Jen - a work in progress

Happy 2 year sleeve-versary!! Sent from my SM-G900P using the BariatricPal App

I'm in Houston as well. Surgery date was 10/23/14.

I have been going to some of the thrift stores, but haven't found much to choose from. Some of the used clothing stores in my area are selling jeans for $20 and up which is ridiculous considering they're USED. I refuse to spend $20 on a pair of used jeans.

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My goal is 180lbs

I need to change my goal to 190lbs

I had a bit of everything as well. Ate at my mom's = Cornish hen, stuffing, green bean casserole, sweet potato casserole, broccoli & cauliflower cheese bake, and sweet potato pie. To go plate from stop #2- 2 kinds of turkey, greens, dressing, mac & cheese, fruit tart, potato salad To go plate from stop #3 - turkey, greens, mac & cheese, mashed potatoes, dressing, Apple pie I still have leftovers lol. I couldn't break tradition and not visit everyone like I normally do. Since I didn't share my surgery with anyone other than those I ate with at my mom's, I didn't eat at anyone else's house to avoid them looking at me like I was weird. I stopped by later in the evening after everyone was done eating and just said I was still full but would take a plate home. No questions asked!

I'll try the pulled pork/beef again now that I'm post op. I usually eat it with bread, but that's obviously not an option right now. I'm only about 4 weeks out and I'm not supposed to reintroduce red meats until 4 months post op. It's hard for the tummy to digest, even more so after surgery.

I'm not. Nothing on Facebook is guaranteed to be private. I don't want their IT errors to let everyone know my personal business. I use FB with caution lol

I was told that if you have GERD this surgery could make it worse. That was something discussed prior to surgery when deciding which surgery would be best for me. I would definitely discuss that with your surgeon at the follow up. If they knew, they should have told you.

I had my 2 wk follow up on the 10th and was weighed at 219 lbs, down from 238. My surgeon said that was great, but we need to keep the weight loss slow and if I don't lose any more before my 4 wk follow up, this is still considered a great first month. He then up'd my protein goals and fluid intake. Well today I weigh 212 on my scale and am still losing about a pound a day or so. I'm trying to get cleared to go back to work part time 2 weeks earlier than planned before I get thrown back in full time. I'm somewhat worried he's going to say I'm not ready to go back yet because I'm steadily losing too much weight to quickly in his opinion. Not really sure how to feel about that...

Oh wow! Sorry you had to go through that. Do you think it may have been too high in sugar? Charleston Chews are delicious but loaded with sugar. I'm not sure how much would be in a hot cocoa version of it.

So 1.5wks out and I'm bored with yogurt and cottage cheese. I'm not supposed to have Protein shakes and the Un.jury I purchased doesn't sit well with me postop anyhow. That will be going back to the factory. I'm not a fan of eggs in the least bit but the deviled eggs are really starting to sound good. I'm out of Protein food options! I'm a picky eater and it pretty much sucks! I'm looking forward to being able to eat chicken and steak again for protein. I was eating salmon but I'm tired of that too and I don't really care for fish to begin with. I keep up with my Water and 2 glasses of milk every day (which gives me 18g or protein). Idk what else to try right now... It's frustrating... On a positive note: I'm down in weight and was goofing off and checked some of my measurements and saw I lost a few inches as well. Yippee!! Lol

I take a chewable multivitamin twice a day. I have a brand from my hospital pharmacy that is super cheap, but Flintstone vitamins are an option as well. I don't take any other vitamins right now. They told me to wait. I was sleeved 10/23