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Already have reached half of my goals after 3 months post op. My biggest achievement was playing on the playground with the kids (all the kids) while other parents watched from the benches and going down the sliding board My daughter (oldest) says "why didn't you ever do that with me?" Broke my heart but I'm doing it now and that's all that matters. I'm willing to be in front of the camera instead of behind the camera now. I can come home from work and have enough energy to roll around on the floor with the kids AND make dinner. I love this person I've become. I hugged the crap out of my surgeon on Friday!

I am not sure I could do them without them becoming sliders, but if they work for you that's great!!

what's a slider? I've never asked. You're the lucky person who gets to tell me

It is also one of those strange food that reacts differently to the point of no restriction. It's ice cream for me. My husbands slider food is corn chips. I have no idea why it happens but during your journey you will find one or two foods that you seem to be able to eat so much more than other foods and yes it's never a great food with lot's of Protein

I was wanting a Tummy Tuck and then I watched it AGAIN on YouTube. Horrifying man, just horrifying! I gotta stop doing that!

Oh I assumed it was something that went down easy lol

Odd thing is the stretch marks show up more now....well I guess it not too odd the skin is deflated it just never crossed my mind that that would happen.

I need someone out there to tell me I'll feel so much better in a couple of days.

Btwn gas pain, incisional pain and nausea, I am hating myself for doing this.

I loved Water pre-op and can barely sip it without becoming nauseated. The pain med I was sent home with is some God awful cherry flavor.

Everything I can have right now makes me absolutely sick.

It's going to get better, right??

I am not sure I could do them without them becoming sliders, but if they work for you that's great!!

My confessions: when my button up shirts for work would no longer button (or on the off chance they did button I'd look like a can of those pillsbury biscuits exploding from the container) i got the bright idea to invest in tank tops and wear the button up shirts open, with the tanks showing. When my suit jackets would no longer button, I convinced myself the jacket was just for style, and didn't need to be buttoned. I also cut the lining out of the pants, cause it was tight and made me sweat excessively.

Oh, and I bought bra extenders rather than admit that I needed a bigger based size in my bras (I eventually relented with that though).

My surgeon never said any calorie intake. He said 70g Protein and less than 30g carbs and that's it. Stay within that and you will be healthy and lose. I have lost 125 lbs in 7 months post op and feel great! I track everything I eat on my fitness pal and when I was 6 weeks post op, I was averaging between 300- 500 calories a day. I have always felt full. Now my average day is about 750- 850 per day. My protein is still around 70g and my carbs around 45g. I have 15 lbs to my goal and am still losing about 3-5 lbs a month and have never had a stall. Maybe I'm one of the lucky ones or maybe my surgeon is on to something. Anyway, it's working for me.

It's normal to worry. I did to the point of almost canceling that morning. I was literally in a hospital bed crying to my mom and husband that I was making a bad decision. I'm glad they gave me the drugs when they did or I might be sitting here still 55 pounds heavier. It's cold feet and you'll be fine. It's hard work but worth it. Nothing is an easy or quick fix. If it were easy this site wouldn't exist. We're here for support. Get your head in the game! You're going to be thrilled. I promise. I haven't smiled this much in 5 years.

My 25-ouncer Bariatric Advantage shaker bottle. Poor thing is a hot mess. Need a new one.

Oh, and my Fitbit Zip

Maybe you're not ready. Alcohol was never an issue for me except for tailgating at DMB shows every summer and let me say, after spending a weekend tailgating with 300+ DMB fans, I did great. Had one sip of a drink and decided it wasn't worth it. Your feelings mat change post op. Much like most of us no longer want fast food or junk or even soda. (I was a HUGE diet coke junkie). If you're that concerned about your ability to stay sober at a party to reach your weight loss goals than maybe you should postpone until after graduation

At the risk of sounding like a fuddy-duddy (boy does autocorrect love that one), it breaks my heart to hear that after three years of college (where you haven't even reached legal drinking age) the one thing you think defines your experience is drinking, and drinking to excess at that.

Believe it or not, you can have fun stone-cold sober. You can dance, you can socialize. You also can learn a lot, get better grades, and most importantly exercise better judgement -- about risks, relationships, etc.

Even if you never take another drink the rest of your life you can live a full and exciting life.

If the thought of taking a break from drinking in order to improve or even save your life is so terrible, I really think you would benefit from some soul-searching.

Let me ask you this... can you lose 40 on your own and keep it off? I could lose 40 pounds no problem. But I'd gain back 60 within 6 months. I'm 12 weeks out from surgery and down 55 pounds. I was taken off blood pressure meds a month ago and I feel AMAZING. I'm never ever going back. I was given thus gift and I plan on taking full advantage of it. Even if I never lost another pound I'd still be thrilled. This was by far the best decision I've ever made for myself.

I'm 3 months out and still only getting about 700 a day. Doc says to follow Protein and carbs, not calories. Well, my doc says that. Check with yours. I'm down 55 pounds in 12 weeks so he must know something

I made my own which cut down on the carbs (it was still a lot) but I didn't like how it sat in my stomach. Heavy. I think I started eating them around 6 weeks post op but after that batch was gone I haven't eaten another. I'd rather have meat.

I love my fitbit! It's also a great reminder to get moving each day. The workweek hustle with friends is a great motivator.

I had awful fatigue 3 weeks out. Exercise? Please. I didn't even feel like walking to the bathroom. Right around week 5 all my energy plus some came back. I started hitting the gym hard and had even MORE energy. You'll get there. Just hang in.

Yep

I agree Essence! It's hard work. Thankfully no one has said anything negative to me about the surgery. (Not to my face, anyway). I have never worked so hard at the gym as I do since my surgery. I'm only down 45 pounds since 4/8 but I've never been so happy. And my husband can't keep his hands off me

All I'm going to say is it's NEVER too late to get your life back.

I agree with above. Plan NOW. You absolutely cannot pick up kids for at least two weeks. Actually it's 4 weeks but being a mom that won't happen. I stayed with my mom for the first three days after discharge so that I wouldn't be tempted to pick up my kids. They're 4 and 2. After about 10 days I only lifted the little one to put him in bed.

So my surgeon sent me my "before" pictures yesterday, which of course made me want to take an "after" pic to compare. My surgeon does the "official" after pictures at the 3 month appointment when the scar is more healed. So I snapped a couple of pics today. It amazes me. There's only a difference of about 5 pounds in my weight since before and after surgery, but it seriously looks like a huge difference. I couldn't be more pleased with the results so far.

I have scar sheets on the scar, so we will see how that ends up, but so far so good.

I was sleeved so I could stop the cycle of fad diets and tomfoolery. Now I eat healthily and exercise.

It works.

My reflux has improved but I'm still on 40mg of prilosex a day. Doc says we'll stop it 3 months post op (july) and see how it goes. I had a hiatel hernia repaired at time of surgery so we'll see! I have read articles about GERD getting worse after the sleeve and patients have to convert to bypass. From what I understand it's uncommon but there's a whole thread on here about it. Doesn't look that uncommon to me!

Oh dear. PriloseC. Not prilosex. Stupid phone