We are beginning week 4! Many of you have continued onto soft food, some of us are in puree land. How is everyone's incisions feeling? Most of mine are healed, however I have my biggest one not wanting to heal up and it still has a warm to the touch scab. Otherwise I'm quite pleased with how the others look. Better than when I had my gallbladder out!

I need to start working on supplements, I haven't really been doing that yet. I need to go through my paperwork and figure all that out. I keep forgetting to take the PPI granules in the morning. I don't have issues with acid so I seem to forget about it, but I know our sleeves are more sensitive to ulcers so I must remember tomorrow!!

Here is our group tally!

@jajmj (-13)

@devint (-21)

@Sh3iz (-16.5)

@Nicci829 (-15)

@Speeder (-10)

@lylabelle (-17)

@hrhlaurie (-16)

@SingleMom33 (-16)

@WhoKnows (-13)

@@sleevin' it in Jersey (-13)

@barbbcute (-17)

@tiredtwinmommy (-15.5)

@mrsfitzpatrick (-25)

@Monte0828 (-19)

@cnilson (-23)

@SliminDownThick (-18)

@20130527sleever (-17)

If you did not give us your Monday weight I can add it in here. Currently we are at 285 pounds lost!!

What are everyone's nutritional stats right now? With Cronometer I'm able to see my average micro and macro nutrient intake for the week. Right now my rundown is as such:

Calories: 528

Protein: 75.5g

Carbs: 12.3g

Fat: 20g

As far as micronutrients go, I'm doing ok, but I can see I need more omega6, magnesium and potassium. But I'm good on Water. Drinking hasn't been an issue.

But I've also seen a real slow in weight loss the past two weeks or so. I've only lost 16lb since surgery (I'll be four weeks out on Wednesday) and over the last two weeks it's just been 4lb. I was hoping it'd be at least 20 after four weeks, but oh well. I'll start going to the gym and building muscle in July, and I'll try to get my calories up to 700. I'd like to get in more Protein, and maybe more good fats as well.

Edited June 23, 201412 yr by WhoKnows

Monday weigh in day! I'm sooo happy to say my scale is on the move again!

HW: 315

SW: 300 (5/27)

CW: 279.9

Tomorrow is 4 weeks out and I'm down 20 lbs SINCE surgery! I went to torrid last week and for a swim suit on clearance- no biggie really but they were having a BOGO on clearance so I grabbed a pair of jeans a size smaller- thinking these will fit me one day. Out of curiosity I put them on ya home and they fit perfect! Yeah sure I has noticed some room in my old clothing but I didn't realize I was down a size already!

Hope everyone is doing well.

Do we have anymore that want to join our PRIVATE group on Facebook? there are about ten of us there and the support is really nice!

Monday checkin:

HW 309

SW 288

CW 257.4

@@Sh3iz congrats on your size down! I found the same thing by shopping in my closet lol I pulled out pants and didn't realize they were size 22 when I normally wear a 24, and I thought, why was it I wasn't wearing these regularly before? Then I realized when I saw there was no droopy butt syndrome lol. I'm going to have to go shopping for the next one because I have been at least size 22 since high school so I'm saving up and looking forward to that.

@@DSMCasey Yes nighttime is my witching hour for sure. On Saturday I was caught in a 4 hour cycle of get hungry, snack, get too full but want to go to sleep, stay up an hour to let tummy settle, once settled feels hungry, eat a snack and get too full… this happened FOUR TIMES until I said forget it, it's 1 am I'll have to go to sleep hungry. My dr's support group said to drink your Protein shakes during this time instead of giving into cravings.

@@WhoKnows

My average macros over the last week:

Calories: 786

Carbs: 51g (with a sharp decrease downward, high 70, low this weekend 30)

Protein: 75g

Fat: 29g

@@devint, maybe I need to be eating more. Our Protein is the same, but you're higher on everything else and you've lost twice as much. I'll try and get some Beans in today.

My doc said the rumbling is acid. Are you on ppi? If not I recommend one!

Today is weigh in day! Glad you all are already on it! The list at the beginning of the group will always be weight lost. Hopefully everyone gets weighed in and we can see the group progress! I have to win in tomorrow as I fly home tonight.

My Monday weigh in. I was sleeved on May 29th and am down 28 pounds since surgery day.

I'm down 16lb since surgery.

HW- 276

SW- 261

CW- 240

HW 355

SW 350

CW 318

Woohoo! Getting closer to the 50lb mark! Hope everyone is doing well. Puréed foods have done me well. No more diarrhea, and much nicer to eat! Been using my nutri bullet almost daily and it's been so great! I had one problem with eating too fast though. I went swimming with the fam on Saturday and I think I got too hungry. Threw up a tiny bit, but was fine after that. It's a learning process, so that was my time lol.

Happy Monday ya'll!!

Devint - how tall are you?

HW 334

SW 318

CW 298

20 down 36 in all

Sw 256

Cw 234

Start weight 189

Surgery weight 183

Current weight 166

Start weight 243
Surgery weight 235
Current weight 217

so 26 total / 18 since surgery

NSVs so far:

-fit in my car & work chair better

-my body/knees don't hurt as much from moving around