smcobos2

I'm getting ready to leave the hospital. I was sleeved yesterday morning. Thank goodness for morphine pump! I woke up today feeling great. I walked around the hospital every 2 hours. I tried to eat some chicken broth from the hospital and I couldn't take the whole bowl. Just had 3 spoons and a little medicine cup of Water. I was full!! This is going to work. I'm so excited for the future :-)

who ever states that having WLS is taking the easy way out does not know how much harder this is. Its hard to relearned how to eat, feeling sick when u new stomach does not like something, still have to work out hard in order to achieve your goals, blood pressure going up when ever u eat to fast, insomnia after surgery and the list can keep going.. so when ever someone will judge you and says you took the easy way out with WLS they have not idea what we go threw ...
p.s. my grammar is not very good looking.. lol

Hang in there smcobos2. You can do this. I walked a lot and help me get the gas out and kept my off the pain and what I couldn't do.

smcobos2 yes it is normal. I am taking really small sips. I had a really large hernia that had to be repaired. The hernia is right below and between my breast. So I have to very small sips. Popciles were my lifesavers.

Yes and it gets better every day! 5days posr op and knots are gone.

All done now. Am sleeved:-) had an allergic reaction to anaesthetic so a rough night but onwards and upwards. Haven't managed any Water yet but looking forward to getting better day by day

I'm getting ready to leave the hospital. I was sleeved yesterday morning. Thank goodness for morphine pump! I woke up today feeling great. I walked around the hospital every 2 hours. I tried to eat some chicken broth from the hospital and I couldn't take the whole bowl. Just had 3 spoons and a little medicine cup of Water. I was full!! This is going to work. I'm so excited for the future :-)

Hi my name is Stephanie! I am 23 years old, my starting weight is 359, i am currently on my two week liquid diet, and my surgery is scheduled for May 20th! Yay! (:

For those of you having surgery tomorrow...prayers for you!! We will all be fine. It's been a long road to get this far, now let's keep our eyes on the prize and do this!!!! My email address is Sdufour@lpso.org if anyone wants to stay in contact afterwards. Looking forward to being on the LOSERS bench!!!

Surgery tomorrow & I am officially freaking out!

smcobos2 we are here for each other. I think we will all need it. I have my surgery tomorrow also. I will say a prayer for you. Good luck!

I was finally able to get some new clothes today! It felt so good to shop in the regular clothes for a change! I squeezed in a size 12 and wasn't afraid to buy the jeans. It's the little things!

Can I LIKE my own post?!?!?! HA!!!
Snort!!!! I got some "friendly advice" about a wardrobe choice today from a friend who has no clue about how WLS feels yet. I LOL'd (and I don't text talk).

I LOVE YOU FOR THIS !!! Thank you so much. I cannot wait to get to my post op stage. I have surgery on Monday

Just registered on this site, my surgery is scheduled for May 18th!! So excited and a little bit nervous!

I LOVE YOU FOR THIS !!! Thank you so much. I cannot wait to get to my post op stage. I have surgery on Monday

Op, i think you may be forgetting that opinions are subjective. While you may think someone looks sloppy or skanky, a different person might see that person as looking well put together or decent.
Personally IMO, if a person loses a significant amount of weight then they should feel free to wear whatever they want. If they wanna rock up looking like Cher in the 'If i could turn back time' vid, then that's fine with me!!!

@@DreamingAzure
It is good you are recognizing where your motive is coming from. That, in and of itself, is maturity in action. And a person NEEDS to be mature to handle WLS.
I don't know why you have not WLS yet, and I don't need to know. BUT, I may say this: if you aren't IN the canoe, you are NOT able to paddle. Same with WLS. If you haven't had it, you don't know what people who HAVE had it go through, thus you are NOT able to judge the journey OR the outcome.
Many of us have NO IDEA what sizes or types of undergarments or clothing to wear after WLS, we just want to look good. Everyone has different tastes and ideas of what looks good. And there are MANY cultures that have differing styles of clothes. So instead of looking at the CLOTHES, look at the JOY in the FACE of her/him wearing the clothes. THERE you will find the REAL beauty!!!!!

I am thankful I didn't have to do a pre-op diet. I did purposely eat lighter the days leading up to my surgery. I was told liquids only after 9 pm the day before. I simply drank herbal tea, diluted apple juice and Water.< /p>

Even though I mostly shop the perimeter of the market, where the produce, meats and dairy are, they still put the diet disasters in their pretty eye-catching packages on the endcaps. As they call my name with their mythological Sirens' song, I have to turn my back and tell myself "Walk away from the Twinkies. Walk away from the Twinkies. Walk away from the Twinkies........"

Lol just going to the grocery store the other day was a test of my willpower! I forced myself to walk past ice cream and chocolate (my weaknesses) but I did it and only got the items I need for preop and postop. My boyfriend brought over a Reuben last night with fries because he forgot my liquid diet started but I didn't touch it thank goodness.
This is hard but even if you cheated getting back on track is the most important thing! As many others have said in posts....this is not easy by any means and takes a great deal of work! Keep on going and now you are postop hopefully you will find it somewhat easier to stay focused. ????????????

Well... It's hard! I relate to you so much! I find my self noticing all food around me even more! You don't even realise how much food is always around you.
Watching my family eat is difficult. I'm only on day five and I am hoping I can get through it. I haven't weighed my self. Don't wanna be disappointed and get discouraged by weighing my self often so I'm waiting a week.
I'm from the UK so my hospital have given me a slightly different diet which is 4 muller light yogurts and 4 cans of slim fast Soup or any Soup that is 100 calories each. I feel like it's starvation! But I'm hanging in there????

I'm on day 11 of my preop diet but it's not just liquds. I'm down 11 pounds and feeling great!
You might try sugar free Popsicles for clears and lots of water/crystal light! You'll do just fine!

I actually had the same thing happen to me, I didn't want to eat, at least not really for the first week after surgery, but once I was healed it was pretty much the business as usual. I do find however that the things that I eat when "snacking" are better now than the things I ate before. I think this new tummy just happened to turn us into the people who need to eat a small meal every couple hours versus three normal meals and the occasional snack.< /p>
Protein does keep you full feeling longer (it didn't work when we were bigger because of our ginormous tummys), I also find that drinking flavored Water helps more than regular Water and I LOVE regular water. Something about the flavoring tends to soothe the hunger pains that are in my tummy/brain. I'm pretty sure a portion of this is head hunger as well. We are use to eating junk whenever we want and that is a hard habit to break. A few recommendations that I have read are to drink a lot of water and if you still want to eat in 30 minutes, eat some Jerky or a Protein Bar. That should tide you over until your next meal.
I agree though, thank goodness for the small stomach so that I can't overstuff myself because I think I'm hungry!

Wow, May Sleevers still growing. Here is an updated list. 187 strong!
Bvenegas whom started this post, was scheduled in May, but, will be JUNE 1. Bvenegas you are still our main May sleever.
May1
Bubbly_d
Preynusa
Dalysm86
Flairness
May 4
Raquel_c
Jayshann
Mel24
Smile121
Kelley74
Deb1327
Teebaby
Ms. Kay’s New Life
VSGMomma2
Kdawgsmom
Juliaq321
Mremilio
Mamasinator
RealRocknRollaVSG
NoMoBand
Jgbc85
Mspatricia
Chas42
Sabl3r
Nunya-got-sleeved
jfharo
May5
Yamshams
Mrmrshandie
KM1284
Bestisyettocome8
Hthr
Dischord
MassageMini
Shaun_na
Kjaydee
Transformed_king
Jade1375
Jenngeb
Msdenean
Hb.mambo
May6
Kelly1223
Joego2014
TreyLu
Marybear1965
Newbeginning77
May 7
Milemorales
KIM10
Fuzzy52
amacox
May8
Murni
Vsgval
Manuela
Moremarilynthenbarbie
tsylvester
May11
Merrill1955
Teecee
Pepeka
Ette16
Bmocareful2
Lisator1975
ToyNy
Knf7111
May12
Dattgirl68
mssugarK
djackson17
Mandat
miks
mallen1895
craigcu
SheSoBain
Classynessa
Simply Annie
May 13
Less of Jess
Katress27
Soon_To_Be_Slim
Sh1211
Amylynn41
Hilary1984
Steph77498
Sharob
ValerieDee1975
Carolscience
Kcmu5411
Angelinacuellar
Shark23 (band removal, sleeve postponed)
May14
Dlmadeja27
Mattthew282
Turnaroundtina
Roci708
Kristomoto
Djay210
Missmuffet
Headhunter75422
Mik3sparks
Missaunterika
May 15
Sleeved2015
Better-half
Meryam
Layla-
Momof2tx
Bigsalty53
May 16
Katie K Kitt
May18
Smilingsarahjo
Llynn34
Antigone40
Littleblackdress
Alexkira02
Tnkrrbl
Brenda L. Robertson
Dream125
VivKS
Trudiva
Gemini216
Antigone40
Smcobos2
Sndholmes
MrBroussard
twittymilk
May 19
SamanthaLC
Jeni2u
Cosmogirl2535
Egill0607
Rnyryry
MyNewLife28
Tafuller
Momofboys2
May20
Mespo
Cjanee
Bubbletoes
Riley09
Phoenix2015
M.E.Flores
Rowebaught
Lily3
jadyn
May21
Lexiemustang
Martene81
Gracy0721
LindsB
Pops24
journeyforlfeRN
VSG_Hopeful
cfgalan
May22
Cinchgirl50
Crich36108
Debiksmit
Angie6223
May 23
Nickbel
May 25
Lisarb
May 26
JSchool10
Km30381
Tulip3
SassyXray
Sutter Phoenix
Ellieschad
Roberts30
Jordantaylor
Lean15
Copper Top
Russianprincess520
SassyXray
May27
MamaBiv
Omgitzmichy
Lizbead
Paulisha
Tulalulu
Shadoegrounds
Omgitzmichy
Trendsetta
Inittowinit130
Ace15
May28
_nelly_
Cheektowagasleever
Lexiemia
Rhondaalana
Anikka
Lexiemia
Nrg33
May29
SeahawksGirl
FitFor40