VSG Victory begins in February 2011
Feb. 17, 2011 - Sleeve Sisters Check in
Hey Sleeve Sisters!! 
Can you believe it has been one month? How are you doing? Let's continue to support each other through the good and the bad. Anybody experiencing any problems? Anybody struggling with food? Anybody have any great NSV's to share? Let us know!!
Can you believe it has been one month? How are you doing? Let's continue to support each other through the good and the bad. Anybody experiencing any problems? Anybody struggling with food? Anybody have any great NSV's to share? Let us know!!
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HW - 311; SW - 296; CW - 191; 1st GW - 190; 2nd GW - 180?
"Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success."
HW - 311; SW - 296; CW - 191; 1st GW - 190; 2nd GW - 180?
"Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success."
i am doing great, losing a little slow, i think i only lost 20 lbs in the first 5 weeks, or so my doctor said. i've been going by my scale, which i weigh myself in the morning nude... didn't do that at the doctor's office lol!!
getting water in is my only real problem.. sliced meat makes getting protein in easy as it seems to go down easy and quick.
people are starting to notice i am losing weight
and i fit in my smaller jeans now... just want to get another size down!! i'm sure i'll say that at every size.. haha
getting water in is my only real problem.. sliced meat makes getting protein in easy as it seems to go down easy and quick.
people are starting to notice i am losing weight
and i fit in my smaller jeans now... just want to get another size down!! i'm sure i'll say that at every size.. haha 
i'm doing pretty well, i think. i'm averaging about 5 pounds a week in the last 6 weeks. i've lost 29 pounds since surgery - and 29 before! lol, just realized that. so it's 58 since jan. 1. what's funny is i lost the same amount before and after the surgery. it's about 6 weeks before and after too. i guess i expected more after the surgery, but i'm becoming more patient. when i look at my face, i can't believe it. it's way smaller!
my only problem has been that i feel i am able to eat too much. i was reading someone's blog and they were saying they were able to eat 1/2 a cup a soup, 1 ounce of meat or 2 oz of fish at a time. i am able to eat 4 oz. at a time of ANYTHING. obviously i'm eating hardly any carbs, so not eating pasta or bread, but other than that, i'm able to eat anything. it worries me that this close to surgery i'm able to do that and am i going to be increasing sooner than most? i am very careful not to eat anymore than the 4 oz. but, i've been able to eat that for quite some time. when i left the hospital the doctor told me to start with 2-4 oz, and so, here i am 6 weeks later at 4 oz. i don't know, maybe i'm right where i'm supposed to be!
i have a pair of size 50 (men's) shorts in my closet, that fit me (i am only 5'4" and carried all my weight in my stomach) and i have been wearing 40's or 42 levi's that i have. now that's incredible!
anyway, you're right! we should continue to support each other. sorry i didn't see this until today.
my only problem has been that i feel i am able to eat too much. i was reading someone's blog and they were saying they were able to eat 1/2 a cup a soup, 1 ounce of meat or 2 oz of fish at a time. i am able to eat 4 oz. at a time of ANYTHING. obviously i'm eating hardly any carbs, so not eating pasta or bread, but other than that, i'm able to eat anything. it worries me that this close to surgery i'm able to do that and am i going to be increasing sooner than most? i am very careful not to eat anymore than the 4 oz. but, i've been able to eat that for quite some time. when i left the hospital the doctor told me to start with 2-4 oz, and so, here i am 6 weeks later at 4 oz. i don't know, maybe i'm right where i'm supposed to be!
i have a pair of size 50 (men's) shorts in my closet, that fit me (i am only 5'4" and carried all my weight in my stomach) and i have been wearing 40's or 42 levi's that i have. now that's incredible!
anyway, you're right! we should continue to support each other. sorry i didn't see this until today.
HI I had my sleeve on 3/15 and I'm wondering how are you doing? Has your weight started to come off again? Do you still never feel full? I'm wondering because I thought it would be more difficult to eat. I am just on full liquids but can have greek yogurt and cottage cheese. I find I have to take small amounts of the yogurt and cot cheese, but I am able to drink my fluids. I do think I feel hunger though. When I get up inthe am and take meds and then finally get my protien drink or whatever my tummy feels a bit of discomfort...gas?or grumbles? I can't tell. But I do know that the fear of this not having the desire effect makes me nuts sometimes. I told my hubby I am afraid Ihave stretched it out just because I can drink my fluids. Crazy I know but I thought it should be more difficult. All I know is I will not let it fail. I will follow my diet, and not cheat by eating things not on the list. I want sucess.So can you tell me how you are doing? I hope for the best for you.
don't worry . . . drinking is easy, it's the food that everyone has difficulty with, i don't, but a lot of people do. people who had surgery the same time as me talk about being full after 3 spoons of stuff. i am eating a half a cup at a time. i feel hungry a lot. but i do sometimes feel full. i eat the greek yogurt and cottage cheese too. sometimes i add the protein powder to the yogurt because i can't take the taste of the greek yogurt.
i often feel that the doctor only made scars, and didn't actually do my surgery! lol, i know that he did my surgery. anytime i take one too many bites. lol. however, i eat pretty slow - 1/2 cup is the most i have, and don't really tend to have any extra in my plate to begin with.
as far as liquids - they go right through, so it's not unusual that you can drink so much. i hear that from my support group here as well. they can drink a lot, just slowly.
my weight loss is pretty good. as i said, i lost the 29 before surgery, and now it's 30 after. i had a couple of stalls, where it seemed like forever before i lost a pound, but obviously it wasn't. yesterday was 6 weeks and i've lost 30 pounds - an average of 5 pounds a week is amazing! right? if i can keep it up for another month or 2, that's 20 or 40 pounds!?!?!?! if for some reason i am able to keep it up for 2 more months, that would be 70 pounds post surgery, and 29 before. i'll take it. who know's what's really going to happen though? not me . . .
the best thing i can tell you linda, is to just take it a day at a time. otherwise, you'll drive yourself crazy. but do the best you can. i too, do not cheat, and i am following this to the letter, i did not do this surgery for me to not lose weight.
i wish you all the success in the world. let me know how it goes for you!
i often feel that the doctor only made scars, and didn't actually do my surgery! lol, i know that he did my surgery. anytime i take one too many bites. lol. however, i eat pretty slow - 1/2 cup is the most i have, and don't really tend to have any extra in my plate to begin with.
as far as liquids - they go right through, so it's not unusual that you can drink so much. i hear that from my support group here as well. they can drink a lot, just slowly.
my weight loss is pretty good. as i said, i lost the 29 before surgery, and now it's 30 after. i had a couple of stalls, where it seemed like forever before i lost a pound, but obviously it wasn't. yesterday was 6 weeks and i've lost 30 pounds - an average of 5 pounds a week is amazing! right? if i can keep it up for another month or 2, that's 20 or 40 pounds!?!?!?! if for some reason i am able to keep it up for 2 more months, that would be 70 pounds post surgery, and 29 before. i'll take it. who know's what's really going to happen though? not me . . .
the best thing i can tell you linda, is to just take it a day at a time. otherwise, you'll drive yourself crazy. but do the best you can. i too, do not cheat, and i am following this to the letter, i did not do this surgery for me to not lose weight.
i wish you all the success in the world. let me know how it goes for you!
