Crystal88

Great job, congratulations and keep staying strong!

Amazing progress so far, congratulations!!

I eat between 700-900 calories a day, and drink 64-70 ounces of Water.

For me personally, sugar LOVES me and loves to attach itself to me when I consume too much of it. Sure, the carbonation may not upset your pouch, but the sugar/sugar alcohols in the "diet" soda will slow down your progress.

I thought I'd NEVER be able to get in more than 24 ounces of water a day, but I'm 4 months out and I am finally getting in 60 per day, along with 2-3 protein shakes.

Hi all, I'm 13 weeks post op and I've lost a little over 50 lbs!

Amazing, congratulations!!

I'm cheap when it comes to jeans. I refuse to spend more than $10 on a pair of jeans right now. With tops, I am a little less careful of the price, because once they become too big, I can just give them to my mom.

My go-to are prunes. I usually will eat about 5. Several people here also like Smooth Move Tea. I haven't tried it yet, but I've seen it on ebay for less than $7

I would try some since it's almost been a month. When I went for my week 3 post-op check up, I was telling the Nurse Practitioner that I had been constipated for about 4 days and she told me to add chia seeds to Greek yogurt.

Phew, thanks ladies!! There are people who give me a hard time because I'm still a fan, but I let it roll down my back at this point. I can't wait until I can fit into that tracksuit!!

OKAY....please don't laugh or roll your eyes at me, BUT... I am a big big Britney Spears fan. I'm 26 and have been a fan since I was about 11. So, in 2009 when she was on tour, they had tracksuits for sale at her shows, and my brother (who is my concert partner) bought me one. It was 200 freakin dollars, and i have NEVER worn it because the biggest size they had was X-Large so obviously it wasn't going to fit a 300+ person. I STILL have that tracksuit and I cannot wait until the day I will be able to wear it. The great thing is that we're only 4 days into the new year, so i KNOW that the day that tracksuit will fit me, is going to be THIS year!

10/31 Sleeve patient here.. I am down 41 pounds since my surgery, and 72 pounds overall. I lost 60 pounds between March and September of 2013, totally unrelated to my surgery, but because I found the motivation to do it. Then of course I regained nearly half of it, so my surgery has helped me to RE-LOSE it, plus more!

I don't eat a big variety of things but when i do it is tuna or chicken or avocado.

I am 9 weeks post op and have NOT had bread and although I have a desire for it (like a tuna sandwich or BLT), I am being good about staying away from it.

Popcorn has been my go-to snack, I have had it several times.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this show! HOWEVER, I hated Penny's episode and as I sat there watching it, I LOATHED her by the end of it. She did not try one bit and the fact that she had the audacity to look at Dr. Now in his face and say "look, you can see my collarbone", after regaining some of the measly 35 pounds she lost??? So full of shit. I can't wait for the new season to start!!

33 lbs is amazing, congratulations xx

I take one Centrum Complete chewable Multivitamin. I will bite into it, eat some plain greek yogurt, then the last half I plop onto another spoonful of yogurt. Works great! At the beginning, I made the mistake of taking it with Water, but my throat felt really scratchy afterwards, to where Id start coughing.

Amazing, congratulations!

Congratulations Rosemarie!! I don't know what sort of job you have, but I hope you have a great first week back! i have a sedentary job, so I was fine. My boss continues to ask me how I am doing and feeling, I think PART of the reason is because a former co-worker had WLS too about 5 years ago (gastric bypass though) and she was constantly ill.

60 pounds is three months is AMAZING, you're crazy. I hope I've lost that much when i reach my 3rd month

Oh my gosh, I was JUST a part of this conversation on Wednesday!! A woman at my work (RNY 3/13/13) was saying that her heart races too!! She said she happened to be on one of the Bariatric facebook pages when another woman posted about it, and she got quite a few responses. This IS something that happens to WLS patients. Carol (the woman at my work) said it happens to her when she seems to eat too fast. Definitely mention it to your surgeon, but just know that you are NOT alone with this.

Where i want to go to McDonalds and get a Big Mac, large fries, and large chocolate chip frappe..or maybe driver 45 minutes to the nearest In & Out and get a double double w/ grilled onions and a large chocolate shake...or go to the movie theater, and get a large bucket of popcorn with extra butter all for me. I'm 8 weeks post op and I battle my food addiction every second of my life. I was 250 pounds by the time I was 15 years old...I would use my allowance to go to the nearest liquor store and buy a 1 liter Pepsi, bag of hot cheetos, a king size Reese's PB cups, and a snickers ice cream bar. On days like THIS...I don't eat. The stuff I want to eat, is ridiculously unhealthy for me, so I choose to stick to my protein shakes and water. The head hunger doesn't always go away. I have a brother who says NOTHING tastes good to him (he's 9 months post op). I can do this. I will continue to fight the fight.

Just checking to see how everyone's process is going so far... As for me, I'm 8 weeks post op and down 37 pounds, 68 pounds overall. I lost about 60 pounds last year on my own, but then gained half of it back.