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I am very concerned

I had my vsg on Dec 11

My preop diet I weighed 344lbs

But on day of surgery I was 321 lbs ( so I lost 23 pounds in perop diet )

I am stuck in the 270's. I am 271 as of today

Do you think I am behind?

This has been the slowest journey. I work out all the time. I never imagined this would go this slow. People area ll losing 100 lbs at this point and I keep asking them, ohh you including preop. and they'll say, no this is how much I've lost since surgery (and they have around the same surgery date) I don't know what I did wrong. Thanks

Was 343 your highest weight ever? Did you have to do a preop diet, if so how much were you at preop diet?

prom night, Girlfriend.. I thank you. I love you, Creek. You are so oo oooo supportive.

It's your gift. Thanks dahling

10 hours ago, Czuck1983 said:

This past Monday was my 6 week anniversary, and overall, I feel really good about my progress. I'm down 40 lbs since my surgery date, and a total 85 since I started dieting on New Years Day. The problem is the last 2 weeks, my stomach has not been very receptive to just about anything. Just about every other meal has either quickly come back up or stayed down but left me with heavy dry heaves and the infamous slimies (although I prefer the other term of foamies... sounds slightly less disgusting.)

Recently it got exceedingly bad, as I spent the entire weekend without the ability to take anything in. I became so nauseated that even Water would make me feel ready to run to the nearest toilet or garbage can. By Monday, I had become so dehydrated that I hit the terrible catch-22 where I was more nauseous from the dehydration, but if I tried to drink, I felt more nauseous still. Called my surgeon and he instructed me to go to the ER where I spent 5 hours on IV fluids, 2 liters of straight saline and a banana bag (saline with thiamine, folic acid, magnesium sulfate, and a Multivitamin mix.) I felt really good afterwards, but today, I've been feeling a bit nauseous again and threw up a little this morning even though I hadn't eaten anything yet.

Hopefully this all passes soon, it's driving me crazy.

oh my gosh, will you be my boyfriend? Lol

85 pounds? That is NUTS

I had my surgery Dec 11 and I have only lost like 72 pounds.. Men lose much faster than women, so you have a little leverage but still. Good is good and you have done great

My name is Joanna. Nice to meet you

I would like to your friend if you want. I am on Facebook if interested. Hugs

I am feeling sexy lately. And this makes me excited

I am mid 270s but I AM doing a lot of weight training.

I don't care if all I got to was 190 (I'll never be 150, NEVER)

I am about 5 months post op

On 5/4/2018 at 8:45 PM, Creekimp13 said:

Keep up the hard work:) Looking good!

I love you girl. You've been a huge inspirer Thank you. (can't spell today)

On 5/5/2018 at 5:42 PM, Losebig said:

Making great progress, huge difference when looking at the pics. Doesn’t matter how quick you get there, just that you do eventually

Thanks Losebig

I am excited. I hope one day we can meet

I am stuck @ 270's and of course I am weight training too, so I don't know.

Maybe someday, when we get our weight off, we can meet and go to dinner together.

Nevermind. Scratch the dinner ROFL! Lol

Me, May 4th. I've lost this weight slower than others but I still like the way I look (not the scale but my appearance) and it's been not even 5 months, well almost. It depends if yo ugo by actual caldender months or whether you count 4 weeks as a month

I had surgery on Dec 11. Today is Mary 4, so my estimation is 20 weeks and 4 days. I've been tinkering at 275, and have gained three or four above that, then go to down 272.. Arggg. but I work out, I weight train too, so I don't know. Day of surgery I was 321. So by that, I've lost only about 46 pounds in 20 weeks, or 5 months , which is pretty slow lol. Having said that, I also lost 23 pounds in the two week period RIGHT before surgery, so I dont know if it's fair to count that. Anyways.. in all, I have lost around 70 pounds.

It is what it is. I am not in a race, I'm in a journey

Here is me today! May 4th, 2018

Good job. Good for you

How many calories a day are you having. How much Protein?

Preop diet Nov 27: 344lbs
Vertical sleeve gastrectomy Dec 11, 2017 (321lbs)
Today April 5, 2018: 278lbs

(It's the damn arms that I hate the most, lots of skin I will have)

Being silly and filming all the stages
Preop diet Nov 27: 344lbs
Vertical sleeve gastrectomy Dec 11, 2017 (321lbs)
Today April 5, 2018: 278lbs

Hi Sweetheart

I know by reading these responses, you're probably feeling really shitty. I get it. I LOVED smoking. IT was my favorite thing. IT was my "crack cocaine" I had smoked since I was 14 years old. IT began as a fun thing, a sneaky thing, that made us kids feel so cool. By age 15, I was an addict. I started out, half a pack, then a pack, then.. you know how it goes. I was smoking easy, 2 1/2 packs - 3 a day. I loved ciggs. It became me. I t was my friend, my companion. I couldnt even watch a movie without smoking.. An hour of not smoking , miserable

I always wanted to quit, but just the idea, I couldnt. Well that's not entirely true. I never wanted to quit for the first 20 years. I vowed , "I'll go to my deathbed , smoking". My justification. "I'd rather smoke and be happy. Besides they only take off the last few years and those are shitty anyways" But I started to feel the effects of smoking in my early 30's, ( not my last years, that would be shitty anyways)

But I never considered quitting because, I knew I couldnt do it

Fast forward, the surgery. When I found out quitting smoking was a requirement. I hung up the idea of getting the surgery. I mean, I qualified in every way, but the nictoine testing they'd do in order for my insurance to approve me.

I got home, called my aunt and told her I wasn't going to get the surgery afterall.. The reason. I had to quit smoking, which I wasn't willing or able to do. She, as a former smoker who'd quit many times told me, she understood. But I heard disappointment in her voice. Why not even try. Just try. I told her, what if I try and can't. Id be so embarrassed..

She told me, Joanna, people quit many times usually before they are finally successful, but so you owe it to yourself to atleast try. And I did.

I got with my doctor for the Chantix medicine. I liked it because you could still smoke while taking the medicine. I also underwent EMDR with the therapist I've already been seeing for years and years to help get to the beginning of the core of my "love for smoking".

Was it easy? Hell no. I thought I was going to go crazy. I , like you, narrowed it down, and down and down, until I was like 5 ciggs a day, and had to space it out, 5 ciggs in a 24 hour period.

Then I smoked my last cigg, without realizing my las cigg on July 25th around noon. Later that evening, I had 2 more allowed ciggs and I thought to myself, Jo, why not just not smoke them. Smoking them is only going to prolong your imminent quitting. So I did

I never got to realize that cigg I smoked earlier in the day would be my last and I think, maybe that was a good thing.

It's been 8 months (tomorrow) since I've quit. There are many times I still miss it. And it's understandable. We're talking about a 23 year addiction.

But what I learned in quitting

If you can just NOT pick them up, that next cigg, that 1 cigg we all lie to ourselves that will be " all we need" that feeling of needing a cigg will pass, if you can refrain from acting on that nightmareish urge to pick up " just one"

It will pass

And it will come again

But you keep fighting those "moments" .. I compare them to contractions. Those mind blowing moments of misery, where you think you'll die and would give anything for it to just go away. And then it goes away. Those cigg contractions will too

While you're fighting this habit, have zero ciggs in your house . Throw what you do have away

Don't go into the mindset of , "After I have the surgery, I can smoke again"

There are heroin addicts and drug addicts who have quit hard drugs, who have not mastered quitting smoking, tha'ts how hard it is, but so if you're down to 1 cigg, you don't believe this about yourself, but I am here to tell you, you CAN quit. Trust me

I still get people who glare at me when they realize I am a non smoker

Joanna (me) would be the last person in the world you'd ever think would quit.

But it can be done. But you have to really want to do it and by that, you're going to have to find yoru reason for NOT wanting it

Initially for me, it was to get the surgery. But then, it was to get better health. I hated the addiction, the fact that I coudlnt go an hour and half movie with my daughters without a cigg. I hated that I had so much fear of ever being without a cigg in my possession.

Now, I am free of that

and the longer it goes, the easier it becomes

You'll always wish you could smoke, you'll always miss it. Well most people do.

But it gets easier

You'll become it's boss, not the other way around

The key to nicotine is that it makes you think you CANNOT quit, when really, you can

Nicotine is a liar

and once it's out of your system, roughly about a week, youll be left to only deal with the mental anguish of missing it , and that too will subside

Best of luck

Joanna

Creek, I am soooooo proud of you

You are one of the biggest encouragers to all of us here on this site.

And here you are, finally able to share yourself with us. And we love it!!!

You go girl. So proud of you. Proud to have me tyou on this site and proud that you're apart of my life

You did know that right?

Lol

Go girl

Hey you guys

Today I weighed and

Here we go

It's been 13 weeks since vsg surgery (Dec 11) Weight on day of surgery 321

Today

282.2

T!

YES!

I was drinking decaff the first week after surgery, day 2 after surgery. I wasn't supposed to drink caffeine for a month out, but I hate teh taste of decaff coffee. Yuck.

But so I drank regular coffee a week out, until now

I not only lived. I didn't get dehydrated

There are some rules that are put in place "just in case" but you should be fine

The reason for the decaff instead of caffee, is bc caffeine tends to make you pe more, and they are afraid you'll become dehydrated since you can't drink as much liquids right after surgery

Enjoy!

3 hours ago, frust8 said:

Glad to see the Old ark's a moverin still. Keep progressing I hope to take each of your weights over as you vacate them. I might be 3'-6 months later, but if you can do it by golly I can too. My high weight was pretty similar to yours so you might be a good example to follow. God Bless.

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When is your surgery? or was it? How much is your weight and height?

My daughter was doing a photoshoot of me, No, we were just being silly

My current weight 284

But I'll give you stats. People are big on numbers

(Highest weight ever, which I never include, was 386)

So, the Day I began my 2 week preop diet on Nov 27th (my birthday lol) I weighed 344lbs

Day of surgery Dec 11, I weighed 321lbs

Current weight: 284- March 11, 2018 ( almost 13 weeks po)

Summary:

Since surgery, I've lost 37 pounds, since preopdiet I've lost 60 pounds!

On my way, baby!

I love you, Matt.

You are precious!!!

Precious. I would love to talk with you on the phone sometimes. But either way, you've got a friend in me, if you want me.

Your writing is so heartfelt, so sincere and so vulnerable. I love it

I love you

You're going into surgery with a wonderful mindset

So proud to know (of) you.

Get em Tiger!

Xox Jo

12 hours ago, Creekimp13 said:

Which is ok:)

8 pounds 4 ounces would look pretty terrifying on someone who is 5'6".

You are freakin' hilarious.

I am "special" so it took me a minute to get it. I thought typo

lol.

Hilarious. Great post! Good set up too!

You're such a wonderful guy, Seahawks a wonderful encourager.

To VSG Meow ****** (lol), Seahaws is right

You're doing wonderful and just going by the numbers I have lost more than you. However

I, am much heavier than you and as you should know, the heavier you are (weight on scale on surgery date) the faster the initial weight drops off

So the fact that you've lost what you have, the weight you were on surgery day, you are doing AMAZING

Keep in mind, on my surgery date, I was 321, so you and I are in diff galaxies and it makes sense I've lost faster than you

Good job, sugar!

Babygirl, if you were sleeved on Nov 11then, then tomorrow doens't make 12 weeks

Tomorrow for you would make 16 weeks and 2 days

?

20 minutes ago, VSG_Meow_Bitch said:

Hi guys,

Tmrm will be 12 weeks post sleeve surgery and i am only down 35 ish pounds. I guess that still good though.

Staring weight: 250 preop diet

Surgery weight: 243 on 11/11/17

Current weight: 215 on 3/4/18

Im going to start working out and i am hoping that by my birthday in April i will be in onederland.

Hi. Were you sleeved on Dec 11? That is my date and we share almost the SAME weight loss. I JUST posted something similar today. Others who were sleeved after me, my buddy Seahawks, for example, has lost 40 pounds since surgery and his surgery was in mid/late January

Me. Since Dec 11 surgery, I went from 321 to 287 (current weight) I've hit a lot of stalls, valley's, It's a crazy ride. Total loss since surgery 34 pounds since surgery, 57 since preop diet 2 weeks before surgery

Me, my preop diet was Nov 27 to Dec 11 and I lost 23 pounds in that time

Maybe we aren't so far behind afterall.

My aunt told me last week to chill and just enjoy this journey.

It's not a race, it is a journey

Remind me as I remind you

So, I am still at 287

Began preopdiet diet for two weeks at weight 344. Lost down to 321 day of surgery and since that 321, I have lost 34 pounds (12 weeks since surgery) so I am a tad behind, if you go by the 3 pounds per week ratio. There are so many systems out there to determine where we should be. Percentages arent my thing. Can someone do it for me

Am I behind?

Oh, I know, quit worrying right? Just enjoy the journey. It's not a marathon right? I know . Arg

But for a fat girl, don't I look cute? lol

Vogue!

1 minute ago, Mattymatt said:

With many thanks to @FluffyChix for reminding me about the importance of hydration, I've just added an app to remind me to drink. It's sad that it has gotten to this point but I think it may be a reason for me feeling the way I have been feeling through my pre-op diet. No more fooling around! Hydration!

Hugs ( Matt))) ltns..

Do you remember me?

Hugs friend