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Any February 2014 Sleevers?

honeyg317

By honeyg317, in Gastric Sleeve Surgery Forums

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Sarahjane79    397

Sarahjane79
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I'm thinking finally having a period is helping me along. I've got some true poop rumblies going on in my abdominal area. I'm hoping for some poops when I get home from school.

;) I love that we're all in in the same situation and cam talk about poop!

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LindseyHeth    44

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I just finished my first post op Insanity workout! I feel awesome! It felt so great to push myself that hard again! One thing I did notice though, my compression capris and top don't compress like they used to! I guess that's a good problem to have! How is everyone doing? What do you do to exercise?

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Darianna75    131

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I just mucked 4 horse stalls for the first time since surgery!! I'm tired lol

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LindseyHeth    44

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Lol! That's a tough workout!

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SuperFab    689

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I just finished my first post op Insanity workout! I feel awesome! It felt so great to push myself that hard again! One thing I did notice though, my compression capris and top don't compress like they used to! I guess that's a good problem to have! How is everyone doing? What do you do to exercise?

Won't be cleared to do anything but walk until Thursday. I'm going to add in beginners yoga and the elliptical.

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AuntieLala83    81

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5 weeks out today... Just started exercising. Walked a mile and a half and burned 200 calories.. I'm only eating about 700 so burning 200 works for me. Down 27 lbs since surgery and 42 lbs total!!

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gastricsleever    259

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Threw up today for the first time. Need to find some new Multi Vitamins. Any recommendations. I bought the chewables from Bariatric Advantage. Instantly nausea. No bueno.

Make sure u take them with food. I've found that all bariatric Vitamins make me sick. I bought Centrum flavor bursts. They taste great and I don't get sick from them.

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gastricsleever    259

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I had surgery on 2/10. I am loosing so slowly. I am discouraged. I lost 21 lbs before surgery and 27 since my sleeve. I have been so lucky that I have never had pain, gas or nausea. The only thing is that I am still so tired. I take a nap almost every day! My husband is the only one that has even mentioned that he can tell I'm loosing weight. I have been able to get into a couple of pairs of jeans that I couldn't before but I guess I am just impatient! I want to be able to go into Old Navy too!!!

I'm a slow loser too. I had surgery 2/17 and have only lost 20 since then (lost 30 pre-op). But I just keep pluggin away. Was in size 22-24 clothes, 2x and now I'm fitting into 18s and XL.

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Sboulie    90

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Wow. You look great!! Looks like slow and steady wins the race. Keep up the great work

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gastricsleever    259

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Wow. You look great!! Looks like slow and steady wins the race. Keep up the great work

Thanks... My brain still doesn't recognize the loss. I always text my mom and say "is this what I actually look like or is the mirror making me look thinner than I am?" Hard to comprehend sometimes!

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moite1    14

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Thanks... My brain still doesn't recognize the loss. I always text my mom and say "is this what I actually look like or is the mirror making me look thinner than I am?" Hard to comprehend sometimes!

I can relate. I am super happy about my weightloss so far 37 total (27lbs post op) , but I am still trying to adjust to my new reflection. Everyone who has seen me, has told me I look great, but until I get used to it in my head I just feel a little in limbo. I guess like everything else, it'll take time to get used to it. The problem is that we will continue to lose weight so by the time you adjust the one image in your head of what your size is, you will be much smaller. BTW, For the first time since my surgery 2/28, I tried on the clothes I put away because they were too tight. All of them were super loose! I don't know what anyone else is doing, but I refuse to buy any new clothing. I feel like its a waste. Not sure how the summer is going to go. Guess I will be wearing baggy clothes. LOL but y'all wish me luck.

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Nadine13    0

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Hi everyone! My surgery was 2/26, 6 weeks out today. I only lost 13 pounds so far and I am not able to meet either Water or Protein requirement. I was a low BMI with heart disease & severe high blood pressure.. I am so discouraged right now, any advise??

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Jencovi    261

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Question: has anyone read a book about life after surgery? Any recommendations?

There's one my program suggests and I think it's called the emotional first aid kit: life after weight loss surgery. You can get it on Amazon.

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