KindaFamiliar

G'day @@karla w Nice to have you here... Please, don't be shy...

I'm gonna repeat what's already been said... Ask your doctor/surgeon... He's the ONLY one who knows exactly what you went thru... The rest of the world can only give you their opinions or experiences... We're all different... Yes, we all had the same procedure, but the details could all be vastly different... Only YOUR doctor/surgeon can give you the best information about YOU... Having said all that, I was back at the gym after two weeks, but with NO WEIGHTS... Good luck to you...

Great work @@rp1980 Well on your way to goal!!

Everyone's post-surgery instructions are different... I'd assume that you should be sipping slower(longer breaks between sips) and therefore making your 1oz last longer than 3 minutes... But then, I'm not your surgeon/nutritionist... Your best bet would be to ask them... Maybe give it a day or so, gather a few questions (you'll have some), and call them once with a few queries rather than a few times with one question each time.. Good luck to you @@Ilovecats1985 And welcome to sleevehood...

Yep, it does... As soon as you slow down your eating...

Fantastic result for your efforts... Well done to you!!

Ok, I admit it... I’ve been slack. For the past six weeks, I’ve not been concentrating on ANYTHING related to my post-sleeving care. I’ve not been making sure I’m having enough protein… I’ve not been getting all my Water in… I’ve not been thinking about what I eat.. Yes, I’ve still been going to the gym… Yes, I’ve still been losing weight… But what if I’d stuck to my plan all along and kept up the water/protein/good food thing? How much further along would I have been? Relatively speaking, six weeks is a long time. It’s 17(ish)% of my sleeved life. 17%. It doesn’t sound like much. It’s not even a fifth of something. But think about this… What if I was 17% ahead of where I am with my weight loss… What if, instead of being thrilled that I’ve lost 150lb, I was celebrating losing 175.5 lb. That’s nearly 80kg in my terms. And it’s 17% more… But fear not… I know what the reality is… The reality is that I’ve nobody to blame but myself. I chose to not get my Protein in… I chose to not keep check on my water… I chose to not watch my calories… (And I also chose to drink alcohol a few times in there too… Shhhhhh) Well you know what… I’m choosing again. Actually, I chose it last week. That’s when I started a countdown in my profile feed. To those who noticed it, it would have been random and quite possibly, nonsensical. But to me, it was making a choice. Re-making a choice. Call it a do-over.. A re-launch.. Call it whatever you like As of 0445 this morning (when I woke up), I’ve taken responsibility for myself again. No more coasting thru this sleeved life.. No more taking losing weight for granted.. No more forgetting where I came from.. What I came from… How far I’ve come… This sleeve shit is NOT easy!! This sleeve shit is NOT cheating!! I have lost this weight… Me.. Nobody else… And you know what? I’m about to lose a whole lot fu***ng more!!!

Again I feel compelled to thank those who read my words, and even more so, those who took the time to post... It's actually quite humbling for me to read some of your replies... And that's quite a big thing for me to be humble... You know, considering how fu***ng great I am and stuff!!! But seriously... Thank you...

Thanx all, both for reading and for commenting... There's a whole lotta support in this place and I'm honoured that some was pointed in my direction... You guys are alright...

Mine is slowly disappearing. I'm nearly 8 months post-surgery...

@@katladee What a surprise... A woman who isn't happy with what she's been given... It's not bad enough that pics of my head are floating around this place, but now you want leg?? I have feelings you know... I'm not just a piece of meat, here for the sole purpose of plea... Oh who am I kidding?? You want what you want... Altho... I've had a quick look and can see exactly ZERO pics of your legs... How can that be so??

@@Elode You asked for it (yes, you said please)... So here it is... Well... Kinda... They're not crossed... But six months ago I wouldn't have even taken a pic, so just be happy...

I'm no expert but it sounds pretty normal to me... The liquids go down MUCH easier and more comfortably than the solids will (once you get there of course)... As far as stretching the stomach, there's a thousand different opinions out there... My thought is that, while you're only four days out and eating such foods as you are currently, stretching of the stomach would be virtually impossible... I'd assume it would split at the seams before it would stretch.. Of course, I'm no doctor... If it's really worrying you, give the surgeon's office a call.. And.. Welcome to sleevedness!!!

Yes, yes you were...

It's opening day of the Australian Baseball League today so it's off to the 'ball tonight... So... dinner will be half a hot dog and six sips of Diet Coke... GO CAVS!!!

You are!!

@@Elode Ohhhh yeah... It IS in the title... In that case I retract everything I've said... Well, not everything... Let's face it, some of the crap I said was spot on!! Anyway, because you've asked so nicely (and can be a little difficult if you don't get your own way) I'll see what I can do in the legs (please) department.. Now, can you leave me alone please? I'm sure thare are many other ladies who would appreciate some of my attention...

@@Elode Firstly, if you continue to flirt so openly yet treat me with such disdain I'll be forced to make a sooky la la complaint (via whiny post) about being the victim in one of the so-called cool kids' cruel games... I'll bang on and on about how my feeling were hurt and how I... Oh who am I kidding.. You can't stop!!! It happens to me allllll the time... Secondly, not once did you say 'please'... It's a good thing I'm a patient man...

@@Elode You're not the boss of me... Plus, I have booooring shoes on... And stumpy legs... They're like tree trunks on a very short tree... Just another reason that the ladies swoon over me...