but I can pure protein vanilla. The chocolate sometimes gives me digestive challenges. This week our meijer has pure protein products buy 2 get 1 free.

This is my first vacation since my VSG, and I'm just surprised at how comfortable I feel- comfortable walking around (my feet don't hurt, I can keep up without getting out of breath), I feel comfortable in a swimsuit (really, I walked around all day in my bathing suit without feeling the least bit self-conscious), and best of all I feel comfortable being in photos --- I feel like a normal person! LOL
Here's one from Vero Beach,FL.. And heading to Disney in a few days!!! AND I WILL BE ABLE TO FIT IN ALL THE RIDES!!!!!!!!!!!

K - this is such an odd thing for me. I'm 5 weeks post op and today was busy at work and simply forgot to eat. I realized when I was about to eat dinner. I did drink my Protein Shake an my chicken Unjury and am now having my last Protein Drink. I just thought I would share because I have never forgotten to eat in my life.

263 today.

K - this is such an odd thing for me. I'm 5 weeks post op and today was busy at work and simply forgot to eat. I realized when I was about to eat dinner. I did drink my Protein Shake an my chicken Unjury and am now having my last Protein Drink. I just thought I would share because I have never forgotten to eat in my life.

I found out that I am pregnant! For myself my feeling of full and over stuffed feel different then the typical sleeve feeling. Instead of it feeling like it's in my chest it now feels like it sirs in the stomach. The nausea also feels a bit different I don't get the over salivating feeling now as I did when it was just me and my sleeve.
Just thought I would post an update since there were no answers and others may wonder or experience the same thing. :-)

Today is my one month surgiversity. It has been great and lost 20 lbs pre-op and 22 post. My clothes are getting loose and I'm feeling energetic, walking most days and starting to lift light weights for upper body. . I haven't had any complications as of yet and am happy that I made this choice.
Having this board to read was one encouraging piece or my pre- and post- op this far. Thanks all!

Today is my one month surgiversity. It has been great and lost 20 lbs pre-op and 22 post. My clothes are getting loose and I'm feeling energetic, walking most days and starting to lift light weights for upper body. . I haven't had any complications as of yet and am happy that I made this choice.
Having this board to read was one encouraging piece or my pre- and post- op this far. Thanks all!

Today is my one month surgiversity. It has been great and lost 20 lbs pre-op and 22 post. My clothes are getting loose and I'm feeling energetic, walking most days and starting to lift light weights for upper body. . I haven't had any complications as of yet and am happy that I made this choice.
Having this board to read was one encouraging piece or my pre- and post- op this far. Thanks all!

Hi Jade,
Good luck with your decision. My surgeons office requires a great deal of education. They go through each WLS option in great detail, including complication rates and "life after." They ask you to think about which surgery you are interested in and then individually discuss with surgeon. In my experience, the surgeon answered my remaining questions and asked me which surgery I wanted. I told him the sleeve and he said he thought that would be a good option for me. My point is that you have consultation with your surgeon before having to decide for sure. Good luck with your decision.

Hi Jade,
Good luck with your decision. My surgeons office requires a great deal of education. They go through each WLS option in great detail, including complication rates and "life after." They ask you to think about which surgery you are interested in and then individually discuss with surgeon. In my experience, the surgeon answered my remaining questions and asked me which surgery I wanted. I told him the sleeve and he said he thought that would be a good option for me. My point is that you have consultation with your surgeon before having to decide for sure. Good luck with your decision.

So many of us have been where you were. Some of us were strong like you and able to separate ourselves from the relationship while others took longer and had to overcome the challenges of feeling like our weight somehow made our significant other misbehave.
I think it's important to know that your weight didn't make your fiancé sext other girls. He did that all by himself.
You are a strong young woman making a choice for yourself - to become a healthy strong young woman.
I applaud you and wish you the best. There are good guys out there and when it's time, you will find the one for you. . Congrats on your birthday and gift to yourself!

I eat off the starter menu. If not, I order from the 'big grown up girls' menu and ask them to 'hold the carbs'.
If you notice, most 'plates' are made up of a little Protein and a lot of fluffy carb filler.
Or, if I can't be bothered to make the request, I eat the Protein, a bit of the salad and leave the rest.
Life is too short to worry about rice or potatoes. And if I can't finish the meat? I have a human dustbin who generally sits opposite me, waiting like Pavlov's dog to hoover up the rest of it.

I know you said you aren't comfortable talking to your surgeon - what about your pcp or gyno? From what my doc said in education sessions, getting pregnant this soon after surgery could be very dangerous.
I know you must be really scared, and I wish you the best!!!

The first 20 was before surgery on the pre-op. So 17 since. Still, I'm happy!

Look...Most of us did eat too much but reality is I didn't eat that much more than people around me. I simply need very very little to maintain a healthy weight. I am always shocked by people who say they eat 2500 plus calories in maintenance. ..not me.
The more I think about it the more this whole thread strikes me as mean and condescending. I am happy with my body and fitness and don't need the abuse...thanks anyway.

Excuse me..I am a vet but do I need a note from my mommy to say why I can't participate in the 30 min. walk for us WLS patients...
Wait a minute I can speak for myself.. I am under strict orders from my surgeon to not do any exercise until they pull this drain from my side....So I think I'll pass and try to set my own goals when I am well enough to reenter the exercising world...
Boy do I miss it...I felt so powerful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have been called fatty, obese, tank, whale, gross, lazy..on and on...Didn't like it then. Don't like it now....It does not make me want to walk for 30 min. for you....just saying!

OOPS your right I did not write my intention as clearly as I should have. I meant I am not joining in your little dare to walk 30 min. a day. I don't like the way you called us former fatties...By the way..I am not in denial either.. i was morbidly obese...I except that and that means I was really fat.I get to call myself that by the way...But I take offence if you call me that! But I don't think I need to be reminded by you or anyone else of this forum. Like others I come here to get away from those who take cheap pot shots but I try to encourage those who ask for help........

The first 20 was before surgery on the pre-op. So 17 since. Still, I'm happy!