Debbi Moore

I'm down 25 pounds since sleeve surgery. Just had to share I'm so excited.

I do not work. I'm a stay at home mom. Which is hard being home all day with food and other bad habits. But I have finally got up to walking a mile on the tread mill. I was so put of shape I could only get to a 3rd of a mile when I started. Hope you are doing ok.

Never experienced this, but wanted to tell you, How sorry I am you are having this pain. I hope someone on here can give you the answer you are looking for.

I'm 2 weeks out and my surgeon told me to move to soft food. Cottage cheese, scrambled eggs, chili and ground meats are some of the food I can have. I have no calorie goal or carb goal. What should I be aiming for? I dont want to mess this up. Just afraid to start real food.

I too am cold since surgery, its 2 weeks today. I'm sleeping with socks on and I never sleep with them ever.

That is amazing. Congrats to you .

That's so weird, I didnt think about the coldness as being from the surgery. Figured it was just the weather. I had my surgery on the 31st of January.

Which surgery are you having done?

I just competed week 1 of a21 day full liquid diet. Creamy soups as In cream of tomatoe ,cream of chicken. Cream of celery , cream of potatoe. cream of mushroom etc. All made with milk and all have chunky bits. Use an emerssble blender to keep to bits gone. I can make a can last all day. Eating a quarter of it at breakfast quarter st lunch and rest in evening. My Nut said to stay away from Pudding and jello.not sure why. No protein maybe. I hope that helps a little.

Are you on a full liquid diet? You can eat jello, popcicles, pudding, etc. I am even allowed to eat creamed soups on mine, which I'm on now. My Nut said any thing that c an slide through a funnel I could eat. You may want to call you Nut to get a claification.

You look so good.

Oh yeah forgot about the water. Lol. Which is a big part of weigh loss surgery. We must not get dehydrated. Im currently in the full liquids diet for 21 days...or 17 more days.. lol

Which diet are you on? I was the no carb, high protein diet. ( mostly just ate meat and cheese)

Welcome to the boards. I was in your shoes last week. I was nervous scared, my anxiety was pegged at high thinking would I fail at this too. Then I had a reality check. I told meself. I want to change, I need a tool to help. I can handle this and I'm strong. I'm tired of being fat. I had my surgery on 1/31/19. The pain was not bad except when sitting and standing using your abs. I had no gas pain( thank god) and walk walk walk. It feels good to get out of bed. My surgeon was funny, he said your not a sick person, dont lay in bed and act like your dying after surgery. So I took his advice and was move active. The pain meds work well, and if you still have pain, tell your nurse, they will get ya something stronger. You got this. You will be on the losers bench soon. You will start your pre op diet soon.

Not to puree yet but good question. I was wondering this too. I have been saving empty apple sauce containers. I figure that's a good starting size for puree. Thoughts??

Congrats on your approval. Not to much longer and you will be on the losers bench.

Congrats on being on the losers bench.

BCBS of IL. Kept saying that I was having a lapband removal at the same time as getting sleeve done. I had the lap band removal in September and they approved it . We dont know why they kept saying that both would happen at once. The dr. Didnt submit it this way. Also this was the 1st time GERD was part of the reason to deny the claim. GERD was never submitted as a reason to remove lap band. Anyway. We appealed to the state of Illinois because of all this and they told them...to approve the Sleeve.

Thank you so much.

I have been big ever since I was a kid. I got married I was 240. And after each pregnancy I gained more weight. I have 3 children. My HW was 350 and had lap band surgery which I lost 70 lbs. Got down to 280. But I've been slowly going back up so had my band removed in September 2018 and just had my sleeve done on January31st 2019. I'm ready to start this new journey and get down to a healthy weight. I would love to get to my wedding weight for my 25th Anniversary in December...

Took a few months and got state of Illinois involved. I was denyed twice because they didnt want to fix their records. State of Illinois got involved at over turned the verdict.

Welcome to the Boards.

Cant stress enough.. lip gloss or balm . My lips got so cracked and dyed out because of the breathing tube. Also the exceptionally dry air in the hospital.

Anxiety of what? I ventured out today to Walmart. Needed more protein shakes and cream soups. Not allowed to eat pudding or Jello so that's ok. But can have sugerfree popcicles. Found the tropical flavors. No lifting makes it kind of fun. Hubby had to lift the stuff and carry in. ( evil grin)

Day 3 of new me. I feel good if I dont move. Sitting still I feel like nothing happened. Standing, or going to a sit of stand, it's very painful. Walking is about a 3 on the pain scale but I can manage it with pain meds. I just cant get over the... what hunger. I feel no need for food. It's so weird not to be hungry( wish it stayed) . How long does the not being hungry last?