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Set an intention to be loving and respectful to you every day.
Drink plenty of water every day.
Intentionally move your body every day.
Spend 5-20 minutes in sacred silence every day.
Say only Kind and Loving things to and about yourself
Say "Thank You" to compliments.
Listen to and speak with your body throughout the day.
Eat life-affirming high energy foods.
Pay attention to your intuitive hunches.
Notice energy.
Protect your energy (ask/pray that you not take on others' energy/anxiety, before you leave your house imagine you are surrounded by a protective shield/bubble that will only allow positive loving energy to penetrate, no negatively get get through... If you are talking with someone who is particularly negative you can imagine you are standing behind a one way mirror and everything they say to you just bounces right back to them, or you can "put on your teflon suit" i.e. nothing sticks!!)
Clear your energy: meditate, stretch, take a bath in epsom salt, spend time in nature, create a releasing ritual
Before you say or do anything take a deep BREATH…Connect with your inner wisdom and ask if what you are about to say or do will support your Highest Good. Intend that your words and actions be grounded in the energy of LOVE
Don’t say or do ANYthing that doesn't feel right.
Live in the moment (pay attention to your breathing: this will always bring you back to the present moment.)
Count your blessings/feel gratitude every day.
Be ever mindful of living in the energy of LOVE.
Live in Love,
Louisa

If you were to eat this, try sugar free jelly. Honestly I am six months out and I cant take a bit out of sandwhiches or anything that has bread. Makes me feel horrible. My fav food was pizza and now I can have a bite or two of thin crust and I am done.

Picture on the left was a couple of hours before surgery. Pic on the right is the day of my 13 week check up. 75 pounds down. Come on everyone !!! We can do this. We have a community supporting and cheering us on [emoji4].

Feeling so good!!!!

Continue your path...your doing great!

HW: 265
SW: 250
CW: 215

You can buy it on Amazon but it has terrible macros for a bariatric patient.
The sugar is equal to the carbs, 20 to 20. Most programs want you to limit Protein Drinks to 5g of sugar or less per serving. Also there are 2 servings per bottle so that is 40 carbs. Contrast that with a Premier Protein shake which is 5 carbs.

I was very scared before my surgery, exactly one week ago today. Now I am feeling great and so glad I did it. You will be too! Update us when you're out!

Good morning all. It's surgery day!! Can't lie, I am freaking out just a bit but here goes nothing. Hope everyone is well.
On the other side of maximum fear are the best things in your life. God placed the best things in life on the other side of terror.
HW - 537
Pre-Op - 506

Hi everyone! We are about to head to the hospital!
Much success to everyone else having surgery today.
:-)

You know, I have to be honest - I don't know. I can tell you that I had a phenomenal surgeon who did my sleeve robotically. That cut down on pain and recovery time. The hospital was amazing, too. I was an ERAS patient - Enhanced Recovery After Surgery. I had a special drink that kept me from getting dehydrated during the surgery. It also meant that I had extra precautions against nausea and vomiting. I was up walking within 3-4 hours of surgery. By hour 12, I was doing laps in the hall and sitting in the chair in my room. I walked and walked and walked while in hospital. Other than that, I think I just got really blessed!

I can honestly say that the entire experience was significantly easier than I expected. I had practically NO pain other than some gas discomfort and mild soreness. I had no trouble drinking or eating, albeit very tiny amounts. I was pain free by the end of week 2. I've not had anything more than some heartburn.

Im so glad I did this! It really is an awakening of your inner self. I am beginning to feel like the outside is starting to match the inside, and I love it!

I'm thinking about cutting my hair, too... What do you think?

I purchased mine from Bariatric Pal and I use the Patches. Best decision I could have made!

So im 7 months out, and I reached the 100lb milestone today! Went from a size 20 to an 8! Most importantly, I've never felt better.

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Orange county NY

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I am set for August 1st surgery too.

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Well after going back and forth with my insurance company after they denied it at first, I was called today from my insurance advocate who says I have been accepted. Yes, finally I am on my way. Excited about leaving some of my medical problems behind with the meds that go with them. Now just waiting for my date.

I'm scheduled for August 1 and I would love a sleeve buddy!

I'm in Camden county, NJ! My sleeve date is August 1st. I'm suppose to start my liquid diet on July 18th. Yikes!

Today I have all my clearances done!
No more test, no more forms. Final Doctor visits done. All the i's dotted t's crossed. Now I wait.
August 1st is the date.
In a couple of days I will start my pre-surgery diet.
I have found tremendous comfort in this forum among the successful stories of other people who have had vertical sleeve gastrectomy.
I know it's not going to be easy I know it's going to be very difficult. I realize that this tool that I'm about to use to help restore my health and balance out my eating brings with it a host of challenges. Lifelong challenges. But I also realize that being obese is also incredibly hard and presents many more challenges and obstacles to my happiness on my health and well-being both physically and mentally.
When I think of all the other challenges in my life and the things that I have overcome I know I can do this as well.
Together we can do this!
Most people aren't going to understand what we are going through so it's good that we all have this forum.
Everyone seemed so friendly and supportive here! I would like to invite anyone to friend me if you want to.
Height 5'11.5"
HW 335+
(I had stopped weighting myself at one point)
CW 313
GW 195
Hopefully I'll learn better how to use the Forum and make the cool little graphs and stuff. I'll add before pics soon thinking of doing a video blog too. Not sure I'm not confident yet.
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Good luck to you, I pray evertything goes well. So exciting to be headed for new adventure.

I slept on my stomach the first night in the hospital! Die hard stomach sleeper for life.

I successfully ate popcorn at 6 weeks post op. I just made sure to chew it really well.... And I ate it plain.


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HW- 273
Pre-op Wt- 230
SW- 226
CW- 184
GW- 130
Ht- 5'2.5"
DOS- April 26th, 2017

"Only those who try will become." ~FFX

Took some progress photos this am and realized that between today's photos and my "starting" photo I've lost 50 lbs exactly!
I say "starting" photo because I've actually lost about 70 lbs overall but don't have a pic of myself in my undies at my highest weight.
So here I am on January first weighing in at 207 lbs (after already losing 20 lbs), and here I am today, July 8th, at 157 lbs. I had sleeve surgery on March 22nd and have lost 39 lbs since my surgery day weigh-in. Without makeup or my hair done or striking a pose these aren't the most flattering pics but I love them as a straightforward comparison so I'm taking the plunge and sharing them here.
No matter what, I'm feeling amazing!
Strange how sometimes I look at myself and don't think I look different at all, and other days I barely recognize myself!
This is my reminder to you all... TAKE PROGRESS PICS!!!! I know it can be hard to look at a straight on photo of yourself in your underwear, especially at your highest weight, but I promise they will be priceless tools for you to measure your success as time goes on! I only wish I had a pic of myself at my highest to compare to, so I could really see how far I've come!
  

Congrats on getting your dates!! I understand the "getting real" feeling.....same here! August 9 for me! I have been experiencing with different drinks and shakes....the Isopure from GNC is pretty good but leaves the mouth feeling dry...has anyone else tried these and had the same experience?

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I M also aug 1 and agree nervous and excited all at the same time.

Hi! I'm also having my sleeve on August 1st! I'm also excited and scared LOL