lianna

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Lovin my sleeve.  I recovered from surgery really fast after that 3rd day post op... was able to get all my water and protein in and just started feeling great.  I hit a stall at 5 weeks, but the loss has picked back up to a turtle's pace.  I was down 19 lbs the first month, and 6 the second with that darn stall.  I will take any loss though LOL!  At 10 weeks now I am trying to keep my calories at 800, protein at 80, and carbs under 40.  Pretty easy since I can still only eat 2 oz.  I will just keep plugging along.

Had Sleeve surgery done on 3/9/15.  I had such an easy recovery from band removal that I didn't expect to feel so bad from this.  I was severely nauseas and had ridiculous acid the day after surgery.  It finally eased up on the day of release.  Today I am feeling great, drinking a Vitamin Water and looking forward to some fuller liquids.  I was up about 6 lbs from the surgery and IV fluids when I got home, but with all the liquids I am now able to drink it is slowly draining off.

I am just heartbroken.  I weighed today to set a goal and beginning weight... I weigh 240 lbs.  More than pre-lapband.  Will write more tomorrow.

Editted to add that by my March sleeve date I was up to 248lbs.  Geez... all time high weight.  Even more reason to be glad I decided to have the Sleeve.

Band issues in 2010 led to a total unfill.  Refill and emergency unfill.    I have remained unfilled since and have slowly ad steadily gained back every pound.  I am having my band taken out on Oct 11 and hope to have a revision to Sleeve done at that time.  If the revision cant be done then, I will go back in January for the Sleeve.

I have done pretty good with sticking between 150-155lbs  for the past 6 months or so.  I was actually down hovering at 148-150  right about the time I quit smoking in August....but I put on a couple of pounds that first month or two after I quit.  I am finally feeling remotivated to get my butt in gear and try to get back under 150!   I think I just settled here to work on maintainence because I was burned out and tired of worrying about protein, water, calories, etc...

I am thinking about scheduling a fill.  The fact that I can easily eat reheated chicken, bread, and eggs tells me I could probably use a tiny tweak on my fill right now.  I am 1.5ccs which has obviously been enough for maintaining, but I think a .2 or .4cc fill would be a huge help if decide to try to knock off this last 10lbs. 

I have seen 150, 151, and 151 on the scale the last 3 days!  I am taking the 151lbs......but I think I might actually hit 150 soon.  The extra effort this week has paid off.

After 6 weeks (to the day) of being unfilled I finally got filled back to 2ccs yesterday.  It is great so far....had soup last night, protein drink this a.m. and some chili for lunch.  Had my first solid meal tonite and had about 3 oz of chicken with some zuchinni.  I am totally satisfied and almost too full feeling........I could just cry I missed this feeling so much.  

I was up 3lbs from the visit for my unfill.  I am actually surprised, because I have spent the last 6 weeks in turmoil over feeling like I was eating SO MUCH.  It is empowering to know that my food choices have changed enough to offset even the larger portions that I was eating. 

I ended up having major issues with my last fill.  I was unfilled a little and it wasn enough.  Had to get a second unfill, so I have been dealing with an almost empty band for 4 weeks now.  I have gained about 3 lbs.....it could worse.  I had exrays taken yesterday, so once my aftercare doc looks them over hopefully I can get some fill back in!