I hope I'm doing fine with my weight lost so far I have lost 45 pds in 11 weeks. I can get in a size 16 still kind of tight but I can get in them.

I honestly dont know how much I've lost at this point, I need to stop being a chicken and get on the scale....I'm scared to see the numbers, I dont wanna be disappointed..... I know I've gone from a size 28+ (I was squeezing in to them), and now my 24's are baggy, so I'm about a size 22...... *reminder to self.....get ur booty on the scale!!!

Don't be discouraged. My surgeon told me that it's differrent for everyone. If you're like me you're a stress eater. The more uptight you get about this the more you'll try to eat. Call your surgeon before your appointment. If they have a dietician in the clinic talk to them on the phone. My dietician has been a great tool for calming my nerves. Also, try drinking a lot. I've discovered that coffee with creamer and sweetner helps to fill me up. Just don't give up. Alicia

Start weight: 278 Now: 225 Walk 1.5 miles in mountains 6 days a week. Have had trouble with vomiting and don't really eat much. Any day I don't throw up is a good day!! Still can't keep vitamins down. Drinking 60+ oz of liquid a day! Marian

Hi everyone, I haven't posted in a while because I'm in a funk. While my weight loss seems right in line with all of the other JuneBugs . . . I am getting distressed about the amount of food I am able to consume at one meal compared to what I read on posts and profiles here at AMOS. I see my surgeon again on Sept 22 (next week) and I am going to ask him to confirm whether or not I have a large pouch -- or an enlarged stoma (the opening from stomach to intestines). From what I've read at AMOS . . . I think my stoma was not made small enough. I have NEVER felt restriction like others have posted about. I think my food is going straight through my stomach and into my intestines quickly -- thus I never feel full or satisfied. Over the weekend I was able to eat EIGHT large steamed shrimp at one sitting . . . and then only one hour later was able to eat 1/2 of a grilled cheese sandwich. At another sitting last week, I wanted to test my "capacity" and was able to eat FOUR CUPS of popcorn. Of course, I chewed all this food very well . . . but still -- this seems like way too much to be able to eat, compared with others??? I am so upset about this. I would never have reached the 300-lb mark if I could do this on willpower and measuring alone. I was told not only would I feel restriction (thus a tool to reduce food intake) I would also more likely than not experience dumping (so far, no dumping to report). I am afraid I will be a failure at WLS. While I'm losing now due to malabsorption . . . what will it be like a few months from now when my body has acclimated itself to the surgery and my intestines are able to absorb more calories? Was this all in vain? Is anyone else experiencing this? PLEASE I ask a favor. Those of you who want to reply with advice about sticking to surgeon's diet plan and measuring quantities -- PLEASE DON'T. I know surgery is not a magic bullet and there is work involved to get and stay healthy. I just wasn't prepared for the constant hunger and the disappointment I'm feeling. I'm so depressed and feeling like a failure . . . and that starts the viscious cycle of just wanting to say the heck with it all and eating to stuff these feelings down. Sigh. -BJ