thinoneday

And what have i been saying all this time about the scales?????????

Welcome Tracy and most of all Congratulations for your choice!!! You won't be disappointed. . . I'm 9 weeks out now and when i was 7 weeks out i weighed in at the doctor and had lost 53 lbs. . . do you know how exciting that is??? . . . i go back March 16th to weigh in and a appt. . . i won't have lost that much but anything will be better then gaining. . . in the beginning for about 1 week i really hated this sleeve . . . but after you 'learn' what to do and go according to doctor orders you will be really happy with it, there are bad days and good, but there is nothing as great as the feeling when you get on that scale and see your loss and put on clothes that haven't fit in a long time! Good luck with your journey and may all the blessings be with you!

Sleeve, I take a whole mess of vitamins. . . 2 calcium, 2 vitabands, 1 iron, 1 biotin, 2 B12, and once a week a RX vitamin D. . . ugh. . .

You go girl! You are not a quitter! You are a strong woman! You can overcome this obsticle. . .

I used to love coffee, but now after the surgery I can't stomach coffee at all, not even decaf. . . tea works better for me. . .

yippee!!!!!!!!!!! Doing the happy dance like Midwest's banana!

Fantastic Job!!!!

Pennie, I am out now going on 9 weeks, I still only manage about 500-600 calories a day. . . I like it, I am not suffering, all my labs have been normal, and I just don't worry about it at all. . . apparently your tummy is still swollen and just can't take in alot of calories for now. . . just go with the flow and it'll get better . . . good luck!

Sorry this is happening to you nikki

Isn't that a bit too much carbs? I'm major afraid of carbs at this point. . .

I started off with a bmi of 44 or so, i'm down to 38 now within 7 weeks with a total lose of 53 lbs in 7 weeks. . not too shabby. . . weigh in again on march 16th. . .

why would you cut your hair? I have really long hair (to my butt and I'm 6 foot tall) there is no way i'm cutting it, what is to be is to be. . .that is how i look at it, plus with more hair, you can do neat things to hide the thinning. . . good luck

Kim, you will be ok, these are all normal feelings. . I had those too, but just remember that you are doing this because you want to feel better about yourself. . .i'm glad you realized that in reality you can't lose weight by yourself, otherwise you wouldn't be here. . .it's a scary thing, surgery is. . . this was my 18th major surgery in my life (I'm 48 years old) in the beginning i really hated the sleeve and wished i'd never done it. . . that lasted for 1 1/2 weeks until i weighed in and saw i lost 32 lbs! I though "huh this is working" then i just clicked along, following doctor orders and doing what i do daily . . . at my 7th week out and doctor visit, i nearly fell off the scale when i saw i had lost 53 LBS!!!!!!!!!!! I was elated. . . I was on cloud 9 for the rest of the day. . . now i'm going on week 9, my next weigh in is on March 16th, I have gone from size 4X to 1-2X depending on the maker, you know how exciting that is??? It's more fun then eating! You'll be ok and soon you will be glorifing your results and joys right here along with us. . . soon you will be giving pep talks to others too. . . telling them not too worry and just walk, sip, and do what they should be doing. . . you can do this girl! We have, you can too. . . . best of luck in your journey.

Thank you for your words of encouragement Rose! This sleeve thing is a wonderful thing if you let it be one. . you are so right about the emotional rollercoaster it puts you on, but like i said to everyone before, we knew what we were getting into so now there is no turning back. . we must accept it, and there is nothing as sweet as the taste of thin. . .

Let me know how you like it ok?

Loser, you can get prilosec over the counter. . might want to try it???? Your insurance is being ?????

Cajun, I love your philosophy! I so believe in the "what goes around, comes around" theory . . . The majority of the time i treat people how i would like to be treated, especially the elderly, I love elderly folks, even the onery ones. . . one time I came into a elderly patient's room and smiled at him and said "good morning" . . . he looked at me and grumped " Why you so happy, what you smiling at" I just looked at him and said " I smile for those who can not" . . . that poor man, began to cry, I sat with him and held his hand, he told me no one had ever said something so nice to him before . . . you know that patient never gave me a hard time after that, i would catch him walking the halls and he'd wave and wink . . .the other nurses always asked how did you get mr . . . to be so nice? I never shared my story with anyone except y'all. . . thanks for listening. . .

I would like to share a funny story with y'all about "new tummy". . . she is like a onery child. . .you know the type that hates vegatables and spits them out . . . yeah like that. . . day before yesterday i had a small amount of chicken and green peas . . after a bit, up crawled the peas, but not the chicken. . . last night i had talipia with carrots, up crawled the carrots but not the fish. . . go figure! New Tummy hates vegatables EXCEPT for brusselsprouts and asparagus. . . ??????????????????? Silly thing. . . anyone else have a kid for a tummy???? She also LOVES PB just like a kid! hehehe

Definately chapstick! Your lips will be soooooo dry! loose baggy clothes for comfort and lots of happiness and positivity! Make sure you do alot of walking of the halls, no matter how ouchy you feel, you walk those halls. . . and try to sip the stuff they give you. . . you don't have to finish any of it, but sip abit here and there. . (it's good for you) but walk!!!!!! Can't stress that enough! Oh and did I say WALK! hehehe

Lan, hi hon, the PB with flaxseed is sold at Walmart. It's called Naturally More and is a bit on the pricey side. $4 - $5 for a small jar. But it's 10grams Protein and low sugar, low fat. . . very good for you. . I LOVE flaxseeds, taste like seseme seeds. . So anyhow I have Bariatric Advantage chocolate Protein Shake , I take 1 scoop of the Protein powder, 1/4 tsp of the flaxseed PB, and 8 oz skim 0% milk, shake it up and yummmm yummm its so good. . .never miss a morning without it! tastes like a reeses pieces . . .total morning calories 200, total protein about 42!

Some nurses are so stupid. . (i'm definately NOT one of those, I was trained differently), but a trained nurse, even if they are a student, to panic at the sight of blood?? They should not do that and upset the patient. . .I'm so sorry that happened to you! But am really glad they fixed it. .

Yahoo! Anna is going to be a sleeve sister with us y'all!!!!!! Yippee for Anna! Doing the happy dance!!!!

It's depressing isn't it? That was my exact question when I was 4 weeks out like you. . Tiffy encouraged me telling me it was only temporary and after a while it does get better. . . I'm 8 weeks out today and still experience that problem. . .i can only take 4 swallows of water before i get that knot feeling and i can only eat 2-3 oz of food and if i push 1 more piece in, I get that sliming thing. . . but i look at it this way, it's better then obesity any day. . . we wanted to be thin, did the drastic thing and now we need to accept what we've done cause there ain't any turning back. . . hang in there, hopefully soon things will get better. . . once your cleared for foods hopefully you'll do better.

I chew gum always. . . no problems here other then the occasional bite on the cheek. . .

As a fat girl, I own all the sizes in the world. . .from 4XL to Medium. . . I never give clothes away especially if they are nice clothes. . . so for me, my motivation is getting down to the medium whatevers. . .I tried on my daughters skort last night and it fit snuggly:rolleyes:. . . looked major cute! Even hubbie gave me the dead dear eyes! it was hilarous! I major hate shopping for clothes, so having all of these is great, I have literally 4 closets full of clothes.:ohmy: