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Thank you Barbarella, you are so far behind. It comes off pretty quickly.

I thought the same thing. Most of us have doubts because we've spent our lives dieting, on every stupid diet we could find, only to fail or gain all or more than our weight back. This DOES work. Follow the rules and it will be amazing what this tool will help you to accomplish. 26 days isn't far off, it will be here before you know it.

You need to be measuring at the beginning. It's to hard to tell when you are full. And my full feeling at the beginning was very different than it is now. I couldn't really tell I was full until I felt it in my throat and that was not eating more than 2 oz. Now I get the normal tummy full feelings. Measure everything in the beginning and don't eat more than 2ozs if that's what your doc says. Why chance injuring yourself and your sleeve?

Hi sleeve sister! I love this tool also. It does feel so great knowing it's gone forever. I went shopping last night and bought 14 jeans!! That's 4 sizes down .:thumbup1:

You made me lol :001_smile:

Thanks for sharing your story. What an amazing journey you have been on. Your story encourages all us on the journey to continue on. Thanks again!

Wishing you a very quick and speedy recovery!

hehehe....best wishes for your speedy recovery!

Loser, praying for a speedy recovery for you. Take care and keep us posted as you can.

Mrshull, hang in there. Seems like it's pretty typical for stalls and for us to get discouraged regarding them, but it is only temporary. Keep reading the message board and you will see that many of us went through the same things. It's hard to not get discouraged. Keep on doing what you are suppose to do and the lbs will fall off. I had and still have problems with going to the bathroom. Someone mentioned miralax in another thread and it has definitely helped me alot. Best wishes to you on your journey. :svengo:

Jenn, Welcome to VST and congrats on your choice to have the sleeve. I agree that the pre op diet is probably the hardest part of the whole process. So hang in there and know that things will get much better. Best wishes to you on your journey and I look forward to hearing how it's going.

Yah!! Good for you. Glad to hear everything went well.

Congrats on 40 lbs!!! I bet you will be at 50lbs in 4 weeks for sure. Isn't it great feeling like we can actually do this now?

Thanks so much. I'm so excited. What's neat is that it really isn't that hard once you have the sleeve. It's such a great tool. My whole attitude towards food has totally changed. It's such a neat feeling. Thanks again.

Good Luck on your journey. You won't regret it. It's a little difficult at first with all the adjustments, but soooooo worth it.

Thank so much Coach. This is such a fantastic tool. For the first time I feel like I won't fail at keeping the weight off. :001_tt1:

Mini, I know. Isn't that fantastic. I can tell the inches have really dropped off the last two weeks more so than the weight. I bought a pair of pants two weeks ago and they are to big today. lol

You are doing fantastic and right behind me. Thanks!!!

I hit 50 lbs lost today. wooohoooo. I'm down from a size 20/22 to 16's. I know I've lost well over 30 inches total. And...I feel fantastic!!! :lol0:

Wendy, best wishes to you. Hope everything went fantastic. Update us when you feel well enough.

HW 257 SW 235 (I better mention I lost 9.5 lbs on pre op diet) LW 189.5 CW 186 I'm losing very slowly and according to the charts...I'm one that's on target for 70% weight loss. I sure hope I can beat those odds, and lose 100% of my weight.

Lee, I know, you are right. It's just so different from what I've experienced all my life. I shouldn't complain. It just feels like such a chore to eat now. I really really have to force myself to eat, but on the positive side, that's better than eating everything in site. Hope you get to a point where you are not hungry between your meals. I know that must be difficult. Good Luck!:thumbup1:

Deb, same thing for me. Nothing taste good at all. I eat because I know I have to eat. I'm glad in a sense, but sure would be nice to eat something (anything) that tasted good.

Thanks for the suggestion Debbie. I did end up getting some of the Miralax that was mentioned on the board, and it works great! I may look for that alao vera also. Hope you are a having a great weekend.

yahoooooooooooo..congrats on 30lbs!!