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Great tips. :scared0:

How do you handle your sleeve and dating. Do you tell them that you had surgery? If so, how long do you wait? If not, do you just keep it private? Are you ever asked about your food choices/portions now that your stomach holds a lot less food and you cannot drink liquids? I am sure many guys would just think that I am being a girl and like many girls just watching calories but I am sure along the way I will come across some curious guys who will ask. How do you handle that? Just be honest?

You don't have to be over weight to be diabetic. I don't know why doctors always base everything on weight. Yes, in *some* cases it helps your blood sugar to lose weight, but it takes much more. You have to watch the type of foods you eat. If you're eating all these carbs, that won't help you one bit. As you mentioned, family history plays a role as well. Regular exercise is important as well. Same with BP. Its not just weight that elevates it.

Re: meats Check with your doctor. My doc said absolutely no meats until after day 31. Not even if pureed.

I think you're all losing great!! 38 pounds in a month? 50 in two months? Wow. If you girls think your weight loss is slow, mine is snail pace. LOL. :biggrin0:

Yup. Walk and walk some more. That is the only thing that will get rid of the gas and the pressure. I was walking the day following surgery around the hospital and going round and round in my hospital room at night. Even when I got home I still had gas and again, it was walking, walking, walking. After a few days it feels better.

For me it was 1st check-up at 3 months consisting of an upper GI, CBC, and SMAC24. You should check with your surgeon (even if out of state) to see if he recommends other tests.

In a heartbeat. I wish I would have had the surgery sooner, but I wasn't mentally ready yet. I am now and if I had to do it over again, I would still have the surgery. At first you go through an adjustment period. Your stomach is healing and in a way retraining itself. It has to get used to the new foods and with it you might have some side effects here and there. Its the same if you were to injure your leg. You wouldn't just go run a marathon. You would take it slow until you were stronger. Same thing with your stomach. I had some issues with my stomach refusing certain foods and nausea. I was over producing acid as well and didn't really want to eat. That is not the case now. All of that has gone away. I can eat, but in smaller portions, and my quality of life HAS improved. I feel great.

Wow! Great work. Now I feel hopeful. I am doing cardio now but am itching to start some strength training. I want hot arms as well.

I have the flab as well. I was just going to do a search for suggestions. I know it won't be perfect but I am hoping that I can at least help the flab a bit. LOL.

GNC sells cups with a shaker ball inside. They work great. You just shake it up.

I eat what I can. If I've met my protein requirement, i'll just eat veggies as my stomach will allow. I try not to stuff myself on it if I am going to eat meats or am short on protein grams for the day.

I love him. No complaints. Excellent! My mother just scheduled her surgery with him. That is how much I trust him.

I think you should wait a bit. I tried and it just clumps. Not a nice experience.

Cottage cheese mixed with yogurt. You can mix in some protein powder for extra protein.

I used them when I was on clears. I only used a small amount of the packet at a time. It is very salty so a little really does go a long way. My favorite was the pork flavor. Yum

My doctor leans on a lower-carb diet. Personally I eat lower carbs because of medical conditions with insulin/hormones. I am a carb counter and at least in my case every carb counts. Since surgery I stay around 30 but have gone as high as 50.

I felt tired at first. My energy ran out fast. Now I have more energy and can go longer without needing to rest. My concentration is a little off and has been since surgery. I didn't experience irritability.

That might be the reason why you're able to consume larger amounts. The liquids are pushing the food right through. Did you discuss your medical conditions with Dr. Almanza before surgery?

I've tried chopping some into my scramble egg and it didn't go down as smoothly. I haven't tried since but at this point have no desire to do so. SParkle - In the states the hot dogs do not include as many carbs. Most average 1.5 oz. and 1-5 carbs. The regular beef hebrew national is only 1g carb.

I am already seeing some sagging in my mid-section and on my arms. I don't think that there is anything that I can do for the stomach area. Eventually I will need surgery, I am sure. The arms are a different story. I think I can work on that once I am allowed to do some strength training.

Yup. It is normal. I am also sensitive to smell now and taste.

All scales vary. Some are more accurate than others. Do you have dumbbells around? Try weighing one and see which scale displays the closest weight.

How about yogurt? Or some refried Beans? Your body is adjusting that is why the scale suddenly stops. 21 pounds in 10 days is a lot of weight to lose. It'll pick up soon enough. I think a lot of us go through this but eventually it evens out. :thumbup:

I hit mine around the 4th week. It was really frustrating but then the scale began to move again.