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took me 6 months. It's different for us all, but when you are done, the time will have seemed to fly by.

Make sure the Protein shakes are at least 20/30 gm of protein per serving and LOW in sugars. THEN you can easily figure out how many shakes to use. If your goal is 8o gm a day, and the serving is 20... then 4. You ncan have as much broth as you can get in. Remember to get in a LOT of liquids... non-carbonated ones...

A Better answer! And you WILL survive the pre-op diet. We all did. Just focus a day (or an hour (or a minute)) at a time. It'll be hard for 3/4 days and then get easier (no, I did not say easy). But if weight loss was easy, we would not need the sleeve...

nope, no ticker... don't much care. Only 2 weeks out but I'm just doing the eating and activity stuff and the fat can take care of itself. Due to a (very) bum knee I can't be as active as I'd like so my loss varies from 1 to 3 # a week... but it all ads up. Do I have a goal? Well, yes, to have a BMI in the normal range. And to keep it there. We'll see. As for goal gifts, all I know is it won't be a hot fudge sundae. And Laura, I'd follow you anywhere, hang tough girlie, and be nice to yourself. Remember, as Elvis Costello teaches us, "I used to be disgusted, now I'm just amused."

Yah!!!

sigh

Great work!!

I gained for two weeks. Surgery ain't for sissies. It's working fine now...

Where are you in the process...??? As fat folks we did not think about food in the past because as soon as we THOUGHT, we ATE... And that needs to change I guess!!!

Consider getting the Big Book of the Gastric Sleeve... AND spend time here!

Love those NSVs!!!

Yep, our heads are strange aren't they. I saw myself walking in the glass and did not recognize myself... Still seem pleanty fat to me.

Well, if not struggle, at least mindful. We need to Think about food and activity, where some don't have to. But then, who said life is fair?

and it's 80% to 85% of your stomach.

Symptoms of stomach leak include: rapid heart rate, dizziness, shortness of breath, fever, worsening abdominal pain, left chest or shoulder pain, abdominal distention, the appearance of illness and a general feeling that something is very wrong. Unfortunately, many of the symptoms may be absent or could be from something else (e.g. bleeding). Diagnosing a leak is further complicated by the fact that there is no single, reliable test to definitely diagnose a leak. The diagnosis of a leak must be clinical, that is, the surgeon must consider all symptoms in relation to the timing after surgery. The diagnosis can never be 100% sure before treatment. 'Tis rare, about 1 in 100, and the "leak test" while in the hospital will help rule a leak out.

I agree... you might be under-counting your Protein... Dehydration makes me feel crappy, so I have no problems remembering to drink!!!

I mix mine with soy milk and when I want variety squirt those no-cal water flavorings in...

no... but I'd like to know more. I do not mind my powder though...

Moms have it hard... making and cleaning up after the little ones. All I can say is... try to not take the first bite...

Hang in there. We all get a wee bit crazy at this time! Some, like me, age generally crazy...

and the odds are that even with some blood loss you will not need to be transfused!

Same story, Sleeved, no BM for 4 days, loose stools for two days and since then all as right as rain.

OK, so take your life back. It seems as if you are doing so, but it takes more'n a half hour. So you are fat? Stay on your program and you won't be, but remember the sleeve can't fix other things and we ALL have 'other things' (often in our heads). Go put some music on and crank it up, and PS, you look cute now so imagine what you'll look like in 6 months...

Hmmm, at 3 months out folks WILL notice the weight loss and that you are eating and drinking "differently". Unsure how you can keep the secret much longer. At 3 months out, assuming all goes well, and it should, you can eat soft foods easily. Yes to H2O and protein suppliments, depends on your program whether you should drink any alcohol, and when you eat, try to eat what you've already tried to avoid any 'surprised' (at either end).

Yeppers, liquids first and protein next. Unjury is another option @ 20 gm protein.