DahliaIris

I have fibromyalgia..and had the surgery on Nov. 8th 2016..Im going to be honest I've been in fibro pain 3 days ago due to weather..my back is starting to hurt little more..my surgeon told me that the weight loss was going to help but not cure the fibro..I guess it depends on how severe is..Good luck to your friend..
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That's amazing! How do u get enough Water and Protein daily, especially right after the surgery?

Great job, keep it up!

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I can't believe it's been almost 9 months since this life changing event for me! It wasn't until I put these photos beside each other that I realised just how do different I look.
HW - 140kg or 310lbs
SW - 132.5kg or 291lbs
CW - 84kg or 185lbs
Surgery Date - 7 June 2016
I've dropped 10 dress sizes and lost 54kg or 120lbs and am now wearing and Australian size 12 top and bottom. I've never been a size 12 in my entire adult life
After having a pretty shit year last year, I'm so glad I did this
I can pretty much eat anything now, just obviously in much smaller quantities.

It's my 1 year today.  


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your skin looks amazing!!!! and thanks for sharing the back pics! that's the one part of my body I really really don't like, and your transformation is making me feel so hopeful that I can lose a couple of these rolls!

Had surgery Nov 9th. Down 47lbs. Feel like It should be more though.
I was feeling good but in the past 2 weeks have stalled and now discouraged.
I have been walking more and going to the gym to work with weights and some cardio. Just so hard to get in as much as I need after working all day.
Where is everyone else at?

My weight loss journey started in 2010 when I weighed 386 pounds. I became stagnant and didn't lose any weight for several years after I lost the initial 100 pounds.

I got the sleeve in June of 2016 and it saved my life.

Learning how to eat again has been fiffucult. Learning how to eat around my food addiction has been especially difficult.

But im happier than I've ever been and I'm going to run a 5k next month!

Hi everyone!
I'm 4.5 months post-op sleeve and feel amazing. Some of the things that continue to amaze me lately are trying on clothes and having to double check the size...could that really be a 10?? Also doing things out all day and rarely feeling tired. What a gift! If only I had done this years ago!! I'm about 30 lbs from goal, and feel confident I'll get there sometime this summer.
Eating is getting a tiny bit easier. I can now eat 3 oz at a time without too much trouble. I am able to enjoy quite a variety of vegetables and salads now, which I had really missed the first 4 months. My diet is mainly meats and fish, leafy greens, nuts, seeds, yogurt and a variety of cheeses. I'm exercising about 3 times a week for one hour. Life is good!

@"Darkstarwon", I am 5 weeks post-op, and I have not found it too difficult at all. My husband and I are 'foodies', and the first couple of weeks were a bit tougher because we like to go out to eat at least once a week. Once I was able to start eating chicken, that made it easy to go out. I can always find some kind of chicken no matter where we go. The only difference now is that I used to be able to eat the entire plate of food served, and now...I can eat about a quarter of it. It doesn't bother me at all. I just bring the rest home, and pack it for lunch. I have lunch for almost an entire week off of one meal out. It just goes to show how oversized our servings are in restaurants!

Also, cooking at home hasn't been too bad. I like to make meals in the crockpot, and I often double the recipe so that I can have lunches and dinners for several days. I even freeze a lot of it, to be eaten the following week. I also bought an air fryer, so that my husband feels like he is getting some fried food, but it is the healthy version.

Finally, as I have progressed in the food that I am able to eat, I did that there are so many options that we can both eat. If I make a shrimp dish with rice for him, then I just eat the shrimp with zucchini noodles, or baked carrots, or some healthy side that is not rice. It is easy to just make a different side for myself, and then he doesn't feel like his meals are changing too much. However, I find that he is starting to eat more like me, and losing weight with me.

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HW 290+/SW 261/GW 160/CW 159

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I am getting married April 1 and have the almost perfect wedding dress except Spanx are not doing the job with my loose skin. The back of the dress is fairly low so my compression garment can't be too high and the material is too thin to wear boning (it will show). I bought it thinking spanx would work but I need to either bandage this skin somehow or tape it to give a smoother appearance. I found a product on Amazon called Skinnies that can be used for stomach, arms and thighs and wondering if anyone has had luck with it or can suggest something else. Surran wrap would be just too hot for my Texas wedding. Down 150 lbs! I didn't want to have plastics before pregnancy.

Im 5'2 HW 229...SW 212..CW 179...sleeved on Nov. 8th
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I don't use a lot of recipes....I'm more of a "throw it together" type cook. It does a great job with pork roast, and beef pot roast.........I made a really good pineapple chicken breast with bourbon sauce the other day too....I just made up the recipe myself but I did type it up for some folks who wanted it so here you go.
Pineapple chicken Breasts....Easy quick and AMAZING!! Salt and pepper, pineapple rings, pineapple bourbon sauce (see pic)....I browned chicken on sauté setting for 10 minutes on each side...added one cup of chicken broth, brushed chicken with pineapple bourbon sauce and put pineapple on top....placed both breasts on trivet, manual high pressure 10 minutes.....quick release. I thickened the juices on sauté setting.....I did put the breasts under the broiler for a couple minutes because I like them browned.....it tastes wonderful!!! Yum!!!
PS if you can't find that Pineapple bourbon sauce teriyaki would be good too.

I'd never heard of these things before, but a discussion about them popped up on another forum I'm on, and I did some research and I bought one today at Walmart. If you haven't heard of it, it's an electric pressure cooker with all sorts of settings and ways to make different foods. For my inaugural meal I decided to make some RIBS. High Protein, zero carbs, not as low in fat as I'd like but not awful.
I bought some "country style ribs" at Aldi, basically thick-cut boneless ribs. Made them in the cooker for 25 minutes, put a little sauce on and finished in the oven for 15 minutes. Holy cow delicious! There were two larger ones and two smaller ones in the package, so I made the smaller ones for me and the larger ones for my wife. She doesn't like barbecue sauce so she put teriyaki sauce on and said it was good. She ate both of hers, I just had one that was about 3.5 oz and that filled me up, so I saved the other one for later in the week. I found a ton of recipes online and looking forward to mixing things up a bit in the kitchen.
If anyone has one of these and has recipes or tips to share, I'd love to hear them!
Next purchase - AIR FRYER.
(Before and after photos below, the teriyaki are on the left, the BBQ on the right)

Hi All!
This Tuesday marks 6 weeks. I am down 20 lbs since GB surgery, and very happy about that. The slower I lose, the less saggy skin I'll have to deal with. I am really pushing my Protein ( in a dire attempt to prevent hairloss) which is contributing to a higher caloric intake. For me, I cannot tolerate Any fish. It constantly feels stuck, so I am avoiding it for awhile. Ground Turkey and dark meat chicken have been a life saver. I am on low residue (soft cooked food) and Tuesday I can start the long term general diet. Below is what I have been eating for 2 weeks with no problem. Turkey chili, beef chili, lunch meat, deli cheese, eggs/whites, refried Beans, whole beans, yogurt, Decaf coffee with protein, decaf chai tea made with milk, avocado, quacomole. Homemade applesauce with skins. Chicken ( prefer dark) I will start adding more veggies this week. Steamed broccoli felt really dense, like it took up alot of space. Think I might try a spinach fruit protein smoothie. Also, zone perfect Protein Bars were fine too! I was worried because they have like 23 carbs, but no dumping at all. My Nut said as long as it's balanced with protein and none of this ingredients ending in 'tol' I should be fine. I add Fiber every other day and consume approx 100 ounces of Water in addition to decaf. I have No bathroom issues and sometimes go daily!! Score. I have not felt hunger. Of course my mind is hungry, I am and will probably will be in therapy (for life) to guide me so that the impact of food on my life is minimal.
Happy Sunday to everyone.
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1 I can't wait until I can cross my legs
2 I can't wait until I can walk long distances without getting out of breath
3 I can't wait until I can start shopping in the regular section
4 I can't wait till I can go out and dance all night long
5 I can't wait to look in the mirror and say Hello to the new me!
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So...4 months out and (almost) 4 stones down...the before and after photos are at 3 stone off, I look SO different again, just need to take a pic.

I have lost 12 inches off my waist and 14 off my 'mum tum' (its flabby flap has gone from 3 inches of sag to under 1/2)

I am lighter than my other half...therefore no longer the heaviest in the house *high 5*

I have lost the combined weight of my 4 year old, the cat and 2 of our hens

I buy a UK size 16 off the peg (previously a 22)

I have just applied for and got a job which I wouldn't have dreamed of even applying for 5 months ago...start tomorrow eek!

My 4 teens are super proud of my new look and (though they aren't consciously doing it) are actively spending more time with me around their friends...and my 4 year old is thrilled with my new energy levels.

I'm away to take climbing instruction and have joined 2 groups to learn that and ukulele...and am involved with sorting a 20yr reunion for my high school (a stark contrast from my previous very anti-social self)

I have legs...really nice ones...I have always totally viewed them as my worst asset and had no idea that these shapely beings existed beneath my previous tree trunks.

My boobs are no longer my best asset...this really worried me pre-op as I was massively defined by them...you know what??? I don't care (and neither does he)!

I can go buy vintage clothes...and they fit...and they look amazing (hand knitted 70s dress from a charity shop is my absolute favourite buy)

The skin looseness is nothing like I thought it would be

Learning that food is fuel and not enjoyable is hard and the mental process behind it isn't a nice one...but the feeling of accomplishment helps more than I could have ever believed!

I love yoga!

This is the best investment I have ever made in myself...I am just so, so happy! yes...there are negatives, but they are far outweighed by all the zillions of good stuff :D

Tummy done - now for the eyes lol
 
My eyes are still very swollen and tight but no pain at all, even right after the op which surprised me!
Kate

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