sleevegenie

I think the reason we lose weight is because we force the body to use all the stored fat it has to live our daily lives. That's why its so important that we feed the body what the fat we burn doesn't have, which is protein. I hear you though on the number of calories once we achieve our normal weight. I just found a series on youtube called supersize vs superskinny and they have a large person and a very small person move in together for a week. They have to eat the other person's food for a week. I found this facinating. The thing that got me is these anorexic people they said ate 1700 cals a day and i can't believe it because they ate nothing. I can't imagine how they could live on so little food. So I'm confused by that as well. I think it has changed me somehow tho, for the better ) jeani

Congratulations, i think 550 calories is too low, your body will think you are starving and hold on to your weight as self preservation. I have the opposite problem, i eat too much. I very recently , well 3 months ago, lost my best friend of 30 yrs and went into a big depression and was eating way too much and stayed stuck around 180, very frustrating, even tho completely my own fault. So i decided to get back in the game, since i still need to lose another 20-30 lbs and thankfully am down to 170. So the scale is moving again and i'm very happy about that. I have always been able to eat a lot more than most people say they can and i believe i have a bigger sleeve. But it is what it is and we have to work with what we have to work with. My biggest challenge now seems to be making myself exercise. I walk twice a day at work 15-20 mins. but really need to up that, i have nearly every exercise dvd know to man, the problem is buying them isn't enough, evidently you have to actually do the exercises if you want to see results, so that is where i am trying to concentrate now. I wish you every success. I'm so happy that things are moving again for you too. Good luck, jeani

Yeah, so happy for you. Remember to get up and walk, sip, rest and repeat. You are gonna do fine. Congratulations, your life is gonna get very exciting, take care jeani

thanks so much, best thing i ever did, you're doing great too, what a gift this is, yah for all of us, we rock !!

what you have done is made a very courageous choice to improve the quality of your life. Good for you. I'm almost 4 months out, down 54 lbs with 46 to go and i couldn't be happier. You will feel the same soon, i promise. Its all very emotional at first, hormones flying all over the place, your body is in shock from the anethesia and the surgery so all perfectly normal. Just get thru the first month and you'll be so glad you did this. Take care and rest, it really helps. Best of luck jeani

i have a couple of cups of coffee every day,, love it, never had any issues, my nut said it was ok to have a cup and eventually a couple of cups so i do, jeani

its sad that you had to be subjected to that. so many people have not heard about the sleeve, or even if they have heard they have no idea what it involves. my sister freaked out when i mentioned i was considering it. everyone has heard so many horror stories from back in the day when they first started doing the bypass, hopefully you didn't let it spoil your evening, you have made a wonderful choice and will be so much healthier and happier. Take care jeani

I won my appeal with Anthem Blue cross if you belong to Obesity help you can look at my letter on my profile page, same name on that site as this, good luck to you jeani

ooh, i had a really easy time of it, but no way would i have been able to do a little girls sleepover, no way, You will just have had major surgery, you will need to give yourself time to heal, you will be tired and struggling with drinking your liquids, i wouldn't have tried anything like that, best of luck whatever you decide, could you change the date? either before or after. I think that will be very stressful and you need to rest and heal. Take care jeani

welcome and congratulations on making such a smart decision. You are so young and this is the perfect time to take control of your life. I'm very proud of you. I'm 60 and got my sleeve 15 weeks ago and couldn't be happier. This is the best decision i have ever made and i LOVE MY SLEEVE, you will also. This is truly is a life changing for the better choice and i applaud you. You will love your new life and the new you and a great future, God Bless and keep us posted on your progress, all the best jeani

i too had bad gas pains, its from the gas they put inside you during surgery so they can move around in there, for that reason its not really gas like we think of it and walking is the only thing that helped me the gas x did nothing. However i have read posts that said a heating pad helped?? it was too late for me to try as i was passed that point when i read this but maybe it will help you. I hope you feel better soon.

It really is the truth, this is the best thing you can do to really have a different future, the difference in your health, your weight, such a difference its a miracle really. I certainly couldn't do it with out this. its major surgery so you might feel like caca for the first couple of weeks, it does get better every day a little, you have to let yourself heal and have faith this is the right thing for you as it has been for so many of us, best of luck to you, i'll be thinking of you youll do great, walk, sip rest, jeani

Determined one, my friend, man o man you're so close its gonna happen so it is what it is, mine was a trip too,.... lots of them are, ...... you're there and it will happen on the day its supposed to happen...... and i'm so happy for you, its very frustrating at times and emotions are high, try to accept this great gift when it works out being, so close yah!! you'll be crossing over to this side, yeah can't wait, your spot on the bench is just waiting for you , you've come this far, its close we'll be celebrating your new sleeve soon, take care let us know, sorry if i'm rambling :thumbup:)