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I’m doing great.. I’m excited about being down over 50 lbs and half way to goal!
i eat out a lot do to traveling for work, so I certainly don’t always eat perfectly. I’m also terrible with Water. But despite that my weight loss is on track.

I’m almost 9 months post-op. 235 to 160 pounds.

Because it is.
You cut out most of your stomach and you're eating starvation level calories.
Don't listen to the "head hunger" BS...when you're eating starvation levels of calories...you're hungry. Real hunger. Sally Struthers starving children in Africa hungry. Hungry. You're hungry because you physically can't and shouldn't yet eat the amount of calories your body requires.
In a few weeks when your stomach can handle more food...you will still be facing the same choices you always have. Ghrelin be damned. You will still be on a diet that will require thought, attention, and will power.
The good news....is that it gets better. Right after surgery, I could have eaten my leg off I was so hungry. After I was eating 1000-1200 calories around week three...I no longer felt like I was starving to death. I was much more comfortable, satisfied with much less, and found it pretty easy to stick to my calorie goals. Almost six months out....1200 calories a day still feels pretty satisfying. So that's an awesome change for the better.
Now..back to your statement "this feels like a starvation diet and nothing more at this point."
There are two ways to lose weight. Reduce input calories (Starve)....or.....Increase output calories (Exercise your arse off)
The surgery isn't magic. If changes your tummy, not your head. You will still have to work hard and diet. It's not a magic fix.
You will still be tempted. You will still crave old favorites. You will still get hungry. As time goes on and your tummy is healed and holds a little more...you will have to learn to resist temptation just like before.
The big advantage of this surgery....is that if you screw up and lose your mind and eat without thinking it through......you're more likely to screw up by 1000 calories, instead of 5000 calories in a day. It buys you some time to really look at your behavior so you can address it. It gives you some relief from the massive portions you'd worked up to needing to feel full. And rapid results will hopefully give you incentive to finally commit to better habits. That's the goal...changing how you mentally cope with food.
That's the reality. Work and diet. For the rest of your life. I'm sorry you were sold a steaming pile of BS. You're not alone.
But again...the good news...is that what the sleeve realistically does for you is a leg up on any previous diet efforts. You've got a real chance to change your habits. A LOT of people have tremendous success with the sleeve. Most folks will lose 60-70% of their excess body weight....which is a tremendous accomplishment and standard dieting efforts don't come close to those results.
Hang in there. It does get better.

That kinda sounds a little like head hunger and old habits. It took me a number of weeks post surgery to FINALLY see the difference between true hunger and mental hunger. I'm not sure what finally clicked to help me differentiate but it happened and it was like a light bulb going on in my mind. The best way I can explain is that most of the eating you do is driven by habits and desire. Because your tummy is so tiny now you can't really give in to these things to the extent you did before which is lovely. Be patient with yourself and give yourself lots of love and pampering in ways that don't involve eating. You're trying to break yourself of long practiced bad habits. When you feel crazy about eating something that will hurt you or harm your progress, revisit all the things you want from this WLS. Better health, maybe better relationships, more stamina, more acceptance. I'm sure there was a very good reason you had that first conversation with your doctor to begin this whole change in your life. Try to keep that forward in your mind. Forgive yourself and keep moving toward a better life.

Sleeved: 02/21/18
HW:334LB
SW:272LB
CW:228LB
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How much weight have u lost in 3 months ??

I'm in the process of resetting my sleeve. I have read on how to do this. I'm going to mimic the post op diet. Not sure if i will lose the same amount. Anyone else done this?

Stats
Surgery date: 2/21/2018
HW: 334lb
SW: 272lb
CW: 228.9lb[emoji6]
GW:210lb

Hi all! Glad everyone is doing great. I’m doing great as well! I’m down 54.4lbs down in all and 37lbs down from surgery day. My clothes don’t fit me! Love this problem. I’m now digging into my closet and looking for old clothes. I workout everyday and recently started weight lifting. My stats are below [emoji4]

HW 234
SW 217
CW 179
GW 135

so its officially been 9 weeks since my surgery and I'm down 55 lbs and i think I'm handling my new lifestyle tremendously i honestly don't even crave the bad stuff anymore!! I've even discovered healthy Snacks so i feel like I'm eating bad stuff but its actually good for you!!!

Almost 8 weeks, down 32lbs. Around 11% of my surgery day weight.

Believe it or not, Cheesecake Factory did it for me.. they tend to have a big menu option. chicken lettuce wrap is a fave..

Great point!! And I love the ordering a drink to go advice!

I didn't eat out often even before my surgery, but when I did, I preferred local or small restaurants. Not too big on the chain restaurants. However, It is good to know that some chains do offer options, Thank you all for your input!

Believe it or not, Cheesecake Factory did it for me.. they tend to have a big menu option. chicken lettuce wrap is a fave..

Believe it or not, Cheesecake Factory did it for me.. they tend to have a big menu option. chicken lettuce wrap is a fave..

Believe it or not, Cheesecake Factory did it for me.. they tend to have a big menu option. chicken lettuce wrap is a fave..

That’s amazing!! I’m thinking of opening a February sleeve Facebook page so we can kind of all be able to share pics ideas and feelings? Would you guys be interested? My friend did one for September sleeves and I’m part of it but they are on a whole other level. Lol

I had nearly a month of stalled weight loss in Feb-March.
Very irritating stuff. Forward three steps, back two. Forward two steps, back three. Frustrating!
I eat 1200 calories a day. Is that too much? Dietitian says no...it's perfect...be consistent...wait it out....you don't want your metabolism to adjust to very low calories because you won't be eating very low calories for life.
So...I've been trusting my program...and doing 1200.
Last night, I thought....crap...I just screwed up bigtime. Went out to dinner with hubby and ate steak, salad, baked potato, grilled veggies. Nothing unhealthy, but overindulged a little. And a sip or two of hubby's wine. And a bite of his dessert. LOL:)
I expected to pay for it on the scale this morning. Nope.
I lost two pounds since Friday. Which I'm sure has more to do with hormonal Water weight (menstrual yaya)...but still! I didn't expect a loss like that.
Looking over my records, I've lost 7 pounds in the last two weeks. Which I think is sort of an astoundingly awesome loss for me at this point in my journey.
Only thing I've been doing different is changing up my exercise. I'm still walking 12000 steps a day, but I've added a rebounding work out on the mini trampoline, swimming at the Y once a week, and sweating to the oldies with richard simmons once a week......so still walking every day and added three cardio workouts a week.
I think the key...is patience, consistency.
For those who are stalled....hang in there:) It gets better:)

Travelled to NYC last night and realized I forgot my Multivitamins. I’m only 5 weeks post surgery. Where can i buy a good bariatric multi in the city?

Hi all. This is my first post on these forums. I was sleeved 2/26; I see that several others were as well. Just want to get to know you and share the experience with others in the same boat!

Sleeved: 2/21/18
HW: 334lb
SW: 272lb
CW: 245lb

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Sleeved: 2/21/18
HW: 334lb
SW: 272lb
CW: 245lb

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I’m doing GREAT! Sleeved 2/6/18 and as of tonight I am down 48lbs!!

Right now I am able to eat between 1/4 and 1/2 cup of food per meal, three times a day. I do one Protein Shake as a snack and between meals sip sip sip that Water. I make it to the YMCA three days a week and am back up to 20 laps in the pool. Next week I’m meeting with a personal trainer to talk about adding in some strength training.

The pictures are from October and a week ago.

How are you doing??

Hey February peeps! How’s everyone doing? Haven’t heard updates in a few weeks! Sleeved 2/26 so I’m one month this week! Go to my second post op Friday. Feeling good for the most part and def losing! My body feels and looks different. I am thinking of starting HIIT training after I meet with Dr.