Diana Prince

Nice!!!!

I've been making this lately and it's so good and satisfying! (Im 8 months post op so no food restrictions as long as they are healthy)
BLT, but I use iceberg lettuce instead of bread. For me personally, I watch my carbs and don't worry as much about fats.
I use crisp bacon, Tomato, mayo, and iceberg.

Awesome! I cannot WAIT to travel and not feel like I'm going to collapse within the first few steps. As a matter of fact, I already purchased tickets to visit my sister in Finland in November and am soooooo excited for the experience.

I just had my surgery last Friday. I'm 5'10 and was 302lbs on surgery day. I go for my first follow up next Friday and am looking forward to see how much I will have lost by then.

Congratulations on ur success. It's very inspiring [emoji253]

.....well, I tell ya what! - I bet ur skin snaps back quicker when ur younger!

#ParachuteSkinSUCKSyo

I had my surgery at 65 and wish the surgery was available in my 20's!!!

I promise it gets better. I honestly didn't reach my Protein goals until several months afterward. I couldn't drink much at all my first few days either. I also could hardly stomach the Protein Shakes for quite a while. So the first few days, I just focused on drinking a small sip every 5 minutes. But I didn't get anywhere near my goals until several months out.... Some people can do it really quickly, and some can't. I definitely couldn't. I didn't take Vitamins until several weeks out either. Try not to worry about not losing anything. You are still swollen from your surgery and you will have Fluid still on you from the IV. But I promise, you will start losing. This will work for you, just hang in there. The first week is the hardest, but eventually, I have faith that you will be thrilled that you made this choice. I am about 8 and 1/2 months post-op and I have lost 112 pounds so far. This is definitely one of the best decisions I have ever made. I am only 14 pounds from my goal weight. If I keep losing after that, that's ok too, but I will be happy with myself if I stop there. You will do great!

Yes it gets better it's just a process we all have to go through to get back to a better us

I think almost everyone goes through this, at least once, during their journey. I've heard the first 2-3 days are the worst, and that people feel better after that. It sucks while you're going through it, but it'll get better.

A lot of people feel like this the 1st week or 2. You'll be happy with your choice soon. It's just a stage, it'll pass....

It's been a while so I thought I'd post an update. I'm 7.5 months post sleeve, and feeling great!
I just got back from 2 weeks vacation in Ireland! It was so amazing. I was worried about the meals, and how to NOT gain weight. I love me some good beer, bread and potatoes so how do you go to Ireland without indulging? Well, I gave myself a break and I did eat some of the delicious Irish soda bread, a bit of potatoes and I gotta admit, quite a bit of Guinness! BUT, to equal it out, we walked a ton, like several miles a day exploring.
One day in particular, my husband and I hiked 10 miles. It was up a mountain, then across the ridge and back down the other side. Incredible! I could have only DREAMED of doing this before surgery!! That accomplishment was one of the biggest reasons I wanted to lose weight- to hike and explore.
Well, upon returning home (4 days ago), I got on the scale and it had not moved. Which is good. I wasn't expecting to lose anything, but kind of expected to gain a little. But I didn't and that was good. Here's the thing about Carbs and me- I get hooked really fast. So, while eating a bit of bread and potatoes and beer over two weeks, my body started to get hooked again. My first day back in the States at the grocery store, I craved bread and chips. I battled that craving for about 3 days and finally I feel good again, cravings gone. Carbs can be a monster with me, highly addictive.
But I'm back on track, and actually lost 2 pounds in the past few days. Could be Water weight but none the less I'm happy to be back on the Protein, low carb track. Another difficult thing about traveling is that I didn't have the high protein Snacks every few hours like I do here at home.
Regarding basic stats, my highest weight was 240, size 20, 8 months ago. Surgery weight 7 months ago was 219. Today I am 149, size 8 and size medium in shirts. (sometimes a small). I'm 10 pounds away from gooooaaaaaaal!!!! Yippee!!!
Here a re few pics. The first few are from Ireland, the mountain hike. The last one is my before pic. I've come along way, never looking back!!
Loving life and living to the fullest now!!
  

You are only a week out and were just vomiting for three days. Don't put anything in that's thicker than plain milk. Can you tolerate milk? If so, spend the next two days just drinking that and Water. (Personally I don't mind the fat in 2%.. Personal choice). Drink a couple quarts if you want. This early out, it's all about healing.

I use Premier Protein ( I have them s hipped from Amazon) I cut them in half with Water and add egg Protein Powder. I drink 3 day takes about 1 hour for each. This gives me 120 grams of Protein for the day and 40 ounces of water.

A healthy weight might sound skinny to yourself or to other people that already think you are small enough.
Everyone I know thinks I am small enough. You can see my collar bones, they pop like crazy, all the veins in my neck (never had a fat neck anyway).I wear a 10, sometimes an 8 and I have an hourglass figure. It looks really good, but a healthier weight would be a better weight.
I had like an hour long conversation with a friend of mine the other day that thinks I am small enough and losing another 30 pounds is unnecessary and ridiculous. When people look at my they don't think I weight around 190 pounds, I look like I weigh probably 160/170, because I have more muscle than most from years of obesity.
I'm literally 1/2 the person I used to be. I get why it seems like I am small enough to them. I however know the difference that carrying a few extra pounds can make in how you feel and I don't want to carry any extra weight. Plus is I ever get injured and can't be active I am so close to 200, that I could be right back over 200 in a couple months of bad choices and I never want to see that 2 on a scale again.
Your goal is your goal, no one else has to live in your body but you. I do understand how people telling you are skinny can make you feel, but you have to do what is best for you. I am very conscious of the fact a lot of people develop eating disorders and body dysmorphia after surgery so I do pay attention to what some of my health conscious thin friends say just in case I am getting off track, but I'm not interested in the opinions of fat people, they are too skewed.

I appreciate everyones feedback. Some of the responses came off a little abrasive but i can take it . Let me make it clear that im not trying to be "skinny" im trying to be healthy and i want to learn to love myself. I personally dont want to be down to 120 lbs because i wont be comfortable. My goals are my goals whether im no where near skinny or im still considered obese. I came on this site for support and to share my thoughts and to get positive feed back and have another support system outside of my family because they dont understand it the others who are going through it would understand. This is all new to me even tho its been a year im still trying to figure it all out

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I'm going to disagree and say hunger is both physically and emotionally painful for me. Hunger is not a natural or good state for our body to be in nor is it necessary to lose weight.

There is only so long someone can be hungry and in pain from this before their body will rebel and they will be unable to keep going.

This is why I've explored other options in maintaining my weight and have been successful at both staying at a healthy weight and never having to feel hunger.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proton-pump_inhibitor
Ask your Dr which one they recommend.
Post op your body is still producing acid for a full size stomach. I didn't start taking my PPI right away because I never had GERD pre-op and didn't think it was necessary. Big mistake. I never had hunger issues still don't (well not physical hunger anyway, head hunger, sure). If you let acid rage out of control, it takes longer to calm down. Take a PPI for 6 months, it won't hurt you and it will make post-op life a lot easier.

My surgery is this Friday May 12th and I feel like going to the store and punching a whole in every Protein Shake I find lol!

Hello to all,
Congratulations to all of you on your successes. I wanted to ask a question on Unflavored Protein. I picked up some Isopure, It works okay when I sprinkle it, but when I add to something warm it gets all clumpy and Gummy. Any thoughts on how to get rid of the clumps? For a good laugh..... So I took the warm liquid and Isopure and stuck it in a blender. Turned it on and due to the warm liquid it blew the lid off and I had it everywhere. So Note to self don't do that. At least it was pretty funny.

I'm allowed lo-carb vegetables so I googled it to know which vegetables fit the bill and came up with a salad of beet/artichoke hearts/cucumber/onion/fat free Caesar Salad Dressing. It absolutely helps with the hunger. It's delicious.

I'm allowed lo-carb vegetables so I googled it to know which vegetables fit the bill and came up with a salad of beet/artichoke hearts/cucumber/onion/fat free Caesar Salad Dressing. It absolutely helps with the hunger. It's delicious.

My surgery is this Friday May 12th and I feel like going to the store and punching a whole in every Protein Shake I find lol!

My surgery is this Friday May 12th and I feel like going to the store and punching a whole in every Protein Shake I find lol!

My surgery's at 7am. Slightly nervous but more excited than anything. Will check In when I can. Happy Friday !

My surgery's at 7am. Slightly nervous but more excited than anything. Will check In when I can. Happy Friday !