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delta thank you so much. this time im not even thinking of food as comfort, thats a good thing. it just feels like something is missing from my life or something. i feel good that i can pass all the goodies in the store and not give them a second thought. i think i might be beating myslef up for nothing. sighhhhhhhhhhhh newegirl thank you for the kind words

40 thank you i too suffer from depression and anxiety but its not like that now. its jsut something i cant explain. ive been in depressed states where i couldnt function, this depression is something differant. maybe its the gloomy weather that put me in that mood im not sure. thank you for your support

mdm you are looking good girlfriend. i see it in your face. how much have you lost?

djp it happened to me so i researched it. i had an episode the other day where i thought my food was digested and i gulped water and it took over 5 mins for me to come back it was aweful.

I found this ariticle going through google i hope it helps someone understand how food and beverage work in our new tummy's First, I’m not a doctor nor have I ever played one on TV. This may be old news to some..... But I’ve noticed a lot of people who have had VSG do not have any idea how the Pyloric Valve works. This is my understanding how the Pyloric Valve works. The Pyloric Valve function and how it pertains to your VSG. The function of your Pyloric valve is the single most not talked about important part of understanding how and when you should eat and drink. The Pyloric Valve is just that....It is a valve that is located at the bottom of your stomach/sleeve. This valve is in between your sleeve and the lower intestine. The basic definition of a valve is an apparatus that opens and closes. When open this valve it is about the diameter of a dime. When closed it’s opening is closed down to the diameter of the head of a ballpoint pen. Dense Proteins and harder to digest foods will cause the Pyloric valve to close to hold the food in your stomach for pre-digestion...... stomach acids breaking down this “Rough” food. That’s why we are told to eat dense proteins first.....To close the Pyloric Valve so food stays in your stomach/sleeve longer so we have a sense of satisfaction. It takes about 30-60 minutes for the food to clear the Pyloric Valve...... Than it’s OK to drink. That is also where the term slider food comes into play. A slider food does not close the Pyloric Valve and as the term is intended.....food slides right past an open Pyloric Valve. There is a video that gets posted every so often that is supposed to explain food going past the Pyloric Valve. The guy uses a funnel and has apple sauce or something in it....and it shows the apple sauce dripping out the end of the funnel very slow. Than he pours Water on top of the apple sauce to dilute it, illustrating drinking after eating.....and the diluted apple sauce runs through the funnel end faster. Than he concludes that this is how your pyloric valve works. Well, it is a great video that only tells half the story.....remember it’s a valve...and he is only showing it in the open position.... So now the other half of the Pyloric Valve function..... You eat a dense Protein like chicken that causes your Pyloric Valve to close. Say for example your sleeve has a 4oz. capacity.....and you eat 4oz. of chicken.....your sleeve is full and holding all 4 oz. of chicken for pre-digestion because your Pyloric Valve is closed. So now try and drink something....where is it gonna go? Up.....Up until it hits another valve of sorts..... the Esophageal Sphincter (valve) and above that is a flapper valve. The function of these two valves is to hold food, bile and stomach acids in your stomach and not backing up into your air way. This is a very high pressure system. Thats why when you eat to much or drink after eating a hard to digest food and your Pyloric is closed.....It hurts cause you pressurized your intake track. Vomiting would be a natural pressure release. So you can see how learning and understanding how the Pyloric Valve works is important as it pertains to eating and drinking with a Gastric Sleeve. So that was kinda like VSG and the Pyloric Valve 101 As you get further a long you will want to use the Pyloric Valve in other ways to keep food in your sleeve longer to stay satisfied longer. A sleeve empties faster than a stock un altered full size stomach so sometimes it’s beneficial for you to learn what foods stay in your sleeve longer to extend satisfaction. Dense proteins are #1 in closing the Pyloric Valve. Chicken, steak, pork, fish.....in that order seems to be the way it goes for me. Other foods that are hard to digest and help close the Pyloric Valve are foods like: Broccoli Stalk Asparagus Celery Cucumber with Skin Radish Cabbage (I’m testing this right now) Bell Pepper

I found this ariticle going through google i hope it helps someone understand how food and beverage work in our new tummy's First, I’m not a doctor nor have I ever played one on TV. This may be old news to some..... But I’ve noticed a lot of people who have had VSG do not have any idea how the Pyloric Valve works. This is my understanding how the Pyloric Valve works. The Pyloric Valve function and how it pertains to your VSG. The function of your Pyloric valve is the single most not talked about important part of understanding how and when you should eat and drink. The Pyloric Valve is just that....It is a valve that is located at the bottom of your stomach/sleeve. This valve is in between your sleeve and the lower intestine. The basic definition of a valve is an apparatus that opens and closes. When open this valve it is about the diameter of a dime. When closed it’s opening is closed down to the diameter of the head of a ballpoint pen. Dense Proteins and harder to digest foods will cause the Pyloric valve to close to hold the food in your stomach for pre-digestion...... stomach acids breaking down this “Rough” food. That’s why we are told to eat dense proteins first.....To close the Pyloric Valve so food stays in your stomach/sleeve longer so we have a sense of satisfaction. It takes about 30-60 minutes for the food to clear the Pyloric Valve...... Than it’s OK to drink. That is also where the term slider food comes into play. A slider food does not close the Pyloric Valve and as the term is intended.....food slides right past an open Pyloric Valve. There is a video that gets posted every so often that is supposed to explain food going past the Pyloric Valve. The guy uses a funnel and has apple sauce or something in it....and it shows the apple sauce dripping out the end of the funnel very slow. Than he pours Water on top of the apple sauce to dilute it, illustrating drinking after eating.....and the diluted apple sauce runs through the funnel end faster. Than he concludes that this is how your pyloric valve

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did you guys see the post i made about the pyloric valve?. very informative. im not having a good day today im eating good i worked out but i just feel blah

no problem friends. i wish i knew this before my episode the other day. lol

you are very welcome

kparker thanks. you are a cool stalker lol. suepeeps congrats bukki way to go i woke up with a headache today from all the sodium. scale up a lb. it will be a light day today for me

slimming is when your mouth waters really bad like drooling

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i am reading how ppl throw up how ppl have no appetite. i have not thrown up yet and i am 5 weeks out. i eat every 2-3 hrs and trust me by hour 2 its like i never ate. im thinking also im not eating enough after dinner i can go 3 hrs before im hungry but all other meals im hungry. plus i stop eating after that first uncomfortable feeling so maybe im not feeling up my stomach. is anyone else like me>

fiddleman yep it didnt work for me at all. so i stopped taking them i dont get any acid problems either

hi art song. i feel invisible here at times how are you doing? im just here at work not a good food day for me. i had way to many beans lol and way to much sodium. thats why its good to keep tabs of everything that goes in your mouth. but i must be doing something right i lost 30lbs so far

hey everyone

cbt i did take a ppi twice a day and it didnt work so i know it was hunger

hello fellow sleevers. i am so excited today i lost 5lbs for the week, yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy. also i am out of the 250's and now in the 40's yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy. i also had a nsv. my daughter gave me some of her cloths and there were a pair of tight jeans that i couldnt get past my hip welllllllllllllllllllllllllll guess what they are on me and with room, so exciting when she saw me in them yesterday she was like who is this lady? hee hee hee. i am going to continue to do what is working for me that is eating every 2-3 hrs getting my Water and Protein in. i no longer need shakes because i get it from the food now another yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy. doing the happy dance and singing (im so excited, and i just cant hide it) also i lost a total of 30 since surgery and plus the 16 i lost before surgery. 46lbs total yayyyyyyyyyyy

ms skinny i cant wait girl

we are rocking our sleeve. yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

green thank you for the congrats

well guys 8 weeks today and down 5lb more. and no hair loss yet for me

lil miss and missskinny. i have admired you guys and for you to post here made my day thank you so much i can only hope to be as succeful as you guys sarah im excited for you. please make sure you share afterwards