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100! - Hi! I haven't posted lately-I think I've just been in my own rhythm. Today I got a great birthday present! 100 pounds lost since my consult for this procedure 12/20/13. I'm very ha...

Monday weigh in - Hi all! I have to admit this wasn't a great week for me. I had to lighten up on exercise due to brain injury symptoms. I also had hunger a lot-which led me to eat more veggies and ...

Thoughts on exercise... - FYI these are my own thoughts about my journey and whatever works for you may be different.  First off, I love exercise!  It is now the first thing I turn to if I am sad, angry, di...

2 month update - Hi all!  I like reading where people are at each month, so I will try to keep these up.  Wow - only two months! Seems like longer.  Since surgery, I am down 40 pounds.  Since my fi...

Appetite/sleeve space dropped - I am now about 6.5 weeks out. Up until about 5 days ago, I could eat 2-2.5 oz of meat without any problem. I was frequently hungry as well and was at about 800 cal with 80g protein...

Iron supplements - Anyone have iron supplements that don't smell and taste horrible when going down?? I gag every time!

Hunger-eat or ignore? - Hi all! I am 5 weeks out. I am one of the unlucky ones who still has real physical hunger. I know it isn't acid (on double dose protonix and it works great) I know it isn't head hu...

1 month update - What a journey this is!!  A lot of change in a month.  Most of my struggles had to do with emotions and pain. I have a hematoma under one of my incisions (like a rock hard ball-st...

Veggies for month 2 and on? - Hi. I'm getting ready to start regular food at the end of the week. I had just learned to cook before my surgery. I am just wondering about the veggies. What veggies do you tolerat...

3 weeks out and hungry - Hi. I'm over 3 weeks out and my hunger keeps increasing.  I'm on double my acid med and it isn't that. Isn't head hunger either. Happens bad 3 hours after I eat-sooner after a prot...

When could you eat an egg? - Hi. I'm almost 3 weeks out. I made a scrambled egg and ate really slowly. It went down ok. About 30 min later, I got the watering mouth and vomited. Was it just too much for me? At...

2 week post op - Hello- 2 weeks ago, I got my sleeve. Things started out pretty rough. A lot more pain than I thought I would have. Also, the anesthesia and meds made me feel not myself/depressed/f...

How to detect full?? - Hi all. 6 days out from vsg. Is it normal for capacity to change from day to day-and,also, how much time should I wait between bites to detect full?  Yesterday I got in 70+ounces ...

Still up 25 pounds after 1 week! - Hi. I knew I would gain water weight after surgery-but wow! I'm almost a week out and about 25 pounds over what I was the morning of surgery. Weight is such a bizarre measurement. ...

Pod 5 update - Well, almost a week down and I'm optimistic it will get better. I have a huge painful hematoma around my incision on the left that has caused a lot of extra pain. I've helps a lot....

Muscle hematoma - The reason I am I. Horrendous pain is from a muscle tear that bled and is now all around the muscles of my belly. Doctors had been refusing to believe there wasn't reason for this ...

Question about full feeling - Hi. Surgery yesterday. Passed swallow test-but RAD said stomach looked very swollen. I'm sipping on 1oz medicine cups. With each sip, I feel some back up and feel like I need to bu...

Bad to worse - Yesterday, day of surgery, I had a ton of pain. I still managed to walk a lot and felt better.  This morning - felt excruciating pain and then my incision started bleeding a ton -...

Sleeved. Owwie!! - I was sleeved this morning. Pain is horrendous (I don't respond well to pain meds). I woke up screaming and crying. Hope we can get it better so I can move. I also would like a sea...

Bad spell! - I have been doing so well on all of theSe lifestyle changes since my consultation. I was planning to bring them right up to my surgery on Friday. Well-a few things derailed me. I t...

299.2!!! - When I was in my 20s, I was so embarrassed to be over 200 pounds. I never told anyone my weight. I never imagined being over 300 pounds-that seemed absolutely absurd. Well, in June...

Date!! - Yay! I finally have a date and it's soon! March 7th!  I'm excited and am glad I have learned so much from all of you. I'm glad I got a jump start on the weight loss. It's nice to h...

Question for the vets! - Hi. I have a thought going through my head-I hope I can articulate it.  All of the successful vets on here are so disciplined and seem to eat spot on. I can't help but think that ...

Woohoo!! - I'm so pumped! I just realized the scale I was using the past week wasn't zeroed properly. I've actually lost 52 pounds since 6/13 and that includes 25 pounds since my consult on 1...

I've been tested..and.. - I passed! The last couple of days have been the first times I've really been tested since this lifestyle change. Yesterday it was my family having and eating valentines candy. I ha...