? Many people from the forum told me to focus on non-scale related victories. I tried to think about this a lot this week. I have found several: my belt is now in the 3rd hole instead of the 1st; the constant aches and pains that I use to experience in the morning when I first got out of bed are gone; and my butt seems to be slowly but surely ?falling off? ? haha☺ I can tell by the way my pants are fitting!:sad0:

? I have a little bit more energy this week. I am trying to go walking as soon as I get home from work so that I don?t just collapse on the couch. This is working well for me physically and mentally.

? I am definitely feeling better about myself. Instead of ?looking past? myself when I look in the mirror, I actually like the changes that I am seeing.

? I researched and found a WLS support group nearby that I am going to try next week. I am looking forward to this.

? The trigger food issues that I had before being sleeved are still a problem. I got so excited about being able to eat macaroni and cheese this week that I overate. This resulted in several hours of a really uncomfortable, disgusting feeling. I knew I was full, but I just kept eating. Later in the week, I made sure to portion out my serving, which helped tremendously. I keep saying to myself, ?The sleeve is a tool, and you have to know how to use tools. It is not a magic fix!?

? After taking some advice from people last week, I made sure to involve myself more in social situations where food is present. I went prepared with the things that I can have. This has done wonders for my attitude and I now feel less isolated. Because I did this several times this week, amazingly enough it did get a little bit easier each time.

? Pre-op Diet 3 weeks - 20 lbs.

? Week 1 sleeved - 8 lbs.

? Week 2 sleeved ? 2 lbs.

? Week 3 sleeved ? 4lbs.

You almost made me tear up! Yay!!!! I am glad that your are reaching out and trying the things that work for you, and that will bring you success. There is a lot of learning to be done, but knowing that each day you can learn a little bit better how to be successful is comforting to me. I don't know if it would help you, but in the baby supply isle at walmart they have these smaller tupperware type containers called take and toss, and they fit 2 oz of whatever really well, so when you do have to take food with you and you open that lid it doesn't feel like you are looking in and seeing an empty containter! Those helped me and then when I made ground turkey I was able to divy it up into several containers.

Thanks for sharing your updates!

I'm scheduled for June and going out with my friends (which always revolves around food) has me very nervous already! I am just thankful that I will have time to adjust before college football season, b/c we party every weekend then! I know in the beginning I am going to have to make myself still go out and have a plan and stick to it.

You are doing great! I can;t wait to be able to write my post op experience.

Edited April 25, 201016 yr by nsalex75

Great attitude and advice for those having surgery after you or struggling with any of those issues now!

Congrats on your progress!