I guess I'll be the first to post in the 50+ lbs forum. :confused1: I have about 65-70 lbs to lose (I've put on about 5 lbs since getting my VSG date! :sad0:) I know that number would only increase without the VSG, so I am happy to know my surgery date is only a week away! :confused:

Christina,

Thank you for the reply. I have made the decision to wait on the sleeve and return to my original MD rather than Dr. Almanza. No negatives, just that I trusted my original MD and now all he is going to do is remove the lapband.

I will continue to research on the sleeve and maybe in the Spring, return to Mexico and get the sleeve if I have had no luck in losing the weight on my own.

I need to get emotionally ready. Too much grief in my Life right now to undertake the weightloss journey. But I do plan on keeping myself in check by not letting myself GAIN more than 5 lbs, hopefully.

Thanks again for your input,

sara

Hello Sara, I understand. This journey is not easy. It has a huge emotional side you still have to deal with. Ooh have I been moody. I'm 5wks out and I have my good days and my bad days. I am very happy with the weight loss part. Im still having a hard time with enjoying cook outs and B-day parties and just enjoying going out to dinner with my husband. I get a little down at these times. They say it gets better. I guess time will tell. Well I hope eveything works out for you. I have A teenage daughter too and it is tuff.

Best wishes,

Christina

Christina,

Did you have the lapband or the sleeve ? Please keep in touch. Let me know how you are doing?

I get up at 2am tomorrow and fly from San francsico to San Diego, then the hospital driver picks me up at the airport. ...nervous.....about doing this alone, but I will be OK.

Oh yes, when I had the band I had a difficult time in the beginning while eating out socially. My small meal seemed to stick out like a sore thumb in comparison to everyone else was eating.

It was quite a learning experience and I think it takes some time and patience to change your lifelong eating patterns. So, go easy on yourself.

Take Care,

sara

Christina,

Did you have the lapband or the sleeve ? Please keep in touch. Let me know how you are doing?

I get up at 2am tomorrow and fly from San francsico to San Diego, then the hospital driver picks me up at the airport. ...nervous.....about doing this alone, but I will be OK.

Oh yes, when I had the band I had a difficult time in the beginning while eating out socially. My small meal seemed to stick out like a sore thumb in comparison to everyone else was eating.

It was quite a learning experience and I think it takes some time and patience to change your lifelong eating patterns. So, go easy on yourself.

Take Care,

sara

Thanks Sara, I have the sleeve. At first I was going to get the band and then I started reading all the problems people were having. I was like hell no! When I was in Mexico there was a girl who only had hers for six months and she had problems with the port already. Just six months out and she was having a revision. Anyways please keep in touch. Maybe if you start to gain weight you can do the pre-op diet off and on. Have a safe trip.

Hello I am considering having the VSG done in about 2 months and I just wanted to know how safe is the area right now I want to know if there is anyone that has had their procedure within a few weeks from today!!!:thumbup:

Just wanted to share:

I am 168 cm / 5 feet 6 inches

Weight 93 kg / 204 pounds

Would like to loose at least 60 pounds - would love to weigh 64 kilos (140 pounds). But everything under 70 kg would be paradise!

I will get sleeved late November 2010.

Living in Denmark - going for Athens to have my operation

Hi my name is Yolanda, This is my first post.. im 22 days out of my sleeve, i've lost a total of 27lbs, i lost 12lbs pre op and the rest after my sleeve, I had my sleeve on 12/13/2010 im very excited i did it, hope to get to know more of my sleeved family.

I am 5'0..and 199lbs..BMI 38.9..I am to be sleeved May 4....people keep telling me I am not big enough for this...I disagree..input?

Kimmyegg;

Who is telling you that you are not "big" enough? Insurance or family/friends?

I was "only" a 33.1 BMI and had comorbidity issues, but still insurance would not pay so I self paid. A lot of money but worth EVERY single dollar. I have no regrets and would make the same choice today.

Kimmyegg, people were telling me the same. I started with a BMI of 34/35, I had to go abroad and pay everything on my own but I am SO happy I did it. My family was annoying and against it but they have now realized that I made the best choice for my health. I have 81 lbs to lose altogether, I could have never done it on my own.

I started with 209 lbs and have to reach 128 (more or less, I count in kgs, so I was 95 and want to be 58). I am 166cm or 5'4''.

I can tell you that I am really happy with the choice I made.

I'm having a really hard time. I had my surgery May 2010 and I have only lost 40 lbs. I still want to loose at least another 40lbs but I'm having trouble sticking to my diet. I'm working out, but only 2x a week now but I'm doing a lot of yard work too. There is literally nothing that I can't eat. I was really expecting a lot more from my surgery other than just volume control, I thought I wouldn't be hungry and that I wouldn't tolerate sweets. I'm not gaining a lot of weight maybe a couple of pounds, but then It comes off. But I haven't lost any more since October. It just seems that with as little as I'm eating, and a lot less than I used to, I don't understand why I'm not loosing some, even a pound a month would be something. It's been a long plateau! Any ideas??? HELP!!

I haven't met a stall yet but in this case people normally tell you to be sure you track your food every single day. Count your calories. Do you see a nutritionist on a reguar basis?

Do you know how many calories you consume every day?

Do you know what food kills your diet? I know that, no matter how many calories I eat, if I eat carbs I can kiss my weight loss goodbye. That's me, I know it's different for everyone.

Try to remember how motivated you were right after your surgery. You have a tool that will help you stick to a diet, but you have to be on a diet...

True true, I haven't been keeping track.... being totally honest, I think I stopped about when I stopped loosing any wt, it was going so slow it was just driving me crazy. But slow is better than 0 for sure. I have been trying to get back on track, signed up for a yoga class and paid money to make sure I went, saw a nutritionist who said I wasn't eating enough. I need to start logging everything again and need a kick in the bu........ ! Thanks for responding.

I have 65 pounds to lose. I am hopping that my skin will be kind to me and bounce back like youthful skin should. Ok... I'm 38 but I can dream.

I have about 70lbs total to lose.

I have lost about 15lbs so far...

Was sleeved April 8 and I'm learning about what I can tolerate...

I can put away a lot of fluids at this point. I know I really need to monitor my carb in take.

I signed up for the Myfitnesspal.com. I have been using this to tract what I'm consuming.

I'm really not consuming all that much being so close out of surgery but I want to get in the habit.

I'm afraid that the pounds will stop coming off...

I'm having a really hard time. I had my surgery May 2010 and I have only lost 40 lbs. I still want to loose at least another 40lbs but I'm having trouble sticking to my diet. I'm working out, but only 2x a week now but I'm doing a lot of yard work too. There is literally nothing that I can't eat. I was really expecting a lot more from my surgery other than just volume control, I thought I wouldn't be hungry and that I wouldn't tolerate sweets. I'm not gaining a lot of weight maybe a couple of pounds, but then It comes off. But I haven't lost any more since October. It just seems that with as little as I'm eating, and a lot less than I used to, I don't understand why I'm not loosing some, even a pound a month would be something. It's been a long plateau! Any ideas??? HELP!!

THIS IS MY WORST FEAR....PLEASE GIVE ME AN UPDATE...CLEANED OUT SOME OF MY CLOSET..MAYBE I SHOULD NOT GIVE THEM AWAY.....