I am scheduled for February 18th. I will be first in. Wow, this process takes forever.

On 3/2/2019 at 5:57 PM, Sheribear68 said:

I’m on my feet for my entire work shift - between 10-12 hours- so the food and Water go better the longer I’m on my feet.

Between the time on your feet and the working out I bet you are blazing up some calories!!! I’m so jealous- I’m practically having to force myself to go on a walk. I’m sooooo insecure about working out. I bought myself some AirPods today as a gift for choosing my health AND to get me moving!!! That was an investment so I’ll feel obligated to go walk now. Also bought a new retractable leash for my dog which has been encouraging me to WALK! Please keep posting about your activity - it’s wonderful to see your progress!

5 hours ago, skyguy747 said:

Exactly! What a great setup @Everythinganna! I'm jelly!

Thanks! This is a rent house and my lease is up and they are selling the house. Yes, I’ve gotten a little pantry spoiled myself. So. Much. Space! I’ll miss this house for sure!

I know I shouldn't but I weight myself every morning and a few times during the day. 6-7 days after surgery I was down 8 lb. but the last 5 days I am bouncing around and basically only lost 2 lbs. Ugh. I am estimating I am burning 1500-2000 calories and only getting in 450-500 calories. I know it's early etc and tomorrow I could wake up and suddenly be down 2 lbs but I am feeling frustrated. I see the NUT and MD Wed. and am anticipating advancing to soft foods and thus my calories will probably go up so I am already thinking this is going to be so slow.

I suck at keeping up with the forums, but I had to share...

I cried today. I made it into a size 20 pair of jeans!!!

Way to go Emz! I’m noticing steady weight loss but no real change in clothes :/

Congratulations!

It's so nice to have this special group of February sleevers. I look forward to seeing many more weight loss victories!

Congrats Emzbee! Were all with you!

1 hour ago, 2Bsmaller18 said:

I know I shouldn't but I weight myself every morning and a few times during the day. 6-7 days after surgery I was down 8 lb. but the last 5 days I am bouncing around and basically only lost 2 lbs. Ugh. I am estimating I am burning 1500-2000 calories and only getting in 450-500 calories. I know it's early etc and tomorrow I could wake up and suddenly be down 2 lbs but I am feeling frustrated. I see the NUT and MD Wed. and am anticipating advancing to soft foods and thus my calories will probably go up so I am already thinking this is going to be so slow.

It iseasy to focus on the scale. we all want to lose weight and see scale progress. Going to try to stay off the scale the rest of the week. i am afraid that I will have unrealistic expectations ! Try not to doom yourself already. We have a long journey ahead of us.

EmzBee!! Way to go! Congratulations!

On 03/04/2019 at 21:14, Goody222 said:

It iseasy to focus on the scale. we all want to lose weight and see scale progress. Going to try to stay off the scale the rest of the week. i am afraid that I will have unrealistic expectations ! Try not to doom yourself already. We have a long journey ahead of us.

Great plan! I lost 24 pounds in the first 12 days post-op (and that didn’t include the extra 2 pounds from the hospital stay) and in the last 14 days I’ve lost a grand total of 2 pounds.
I’m weighing once weekly at the most, but the most important thing I did was take a lot of measurements.
Even though I’ve “only” lost 2 pounds in the last 2 weeks, I’ve lost almost 2 inches in my waist, 1.5 off of my hips, 2.25 off of my lower abs, and many many other inches off of arms, thighs, etc....

The scale is only one single tool to measure progress and I’m going to assume that when the scale isn’t going as fast as we would like at times, our bodies are still changing.

1 hour ago, Sheribear68 said:

Great plan! I lost 24 pounds in the first 12 days post-op (and that didn’t include the extra 2 pounds from the hospital stay) and in the last 14 days I’ve lost a grand total of 2 pounds.
I’m weighing once weekly at the most, but the most important thing I did was take a lot of measurements.
Even though I’ve “only” lost 2 pounds in the last 2 weeks, I’ve lost almost 2 inches in my waist, 1.5 off of my hips, 2.25 off of my lower abs, and many many other inches off of arms, thighs, etc....

The scale is only one single tool to measure progress and I’m going to assume that when the scale isn’t going as fast as we would like at times, our bodies are still changing.

Measurements, I need to do that! As depressing as the numbers may be at least I will see them reduce! Thanks.

Wow, has it been two weeks already? Don't overdo it, and good luck.
I'm getting my bypass tomorrow!

Thinking of you my lovely friend! [emoji4]

And wishing only the best to all of you upcoming, we always have room,on the Losers Bench of Victory for a few more.

? Congrats to everyone in Team February 2019?

Edited March 5, 20197 yr by GreenTealael

Hello Everyone!

I had my surgery February 21, 2019. I guess I'm here to stay. ❤️

Looking forward to getting to know all of you!