Bakergrl214

About year ago, I had my gastric sleeve surgery. Its been a crazy time learning exactly how my body interacts with different foods. The truth is, everyone is different, and you just have to learn for yourself what will work for you. Im not perfect. I eat pizza from time to time. Ive blown it out a weekend or 2, or 3. But then I review everything my doctor told me, and I bounce back. From the start I told my doctor that I never wanted to be fat again, I did not want to lose hair and I didn't want loose skin. Well, I did lose some hair, quite a bit at first. It hasn't come back, but is has stopped falling out... I think. I was advised that no matter what, if I lose weight fast, I will have loose skin. So Ive been determined to lose weight as slow as possible. I take in more calories and food than is probably recommended, but I also work out. I started out close to 300 pounds. Today I'm about 206. I lost a bulk in the first month, then about 50 plus pounds over the next 10 months. A part of me wanted to lose much more per month, but I also did not have any loose skin, which was a (superficial) goal. My goal is to get down to around 170-180. Ive been trying to amp it up a bit in the Gym to accomplish that. The most satisfying part of my weight loss journey has been all the energy I have to spend on my 2 young sons and my beautiful wife. I just turned 39, and I feel better than I ever have, ( with the exception of a little knee tendonitis) I sometimes forget my Vitamins, and occasionally fall back into bad eating habits, but instead of gaining 30 pounds like before, the scale my move just a few ticks up, enough to put me into panic mode and get on track. Im off all my meds, no more high blood pressure, no high cholesterol, no acid reflux ( just finsteride for hair loss). I look forward to the next year and continuing toward my goal. I wish everyone well, and hope all those who are just beginning the process great success!

I have 4 oz of cottage cheese with 1 tablespoon of sugar-free strawberry preserves for my second meal every day. It would work well for a Breakfast meal.

I just had a non scale victory! I found a t-shirt from high school and tried it on and fit better now than back then! I want to hear some non scale victories from everyone? Sometimes we need to stop focusing on the scale!

I have so many already now i can't choose lol. I think the fact that my boyfriend was holding me in bed tonight and said i felt "different". I asked what he meant and he said i am much smaller now so it felt like he was cradling me in a way. He just couldn't get over it and hadn't noticed how different i felt in his arms until that moment. He was like "i guess I'll have to lose weight now." His self esteem might have taken a little hit but man i felt so tiny. The night ended well lol.

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I'm not even 3 weeks post-op yet, but already back into jeans that I haven't been able to wear in about 2-3 years so I'm happy for that! Noticing a lot of my former tight fitting shirts feel normal now and my former comfy shirts are huge on me. My wife also said she noticed a big difference in hugging me now compared to before.

I just had a non scale victory! I found a t-shirt from high school and tried it on and fit better now than back then! I want to hear some non scale victories from everyone? Sometimes we need to stop focusing on the scale!

Congratulations

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So happy I got my drain out today! *happy dance* It kept me from sleeping at night. I was only getting 2 hours a night bc I was afraid of pulling it out.
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Same here, my surgery is not until 3pm. Ugh!
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You look amazing and congratulations on 70 lbs! Your makeup is fabulous.
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You're still filled with fluids from surgery - you likely gained several pounds just from that.
The only thing you should be concerned about is healing and getting in Water and any liquid nourishment you're able to tolerate. Weight gain/loss is meaningless right now.
Stay off the scale for at least the next few weeks unless you can accept that your body's priority right now is healing and that may mean lots of changes in weight - fluctuations up and down are really and truly pointless to worry about until later.

Those that have received the abdominal binders did you find them useful or a pain
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18 months out & loving the sleeved life!
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You look amazing and congratulations on 70 lbs! Your makeup is fabulous.
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You look amazing and congratulations on 70 lbs! Your makeup is fabulous.
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December 19th is almost here. How is everyone feeling and doing?
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But the banker wears a cool hat and a mustache. Sent from my VS986 using the BariatricPal App

But the banker wears a cool hat and a mustache. Sent from my VS986 using the BariatricPal App

But the banker wears a cool hat and a mustache. Sent from my VS986 using the BariatricPal App

But the banker wears a cool hat and a mustache. Sent from my VS986 using the BariatricPal App

Hey girl, if it works do it! ???? Ducking out of the room works too.
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Good luck. I look forward to hearing about your progress.
My VSG surgery is on Wednesday, and I'm trying not to let my nervousness get the best of me.
We can all do this!!!
Don't look back, turn the page, and let your next chapter begin!

I don't know why anyone would even want food a week out but I'm irritated as a newb to learn that vets are holding back on posts bc of these morons. I need my vets! [emoji24][emoji24][emoji24]

A quick story. I used to ride motorcycles. A lot. Back when I was doing that I had several shirts that I used to ride in and they all were black with flames coming up from the bottom. I ordered a shirt and it came with this shirt and they never fit. I swear that the black one is actually an XL labeled as a 2XL. I hung them up in the closet and swore that I would wear them someday. That was 2003. That day is finally here! Although this definitely isn't my style anymore, I'm wearing this dang thing. The black one is my next goal.

Pre-op is totally different than post-op so don't worry. Very few people sail easily through pre-op. It is a constant struggle because you are detoxing, fighting habits, fighting cravings, and hungry all the time - grumpiness and headaches too. You are doing great. Just keep telling yourself that it is temporary and that you can do anything for a few weeks.
Can you hide the Protein powder? I made my own broth and add unflavored Protein Powder. I was allowed Protein pudding also - a box of sugar free, fat free instant pudding mix with 2 scoops of unflavored Protein Powder added in.
Keep up the good work!!