August Sleevers Check In

[Galaxy Girl 68]

@@Blessed14Life I was also sleeved on the 28th. Had no emotional issues. I have difficulty getting in my required Water and Protein. My doctor told me the first 2 weeks are the most difficult, so hang in there. Keep your eye on the goal!

[goldenyelladiva 6]

Hello fellow sleevers! I had my sleeve last Thursday August 28th. I'm still home recuperating. Still sore but nothing major. My major problem is I'm STILL HUNGRY! Like I crave eating, chewing, tasting. I can't seem to get out and start walking. Maybe because I'm still sore? I walk around my apartment & outside near my door. This is hard still a battle with food being on mind. Ugh!

[OceansideMom 16]

Hi There Goldenyelladiva,

I totally hear you....I am hungry too...not just "head hunger" but really hungery....BUT, I have a creative Protein Shake (add some yogurt) or another kind of Soup, drink some Water and think about why I am doing this...as time passes the hunger goes away and I can get thru another hour or two.

I KNOW that I cannot just have a few bites....I have to do something DIFFERENT than what I have done in the past. THIS is definitely different....maybe just knowing that you are not alone will help.

YOU have helped me, thank you. We CAN DO THIS! Let's take it an hour at a time...and then one day at a time.

[goldenyelladiva 6]

Yes we can OceansideMom!

Your words really encouraged me

[OceansideMom 16]

You are darn right we can sister....thank YOU. I have been struggling ALL my life. I weighed 235 when I was just 17 years old and have gone down, up, down, up...never, ever reaching my goal weight. I have tried everything, everything except wls....we are not in Jenny Craig or Weight Watcher zone here...this is serious stuff. We have undergone a surgery that removed 80% of an organ that we were born with...holy cow!

So with that said, we are going to stick it out and do it....time to go to bed. I don't eat when I sleep although sometimes I wish I could handcuff myself to bed. I want to sooo badly get Snacks. Now I know that it is comfort and calming I need to go to sleep and food is always the way I do this....and look where it has gotten me!

So, I am going to take a melatonin, try to get in bed and fall asleep...tomorrow we will feel better and the next day and the next.

Hang in there Golden!

[angieprks 19]

@@DownPat so my doctor gave me noth the Celebrate and Bariatric Advantage but both of them are so strong they make me terribly sick for the rest of the day. Unfortunately my doctor is very ANTI over the counter Vitamins but my best friends doc told her to get the vita fusion chewable and that's what she takes and her blood work has been coming back great. So that's what I went and got and have been taking. The celebrate was the worse for me and mixing it with food only made me sicker. You just have to keep trying different things.

[soniaJ 49]

Goldenyelladiva, I too have the same problem. I was sleeved on the 20th of august and was doing great losing weight now I haven't lost a pound in 2 days. I am stopping from weighing myself everyday that's my first mistake. But now when I'm hungry I just drink some broth and it helps. They say it gets better when you start eating solids so I have 9 more days left of these Protein Shakes. . Head hunger is the worst!

[Karen Scott 117]

Goldenyelladiva, I too have the same problem. I was sleeved on the 20th of august and was doing great losing weight now I haven't lost a pound in 2 days. I am stopping from weighing myself everyday that's my first mistake. But now when I'm hungry I just drink some broth and it helps. They say it gets better when you start eating solids so I have 9 more days left of these Protein Shakes. . Head hunger is the worst!

I should stop weighing myself too. Two weeks haven't loss anything. I am reconsidering why did I do this again? Depressed. I am on purées and can hardly eat over 500 calories but still haven't loss any more weight. I guess I am now a Debbie downer :-(

[Thinkingthinner1109 485]

You are not a Debbie downer. I am so anxious about going to the doctor today because if I don't lose it's going to send me downward to! After all we have gone thru you certainly would expect the scale to go down. Yes you probably should out the scale away too. . I was hoping to weigh more frequently so I could feel good about what I did to myself. I was losing faster on my own. Lol. I had lost nearly 60 pounds since May 31st with diet and exercise. I am trying to not be hard on myself but holy cow!

[orlando 44]

Stop paying so much attention to the scale. I know thats easier said then done. I would be a hypocrite if I say I didn't look at the scale a lot. I think we've all dieted enough to know that we're going to stall sooner or later. My weight stall came a lot sooner than I expected. I was stuck at 256 lbs for a little over a week. Even though I didn't lose a pound, I did lose size. My clothes fit looser and I had to buy another belt. Yes I was frustrated that the scale didn't move, but I knew I was doing everything right. I knew sooner or later the scale was going to move again. I also try to keep everything in perspective. This morning I weighed 252 lbs. When I got sleeved Aug. 4th I weighed 276 lbs. So even with my stall I still lost 24 lbs in a month.

[motherof5 364]

Hey guys. I am checking in at day 8 of post op. I finally ate something and felt good with it. I pureed chicken breast,spaghetti sauce and a small piece of feta and it tastes like chicken parm, it really does. I am not able to tolerate Ensure high Protein powder nor the optisource Protein Drink. Both are gas central for me. I am pushing the Water and had my hubby buy me some Powerade for flavor. I have to do half juice and half Water. Of course I have loose stool as well. It's is expected because I am not consume more fluids than anything else. I did so some work yesterday and afterwards I felt like crap. I will not overwork myself like that again. Today is definitely better.

As far as Vitamins, I am taking 2 Flintstones Complete every morning until my first pre-op visit on the 8th. I know that my surgeon told me that Centrium chewables and Vitafusion were good. Caltrate and Citracel were good for the Calcium.

In regards to the scales and weight lose. My advice is to ste p away from the scale. You are going to run yourselves nuts, I know I would. Just sit back and check out your body. Did your tummy go down? Do your legs look smaller? How about your arms? Does your bra and undies fit? These are the things that I notice all ready. I remember reading a post in another forum about a woman saying she didn't know about stalls because rarely weighed herself. Which makes sense. I would say just keep pushing it and maybe limit weigh-in to once a month. As long as you stick to your team's plan and stay on top of the Fluid, it will come off. I try to measure out no more than 1/4 cup of food. I hope this helps.

Later Losers!

[agirlnamedfrankie 69]

I should stop weighing myself too. Two weeks haven't loss anything. I am reconsidering why did I do this again? Depressed. I am on purées and can hardly eat over 500 calories but still haven't loss any more weight. I guess I am now a Debbie downer :-(

I had the same thing, two weeks with no change but I've finally gone down a few more in the last couple of days. If you check any of the stall threads, you'll see that it's super common but it's still so frustrating so early on, even if your brain knows that it's common. Hang in there, it's not forever.

[motherof5 364]

It's me again. Yeah we really have to support one another here. I know we are going through something totally strrange right now. Karen, its done. You made a very important decision for yourself and family. We just got sleeved and it will take time. Don't be depressed about something that is good for you. Tell your hubby to hide the scale, lol.

[Karen Scott 117]

It's me again. Yeah we really have to support one another here. I know we are going through something totally strrange right now. Karen, its done. You made a very important decision for yourself and family. We just got sleeved and it will take time. Don't be depressed about something that is good for you. Tell your hubby to hide the scale, lol.

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[Karen Scott 117]

It's me again. Yeah we really have to support one another here. I know we are going through something totally strrange right now. Karen, its done. You made a very important decision for yourself and family. We just got sleeved and it will take time. Don't be depressed about something that is good for you. Tell your hubby to hide the scale, lol.

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