Hi Peeps

I know it's been awhile since I've posted. I've just been really busy with the holiday weekend and the kids...My son is graduating in a few weeks from High School and today is my youngest daughters sweet 16th birthday... i've been doing great, but i still have been having food issues....I just eat too damn fast...which makes me throw up constantly....I can't get myself to eat slow...I'm still working on that. I've been doing ok on the protein shakes, I have 2 a day now, so I'm getting my protein in. I'm not drinking enough liquid though I don't think, but I'm trying. I feel like I'm sipping all day long but its just not enough. I'm down 40 lbs...tomorrow will be 6 weeks post op for me. The pounds aren't coming off that quickly anymore, I guess I'm at that stage of the game. But everyone is noticing that i'm losing weight...its a great feeling... Well I have to go to Walmart now, my daughter wants a new bike for her b-day so hubby and I are going to get it. Talk to ya all soon, Love ya Teri

Hi Teri, I eat fast too, but I chew chew and swallow, but its still fast. That part doesnt bother me though, I find to prevent vomiting, as soon as i feel a pain in my pouch i stop. The pain continues, but it goes away slowly and i dont vomit. I try do burp too. I have a lot of trouble doing that. I have to pace the floor in order me to burp. Has anyone noticed that when you are eating with other people that you notice so much more of what they eat and how much they eat? Just an observation that i found especially this past weekend. Before the wls, I would eat and never even know what people were eating because i was so consumed with what i was eating on my plate. I am off to the doctor's today. I have lost 17 lbs to date. I dont find that a lot of lbs. because of my weight at surgery was 315lbs. I am now 298lbs. I just want more off me more quickly. will let you know what happened at doc harrington's visit today... byeee carol b

Hi Carol, This vomitting thing is driving me nutty. I am afraid to eat. I just have to make myself eat slower. But by the time I eat, I'm so hungry I eat too fast. I only notice how much my hubby eats....he eats like a damn pig..lol...He'll sit and have 3 cheeseburgers filled to the gill and then have like 4 hotdogs at one sitting...he makes me sick when I watch him eat. He has always eaten more then me, but this is horrible...he'll be the next to get this surgery lmao.. My weight loss has almost stopped...I am 40 lbs down and today is 6 weeks, and nothing more...I don't understand it though cuz I'm really not eating..and what I do eat I throw up...oh well I guess it will get better.. How did your visit to the doc's go? Teri

Hi ladies, I have been busy also. I just had my stress test today and I have to go back tomorrow to do another type of stress test because my asthma flared up during the treadmill exercises. I was like bummer. It is such an awful feeling not to be able to do a treadmill ecercise for 6 minutes. Plus having breathing issues on top of it. All I have left is my sleep study test in a month and i will be all set. Shannon

Shannon: You should try to call and see if they have any earlier openings.......cause I called Friday (hmmm, it may have been this last Monday even) after Dr. Roye said I needed to go back for another sleep study. (You're going to the one in Warwick down by Cardi's right?) They set me up for June 5th without even having to ask for a bumped up date. I was surprised......but that may be because I'm a followup, I don't know. Wouldn't hurt to ask tho. Shel

Shelli- I do not think that I am going for the sleep test yet , this will be my first time there so I think it is like an eval thing first then they set up the sleep study test next. Thats all I am waiting for left. I finished the stress test today yaaahooo!! Well talk to ya later! Shannon

HI HONEY!!!! I'm still kickin and everythings gonna be OK! Glad you're doing so well. Shel

Hey Teri, hmmm 6 weeks huh. Thats where I got stuck the first time for like a week or so. As for the food issues, well that stil happens to me and I am what, 17-18 months out.....Guess I am a slow learner or in denial cause I still forget to slow down sometimes if I am busy, I still dump, and I still get "stuck" feelings.. Ughh....I wouldn't trade it for S$$% though, LOL. Hugs to you and hope to see you and Rose next week. At least now I know who you are and won't sit by my lonely self (hahaha) Elisa