Brockcrawford

hey guys Today im 8 weeks post op and decided that im going to quit smoking for good. I quit for a month pre op but alas with the work atmosphere and many justifications to myself that i can quit easy next time lool , i started smoking again one month post op. Now today is day one and i just realized how much a cig really suppresses appetite!! i had cravings for food all day! Has anyone else done this and if so give me dome pointers thanks

Thanks guys im on and off again but the end of the month is the final straw and for good im hopping. Im gonna start gym and that should take my mind off of it. Thanks for the support

p.s watch out for alcohol later it really messes with calorific intake

It's the length of you stomach and/or your bougie size . I personally have a long stomach cause im a 34 french and can still eat 5-6oz steak no problems . Just use a calorie counter and don't cheat on it and you'll realize how much of everything your getting in. Right now im trying to stick to 50% protien 30% fats and 20 % carbs and 800-1000 calories per day. Luckily even if i go over the calories or fat or carbs my sleeve changes day to day. So if im not feeling really hungry one day ill adjust and balance for the week which seems to work for me Good luck guys and use every tool you can .

Hey guys I was wondering if its normal for my sleeve capacity to change on a daily basis? What i mean by that is somedays ill have one meal ( and by meal i mean turkey and cheese) and i wont eat all day cause im not hungry but then the next day ill eat every 3 hours and be hungry. Then theres the meals , like ill have the same meal one day and finish 1/3 of it then the next ill finish half and then back again. Have any of you experienced this?

Hey guys Im 53 days out and im Down 44.5 lbs which is super The only thing id ever change is i would have got this surgery much earlier. So for all you newbies who are dabiling in the idea i say go for it 10000%

Well im glad to know its normal

I get it too only when i go #1 and wow its powerful but i dont smell it on me other than when i go to the bathroom

Hey guys n gals I was just wondering about what you guys n gals used for scar care and if it worked? I'm gonna try mederma has anyone tried it?

my taste hasn't changed much but its more like my thinking has. I use to love bread pasta etc but now its more like why?? get the meat and yogurt and cheese in there and fill myself up with good ol protein rather than all that non nutritious food.

hey guys Its been almost 5 weeks post op and im down 38 lbs . The problem im facing is when to buy new clothes?? Im down 2 belt notches and some of my clothes are already baggy!! Now i dont want to be buying clothes every month or 2 so what are your thoughts?

6 weeks out and doing low fat turkey slices , all types of cheese , yogurt and slim a soups. I,ve had a steak mmm it was good the first 2 weeks i was having jello and broth then 2 weeks after that i was having full liquids soup yogurt and jello etc then i was having mushies with blended chili and cottage cheese etc now like i said mostly turkey and cheeses . Remember to chew reaaaaaaly well

Hey guys I was wondering about bone structure after WLS and specifically hip structure. When i was in uni back in the thin days my hips weren't an issue but now that im losing weight i realized my hips are huge. Is there a possibility that after weight loss and due to the extra weight on my body my hips are gonna shrink with my weight? I mean i see these youtube videos of people who were roughly my size when i started and a year later there bone structure/body has shrunk accordingly. I'm just wondering if the bones facilitates the shrink and if any of the experienced sleevers have any input on the matter. Thanks

Hey guys here is my story so far..... Pre op i didnt do a diet because it was too short notice and on surgery date i weighed 326.2 lbs. Post op day one i kept vomiting black blood and felt awful with gas pains and i had to walk which was painful but i was told it was to prevent DVT and help the gases. I was discharged and did a 2 week clear Fluid diet which in i realised i could drink as much as i wanted which frankly scared me but my diet was Jello , New whey protien and allot of watered down Soup sachets. I felt hungry allot but it varied from day to day and meal to meal. Specially when i went on to mushies. Then came the clear fluids for a week which didnt really fill me up that much but it was better than the clears. I was gettong in about 600-900 calories a day and walking sporadically . At my 2 week visit my doctor was impressed with my weight loss but i asked him about feeling satisfied and that i had buyers remorse sometimes cause i never really hit that sweet spot and he said to wait till solids. Week 4 i was on mushies. I had my first "full" feeling with amys organic chilli blended. It was a burping oh crap kinda feeling that didnt last long and it was after 4 or 5 spoons. I was doing ok through the mushies then i cheated at the end with a kobe steak as a treat. The steak freaked me out because it was a 5 ounce steak and i had 2 pieces of dim sum with it and yeah it felt kind of uncomfertable and satisfying at the same time but then i got worried. So far a month in and first 2 days onto solids, yesterday i went out with a co worker and i had to go to a restraunt and i orderd a steak since that was the best thing between what they had and i orderd the smallest steak which was 7 ounces and i ate it slowly but with no problems. But i felt pressured cause my co worker kept pointing out i didnt eat anything. I was amazed i could eat the steak whole!! Anyway today i can hardly eat anything and im very confused. Is it normal to be able to eat that much one day and not much the next? Is steak a slider? I didnt have anything else with it i.e sauce/ sides. Im now getting 800-1200 calories and my weight is now 293lbs. The wrap up is i discoverd that i must be a compulsive eater and im dealing with that but its hard. 2nd is that i need to learn allot more about my sleeve.

Hey guys n gals Im just wondering what it feels like to be full on the sleeve since im still in the liquids stage and ive never got that feeling of full yet. I mean the most ive got on soup was a lil bit of a sore stomach then alot of gas burps and a feeling like the food or liquid is pushing out gas. So please share your experiences i would like to know thanks.

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Thanks for the reply's guys really informative and ive moved on to mush and i now know what full feels like but is it bad that i still want to eat sometimes? I know its mental but i feel like having a proper meal . I hope it gets easier with time .

D dont worry you should drink more water and i found that the answer to losing was eating more frequently. I guess if you dont eat your body stores anything you put in cause its in starvation mode. I honestly eat 8-10 small snacks that are full of protein. Like low fat turkey slices and goat cheese etc.. Don't worry about it.

Well i take animal pak and i can take em one by one with no troubles except a little burping. I am going on 3 weeks post op.

hey em0102 could you keep me posted in the long run

hmmm ok thanks guys its not a big deal it's just vanity lol

Hey guys. I just went for my first post op check up today. I did my surgery on 8/18 and my weight on surgery date was 328 lbs and now its 309.6. So i lost a total of 18 lbs . Is that any good?? I got my drain stitch out and it itches like hell loool . The scars dont look too bad but im gonna have to get me some of that mederma cream. Anyone tried it??

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