Wow you look good just saw your weightloss ticker and thats amazing. I just joined the N.C. Sleevers and was looking at everyone and seeing when they had their surgery.. I just had mine and am day 8 post op. So are you happy you did this? I am still on liquids how did you find the transition to food?
All the best ahev

Hi! I saw that you had your surgery with Dr. Classen in FAyetteville. He will be doing mine as well. I have my nutritionist appointment on July 10....I was just wondering what type of pre op diet that the doctor had you on?

Look at you!!! Nice photo How are you doing, pretty lady?

Patty

Hey there!! I'm so sorry, I haven't been on this site at all in months! I see that you're doing well! Congratulations on the current weightloss! Mine is going well too but I've been in a stall for weeks now. I'm hoping that it will pass soon. Let me know how you are dealing with all of the changes. I promise to get on here much more often! Have a great weekend!

Hey! Hope you are still doing good. And yes, I work with Judi at the Academy. She is such a sweet person! I just wanted to check in and see how you were doing!

I'm doing good! Been at a stall for a few weeks, but I think that is pretty normal at about 6-7 months out. How about you?

Hi there! Life has been so hectic ever since returning back towork. Am so glad I took those 2 weeks to myself. In spite of myself, I am down 40 lbs really with no consistent exercise yet. I love that I cant eat very much...even when it seems like a 'wrong' choice....notmuch goes in. I LOVE THAT. How are you?

* laughing* Today a single hair fell off of my head and onto my shoulders. I got to paranoid! No more fell out today. Let's keep it that way, please!

I am so glad that you finally broke that weight loss stall! I bet you are thrilled! Yay, you!!!


I live in Jacksonville, Florida. That's in the northeast part of the state. I am a eighth generation Floridian, and I speak with a very slight southern accent.

My headache tried to sneak back up on me today. My sister said she had a "headache bug" for about four days. I seem to be a bit tougher that that, but this darn headache keeps trying to sneak back in my head!

Woo-hoo! So glad that mean old stall is out of your way! Also glad that you have been loosing inches. That's. A good thing!

How's your hair doing? Mine is holding on so far. Hoping it holds out. I am watching the shower drain for shedding activity after I shampoo but there's nothing out of the ordinary going on.

I felt really bad at work today. Last night I had a terrible headache. Took meds for it and woke up okay. When I got to school, it started back again and became progressively worse. My principal saw me and told me to go home! I took more medicine and slept for most of the day. My tummy feels kind of odd. I am hoping that it is the migraine mere and not a bug. So many of my students have been really sick this year. There was so much coughing going on in first period that I wished for a hospital mask to wear!

My happy event this past week was trying on a pair of really nice size 18W jeans I had in my closet from ages ago. I started out in 26 jeans. Something I hate admitting, even to myself! I just wanted to see how far I had to go before they fit me. I tried them on before surgery and I could only pull them up to mid thigh. I remember standing in front of the mirror trying to wrap my head around the possibility of ever wearing them again. I tried them on a couple of weeks ago and I could pull them all the way up. I couldn't button them. There was a six inch gap between the button hole and the button.

Friday, I tried them on again. This time, they were loose! I wore them knowing that I better get dome use out of them fast! I washed them in hot water and used a hot dryer on them. Wore them again on Sunday. Even after the heat treatment, they were loose. They have a waistband that falls just beneath my belly button. I discovered that I can actually pull these jeans up and down without unbuttoning and unzipping them. Gosh! If this keeps up, I could sneeze and blow my britches off of me!

I guess I need to invest in a belt. I haven't. Worn one in years. Too damn fat for belts back then. Hmmm... maybe I need to do like Ellie Mae Clampett and use some rope for a belt. * laughing* That would be very adjustable!

I am wondering about Thanksgiving. What are you going to do for/with your family?

Patty

I am just going along trying to do my best. Mainly trying to get in enough protein, that sure is hard! I try real hard to drink enough water, too. I also try hard to remember to take my vitamins and calcium. I eat a heck of a lot of Greek yogurt, it is easy to get my hands on and easy to eat. I usually have it for breakfast. If I am am having a rough day and other foods are not being agreeable, I go to the Greek yogurt as my standby food. I have started eating peeled apple slices and they are yummy. I also am enjoying eating my mouse sized servings of veggies these days. I can hardly stomach protein shakes anymore. When I do drink them, I drink Muscle Milk and EAS brands, they are not cloyingly sweet. My meals are so tiny, but I think I am finally getting the hang of knowing when to stop eating. Eating too much HURTS!. A cup of hot tea is very soothing to my stomach... I am going to Curves three times a week, but last week was crazy at work and I didn't go. I am supposed to start Zumba there once a week, that will be soon. I am also walking a mile with my students three times a week. Got shin splints on Friday. Will do more warm-ups from now on. So, that's about it. I have been on a plateau for a few days. Not worried about it. This stuff happens.

Sounds good to me. I fluctuate on what I can eat. Some days, I can hardly eat a thing, other days, I do okay. I don't think I could eat a half a sausage and egg biscuit yet, it would kill me. I can't even finish a boiled egg! So weird. I worry about getting enough calories into my body. I would be careful eating breads and starchy foods like rice. These things can go down fast, but they are things that are high in carbs. How about veggies? What are you eating veggie wise? Just the same, imagine eating only half a breakfast biscuit just a few months ago! No way, I would want to gobble down the whole thing!

I am so weary about solids , still havn't eaten anything that i couldn't have on regular diet

I am fifty-six years old. I had my surgery eight weeks and three days ago, on August 10. I have lost forty-eight pounds. My starting weight was 289 and now I an 241! My goal is 155. I am 5'6".

I have one son and he is twenty-three. I was stretched out on the couch yesterday when he came into the room. He said "Look this way. Ohy gosh, Mom! You are Reilly loosing weight!" He's pretty excited to see the changes in me.

I divorced his father when he was five. His dad did everything according to his own rules. Even diabetes. As a result, he went blind, was on dialysis,had endless strokes and heart attacks. He died two years ago, a sick and very old man. He was only sixty-three.

The aspect of something like this happening to me really has my son worried. I was pretty healthy for a fat lady, but I wondered just how long I could push those cards. Something would eventually happen tho me and I worried about how my soon would handle it. This is one of the main reasons I started trying tho find a solution to my weighty problem.

That and my wonderful and supportive husband. He is twelve years younger than me. I worried about being a burden on him in years to come due to health and my weight. Jon is the most wonderful man. He simply adores me no matter what. I am so lucky tho be loved by him. He is really proud of what I.am doing, amazed at my weight loss, and supportive of my as I struggle to food that agrees with me sometime. son also works to find to my food dilemma.