FancyChristine15

Awesome! Congrats!

I weigh once a week, on the same scale, wearing the same shoes, similar clothes, at the same time...etc... I work in a gym, so we have a nice scale, and I weigh-in every Monday before I eat breakfast. I have weighed daily before, and it just messed with my head too much.

I'm sure it's happened to a lot of people. I wouldn't worry too much about it. Are you tracking what you eat, drink, and the calories you burn? If so, would you be willing to provide us an example of a regular day for you? This way, we could offer advice.

Mine was almost exactly 6 months from my first appointment to my surgery date. 6 months is what my Cigna insurance required.

According to your stats, you're pretty close to your goal. From what I've heard, the closer you get to goal, the harder it's going to be to lose the weight. Do you still track all of your food, water, exercise, etc? If so, can you provide us with an example of a typical day for you?

Oh my goodness. I can't imagine what you and your family are going through. I'm so very sorry for your loss.

You look great!

You only have so much room in your stomach after surgery. It's important to give yourself time to absorb the nutrients you need from the food, and drinking water close to eating can flush out some of the nutrients - as @tamihunt said.

I never was a big soda drinker, that being said, I have had some soda post op. I'm 10 months post op though. It wasn't worth it. It just made me feel sick. Don't do it!

If you're only 17 days post-op, your body is likely still healing. It may be a bit until you see a good weight loss, but just stick to the plan that your doctor gave you, and once your body is healed, you'll start seeing weight loss.

I've got 86 pounds left until my final goal!

It will be easier if you can tell us what your intake is like: food, water, calories burned/exercise, etc.. That way, we can assess and offer advice.

As of today's weigh in, I reached a mini goal that I had set for myself; I am officially down 200+ pounds! I'm so happy!

I, like Dubbs, only wish I had done it sooner. I haven't experienced any issues. I lost 58 post pre-op. I've lost 139 post op; my surgery was 3/20/18.

My appointments were 2 weeks, 1 month, 3 months, 6 months, 1 year, and then every year after that.

Can you post a list of your daily foods, how much you drink, calories you burn, etc..?

Glad you're home and feeling better!

You look gorgeous! Thanks for the update!

Amazing! Congrats!

My hospital isn't too far from my home. I only had to stay one night. I would be sure to bring a change of clothes for the next day, something to keep you occupied, like a tablet, book, or magazines, toothbrush and toothpaste. I had a couple of visitors, but I wasn't a big fan of visitors, because I was very uncomfortable from the gas. So, I preferred being by myself.

From what I've seen, I think a pixie cut will help hide the thinning hair some. I don't know how or why, but it really does seem to help somehow hide the fact that the hair is thinning.

Don't focus on the one backhanded compliment that you received. Focus on all of the genuine compliments that you received instead! His dumb comment isn't worth your time.

I was also told only Tylenol for pain from the surgery on. So, as long as acetaminophen as the pain reliever, you should be okay. I actually don't think I've had to use any cold medicine since my surgery though, so not for sure.

Protein is what keeps me full. When I eat high carb foods, I can eat more of them than I can eat high protein foods. If you switch the higher carb foods you're eating with lower carb, higher protein foods, it will probably keep you fuller longer.

Dang, there's a lot of negativity on this post. She made a mistake. She realizes that she made a mistake. We've all made mistakes whether it's with drugs, alcohol, food, in life...whatever. Let's all remember what Thumper taught us all those years ago: "If you can't say something nice, don't say nothing at all".