I really don't want to rain on your parade -- truly, I hope that I am just an aberration.
I was banded in 07 and lost 101 lbs in the first 10 months. Then I started to have those nuisance problems...

Never had nary a gas pain and not been sick (nauseated, etc.) a single time in 5 months!
People just LOVE giving other people WORST CASE SCENARIOS!!!
Ignore it. Do your research. Discuss with...

Hello and welcome!
I'm sorry you're still experiencing feeling sick. But, I can assure you, if I only ate three times a day, I would feel sick, too. My surgeon recommends six small meals/snacks...

It will pass. Just hang in there -- your body is just reacting to trauma: injury, blood loss, drastic drop in caloric intake. Soon it will adjust and everything -- including brain chemistry will...

I hesitate to post this, because I don't want to discourage anyone. But OTOH, I'm pretty discouraged and if there is help out there for me, maybe someone else needs it, too!!!

I am 4.5 months...

I have several:

Once complimented a friend on her lovely outfit and she blurted out, "Thanks, lose some of that weight and I'll let you borrow it sometime."


To hubby's Aunt: "A woman your...

I'm 8.5 weeks and down 9 lbs. (Was down 11, but had a regain at week 4.)

Some of us are just super slow losers. I know mine is my D-DNA (diabetes genes!!) trying to survive in the midst of a...

Ditto!

I need to get more serious about scheduling.

Several times a week I'll have that "sinking" feeling, like I'm getting weak or light-headed, and realize its been too long since I have eaten. Guess...

UPDATE:
Just wanted to let you know, Lucille went to see the cardiologist on Friday!!

Her VSD (hole in her heart we've been watching since about 19 weeks gestation and completely unrelated to the...

UPDATE:
Just wanted to let you know, Lucille went to see the cardiologist on Friday!!

Her VSD (hole in her heart we've been watching since about 19 weeks gestation and completely unrelated to the...

Ha Ha!!!

Ya'll are some really sweet people to remember that your SLOW is not as slow and your PLATEAUS not as long and keep encouraging me!

I didn't weigh in this weekend as I was out of town...

Okay, Sandy -- we're nearly "twins" with our neighboring Sleeve Dates!!! So, keep cheering me on!

We also had similar starting weights -- but mine was 321 lbs (in August, 07) when I got my lap...

<---Queen of Slow-Losers, here!!

Lost 11, regained TWO, lost one of those!!! Eight weeks out!

I am hereby claiming the CROWN for QUEEN of SLOW-LOSERS!!!

I was banded Feb 10, 2011 and I lost 11 in the first two weeks.

Then I gained TWO!!

And I've been working like a dog and finally...

The sleeve wasn't an option for me when I was banded in 2007. It was still "experimental" then. At that time, the band was the best choice, because altho' I had a LOT of weight to lose, I had...

Congrats!!! Keep up the good work! And keep posting, its a great encouragement to those of us who are super-slow losers!!

What she said!!!!

Yep! Stuck like Chuck! That's me!!

I DO need to step up the walking -- pushing a stroller limits just how vigorous I can get, but I can do more than I am doing.

I was down .8 this week!!

Zip peh dee DOO dah!!!! :cool:

But I...

Here's a new update!! And not the kind I ever tho't I'd be sharing.

Lucy's parents, my daughter and the father, have split. Baby and Mommy have moved home with us. Last Monday she was served...

Antibiotic IVs are standard with the sleeve surgery. It will go away when you have your next period. However, if you're no longer menstruating, you will need to take something for it -- they can...

Jimmy -- I don't know WHAT is going on, but I've been "hung" for about three weeks now and Thursday will be seven weeks for me!!

I'm weighing in once a week at Weight Watchers (I rejoined with DH...

THE SCIENCE EXPERIMENT CONTINUES!!!!

After last weeks -0.8 weight loss, I prepared myself to be underwhelmed with this week's results. I walked out a little bummer seeing -0.6 lost.

THEN, I...

Don't over think it. I think sharing and taking food home is much more commonplace than you realize and servers aren't really surprised by those requests. Seven of us sat down to lunch today...