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I know the feeling Rdsegobia. Large is so much better

Lorri716 Hope all is well with your mom. Take care.

I know we do! I saw your post. My goal seems impossible but I still want to try for 125lbs. I am 5'1" so a shorty. I haven't been that small since teen years. My mom is like that and we have similar body structure. I need 30 lbs. Everyone says the first 6 months is when weight loss is best and we still have 3 more months for 6 months post op. I am hopeful. I started going to gym 2 X a week. Last week too hard with travel and holiday. Will get back to it this week. Good luck to everyone on reaching our goal. Great thing is usually at end of year we are all thinking about dieting this year we are already on the journey and succeeding!!

My surgery date was 8-10-15 it was a Monday. I was 194lbs that day today's weight 155. But my high preop weight was 211. I worried I would gain for this past week but I lost 2.8 lbs. I did eat some carbs just not too many. I have been lucky i can tolerate most everything I eat but I am very cautious. I eat mostly turkey or chicken. I did eat a pork tamale. I wonder if mixing up my food choices helped I usually only loose 1 to 2 lbs per week. Happy to hear everyone is doing well. Love wearing small sizes too! Now I think about what to wear I have so many choices. I still wear some of my 1X and 2X stuff but they look very big. Now wearing size 14 pants and large or Xl tops. I feel good!

Hi I like your posts. I have similar questions and issues. My thanksgiving went well eating turkey a little mashed potatoes and dressing with cranberry sauce but mostly i had turkey. I made mini cherry pies helps everyone with portion control. My favorite snack i cant be without are sugar free popsicles microwaved into a yummy slush!!

Have been averaging 2 lb loss per week. So far 34 lbs since surgery. Current weight 160 and size 14. I was a 3X its still weird not going to women's plus department i pass it and remember but happy to be wearing large and size 14. Still need 35 more. Started spin class this week did pretty good. Its so much easier to exercise being less heavy. Hope the exercise will give me more results. Also i think i dont eat enough either so i am trying to pay attention to my intake as well. Hope everyone is doing well.

I am 3 months out with sleeve. Started at BMI 38 with surgery weight of 194 - i am 5ft 1in. Today weight is 161. Had been losing more first 2 weeks then averagi g 2 lbs per week last 2 weeks losing 1to 2 lbs per week feel I am going to stall soon. Join the gn n going to start today. I don't eat very much and mainly deli turkey, cheese and grilled chicken breast. Sometimes I have green beans. I still try to have 1 protein shake per day with 1% milk. I feel better reading these posts looks like I could reachy goal by February of 125lbs. For now i feel great and people tell me everyday that I look great.

Good luck babbs2299. Today is your day. I am 3 months out now doing great. That first and second week were tough but each week after it gets so much better.

I still have mild itching. Usually when its hot or after showering. Also if I get stressed or anxious. It's my legs back and arms mostly. Surgery on 8-10-15. I find that i can calm myself or distract myself. Also i try to put on alot of body lotion. I changed my soap to avenno moisturizing body soap and I stopped using a scrubbie thing when bathing. Also i try to use mildly warm water; before I used hot water for shower. For awhile even my skin was peeling really bad on my face. Now I have face creams.

I used lemon and limes on my food once I started solids on my 3rd week post op. I add it to chicken fish vegetables and avocado. No problems at all.

Surgery 8-10-15 Starting weight 211 Surgery weight 194 Current weight 161 I too can cross my legs. Put on my socks without a struggle. Even being able to wrap a towel around me after my shower. One really big experience for me was going to Dillards the other day and instead of going straight for women's plus department I decided to give Xl a try and went to so many other departments found out I can wear XL but Large also fit. Now I dont know what to wear because I have so many old clothes that fit again. Even looking in the mirror is fun. I really enjoy going out and not getting tired. I use to have to rest because my knee and back hurt so much. I still need 36 lbs to go. My new adventure is I joined a gym and will start tomorrow with my daughter.

I had same problem also slept in recliner for about a month. I even felt short of breath with cpap on and would take it off during the night. I remembered getting flonase that first night after surgery and started using it again. I also tighten my straps and this has helped. I sleep in my bed now using 2 pillows and this is not a problem anymore. Surgery date 8-10-15. Weight at highest in 2015: 211; SW 194; and CW 161. My other problem is the pressure the straps place on my face and in the morning I have strap marks on my face. Do they sell covers for the straps?

Because I eat slower my food gets cold at work. Now i heat up my chicken in a pyrex bowl and then cover it only taking out a small portion at a time this keeps it warm longer and also makes me focus on a small piece at a time taking longer to eat.

I eat out pretty easy now. I order grilled chicken or fish with avocado in Mexican restaurants. Also fish tacos (i don't eat tortillas )good if grilled. I always ask for take out plate and make 2 or 3 meals off the one meal. I like it because i dont have to worry about a few meals - I just prep them in small pyrex bowels and grab one on my way to work or when i get home from work. What's amazing is the grilled chicken plate was 10 dollars and i got 4 meals out of it. I only pick restuarants that have grilled chicken or fish on the menu which is almost everywhere. Being able to go out and be normal is key - I just don't overeat now.

Just 30 days ago we made what is probably the biggest change to our lifes. That first week was rough for me and I kept dreaming of today and how I would feel. I would see the older ladies at the grocery store moving faster than me and wonder will I ever move like me again. Well this week I walk faster, get things done faster and even drive faster lol. What a wonderful change to feel so much better each day and enjoying the weight loss. so worth the effort and change in lifestyle. I know the future will only get better.

Today I had my one month follow up. I can eat solids and I did eat at lunch 1/4 cup of chicken salad. It did take me 2 hours but it sure felt good to eat real food again. I wasn't really hungry but thats what my diet says to eat. No pain just a few gurgling sounds coming from my sleevester. I still have applesauce think i will save for later. I made the chicken salad the consistency of a spread with greek yogurt and 1 boiled egg. I made enough to last a few days. Next time will only make one chicken breast so I don't get tired of eating same thing. I need to prepare better.

Refried beans were my hero during 3rd and 4th week. I love them. I added turkey bone broth to them to increase protein and shredded cheese. Yummy!!

Love the idea. Already feels like shopping in my closet. Have been able to wear blouses I hadn't worn for years. My biggest size is now baggy. I love it! I am exactly 30 days today.

I planned poorly still on puree and forgot to stop fluids in time to eat before this 1130 to 1pm meeting. They ordered Chinese and all so they can play games and talk before the meeting. Would be nice to be on real food now so no one would ask about my puree and small quantities. Today I will have to tough it out. Don't let this happen to you. It's a bummer. Messes up my liquid intake schedule still only get about 30 oz per day.

One of the girls brought her lunch and now that I will move into my solid food phase I will do this. She brought tuna salad. I will do that! I actually like bringing my food from home. This way i am never disappointed and my order is never wrong. That happened to one of the girls that day.

Got approved yesterday so today went to see the boss and ask about FMLA. Well I am mostly using annual leave and should have justed asked for 2 week vacation. Now they tell me first fill out forms, get doctor to fill it out, then file the paperwork and it takes time and HR tends to send it back and forth for corrections and my surgey is in 2 weeks. But since the boss knows its for medical she could no longer approve vacation. So this is another waiting game to play. Hoping others are in a place with better HR department.

Did you exercise at all during the 6 weeks? I have lost 26lbs since I started my pre op diet. Of which 14 lbs were after surgery on August 10th. (29 days). I was 194 lbs at surgery now 180 lbs. But can seriously feel the difference and see changes. It feels good to be losing weight.

I survived the food they ordered was late so they started the meeting it was only 30 minutes. I left when everyone got up to get there food. Hooray!

I get itchy with heat or in the sun. It has improved. I am almost 1 month post op. Mostly on arms and upper legs. If i thought about it the itching would increase. Now I try not to think about it and usually ok i walk from car to work or shops and rarely experience this anymore but this was bad at 1 to 2 weeks.

My doctor told me to try milk of magnesia and it helped within 1 or 2 hrs since I have been regular. Of course fluids and activity helps. But i think yogurt also helps. Hope u feel better. Ask your doctor for what to take.