Brian G

My first post here. I've been reading a lot though and these forums helped finalize my decision so thank you! My story is pretty simple... always been fat. born 12 lbs, 24" long. I don't have one memory stored of looking down and not seeing a belly. After years of depression and excuses and up and down I decided I had to do something drastic. I was sleeved by doctor Aceves on Feb 14. My weight the day before my surgery was 445 lbs. I actually carried my 400+ quite well which is probably why I let it go on for so damn long... Today, I'm already down to 432 lbs. I did not expect things to go this fast. I already notice a difference in my energy level and happiness, it's absolutely incredible. I'm finally realizing what my diet was doing to me. I'm not expecting this to be easy in the least but I'm extremely surprised that four days out I already feel like this. Only real issues I have had at all is just a little bit of soreness that only really shows itself when I move, cough, bend, apply pressure etc. I have no desire at all to eat. The past two days I fill up a huge glass with ice and drink Isopure and that's it. I can handle about 1.5 bottles of the stuff but watered down. Today I took down about 120 oz of the Isopure/water mix so I guess that's 30 oz of iso and 90 oz of Water. I feel full and satisfied. Although my brain is still thinking about all my old addictions. I actually dreamt last night that i was eating good food and woke up freaking out thinking I had hurt myself by doing so.... Anyway just wanted to say hi and report my progress so far. I'm so suprised at how this has gone so far it is not what I expected.

thanks guys. and yes mark we do have similar backgrounds. still rocking the isopure/water all day, still not too hungry.. although my addiction to food is still there. Had to deal with being around good smelling food at work today.. wasn't too bad. every fast food joint i drive by i still think about my old friends 3 more lbs lost today. feeling so energetic. accomplished more today than I have probably in the last two months. Took a nice walk too

If you are doing Isopure, I reccomend just keeping a huge cup of crushed ice at your side all day and just sipping at it all day. I'm able to finish 4 huge cups of the water/iso mix, but i literally never stop sipping. Stay full this way too