MsPrincess
Change is Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jul 12, 2010
It's been a year and a few weeks since my surgery and I must say that I have not been this happy in a very long time.
From 394 to 270 is a big change. My whole life has changed for the better.
Men are chasing after me really hard and I just want to kick them all down some stairs!!!!!!
It's not that I think that I'm too good, I just feel that you should love someone for who they are not just because they look good. I have changed for the best but I still have my personality that I had when I was a big girl. Sometimes I still think like a big girl and have to remember, "Oh that's right I lost weight!"
I"m loving the summertime! I get to be cute in my sun dresses instead of a mumu(you know those big dresses). I mean don't get me wrong I dressed my butt off even for a big chick, but now I get to find out how it feels to get into those regular size clothes. And I must say it feels good!!!!!!!
It's been a hard road getting used to a new way of eating. Plus now that little sleevie can't stand alot of things I used to love which is a good thing for some, but mustard, come on!!!!!!!!!!!! I used to love mustard now it makes me sick, miss it, but hey that one of the prices I had to pay for my friend sleevie.
Advice, Don't go out and spend your money on all that crazy stuff you may not be able to eat after surgery! You don't know what your new friend Sleevie may or may not like!
Protein bullets, Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Those are the nastyest, horriblest, yuckyest
, don't do it to yourself, blahhhhhhhhhh things I have ever tasted in my life!!!!!!!!!! Bullets, bah humbug!!!!!!
EAS protein powder! Vanilla!!!!! Buy frozen fruit,( I like strawberry or blueberry) get a really nice blender, and soy, almond, or rice mik. Blend you up a nice cold shake or thicken it up to icecream. I love them still to this day! Loaded with protein, low on carbs! The cold makes your tummy feel good.
Regular milk and sugar free ice cream will hurt you!!!!!!!!!!!!! Very, very, vey bad gas pains!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh MILK OF MAGNESIA IS YOUR FRIEND!!!!!!!
I also buy the chocolate EAS with sugar free chocolate syrup and add Ice cubes to that. Thats good for a chocolate fix.
As far as shoes, I lost a whole shoe size and a half. Went from a size 11 to a 9 1/2. Breast, just cry now ladies and get it over with!
Hair, some will fall out no matter what you do, but it will grow back. While taking my vitamins it has grown back even thicker.
Don't try things just to see if you can eat it!!!!!!! WHY DO THAT???????
Duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!
Little sleevie will punish you very, very, very bad! And you will suffer!
Keep the mindset, I can't have this, I can't have that!! It will help you!
You are going to miss your best friend food, oh you will miss food at first!
You may even wonder what did you do at first. But there is no feeling like the feeling of stepping on the scale and seeing those nimbers go down. after that you won't care about food anymore. Food can kick rocks then!LMBO!!!!!!!!!
If you have any questions for me just ask. But remember I don't sugar coat anything!
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From 394 to 270 is a big change. My whole life has changed for the better.
Men are chasing after me really hard and I just want to kick them all down some stairs!!!!!!
It's not that I think that I'm too good, I just feel that you should love someone for who they are not just because they look good. I have changed for the best but I still have my personality that I had when I was a big girl. Sometimes I still think like a big girl and have to remember, "Oh that's right I lost weight!"I"m loving the summertime! I get to be cute in my sun dresses instead of a mumu(you know those big dresses). I mean don't get me wrong I dressed my butt off even for a big chick, but now I get to find out how it feels to get into those regular size clothes. And I must say it feels good!!!!!!!
It's been a hard road getting used to a new way of eating. Plus now that little sleevie can't stand alot of things I used to love which is a good thing for some, but mustard, come on!!!!!!!!!!!! I used to love mustard now it makes me sick, miss it, but hey that one of the prices I had to pay for my friend sleevie.
Advice, Don't go out and spend your money on all that crazy stuff you may not be able to eat after surgery! You don't know what your new friend Sleevie may or may not like!
Protein bullets, Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Those are the nastyest, horriblest, yuckyest
, don't do it to yourself, blahhhhhhhhhh things I have ever tasted in my life!!!!!!!!!! Bullets, bah humbug!!!!!!EAS protein powder! Vanilla!!!!! Buy frozen fruit,( I like strawberry or blueberry) get a really nice blender, and soy, almond, or rice mik. Blend you up a nice cold shake or thicken it up to icecream. I love them still to this day! Loaded with protein, low on carbs! The cold makes your tummy feel good.
Regular milk and sugar free ice cream will hurt you!!!!!!!!!!!!! Very, very, vey bad gas pains!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh MILK OF MAGNESIA IS YOUR FRIEND!!!!!!!
I also buy the chocolate EAS with sugar free chocolate syrup and add Ice cubes to that. Thats good for a chocolate fix.
As far as shoes, I lost a whole shoe size and a half. Went from a size 11 to a 9 1/2. Breast, just cry now ladies and get it over with!
Hair, some will fall out no matter what you do, but it will grow back. While taking my vitamins it has grown back even thicker.
Don't try things just to see if you can eat it!!!!!!! WHY DO THAT???????
Duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!
Little sleevie will punish you very, very, very bad! And you will suffer!
Keep the mindset, I can't have this, I can't have that!! It will help you!
You are going to miss your best friend food, oh you will miss food at first!
You may even wonder what did you do at first. But there is no feeling like the feeling of stepping on the scale and seeing those nimbers go down. after that you won't care about food anymore. Food can kick rocks then!LMBO!!!!!!!!!
If you have any questions for me just ask. But remember I don't sugar coat anything!
It's been a long time since I posted.
Mar 30, 2010
Everything is going well for me. Been through bouts with family members, Mother and sister with lung cancer, both doing well now. Father with a tumor in his brain, he's doing well now. Father GOD has really been blessing us and has healed my family. Now I loose weight and found two lumps on my back. I think it's just fat! But will get them checked out.
All in all my weight loss has been wonderful. I have not been weighed in a while and have not really had time for myself. But now I can get back into me.
How is everyone?
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All in all my weight loss has been wonderful. I have not been weighed in a while and have not really had time for myself. But now I can get back into me.
How is everyone?
Synvisc
Jan 25, 2010
I will be getting the Synvisc shots in one Knee this week and the other knee next week. The doctor thinks that I will benefit from these shots. It's hard to excercise when your always in pain.
Doing my physical therapy and these shots and I should be doing better soon. Ya'll pray for me!
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Doing my physical therapy and these shots and I should be doing better soon. Ya'll pray for me!
Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!
Jan 10, 2010
I have not been myself latley. I feel myself changing for the better, yet change is so overwhelming at times.
It's been six months, I have lost 94 pounds. I thank Father GOD for that, and I do love my sleeve!
My eating has gotten better, still can't stand alot of things I used to. But, I learned over the holiday season that some foods are best to be left alone, period!
I don't want to sink into old nasty habits. I have gotten so used to eating healthy that other foods are just like drugs. I have learned to "JUST SAY NO"!!!!!!!!!!!
I have been standing on stage doing my Poetry thing! Me on stage in front of rooms full of people! Singing at Church and feeling a since of belonging instead of what others are thinking of my weight.
I still have 100 pounds to go, but I have come a long way. There's no looking back, except to remember where I came from, and to help others.
I have come from a size 32 to a 22 and this may seem not to good to you who are a size 22 now, (ok I can squeeze into a 20, but don't like my stomach) but it is a great accomplishment to me. I can't wait to get into a size 15/16, that's my goal!
I look really good at that size.
It's just after being a size 32 for so many years I just don't know what to do with myself at times.
I don't need anyone taking care of me anymore, I can go shopping myself, I can do so much more now. I really have a new life! And it's all because of my friend little sleevie.
Thank you Father GOD for my sleeve!!!!!!
I pray that everyone had a happy holiday and new year.
WOW! You know what you guys, I can't wait for the summer, I am going to have a ball!!!!!!!
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It's been six months, I have lost 94 pounds. I thank Father GOD for that, and I do love my sleeve!
My eating has gotten better, still can't stand alot of things I used to. But, I learned over the holiday season that some foods are best to be left alone, period!
I don't want to sink into old nasty habits. I have gotten so used to eating healthy that other foods are just like drugs. I have learned to "JUST SAY NO"!!!!!!!!!!!
I have been standing on stage doing my Poetry thing! Me on stage in front of rooms full of people! Singing at Church and feeling a since of belonging instead of what others are thinking of my weight.
I still have 100 pounds to go, but I have come a long way. There's no looking back, except to remember where I came from, and to help others.
I have come from a size 32 to a 22 and this may seem not to good to you who are a size 22 now, (ok I can squeeze into a 20, but don't like my stomach) but it is a great accomplishment to me. I can't wait to get into a size 15/16, that's my goal!
I look really good at that size.
It's just after being a size 32 for so many years I just don't know what to do with myself at times.
I don't need anyone taking care of me anymore, I can go shopping myself, I can do so much more now. I really have a new life! And it's all because of my friend little sleevie.
Thank you Father GOD for my sleeve!!!!!!
I pray that everyone had a happy holiday and new year.
WOW! You know what you guys, I can't wait for the summer, I am going to have a ball!!!!!!!
New Update
Oct 13, 2009
Hello my Oh family! 
I have lost altogether 70 pounds, 20 before my surgery, and 50 after surgery and that's good for only three months.
I went from a size 32 to a size 24 in three months, GOD IS GOOD! I can wear a regular store size 3x. I wore a 3x in Jessica London, Romans, Catherians, and the Avenue for so long I can't hardly believe that I am in a regular store size 3x.
Little sleevie is my best friend now! We get along so well! Let's all thank GOD for the sleeve! Thank you Lord JESUS!
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I have lost altogether 70 pounds, 20 before my surgery, and 50 after surgery and that's good for only three months.
I went from a size 32 to a size 24 in three months, GOD IS GOOD! I can wear a regular store size 3x. I wore a 3x in Jessica London, Romans, Catherians, and the Avenue for so long I can't hardly believe that I am in a regular store size 3x.
Little sleevie is my best friend now! We get along so well! Let's all thank GOD for the sleeve! Thank you Lord JESUS!
I went to see my surgeon today!
Aug 18, 2009
I lost 9 pounds in one month! I lost 24 pounds my first 2 weeks! Now things seem to be dragging. And my Dr. sounds disappointed! He said that I should have lost another 20 pounds by now.
So we talked about what I'm doing. I eat meat as much as I can get in, which is not much!
I started drinking ensure high protein because I can handle it a little better now. And he wants me to stop the ensure!
I was drinking the Ocean Spray energy, it had 8 carbs and 8 sugars and loaded with B vitamins.
And I added 4oz of water to 4oz of ocean spray.
He wants me to stop those even though I felt good when I drank them and able to go around the track with no problems.
He wants me to drink Crystal light but I read that aspartame is not good for us. That it puts holes in our brains are something like that.
And he said that I can exercise now to start out with 30 minute exercises.
And that if I don't work out at least 30 minutes I will not lose any fat or calories. And to push myself to an hour.
Does anyone have any easy start out exercises for someone who is not used to exercising?
Any other energy drink ideas with no sugar at all, and no carbs?
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So we talked about what I'm doing. I eat meat as much as I can get in, which is not much!
I started drinking ensure high protein because I can handle it a little better now. And he wants me to stop the ensure!
I was drinking the Ocean Spray energy, it had 8 carbs and 8 sugars and loaded with B vitamins.
And I added 4oz of water to 4oz of ocean spray.
He wants me to stop those even though I felt good when I drank them and able to go around the track with no problems.
He wants me to drink Crystal light but I read that aspartame is not good for us. That it puts holes in our brains are something like that.
And he said that I can exercise now to start out with 30 minute exercises.
And that if I don't work out at least 30 minutes I will not lose any fat or calories. And to push myself to an hour.
Does anyone have any easy start out exercises for someone who is not used to exercising?
Any other energy drink ideas with no sugar at all, and no carbs?
I walked two miles this week!
Aug 07, 2009
YESSSSS! I walked two miles this week and must say it feels good. Not even two months ago I could barley walk.
Now I am a walking machine!
I can't wait to go to my appt. on the 16th and weigh in. I'm hoping to see some good pounds melted off. I have been so tempted to buy a scale but I see what allot of you go through with that scale and I just don't want to go crazy.
So I reached my goal of walking and not being in pain in my knee's! But y'all forgot to tell a sista about the pain in my muscles!
I know, I know, no pain no gain! 
I start going to physical therapy on the 18th. They are going to help me with learning how to exercise and strengthen my legs and back. A sista will be kickboxing in no time!!!!!!!!
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Now I am a walking machine!
I can't wait to go to my appt. on the 16th and weigh in. I'm hoping to see some good pounds melted off. I have been so tempted to buy a scale but I see what allot of you go through with that scale and I just don't want to go crazy.
So I reached my goal of walking and not being in pain in my knee's!
But y'all forgot to tell a sista about the pain in my muscles! I know, I know, no pain no gain! I start going to physical therapy on the 18th. They are going to help me with learning how to exercise and strengthen my legs and back. A sista will be kickboxing in no time!!!!!!!!
I just want to post this on my profile!
Aug 07, 2009
I wrote this in my sleeve group and decided to post it on my profile just in case someone else would like to read it.
Ok, I know that I have been complaining and not posting. It's been hard learning my new friend sleeve. But I think I got these new tastes,and new way to cook my food thing down packed.
I can not do what everybody else does. I can not follow all recipes.
My sleeve is very funny acting. The smell of Mrs. Dash makes me sick and I was cooking with it. Duhhhhhh! To why I could not eat.
Miracle whip and mayonnaise makes me really sick. I can not season my food. Get a pan, spray some Pam and cook it! It's just plain simple!
I can not eat the way I use to. With all the seasonings, and condiments.
I like pinto beans but three spoonfuls and I'm done. A piece of fish is just that, "a piece".
Water is my friend. Just not for a long time after I eat. If I can't do 2oz's of something I don't do it.
Splenda makes me feel sick so I leave it and all other sweeteners alone.
I mixed my vanilla carnation instant breakfast with a spoonful of decaf coffee no milk and was in heaven. I even added ground flax seeds to my coffee and enjoyed it.
Things that were bland to me before are good now. I may only eat a small amount, but I'm eating.
My blood work came back excellent with my iron a little low. But that was it. I'm tired because I had surgery! Another duhhhhhhhh!
Some of us take a while to get used to change.
This VSG took me out of my comfort zone for-real! I studied, I read, I asked, I researched, and still nothing can really get you ready for the way your going to feel. For the changing of your life! You will learn about not eating much, chew your food slow, and are you really ready for this? But there is no training for the big change you feel when your best friend food is not your friend anymore. When you hate to eat because you don't want to get sick, or get the foams, throw up, or just want that full feeling to go away.
I learned that my sleeve is not a get thin quick scheme. It's going to be a journey that I'm going to have to work hard at. Yet I do believe that I am starting to like my friend sleeve. It may seem strange but my friend sleeve is good to me and good for me. We just need to get to know each other better.
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Ok, I know that I have been complaining and not posting. It's been hard learning my new friend sleeve. But I think I got these new tastes,and new way to cook my food thing down packed.
I can not do what everybody else does. I can not follow all recipes.
My sleeve is very funny acting. The smell of Mrs. Dash makes me sick and I was cooking with it. Duhhhhhh! To why I could not eat.
Miracle whip and mayonnaise makes me really sick. I can not season my food. Get a pan, spray some Pam and cook it! It's just plain simple!
I can not eat the way I use to. With all the seasonings, and condiments.
I like pinto beans but three spoonfuls and I'm done. A piece of fish is just that, "a piece".
Water is my friend. Just not for a long time after I eat. If I can't do 2oz's of something I don't do it.
Splenda makes me feel sick so I leave it and all other sweeteners alone.
I mixed my vanilla carnation instant breakfast with a spoonful of decaf coffee no milk and was in heaven. I even added ground flax seeds to my coffee and enjoyed it.
Things that were bland to me before are good now. I may only eat a small amount, but I'm eating.
My blood work came back excellent with my iron a little low. But that was it. I'm tired because I had surgery! Another duhhhhhhhh!
Some of us take a while to get used to change.
This VSG took me out of my comfort zone for-real! I studied, I read, I asked, I researched, and still nothing can really get you ready for the way your going to feel. For the changing of your life! You will learn about not eating much, chew your food slow, and are you really ready for this? But there is no training for the big change you feel when your best friend food is not your friend anymore. When you hate to eat because you don't want to get sick, or get the foams, throw up, or just want that full feeling to go away.I learned that my sleeve is not a get thin quick scheme. It's going to be a journey that I'm going to have to work hard at. Yet I do believe that I am starting to like my friend sleeve. It may seem strange but my friend sleeve is good to me and good for me. We just need to get to know each other better.
Food does not like me!!!!!
Jul 06, 2009
I have a problem,
Food is not my friend! It hurts! Not a bad hurt, but bothers me. I keep going back to drinking my protein.
I brought my greek yogurt, and will be going to get some cottage cheese and canned peaches. That is the only way I will eat cottage cheese. It looks so nasty!
I can eat salmon, but not much. Tuna is ok . How do you get in six small meals a day. I don't think I have done three!
My water intake is ok, but I know it is not 64oz.. Maybe with the sugar free Icepops. They are my friend! Icepops like me!
Why can't someone make protein Icepops with fruty flavor. That would be nice!
Ok people please help a newbee like me out! Maybe it just taking me longer to get used to my sleeve. 2oz and i'm through! But with food it seems less!
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Food is not my friend! It hurts! Not a bad hurt, but bothers me. I keep going back to drinking my protein.
I brought my greek yogurt, and will be going to get some cottage cheese and canned peaches. That is the only way I will eat cottage cheese. It looks so nasty!
I can eat salmon, but not much. Tuna is ok . How do you get in six small meals a day. I don't think I have done three!
My water intake is ok, but I know it is not 64oz.. Maybe with the sugar free Icepops. They are my friend! Icepops like me!
Why can't someone make protein Icepops with fruty flavor. That would be nice!
Ok people please help a newbee like me out! Maybe it just taking me longer to get used to my sleeve. 2oz and i'm through! But with food it seems less!
21 Pounds Lost
Jun 30, 2009
I lost 21 Pounds and it's not even two weeks yet!
My ankels and feet went down, I lost a shoe size. And I am no longer on water pills for high blood pressure!
GOD is Good! All the time!
And I can eat food! 
About Me
New Haven, CT
Location
63.9
BMI
Surgery
06/18/2009
Surgery Date
Jan 11, 2009
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