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I am a little less than three months out and am down 40 lbs from my highest weight!! Only 100 to go!
Left pic is at highest weight, right is last weekend.
HW 285.8 SW 272.8 CW 246.4 GW 140 Sleeved 11/23

It's getting really slow and I have a bunch of silly self critical complaints but BEST DECISION EVER!!!! (now to fix these boobs)

Hi Amy- I was sleeved on the 24th and on full liquids. I am using the Bariastic app to record everything.
I start the day with herbal tea.
Breakfast is usually runny cream of wheat made with Fairlife nonfat milk.
Take Vitamins.
9 am I take 2 tylenol and walk for 40 mins on a treadmill. (The binder they gave me helps too!)
10 am Protein shake. vanilla premier Protein Shake with scoop of Protein powder, PB2 powder, and 1/2 banana is my favorite!
12 pm broth and maybe sf Jello.
Between 12 and 3 pm- Walking treadmill for 40 mins.
2 pm. 16 oz Water with Crystal Light and scoop of Protein Powder.< /p>
Between 3 and 6 pm -Walking Treadmill 40 mins
6 pm Yogurt (triple zero) or runny mashed potatoes or strained Soup
8 pm sf Jello, pudding or Popsicle.
Take Calcium chewables.< /p>
This will change when I go back to work, but for now, it provides a routine I can stick to!
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For anyone who is having issues getting in all their liquids, I use 1 ounce medicine cups. Every hour I fill up four of them with whatever Fluid I'm drinking and drink one cup every 15 minutes. I start at 8am to either 9pm or 10pm. I hope this helps
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Good morning!
OK, so I did not meet my goals yesterday for liquids, Protein or Calcium. But I did better. Herbal tea for Breakfast, probably 12 oz of a 16 Oz Water bottle mixed with crystal light and 30 g. Protein powder and an entire container of vanilla triple zero yogurt. Took me an hour to finish it the yogurt, one teaspoon every 5 mins. Also took some stool softeners which, happily, are starting to work!
This morning I made a shake with vanilla Premier Protein, 1/2 frozen ripe banana, 2 T PB2 (Peanut Butter powder), ice and addition Protein powder. This should be a whopping 66 g of protein! And it's yummy. But my tummy still prefers warm to cold.
I find my body running cold. I have been wearing my favorite Beach dresses with a sweater and socks (homeless fashionista) and staying under blankets when I'm not up and doing stuff.
A frying vacationing in Barbados keeps sending me food pictures (yes she knows about the surgery.) DH keeps bringing more food into the house and parading it by me. Then he decides to become chef-boy-r-d and starts cooking all kinds of things. Then comes out and starts describing the meal he has just made for himself. I almost stared to cry. He looked at me and said "oh I guess you don't want to hear about it?" Arrgh.
He then made some homemade chicken broth which he offered up. I told him it had to be strained. Which he did. When I saw the container he had I asked if that was a layer of fat on top that needed to come off. He got insulted and snapped that it was just Soup. He poured me a bowl, very proud of himself. I felt sick as I looked at the glistening fat on the broth. I ate 2 spoonfuls. Then got rid of it as discretely as I could. Sigh.
Also braved the scale. The first read out was LO which I assumed meant Laughing Out Loud. Sigh.
Smells are getting easier to tolerate, but feelings may be getting more sensitive.
How is everyone else doing?
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Good morning!
OK, so I did not meet my goals yesterday for liquids, Protein or Calcium. But I did better. Herbal tea for Breakfast, probably 12 oz of a 16 Oz Water bottle mixed with crystal light and 30 g. Protein powder and an entire container of vanilla triple zero yogurt. Took me an hour to finish it the yogurt, one teaspoon every 5 mins. Also took some stool softeners which, happily, are starting to work!
This morning I made a shake with vanilla Premier Protein, 1/2 frozen ripe banana, 2 T PB2 (Peanut Butter powder), ice and addition Protein powder. This should be a whopping 66 g of protein! And it's yummy. But my tummy still prefers warm to cold.
I find my body running cold. I have been wearing my favorite Beach dresses with a sweater and socks (homeless fashionista) and staying under blankets when I'm not up and doing stuff.
A frying vacationing in Barbados keeps sending me food pictures (yes she knows about the surgery.) DH keeps bringing more food into the house and parading it by me. Then he decides to become chef-boy-r-d and starts cooking all kinds of things. Then comes out and starts describing the meal he has just made for himself. I almost stared to cry. He looked at me and said "oh I guess you don't want to hear about it?" Arrgh.
He then made some homemade chicken broth which he offered up. I told him it had to be strained. Which he did. When I saw the container he had I asked if that was a layer of fat on top that needed to come off. He got insulted and snapped that it was just Soup. He poured me a bowl, very proud of himself. I felt sick as I looked at the glistening fat on the broth. I ate 2 spoonfuls. Then got rid of it as discretely as I could. Sigh.
Also braved the scale. The first read out was LO which I assumed meant Laughing Out Loud. Sigh.
Smells are getting easier to tolerate, but feelings may be getting more sensitive.
How is everyone else doing?
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Another day down and I'm still here. I was terrible at getting Water in today, just hurt a lot. I did boost my Proteins so I'll pat myself on the back for that today and get much more focused tomorrow with Water. Interestingly I have been having to pee a lot - I'm chalking that up to losing all of the IV Fluid pumped into me at the hospital. My hands, wrists, and feet aren't swollen anymore (thank goodness).
I tried unsweetened apple sauce with some GENEPRO powder and it was terrible. Who says that stuff is flavorless? I went to the grocery store with my husband and the after taste was so bad I unwrapped a SF popsicle in Aisle 7 and munched away (took me 20 minutes to eat the thing but who is counting) In the midst of all the SuperBowl party foods that are out (I live in MA - go Pats), I got a lot of weird stares for eating the popsicle in the store like a little kid. I thought it was kinda funny.
I went for a mile walk holding my water bottle and trying to take a sip every few feet but that didn't work as well as I would have liked. The nausea has subsided considerably - yeah me!
January sleevers - keep the info coming!!

Hi, I'm Suzanne. I had my surgery the 24th. When the new day nurse came in on the 25th, she smelled like garlic and onions...which I used to adore...but. yuck! It was horrid. Then at home my husband got into bed and was reeking of garlic, onions, toothpaste and God knows what else. And the dog....smelled like kibble. Ugh. This is a superpower side effect. Wondering how long it is going to last...
I haven't come close to getting my liquids, protien or Vitamins in but I'm hoping today will be the day! Swelling is going down, incisions are healing nicely and I can lay on my stomach now.
I am on full liquids but just added "real" food yesterday (only Water, and a couple bites of Jello wed and thurs) Yesterday I tried some herbal tea (fantastic!), watery cream of wheat (yummy), cream of chicken Soup spiked with Protein powder, and triple zero Greek yogurt. Only managed a few bites of each but they were all wonderful taste sensations!
I have not weighed myself yet.
Today's goals...liquids, Protein, walking. And measurements. I need to take measurements!
Good luck to all! Our journey has begun!
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If you are less than 4 months out, I wouldn't worry about it. You have undergone a major surgery! If it has been longer than 4 months, then practice might help!
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I tried them..good before surgery but taste so dry for me after. And since you can't drink while you eat..that was not good for me...
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How awful! What a toxic group of people.
No, don't do it. There is no excuse to be unkind.

For me....It's about me!!! I did my research and am well aware of the decision I made for myself. If one allows their decision to be swayed by another....I don't think their decision is for nor about themself. I would think it's about pleasing others. I may be wrong, just my opinion. @@LipstickLady you make a good point.

Why are you even trying to eat that much? Measure out your food and put on your plate only what you're supposed to eat.
I would say even go back on liquids for a few days so you can hit the virtual reset button.

I have my medical weight management appointment tomorrow....wonder if Penn is going to try to rope me into this. I love walking, but I loathe lunges with every Fiber of my being.
I was always last in those presidential fitness tests. Every single year. Even when I was skinny, I was not "in shape." I've never done a proper full push up in my entire life. The thing is, I don't think anyone but me has ever noticed. People were mostly focused on themselves. Everyone in a gym/exercise class is. If everyone's pre-op, I'm guessing just about everyone is wishing they could do more, even those who did relatively well. We're all getting this surgery because we're unhappy with the limitations our bodies impose.

I would check again, that definitely doesn't sound right. What that amounts to is a 5-year pre-existing condition waiting period, which is not legal in any circumstance that I can think of.