Rain Drop

Thank you. It does feel amazing but, I know I have to be careful so I don't mess up. I do have to continue Protein shakes as I don't get 70 grams of protein without them. My daily calories are only between 500-700 if I'm lucky. I don't force my self to eat more. When my new stomach says I'm full, I stop. As for my exercise regimen, I walk 30 minutes daily on treadmill or outdoors depending on weather. If I'm outside walking, I do about an hour. I do 20 sit-ups five times a week, arm exercises 10 minutes twice a day. Will be increasing those to 15 minutes twice a day, and I also do leg lifts 20 each leg twice a day. The tong is just as important as weight loss. For calisthenics(arms, etc) I've been using 3 pound dumbbells. Going to increase to 5 pounds. I will keep you updated. Thank you again. And congrats to you as well on your journey. I am here if you have any questions or just want to talk.

I have lost 100 lbs since January. I was 297 pre-op when I started my preop diet on January 7 and lost 30lbs before the surgery. I was sleeved on Feb 4th (weighed 267), and I now weigh 195 When I started the whole process I was 312lbs(October 2013)... I simply cannot believe how far I have come. It looks like we have the same surgery date! How is your sleeve treating you?

Hello all -
I know several of us are hitting our 1 month mark this week. Mine is today.
The body is an incredible thing, truly. It's a healing machine quite frankly.
At one and two weeks out:
-you wonder what you have done to yourself and you are pretty sure you will never feel quite normal again
-you can't imagine yourself ever sleeping anywhere but the living room recliner
-the thought of driving or going back to work seems like an unrealistic commitment you made Way Back Before Surgery
-you can get in so little Water and Protein that it dawns on you that THESE are the weeks that will cause Hair loss several months from now
-you learn what "sliming" is (ewwww)
-MyFitnessPal tells you repeatedly: "You are getting too few calories. If every day were like today, you would be DEAD in 5 weeks."
At three weeks out:
-you feel better but not really there yet
-you need extra naps on the weekend
-getting in your water and protein can be done with the effort of a full time job
-you have a strange painful stitch in your side that you've resigned yourself to bravely live with the rest of your life
-you accidentally sleep all night with the heating pad on your largest incision site on its highest setting
-you walk 20 minutes on the treadmill and then come onto this site and disbelievingly post, "WHEN did they say I should start exercising????"
-your body decides you must be on a grueling episode of Survivor and goes into starvation mode yielding the world's most devastating weight loss stall prompting you to decide that you are a failure and did this all for NOTHING
At four weeks out:
-you sleep in your own bed in whatever position you want
-the fire-hazardous heating pad gets put away
-you walk 2+ miles at lunch and think maybe you could have done more
-you have enough energy to really start cleaning the house again and get totally aggravated at hubby and kids for how little they managed to do for the past month
-you randomly feel happy, mad, silly, sad as hormones and emotions take their toll
-you have to pack up the first set of clothes which are now too big
-you feel healthy....dare I say...normal?
Yep, the first month is kind of amazing.

Make a cup of warming and soothing cumin tea by boiling seeds in Water and then letting them steep for 8-10 minutes.
Try it ... And congratulations on ur sleeve ...

Its been one year since I have started the greatest journey of my life I was alwayd the fat kid an jus learned to deal with it well this surgery surely changed that prospective im am truely blessed to have had the finances to pay for this second chance at life although it wasnt a magic tool granite the first 40 lbs was gone without any hard work but the other 150 was earned threw good choices an lots of excersise it is not a magic tool you have to put fourth the effort an you will see great sucess I promise I work as a tug boat captian an am goin from home 240days a year the thing ppl do out here for fun is eat I had to learn that excersising was my new fun an had to come up with my own uses like running on a barge an jerking ropes for excersise if I did this any one can.
Starting weight 417
Current weight 227
190lbs gone forever in one year

Make a cup of warming and soothing cumin tea by boiling seeds in Water and then letting them steep for 8-10 minutes.
Try it ... And congratulations on ur sleeve ...

Good luck girls.... And yes u can do it
U can take lip conditioner
Ur favorite billow
Ur iPad or a book to read
Hmmmmm will write back as soon as I remember anything

feeling much better today .. How r u doing there..!! How r u progressing ..!!

Good luck girls.... And yes u can do it
U can take lip conditioner
Ur favorite billow
Ur iPad or a book to read
Hmmmmm will write back as soon as I remember anything

June 5th surgery. 4th day of PRE-Op diet. I've had my ups and downs adjusting and I do miss certain foods. I may have more ups and downs, but I'm staying true to the plan.
For me the first day was easy, but the second was bad. I had these awful hunger rumblings on and off. What I noticed though, is that I could wait it out and the discomfort would go away. I actually noticed that this discomfort didn't seem to match if I had food in my stomach or not. It was like this general feeling that was coming in waves. But once I knew I could get through it, everything seemed a little easier. What can feed(pun intended) that discomfort is when I fixated on foods that I miss.
In order to not feed into that discomfort, I found that I needed to distract myself. So now I have a few tricks that I use - really for me it's a matter of switching my focus onto some other task other than food. Also my support system helps. This forum helps. Reminding myself why I'm doing this helps.

Me too, Rain drop!!!!!

Hello everybody ...
This is my first post ever.. I have been sleeved on 3rd of June .. So today is my second day after surgery and I'm home.
My surgery went well and I have been reading through this since I got out .. It's really interesting and Useful..
Thank you all for sharing your experiences.

Hello everybody ...
This is my first post ever.. I have been sleeved on 3rd of June .. So today is my second day after surgery and I'm home.
My surgery went well and I have been reading through this since I got out .. It's really interesting and Useful..
Thank you all for sharing your experiences.

Today I was down a few more pounds, 5 since surgery and 25 total. My arms are starting to look a bit flappy where they were just big before. My inner thighs now have a new, looser look as do my hands and chin area. Daily changes to adapt to but on the road to 100 pounds weight lose I knew I was making trade offs. I had 6 months to decide if I wanted to stay obese or do what it takes to lose weight and be healthy. I am using stretch mark creme now and will start wrapping my legs and arms to tighten them until I can stay working out. Every little bit helps!