pupichupi

I decided to have my small hernia repaired with my WLS as well as having my gallbladder removed. I don't want anything to get in the way of my weightloss journey.

Wow, Pup, I didn't know that you had a hernia or didn't get it removed during surgery!!! Glad that you went in and will be having the surgery. Look you made it through the first surgery and you will make it through this one as well...and just in time to miss Thanksgiving...Gobble, Gobble!

I didn't have a hernia when I had the surgery I got it from the surgery, so I have been dealing with it for about 6 months now and I talked to my doctor about it at my 6 month appt with my surgeon and he said not to worry about it at the time but now it's starting to hurt, I am actually getting my surgery moved up to the 17th so I should be ok, but I will be out of work for 2 weeks they said? So I don't know??? I am considering telling him to check out my gallbladder while he is in there doing the hernia just in case!!! So we will see!!!

thanks Michelle_rose

What does 'bust' open mean! Girl it doesn't sound good.

hey blade, yeah it doesn't does it? Yeah the incision burst open and now it's disgusting and I just have to let it heal from the inside out? I can't win?

@BladeFox I lost 3 lbs this week? I am down to 212!!! So not bad, considering I am only 37 lbs away from my goal?

Told 'jah.

@BladeFox hahaha, thanks!!! I wish it would keep going that way, I could deal with 3 lbs a week!!! lol

i knew you could do it - applause, applause!!! keep up the good job

Great job ! 75 lbs is amazing ! Keep it up !!!

You go lady!! You are rocking it!

Thanks guys, I soooo need this right now specially after this week!!!! Ready to fall down!!! Taking my running sneakers with me, and going to go on the trails they got near the house we stay in!!! CAN NOT WAIT!!!

I don't think i'll fit in your suitcase (yet)....but that sounds wonderful!

@BigGirlPanties, yeah I don't fit in my suitcase yet either, but hopefully that will happen soon!!! lol

Awesome….congrats to YOU!

Two snaps to the left!!!!

Thanks guys!!! Lol your too funny blade!!!

I have had a couple of episodes of dumping syndrome and it definitely helps keep me on the straight and narrow.

it really does, I tried ice cream once this past summer and it made me ugh gross, and so I figured it was all the sugar, and so I tried sugar free frozen yogurt and the same thing, so I am all set with that, I do sugar free Popsicles??? I think maybe it's all the cream that are in those, I can't even drink the protein shakes post surgery cause they are too creamy even when I make them with water, but I can have greek yogurt? I don't know it's strange?

Righteous!

Pictures please!

Lol, blade, I took some I just haven't gotten a chance to put them up, I will though!!!

@BladeFox I posted those pics and a couple more!!!

Lady, glad to know that you are doing fine. Now, what's up with this sleep problem?

Blade, I don't know I slept so good after surgery for like 4 days and now I am just not sleeping? I wish I knew what was going on?

try drinking some hot tea before bed it may settle your tummy and your mind,

Hey, that's cool!

Love our men! It must be a moon or something going on because I got the same thing this morning as well. He said he could see it in my feet too. Huh?! Well, maybe I had some paddles before (LOL!) Pupi, that was too cute!

Yeah he said he sees in my waste? I don't feel much different than I did a month ago, I guess a little bit, with the drop in pounds and the drop in inches a little but not that much? I know it will happen soon enough, and I am good with that surprisingly???? Man that's funny yours did the same this morning??? LOL

Wonderful!!!

yet another goal!! congrats

keep up the good work

You are doing fabulous lady! Keep up the good work - WOOT!!!

In Chicago, too, no matter where you want to go, you can't get there from here.

mine isn't roads, it's all the school work we do, and it's freaking insane this year. Plus you have to have it done by a certain time so that the kids can come back to school? It's freaking insane this year!!!

I agree in MI everything is getting work on what should take a 5 minute rides now takes 20- 30 minutes, UGG

@Cupcake I don't have a stress reliever??? I need one and wish it could be the gym but I just don't have the finances to afford the gym right now?

Pupichupi. Do you like walking , you can walk around your neighborhood or perhaps the mall, look into your community YMCA they have excercise program as low as $2.00 dollars per month. I hope this helps.

@Cupcake, Thanks I didn't know that about the YMCA? I will do that!!!

What an amazing goal to have!! Congrats.

Congrats!!!!

Thanks guys!!! I think it will motivate me more!!!

Yay!! good for you! I think thats one of the best motivators!!!

Way to go tiny butt !

Thanks!!! I was very excited and surprised. It feels so good!!!

You're welcome!!! You're a "Bariatric Warrior" now you have strength that you never realized you had before so go on and enjoy your day and shrug this off as one mission accomplished, lol!!!

Just means you're day WILL only get better! Remember, 10% is what happens to us, 90% is the way we react to it! have a great one!

Thanks Dom I never thought of it that way????

Yeah Blade that is what I think I am going to have to do, I have been doing alot of brothy soups and stuff like that since I been feeling this way so I will get back on track!!! I know there are times when I do eat, I am so used to eatting one way that I just forget to chew but I think about it after and I remember on that next bite!!! lol

It happens. Everytime, I have problems with eating, even when I'm chewing good and food just feels stuck, I will go back to soft and voila' a weight loss. You may actually reach your 50lbs by the end of the week lady!

I hope your right blade!!! I would really like that considering it is only 3 lbs that I need to loose this week to hit the 50??? LOL

Going to Cape Cod again this weekend!!! We are leaving today at 4 and I think we might stay till monday??? I took monday off??

That's nice. Where on the Cape?

Sorry Teachamy, we go to East Falmouth, though we took a drive down to P-Town this time, drove down the coast and it was awesome!!!

Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks ladies!!! I like the whole making small goals they are easier to accomplish and it makes me feel good when I hit those smaller goals. I look forward to having the end goal but the little ones in between make it easier to get to that end place I want to be.

@SherB Thanks!!!

Congrats LADY!!! You are doing it lady. I need to keep up

lol, I know you can do it!!!

lol, my girlfriend is a vegan, and she eats alot of tofu, she made it for me once and I was not about it, but to each their own, I don't hate on it, I will try anything once, well except liver!!! lol, I LOVE to cook and try new things all the time!!! I just wish buying food to try things wasn't so darn expensive!! lol

Liver is do-able, but you gotta mince it up real small and put it in something with a bold flavor, like Mexican food. I was an anorexic/anemic teenager with major B vitamin and folate deficiencies, and a Mexican neighbor made tostadas or tacos for me twice a week with the liver hidden in it. It got me well. My mother made the shoe leather fried liver crap which I could not stand.

Since being sleeved, I get extra pleasure out of experimentng in the kitchen to help me meet nutritional goals.

lol @ Miss Mac ... my mom made it the same way (but I still love it)...pork chops too...because she bought the thin cuts and cooked them like center cuts... let's just say she wasn't a very good cook...bless her

Pupi, the only way you won't reach your goal is if you stop trying! Of course weight loss gets slower the smaller you get. Focus on the basics -- if you've slipped in any areas, buckle down again. If you're staying on plan, maybe try something new like a new exercise program to help kickstart again. But, DON'T give up!!! If you're following the plan, working with your doctor and NUT, the weight just HAS to come off!

Thanks girls, I am definitely not giving up, I am just so discouraged cause I felt like I had a great week last week and would loose more than 1 lb again for the 2nd week in a row, and those are the 2 lbs I gained 2 weeks ago? So it's just frustrating?

Back up and take a look. Regroup and hit it again.

You have what it takes.

Hi Moni_0330 I as well am anxious, not so much nervous, but I think that's because I had the lapband prior to this so I pretty much know the way it goes, I might get nervous that day, but we will see. I am just really excited!!! lol, Well good luck to you too, keep me posted how your doing!!!

I originally came to the information seminar with the intention of getting the lap band. So glad I'm opting for the sleeve. Cant wait to see your progress. Dont forget to post pics!!

Moni, I definitely will as I love seeing others pictures so I am definitely going to post to show success to others who are starting out like me. I actually had the band, and I am going bypass, cause I know I am very self destructive, and if I know I can get the sleeve now and still have one more surgery to go to bypass I will do something to sabotage myself??? So going straight to the last resort. LOL

Yeah I have to up my B12, but everything else was great!!!

Funny I have to drop mine down. My B12 was double the high end of normal so now I just do the supplement every 2-3 days. Got some great tasting liquid you squirt under the tongue -- think it's Vitamin Shoppe's brand -- tastes like cinnamon.

Oh I have gummie bear B12's they are yummy!!! lol raspberry flavor, love me some raspberry!!!

you know what I did, I created a document on my computer that not only shows me how much weight I have lost but also shows the inches I have lost every month, I measure my chest, waste, hips, thigh, arm & neck, and I put it in each month and that is amazing too!!! You don't have to put it on the computer, I do because it's easier, but you could do a book on it too, and I am just so happy with my progress!!!

Rock it!

Congrats thats awesome. I made spread sheet with starting weight and measurments of certan body areas.