Today is exactly 1 month I got my surgery. Im feeling better after a few complications I had. Im finally starting to feel like I have more energy and Im ill be back to work tuesday. And doc said I can start soft foods tuesday also. So far all together I have gone from 234 lbs to 198lbs and hopefully once I start the gym there will be more weight loss. Congrats also to all my fellow June 28th sleevers. And thank you all for the help this last month. Ill be around still just wanted to say Thanks.

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Congats to all of you!!

One month out, about how many calories are you getting in each day? Are you able to meet your Protein targets easily?

I'm taking in about 700 -800 calories a day. My activity level is still quite low too because I fatigue easily. Right now I get my protein from chicken noodle soup blended with some chicken, egg white (I ate it twice & gave me a tummy upset all day so I stopped eating it) and light cheese. I do not live in the United States so I don't have the protein shakes u do. This week I'm supposed to start on a larger variety of food so hopefully my protein sources will be more

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Do you have sprite in target? 700-800 calories seems low to me but I have a protein target of 100 grams a day.

Getting in more protein and calories along with enough fluids will help with healing, fatigue, and weight loss.

Embrace the Stall

http://BariatricPal.com/index.php?/topic/351046-Embrace-the-Stall

Sleeved 6/28/16

HW: 247

SW: 235 (lost 12 lbs on 1 week pre-opt die)

CW: 214.8

Total: 32.2

I had a two week stall and then the weight just started falling again after I upped my Protein and calories.

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Congratulations!!! That's amazing. It was one month ago today that I was under the knife literally! it was scheduled for about 930 but my surgeon was running a little behind so we began closer to 1030. I did not lose any weight pre op (purposely). My pre op/surgery weight was 253 current weight 233.4 I'm hoping to be in the 220's by week 6.

I will be starting back at the gym so hopefully that will help move things along. Again congratulations! Oh that's right I start soft foods today!

Candygurl Hi! Congrats on your new journey. Just curious... Why did you choose to purposely not lose any weight pre-op?

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So honestly, looking back, I wish I had lost some of the extra weight prior to surgery. I don't know if this makes sense to anyone but I tend to self sabotage. When I initially started my 6 mos pre op weight mgmt, I think I lost about 25-30 lbs in the first 2 months. I told myself if I keep losing, I won't want to have surgery and if I don't have surgery I will end up right back where I started +7lbs. I was told that I would probably lose 80-100 lbs after surgery and with my goal weight being what it was I didn't want to lose 50lbs before surgery and lose another 80-100lbs after!!! My fear was that post surgery I would have no control over how much weight I lost so if I held onto a little more then what I lost would put me right where I want to be.

Also, I felt like there was so much I knew I would have to give up after surgery and I understood that the sleeve was the tool to help me do it. But I didn't want to give up the foods before my surgery and I went into "last supper" mode. I ate things that I knew I'd have to give up after surgery like heavy carbs (my weakness), benihanna rice, alfredo, pancakes, waffles, toaster strudels, fried chicken, dressing, candied yams, Dairy queen blizzards with extra toppings, cheez-its, pizza, French fries. By the time I had surgery, I was ready to turn my life over lol! I felt like I didn't have to give up control and it was on my terms. I don't miss any of those foods. I don't even crave them. That's not to say I won't ever crave them again, or occasionally have them them in slight moderation (although I don't picture it because I see them as trigger foods) but right now I just want to focus my control on eating and doing the right things, I've had enough of eating and doing the wrong things.

It may not make sense, maybe even sound like excuses but it was not my intention to loose 40 lbs before surgery. If I had it to do all over I would have tried to lose around 25lbs. I think that it would have put me closer to my goal without going too far under it. Mainly because weight loss is moving slower than I pictured it would. To be honest I'm 1 month post op and have not really started a consistent exercise regimen. I rode my bike a few miles everyday at 2 weeks post op, but then I stopped because it was too hot and I was getting extremely fatigued sleeping for hours afterward. I wear a fitbit and was getting 8-10,000 steps in with just my typical running around so I figured I'd try it again @ 4 weeks because I felt by then, I would have gotten the hang of getting in my Proteins, fluids and Vitamins.

I'm at 4 weeks and slowly getting back into it.