Iowa_summergirl

Always fun to see where everyone is at...hope everyone is having a great summer!
I am having a great time shopping in new clothes as I have officially gotten rid of every piece of clothing in my closet! Now that was a NSV! Last year I was between a 22-24W, and now I am comfortably in a size 11/12, sometimes even 10.
I had my annual physical and saw a doctor who hasn't seen me in a year...she actually did a double take when walking into the exam room. Quite different from when I delivered my son and weighed 300.
I also traveled on business last month and loved not feeling like I needed an extra seat on the plane or having the stewardess ask me if I needed a seat belt extension.
Finally feel like I can eat normal too...get full easily, but can pretty much feel like a normal person sitting at the dinner table.
HW: 256
Surg wt: 224
Current wt: 155

Always fun to see where everyone is at...hope everyone is having a great summer!
I am having a great time shopping in new clothes as I have officially gotten rid of every piece of clothing in my closet! Now that was a NSV! Last year I was between a 22-24W, and now I am comfortably in a size 11/12, sometimes even 10.
I had my annual physical and saw a doctor who hasn't seen me in a year...she actually did a double take when walking into the exam room. Quite different from when I delivered my son and weighed 300.
I also traveled on business last month and loved not feeling like I needed an extra seat on the plane or having the stewardess ask me if I needed a seat belt extension.
Finally feel like I can eat normal too...get full easily, but can pretty much feel like a normal person sitting at the dinner table.
HW: 256
Surg wt: 224
Current wt: 155

Always fun to see where everyone is at...hope everyone is having a great summer!
I am having a great time shopping in new clothes as I have officially gotten rid of every piece of clothing in my closet! Now that was a NSV! Last year I was between a 22-24W, and now I am comfortably in a size 11/12, sometimes even 10.
I had my annual physical and saw a doctor who hasn't seen me in a year...she actually did a double take when walking into the exam room. Quite different from when I delivered my son and weighed 300.
I also traveled on business last month and loved not feeling like I needed an extra seat on the plane or having the stewardess ask me if I needed a seat belt extension.
Finally feel like I can eat normal too...get full easily, but can pretty much feel like a normal person sitting at the dinner table.
HW: 256
Surg wt: 224
Current wt: 155

Love the NSV!! I think I had two this week...one was my husband telling me I needed new work clothes because the other ones are literally falling off! The other was getting hit on for the first time in like a billion years...while wearing my wedding ring!!
HW: 256
SW: 224
CW: 182

Hi October sleevers! I haven't checked in for a while...
HW 256
SW 224
CW 166
I can't believe the change in just five months! I feel like a whole different person. I was in a stall almost the entire month of February, but things seem to be on track now. I wasn't loosing any weight, but my clothes continued to fit better. Have had a great time doing some much needed shopping. I have never had a closet full of so many clothes that I can't wear (especially since they were too big)!
I haven't been very good about keeping food journals or tracking everything I eat. I usually just eat sensibly and eat until I'm satisfied. I have been trying to curb my snacking (especially late nights). I have a particular liking right now for peanuts, jalapenos, pickles, and mac salad (not good I know but a little goes a long ways).
Glad to hear everyone is checking in...it is great to hear that I have the same struggles as others. Keep the recipes coming too!

Hi October sleevers! I haven't checked in for a while...
HW 256
SW 224
CW 166
I can't believe the change in just five months! I feel like a whole different person. I was in a stall almost the entire month of February, but things seem to be on track now. I wasn't loosing any weight, but my clothes continued to fit better. Have had a great time doing some much needed shopping. I have never had a closet full of so many clothes that I can't wear (especially since they were too big)!
I haven't been very good about keeping food journals or tracking everything I eat. I usually just eat sensibly and eat until I'm satisfied. I have been trying to curb my snacking (especially late nights). I have a particular liking right now for peanuts, jalapenos, pickles, and mac salad (not good I know but a little goes a long ways).
Glad to hear everyone is checking in...it is great to hear that I have the same struggles as others. Keep the recipes coming too!

Sleeved on Oct 14
Highest weight...256
Surgical weight...224
Current weight...174
I'm on a two week stall right now...but I feel like I can eat halfway normally since the first time after surgery.

I crushed everything at that point and took it with applesauce or yogurt...I don't take any Tylenol or pain med on an empty stomach.

Sleeved on Oct 14
Highest weight...256
Surgical weight...224
Current weight...174
I'm on a two week stall right now...but I feel like I can eat halfway normally since the first time after surgery.

Sleeved on Oct 14
Highest weight...256
Surgical weight...224
Current weight...174
I'm on a two week stall right now...but I feel like I can eat halfway normally since the first time after surgery.

I'm amazed at the different cravings and I'm right there with every one of them...except sushi and crawfish (not a fish fan)! I am still sticking with my condiments...mustard, mayo, jalapenos...I'm not sure if anyone is familiar with ham salad or if that's just a Midwest thing, but I saw it in the grocery store today and my mouth started watering (mushed up ham with pieces of pickle and a little onion in it...best with a slice of fresh bread).! I haven't had it since I was a kid, but suddenly it sounds like the best thing in the world.

Me too! I have always struggled with insomnia, so I have relied on Ambien for years. Before surgery I took one at bedtime and had no problem sleeping until my alarm went off in the morning. After surgery, I take my Ambien and four hours later I am wide awake. I feel like my body is processing the drug more quickly. I can't say that I am any more tired from getting much less sleep...so I think my body is just feeling better without carrying the 80 extra pounds along!

Sleeved on Oct 14
Highest weight...256
Surgical weight...224
Current weight...174
I'm on a two week stall right now...but I feel like I can eat halfway normally since the first time after surgery.

I would kill for some hot, spicy, boiled crawfish!!! I smell them all the time. My husband's eating BBQ now & I swear it smells like crawfish to me! I just had surgery on Tuesday; wish I would have thought about it last week! By the time I can eat anything it won't be in season! I guess I'll have to wait till next season! Thank God it comes twice a year!
Just remember: "Pinch the tail and suck the head"!!!

First it was pizza, that didn't go well, than chicken wings from Buffalo Wild Wings, I ate 3 and that craving was
gone. The three that are left are Crab Wontons, Chicken Oriental salad from Applebee's, and Lobster or Crab with
a little butter.

@@greatestnameever funny that you mention dreams! I had a dream where I was floating down a river in a plastic tub and there were decorated sheet cakes floating down the river, too...and I would grab one after the other and just go to town- like pie-eating contest style. I woke up feeling a sugar high and queasy. Tried to look up the meaning to that dream and...yeah...I think that one was too weird for the dream dictionary. LOL

I've been having some crazy cravings! Sushi and chicken Parm, pizza, and a hamburger from McDonalds would be the biggest things on my list. BUT more than that, I keep having dreams where I eat things (two nights ago it was pizza and cake, last night it was jelly beans) to excess and then I wake up with a stomachache! It goes away after my brain realizes I didn't eat them, but still!

I was craving Cornish Hen 1 day after my surgery. I finally made it 4 weeks later with my mother's baste (sugar free orange marmalde, orange juice and a tsp of brown sugar) I could only eat 2/3 bites..but that was it.
Now, (which I am happy about) I used to be a sweet eater especially right before bed..but I don't even crave it anymore (10 weeks post op) If I happen to get a sweet tooth, I put a little bit of 2% milk in a glass with a touch of chocolate Syrup and BAM the craving is gone.

Pizza!!!

@Iowa_summergirl- I am craving the same thing! I want to eat those pinwheels(name?) where you smear cream cheese on deli ham and wrap them in a pickle and slice them. Yum! I have been craving odd things like a lot of pickled veggies and mustard sounds oddly good too lol.

I think the one thing right now is nuts, almonds and cashews.
I buy two of the P3 paks from the grocery store and incorporate them into my week so I get a little fix, but I know I cannot have a container of either in the house.
I could measure out portions but I think I would keep going back here and there for a nibble so for now I am not bringing them into the house.

I want the melted cheese and pepperoni off of the top of a slice of pizza, Soup made with white Beans and ham, and lately have been really craving and liking the taste of mustard (which I used to tolerate, but nothing more nothing less).

I was fortunate in that after my six months of supervised nutrition, my doctor was satisfied with my weight loss that he told me I only had to be on a pre-op liquid diet the day before surgery. So I spent the two weeks beforehand eating a treat item each day to satisfy anything I was craving in order to not be missing anything after surgery.
Of course, I'm still craving a few things: pizza, BBQ burger, donuts, empanadas (which I haven't eaten in a decade, so... where the hell that came from I have no idea), and chicken nuggets. Also, this turkey meatloaf from Whole Foods that I'm obsessed with, but I'm going to buy it in the pureed foods stage and blend it up because it's insanely high in Protein.

I want everything I CAN"T have.

Corn, I want to eat it all the time..
And rice... But no rice for me each time(3times) it was a mess.. Pain, hurt, vomit..