For people that have been sleeved for a bit, what have you done well and what are you struggling with? Here's my list (I'm 5 months out)ç

Victories:

1. Exercise (although slipping a bit last 2 weeks)

2. Portion control, logging, measuring, and planning

3. Protein selections

4. Avoiding sweets and bad carbs

4. Water (quantity and waiting 30 minutes)

Struggles:

1. Eating slow - never do it really.

2. Caffeine - drinking coffee.

3. Not enough fruits and vegetables.

4. Have on a few occasions had a couple alcoholic drinks. Surgeons rule is absolutely none for a full year.

I've done good with everything so far...water is my enemy! I don't dislike it,it just takes 4 EVER! Oh and I have to make myself eat slow....I'm not great at that!

I'm doing good on diet and liquids. Not so good on exercise. I am sore and exhausted.

Bad:
Sugary items - sugar LOVES my body, and it loves to turn right into fat and latch onto me. I had too much Cheesecake during Thanksgiving, I'll just leave it at that.

Water intake - I'd say the most I've taken in is 46 ounces. There have been days where I drank so little, that I felt light headed.

Good:

Vitamin intake - This is actually much easier than I thought. I wake up, put the B12 sublingual under my tongue, half hour later have my chewable Multivitamin with yogurt, then an hour later take my first tablespoon of liquid Calcium Citrate.