We are beginning week 6! We count surgery week as week 1 so everyone should be completing their 5th week of their brand new tummy!

I've been traveling a lot the last few weeks and it is a HUGE eye opener to how little I can eat now. I survived a buffet by having a few bites of some different things, and paid for far too much money for meals that I couldn't take home leftovers and it looks like I didn't eat a thing off the plate. I think one of the hard things for me is that a plate of food comes and it looks so good and I want to devour it! I get slightly depressed I'll only get to enjoy a few bites. Yet after about 1/4 cup I'm stuffed and full and push the plate away and don't want another bite, which is AWESOME!! I'm assuming the odd depression right when the plate comes out will pass. At least when I'm at home I can box the left overs right away and then it might not seem so bad. I never thought much about the money being saved on food, but holy cow its gotta be a ton.

So I'm curious... how many are sticking to super low carb, vs those who are just watching calories/letting restriction do its job.

How many are working out a ton and how many are waiting?

Whats your favorite meal at this point?

And I'd like to continue habsi's question; what pills/multivitamins is everyone taking daily?

devint I loved your idea for putting up averages etc!! I've added mine and included those who weighed in last week. Hopefully we can get everyone to weigh in Monday or Tuesday next week and see our numbers skyrocket!

We are beginning week 6! We count surgery week as week 1 so everyone should be completing their 5th week of their brand new tummy!

I've been traveling a lot the last few weeks and it is a HUGE eye opener to how little I can eat now. I survived a buffet by having a few bites of some different things, and paid for far too much money for meals that I couldn't take home leftovers and it looks like I didn't eat a thing off the plate. I think one of the hard things for me is that a plate of food comes and it looks so good and I want to devour it! I get slightly depressed I'll only get to enjoy a few bites. Yet after about 1/4 cup I'm stuffed and full and push the plate away and don't want another bite, which is AWESOME!! I'm assuming the odd depression right when the plate comes out will pass. At least when I'm at home I can box the left overs right away and then it might not seem so bad. I never thought much about the money being saved on food, but holy cow its gotta be a ton.

So I'm curious... how many are sticking to super low carb, vs those who are just watching calories/letting restriction do its job.

How many are working out a ton and how many are waiting?

Whats your favorite meal at this point?

And I'd like to continue habsi's question; what pills/multivitamins is everyone taking daily?

devint I loved your idea for putting up averages etc!! I've added mine and included those who weighed in last week. Hopefully we can get everyone to weigh in Monday or Tuesday next week and see our numbers skyrocket!

Current WEIGHT LOST - 660!!

Average of those who did this weeks weigh in - 26lbs

Sorry the formatting didn't stay... The numbers are SW CW Weight Lost

alxmak1021 289 270 19

devint 288 254 34

WhoKnows 252 233 19

Nicci829 318 298 20

kungfuaaron 296 266.6 29.4

par1959 344 298 46

habsi 240 213.6 26.4

mrsfitzpatrick 350 313 37

hrhlaurie 250 230 20

tiredtwinmommy 183 163 20

cnilson 250 222 28

Krystal0528 290 263 27

bella328i 278 250 28

Monte0828 204 181.4 22.6

SingleMom33 261 238 23

lylabelle 260 235.6 24.4

I checked signatures to try to get updated numbers of these.

jajmj 13

Sh3iz 300 279 21

DsmCasey 360 320 40

DonnaM75 284 253.5 30.5

LookingforMe 256 236 20

Skinnyana 225 211 14

SlimDownThick 256 234 22

barbcute 235 217 18

TaylorR 358 330 28

TXGALINAR 284 253.5 30.5

Something strange happened, but in a very nice way. I think i am getting a nice xmas gift.

I was hoping to have lost 100lbs by x-mas or even better be under the 200lbs mark. But with the stall the chances of that happening was getting very slim. However since monday i have been losing about a pound a day, which for me is not quite normal. Normally i lose one but the next day nothing and so on. So this is very suprising and welcome! Either 2 things can explain this phenomena, since monday i started taking a natural produc call DIM enhanced (which is simply an antioxidant to maintain good health, a naturopath recommanded it to me, to fix my cycle because i get bloaded from ovulation and it,s painful. Or i also started on december first the 100 miles challenge, which isnt that big of deal, between december 1st and march 1st there is 100 day and you have to walk a mile everyday and you are not allowed to skip a day.

So i have now loss 96 lbs...4 lns to go for wish #1 and 8 lbs to go for wish #2 to be under 200 lbs.

I know it's a bit stupid, it just that at xmas gathering when people that havent seen me for a while, ask me "wow how much have you lost." It so much more impressive to say "i lost a 100 lbs" BAaM... ..than to say " i lost 96 lbs"

I just dont get comment all that much on my weight lost

Yeah I am also looking forward to joining "the century club!" But i have about 18lbs to go. I am also realizing that I do look a lot different even at 82 lbs down from april. I wore some of my old clothes to work today (pants I had taken in myself) and the sweater just looked so tent-like, and even the cami went down below the crotch of my pants. I looked like a kid wearing mom's clothes around the house. I am different, and so are you @Niquee. Good luck on hitting those big milestones!

I have tried to take in a sweater too. I was not all that satisfied with the result. I have yet to try a pair of pants.

I have had some good luck at a couple of resale shops and was able to pick up a few work clothes for reasonable. I hate to invest in something that I will not be wearing for very long.

How's everyone doing?

I have a personal question to ask and I hope its not TMI.

Is anyone experiencing sexual issues since your weight loss? I have completely lost my desire for sex. It seems odd to me, I would have thought losing 65 lbs would make me want sex but it has had the opposite effect on me. I am hoping its temporary but its not something I really want to ask my surgeon about. Anyone else in this same boat?

I was hoping my libido would increase too, but not the case at all.

It was dead before, it is still dead

Having kids really does its number on a body, and hormones

I find things are about the same. My cycle has also been a bit wacked out and I am still trying to figure out exactly what is happening with it. Could it be the stress of the season? Fretting over kids and all does have impact.

I have always had a high desire even as a bigger person but almost immediately after surgery my desire completely left. Of course at first we couldn't anyways cuz the Dr said to wait 3 weeks but I had NO problem with that request. I have had zero interest since. I wasn't expected it to go up but I wasn't expecting it to down either. I feel bad for my husband, he has a thin wife now but she has no interest in being intimate with him.

Merry Christmas everyone

My christmas wish did not realised i am not yet in the century club, but its ok, only 2 lbs to go

Niquee, 98 is awesome!

Hugs,

Suzzann

I am now home from Mom's house. She was getting up every morning to bake Pillsbury cinnamon rolls and crescent rolls and some sausage. It is frustrating. I did make scrambled eggs and did my best to pass on the other.

How have the holidays treated you guys?

Omg! With the holidays i have been bad and indulging, i didnt even exercise because i was not home and didnt feel like it. I was sure i would have gain weight....i am now in the century club and i have lost 101.7 lbs. I am so glad that even though i wasnt strict at all i didnt gain some weight back....i was really dreading this moment i knkw that will really demotivate me...

I am really happy, thats a great way to start the year off...2 more lbs and i will be under 200lbs, which is a number i dont remember seeing

@@Niquee, congrats on the century club and onederland! I am so happy for you. I can totally agree and relate to what you mean about the holidays. WOW I was so bad with Cookies and pie jeez. It works against me that I don't throw things up they just go down and stay down and cause me misery.

I am going to the support group at my doctors tonight and am hoping to get my Vitamin reports from my 6 month checkup. My doctor said that if I have good vitamin levels I can pursue trying to conceive, which was a primary reason I got the sleeve in the first place. This is somewhat controversial as some doctors make patients wait 2 years but mine says as long as you aren't deficient and have a good handle on calories and can get in 1k then I'm good to go.

My stall at 220 lasted for about a 6 weeks, but broke early December (hard to believe I'm not sure if I've checked in since then.) and i'm down to 212 today so it's moving, much slower but still. I'm glad because i went down one more size since then. I bought a foam roller to help with home exercises and stretches as I've been having problems caused by posture and muscle imbalances in my middle back and outside of my thighs.

Hope you all had great holidays and good luck with your resolutions!

Niquee, congratulations on the 101.7. That is great! And wow Devint, I am hoping that your Vitamin levels are where they need to be. I was a bit anemic after the first round of testing.

I have been taking yoga classes and have found them very helpful. I am now considering joining the regular gym that is near my house since it has been so cold and wet this winter.

Is it just me, or are you freezing this winter too? I never used to wear long john pants under my jeans and tank tops under the turtlenecks.

Glad to see everyone is doing well! Yes Suzann I am also FREEZING! LOL I used to sleep on top of covers now I am buried under 3.

Congratulations Devint on your go ahead to try and conceive. In July of 2013 I miscarried at 12 weeks. I tried to conceive again but it did not happen. My surgeon said I must wait 18 months even though my blood work is good. I have had to sign a "contract" to not get pregnant until that point. The sad part is that I will be 39 at 18 months so not sure I will even want to conceive at that point but it was a no win. The reason I couldn't conceive was my weight and now I can't conceive because of weight loss surgery - Oh the irony.

So new question of the "weird things that happen to me, is it happening to anyone else". I have never been a junk food eater, I know that sounds untrue but trust me its true, and all of a sudden I want chips and chocolate. What's up with that???? Before surgery I never ate that stuff, I ate a lot of Pasta but NEVER chips and only occasionally chocolate. Anyone else craving bad stuff that they didn't even like before?

Hi everyone,

I did get the 6 month results back and all were normal! I've never had normal blood tests my entire life, always bad chol and triglycerides and Vitamin d deficiency ever since I was a teenager. So cool we got the green light to try. We've been looking forward to that news for five years. AND while I was there my doctor called me out on not doing strength training as well so he made a point to "clear" me for all levels of lifting and strenuous exercise

In terms of being cold, I was already cold before surgery with low blood pressure. Now I've lost my protective blubber layer (it shouldn't be funny but really it is.) Now I live in Antartica-land-coldness. Luckily, the heated blanket and the heated mattress pad I got for christmas does help too! I've started to wear thicker/more socks, gloves more often, covered shoes, and I drink herbal tea all day long (good for hydration and antioxidants too.) I've also tackled coldness with more hot soaking baths, which is a refreshing way to take care of myself, something that "big me" never made time to do.