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I'm not going to lie... The water thing is a full time job in the beginning! Know that, treat it like that, and you will be good. I'm a November girl and coming up on a year, I can guzzle water now Don't worry about calories in those first weeks.. Just stay hydrated

Good idea!!

Skinniness.. I see you are in a funk. (Read another thread) please come around more and check in. You will be in good company... Tiss the time of year!

You waited almost a month??? Girl now wonder it hurt! You probably became a virgin again!!

Oh the joys of magnesium citrate!! Good luck tomorrow November sleever!!!!!

Here are two threads.. http://www.verticalsleevetalk.com/topic/99057-reflux-before-sleeve/page__fromsearch__1 http://www.verticalsleevetalk.com/topic/98932-acid-reflux-before-sleevechances-of-having-it-after/page__fromsearch__1 And a very important thread about severe reflux after http://www.verticalsleevetalk.com/topic/77969-sleeve-revision-to-gastric-bypass-tomorrow/page__fromsearch__1

You need to realize you are only two weeks out? Your stomach is in no way close to being healed. Please give it time eat the foods that are on plan. It's way to soon for pasta. And ice cream..

Yes how's it going today?

Actually not entirely true... To the weight loss surgery patient slider foods are the bane of good intentions and ignorance often causing dumping syndrome, weight loss plateaus, and eventually weight gain for gastric bypass, gastric band (lap-band), and gastric sleeve bariatric patients. Slider foods, to weight loss surgery patients, are soft simple processed carbohydrates of little or no nutritional value that slide right through the surgical stomach pouch without providing nutrition or satiation. The most innocent of slider foods are saltine crackers, often eaten with warm tea or other beverages, to soothe the stomach in illness or while recovering from surgery. Understanding Slider Foods The most commonly consumed slider foods include pretzels, crackers (saltines, graham, Ritz, etc.) filled cracker Snacks such as Ritz Bits, popcorn, cheese snacks (Cheetos) or cheese crackers, tortilla chips with salsa, potato chips, sugar-free cookies, cakes, and candy. You will notice these slider foods are often salty and cause dry mouth so they must be ingested with liquid to be palatable. This is how they become slider foods. They are also, most often, void of nutritional value. For weight loss surgery patients the process of digestion is different than those who have not undergone gastric surgery. When slider foods are consumed they go into the stomach pouch and exit directly into the jejunum where the simple carbohydrate slurry is quickly absorbed and stored by the body. There is little thermic effect in the digestion of simple carbohydrates like there is in the digestion of Protein so little metabolic energy is expended. In most cases patients in the phase of weight loss who eat slider foods will experience a weight loss plateau and possibly the setback of weight gain. And sadly, they will begin to believe their surgical stomach pouch is not functioning properly because they never feel fullness or restriction like they experience when eating protein. The very nature of the surgical gastric pouch is to cause feelings of tightness or restriction when one has eaten enough food. However, when soft simple carbohydrates are eaten this tightness or restriction does not result and one can continue to eat, unmeasured, copious amounts of non-nutritional food without ever feeling uncomfortable. Many patients turn to slider foods for this very reason. They do not like the discomfort that results when the pouch is full from eating a measured portion of lean animal or dairy protein without liquids. Yet it is this very restriction that is the desired result of the surgery. The discomfort is intended to signal the cessation of eating. Remembering the "Protein First" rule is crucial to weight management with bariatric surgery. Gastric bypass, gastric banding (lap-band) and gastric sleeve patients are instructed to follow a high protein diet to facilitate healing and promote weight loss. Bariatric centers advise what is commonly known among weight loss surgery patients as the "Four Rules" the most important of which is "Protein First." That means of all nutrients (protein, carbohydrates, fat and alcohol) the patient is required to eat protein first. Protein is not always the most comfortable food choice for weight loss surgery patients who feel restriction after eating a very small amount of food. However, for the surgical tool to work correctly a diet rich in protein and low in simple carbohydrate slider foods must be observed. The high protein diet must be followed even after healthy body weight has been achieved in order to maintain a healthy weight and avoid weight regain.

Girls so much I missed last night and today! I got kicked off the thread again! am I the only that gets un-subscribed?? Ugh! Brown and GT take care and have faith..

I'm sorry you are having a hard time.. I remember those days well. But none of us here are really qualified to give you the ok...

Fluffnomore, I meant to say welcome before. So I will say it now! Glad to have you aboard

I always blame it on the dog. That is until she gets visibly disturbed by the noises

Wow that's a good AND loaded question. I definitely can say that weight loss doesn't cure all of my issues of not looking good enough.. And not being good enough to be seen in public... I also have to say it depends on the day.. I still have down days, as you know from our 5:2 group discussions. I can be hypersensitive about imperfections and fluctuations. Years of being told (by others AND myself) that I am my appearance will do that. On those days I can feel like I don't want to leave the house. But I have days that I feel down right great. Hell sometimes down right sexy! I have been known to get gussied up, hop in the Porsche (ok the car helps with the self image dammit) put the top down and cruise to the pet store to get dog food feeling like I'm the prettiest 47 year old Laura there is! I think the best days are when I just feel comfortable in my own skin moving about in life not putting to much thought one way or another how I might be perceived. Like I said loaded question.. Good question...

Butterpants! I would say no thank you to so I could stay home so I could eat too..

Ok but in the future, keep me let me know these things! Geeze!