Shanyab

I am down 18 lbs since my surgery date on March 12, 2009. its weird but I don't see it but MAN I can feel it, things are just feeling different all over my body. I am finally able to fit into some jeans that did not fit me for the last 6 months. I took out all of the "skinny" clothes that used to fit me when I had dropped 150 lbs and had to put away once I fell in love with my hubby and eating out at the same time. I am looking forward to 2 weddings this summer and a family trip to Orlando for 12 days with my kids and aunt and will look forward to wearing a bathing suit in public which I have not done in the last 3 years. My husband has lost 7 lbs in the last week or so just with the change of pace in the household, we both believe that this is a chance for the both of us to get healthy together. I do have one downturn to this, I have some people in my life that I would consider to be associates or people that I just know in general that are just so rude when it comes to the tact of my weight loss and gain over the last 3-4 years. ( Background ) I used to weight 350 back in 2001. Between 2001-2002 I lost a total of 150 lbs on my own ( called the I got left for a 20 yr old diet ) I was broke, paying a mortgage by myself with 2 small kids. I managed to keep the weight off for about 3 + years until I met my now husband. Over the course of 5 years I worked my way up to 290 then down to 240 then back up to 289 all over again. In all of that I was on a medically supervised diet for a period of 2 years where one med worked wonderfully but would have eventually caused me to have a heart attack so it was a NO go ... next was a placebo and then the real deal that did not work. I watched my hubby on the same study lose 50 lbs and he looked HOT ... then it stopped working for him and poof gained back 30 lbs ( and still looks hot ) all of that made me say STOP ... do something that will work. No more yo-yoing. I have a bad heart, I had at one point a 73% chance of a heart attack in the next few years or a possible stroke with my BP levels. But some people just don't get it. I am in some ways sick of the why did you, you dont need it, your fine the way you are ( whilst they are a size 3 ) commentary. I just wish that people could just look at is as yet another surgery in my book that will make my life easier to live in order to be able to see my kids grow up and have their own family. That above anything else was why I did my band. I am truly grateful for a site like this, I have met some of the nicest people that can really understand have it 50 lbs or 300 lbs to lose that its a huge part of our lives and its something that we can all do together with support and friendship and that's a wonderful thing. Sorry for the long rambling post ...

So, I had my first appointment with the Dr. for my follow-up. It went GREAT, the scale at home has been lying to me and I am actually down 13 lbs. Part of me wants to just go nuts and work harder at losing as much as fast as I can, but knowing that if I decided to move to fast I stand the possibility of looking like a shar-pei puppy is really saying to me that I need to just take it slow and easy as it comes. I came across some yummy protein powder at my local GNC, its a local product and I have to say it reminds me more of a nice milkshake than a 50 gram of protein in it ! Needless to say I have a full jug of the stuff and plan on using it once daily from now on! Other than that, life is good. I had to maintain my weight in order to be okayed for surgery through my insurance so I am writing off the 13 lbs that I have lost as my padding for the approval weight. My hubby has dropped some weight too which makes him happy, nothing like your wife not cooking anymore and restricting your calories to make a huge change in his lifestyle as well.

I am okay with chicken but beef ( which is my absolute favorite ) I cant eat to save my life. I actually just get ill even trying to get any down. I second using some kind of sauce and small bites, its about the only way I can manage. good luck to you.

B- Starbucks tall latte decaf nonfat - got only half of it down. L- Pho broth and a 3 small pc of Tendon - this has 36 g protein in it and only 150 calories. S- Frozen Fruit Bar D- Pho broth and more tendon - met my whole protein needs for the day. S- Apricots and fruit baby food.

Call the pharmacy that you fill your prescriptions at and ask them do they compound medications, if they don't check a "good neighbor " pharmacy if you have one in your area. Most of these smaller older ones have a compounding pharmacist who know the formula/recipe on how to convert your prescription to liquid and can even flavor it. Mine are all grape.. still taste a bit like a$$ but nowhere near as bad and I can take them with a syringe.

Ouch ... May I ask what do you do for a living ? Best of wishes to you. I can't imagine having to go through this twice.

Congrats to you ... I started telling people about my surgery weeks before I even had it. I got a bit of rash even in the hospital. I am sick of hearing that I couldn't be heavy enough for the surgery, that I look fine. Your already married so you don't have to worry about it .. ( thats the best one ) For me It was a personal choice and I am proud that I did it and don't really care one way or the other what people think. I am down 18 lbs in the last 9 days since my band and hope that like in the past when I did my large drop in weight that I will be able to keep it up.

Hi there, I am in Nevada as well, ( North West Vegas ) I am so so so sorry to hear that this happened to you. My Dr. does an upper GI the day after just to make sure that your okay. That was one of my biggest fears as well with this whole thing. If you ever need someone to talk to please do send me a private message and I can give you my contact info. Shanya

Today my hubby had a craving for Sweet Tomatoes ( a salad bar chain ) I have avoided going anywhere where there is anything that I would even want to eat but I actually found that it was the best place for me today. They only charged me the kids meal price $4.99 and I was able to get some boiled egg at the salad bar and then they have on average 6-7 Soups out of which I got a small taste of each one. My poor taste buds have been killing me with the bland broth choices that I have had and this was the perfect little bite here and there that truly made my day. Plus my hubby did not feel guilty eating in front of me when I had 3 bowls of Soup in front of me !