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I love this show and find these people inspiring. It takes allot of courage and we should be proud of us for seeking help and changing things.

Its just her personalized Swedish massage with a lot of oil including sauge and grapefruit essential oil. The mix of oils with the massage techniques help the elasticity of the skin.

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Thanks for chicking in! What kind of massages are you getting? I am thinking of getting a membership at Massage Envy unless I can find a good local person.

Hey Guys!

Getting married in 2 weeks and VSG anniversary is in 3 weeks! Very excited and happy with everything in life!

Lost more than my goal and feeling great. I try to focus on healthy living rather than dieting/food restraining/unhealthy body image so what i do is this :

COOK! Fresh delicious products from the local market. Make diverse meals that we love and take time to sit and eat with my loved ones.

BIKE to go anywhere that's not far and use public transit for work.

RELAX got a membership with a great massage therapist who actually helped me a lot accept and love my new me as well at tighten my skin.

That's it! How about you guys?

I am almost at my goal and we need to remember that this is not about the numbers. All my life, I've been a slave to that scale number and it doesnt mean anything. What I have found out with my NUT is that we dont only need Protein but lots of veggies, to vary our diet and be happy and healthy. I think I'm going to focus on that and not on that last 13 pounds I wish I was losing...

@doubledinfa I think you are eating good portions. My NUT always tells me not to forget fibres, they also help lose weight and they are important to our metabolism and cholesterol control.

Keep it up July sleevers!!!!

Last week I was at 183. Yesterday, on a different scale I was at 186... :S

I feel like i stoped losing... Not sure yet but it makes me anxious of whats next..

July 21st was my sleeve and feeling good lost 99 pounds! Fighting head hunger tho... Especially for the last 2 weeks since I've been able to eat a bit more.

My nutritionnist actually told me Kombucha is good for you post-sleeve if you can tolerate the carbonation. It's only a little foam though and when I asked about the no carbonation rule, she said that with all it's benefits, Kombucha is one carbonated drink that's worth the carbonation... If you see what I mean?

When you take the plane and actually feel comfortable in coach!

Hi everyone, I got my surgery on july 21st with some complications (hematoma on my spleen). I had to take some extra time off work but I'm feeling great now and lost 50 pounds! Woahh.

Get your Protein in. It helps with that. At this point, I guess your only on liquids so have some Protein shakes, greek yogurt (your new best friend), light cheese, etc. Also, it's important to get your Water in and it helps with hunger.

I dont think anyone has ever been able to get at least 50g of Protein and 2 litres of liquids on one week post-op but that's what you should be aspiring to get to.

Hunger comes and goes at first. Personally, on the first month I couldn't even stand the idea of food. Now I'm craving a bunch of things and I get more hungry. Its just our bodies adjusting and our brain checking in with our satiety. I think it's a great thing. Basically we are resetting out satiety and now we can really know when our body is hungry and for how much. My nutritionist says that now, all we need to do is really LISTEN and give our bodies what they really need : if we get some practice, we will actually know what we need (protein, carbs, veggies, etc.).

I had fever that started 2 days after surgery. It lasted two days so I called the nurse who told me I had to go to the emergency and they immediately got me a bed. They then gave me a scan where they could see my hematoma. It's actually much better than if I had a leakage in my sleeve (hence the charcoal poop.) or an infected hematoma. I had to take intravenous antibiotics and then stayed for observation.

My fever only left about a week after it started and I was freaking out, taught it was the end of the world and was regretting my sleeve. I needed a little longer to recover but now I'm super fine and starting to see the positive in the surgery. I just dont regret it anymore and things feel more NORMAL.

So yeah, I've learned a big lesson about patience and it was totally worth it.

Good luck, you're much stronger than you think!!!

PS: excuse my English, I'm a francophone

Hey, I am a high school teacher and presently on sick leave because of my sleeve. However, I've been wondering about the same thing.

In the teacher's lounge, you get used to your colleague's eating habits but nobody really LOOKS at what you eat.

Also, if you dont want to burn out, it's important to snack all day because there's nothing worse than running on adrenaline...I think that if you bring healthy Snacks and then have a VSG lunch, no one should really notice and it's easy to just say that you snack so you have a smaller lunch.

I dont think we should get too preoccupied by what people think anyways. It's really none of their business.

PS : sorry for my bad English. I'm more of a francophone :S

Hey,

I had my surgery on July 21st so I am only 7 weeks out and I remember the ache very well. I had some complications : an hematoma on my spleen and had to get hospitalized for an extra week. I had some pain inside like my guts and stomach were punishing me and it sucked a bit. It took me about 4 weeks to feel well again and you just end up forgetting about the pain. It's like my body was finding it's new balance and everything was finally in it's right place.

I know most people say it takes 2 weeks but dont worry too much if it takes you more. Everyone is different. As long as you dont have fever or charcoal coloured poop, chances are you body is just healing.

Stay positive!

Montreal sleever here. I am looking for a support group too!