Never to soon to start! I had mine on the 11th!?? Anyone else in June yet? And how's it going?

These are pictures I took at work today. Everyone at work telling me how young I look' date=' it feels great to be 43 years old, Blood Pressure normal, no more GERD, no Sleep Apna, Acid Reflux, no ashma...Thank you Jesus. This picture was taken today...65 more lbs to go to reach my goal. This pic was taken before surgery.[/quote']

Way to go! Simply Gorg

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Update .... Work is going well with my eating. My principal had the sleeve done 2 weeks before me and we are good friends so it is nice to have someone in the building working through a similar process. Everyone in the bldg keeps calling us "skinny Minnie" the fist day back my assistant kept making me stop mid sentence and telling me " your going to have to start over because I can't even focus on anything except how great you look!" Awesome compliment !

ALSO for the first time since surgery I was able to hit my protein goal of 80 grams yesterday! It made a huge difference in how I felt AND lost 3lbs over night

surgery date 6/11/13 HW: 364lbs. SW: 335.5 CW: 299 GW: 150

Update .... Work is going well with my eating. My principal had the sleeve done 2 weeks before me and we are good friends so it is nice to have someone in the building working through a similar process. Everyone in the bldg keeps calling us "skinny Minnie" the fist day back my assistant kept making me stop mid sentence and telling me " your going to have to start over because I can't even focus on anything except how great you look!" Awesome compliment !

ALSO for the first time since surgery I was able to hit my protein goal of 80 grams yesterday! It made a huge difference in how I felt AND lost 3lbs over night

surgery date 6/11/13 HW: 364lbs. SW: 335.5 CW: 299 GW: 150

That is wonderful Sarah Beth! And Kudos for hitting your protein goal! Can you share what you did to hit it? I'm still struggling with that.

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That is wonderful Sarah Beth! And Kudos for hitting your protein goal! Can you share what you did to hit it? I'm still struggling with that.

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I don't even really know except that EVERYTHING I ate had protein And I ate more calories than my usual. If you are on MFP my screen name is saraschultz180 and my diary is open.

surgery date 6/11/13 HW: 364lbs. SW: 335.5 CW: 299 GW: 150

Is anyone else having trouble getting veggies in? I know the order is protein veggies carbs but I feel like I should be eating more veggies for some reason. Some days the only thing I have with vegetables is tomato sauce.

Is anyone else having trouble getting veggies in? I know the order is protein veggies carbs but I feel like I should be eating more veggies for some reason. Some days the only thing I have with vegetables is tomato sauce.

I was thinking the same thing. I am so focused on protein that veggies are not happening. This seems to go against everything I've been told my entire life..."gotta eat your veggies!"

Surgery: 6/26/13 HW 370 SW 331 CW 297

My weight loss has still been sluggish. I've lost 1 lb. in 2 weeks, BUT I measured my waist today and it's 1 1/2 inches smaller than it was only 7 days ago! Yay!

Is anyone else having trouble getting veggies in? I know the order is protein veggies carbs but I feel like I should be eating more veggies for some reason. Some days the only thing I have with vegetables is tomato sauce.

I usually have a salad for lunch and a v8, but, yeah, I could use more veg.

My weight loss has still been sluggish. I've lost 1 lb. in 2 weeks' date=' BUT I measured my waist today and it's 1 1/2 inches smaller than it was only 7 days ago! Yay![/quote']

AWESOME!!!!!

surgery date 6/11/13 HW: 364lbs. SW: 335.5 CW: 299 GW: 150

I'm 6 weeks out today.

Heres a few happenings:

-I have trouble meeting my water & protein goals but I'm finally down 31lbs!! I'm so happy.

-I've tried to up my physical activity but am laid up w a sprained ankle from hiking. ( I swear I can never win lol)

-Today I hobbled to the shower & hair loss is starting. It looked like Sasquatch was murdered in my shower. Lol

-I'm going to keep on keeping on!!!

Is anyone else having trouble getting veggies in? I know the order is protein veggies carbs but I feel like I should be eating more veggies for some reason. Some days the only thing I have with vegetables is tomato sauce.

I concentrate on protein at meals but try to get in veg and fruit as snacks. Or, I add protein to my veggies - now that I can eat salad I'll put 2-3 oz of meat on a half a cup of salad veg! You'd be surprised how much salad you can eat. My NUT explained it like what happens to spinach when you cook it! Shrinks down to no volume.

Report on the Ensure high protein shake: pros- doesn't smell funny, not too sweet, 25 g of protein, 5 g of sugar, 2.5 g fat, really good numbers, cons-it's big, 14 oz, so it takes some time to get down.

I can't seem to do the powders anymore so I've been searching the premades and this one and the Glucerna hunger smart ones are working for me.

Report on the Ensure high protein shake: pros- doesn't smell funny' date=' not too sweet, 25 g of protein, 5 g of sugar, 2.5 g fat, really good numbers, cons-it's big, 14 oz, so it takes some time to get down.

I can't seem to do the powders anymore so I've been searching the premades and this one and the Glucerna hunger smart ones are working for me.[/quote']

Try going to big lots if any in your area I purchased a four pk of protein shakes for $4.50 , it a few dollars cheaper than wal mart. My dr suggested getting them thrre.

So the pounds are coming off <Yippee>; so not only am I registering for a few Mud Runs (ultimate goal is Tough Mudder Challenge), but I have decided when I break the 200's I will reward myself with ziplining! I have been dying to do this & before I didn't make the weight requirement....#goals #something2strive4

So the pounds are coming off <Yippee>; so not only am I registering for a few Mud Runs (ultimate goal is Tough Mudder Challenge)' date=' but I have decided when I break the 200's I will reward myself with ziplining! I have been dying to do this & before I didn't make the weight requirement....#goals #something2strive4[/quote']

I'm thinking of doing the tough muddier too someday. It looks fun and I think someday once I lose all this excess I can do it. Zip lining! I so forgot about this, I had put that in the never able to do bin.....thanks for reminding me.