kyllfalcon

Can't say what is going on with your husband, but I can tell you that I am physically hungry a lot. It is not head hunger, it is physical hunger. I was always hungry pre-op, and still pretty hungry post-op. One of my adult sons is the same way - always hungry, but he works out like a maniac and is of normal weight. Yes, I have tried all the meds, Prilosec, Zantac, etc. They help a little, not much. I get 100 grams or more of Protein every day. I drink as much as I can hold. I will say the hunger is not over-powering like it used to be, but it's still there. I deal with it by eating small amounts of food and/or drinking Protein Drinks throughout the day, about 10 times per day. I know that's not what the rules say, but it works for me and I am almost at goal in six months. We each have to find what fits us. Best of luck to your hubby!!

Butterthebean, you are never speechless!

Yeah, when I took the picture in my avatar, I was still many pounds heavier and my face and skin looked good. Now, many pounds lighter, not so much! Oh well, we can't have it all, can we?

Hamburger patties was one of the first meats I tried, and I tolerated them very well. I would also melt a little cheese on them. Yummy!

My story is the same as yours. I am six months out, pleased with my weight loss, which like yours has slowed down, and I feel great! Like you, I have adapted to the adjustments, and do not feel any sense of loss or deprivation. And I agree, one of the best decisions I ever made, but it was a difficult one to come to. Thanks for posting!

To me, grazing means eating mindlessly. Grazing may mean something else to others. I eat all day long, but it's planned eating and part of my daily goals. I can't meet Protein goals unless I eat a bit here and there all day. I often wonder if those who set the "rules" were actually sleeved!! I think not! They tell us to have just 3 meals + 2 Snacks. Ain't no way I can eat enough in 3 meals + 2 snacks to get all that protein, or even enough food to stay alive!! I'm not advocating that anyone break some or all of the rules, but I have to admit I do. Besides drinking fluids (and I don't get in the prescribed amount), I eat food/drink protein 9 or 10 times every day. I don't take teeny bites and I don't chew any more than I did before. I have never taken beverage with meals, and don't now, but I don't pay attention to how close to meals I drink because if I did, I couldn't eat 9 or 10 times a day and drink anything!

I believe that "what you can never have again" is highly individualized. Like Lissa, I can't do white bread, it just seems to expand and cause painful pressure. Whole wheat bread, sliced thin and toasted, does fine. pizza has to be thin crust. Greasy foods, no way. Like Lissa, very spicy foods, uh uh. But mildly spiced does fine. Dry white meat, that hurts. Plain dry hard boiled eggs too. I did not drink soda pre-op, so don't miss it. I did drink Water by the buckets, but now I can't stand the taste and feel of it. I have to add Crystal Light. I really miss plain water. Been scared to death to try lettuce, don't know why! Other than these few things, I do fine with foods. And again, like Lissa, so worth the trade-off!

I could only get a few hundred calories per day at your stage and now I can easily eat 1500 at 6 months! However, I try not to!

I'm sorry for being so blunt, but surely anyone who would even consider being sleeved would have done enough research to know or would have been told pre-op that it is not reversible. Sorry to hear you are so sick and wishing you the very best. Hang in there, it will hopefully turn around soon.

I at first didn't think I would have hair loss, because it came a little later than the "usual" three months. I am experiencing it, but like some of the others said, it is noticeable only to myself. My husband, family, friends and hairdresser swear I have not lost hair. But I do see more in the sink and feel it on my face. No bald spots, no noticeable thinning, no chunks or handfuls, just seeing several hairs a day where before I would not have.

Same here. They handed me gigantic pills at the hospital next day. No problems with them at all.

Most of you gals are younger than I am, and are therefore concerned with matters related to intimacy. I'm too old for much of that, and having been married to the same guy forever, take him a little for granted :-) But when I started all this, I too worried about excess skin, sagging boobs,etc. just because I wanted to be pleasing for myself. The sagging boobs, not as bad as I thought. The apron, not as bad as I expected. The upper arms, about what I thought. BUT the sagging butt and wrinkly thigh skin... I didn't expect that!!! The best news of all, my chin and neck are holding up nicely! Long story short, I originally planned to have plastics to put it all back together where it once was. But now I'm thinking not. To correct it all would mean a mini-facelift, arm lift, boob lift, at least a tummy tuck if not a full lower body lift, and an inner thigh lift. Forget it. Too much money, too much pain, too much risk, too many scars. I look great clothed, not so great naked. I am clothed about 99% of the time. Nuff said. But yes, I beat myself up for what I've done to my body, but I am reversing all that damage except the cosmetic. Already I can walk fast again! I can do all my housework without hubby's help again! I can shop again! I can sleep again! I am no longer ashamed of how I look (clothed)! I no longer hide from cameras! On and on... The good far outweighs the bad.

Fer cryin' out loud... little weed won't kill ya. Wish y'all wouldn't smoke it though. Vape it. Eat it. Make capsules. Just don't smoke!

Well, you guys got moobs to fret over, we gals have back-boobs to fret over. Back boobs are those boobs created by fat hanging over our bra backs. Hey!!! I just felt and they are GONE!!!

I am 59 and was sleeved on March 14. No problems at all. I can eat anything I want, just not much of it! I am very pleased with my weight loss. Every day I am in wonderment over my shrinkage!! Ahhh, life is good...

You look mighty purty, as we say here in Kentucky!! I'm the same as you - not quite six months out, no problems, eat whatever I want, just not much of it! Not a single regret. Come talk with us more often!

Sounds about right. And as time passed, I could eat more and more, and that worried me that I would not or would stop losing weight. But that has not happened. I now lose more slowly, but I'm good with that. About 5 1/2 months out.

I am 5'7" and have/had about 100 pounds to lose. I've lost almost 70 in about 5 months, and I'm 59. I agree one should incorporate exercise to help stave off muscle loss, but I did/do not. My weight loss has slowed some each month, but I am still very pleased with my progress. Good luck with yours!

Yep. I don't freeze so much during the day, but at night when I go to bed, for some reason I freeze for about an hour or so. I used to sleep under a sheet, now I use FOUR blankets and still freeze. Beats hot and sweaty.

Same as Go Kart Mozart... I just feel full. I don't really follow the rules about eating slowly, taking small bites, and chewing unto death, so the full feeling comes on quite suddenly, and I know better than to ignore it. I DO NOT TAKE JUST ONE MORE BITE... I don't get nausea or throw up, I salivate from the over-fullness until it runs out of my face like a faucet. It only takes a couple of times to learn your lesson. And once I've had a certail meal a couple of times, I know how much of it I can eat. Let's say it's my sweetie's Reuben sandwich, I know I can eat about 2/3 of it. He gets the scraps!

Yes, when you finally get to eat more solid foods. I was afraid to try to go back to work for fear of an accident! But it settled down by that time, which was three weeks.

I always had a big butt, even before I gained weight. Sixty-some pounds later, gone. I don't know if it's just age, just weight loss, or a combination of the two, but it's gone. However, the boobs aren't as bad as I expected. Yet.

So what's with the ****'s showing up in text?? I edited them out, but they reappeared?

On the ***ht before my pre-op diet began, we went to our favorite Thai restaurant and I enjoyed it immensely. I haven't been back yet as my favorite dish is served over white rice and is hotternhell. I've had to tone down the ****iness just a bit. Enjoy your Last Supper!!

I'm so lucky. My 22-year marriage was already good, and I feel it is even better post WLS. Why? I am healthier and much more mobile. Hubby still does his fair share of chores, but I am able to do so much more around the house that I couldn't before. I am holding up my end, and that makes us both happy that I can. I look and feel so much better, and that makes me so much happier. And that makes him so much happier. He has lost over 30 pounds by just cutting back his servings, because we don't eat out all the time and because I don't bake all that good stuff anymore except for family dinners. Because we are both healthier, we are freed from so many worries about stroke, heart attack and dying young, or even worse, becoming severely disabled. It could still happen, but it's a lot less likely! I truly believe that if the marriage is stable, each partner is secure in the union, and the couple is together because they really want to be, getting healthy and happy can only make it better. If this is not the case, then the drastic changes may take their toll.