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I am just over 3 months, and 70lbs down :-D. Still having a hard time getting my Water and Protein in, but getting better. I've never had a doctor tell me to eat more before my last visit! Kind of surreal. I can't stand any more Protein Shakes, so I got some bars. More calories, but it will probably do me good. I'm looking forward to starting up my Zombies, Run! app, but I worry that I'm not getting enough calories or water to support running :- Weather is cool so that will help. It's funny...before surgery, I wished I hating eating. Now I do, and I'm bummed! I still love food, and I just made an awesome chicken curry with saffron rice. It is so frustrating to eat 3 bites and be stuffed, 4 bites terribly uncomfortable. I propose someone invent an external stomach, like an external hard drive. Just eat what you want, and dump it out!

Found a really useful link for diet issues. Here it is http://www.bariatric-surgery-source.com/bariatric-diet.html#Long-term_Bariatric_Diet.
Also every doctor has different guidelines it seems - I looked at many sample diets. Some doctors are more conservative and keep patients on purees longer. I can post the sample diets if anyone would like to see them. I was daring and rushed through the stages a little. My NUT and nurse were okay with that and said just try each new food one at a time. My sleeve can handle almost anything but everyone is very different. Trial and error.

Celebrating Belly bgone! So far I admit this hasn't been an easy journey but everyday I Celebrate how much easier everything is with 8 inches of bellyfat gone in just 6 weeks !! Clothes fit better - I can breathe easier - I can bend over and tie my shoes - I no longer look like I'm carrying twins at 9 months ---it just feels so good! Looking forward to losing alot more!!
Also focusing on inches instead of weight only is helping me keep perspective (especially those days when the scale isn't moving).

@@Kathy812 If it wasn't for My Fitness Pal - I wouldn't have the patience to track all my calories and Protein etc. It is really a great tool-highly recommend trying it. Also it's nice that you can share logs with friends to see how they are doing. Well, even though I am eating alot of calories, I still seem to be averaging about 3 lbs a week weight loss so I guess I should be happy with that. Maybe because I keep my carbs below 30 grams a day.
If you decide to join My Fitness Pal - add me as a friend and I'll share my food diary .

Celebrating Belly bgone! So far I admit this hasn't been an easy journey but everyday I Celebrate how much easier everything is with 8 inches of bellyfat gone in just 6 weeks !! Clothes fit better - I can breathe easier - I can bend over and tie my shoes - I no longer look like I'm carrying twins at 9 months ---it just feels so good! Looking forward to losing alot more!!
Also focusing on inches instead of weight only is helping me keep perspective (especially those days when the scale isn't moving).

Celebrating Belly bgone! So far I admit this hasn't been an easy journey but everyday I Celebrate how much easier everything is with 8 inches of bellyfat gone in just 6 weeks !! Clothes fit better - I can breathe easier - I can bend over and tie my shoes - I no longer look like I'm carrying twins at 9 months ---it just feels so good! Looking forward to losing alot more!!
Also focusing on inches instead of weight only is helping me keep perspective (especially those days when the scale isn't moving).

Celebrating Belly bgone! So far I admit this hasn't been an easy journey but everyday I Celebrate how much easier everything is with 8 inches of bellyfat gone in just 6 weeks !! Clothes fit better - I can breathe easier - I can bend over and tie my shoes - I no longer look like I'm carrying twins at 9 months ---it just feels so good! Looking forward to losing alot more!!
Also focusing on inches instead of weight only is helping me keep perspective (especially those days when the scale isn't moving).

Celebrating Belly bgone! So far I admit this hasn't been an easy journey but everyday I Celebrate how much easier everything is with 8 inches of bellyfat gone in just 6 weeks !! Clothes fit better - I can breathe easier - I can bend over and tie my shoes - I no longer look like I'm carrying twins at 9 months ---it just feels so good! Looking forward to losing alot more!!
Also focusing on inches instead of weight only is helping me keep perspective (especially those days when the scale isn't moving).

@@Kathy812 If it wasn't for My Fitness Pal - I wouldn't have the patience to track all my calories and Protein etc. It is really a great tool-highly recommend trying it. Also it's nice that you can share logs with friends to see how they are doing. Well, even though I am eating alot of calories, I still seem to be averaging about 3 lbs a week weight loss so I guess I should be happy with that. Maybe because I keep my carbs below 30 grams a day.
If you decide to join My Fitness Pal - add me as a friend and I'll share my food diary .

To My Fitness Pall subscribers - I didn't realize we could add people to view our accounts. My logon is estipo if anyone is interested. I didn't keep up with it until the last 3 weeks or so (I'm 6 weeks out).
Unlike others who have posted - my issue is that I am almost always hungry and can eat anything !! Nutritionist and Nurse said that everyone is different - I have a very forgiving sleeve. I am worried though because I can eat up to 800 calories a day - but I am still losing (although slowly).
Ellen

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

Fatbgone, looks like you are doing great. When was your surgery date? Did you lose all 33 pounds post op?

Hi sleevers ! Regarding going back to work - I waited 3 weeks and now 6 weeks out - I am still not at the energy levels that I hoped. I am a school teacher. I think it really depends on your job, your age, your intake of calories etc. and your general health. I was a major couch potato. Now I'm walking and taking dance lessons (cha cha cha!) so I thought that would up my energy but it really hasn't. Regarding calories - I have had no problem with eating since day 1 and average about 500-800 calories a day with about 60-90 grams of Protein.
All in all I do feel good - and just take naps in the afternoon when I'm really tired. I am getting about 8-10 (sometimes 12!) hours of sleep. I decided I would let my body tell me what to do and not stress about it.

@@Jen - a work in progress I'm seriously jealous of your quick weight loss. I'm ~5 weeks out and struggling to stay at 20 lbs down. I went back to work full time a week after surgery. I worked from home the day after surgery and for the rest of that week. If it weren't for the long public transportation commute, I think I would have been fine, but the bus and train jostling really drained me.

Congratulations - you sure do look amazing!!!! I know it was alot of hard work (as I am now discovering!). Thank you for the inspiration and motivation !

Congratulations - you sure do look amazing!!!! I know it was alot of hard work (as I am now discovering!). Thank you for the inspiration and motivation !

First of all...deep breath. You have not failed. Your surgery has not failed. The surgery is a tool to help you lose weight and you have. What you have also done is buy into the whole "I lost a ton of weight quickly after the sleeve" routine. I am not saying it doesn't happen, it certainly does. In fact, you see post after post after post on here saying as much. But what you don't see is how many post that they haven't lost as much or as fast. Is it because they failed? No, not at all. It is because each and every human is different. Our bodies are different and our metabolism is different. We all live different lives and do different things. Therefore it is completely and totally NORMAL that we all lose weight differently after VSG. I plan to write a blog or post about this when I hit my "surgi-versary" on 10/21. I too have been upset at times, but it was at myself. It took me a very long time to come to some kind of terms with the reality of it all. That reality is this...We ALL want quick results, a miracle for losing weight. We may research and know all the facts and numbers, but in our hearts we are praying to be the ones we read about. We ALL want to post big numbers lost in a short amount of time. We ALL want to finally be healthy, but mostly we want to be normal. We want to be accepted, by society and ourselves. We want all of our problems to disappear and our bodies to be what we dream of them being. But reality is it may not happen. Reality is we may only lose a little at a time. Reality is the surgery is documented as only losing up to a percentage of your excess weight, not every pound of that excess. Do some people lose every last excess pound? Yes, they do. But not everyone. I believe those of us who don't post that we have only lost a percentage and not all the weight feel guilt, or failure. I absolutely believed this would be my answer for my weight struggles, yet I still struggle. Does the sleeve do what is should? Yes it does. I am restricted in how much I can eat. Can I eat around it? Yep. Can I eat junk I should not? Absolutely. Has my restriction eased over the year? Without any doubt. Can I do better? You better believe it. Am I human and make mistakes? Do I try to do better? Every day for the rest of my life... I didn't want to "diet", but I know I cannot eat foods others do and lose weight. I really dislike exercise, but I know the sleeve will not lose me the weight alone. I know I have to do my part to put this body back into some semblance of order. I was morbidly obese and spent many years well over 150+ overweight. Rome wasn't built in a day...Today I am almost 100lbs thinner. I am over half way to goal. Do I give up because I am almost a year out and haven't lost all the extra weight yet? No. Never give up. Failure only wins if you give up. A year out I am very happy I did what I did. I am glad I had the surgery. Rather than focusing on the 70+ pounds I need to lose hit goal, I think of the 98lbs I lost to get where I am now! Sure I still want more from this, but getting my head in the right place has helped me accept where I have come so far.

It was encouraging to read this posting As I am freaking out and ready to cancel my upcoming surgery tomorrow morning.
Such a big lifestyle change ...I know I need it but I don't know if I'm ready and can't even imagine months and months without a real meal

October 8th 7:30am I will be sleeved!!! Scared and excited!!! Hope I can do this - look forward to support from fellow sleevers this week!
I will be in San Diego at Scripps Green .

October 8th 7:30am I will be sleeved!!! Scared and excited!!! Hope I can do this - look forward to support from fellow sleevers this week!
I will be in San Diego at Scripps Green .

Hi all. I am October 6th in Mexico. I too have been overweight my whole life. I am a huge emotional eater/addict.
I can't believe this is happening really. I had given up all hope of ever being anything but huge. I didn't know about the sleeve until several months ago - a grocery clerk told me her daughter went to Mexico and it changed her life in the best way possible. I went home and googled it and now here I am about to embark on the best thing I have ever done for myself. I have a new lease on life and am thrilled. One of my best friends is coming with me. I am seeing a counsellor and NUT. I can't wait to be able to go the gym again and not feel so terribly self conscious. I want to drink in all life has to offer me! Next summer sea kayaking!!! Good luck and best wishes to all of us on this incredible journey we are all brave enough to take. I will post my journey after I am back. Take good care of yourselves.

Hey everyone, I know we have an October thread but I wanted to create one specifically for those of us being sleeved on next Monday and Tuesday. I think it would be awesome for us to support each other and actually follow each other post-op.
I'm being sleeved on Tuesday, October 7th! Wow still can't believe I have 6 days remaining. I'm not nervous at all just excited and ready to start my journey. My husband thinks something is wrong with me because I'm not nervous lol.
Like many of you I've been battling my weight since childhood. I'm 35 years old with a BMI of 44 and 5 months ago I said no more diet pills and no more starving myself for only a 10 lbs lost. I've never been below 200 lbs. in my adult hood.
Guys I told my mom yesterday and now I'm regretting it. Her response was the following "why don't you just diet" . I couldn't believe it, I absolutely could not believe it. Anyway I had to brush that off very quickly and continue my conversation with my mom without exposing my true feelings. I'm not discouraged just wishing I wouldn't had sad anything.
I'm moving forward, all my thoughts are centered around Tuesday morning. I wish all of you the best and please keep each other lifted up pre and post op.

Wednesday is the day!!! the first day of the rest of my life!
I am so excited and nervous all at the same time.
Good luck to everyone having their procedure this week.