2014 is off to a great start for myself and Felipe (my sleeve).... -23lbs down since 12/7/13....... I fit into a size 16 jeans for the first time in 15 years :-)....,

****Yes Felipe....we have had our moments and will continue to grow in love in trust....but you can stay*****

How is everyone else doing today????

Sheldon

So cute you named your sleeve!

I loved that you named your sleeve! Jelly (my sleeve) and I are having a good start to the new year!

I loved that you named your sleeve! Jelly (my sleeve) and I are having a good start to the new year!

Excellent......Felipe needs a friend....lol.....

Nice to meet Jelly! Super Cute name!

Shelby

So cute you named your sleeve!

Girl....she's a mess.....lol

Love the name!

Wonderful start to 2014. So grateful to have had my VSG. I have never felt so good! Still trying to think of a catchy name for my sleeve.

Happy new year all! Sheldon you have inspired me to come up with a name for mine, thank you! I was sleeved on 12/9 and love this forum, it had been so helpful!

Happy new year all! Sheldon you have inspired me to come up with a name for mine, thank you! I was sleeved on 12/9 and love this forum, it had been so helpful!

Awesome...I feel like I can deal with and cope better with this change by accepting that my sleeve will be temperamental and that I have to completely re-learn a part of my body that i knew so well....reminds me of being pregnant with twins and not knowing what had taken over me...lol

Let me know when you name yours too, Felipe needs as many friends as she can find..

Shelby

Wow I never thought about naming my sleeve. I will have to think about coming up with a name for him/her. Since i'm a guy I guess I would have to name it a masculine gender? All I know is my sleeve has been very good to me. I am so thankful that I was lucky in that I have had very little complications and the surgery and recovery and my journey has been so wonderful. I hope that for the new year it is the same for you all. Now to come up with a name??????

Hello Everyone, Happy New Year! I have named my pouch Lovey because I am treating her like a newborn baby. This helps me to not force her to eat more than is comfortable. Also, with newborns, you have a period of adjustment and you learn by trial and error. This visual has helped me. Today is a snow day for me so I think I will look through my cookbooks and discover a couple of new Protein rich recipes to try this month. Have a great day!

Happy new year all! Sheldon you have inspired me to come up with a name for mine, thank you! I was sleeved on 12/9 and love this forum, it had been so helpful!

Awesome...I feel like I can deal with and cope better with this change by accepting that my sleeve will be temperamental and that I have to completely re-learn a part of my body that i knew so well....reminds me of being pregnant with twins and not knowing what had taken over me...lol

Let me know when you name yours too, Felipe needs as many friends as she can find..

Shelby

Thats the ticket! I think naming the sleeve helps us remember that it is 'different', a whole new, very temperamental part of the body. Sometimes you might not even understand what's going on, but I just chalk it up to Jelly being a DIVA. One of my friends named her sleeve Wicked. Wicked don't let her do ANYTHING bad. LOL. He just won't tolerate it!

Wow I never thought about naming my sleeve. I will have to think about coming up with a name for him/her. Since i'm a guy I guess I would have to name it a masculine gender? All I know is my sleeve has been very good to me. I am so thankful that I was lucky in that I have had very little complications and the surgery and recovery and my journey has been so wonderful. I hope that for the new year it is the same for you all. Now to come up with a name??????

Haha...no...it doesn't have to be a boy.....whatever fits its personality.....that was my criterion....:-)

Everyone told me early on that the new tummy would be temperamental so i knew she was getting a name....shes actually named after the horse in the movie "beauty and the beast," - we can help you come up with a name...its fun :-)

Shelby

Hello Everyone, Happy New Year! I have named my pouch Lovey because I am treating her like a newborn baby. This helps me to not force her to eat more than is comfortable. Also, with newborns, you have a period of adjustment and you learn by trial and error. This visual has helped me. Today is a snow day for me so I think I will look through my cookbooks and discover a couple of new Protein rich recipes to try this month. Have a great day!

Totally! A newborn.....

Welcome Home "Lovey"

Shelby

Thats the ticket! I think naming the sleeve helps us remember that it is 'different', a whole new, very temperamental part of the body. Sometimes you might not even understand what's going on, but I just chalk it up to Jelly being a DIVA. One of my friends named her sleeve Wicked. Wicked don't let her do ANYTHING bad. LOL. He just won't tolerate it!

A diva....cracking up....lol...soooooo true!