Finding_Stacy

I love you too and you make me laugh. Sleeve Queen . I am doing well. You never realize how bad you used to feel until you suddenly start getting better. Hell, my big butt tonight was pulling weeds for an hour. Bending over and everything and I didn't even topple over once!
How are you doing?
Oh, I made the most delicious dinner tonight. I made an aluminum boat and put a Perdue Italian chicken breast in it with a pat of kerrygold butter, garlic powder, pepper, and a few frozen green Beans on top. Sealed it tight and baked it for 40 minutes. So tender and flavorful!

My surgery was the same day and I lost 25 pounds the first week and a half, and only two in the last week. Even if I don't lose another pound in the next week, I'm pretty proud of losing 27 pounds since 4/24. That's crazy. No wonder the body's taking time to figure out what the hell is going on.
Also, when we're not seeing the loss on the scale, it doesn't mean you're not losing fat. When fat gets depleted, the cells fill with Water before getting flushed out. That's why you may see inches lost but no change on the scale. To flush that water out you need to up your liquids--I know, it's hard as it is but it's effective and necessary.
But from here on out, the normal weight loss per month is 5-20. I wish we could lose every month like that first. I guess if you want to stay on liquids you probably could--but who wants that?!?!

I can't wait to work with a personal trainer. For right now, I'm walking a mile a day. Soon, I'll work up with a mile in the morning and a mile after dinner, then move up to 2 in the morning and 2 after dinner. Also right now, I'm doing 20 flights of steps (takes me all day) at home. I didn't think anything was really working, but last weekend I was at an auditorium in our city and I ran up two flights of stairs to get to the second floor. Two months ago I would've been doubled over after one flight. It's amazing how fast the body heals and moves forward.

Thanks for the encouragement guys. This has been really difficult for me! I start with a personal trainer tomorrow so hopefully I can post better news next week. I actually think my body is starving but I can't eat or drink much.

I hit it last week and stalled for six days. Try drinking more Water if you can and up your exercise. I think that's what jump started it for me.

Some of you may already have tried this, but this morning I threw in my magic bullet a Bananas and Cream Premier Protein shake, 3 teaspoons of Jif's peanut powder, and 2 teaspoons of Benefiber--and it was DELICIOUS. It's a nice changeup from the standard flavors I've been drinking for the last month.

I'm 3 weeks out today and I guzzled three big drinks of ice cold water this morning. Soon you'll put your sipping days behind you.

Peanut Butter powder .. oh I will have to look for that, and the Benefiber in your shake .. why didn't I think of that!

TY!

Some of you may already have tried this, but this morning I threw in my magic bullet a Bananas and Cream Premier Protein shake, 3 teaspoons of Jif's peanut powder, and 2 teaspoons of Benefiber--and it was DELICIOUS. It's a nice changeup from the standard flavors I've been drinking for the last month.

Some of you may already have tried this, but this morning I threw in my magic bullet a Bananas and Cream Premier Protein shake, 3 teaspoons of Jif's peanut powder, and 2 teaspoons of Benefiber--and it was DELICIOUS. It's a nice changeup from the standard flavors I've been drinking for the last month.

Some of you may already have tried this, but this morning I threw in my magic bullet a Bananas and Cream Premier Protein shake, 3 teaspoons of Jif's peanut powder, and 2 teaspoons of Benefiber--and it was DELICIOUS. It's a nice changeup from the standard flavors I've been drinking for the last month.

Wow, you poor thing. You have been through a lot. I'm sorry you're feeling like this. To answer your question about the pain in your upper right side, it sounds like your gallbladder. If I were you, I'd shoot the doctor's office an email or call tomorrow morning and let them know.
I had my surgery 4/24 and some days I hit my Water intake and some I don't. It's life. It's hard and all of this is a learning curve for us. All you can do is wake up and try to do better the next day. That's the easy part. The hard part is the emotional side with your husband leaving and I have zero advice for that, but I do lend you my sympathy. Hopefully, everyday will get easier than the last and make sure you vent your feelings often. Try to do one thing just for you everyday and put any and all sadness in a letter for him. You don't even have to mail them, but once you write it down you get a release.
Good luck and I'm pulling for you. And, if you're a momma, Happy Mother's Day

This is new to all of us. Currently, I'm pondering on why I can drink a Protein Shake (11.5 ounces) within an hour when previously (a few days ago) I could only do 2 ounces every half hour. Intellectually I know it's because of the stomach swelling going down, allowing for more room, but losing that extreme restriction makes me a little sad.
So, yeah, I'm a little nutty too.

I didn't lose that much for pre-op since I was on a sodium filled cruise two weeks before surgery.
So, I look at it this way.
A lot of my weight loss, post surgery, should've been during pre-surgery. When we're dropping 15,20,25 pounds, that's not fat we're losing, that's mostly Water weight. You probably dropped it previously and now you're burning fat. Plus, you still have the swelling from surgery. I know I do and I had my surgery the same day as you.
Just remember, it doesn't matter if you're losing slower now, because soon, you may start losing faster while someone else is in a stall. In the end, what's important is consistency and focus to make it to goal and beyond. I'm sure you're doing better than you think, it'll be okay

I'm still amazed you could do all that your first week. How? lol. Maybe it's because I had my infected gallbladder out along with my vsg, I had zero energy that first week. On my fifth day post-op I drove around and went shopping and I was pooped after a few stores. I'm probably at 50% power right now and will attempt to walk a mile this afternoon. But, wow! 7 thousand steps? Amazing.
I am struggling with the whole hydration thing. Yesterday, when I thought I was finally on top of it, I made homemade broccoli-cheddar soup--which was super delicious--but salty. Which isn't saying much since I'm consuming considerably less salt by drinking Protein Shakes, Water, and diet cranberry juice mainly, which all have minimal sodium in them. I swear, I woke up feeling like Spongebob out of water. That's a no go-no go. But as for today, I drank 16 oz of ICE water and am working on a chocolate Premier Protein shake. Hopefully today will be better.
I'm averaging 600 calories a day, more or less, where are you at? Maybe you need more calories somehow since you're doing so much exercise.

Wow, I'm glad you said that. In the beginning I could only get in a quarter cup, or 2 oz, but now I can get 4-5 ounces in--especially with Protein Shakes. The first time I ate an egg, I think I did three tiny bites and today I think I'm eating half to 3/4's of it. Maybe I can do more, but I'm still feeling around to what 'full' feels like.

Wow, you poor thing. You have been through a lot. I'm sorry you're feeling like this. To answer your question about the pain in your upper right side, it sounds like your gallbladder. If I were you, I'd shoot the doctor's office an email or call tomorrow morning and let them know.
I had my surgery 4/24 and some days I hit my Water intake and some I don't. It's life. It's hard and all of this is a learning curve for us. All you can do is wake up and try to do better the next day. That's the easy part. The hard part is the emotional side with your husband leaving and I have zero advice for that, but I do lend you my sympathy. Hopefully, everyday will get easier than the last and make sure you vent your feelings often. Try to do one thing just for you everyday and put any and all sadness in a letter for him. You don't even have to mail them, but once you write it down you get a release.
Good luck and I'm pulling for you. And, if you're a momma, Happy Mother's Day

I hit it last week and stalled for six days. Try drinking more Water if you can and up your exercise. I think that's what jump started it for me.

I'm still amazed you could do all that your first week. How? lol. Maybe it's because I had my infected gallbladder out along with my vsg, I had zero energy that first week. On my fifth day post-op I drove around and went shopping and I was pooped after a few stores. I'm probably at 50% power right now and will attempt to walk a mile this afternoon. But, wow! 7 thousand steps? Amazing.
I am struggling with the whole hydration thing. Yesterday, when I thought I was finally on top of it, I made homemade broccoli-cheddar soup--which was super delicious--but salty. Which isn't saying much since I'm consuming considerably less salt by drinking Protein Shakes, Water, and diet cranberry juice mainly, which all have minimal sodium in them. I swear, I woke up feeling like Spongebob out of water. That's a no go-no go. But as for today, I drank 16 oz of ICE water and am working on a chocolate Premier Protein shake. Hopefully today will be better.
I'm averaging 600 calories a day, more or less, where are you at? Maybe you need more calories somehow since you're doing so much exercise.

My pureed plan is whatever what was on the hospital menu for pureed diets that they gave me. For instance, they have scrambled eggs on the menu, so even though it's not a pureed food it's allowable. I try to eat a scrambled egg every morning but usually can only eat a quarter of it. I've been eating a 1/4 cup of Oikos vanilla greek yogurt (in the black container). I have the sugar free popsicles and sugar free pudding but haven't really eaten them. I've been getting in a shake and a half everyday of the Premier Protein shakes, but it's work.
On surgery day I was 362, and today, I am 345.0 exactly. That's 17 pounds in one week! 32 pounds since 4/15. Mind boggling. For the first time I have little ankles and my feet aren't swollen. My body is finally able to heal itself and it's happening for me and for you

How r u? How did it go? Still losing wt properly?
my dr is suggesting I do both since my egd showed gall stones. Just trying to make the best decision. Thanks!

So my Lap Band doctor retired a few years ago and I went to see a new Bariatric doctor to get a fill 3 days ago. The nurse practitioner looked at the Fluoroscope (sp?) and my band had slipped creating a stomach hernia. That's when I found out Lap Bands are not forever! They have an 8-10 year life and I'm at year 10. The NP briefly explained the sleeve and I decided that since the lap band has to come out, I should go ahead and get the sleeve at the same time which the doctor is willing to do. They called me the next day and have me scheduled this coming Friday! Is that normal? For the lap band we had mandatory classes to take for weeks! Part of me really wants to get this done and over with and the other part is just not ready mentally to go from what I thought would be a lap band fill to surgery in 9 days! I lost 100 lbs and have kept it off with some effort. I'm 5'7" and weigh 169 lbs. It's hard to explain to family why I'm having most of my stomach cut out when they look at me and see me normal physically. But I KNOW from battling obesity my whole life it will come back on. I feel health-wise, this is the right decision. On May 10 I didn't know what a sleeve was, and on May 19 I'm having it done. Anyone have some reassuring words of wisdom? My biggest worry is getting too much stomach cut out and battling malnourishment...

What multivitamin are you on? I take two Centrum for women gummies everyday and they're delicious!

I finally got my surgery date!
June 6th, 4 days before my birthday! I start my pre-op diet on the 23rd and I am very excited!

Every now and again a hint of doubt creeps up. Surgery is 5/25. ....Wondering if this is normal.