Hey everyone! Just started this thread for the post op octosleevers of 2012. I had my surgery yesterday and all is well. Gas pain is terrible but I've been walking around. Full fluid dinner tonight. Sippin on my oh, cream soup and pudding. They saline locked my IV, catheter is out and I love walking around. Nausea and pain are so far under control. I'm giving myself 3 hours to finish this meal

How is everybody doing? Just curious to see how my other October sleevers are progressing. Any challenges? Any NSVs? What are you eating?

I was sleeved 10/11/12

Starting Weight 278

Day of Surgery 273

(Weigh day tomorrow) - as of last week down 33 pounds 245

I am eating 3 meals (2 ounces of protein and a bit of other stuff, one shake per day) and some days one snack, some days two snacks (a cheese stick or an ounce of turkey pepperoni)

I am watching my carbs but not really concerned with my fat. Average about 60 grams protein a day and low 600 calories. Carbs are usually in the 20 - 30 gram range.

What about you?

I was sleeved 10/1 starting weight 266.6, day of 256, 3 days after surgery 263, today 234.6. Total lost 32lbs. I feel like I am a slow looser. I keep reminding myself of the average weight loss....but still is frustrating. I am a stair step looser. I do not lose for like 7 to 10 days then I drop 2 to 3 lbs. It is highly irritating! I don't even call them stalls. I just chalk it up to the way I lose.

Sleeved 10/22/12

SW 302 lbs

DOS 278 lb

Today 250 lbs

Slow and steady wins the race ...at least I keep telling myself that.

Sleeved 10/10

SW 268

DOS 246

CW 217

51 down so far :-) I am feeling great! So thankful to not feel hungry all the time... I mainly focus on getting my protein (trying to not drink protein drinks any more Bleh!) and water in and staying under 800 calories...

SW 293

DOS 280

CW 236

Sleeved oct 1

Yolo

Sleeved 10/25

DOS 300

Today 269

Down 31 lbs

50/F...5'10"

Now on soft foods stage for 3 wks. Stressful!!! Honestly was so much easier just doing shakes and liquids. Now, making decisions, trying to get prot and fluids is so difficult. Back trouble so walking a bit but no real exercises. I hoped i'd lost more by now, too.

10/3-preop day weight 251

10/22-surgery day weight 241

11/27- current weight 220!!!

I haven't had any problems with any foods although i feel like i eat all the time... Thanksgiving was a wonderful treat i tried a little bit of everything and was absolutely overwhelmed with how much food everyone around me was eating!!

I am Fixing to begin my work out routine i am rather nervous about this but hitting it head on!!!

Sleeved 10/25

DOS 300

Today 269

Down 31 lbs

50/F...5'10"

Now on soft foods stage for 3 wks. Stressful!!! Honestly was so much easier just doing shakes and liquids. Now, making decisions, trying to get prot and fluids is so difficult. Back trouble so walking a bit but no real exercises. I hoped i'd lost more by now, too.

Once you get to "real" food it gets a bit easier. I find that I have my go-to foods for break lunch and Snacks and then dinner is the variable. It takes a lot of that stress of deciding what to have out.

Today was my weigh in day and I lost NOTHING this week. Boo! I know I am getting my period any day now and that always messes me up but it really is a bummer. I only walked once or twice last week so I am sure that contributed to the stall. But with only 600 or so calories a day it is annoying - although I don't feel deprived, but I am just being impatient.

On the bright side, I feel so much better and have so much more energy already, so have to remember the positive things!

SW: 326

DOS: 313

CW: 280

Down 46lbs!!!

Surgery 10/16

HW = 256.8

DOS = 247

CW = 225

Down 31 lbs!

Suregery date = 10/30

SW: 235

DOS: 217

CW: 202

33lbs lost

Sleeved 10/15

SW:300

DOS:267

CW:236

64 lbs gone and living every bit of it!! I do get stalls but then I lose like 3-4 lbs!!!! still loosing though!

SW-288

DOS-283

CW-256

Total lost-32

Sleeve Date-10/16/12

I need to start exercising more!

I started the preop diet on October 1 (235 lbs), was sleeved on October 15 (217 lbs)...currently I'm 202.

I've been EXTREMELY frustrated...and stupidly have been getting on the scale daily...which I know is a no no....but I still do it...and when it fluctuates and goes UP, I feel like the surgery didn't work, I'm a failure and old sabatoge thoughts enter again. I'm never going to cross into the 100's. I was feeling like it wasn't working for me...Since October 1, I was thinking "only 33 pounds".

A friend pointed out something that was eye opening to me...I had been carrying around the equivelent of a 5 year old child!!!!!!!!!! So now when I see a young kid on the street, I remember I lost the equivalant! That's HUGE!

And recently, I found a pair of jeans, size 14, that I fit into over 10 years ago (prior to the surgery, I was a size 20). The zipper was broken...which I obviously broke the day I realized they didn't fit me anymore. I dont' know why I've kept them all these years but there they were. I told myself to take them to a tailor to fix the zipper. I picked them up but certainly didn't try them on. No way would they fit...

Today is Friday. Casual day at work. I looked into the closet for a pair of jeans...and there they were, still in the cleaner plastic. I laughed to myself...because this morning, my scale said I had gained 2 pounds, and to punish myself, I decided to attempt to put the jeans on...so I could go back to the "failure" mode....

Guess what? I'm sure you know...THEY FIT! THEY CLOSED!! I completely did the Julie Andrews on top of a hill spin. My dogs started barking at me...I had the biggest **** eating grin on my face.

Lesson learned...just because the scale isn't saying it, the inches lost say it loud and clear!

It's a great day today.

:-)