tinkershells

Hi all- I was sleeved on July 9th, so I am about 6 weeks post op. I lost 22 lbs from week 1-5, but this last week (maybe two weeks actually) the scale has not budged!! Today, I even gained a lbs. How is this possible? I am tracking my calories with MyFitnessPal, and I can barely even finish any of the things I prepare, so my caloric intake is actually LESS than what I'm recording. I have started riding my bike again, and walking. I used to do NOTHING everyday, so this increase in activity is monumental, and theoretically should boost my metabolism. I am 34, so is my metabolism just shot now? Is this a thyroid thing? I've had my thyroid tested before, and the levels were normal. In the past when I have lost weight (I have lost around 70 lbs before, multiple times, and just put it back on) I would never plateau. I would lose a steady 2-5 lbs per week. What AM I wrong????!!! I'm so frustrated!!! HELP ME!

Hi all- I was sleeved on July 9th, so I am about 6 weeks post op. I lost 22 lbs from week 1-5, but this last week (maybe two weeks actually) the scale has not budged!! Today, I even gained a lbs. How is this possible? I am tracking my calories with MyFitnessPal, and I can barely even finish any of the things I prepare, so my caloric intake is actually LESS than what I'm recording. I have started riding my bike again, and walking. I used to do NOTHING everyday, so this increase in activity is monumental, and theoretically should boost my metabolism. I am 34, so is my metabolism just shot now? Is this a thyroid thing? I've had my thyroid tested before, and the levels were normal. In the past when I have lost weight (I have lost around 70 lbs before, multiple times, and just put it back on) I would never plateau. I would lose a steady 2-5 lbs per week. What AM I wrong????!!! I'm so frustrated!!!

Hi. I am 2 weeks post op, sleeved on July 9, and every time I eat something like Soup of what not, I get this feeling in my chest. Not burning, but feels like a mixture between being really hungry, really full and that food is stuck there. What is this? Is my food not liquid enough for my liquid phase? Or am I just full? Am I not tolerating the food I'm eating? Please help!! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

And I'm going crazy!!!! What did you eat to not make you crazy and hungry? Can I put mushrooms and spinach in broth and eat that?? Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

You look very fit and trim. Not too thin at all. You look like a healthy, athletic, sexy woman. Very hourglassey. Too thin means having no shape whatsoever. You look awesome!! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App Haters gonna hate. They'll get over it. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

My insurance will not cover me because my bmi is under 35, but I have been bulimic for over 10years and was able to stop purging 2 years ago and the weight keeps piling on. I have come to the conclusion that I literally have to staple my stomach shut and remove most of the grehlin hormone to stop binging. I am not willing to wait until my condition becomes morbid, because I spent 15 years on the other side, being morbid for purging and getting too thin. I seriously have to do this, I have to be able to truthfully tell myself that if I binge my stomach staples will be ruined and that I invested over 5k for them, or I don't think I'll ever stop. Without insurance, the procedure costs over 12k. I've done extensive research, and guess what, Mexico leads the world in bariatric surgery, not the US, I feel perfectly safe.

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You look great now. Gives me hope!!!

You aren't very big to begin with though, lol Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Yeah, I think that's my ultimate goal, but after losing tons of weight and getting to that size multiple times, just to gain it all back several times, I'm starting to think it isn't reasonable, and I should be happy as long as my bmi is in the healthy range. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I am aiming for 4. I am only 5'1 ish though... Small frame. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I think it's kinda lame!!! I love my boyfriend everyday!!' Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

No one. I told my little sister I was thinking about it and she wasn't supportive at all, so f'em!! Lol Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App I hear you. My mom has irrational fears and worries about everything!!

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Dr. Illan in BC. I'm super excited!!

July 9th dr. Illan

I will miss you, I am leaving the 13th

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When are you going?? Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

When in July and with which surgeon, if you don't mind me asking. I am going in July as well!! Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

Thanks! I'm glad I made the decision to use BariatricPal as my coordinator! I feel waasaaaaay more at ease. Sent from my iPhone using the BariatricPal App

I just sent him a text asking for something that shows the price I am paying from my surgery and exactly what is included with that price.

I asked Dr. Fayre what was included with the price, and he said that it was transportation, hotel, and medication, hospital stay, etc.

I am scheduled for a VSG on July 9th, 2016 with dr. Ponce de leon and co. I contacted them directly without speaking to their coordinator. Dr. Frayre contacted me directly to set things up. Has anyone else done this before? I am asking, because the whole thing seems a little unorganized to me compared to other people's stories. I did my research on Dr.'s, so I'm not worried about the actual surgery itself, but the coordination has me a little worried. For instance, all I did was text him the day that I wanted to have surgery, and he texted back that it was fine, and then I sent Dr. Frayre my air travel itinerary. He has not sent that much information to me. Should I be worried, or will I actually have a date, driver, hotel, surgery when I get there. He also told me to have my payment, certified check, made out to him, Dr. Frayre, which I think is kind of weird. Can someone please help me clarify? Thanks, Mary