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Anna is right! Plus, whatever you are eating or drinking do it SLOW! Give it time to hit and fill your tummy. If I eat fast I can pack it down then when it hits OMG I'm STUFFED but when I eat slow I don't eat as much! I'm six weeks out and go for my check up today!

THAT IS SO AWESOME!! I wish I would have done pictures like this!! I didn't want any before pictures!! LOL

This is something YOU have to decide! Are you ready NOW....do self pay! Will you be comfortable with Dr. Kelly? If you wait will you be TERRIFIED to go with a doctor that is not experienced with this WLS? You have to write down the pros and cons but you will only be the one that can decide! You have to be EMOTIONALLY ready for this surgery because you go through so many emotions. At least that is how it was for me....I called it the EMOTIONAL ROLLERCOASTER! LOL I can say now that I'm 6 weeks out today this is the BEST THING I've EVER done for myself!!! I had a GREAT doctor and had NO complications! You have to be COMFORTABLE and CONFIDENT with your doctor.

GOOD LUCK!!!!

OMG this is SO TRUE!!!

I'm 5 weeks out and haven't seen my youngest daughter in 4 weeks....she goes to college. She came home and said OH MY GOSH MOM you LOST A LOT OF WEIGHT...WOW I can really tell! You are looking good...I didn't think you would look that good already! LOL I wanted to say GEE THANKS but instead I did my "STRUT YOUR STUFF WALK" and gave her a BIG HUG AND KISS!!!!! I MISSED my BABY!! LOL

That was my FEEL GOOD MOMENT!!! I hope EVERYONE has a GREAT weekend.

You have to SIP SIP SIP SIP ALL DAY LONG!!!! It will get easier but at first you have to sip like every few mintues!!! I kept a bottle of Water in my hand at all times....even church!!

I was LUCKY my Doctor didn't believe in drains! No drain for me!

Girl, if you have had 5 surgeries already then this surgery will be a piece of cake! LOL I've had 8 surgeries and 1 c-section and I told the doctor this is like a mosquito bite compared to my other surgeries! He just laughed! I was scared at first too but come surgery day I was READY FOR THE NEW ME!! Honestly, the doctor told my Husband and Mom that this was the BEST THING I could have done for myself. If I WOULDN'T of had the surgery I wouldn't have LIVED LONG!! I have Visceral Fat....Fat that grows on the organs...which would have choked my heart!!! I HAD NO IDEA!! I'm THANKFUL EVERYDAY for my SLEEVE!

THINGS TO REMEMBER:

1. WALK, WALK, WALK....you have to get rid of the GAS they put in you...EVEN in your CHEST...I was so scared when I woke up because my chest heart and my Dad died of a heart attack...but then they told me it was GAS PAIN!

2. EVERYDAY gets BETTER! You REALLY do feel better everyday! My 3 day I was sore but just like after you work out the 3rd day is the worst. Then my 10th day I was sore but that was because I was DOING MORE!!

3. NO MATTER WHAT QUESTION YOU HAVE you can come to this WEBSITE and ASK!!! There is SO MUCH WISDOM on the website the people are SO HELPFUL and CARING!!!

You will do just fine! GOOD LUCK!

I'm 5 weeks out and there are 3 IMPORTANT Things to remember:

1. WALK WALK WALK....you WILL have gas pain and the more you walk the better you feel! I had gas pain in my chest and that scared me but once they told me I was OK.

2. EVERYDAY GETS BETTER!!! This is SO TRUE!!!

3. If you have ANY QUESTIONS at all you can come HERE and ASK....THERE IS SO MUCH WISDOM on this website...I HONESTLY, couldn't have done it without everyones support on here!!!! I was told there are NO SILLY questions!!!

I kept these 3 things in my head and it wasn't bad at all!!! I LOVE my SLEEVE!! Best thing I ever did for myself!!

GOOD LUCK!!! YOU will be one of us LOSERS SOON!!! LOL

I'm five weeks out and I was told between 600 and 800 right now.

Brielle, You are doing what MOST of us do...stall around the 3rd week! You body is getting use to the baby tummy you have now. You went from a lot of food to hardly no food. For me I was really bummed and I to put it out here for help. There wisdom did HELP!! Also, I started trying on clothes and was AMAZED that the ones that use to be TIGHT were getting LOOSE! How can that be?? I was losing INCHES but not pounds! Like I just wrote on another blog. I stalled at 3 weeks...I've only lost 3 pounds in the last two weeks. I'm out 5 weeks today. I'm still a little miffed on how my body is working but I'm putting on Pants that when I was 15 pounds lighter they were too tight back then but the fit now. I was going up and down so I had to STOP weighing everyday and ONLY WEIGH ONCE A WEEK! It is SO MUCH MORE CALMING at least for me. I was stressing OUT because I wanted the scale to go down everyday but it didn't and then I would get DOWN.

You body was put through alot so there are some people that have depression or emotional let downs after being put to sleep. Give your body time to heal and you will be just fine!! You took your life under control and that is a GOOD THING!! No body is too young to get HEALTHY!!

GOOD LUCK you will do just fine!!! I'm PROUD OF YOU for taking charge of your life! I wish I would have done this YEARS AGO!!!

Shaundra, I don't know about you but EVERYTIME I fly I gain weight but then it comes off after a few days. I go up and down all the time so I finally had to STAY OFF THE scale and ONLY WEIGH ONCE A WEEK. Saturday mornings are my time! Everyone is different because everyone has different weight to lose. TRUST US it will COME OFF! I'm 5 weeks out today and I hit a STALL at 3 weeks since then I'm losing 1 to 2 pounds a week. I'm OK with that because I've lost more inches. It's weird how your body works.

Hang in there you will do just fine!!!

THANKS ALL I AM ENJOYING THE ATTENTION because I didn't get it before! LOL

Tiff, Thanks I'm going to order that book. Men are SO HARD TO READ sometimes. What made me the MOST SURPRISED was he really had to put some THOUGHT into that candy box! LOL My daughter asked him last night were is the chocolate....he said I ate it...it took me three days but I finally finished it. LOL I thought to myself you poor baby it took you three Whole days....LOL....My daughter said Dad you could have shared with me! We all laughed!

So I opened my vehicle door and there sat my Valentine's card and present from my husband. He gave me a Heart Shape box of Candy....I thought HE KNOWS I CAN'T eat CHOCOLATE!!! I opened the box and all the chocolate was GONE but in the middle of the box was 1 small heart shape hard candy that said I LOVE YOU! It made me laugh so much! Then I read the card and cried...it was the SWEETEST CARD I've EVER GOTTEN!!!

Since I've been SLEEVED and that was only 5 weeks tomorrow I've noticed a BIG BIG BIG CHANGE in my husband. He is starting to show me more attention! If I mention something...and I mean just say Oh I need to go do this...HE DOES IT FOR ME! At first I just thought I was imagining things but then my daughter noticed too! He EVEN went to Church with me this past Sunday and took us out for lunch and NEVER complained!

I told him we need a work out room for all our equipment....today a new 14 X 24 Building came! Now don't get me wrong my daughters have been asking this for MONTHS..YEARS...I just finally told him last week and he ordered it! THIS NEVER HAPPENED IN THE PAST.. he would do what the girls wanted not what I wanted! I'm just in SHOCK I mean WHAT THE HECK is going ON?!?

I too have struggled ALL MY LIFE...I was even a 9 pound baby! LOL Tomorrow I will be out 5 weeks and I LOVE LOVE LOVE my SLEEVE!!!

This past week I had Wonton Soup....OH HOW I WISH I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT OF THAT during my liquid stage. IT was WONDERFUL!!!! Just drinking the broth was a treat...the FLAVOR...was OH SO GOOD!! I'm still on mushy's but I went out to eat with a friend to PF CHANGS and that is all I could think to eat. I told my friend she could have my fortune cookie. She opened hers and it said, "Today you will be with a friend and have lots of laughter"! WE were like OMG so she said I HAD to open mind and read it! My fortune cookie said, "Don't give up the beginning is alway hard, it will get better"! We were BLOWN away! LOL First time the fortune cookie spoke the truth!!! LOL We did have LOTS of laughter that day and it IS SO HARD at the beginning but it DOES GET BETTER!!!!

Olivia, I have a LOT to lose!! My Doctor let me eat 3 meals...in three days that is...before surgery....the day before ONLY CLEAR LIQUIDS!!! I gained a lot of weight over the holidays so I think that is why I lost so much the first 2 weeks. LOL

BE VERY CAREFUL NOT TO LIFT OVER 10 POUNDS!!! On my 3 week I was doing GREAT...then I FORGOT and pick up about 25 pounds and PAID for it. I was HURTING so bad I had to leave work and come home and take a pain pill and use my heating pad. I called my doctor but because of the weather they were closed for 4 days. THANK GOD it only lasted that day but I've been VERY CAREFUL since then!!! I went to a Wedding this weekend and danced two fast dances was SORE the next day! I'm STILL HEALING this far out so BE VERY CAREFUL!!

Olivia, On Tuesday I will be out 5 weeks and I've lost 42 pounds....20 pounds on my two week liquid diet before surgery and 22 since my surgery...Tuesday the 15th will be 5 weeks out....I had the Gastric Sleeve and I LOVE IT!!!

AWESOME isn't a GOOD FEELING knowing you CAN go out to EAT! I think that is what I'm MOST EXCITED about. Can't eat much but just knowing you have the option! I ALSO LOVE the way the waiter/waitress looks at me when I (THE FAT GIRL) orders off the childrens menu and then has to ask for a to go box! LOL One waiter said you didn't like your food...I told him yes I did...I'm just FULL but thank you for asking! LOL No need to tell him I had WLS! LOL This week I tried Wonton Soup and OMG I WISH I would have had some of it during my liquid STAGE it was SO SO GOOD....from P F CHANGS....took MOST of it home so I've had 3 more meals off of it!!

I get this pain if I eat too fast or too much. I wasn't about to get down 4 oz at one time the first week. SIP SIP SIP SLOWLY!! It will get better!! I have to really watch how fast I eat and the size of bites! I will be 5 weeks out on Tuesay next week! It takes time to get use to eating so slow... I was a very fast eater before!!!

I only had 1 heparin shot and that was right before I went into surgery. Now I had a massage thing on my legs when I came out but as soon as I started to walk they stopped that too.

You look GREAT!! Way to go!!!

I lost 20 pounds on my pre surgery two week diet and 20 pounds in since surgery. I'm 4 weeks out and last week I only lost a pound. I was a little upset but I'm losing more inches. PLUS, I feel if you lose it slow it will stay off FOREVER and give your skin time to tighten up some! That is how I'm looking at it!

Good Luck and we will LOSE!!!

NOT ONE REGRET!! I'm 4 weeks out and since I started my two week pre surgery diet I'm down 40 pounds. I'm starting to get a LOT of compliments and I'm still fat but it sure makes me FEEL GOOD!!!! LOL

BEFORE surgery you feel like you are on an EMOTIONAL ROLLER COASTER!! It is WORTH IT!!! I WAS SO EXCITED to have this surgery ....I needed the TOOL to help me lose, to get health!!!

When I got back to my room after surgery the FIRST thing I asked my Mom and Husband was...."DO I LOOK THINNER YET?" My Mom said OH SHE IS JUST FINE!!! LOL

GOOD LUCK and one day you will be writing NO REGRETS TOO!!!!

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