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Eight Months Out
Wow! Here we are at 8 months, and I realize I'm bad at keeping up with these posts. I'm sure everyone wants the numbers, so here they are:
HW: 257
SW: 249
CW: 163
163! I'm officially the smallest I've ever been in my adult life and I just can't believe it. My sleeve helps me make the best choices, and eat well. I sometimes find myself thinking about how back in the day at a restaurant, I'd have eaten a whole massive portion, after appetizers... blegh.
In other news, I have so many NSVs!
I went skydiving! Freaking skydiving! Yes, I looked like a sharpei with all my loose skin flying in the breeze, but it was fantastic. I was finally under the weight limit to be able to tandem jump.
I've been wearing clothes that show my arms, my legs - and in preparation for a wedding on my SO's side, a sari, complete with my pale belly out for all to see. Things I would have absolutely stayed away from in the past.
Being intimate is amazing and easy. We're all adults here, and I never once had this thought in my head in the past - but thin sex is fantastic. There's not extra effort to move your belly fold just so, or hold a thigh just so. Having that realization was a pleasant surprise.
In other news, I went vegan. I've been vegan for about 3 months now. I was discovering that animal proteins were a major cause for my vomiting, I just couldn't stomach meat. Also, I found it ridiculous that I was supposed to be learning healthy eating habits, desperately getting protein from the only thing my stomach could handle... chicken wings. It seemed counter intuitive to be putting that into my body after all this progress.
Vegan sleeve is possible, and for some works wonders, I hit all my protein goals and I feel fantastic and my nutritionist is also very pleased. But! What works for one, does not work for the others. I understand, but for any of you curious about going vegan with a sleeve or bypass, it can be done and I thought it would be neat to talk about it here since I had trouble finding lots of info myself.
What else... what else?
I guess that's it for now. I'll be posting pictures soon, I realize I hardly have any - and I'm guessing pictures would help :)
Take care out there everyone!
HW: 257
SW: 249
CW: 163
163! I'm officially the smallest I've ever been in my adult life and I just can't believe it. My sleeve helps me make the best choices, and eat well. I sometimes find myself thinking about how back in the day at a restaurant, I'd have eaten a whole massive portion, after appetizers... blegh.
In other news, I have so many NSVs!
I went skydiving! Freaking skydiving! Yes, I looked like a sharpei with all my loose skin flying in the breeze, but it was fantastic. I was finally under the weight limit to be able to tandem jump.
I've been wearing clothes that show my arms, my legs - and in preparation for a wedding on my SO's side, a sari, complete with my pale belly out for all to see. Things I would have absolutely stayed away from in the past.
Being intimate is amazing and easy. We're all adults here, and I never once had this thought in my head in the past - but thin sex is fantastic. There's not extra effort to move your belly fold just so, or hold a thigh just so. Having that realization was a pleasant surprise.
In other news, I went vegan. I've been vegan for about 3 months now. I was discovering that animal proteins were a major cause for my vomiting, I just couldn't stomach meat. Also, I found it ridiculous that I was supposed to be learning healthy eating habits, desperately getting protein from the only thing my stomach could handle... chicken wings. It seemed counter intuitive to be putting that into my body after all this progress.
Vegan sleeve is possible, and for some works wonders, I hit all my protein goals and I feel fantastic and my nutritionist is also very pleased. But! What works for one, does not work for the others. I understand, but for any of you curious about going vegan with a sleeve or bypass, it can be done and I thought it would be neat to talk about it here since I had trouble finding lots of info myself.
What else... what else?
I guess that's it for now. I'll be posting pictures soon, I realize I hardly have any - and I'm guessing pictures would help :)
Take care out there everyone!
4 Months Out!
I'm back! Here's my monthly update, although a little late and here's those numbers yet again!
HW: 257
SW: 249
CW: 192
I'm in onederland! Can you believe it?! I'm sure you can, because that's one of the reasons people get sleeved, to see the numbers drop on the scale and feel infinitely better about themselves and their health! I even took a picture of the scale to mark the moment I dropped below 200 lbs. I was over the moon, I celebrated by dancing around stupidly in my bedroom with my S.O.
If I had to gauge where I'm at, I'd say I'm at the fun stage of eating. The stage where I can branch out even more with dietary options and suffer less vomiting with the introduction of new foods. I myself have opted to go low carb, I've pretty much been low carb since the surgery and it just feels easy to maintain and it's not something I really miss or crave. I still have my stand-by foods of sashimi or the occasional chicken wing for a protein fix.
I do have good and bad days with eating in general. By good and bad, I mean that one day I can eat and eat and eat and try new things (without blowing out my calorie count, it just feels like a lot for such a tiny tummy) and other days, even eating my stand-by foods - it comes right back up and I have to force myself to drink a muscle milk to make the protein requirements. Luckily, I have more good days then bad days - and I'm still at the place where I simply can't handle a lot of veggies without my stomach doing flips and things coming right back up. All in due time, I suppose!
Fitness... fitness... fitness. You know that burst of energy people talk about finding after surgery, and how when you first start off in your new sleeved life, you wonder when that will someday happen to you? I've found it! It's helped me to start running , in addition to my hiking - I haven't ran in years and though it's only been a week of running, I'm up to lasting a solid 9 minutes of a steady jog. I've also fixed my bike up and have been taking it out for a few miles and back. It's amazing!
I'm starting to notice the droop of some skin in my stomach and in my arms. Which is expected, though not exactly welcomed. With that being said I'm working some strength training into my routine to tone up and help reduce the droop.
A little NSV: I went shopping for new clothes with a gift card someone had bought me after my surgery as a get well gift. It was Macy's - I hated going there as a big girl because I felt penned in at the plus size area, with all the circus tents for clothes available. This time though, I was able to wander the whole women's floor (and still be put off by a lot of the style options, but still - choices!). It felt great! I hated shopping! Now... it's pretty awesome. (Also vanity sizing is complete B.S. but that's another story.)
What else? Oh! I'm going to be a bridesmaid later this summer, ordering dresses is a challenge due to my constant shrinking, but I guess that's a positive thing to worry about. I also have been getting lots of compliments on my bone structure in my face, apparently dropping 65 lbs really lets people notice your cheekbones - who knew!?
HW: 257
SW: 249
CW: 192
I'm in onederland! Can you believe it?! I'm sure you can, because that's one of the reasons people get sleeved, to see the numbers drop on the scale and feel infinitely better about themselves and their health! I even took a picture of the scale to mark the moment I dropped below 200 lbs. I was over the moon, I celebrated by dancing around stupidly in my bedroom with my S.O.
If I had to gauge where I'm at, I'd say I'm at the fun stage of eating. The stage where I can branch out even more with dietary options and suffer less vomiting with the introduction of new foods. I myself have opted to go low carb, I've pretty much been low carb since the surgery and it just feels easy to maintain and it's not something I really miss or crave. I still have my stand-by foods of sashimi or the occasional chicken wing for a protein fix.
I do have good and bad days with eating in general. By good and bad, I mean that one day I can eat and eat and eat and try new things (without blowing out my calorie count, it just feels like a lot for such a tiny tummy) and other days, even eating my stand-by foods - it comes right back up and I have to force myself to drink a muscle milk to make the protein requirements. Luckily, I have more good days then bad days - and I'm still at the place where I simply can't handle a lot of veggies without my stomach doing flips and things coming right back up. All in due time, I suppose!
Fitness... fitness... fitness. You know that burst of energy people talk about finding after surgery, and how when you first start off in your new sleeved life, you wonder when that will someday happen to you? I've found it! It's helped me to start running , in addition to my hiking - I haven't ran in years and though it's only been a week of running, I'm up to lasting a solid 9 minutes of a steady jog. I've also fixed my bike up and have been taking it out for a few miles and back. It's amazing!
I'm starting to notice the droop of some skin in my stomach and in my arms. Which is expected, though not exactly welcomed. With that being said I'm working some strength training into my routine to tone up and help reduce the droop.
A little NSV: I went shopping for new clothes with a gift card someone had bought me after my surgery as a get well gift. It was Macy's - I hated going there as a big girl because I felt penned in at the plus size area, with all the circus tents for clothes available. This time though, I was able to wander the whole women's floor (and still be put off by a lot of the style options, but still - choices!). It felt great! I hated shopping! Now... it's pretty awesome. (Also vanity sizing is complete B.S. but that's another story.)
What else? Oh! I'm going to be a bridesmaid later this summer, ordering dresses is a challenge due to my constant shrinking, but I guess that's a positive thing to worry about. I also have been getting lots of compliments on my bone structure in my face, apparently dropping 65 lbs really lets people notice your cheekbones - who knew!?
3 Months Out!
Hello again Sleeevers and future Sleevers!
I'm two days shy of being 3 days out. It's going great, and here are some more numbers.
HW: 257
SW: 249
CW: 205
I'm down 50 lbs and I'm still in awe at how fast this is happening. I don't know where to even start. The random vomiting with introducing new foods has improved greatly, I was supposed to have an endoscopy with a physician outside of Barix Clinics when the vomiting first started happening (and was more frequent), but the physicians office kept playing phone tag with me for so long, that my vomiting finally calmed down to where I was comfortable again.
I'm to the point where getting my protein and fluid requirements in is pretty easy. I'm still fairly limited to what fits comfortably in my sleeve/doesn't sit heavily, but have definitely been able to branch out from the foods I was eating at 2 months out. Some days when work is a little too chaotic though, I have to force myself to eat because my appetite is pretty much non-existent and I'm only reminded that I'm hungry when I start getting light headed and snippy.
My exercise routine is pretty mellow, I take 2 hour hikes at the local reserve 2-3 times a week and that's been serving me well. I know there will come a time where I'll need to intensify/change up my routine, but for now I'm comfortable and pleased with this. It's so much easier on my knees to move around since losing 50 lbs. I've seen so many people say this here and in my support group and, man do I feel it.
It's even come with a little shift in my personality. I feel more assertive. I'm a people pleaser by nature, but the fears I had with being firm stemmed from fears of people calling out my size or using that against me somehow. It's nice not to have that looming over me.
I'm so very pleased I got sleeved!
I'm two days shy of being 3 days out. It's going great, and here are some more numbers.
HW: 257
SW: 249
CW: 205
I'm down 50 lbs and I'm still in awe at how fast this is happening. I don't know where to even start. The random vomiting with introducing new foods has improved greatly, I was supposed to have an endoscopy with a physician outside of Barix Clinics when the vomiting first started happening (and was more frequent), but the physicians office kept playing phone tag with me for so long, that my vomiting finally calmed down to where I was comfortable again.
I'm to the point where getting my protein and fluid requirements in is pretty easy. I'm still fairly limited to what fits comfortably in my sleeve/doesn't sit heavily, but have definitely been able to branch out from the foods I was eating at 2 months out. Some days when work is a little too chaotic though, I have to force myself to eat because my appetite is pretty much non-existent and I'm only reminded that I'm hungry when I start getting light headed and snippy.
My exercise routine is pretty mellow, I take 2 hour hikes at the local reserve 2-3 times a week and that's been serving me well. I know there will come a time where I'll need to intensify/change up my routine, but for now I'm comfortable and pleased with this. It's so much easier on my knees to move around since losing 50 lbs. I've seen so many people say this here and in my support group and, man do I feel it.
It's even come with a little shift in my personality. I feel more assertive. I'm a people pleaser by nature, but the fears I had with being firm stemmed from fears of people calling out my size or using that against me somehow. It's nice not to have that looming over me.
I'm so very pleased I got sleeved!