Hello Fellow April 2013 Sleevers!

I had previously been using my iPhone VST app to follow the VST Support, but I missed this "Forum" until using my iPad today!!

This is the perfect Support Group I had been looking for to share in my journey to health and wellness since my sleeve date of 4/16/13.

I am nearly 4 weeks out....how's everyone doing/feeling ?

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4/15 here I'm feeling pretty good although I am still having a pulling/burning pain near my belly button. Down 32 lbs but didn't loose anything this past week (3rd week). Vowing to get my behind in gear and get walking.

4/15 here I'm feeling pretty good although I am still having a pulling/burning pain near my belly button. Down 32 lbs but didn't loose anything this past week (3rd week). Vowing to get my behind in gear and get walking.

Fantastic work on your 32 lb weight loss thus far!!

Wow! I suffered from the same "3rd Week, stall". It was 5 days in which my scale sat at 200 lbs! I have lost 25 lbs in total (stall ended today with a 3 lb loss from stall week).

That is 1/4 of my total weight-loss goal. I started out at 222 lbs, and intent to be 125 lb again!! That will put me at a BMI of 21

I am 5'4" tall.

The incision nearest my belly button is still quite tender, and that is my largest of incisions (I have 6 total... You too?)

I have a large hematoma on my left side (intra-abdominal blood clot) that is still very tender and hurts a little too much for me to wear anything that compresses that area.

Walking is great! I highly recommend walking as a boost to your endorphins! My mood and outlook on everything is sooo much better since I have been walking at least 2 miles a day since my 2nd week. Today I made it 3 miles on my fast-pace walk, but now I am literally exhausted!!

This surgery and first month has been more challenging than I was prepared for, but this challenge has helped me KNOW that there is no way I will ever go back to my former, unhealthy life-style again!

Great "meeting" you!!

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Hello April 2013 sleevers,

I'm new to this page and was sleeved the 17th im now 4 weeks out . My starting pre op weight was 250 and i am down 220.4 today . I love my sleeve .

Hello April 2013 sleevers' date='

I'm new to this page and was sleeved the 17th im now 4 weeks out . My starting pre op weight was 250 and i am down 220.4 today . I love my sleeve .[/quote']

Hi Yolanda!

We are a day apart in our surgery date. Mine was 4/16/13.

My starting pre-op weight was 222 and I am down to 197 today. Tomorrow will mark one full month for me.

I have no regrets as I really do feel soooo much better. That first two weeks were a killer for me...surgical complications kept me in the hospital for a full week and due to the complications my pain level was almost unbearable the first two weeks.

I feel pretty good now (most of the time), but I know I feel better physically and emotionally (probably due to daily exercise and endorphins flowing) than I did one month ago!

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I was sleeved 4/16/12. Excited to be one month out! 31 lbs lost so far! I don't seem to be stalling but I am not hungry at all and may be eating too little. Trying to focus on protein shakes. I feel good, I am happy with my decision. People are starting to notice my weight loss. Down one pant size, almost two. (Hopefully by the end of this week). I'm more physically active and I am seeing results for the first time in my life.

Hi Yolanda!

We are a day apart in our surgery date. Mine was 4/16/13.

My starting pre-op weight was 222 and I am down to 197 today. Tomorrow will mark one full month for me.

I have no regrets as I really do feel soooo much better. That first two weeks were a killer for me...surgical complications kept me in the hospital for a full week and due to the complications my pain level was almost unbearable the first two weeks.

I feel pretty good now (most of the time)' date=' but I know I feel better physically and emotionally (probably due to daily exercise and endorphins flowing) than I did one month ago!

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Congrts on ur recovery! Im happy for you .

Hi, I had my sleeve done on the 18th, and have lost 16.7 kg (sorry don't know pound equivalents) since then. My surgery went well other than a reaction to the opiate pain killers! I am on the soft food stage now, but have stalled in my weight loss for the past 6 days! Frustrating, have upped my walking to 35 minutes moderate walking on up and down hills and stairs. This represents a complete new start in my life, I have also separated from my husband of 10 years as he is unsupportive and moved back into my parents house with two special needs children and a toddler! Despite the changes, I am positive and excited at the new life I am building for myself and my children!

Hi' date=' I had my sleeve done on the 18th, and have lost 16.7 kg (sorry don't know pound equivalents) since then. My surgery went well other than a reaction to the opiate pain killers! I am on the soft food stage now, but have stalled in my weight loss for the past 6 days! Frustrating, have upped my walking to 35 minutes moderate walking on up and down hills and stairs. This represents a complete new start in my life, I have also separated from my husband of 10 years as he is unsupportive and moved back into my parents house with two special needs children and a toddler! Despite the changes, I am positive and excited at the new life I am building for myself and my children!

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Hi Kay! Congrats on losing the 16.7 kg--which translates to 36.7 lbs....I did the math because as a Reg Nurse I have to do pound to kg conversions on a daily basis as we do use kg weight for medication administration.

A question for you-- did your stall seem to begin around the 3rd week post-op? If so, you might be relived to know that many of us hit that 3 week stall. I did!!

Then after 5 or 6 days I was back to losing again.

Do a search on this site titled "3rd Week Stall" and you'll be surprised on how many posts there are!

Hang in there! It all gets better!

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Hi Kay! Congrats on losing the 16.7 kg--which translates to 36.7 lbs....I did the math because as a Reg Nurse I have to do pound to kg conversions on a daily basis as we do use kg weight for medication administration.

A question for you-- did your stall seem to begin around the 3rd week post-op? If so' date=' you might be relived to know that many of us hit that 3 week stall. I did!!

Then after 5 or 6 days I was back to losing again.

Do a search on this site titled "3rd Week Stall" and you'll be surprised on how many posts there are!

Hang in there! It all gets better! <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

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Thanks for the encouragement, stall started after four weeks, but I have increased my Protein intake and calorie intake and loss has started again as of yesterday!

Hi Kay! Congrats on losing the 16.7 kg--which translates to 36.7 lbs....I did the math because as a Reg Nurse I have to do pound to kg conversions on a daily basis as we do use kg weight for medication administration.

A question for you-- did your stall seem to begin around the 3rd week post-op? If so' date=' you might be relived to know that many of us hit that 3 week stall. I did!!

Then after 5 or 6 days I was back to losing again.

Do a search on this site titled "3rd Week Stall" and you'll be surprised on how many posts there are!

Hang in there! It all gets better! <img src='http://www.bariatricpal.com/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

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Considering my starting weight was 136.7kg I am feeling pretty positive so fat!

Hi everyone, I was sleeved on 4/6 and pre op wt was 266, and I'm down to 242 today, 5/26. I think I'm 7 weeks out. That seems slow to me, but admittedly, I'm not following the diet 100%. My food quantities are very low, but I'm maintaining the no alcohol, no carbonated drinks, no caffeine rule. I am feeling weak though and lack of energy.

Hi all April 2013 sleevers!

I had my surgery 4/19/13. I started at 240 and down to 213....27 lbs! My goal is 150...I'm 5'9". i had a stall too but in last 2 days down 4 lbs! was glad to see. I've tried to increase my protien to see if it helps.

I can have caffiene? and can have alcohol (just not beer). I feel great! I only had 3 incisions and all 3 have compeltely healed with no problems. Well, I do miss food! especially in social gathering...which i do a lot of

I also am a RN

Cruise bound on 7/1/13 and hoping to be below 200!!! thats 13 more lbs in a month!! hoping i can do it!

I was sleeved 4/16/12. Excited to be one month out! 31 lbs lost so far! I don't seem to be stalling but I am not hungry at all and may be eating too little. Trying to focus on Protein shakes. I feel good, I am happy with my decision. People are starting to notice my weight loss. Down one pant size, almost two. (Hopefully by the end of this week). I'm more physically active and I am seeing results for the first time in my life.

Thats awesome! I'm at 27 lbs and my surgery was 4/19

I was sleeved on April 8th... I started at 252 and now am at 217... a 35 lb. loss... YIPEE... I feel good and walk almost every day... except when it rains... lol which happened most of last weekend... I feel alot better when I get my walk in... I had 5 incisions... one for a hiatal hernia they fixed and 4 for the sleeve... they have healed well...only feel them if I stretch too much or try to do too much hard work... lol I do get tired at end of day (after a day at work)... I eat a little something and nap .. then I am ok again... lol maybe its my age... lol

I just started following this topic!! I was sleeved 4/18/13 and started weight at 320 and now I am at 268!! 52 Pounds!! My stall was around 4 weeks and lasted about 10 days, I just had to eat more and increase my exercise and it started coming off again. Great to hear from all of my fellow April Sleevers!!