LadyPullings

It's sad that people can't support or listen without judging or assuming. I read your story on another forum and I do not think its BS and only because I know someone personally who used Almanza as a doctor as well and had a terrible outcome!
Tell your story and don't be afraid of what others think! This is a support group!

It's sad that people can't support or listen without judging or assuming. I read your story on another forum and I do not think its BS and only because I know someone personally who used Almanza as a doctor as well and had a terrible outcome!
Tell your story and don't be afraid of what others think! This is a support group!

It's sad that people can't support or listen without judging or assuming. I read your story on another forum and I do not think its BS and only because I know someone personally who used Almanza as a doctor as well and had a terrible outcome!
Tell your story and don't be afraid of what others think! This is a support group!

I just got back from Tj. Sleeved by Dr Quinones. Great experience!

I am 9 weeks out and down 45 pounds! 5'0
Highest weight 205
Surgery weight 200
Current weight 160
I thought I was a slow loser but I can't really complain! ♥️ I am feeling awesome and my journey has been amazing! No gas or nausea!
#happy

I am 9 weeks out and down 45 pounds! 5'0
Highest weight 205
Surgery weight 200
Current weight 160
I thought I was a slow loser but I can't really complain! ♥️ I am feeling awesome and my journey has been amazing! No gas or nausea!
#happy

Awesome post. #thanks

I'm getting sleeved in Mexico too. Dr Sergio Quinones. Great Doctor, he only does 2-3 a day. Amazing facility too! Wonderful coordinators and staff! ????

I was sleeved today about 2pm and I have to say it's been a wonderful experience! I was sleeved my Dr Quinones and I have zero pain, zero nausea and I am about to be on my third walk! I pray that everything stays this way lol! He was totally awesome and very attentive! ????
#newbeginnings
#transformingofmymind
#life

What about Dr. Sergio Quinones? Why don't you guys support him?

I am 9 weeks out and down 45 pounds! 5'0
Highest weight 205
Surgery weight 200
Current weight 160
I thought I was a slow loser but I can't really complain! ♥️ I am feeling awesome and my journey has been amazing! No gas or nausea!
#happy

I am 9 weeks out and down 45 pounds! 5'0
Highest weight 205
Surgery weight 200
Current weight 160
I thought I was a slow loser but I can't really complain! ♥️ I am feeling awesome and my journey has been amazing! No gas or nausea!
#happy

I am walking 5 miles a day (we have a inside cork inside of my job) that is 1 mile long and on my breaks I walk around it twice, I drink 80-100 ounces of Water daily and 80-90 grams of Protein a day. I was originally a vegetarian but I have added seafood into my diet. I eat eggs, and a piece of cheese for Breakfast w a Protein Shake and dinner and lunch could be fish, shrimp ect w steamed veggies, quinoa ect. I can only have 2-3 bites so far. I try and eat every few hours? I take all of the required Vitamins and papaya enzyme!

Before and after not drastic but u can see a small difference? I can't really tell but hopefully in time! I'm still a rookie and it's still early for me!

I am walking 5 miles a day (we have a inside cork inside of my job) that is 1 mile long and on my breaks I walk around it twice, I drink 80-100 ounces of Water daily and 80-90 grams of Protein a day. I was originally a vegetarian but I have added seafood into my diet. I eat eggs, and a piece of cheese for Breakfast w a Protein Shake and dinner and lunch could be fish, shrimp ect w steamed veggies, quinoa ect. I can only have 2-3 bites so far. I try and eat every few hours? I take all of the required Vitamins and papaya enzyme!

I am 9 weeks out and down 45 pounds! 5'0
Highest weight 205
Surgery weight 200
Current weight 160
I thought I was a slow loser but I can't really complain! ♥️ I am feeling awesome and my journey has been amazing! No gas or nausea!
#happy

I am 9 weeks out and down 45 pounds! 5'0
Highest weight 205
Surgery weight 200
Current weight 160
I thought I was a slow loser but I can't really complain! ♥️ I am feeling awesome and my journey has been amazing! No gas or nausea!
#happy

Today is my 9 months surgeversary. I am thrilled to report that I am down 60 pounds from my surgery weight and 84 pounds from the 260 I weighed when I started working on losing weight pre-op.
60 pounds might not seem like a lot to some folks. I know there are people out there who lose that much in just a couple of months. But, for me, I am very very pleased.
In the beginning, once it became clear I would be a "slow" loser, I was very frustrated. I had all the same thoughts and reactions that I see other slow losers having on these forums. Why did I have 80% of my stomach removed and undergo an expensive and potentially risky surgery to lose weight more slowly than I could on my own? Why is everyone else losing 10 pounds a week when I'm only losing 1 or 2? What am I doing wrong?
Luckily, that mentality only lasted a couple of months for me. Eventually I realized that I wasn't in a race. I was losing weight and I would continue losing weight until I didn't need to lose anymore. It didn't matter when I got to my goal, so long as I got there eventually and was able to maintain it once I did. After all, that was the main reason I got WLS. Weight LOSS is the easy part. I've managed to lose weight on my own dozens of times. It's weight MAINTENANCE that was always the challenge for me. And now I am VERY confident that once I reach my goal, I will be able to maintain it much more easily than in the past.
Now, 9 months out, I am quite content to just be losing about a half a pound a week. Every half pound brings me that much closer to my goal, and meanwhile, I am just enjoying my life!

I am 9 weeks out and down 45 pounds! 5'0
Highest weight 205
Surgery weight 200
Current weight 160
I thought I was a slow loser but I can't really complain! ♥️ I am feeling awesome and my journey has been amazing! No gas or nausea!
#happy

I am 9 weeks out and down 45 pounds! 5'0
Highest weight 205
Surgery weight 200
Current weight 160
I thought I was a slow loser but I can't really complain! ♥️ I am feeling awesome and my journey has been amazing! No gas or nausea!
#happy

You can definitely see your hard work. Especially in your face. Keep up the good work!

Before and after not drastic but u can see a small difference? I can't really tell but hopefully in time! I'm still a rookie and it's still early for me!

I am walking 5 miles a day (we have a inside cork inside of my job) that is 1 mile long and on my breaks I walk around it twice, I drink 80-100 ounces of Water daily and 80-90 grams of Protein a day. I was originally a vegetarian but I have added seafood into my diet. I eat eggs, and a piece of cheese for Breakfast w a Protein Shake and dinner and lunch could be fish, shrimp ect w steamed veggies, quinoa ect. I can only have 2-3 bites so far. I try and eat every few hours? I take all of the required Vitamins and papaya enzyme!

If your bariatric team's plan is similar to mine you will be transitioning from soft foods to regular cooked meats and non-starchy veggies in a few days. That made all the difference for me, to be able to taste and enjoy familiar flavors and textures and having a little something to chew.
It is a shame how are lives are structured around meals and entertainment that involves meals. Hopefully you will gradually become comfortable with the reality that even before we had our surgeries, our bodies did not need nearly as much food as we were eating to survive, I use the word "food" loosely because I know that most of what I was eating could only be called "edible products' made in a factory.
We are constantly bombarded with food porn and lovely enticing advertising telling us how much we would enjoy a greasy Big Mac and fries, a sugary piece of birthday cake, or that big bag of salty pretzles. Did you know that commercial frosting, like what they use is store bakeries is mostly shortening, sugar, and vanilla. Would you sit down and eat a can of shortening?
So I finally figured out that all I was missing was grease, sugar, and salt. Since I have been eating real foods (things you can pick, dig, and chase) my health has greatly improved . Now I know what real food taste like and I enjoy it that way. Because I lost a hunk of weight, I am more flexible and can be more involved in my own life. I can even get down on the floor and play with my grandchildren.
You will find as time passes and your weight drops, that you have not lost yourself, but are discovering yourself and the potential that you did not know was hiding behind the excess weight that was making you miserable.
Why in the world would my 5'4" small framed body need a full plate of buffet food, second helpings of everything laden with salt and butter, plus a dessert or two? Oh, don't forget that I was washing it all down with a quart of soda.
Now I can eat three ounces of meat and a small helping of two non-starchy veggies. If I have a dessert later, it will be an apple and not apple pie a la mode, maybe with a second helping of that, too.
The amount of food I used to eat was rediculous. I found out that I feel waaaaaay better on less food, and I am not deprived at all. We had a cookout here at our house last summer and I ate 1/2 a grilled burger, a small piece of chicken, some sliced Tomato, and some fresh fruit salad later. I passed on the roasted corn, potato chips, and cupcakes, and nobody paid any attention or even cared.
Don't be so hard on yourself. As you get further along in your recovery you will develop ways to eat in a group without feeling so conspicuous. Scoot around the internet and find paleo. primal, low carb, Atkins versions of your favorite healthy foods. Unless they are a bunch of crude no-goodnics, your family is not going to hold your mouth open and shove macaroni and cheese down your throat.
Make skewers of cheese cubes cherry tomatoes, and a slice of dill or sweet pickle. Get creative and adjust your foods to fit you. For family gatherings, offer to bring something you can eat that they would enjoy, too.
For recipes, this forum has a recipes sub-forum. Explore Sparkpeople, Marks Daily Apple, and the World According to Eggface - all great resources.
I can drink Water maybe three ounces at a time, then I have to wait a few minutes before I drink some more. I am going through around 100 ounces a day.
If you can become a great conversationalist, you can carry the talk while others load their bellies. I don't think you will miss the bloat and reflux all that much. Chin up, now. You will make it through this. We are here to support you.

Well said.... You were responding to someone else but boy oh boy that was very helpful to me also. Thanks a bunch. ????