Are there any Australian Sleevers out there, Would Love to hear from you.

Emotional First Aid is great. There is another one called something like The First Year and it has a woman on the cover and was written by her. Look up "vertical sleeve" in books and it will come up. There is another one called Success Habits and it isn't only about the sleeve but also the other surgeries because the long term issues are similar. It's really good and there's a program you can join after to get other training' date=' though it seems to be mostly in the US.[/quote']

Thanks Misty I will check them out

How is everyone doing? I have a head cold which is no fun, but the scale is dropping like its out of style. Looks like I will have a nearly 3 kg loss this week! Then I have a colonoscopy Thursday which means liquid diet Wednesday and Thursday so I might have a good loss next week too. I'm only 6 kg from surgeon's goal, which is also the lightest my husband has ever seen me (in 2003). That puts me at the top of the Overweight range and I know I won't want to stop there. I'd like to hit that goal by the 6-month mark and I'm at 4.5 months now. As of today I'm unofficially halfway to my ultimate personal goal.

Congratulations misty-you are powering along.Good luck with the colonoscopy.

How is everyone doing? I have a head cold which is no fun' date=' but the scale is dropping like its out of style. Looks like I will have a nearly 3 kg loss this week! Then I have a colonoscopy Thursday which means liquid diet Wednesday and Thursday so I might have a good loss next week too. I'm only 6 kg from surgeon's goal, which is also the lightest my husband has ever seen me (in 2003). That puts me at the top of the Overweight range and I know I won't want to stop there. I'd like to hit that goal by the 6-month mark and I'm at 4.5 months now. As of today I'm unofficially halfway to my ultimate personal goal.[/quote']

Congratulations Misty!

How is everyone doing? I have a head cold which is no fun' date=' but the scale is dropping like its out of style. Looks like I will have a nearly 3 kg loss this week! Then I have a colonoscopy Thursday which means liquid diet Wednesday and Thursday so I might have a good loss next week too. I'm only 6 kg from surgeon's goal, which is also the lightest my husband has ever seen me (in 2003). That puts me at the top of the Overweight range and I know I won't want to stop there. I'd like to hit that goal by the 6-month mark and I'm at 4.5 months now. As of today I'm unofficially halfway to my ultimate personal goal.[/quote']

well done Misty that's an amazing achievement. Hope you feel better soon.

After reading this it made me stop and think about wether I will ever be that confident to do the same as you did? I guess I'll ask myself the same question after 70kg ha ha

You dont know what the new confident you can do. Not sure it was confidences but I did feel at ease with it, putting rumours to rest etc.

You can see all the changes people make when we feel better about ourselves

Great work Misty - I have no doubt that you will make it into the healthy weight range no problem!

Yes Aussiegirl I agree, it is often just subtle changes to your confidence that make you happy to put yourself out there. I have found that I want to go out more and things that were an effort for me are not such a mountain to climb - even simple things like driving across town to catch up with old friends. I never wanted to do that and I think it was because I didn't want them to see how much bigger I had got since that last time they saw me...now I just want to show off how much smaller I am!

OMG - on a health note - I vomited the other day after eating a pear too fast.I think it was too fibrous for me so it just couldn't go down. Anyway, for the last two days after this episode I have found it difficult to eat - kind of a burning sensation when the food hit my stomach. I was really worried I had done some serous damage..anyway I seem to have come right. The moral of the story everyone is be very careful - here I am 14 months out and I can still make that mistake!

I am still on Nexium and tried to go off it but it was just too uncomfortable so it looks like I am one of those people that will be on it for the rest of my life. A pity but not enough to ever make me have any regrets. I will also be on osmolax for the rest of my life too...opposite problem to what you have Misty.

Other than that, all good here ...still maintaining at around 60 and eating what I like..except pears!!

How is everyone doing? I have a head cold which is no fun' date=' but the scale is dropping like its out of style. Looks like I will have a nearly 3 kg loss this week! Then I have a colonoscopy Thursday which means liquid diet Wednesday and Thursday so I might have a good loss next week too. I'm only 6 kg from surgeon's goal, which is also the lightest my husband has ever seen me (in 2003). That puts me at the top of the Overweight range and I know I won't want to stop there. I'd like to hit that goal by the 6-month mark and I'm at 4.5 months now. As of today I'm unofficially halfway to my ultimate personal goal.[/quote']

Wow Misty you and a couple of others were the first experiences I started to follow and to see what you have achieved is awesome. Good luck with the test's

I ran 7.3 km in 70 minutes today!

I ran 7.3 km in 70 minutes today!

That's awesome Misty! Congrats on the weight loss.

I think I am going to b one of those people who lose slowly. I am still losing though, so I shouldn't complain. It is disheartening though.

That's awesome Misty! Congrats on the weight loss. I think I am going to b one of those people who lose slowly. I am still losing though' date=' so I shouldn't complain. It is disheartening though.[/quote']

Don't lose heart. We all go at different rates and as long as it keeps going down that's all that counts. I am a slow loser, but it took me 20 years to put on 40 kilos, so if it takes me 2 years to get it off that's ok. Hang in there.

Congrats Misty!! Well done also on the run!

Well I had my check up with my surgeon the other day. And I have now lost 28.6kgs since 20th May (pre op). 21.4kg since op 3rd June! Dr Daoud is over the moon with my weightloss. Plus all my bloods are fantastic!!

I'm feeling sooo great. Also my husband is finally coming home this weekend after 11 weeks away. I just hope he is surprised by my weightloss since we haven't seen each other lol

Congrats Misty!! Well done also on the run! Well I had my check up with my surgeon the other day. And I have now lost 28.6kgs since 20th May (pre op). 21.4kg since op 3rd June! Dr Daoud is over the moon with my weightloss. Plus all my bloods are fantastic!! I'm feeling sooo great. Also my husband is finally coming home this weekend after 11 weeks away. I just hope he is surprised by my weightloss since we haven't seen each other lol

Yeah Bec that's fantastic, your husband will be so surprised.

I hope so lol

I bet your husband will fall over with shock! Then he will jump you so be prepared!