Bambi

If I knew then what I know now!!!!!! I had my VSG in January and had all of my favorite meals, Snacks, treats, etc....Well, I wanted to post and tell everyone considering surgery it's not necessary to eat everything in site and think you will never ever eat all these foods again. Last night, I went out to dinner to a German restaurant. Anyone who knows German food knows that it is heavy, full of fat and just filled with flavor...It is not for the dieter. Added pressure was the owner spotted me and hubby and started fussing over us and brought us all kinds of extra special fat laden foods.... Well, I am here to say, I enjoyed a little bit from every dish and was thrilled to tell the waiter to wrap most of the appetizer and main course up....Due to the sleeve, I knew I could have a little taste of everything last night and then some more today.... It was very clear to me this morning when I woke up, that this is truly the way thinner people eat. And NEWBIES there's no need to binge on last suppers before surgery (and trust me I did it) because you can still have smaller portions of your favorite foods and enjoy it just as much if not more!!!! Good luck to everyone!!!

I did switch my insurance in January and had the surgery January 27. I had no problems with switching or payment. I didn't have any pre-existing conditions, other then hypothyroid, so I can't answer that part of the question. Good luck and as most everyone else says on the board - I'm so glad I did it...Down 80lbs in less then 6months.

Great job!

Thanks! I've got a longer road to normal, but I'm chugging along....Just need to amp up the exercise....That's my biggest downfall!!!

Mini - my sleeve sister (same date)...Congratulations on your success and your normalcy.....GREAT JOB!!!!

Mirrors have never been my friend and it takes me a long time before I begin to notice the weight difference. The one thing that made me jump for joy was when I could feel my hip bones while lying down in bed. Now my morning ritual is to feel my flatter belly and hip bones before I get up and start my day. I see it as a physical and mental ritual to remind me that my body is changing and to motivate me for the day ahead.

Yay! for you!

I haven't taken any extra biotin pills, although there is biotin in my multivitamin. In addition, when my labs came back after the 3 month mark everything was fine, however, the vitamin b levels were high so the doc said I could stop taking the extra B vitamins. All other vitamins, etc.. were great...So, not sure if the extra B vits and the protein are helping, but I'm saying my prayers....

I'm 3.5 months out and waiting for the hair loss...So far so good...I target 75 plus grams of protein daily and take all my vitamins...My doc said keep getting all the protein in and hopefully I won't lose hair...We'll see....

Dr. David Buchin in Lake Success, NY (affiliated with NS-LIJ hopsital). He's located on the Queens/Long Island border. He did mine. Great surgeon, follow up care and wonderful bed side manner....I highly recommend.

Best of luck on your journey!

Fantastic!!!! It's great to see the progress of all of us January newbies. You look marvelous!!!!!!!!!!

The Gordons grilled salmon is great too....They really are the perfect portion size..although I could probably eat 2 of them.

I love both and was eating SF Popsicles with wild abandon when one day I noticed there are 4 carbs in each SF Popsicle and 11 in each SF Fudgicle. Sounds insiginificant, however, when you eat 4 SF Pops a day the carbs add up. I have been losing, but it was in very small increments here and there and a lot of intermittent stalling was taking place. I have limited my SF popsicles to one a day and swoosh the scale is moving daily now.... The only reason I never noticed the carb count is because the tear strip on the box went right through the nutrition label. I told myself, "oh there aren't any carbs in SF pops, everyone is living on them during the liquid stage", well I was wrong and have now chaned my ways..... Be aware of the hidden carbs.....