Hi, got the date of Nov 24th....holy crap. Would love to have a buddy or group with the same date to chat with!

Also have you guys started exercising? How soon can you start?

Went back to work today. I find that everyone here is eating and eating. I don't think I realized the constant intake. When people aren't eating they're talking about eating. No one has said I look different or anything. Which is ok by me. However the few people who know about surgery have said I look pale. Thanks. I'm ready for a nap.

@@emsgirl114, I know the feeling! Everyone here knows what I did, but most of them are guys and they've been well trained by their wives to not comment on a woman's body unless it's actively squirting blood on the carpet - then it's just a gentle suggestion that you might need a band-aid.

The food, on the other hand, is NUTS. There's always pizza and cookies and giant 3 pound sacks of peanut butter M&M's and cheeseballs and...ugh. So. Much. Food. Tomorrow is our holiday potluck. If I can survive that, I can survive anything!

I am still in a stall. UGH! Over a week now. I also am SO SO sore on my right side. Might have done too much. Anyone else still in a stall?

Yelp. Im wit u Jacqbult. Im at a stall now myself. Im hopeful that when Im cleared to exercise that will help.

Jacqbult. Having similar problem Seem to have stalled at 200... just can't seem to break through to the 100s! Wah! And I also developed a sharp pain on my right side. It is basically under my main incision. They have ruled out gall bladder, thank goodness. But it is discouraging as I am already more than three weeks out (Nov. 21 surgery) and need to get back to work. The pain is minor in the morning but seems to get worse as they day goes on, as if from fatigue. Very concerned that this will delay my clearance to start working out as it is in my core, which affects everything! Good luck with your pain and your stall, which will def end, of course. Still, it is frustrating!

@@emsgirl114, I know the feeling! Everyone here knows what I did, but most of them are guys and they've been well trained by their wives to not comment on a woman's body unless it's actively squirting blood on the carpet - then it's just a gentle suggestion that you might need a band-aid.

The food, on the other hand, is NUTS. There's always pizza and Cookies and giant 3 pound sacks of Peanut Butter M&M's and cheeseballs and...ugh. So. Much. Food. Tomorrow is our holiday potluck. If I can survive that, I can survive anything!

thursday is the only day this week we don't have a luncheon! I've found away out of today's. I'm just taking it day by day

I'm stalled too.

I go for my post op today. Going to ask about exercise. I'm still bleeding from the incision I got the infection in. So it will be interesting to see what he says about that.

I'm down from 199 to 182.2. Since I went from a band to a sleeve he said the loss would be slower and more steady for whatever. There is good and bad to that. Good maybe the change won't cause a ton of nosy questions from people I don't want to talk too. Bad is I just want to be down to goal and maintain from there. But my want it now attitude is about 80% my problem to start.

Day 2 back at work. Wish I could have just taken off till the New Years. Oh well. Next life i will be born rich skinny and gorgeous. This life I'll keep working on it.

Also stalled with a sore right side - ugh! On a high note, I found a way out of today's food extravaganza. I took my Vitamins with 6 ounces of tea this morning and promptly, violently launched them back across the kitchen. Scared to ingest anything else, I have no idea why that happened.

I am at a stall, too. For well over a week. I have actually gained 2 pounds. I go for my 2nd doctor's followup on Thurs and I don't want to disappoint him. It is frustrating knowing you are only consuming about 800 calories and you aren't loosing. In the past, this would have frustrated me and caused me to "go off my diet". The good news is the sleeve is a "tool" - - - we can't go off our diets cuz of the surgery. Sure, we can choose to put "bad" things in versus better choices, but, we are limited on space. Logically, I know this is what happens. Emotionally, we just have to trust the program.

Regarding exercise, my doctor informed that if all is well after this visit, I can start exercising and eating real foods NEXT week. I am looking forward to it. I think it will help move the scale.

hey roundisashape... I threw up my chewable bariatric vitamins when I tried to take them the second week (I am in week four) and that is the only time I have thrown up the entire time. I can't bring myself to try again.. so I just tripled the dosage for my gummy women's vitamins (I compared the ingredients and it is basically the same thing) and they don't bother my stomach. Saw my surgeon today and he was fine with that.

Also stalled with a sore right side - ugh! On a high note, I found a way out of today's food extravaganza. I took my vitamins with 6 ounces of tea this morning and promptly, violently launched them back across the kitchen. Scared to ingest anything else, I have no idea why that happened.

oh you poor thing. You may have just did it all too fast

So is this week over yet? Next week my NUT wants me off protein drinks. I'm not good with that. They make protein easy

Stall stall stall please end. I know calories are not our main concern but about how many calories are you all getting a day. I was around 6-700 but since I went back to work I've been close to 1000. That shouldn't be too much but feels like it is.