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Day 5 was my worst day...I thought I was going to take someones head off...I did the pre-op twice and so therefore had a test drive....ugg You can do this. Think about the goals you are developing in your head. How you want to look and why you are doing this. Keep that close to your mind and you will make it.....Just keep swimming..K

You are about to get a variety of answers concerning this post....Me personally, I have never counted one calorie yet. I do however look at the back of the box and try to gauge from there how much I am eating... I was never told to count. Like you Protein first and and veggies, fruit and carbs. 60 g protein and 60 oz of Water. I try to do more of both of those..Not always on target.....

Your cute....your just saying the last part because I said you replied to a post better then me....But if you do think that way..That is a compliment indeed Gman!

Where's my plane ticket..Gerard here I come!!!!!!!!!!! yum!!!!!!!!!!!

I'll be perfectly honest. I have never counted one calorie in 15 months. I was just told that I had to increase COMPLEX carbs...Not just carbs. Complex makes a complete protein but is needed for the building up of muscle. Takes more calories to build muscle then fat..... This man specializes in people like me with special needs...i am grateful to have him..He works my butt off but he also knows what I feel like because he had to work from the ground up himself.... My nut and Doctor and trainer, Chiropractor and Osteopath are all in the same mind about my journey and what needs to be done next.... I was really thinking about peoples comments in the past and now others say the opposite.....

This has nothing really to do with her. This is you looking out for yourself and your health. I am proud of you! Don't let them get to you...It always seems to feel better when you are struggling with your weight to have someone who makes you feel safe. She is so going to lose that safety net she had in you... And good riddens I say..All the best kid!

You know it kinda is like having a secret....everyone else knows me from the big days and don't recognize me..but they don't know any better and I have no plans to enlighten them...lol

You have done so well so far....Something pushed you over. and just because it did does not mean that you can't start right now to eat properly again...that is the cool thing about this being an adventure or journey..It does not depend on you never making a mistake or having issues. It is about fixing your mind. Taking the time to find out why..So ask yourself why you ate so much that you threw up yesterday..I know you know the reason.... Step back kid and breath. And then think about it and make a change..that is what this journey is all about too!

Your body weight shifts as well. Woman tend to carry it more in the waist...carrying babies and all. And it is harder to lose it there. i have a spare tire there myself....I hate it!

That does not make you a glutenous pig. Your sleeve is starting to work right. You need to separate head hunger from real hunger... It is amazing what our eyes can tell our brains which sends a signal to your stomach.....Feel it out. you will find for now you are getting enough...soon you will know what is really head hunger because it will happen to you like it has happened to most all of us...Then the real work begins.

Being one of those people who had a leak...i suggest that you keep doing what your surgeon tells you to do....It will all work out. but your right..Having a leak is a nightmare. Don't worry about it until it happens okay!

The only shake I have ever drank is Premier shakes...I assume that they all taste awful so i went to Protein juice from Blissful Wellness. I like them and they don't come back up...15 gms of protein....they aren't bad.....I also add premier to hot chocolate and it is working as well. It has cut down on some of the gagging reflex.... But I am post so I require less..... Oh and welcome to the forum

You might want to incorporate a healthy small snack into your routine at those times...I have one in the evening as part of my daily routine...I eat a small amount of nuts and seeds and it gives me that crunch too...if i don't eat in the evening I wake up in the night..So it is part of me now I think.

I have never heard of it before...But came across these questions that you need to ask before you agree to it: how many have they fitted and to what success rate? how long has this been used? and has it been used on virgin sleevers? or stretched sleeves? on what basis does he know it doesn't cause scarring...what about weakening of the oesophageal sphincter? does it cause that? what if it is too tight? what then? what about slips and erosion? how would it affect post op recovery? because your sleeved tummy is literally the size of an egg cup due to swelling, wouldn't this make it worse and more difficult to drink and eat particularly post op? Given that stress and anxiety can cause a lap band to become tighter, what effect does this device have on a smaller sleeved stomach?

Most of the breaking down of food happens in your small intestine...Your stomach is basically a sack that keeps it until your brain tells your body that it is full. the flap at the bottom opens up if the food is dense and goes to the small intestine and after finished there goes to the big intestine where that takes what little is left out of what you ate. One of the reasons that we don't drink when we eat is because you can actually eat more then you should...by not allowing the flap to close over to get to the next point of digestion. It also dilutes the food so you don't get the complete value of what you eat.... Your body is still going to get calories to break down but not properly....Eating cake is going to be processed like any other carb where ever it ends up.. Most of the reason is because it fills up needed space for denser foods and does not allow the stomach to do its job as well either.....K

He is an eloquent writer and so is the Madam. Maybe they can help me with my grad papers this coming fall Pish posh!!!!!!!!!! That's all I have to say about it!

You look wonderful....I think it is just going to get better and better..........Hold tight it is going to be a bumpy but worth while ride!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gman said it all better then I did!!!!!!!! Oh damn

I looked up some of my earlier posts...You know before I had the surgery and did all the research and was never going to make a mistake kind of posts...i cringe when I read them....oops.. Now that I am 15 months out and am living in this new body and in the real world..I see things a bit different. Does not mean that i expect people to do things my way..Although it would be nice...tongue in cheek here okay!!!!!! LOL Anyway the more you work at this the more you see how much work you have to do to change the person within...That is a boatload of work to do..And as much as I work on it I have days when I really fall flat on my face. I have learned some valuable information from this forum. There have been times when I have said the wrong thing ...can't imagine it but it is possible..tongue in cheek again..lol The point is when we start this and even in the beginning we are so excited and zealous that we over compensate by trying to say all the right things because we are trying to tell you the things we have learned and experienced ourselves...Right, we just want to help each other. Example sure!!!!! Great, nice, wonderful, true.. No! No one is perfect and will do this perfectly..But there is a lot of good stuff on here and people are just trying to encourage at times...Others no, but they are the ones that assume that we don't know that somewhere they have struggled or will..... Me I think it is a journey, train wreck, trip, up and down, two steps backwards, one forward and everything in between. Don't give up..Keep going day after day....Changing what is inside will change outside and maybe just maybe you can help someone else....That is a privilege to do that..I think that anyway!!!!!!! Just like you can take offence at what I say the same can happen to you...Some...most try to help. Whether they have the skill to come off gentle and soothing or like a run away train...We are in it to win it...Take it with a ton of salt...No one really wants to hurt anyone...I know I don't.... The day I stop helping someone, anyone on here. It will be time to leave.......

The total cost to the hospital was around 1 million dollars....not kidding either......Glad I live in Canada. They picked up the bill!!!!!!!!!

I drink G2 Gatorade every day. it helps keep me hydrated every single day. I drink it 1/2 and 1/2 with Water. That is what it is made for to keep your electrolytes up. 15 months out and every day I still drink a 1/2 bottle every single day. i can feel it if I don't. This is strange to me though as I always was a water drinker and still am. But I need it and so I drink it!

You are going to be so excited when you find yourself in onderland even before summer.....Sometimes I can't believe that I went from a 6x to a large and size 12-14 jeans...who would have thought it... I bought a couple really nice shirts that I expected to wear in the following summer and was out of them before I got home after my stay in the hospital.... It was a mouth opening, gob smacking amazing thing...I am still not over it!!!!!! I lost 90+ lbs the first 5 months but that was because I had difficulties with my sleeve..I think it would have been slower if I hadn't....One way or the other it was interesting and exciting to see the lbs fall off!

You have every reason to be excited..This is your time to have this happen. This is your beginning of a journey that will help you to be a healthier happier you...... Inquire away....... I remember when I first started I had the world in my hands....I felt like it was the hugest most exciting event in my life.....And it was.....I don't see it like that anymore. Now it is work and learning and changing and, and, and..I loved the beginning..So you have the right to love it too.......

I was gunge ho right up to 4 days after my surgery.. Then everything went to blazes. I don't think it is common to be like we are/were..but it makes it less stressful I think on us....

Mine too..........When I left the hospital I had lost all my muscle mass. So I had nothing left to sit on. On top of that I have a sore on .y tailbone as a result of the coma I was in. So now after over a year I have a trainer helping me build myself back up from the core...Glutes.....I need glutes! lol