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HI, I'm Tammy I live in pg county and I just started my pre op diet today. I'm going to be sleeved on May 11. Maybe some of us other pg county folks can get together and support each other.

HI, I'm Tammy I live in pg county and I just started my pre op diet today. I'm going to be sleeved on May 11. Maybe some of us other pg county folks can get together and support each other.

I'm 2 years out. When I over eat I'm extremely miserable & it takes a couple of hours to get comfortable again. I try not to do this.

Hi guys I was sleeves on May 11 and I'm doing OK I'm only getting about 30 ounces of Water and about 50 grams approaching. I really been trying hard to get in the Water and Protein but it's like I'm not even hungry nor do I feel like drinking. I also have applesauce and Jell-O for Snacks sugar-free of course. However i'm feeling very sluggish I'm also taking my Vitamins and I took a B 12 shot for my preop visit with the nurse. I'm really feeling dehydrated in on my postop visit tomorrow I'm gonna let them know.
Hw 289 sw 261 cw 255 gw 150

@@Inner Surfer Girl has a good point. Do those 800 calories include at least 60-80g of Protein? Some patients have even higher Protein goals. And what about fluids....at least 64oz? 100oz would be better.
Appetite suppressants are a band aid. Yes, they will make staying at 800calories easier, but that is not a sustainable caloric intake anyways and your hunger would come right back when you stop the drugs. Learning how to cope with life without food as a crutch is a permanent fix.
As for a therapist, someone who specializes in bariatric issues and eating disorders may be a good place to start. Personally, mine specializes in grief recovery and cognitive thinking. We don't even talk about food or diet. I barely mentioned I had WLS and it is not a focus of our discussions. But the mental tools she is giving me complement my VSG tool very nicely. Very rarely are obesity issues about food, they are about emotions and behaviors. All things that take a LOT of work to acknowledge, overcome and change.

Well I am sleeved! The surgery went well. I had major issues with nausea. The meds at first were not giving me relief, but they ended up putting a patch on and that made a difference.
The pain is pretty tolerable so no real issues in fact I did not come home with the pump. Really only one incision is sore. The other ones I hardly even feel. I am finding out my heating pad is very comforting and soothing.
After surgery getting up walking really helps to wake your system and get the gas moving. I also found that someone running my back ( like a baby) helped with the gas.
Overall I am doing fine.
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I'm super nervous with excitement, May God bless me on the beginning of my journey!

I'm super nervous with excitement, May God bless me on the beginning of my journey!

I'm super nervous with excitement, May God bless me on the beginning of my journey!

you lost 24 pounds in 11 days? you lost over 2 pounds a day and you are worried about a stall?!
I think you could benefit from taking a step back off the scale and looking at this objectively.
Can you recall what two pounds of meat feels like in your hand? Or a two pound weight? Your body has lost that EVERY DAY for 11 days. A stall is not only normal, but necessary! Right now, your body thinks it is starving and dying. It's in panic/survival mode. It's also dealing with the enormous trauma of major abdominal surgery and the loss of parts of your digestive tract. Give the poor thing some time for a breather!
I was here worrying and posting about stalls too. Most people were at one point or another. But do yourself a HUGE favor and don't allow yourself to obsess about this. If you lost two pounds a day for months without a break, you would be incredibly sick, maybe even so sick you'd need to be hospitalized. It may be normal for wls patients to lose quickly in the beginning, but it is in no way normal for our bodies to be losing weight like this. Obsessing about it is not only not going to change the fact that stalls happen and they need to happen, but it's also detrimental to your emotional (and by extension, physical) health. Did you do this just to lose weight or did you also want to get healthy? I'm betting you really care about your health. We did not become obese in a few months and we sure as hell aren't going to become "normal" in a few months.
So don't sweat the stalls, embrace them! It means everything is working correctly. I stall for weeks - sometimes close to a month - every single month around my period, then have rapid loss for a few days, then go into another stall. Yet, despite all of that, here I am less than 9 months later and down 143 pounds. It all adds up, it all evens out, and in a few months you're going to feel silly for worrying about this. Trust me! Get in your Protein and Water and Vitamins and all the other good stuff will follow. Hang in there!

Hi everyone! I am scheduled for surgery on May 31st here in the UK.
The closer the date gets, the more distressed I am becoming. I am dieting now and must start the two week diet on May 17th. Not a liquid one, just a low carb, low fat 1,000 calorie one.
I am only 5 days into this diet and am really struggling. This has given me second thoughts about having the sleeve done.
If this is what it will feel like post surgery, I don't know if it will be worth it. But after fighting 2 years for it, I'd be a fool not to have it done.
I am really upset and don't know what to do!
Help please.
Gina
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I'm going in May 11, I have a cruise planned for Apr 10-16, so I decided to wait until May
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HI, I'm Tammy I live in pg county and I just started my pre op diet today. I'm going to be sleeved on May 11. Maybe some of us other pg county folks can get together and support each other.

HI, I'm Tammy I live in pg county and I just started my pre op diet today. I'm going to be sleeved on May 11. Maybe some of us other pg county folks can get together and support each other.

@@Chaelove0810 - This site has been one of the biggest things that got me through this journey! Be sure to keep checking in as you go along. I find it even better than a support group. Sometimes you will get tough love and sometimes just hugs but either way, these amazing people help you along.
On my second to last day of pre-op, I came home from work to find my sister had invaded my home and left me post-it notes everywhere. I cannot do this in your home, but hoping these help...
YOU GOT THIS!!
ONLY A FEW MORE DAYS!
YOU ARE TOTAL ROCKSTAR!!
KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE PRIZE!!
IMAGINE WHAT YOU WILL LOOK LIKE IN 1 YEAR!!
SO PROUD OF YOU FOR HOW FAR YOU HAVE COME!
DON"T STOP NOW!

Me too!
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So my surgery might get postponed. Decided to take a pregnancy test and three of them said positive in 30 seconds. I have been trying for 2 years with fertility drugs and that's why I decided to do surgery to loose the weight as my age was making it harder. Haven't told my surgeon until blood work confirms.
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I'm the 10th also
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Yuppers :D May here we come....

Congrats!
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I'm may 10th!! Yaay for us!!!

For me, it was getting much better around day 3. Around day 5, I was barely hungry anymore. Now on day 16 of 21, I really only feel hunger right before I'm supposed to have another shake/meal. I'm even noticing that I get annoyed with my dinner if it's too big or not light enough (I'm on a plan with shakes for breakfast/lunch and a high protein/low carb real food dinner). I drank a LOT of sf drinks during the first week to keep the hunger at bay, though.
Every once in a while I'll get a random craving. I'll be sitting at work and all the sudden I'll be like, "MAN I could go for some cheetos right now." But that's all my head talking, I'm really not physically hungry anymore.
It's kinda nice, to be honest. Makes me feel like I can actually do this. The two weeks will go faster than you think!

I'm going in May 11, I have a cruise planned for Apr 10-16, so I decided to wait until May
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I have Bcbs carefirst and my stuff went in on the 3/19 and I found out today they left a message on the 3/23 to call them back because I got approved. However I hadn't checked my house messages and I called today and they told me. May 11 here I come!
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Just got my date....MAY 14 here I come. So excited