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

I hope everyone had a fantastic 4th! I nibbled on fruit, had a bite of my kids hot dog and even a small slice of a birthday cake. Down a pound this morning! I was reading through a few posts and was reminded that it wasn't the small bites or nibbles that made us large. It was the whole hot dog or burger, with chips, fruit and the cake plus brownies and soda that made us large.

There are lots that are doing an amazing job at doing low carb, and maybe I'm the only one in this group that isn't quite so strict in that area. I did this VSG because I've done low carb and other diets ALL my life and I was SO OVER dieting. I'm not tracking calories, but I know from a rough estimate I get sometimes as low as 400 and sometimes up to 1000 (like yesterday when I had that small bit of cake). Looking at a lot of people's progress pics in that thread, most seem to lose between 60-70 in the first 6 months if they started around my weight. Anyway I feel a bit out on an island because so many of you are so strict with your low carb and working out (I'm not there yet, but at some point I know the bug will hit me again and I'll be back at it). I'm 4 pounds away from the 30lb mark. I feel really happy about that. I'm considering trying low carb during the week and relaxing the strict bits on the weekends and seeing how that goes.

Hope you all have an enjoyable weekend. I am so thrilled to be home and have a few days off!!

Had a nsv today. I fit a size 14 not 14w boyfriend capris. I'm down to 209 losing slow according to the scale but losing inches.

Congrats you guys. I am June 17 and have lost 30. Cannot wait to get to 200.

I am envious of all of you eating cake! I bought a "nothing bundt cake" yesterday for my moms bday but didn't eat any out of fear. I've lost so much that I don't want to stop that, but I also don't want to deprive myself. I haven't eaten any carbs other than a super small amount of rice and some udon noodles. Other than that, I eat a lot of soup and puddings. I don't want to be afraid to eat, but I don't want to blow it either. I guess it just depends on how you feel you can lose weight with what you eat. I am having a hard time with exercising because I'm having bad lower back pain the last 3 days, so I've been in bed all day today. I doubt it's surgery related, but I'm watching it closely. If it continues, I'm going to have to suck it up and go to the dr. 10lbs away from 200-land so I'm excited!

The only starchy carbs I've had so far (so carbs not from veggies, fruit or legumes) has been quinoa (in small amounts) and yesterday at my 5th of July party (the 4th wasn't a holiday here, obviously, so I waited til the weekend) where I had three noodles from a friend's Pasta salad to be polite.

It's not that I don't think other people can have bites of cake or bread or whatever and keep it at that, it's that I know I can't. Starch is basically my crack. I need to continue using the honeymoon period to detox and "get sober," so to speak. I'm doing well so far. When there's food around I would normally have wanted, I'm doing much better at controlling myself. So far I've always had some healthy alternative, so that's been good. I'm losing slowly, but it's mostly been steady. I haven't had anything that counts as a real stall, so fingers crossed! Now I just gotta worry about that hair loss that's gonna be creeping up...

The only starchy carbs I've had so far (so carbs not from veggies, fruit or legumes) has been quinoa (in small amounts) and yesterday at my 5th of July party (the 4th wasn't a holiday here, obviously, so I waited til the weekend) where I had three noodles from a friend's Pasta salad to be polite.

It's not that I don't think other people can have bites of cake or bread or whatever and keep it at that, it's that I know I can't. Starch is basically my crack. I need to continue using the honeymoon period to detox and "get sober," so to speak. I'm doing well so far. When there's food around I would normally have wanted, I'm doing much better at controlling myself. So far I've always had some healthy alternative, so that's been good. I'm losing slowly, but it's mostly been steady. I haven't had anything that counts as a real stall, so fingers crossed! Now I just gotta worry about that hair loss that's gonna be creeping up...

I agree with you. My weakness was carbs and my diet weaknesses were pasta, nachos, pizza... see a theme? Carbs loaded with melted cheese. I'm so grateful that this surgery removed most of my hunger and food cravings. Right now, I'm good with Protein and as long as it lasts, I'm going to keep it up. Some day I'll have a nacho again but, since I know the foods full of empty calories are where I might overeat, I'll hold off for now. This is major surgery, and what I consider my last chance to have a healthy, slimmer body. I don't want to mess it up by giving in to non-protein foods too early. I did have a little piece of watermelon yesterday and it tasted sooooo good. Now, that bite was a treat!

That said, I'm still eating too fast. That's been the hardest bad habit to unlearn.

I was at 261.6 last Monday with. SW of 280. That was right before I passed out and broke both bones in my ankle. My RIGHT ankle. My gas pedal driving ankle. So that being. Said - not sure when I'm going to be able to get on a scale again to get a true weight since I have this ankle splinted, partially casted and wrapped to the hilt until further notice. Not to mention I would have to be able to stand ON the scale and balance. I can't see that happening for the next several weeks. I do have my follow up with my Bariatric surgeon on Wednesday so will see what he says. I found that I get nauseous if I am laying down/reclined when I eat and drink so it's been fun to keep my foot elevated while in bed while sitting up while fighting nausea. You get the picture. And the lortab for pain makes me nauseous as well so no pain meds for me for the ankle. So ask you can see - I'm on an adventure. Stay tuned cuz Friday I meet with my Orthopaedic surgeon to see what he has in store for me and for how long. Could be interesting since the first two weekends in August I am traveling. Cross your fingers for me. I hope you all enjoyed your holiday weekend.

I have not been working out hardly at all in the "go to the gym" sense but I'm challenging myself to up my step count and have been logging both steps and food religiously for 17 days today My high was 11k but I was shocked and embarrassed to find that my "normal" routine only had me about 3500 steps per day! That's very couch potato! So I've been pushing myself to find new ways to step more (even doing 100 steps in the stall each time I go to the bathroom which, because of my Water intake, is a lot!) I have also tried to increase my workload around the house with things like laundry, dishes and vacuuming. Big problem is I still get lightheaded when I bend over and come back up from postural hypotension, so it can be challenging/annoying to lose my balance/focus. My dr said, keep it at light cardio type activities with no lifting over 20 lbs and no jiggling/pounding so even jogging is off limits till my next appointment in a few weeks.

My favorite foods right now are chicken waldorf salad, greek yogurt (eat it everyday!), Peanut Butter and hummus. I read a great article yesterday on Bariatric Foodie for one ingredient add-ins to spice up Protein shakes and I am amazed that my love of Protein Shakes could be renewed but it is! I had one with unflavored protein, chocolate fudge sf pudding 1/2 a box, and 3 drops of coconut extract. It was seriously like drinking a mounds bar, so good. This morning I had vanilla protein with "TrueOrange" which is orange essence crystals, no sugar. CREAMSICLE oh man it was good. So SF pudding mixes, just a few drops of extract, or the "TrueOrange, TrueLemon, TrueLimes" make a world of difference and make me look forward to protein shakes again!!

I take bariactiv Vitamins, 2 chewable Multivitamins, 2 chewable calcium+d, 1 Iron, and nasal b12 every monday. I also do the Calcium chewables at night (when I remember) because the bariactiv calls for two doses per day but i just never get around to the second dose, but a caramel sweetie somehow gets me to take it

Gents move on, but for ladies esp anyone pcos…

I have really bad pcos, to the point the fertility dr said nothing i can do to help you just go lose weight and hope. Post op I was told that oral contraception wasn't reliable for bc and for regulating the hormones enough to maintain a regular cycle. So I'm also supplementing with 550 mg dong quai root, which is an herbal, but it has a blood thinner effect and also draws blood to the pelvic region which helps both with cycles and with constipation. It's also supposed to help calm tom and stop pain and cramps. I can feel a huge difference even though I haven't had tom since surgery I can feel it coming hopefully soon. I have also noticed that the pain in my ovaries has all but disappeared, no stabbing/pulling feelings. So I'm hoping its working some magic for me, because the pill itself tastes gross so it's a pain to have to take it everyday.

Thank you for the Awsome flavor suggestions! I'm going to be stocking up tday an tomorrow my surgery is Tuesday. ..I did order the fruit flavored protein packets from bariatric to add to water to make sure I get all the protein requirements. ..

hello everyone... my six week weight in 211. i did not loose any weight this week.. but its weird cause i been getting a lot of attention lately.. im starting to really feel like i am loosing weight!! will start the gym tomorrow.. 1 hr a day.. three 160 calories 30g protein shakes a 3 healthy snacks. i am not drinking water and i think is one of the reason my weight lost has been sooooo slow.. but i will try to get to atleat 2 bottles per day until next week.. wish me luck!!

@@Skinnyana, if you're not drinking Water, what are you drinking?

Anyway, my weekly weigh in: as of today I am 230lb, which means I've lost 22lb since surgery, and 35lb overall. This week I started going to the gym and I actually lost 3.5lb, which was more than my slow and steady pace of roughly 1.5-2lb had been, so I'm quite pleased!

Hw 243

Sw 235

Cw 211

As far as Vitamins go I take a chewable Centrum with Iron, 5000 mcg B12 sublingual and 1000-1500 mg Bariatric Advantage chewable calcium citrate. Favorite meals? I am still on "strained" food for another week but have started to transition myself to solids slowly just this weekend. For Breakfast I still have plain greek yogurt and stir in some fruit and I still have Soup for at least one meal a day. My one disappointment is that the weight is not coming off in my tummy like it seems to be else where. I know it is just a matter of time but it sure but be nice to see THAT start to disappear! Have a good Monday everyone!!

HW 315

Sw 300

CW 271

Slow weight loss this week but I know I wasn't getting all my Protein and liquids everyday. Some days not getting my normal walks- basically a very busy week for me... But 2 lbs is good. Some of my family( when asked) said they hardly noticed a difference- thanx! My aunt however said I looked great! I see a huge difference already- unfortunately I stand in front of a mirror alllll day long so I can't help but to look

HW 334

SW 318

CW 291

27 lbs from surgery and 43 overall

@@WhoKnows water sets really bad on my stomach.. i really just drink protein.. and i sip on milk juice or diet beverages..

@@Skinnyana, to be fair, I haven't had any issues with water, but I do find water with lemon or iced herbal tea to be easier to drink in large amounts. Probably not new info, but maybe helpful