I finally got my date for surgery!!!! So happy and nervous at the same time. Anyone else being sleeved on April 24th? I can't believe I only have two month left!

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Finally over the 3 week stall, lost 4lbs in 4 days!

Only 10lbs away from ONEderland! Way to excited [emoji24][emoji1373]

How's all my other 4/24 sleevers coming along?!

Awesome job!!! I'm down 21 pounds from surgery day (at my 1 month post op appt. this week) and 18 pounds away from ONEderland! I've been in a but of a stall with the scale but feel like I'm shrinking daily regardless!

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This is 3 days post-op and about 5 weeks later. Small changes, but this morning I was able to completely wrap a NORMAL sized bath towel around myself! No gaps either!

On 5/22/2017 at 11:05 PM, PatientEleventyBillion said:

@Cass ElliotI just noticed you're in Canada.. did you have surgery here or in Mexico? And how long was your pre-op diet?

Hi! Sorry - haven't been on the forum for a while. Thanks for reaching out. I had my srugery in Mexico and did pre-op for about 10 days. Only a week was required but I felt like I wanted to be really ready! How about you?

22 minutes ago, Cass Elliot said:

Hi! Sorry - haven't been on the forum for a while. Thanks for reaching out. I had my srugery in Mexico and did pre-op for about 10 days. Only a week was required but I felt like I wanted to be really ready! How about you?

I went through the arduous weight management program in Alberta in order to get it funded without any cost whatsoever. Doing it this way got not only continuous weight management support but post-op care for at least a year or two. I actually mentioned the other day to them about those from Alberta that go to Mexico and they said they wouldn't support them at the endocrinology/metabolism/wm/bariatric centre. I was lucky I had it done when I did, my RD went nuts on me right before surgery and I gave her a huge earful post-op, to which she raged out of the room. LOL. Oh well. It's done, and was free, alles ist gut.

On 5/17/2017 at 1:18 AM, CleoVSG said:

I got my sleeve on April 27th and I know I'm a little late to the conversation. I haven't told many people, so it's really nice to find this community. It would be really nice to talk with people who are going through the same thing.

I was also sleeved on the 27th....hope you are doing well! None of this is easy, so this is a great place for support!

On 5/22/2017 at 10:36 PM, Finding_Stacy said:

Ladddaay (read this with a terrible Jerry Lewis impression) How've you been?

Thanks, but I never really did pre-op dieting. I was/am in the research program so they just gave me their meal plan three nights before surgery, for two days, and then they put me on liquids 24 hours before my surgery. I mean, I think I lost six pounds..but nothing drastic like you and so many here.

And physically fit exes with a side of arrogant @sshole--yeah, I had one of those too. I used to have to be around him all the time, but thankfully I havent seen him in three years since my daughter graduated high school. I should've dropped him in College when he told me to join a gym because I was 140.

i hope you're doing well and kicking mucho @ss!!!!

Imagine being chastized for your weight at 140!! Ridiculous. I remember one of my old boyfriends saying he'd never seen me heavier when I was 136 (in high school)!. There were always the comments - oh she'd be perfect if she just lost that last 5 pounds... little did we or they know this would lead us to have to lose the last 50 or a hundred pounds!

How are you doing anyway? Hope it's going well. I'm in a slump - didnt weight myself all last week and thought I had lost but I'd gained! I am not eating enough veggies or protein shakes, etc. It feels like I'm never doing it uite right. I get that feeling from everybody! Just about. except the really arrogant ones.

I joined a great Facebook group that is constant moitvation. you should check it outl. let me know if you want the link

Thinking about you and all the APRIL SLEEVERS out there!!

Just now, Cass Elliot said:

Ha ha hope I'm not offending anyone! I am tired of typing about my weight or food intake or 'congratualtions'. And that ****. I want to say it with pictures!!

2 hours ago, Cass Elliot said:

Imagine being chastized for your weight at 140!! Ridiculous. I remember one of my old boyfriends saying he'd never seen me heavier when I was 136 (in high school)!. There were always the comments - oh she'd be perfect if she just lost that last 5 pounds... little did we or they know this would lead us to have to lose the last 50 or a hundred pounds!

How are you doing anyway? Hope it's going well. I'm in a slump - didnt weight myself all last week and thought I had lost but I'd gained! I am not eating enough veggies or Protein Shakes, etc. It feels like I'm never doing it uite right. I get that feeling from everybody! Just about. except the really arrogant ones.

I joined a great Facebook group that is constant moitvation. you should check it outl. let me know if you want the link

Thinking about you and all the APRIL SLEEVERS out there!!

Cheer up, buttercup. We've all been in a slump, or will be, at one time or another. It's exhausting having to be accountable for every single thing we put into our mouths and screw ups happen.

How much did you gain? Women can fluctuate five to seven pounds each month, depending on their hormones. If you feel up to it, send me a private message on what you've been eating, or if you log it into a Fitbit, take a screen pic and send it. It might be nothing, it might be something. I feel slumpy today. I ate a hotdog today. Even though it's a low carb food (2 carbs), it's a terrible choice loaded with sodium and questionable ingredients.

Oh, you know what I have been hooked on? Dunkin Donuts medium iced decaf coffee with 4 creams, 2 splendas, and a shot of unsweetened vanilla. It makes me sad that I do two coffees a day for the last couple of weeks. It adds 6-8 carbs a day that I could not be consuming if my coffee ways didn't suck me back in ?.

One thing I realized, but don't yet understand, is why women are so brutal to one another.. like so much animosity and backhandedness. My wife was tormented in high school by other girls for being 5 pounds overweight.

HBa1c 4.9 and completely normal now..

Was on 2 diabetes meds pre-op, Forxiga and Metformin (1000mg twice a day), peaked at 7.9 last year.

Last several standing order A1C results:

- September 2016: 6.5

- December: 6.1

- March 2017: 5.7

- June: 4.9

Stopped Forxiga day before surgery, and stopping Metformin as of today.. starting to be normal again.

Edited June 9, 20179 yr by PatientEleventyBillion

HBa1c 4.9 and completely normal now..
Was on 2 diabetes meds pre-op, Forxiga and Metformin (1000mg twice a day), peaked at 7.9 last year.
Last several standing order A1C results:
- September 2016: 6.5
- December: 6.1
- March 2017: 5.7
- June: 4.9
Stopped Forxiga day before surgery, and stopping Metformin as of today.. starting to be normal again. [emoji4]

Ooh that's awesome! I wonder when they'll test mine again. I was right at 6 so no meds but I was headed that way. Congrats!!
I'm hoping this new generation of women raising girls will teach their daughters to raise up and empower each other. I see it with my nieces raising their daughters.

8 hours ago, Joann454 said:

Ooh that's awesome! I wonder when they'll test mine again. I was right at 6 so no meds but I was headed that way. Congrats!!
I'm hoping this new generation of women raising girls will teach their daughters to raise up and empower each other. I see it with my nieces raising their daughters.

Thank you. Everyone has been congratulating me.. I see a myriad of doctors/specialists regularly. It's hard to feel like I accomplished something given I've been fighting off the health effects of being a dumbass for years, and only now am I on the verge of finally being perfectly healthy. But being realistic, I think I'll be happy when I'm off my last medication.. metoprolol, beta blocker for heart rate and BP. Post-op it's been 100-120/60-90, but I think my doctors/specialists want to see it on the lower end of that permanently before taking me off this. RHR has regularly been 50-80.. so I don't think that's much an issue anymore.

As far as my daughter goes, and our future kids, definitely being aware of what they eat, and minimizing the junk carbs from the diet. My wife has PCOS and has been losing weight seeing me lose a bunch of it, and from all those months of me begging her to stop eating so many carbs so she doesn't go through what I did with my enormous weight gain in such a short timespan. Women seem to have a tougher time losing it.

Edited June 10, 20179 yr by PatientEleventyBillion

5 days short of my 2 month anniversary date 4/18.

Walking for 1 hour 6 days a week. (Sunday I try to rest). Have started to introduce some jogging and running into the mix. I hit the gym 3 days week for an hour of weights and some cardio. Eating between 700- 900 cal per week. Drinking 80-100 oz's of water, crystal lite, or green tea. I still hit a shake every now or then if the protein is low for a day. Started to add more fiber which helps with the bowels.

Down to 260, (259.5 last PM after 1/:15 in the gym) but I think I was dehydrated. Lost 6 lbs last week but only 4 in the prior 2 weeks. A mini plateau, and I was traveling and had to eat at a dining hall with limited choices.

I did the math with the calorie calculators. I set a rough goal of 3500 cal per week of exercise, and enough caloric deficit for 2-3 lbs of weight loss. Was 323 4/4/17 311 surgery day. So 60 lbs in 70 days. That's 210,000 calories burned away. About 1/2 of my clothing is now way too big and my wife is forcibly removing things from my closet.

Trying to be better with vitamins, I get them in most days. I'm averaging 70g of protein per day, I think I have to raise that some. I think I'm fully tuned into to full, but I still eat too fast. No real issues with hunger yet.

Starting to think about where I want to end up. I was 212 as a HS freshman playing 3 sports and not at all puggy. Was 232 as a HS Senior and 240 playing college lacrosse. The 196 on the weight charts may be a stretch as I still have the legs of a guy used to carrying 300lbs + . The bulk of my extra weight was (and is) in my gut.

I have another sit down with the surgeon in mid July. Might be on my list of topics to discuss. Blood Sugars below 100, BP is 110/60 ish. lots of energy despite limited calories, although I'm asleep by 9:30 most nights.

Good Luck All!