tamlalynn

During liquids, you can only eat 2-4 Oz portions at a time. Not too much fat and carbs in such small amounts.
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Talk to me ? how are we feeling? how much did you loose? stalling? angry or nice sleeve? did anyone have that buyers remorse? are we happy ? back at work? I want to know it all if you are willing to share that is.
Me: feeling good,21lbs since surgery 50 to my first goal, stall? F*ck yeah, sleeve gives me no issue just trying to learn to eat slow , have not had a regret stage yet, happy I am post op wish I had lost more. This is the end of my first week back at work, I miss taking naps .

I couldn't resist.

I want to be able to wear boots that go over my calves. I want to wear converse without my feet killing me from the no arch support. I want to be comfortable in public transit and planes and fit in seats with extra room. I want to be able to comfortably cuddle on the couch with the boy. I want to feel like a trophy girlfriend instead of being ashamed to meet his friends.
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Sleeve 9/3/15. HW 352 SW 330 CW 225.5 GW 175
Left taken 6/2015 and the right with my Best Friend and I in my old scrub pants taken a couple days ago.

Things my favorite post! Love the picture with the jeans ! I'll have to do that too! Sent from my HTC Desire 626s using the BariatricPal App

Almost two years post op. 271 to 135

I had surgery Sept.18/2014. These pictures were taken July 2014 & 2015

Half way to goal. 50 more lbs to lose.

And it is so much better than it was.

Also loved this throwaway paragraph in the story:
"On the day of weigh-in on the show's finale, Mr. Cahill and the others dressed carefully to hide the rolls of loose skin that remained, to their surprise and horror, after they had lost weight. They wore compression garments to hold it in."
So let us please not assume that it's only weight lost through WLS that produces loose skin.

Taken the day before my October 2015 surgery:

Take a week or so ago....at the 6 month point:

before After picture taken New Year's Day. I was 161 today I'm 147.6 @ 7 months out

11 months out

This is from a few weeks ago. But I am almost 4 months out (on 7/25) and I'm down 97lbs

2 months before surgery 4 weeks after.

Work in progress, 174lbs down

Here I am!!s.w.248 c.w.168.s.d.9/24/14

I wore this outfit to work today! A junior size 11 dress, sweater tights, and calf-high boots. Really?
  
I used to look like this!
 

The last five months has most certainly been a roller coaster. It has felt harrowing at times. I under estimated the profound effect that losing weight would have on me. It is an intense process, staying present with my quickly changing body.
Things, things I have been hiding away under a lot of weight for many years rise to the surface to be processed as my fat cells break open on my body shrinks. Sadness I've held in my belly. Rage I wrapped around my hips. Grief that has laid heavy upon my chest. The peak of mountains in the landscape of my body just starting to show, formally submerged in a sea of fat. Instances of sudden ecstatic joy.
Glitches, and translating what I see in the mirror into what I remember of myself. The delay in processing real time changes in my body.
Yesterday, my family came to visit me. I hadn't seen some of them in a couple of months. They went on anon over hours of time and how astonish they were at my weight loss. They insisted on photographing me. And when I looked at the picture, that was the first time I actually saw that my body is starting to look like now. So I wanted to share.

I use protein powder/shakes/supplements because it is an easy way to get enough protein, especially early post-op when it is hard to consume enough food /liquids to get in the required protein.
If you do not get enough protein it will hinder healing, and weight loss.
If you are chronically protein deficient, you could experience serious health repercussions.
As to $100 for a tub of protein supplement, that is pretty expensive. I certainly wouldn't buy 3 pounds of anything until I determined if I even liked it.
Try sample or single-serve packs until you find something you like.
Premier Protein ready to drink shakes are pretty universally liked and tolerated.

Tomorrow marks my 1 yr anniversary of my lap band to sleeve revision (4/30/15). Best thing I ever did! It has been a great year with a lot of changes. I am down 105lbs (166 since lap band). I'm still losing, just slower and I am good with that. I actually ran a 5k last weekend. A year ago I could barely walk a mile. I feel so much more confident and comfortable in my sagging skin (skin surgery coming up next year). I feel like a normal person now not driven by food and enjoying being active.

I have attached a couple before/after pics. The first one is a year ago and today. And the 2nd one is pre band and today.
 

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