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You can contact your pharmacy for advice or contact your doctor office....Mine won't let me take anything other then Tylenol...I have to suffer it out for the sake of my sleeve I guess.... Make sure you explain your situation to the pharmacist though.....K

The first time I had a sweet was less then a month ago at my brothers house. I was on vacation...Before that none what so ever...I have decided after the holiday on Wednesday I will detox again and stop eating any refined sugar and get the job done. For you, this is way to early to be doing that..Your sleeve is not healed yet and your staples have not formed a scar around them yet....You are at a tricky stage.... You miss food but, you can't have it. Down the road you can include a piece of pizza in your diet..But not yet!!!!

you will not eat a lot at this stage...Try to get some Protein drinks in as much as possible..K Please contact your doctor as soon as possible...The brown liquid is what bothers me a little...Don't take chances with anything that is even a little bit wrong....ASAP...Thank you!

Every time we go out I always order a regular portion..got tired of waiters asking me if I did not like the food and or could they get me something else. Once even the manager came over and asked me what was wrong with the food... I have a built in cleaning department with me and he eats most of my left overs before I get up from the table. The rest he takes to work the next day.... I think he loves that!!!!!!! Feels normal to me now!!!!!!!!!

To keep hydrated..have you drank Gatorade G2..that will help with it and keep your electrolytes up.... Now people who have the sleeve can dump....Not as much as bypass patients but it is known to happen..But they are bouts, not a continual situation like you are feeling..... Just keep hydrated and take your meds for it and it should soon pass..K

I am sorry....lol....you made me laugh!!!!!!!!!!

I know that hun.....no problems here!!!I always enjoy your thoughts too!!!!!!

Congratulations on your success!

Why would I think otherwise Fluffnomore. This thread is not about my opinion only....K

When I was 380 lbs...I thought about my situation and weight and what I could or should do about it almost every minute of the day and night..What i went through and how it was molding me into a very sad and lonely person...Looking at the results of not doing anything was a wheel chair or worse...Every moment I was consumed with it... Now as I am losing and stalling and gaining, I love the whole idea that I am no longer in a place where I know it was every day that it could have been the end of me..... I posted yesterday something similar to this....worrying about myself getting to goal and will I be ready...I am enjoying the new me..The fact that I can do so much and have energy... I don't think about it every min. but when I talk about it I still talk as if I cured hunger for the entire world..I am still fascinated that I was able to come this far and accomplish all of this with as much as I have gone through..... I deserve to be thin and healthy, I paid dearly for the right..Will it bore me..I hope so, I hope it becomes so routine that I never think about it or talk about it anymore and that how I look when it is all over will be me....A fat me a distant memory...The new me rising above the limited life of who I was before... Bored, never..... I talk less about it now then I used to, except on here...My hubby and daughter and friend bare the burden of listening to me about all of the ups and downs.....But in my case I almost died..I appreciate the fact that I am here to talk about it..... They seem to concur..... I will never look at this as just a part of my life..This was a new beginning for me and I will always think of it as not a diet, not a program....but a miracle that gave me back my life.....

That looks delicious! What is it? I had chicken korma that I made in a crockpot and yellow squash "noodles" but I forgot to take a pic. Oopsie. Sorry forgot to say what it is: spinach Stuffed Chicken Breasts!!!!!

This was dinner tonight! The second photo is what I could not eat...

Yes, yes, yes....but only to a certain point. Once your stomach heals and it relaxes a bit..then you will be faced with head hunger and even being able to get more in your sleeve.....I went from a 1/4 c to a 1/2 c to 1 c now..... That is going to slow down your over all weight loss...Before this it is called the honeymoon period...so enjoy it while you can...because after that you are going to have to start dealing with head hunger and other issues.....K

Sliders are foods that go down easily and are not dense...like tuna is..Sugary things, chips...for me pop corn...french fries...And even some have said that they find nuts their slider...It has to do with that food not being dense enough to close the flap at the bottom of your sleeve so that you can absorb some of the nutrients..They slide right through to your intestines and break down only a little and will cause extra unwanted calories that can interfere with weight loss...If you can eat a lot of something..It's a slider for you.....

Those are morals that we are all supposed to learn..Tolerance of each other, and understanding....compassion and respect.... sub·lime (s-blm) adj. 1. Characterized by nobility; majestic. 2. a. Of high spiritual, moral, or intellectual worth. b. Not to be excelled; supreme. 3. Inspiring awe; impressive. 4. Archaic Raised aloft; set high. 5. Obsolete Of lofty appearance or bearing; haughty: "not terrible,/That I should fear . . . /But solemn and sublime" (John Milton). n. 1. Something sublime. 2. An ultimate example. v. sub·limed, sub·lim·ing, sub·limes v.tr. 1. To render sublime. 2. Chemistry To cause to sublimate. v.intr. ChemistryTo sublimate. This can only refer to someone of something that is perfect..And we know that none of us are....how do we know what the here after is all about in this context....Guess we will have to wait and see.. This does not change my view I still see the masses being controlled by fear...Blind fear mostly!

Careful this could just be that kind of day gman!

Never wanted to live in Florida. Too many big bugs and people..

I have just ordered that book Grain Brain....And I know that some doctors do not want us to eat grain, sugar, carbs or practically anything else...But that seems to me that if we were able to do it before we would not have needed this surgery....I believe in moderation with everything...I feel that the most important thing is to fix the brain and the body will fix as a result.... I eat as clean as I possibly can and keep Protein first..... Your Doctor is a diet Nazi..He has made a goal for your body that you cannot continue to lose at that pace..He is setting you up to be disappointed..And if you lose say 12-15 lbs. What is he going to do about it?..Yell at you!... Or restrict you even more? This is a journey a life long change, not a sprint.....Why not just eat lettuce and celery like the old diet days?....oh well life sucks sometimes I guess!

My husband told me last night that he is tired of me asking him if I am gaining weight....Oops I said I just feel like I did sometimes..He said as I am losing weight the weight that is still there shows up more in another place..Like right now my mid-drift seems larger... Anyway..They just took away my XL leather jacket and replaced it with a L leather jacket....I loved that brown jacket it was the first one I ever owned and I felt good in it.... My hubby said you will have to get used to feeling good in this new one now won't you.. Talk about keeping it all real...... Can I really be attached to the bigger clothes?...Will I ever stop saying am I gaining weight?.... Will I ever stop being self destructive?...Will I ever see myself as someone who might, just might be succeeding?... I really don't know the answer to that!

There will come a time when we really have to take the time to listen to our new stomach. Even before you had surgery your stomach gave you signals that you were full....Watch people around you and you will see some of the signals...One I noticed was when people stop eating and breath deeply... Then they eat more, or they sigh...and then reach for another bite... I sneeze and burp and I get a runny nose...I really try to stop before that happens though...lol Identifying the message your body is giving you is the most important part....So half way through my meal I always put my fork down and take a few min. to feel how things are going down there.....Most of the time I don't end up eating more... As you go along you will find that your sleeve relaxes a bit and you will be able to eat more....Watch out for sliders though, they are not dense foods and so the flap at the bottom of your sleeve does not close and so you can eat much more....

Tuna is the only fish I cannot eat...Canned Tuna that is..i think ti is more dense then other fish...for some reason a year+ out I cannot eat pork, beef or tuna....

I am one of those who had WLS and am still fighting the complications after one year+ . Was it worth it..For me yes...I was dead anyway before my surgery...Not because of high blood pressure or heart issues and the like, but I was in so much pain I could no longer move, stand or walk for long..My future was in a wheel chair or worse...Nope I was at the end of all options.... I almost died!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In fact they were sure I would. But I am here so I guess it didn't happen... Weight loss surgery is not for the faint of heart.. it is a life long commitment to changing your life and mind set...It takes bloody work and will power and courage to change who you have been for years working from the mind to the body.... Don't do this unless you are ready for a change and the possibility of things going bad, maybe really bad as in my case..... Personally, I would do it all again. but that is just me!

You must be blind..Your smaller in the face shoulders and chest.....And your pants are loser.....wake up and get that sweater off the chair and hang it up.....for goodness sake! And straighten up that table!!!!lol

I don't think I could be more confused then I am after reading the last 5 or 6 posts..I'm out a here.....

Lol!!! A minister overseeing the atheist/agnostic Forum??! Now I have seen everything @BP.com It is quite a convergence of conflicting ideologies within my mind. On one hand I am inextricably involved with my relationship with Christ and love to share Him. On the other hand, I respect the sovereignty of will and choice that all people are entitled to and in no way want to violate that line of respect. Then, as a host, I must maintain objectivity and a measure of detachment. I have had extensive discussions with atheists on both scientific and theological grounds and have most enjoyed the ones that remained civil. I, in fact, have considered myself an atheist in my past and as a minister since the 70's have had very deep doubts at times. Somehow my faith holds and remains a bastion of joy in my life. Then there is the fact that I am very fond of the folks I've come to know on the forum. I know that religion can easily cause rifts in relationships and I certainly don't want that to happen. My job is to maintain reasonable peace without jumping on sides. I think I can do that. Might not be easy, though, especially when I know I am always right. OMG this is why I did not want to reply again to this thread!!!!!!!!!!!!! jumpin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!