ItsMe2033

Me too! Me too! Insofar as what I order, I'm 9 weeks post op, so I only order appetizers.

Here's my best guess. 1) You probably need to make sure that you get at least 800 calories per day. You don't want your body to think you are starving. If you do 600 calories of exercise in a day then you have a net intake of 200 calories, so you should probably add an additional 200 calories to your intake that day. 2) I don't think you mentioned your Protein intake. You should be getting at least 80 grams per day, or possibly more since you are working out so much. 3) Your weight is more likely to vary up and down from one day to the next if you are eating any significant amount of carbs. This doesn't have an impact on how much weight you will lose in a month, but it can have a significant impact on your day to day weight. If you are eating many carbs, but still under you carb limit from your NUT then I wouldn't worry much about this. The underlying cause of this is your body replenishing its glycogen stores. 4) Are you using salt in your food. It doesn't take much salt to cause you to store more Water, which will cause your weight to go up a pound or two. If what you eat the next day doesn't have as much salt, then that weight will come back off. 5) Hormones fluctuations can cause more or less water weight to be stored. You may be accustomed to that and have some idea if that is a factor or not. 6) The amount of waste stored in your intestines can influence your weight on a daily bases. Do you have BMs daily? 7) Some scales are not as reliable as others. To test this you should weight yourself, then step off the scales, and hold something that weighs 5 or 10 pounds, and weigh yourself (but ignore that weight), then step off the scales, put down the object you were holding, then weigh yourself again. See if the weights are the same, and try this over several days. You should also try to weigh yourself at about the same time everyday. 8) Since you do one kind of exercise on some days and another kind on other days, maybe you sweat more on some day than other and this would result in the loss of more water weight and more electrolytes, which would also impact your water retention. Do any of these seem like they might apply to you?

Also in my area, the Premier Protein that is sold at Sams Club comes with a resealable cap, but the ones sold at Costco, which are otherwise identical, do not have the resealable cap.

So you lost 32 pounds in all -- 4 pounds of muscle and 28 pounds of fat. That means that 88% of the pounds that you lost were from fat and that 12% of the pounds you lost was from muscle. The really impressive statistic is that you lost (burned) 28 * 3500 = 98000 calories from fat loss, and 4 * 450 = 1800 calories from muscle loss. Your total loss was 99800 calories, of which 98000 was from fat, so 98% of your loss comes from fat calories. Pretty damn good, I would say.

If the 13,000 is the total price, that's not too bad. The main reason that I did not go to Mexico was not a concern over the quality of care or if I would be able to sue someone if there was a bad outcome, but rather I didn't want to have to get on an airplane and fly just a few days after major surgery. Other people decide to do that and they are totally fine, but I didn't want to do that. I found someone about 3 hours away for just over $12,000 for the surgery. Even if you find a surgeon in Las Vegas or Louisiana for 10k or 11k, by the time you add in the cost of the airfares for two people, and hotel rooms, I doubt that you will be saving much money.

You should be able to go to any restaurant and be with your friends and let them eat what they want, and you eat what you should eat according to your plan. I would not ask them to change in any way, unless you find that being in that environment triggers you to overeat. If it does then you can ask them to change, but unless you actually try it and see that it triggers you, it's not fair to ask your friends to give it up because you think it might be a problem. After all, you are the one who has embarked on this journey of change, so if there is any hardship to be borne, you should be the first person to bear it, then after you have done what you can, ask them to help. You should only ask your friends to make a change to support you if it's something that does cause you a problem, not something that might could possibly cause you a problem. If you do find that going out with them triggers you to overeat when you make your best effort not to, then by all means tell them that you enjoy going out with them and you want to spend time with them and that you value their friendship, and that you tried eating with them but it triggered you to overeat and could they please still spend time with you taking part in some other activity.

I think if you make up a cover story that you should fully commit to it. That's what you tell everyone except for those close to you. In my case I accounted for my few days of from work by saying I had to do some things around the house [true]. For the few people that have noticed that I have lost weight, I have told them that I've been drinking a lot of Protein shakes and just eating small meals, something like the slimfast diet plan [also true]. All I have done is omit things. It means that later if I decide to tell people about it, I haven't told a lie, I have just omitted, so it's less of a social transgression that has to be overcome. Some people don't have that luxury of protecting their privacy and making only true statements, and they have a right to their privacy. In that case, I do think it is important to pick whatever cover story they want and stick with it. One of the most important things you can do if you take this approach is to not draw attention to yourself. Don't tell people you've lost 100 pounds. Lead them to believe that it's much less. I haven't watched the video you mentioned about the glass of Water, but the easy way to avoid problems is to not call attention to yourself. Since I've had the surgery, when I'm at a restaurant, I always order a glass of water, and a to go box when I order the food. I just don't drink any of the water. And by getting the to go box ahead of time, the waitress probably won't even know how much food you ate, but if they do, they won't be suprprised that you didn't eat much. Also, ordering an appetizer instead of a meal will draw much less attention from the people with you when you don't eat much food. If you want to keep the surgery under the radar, avoid drawing attention to yourself at every opportunity.

There are many ways to own this. The primary one is that it is your information to do with as you please. If you want to share that's great, but if you want to keep it private it doesn't imply that you are ashamed of it in any way. Look, you plan many elements of our life. You plan your vacations, and your education and those of your children, and your retirement. To choose to tell someone or not tell someone is just another element of planning your life. If people are surrounded by positive people or in positive situations, sure why not tell. But if you are surrounded by negative people, or negative situations, or you just don't want the attention then the most rational course is to not tell. Some people (not you) seem to think there is some obligation to tell. If you were having hemorrhoid surgery or a vasectomy would you feel that you had some kind of obligation to tell everyone you saw? It's your private information to do with as you want.

Follow whatever your surgeon recommends. For most people that number is probably around 800. I've seen some people be recommend for 600 - 800 calories per day, and some people recommended for 800 -1000 calories per day.

I think most people have a one night stay, but there are some people who have a longer stay. I don't feel that I would have gotten any benefit from more than one night.

If you get in at least 30 or 40 on your third day you are doing great. Continue sipping your shakes as you can and be sure you are drinking enough water. If you're able to get 30 or 40 grams today, you should be able to increase your intake by 10 or 20 grams per day, each day, over the next few days. You want to make an effort to get your protein in, but you don't want to force it.

I would only ask him about it if you think his answer will have an impact on your decision to use him as your surgeon. In order to do that, you should visualize asking him the question, and imagine different answers that he might give. Personally I can only imagine his saying something along the lines of "Yes it was a terrible mistake. We had gone to a party and I usually don't drink, but I had a couple of drinks and ...." I can't visualize a situation where he says "Well I usually get drunk every Friday night, and that night I got unlucky and got stopped. And I usually have a drink or two before the surgery just to steady my hands." Since I can't imagine an answer other than the first one, I personally wouldn't ask him about it, but you should certainly ask if you want to.

I would only ask him about it if you think his answer will have an impact on your decision to use him as your surgeon. In order to do that, you should visualize asking him the question, and imagine different answers that he might give. Personally I can only imagine his saying something along the lines of "Yes it was a terrible mistake. We had gone to a party and I usually don't drink, but I had a couple of drinks and ...." I can't visualize a situation where he says "Well I usually get drunk every Friday night, and that night I got unlucky and got stopped. And I usually have a drink or two before the surgery just to steady my hands." Since I can't imagine an answer other than the first one, I personally wouldn't ask him about it, but you should certainly ask if you want to.

It doesn't happen to most people but it happens to quite a few people. Have you called your surgeon's office? Perhaps they could prescribe something else for the nausea. Also are you walking and are you getting enough fluids and protein?

It doesn't happen to most people but it happens to quite a few people. Have you called your surgeon's office? Perhaps they could prescribe something else for the nausea. Also are you walking and are you getting enough fluids and protein?

I'm glad that you were able to recognize that these were people doing what they did because they cared about you, and not that they were trying to get up in your business.

I'm glad that you were able to recognize that these were people doing what they did because they cared about you, and not that they were trying to get up in your business.

One thing you might do to see if it would help is to cut any food you eat into pieces no larger than a pea. I strongly recommend that you not eat string cheese directly from the stick, but instead cut it into bites as well.

One thing you might do to see if it would help is to cut any food you eat into pieces no larger than a pea. I strongly recommend that you not eat string cheese directly from the stick, but instead cut it into bites as well.

I agree with your point that people who have had weight loss surgery are more likely to have gall bladder problems. It's actually not the extra protein that causes the problem, but rather the rapid weight loss. If you go search for this on pubmed you will find study after study that mentions the gall bladder problems caused by the rapid weight loss after weight loss surgery. It can also happen just with rapid weight loss even though someone doesn't have weight loss surgery at all. The underlying problem appears to actually be caused by the diminished fat intake. Since people take in less fat, the gall bladder appears to be storing a higher amount of bile, and this results in more opportunity for the crystallization of the bile acids. To cut down on the risk of developing gall bladder problems I asked my surgeon to prescribe Actigall for me for the first six months after my sleeve surgery.

I agree with your point that people who have had weight loss surgery are more likely to have gall bladder problems. It's actually not the extra protein that causes the problem, but rather the rapid weight loss. If you go search for this on pubmed you will find study after study that mentions the gall bladder problems caused by the rapid weight loss after weight loss surgery. It can also happen just with rapid weight loss even though someone doesn't have weight loss surgery at all. The underlying problem appears to actually be caused by the diminished fat intake. Since people take in less fat, the gall bladder appears to be storing a higher amount of bile, and this results in more opportunity for the crystallization of the bile acids. To cut down on the risk of developing gall bladder problems I asked my surgeon to prescribe Actigall for me for the first six months after my sleeve surgery.

There's this Jamaican man that I have known for a very long time. One time about 5 years after he had moved to the USA, he asked me a question. He wanted to know why in Jamaica they talk about the USA every night on the TV news, but in the USA, Jamaica was only mentioned in news programs a couple of times a year. He just didn't think it was fair. To everyone who has been sleeved, or who is considering being sleeved, finding out everything we can about the procedure, restrictions, pitfalls, benefits, success factors, etc is life or death important. If you didn't find out all those things you are lowering your chances of success. To those of us on this forum, relentlessly seeking out information becomes something that drives us, and for some of us even an obsession. And because of the pursuit of knowledge, we increase our chances of successfully losing more weight and preventing regain. It's rational for us to become experts on the sleeve. There are thousands of different surgical procedures. Every year there are thousands of advances across all medical fields. Doctors are only human and they can't possibly become an expert in every area, and it's unrealistic to expect them to unless this is their area of expertise. By acknowledging this, you can take ownership of it and get the best possible outcome. Every time you talk to your doctor other than your surgeon, don't presume that he is an expert about this. Take the time to gently educate him about it. Patiently answer any questions without putting him down that he doesn't know. And don't be disappointed if he makes some incorrect assumptions. Instead gently educate. As VSG becomes more common, doctors will learn more about it, and this will be less of a problem in the future.

There's this Jamaican man that I have known for a very long time. One time about 5 years after he had moved to the USA, he asked me a question. He wanted to know why in Jamaica they talk about the USA every night on the TV news, but in the USA, Jamaica was only mentioned in news programs a couple of times a year. He just didn't think it was fair. To everyone who has been sleeved, or who is considering being sleeved, finding out everything we can about the procedure, restrictions, pitfalls, benefits, success factors, etc is life or death important. If you didn't find out all those things you are lowering your chances of success. To those of us on this forum, relentlessly seeking out information becomes something that drives us, and for some of us even an obsession. And because of the pursuit of knowledge, we increase our chances of successfully losing more weight and preventing regain. It's rational for us to become experts on the sleeve. There are thousands of different surgical procedures. Every year there are thousands of advances across all medical fields. Doctors are only human and they can't possibly become an expert in every area, and it's unrealistic to expect them to unless this is their area of expertise. By acknowledging this, you can take ownership of it and get the best possible outcome. Every time you talk to your doctor other than your surgeon, don't presume that he is an expert about this. Take the time to gently educate him about it. Patiently answer any questions without putting him down that he doesn't know. And don't be disappointed if he makes some incorrect assumptions. Instead gently educate. As VSG becomes more common, doctors will learn more about it, and this will be less of a problem in the future.

And I'm not suggesting that you do that. I misunderstood what you said. I thought you were saying that you could take in that much without being nauseated. Hopefully the nausea will pass soon.

I didn't pay enough attention to this post. One of the foods that I thought was most efficient for getting protein is very thin sliced turkey. I would lay a few slices on a plate, then put part of a slice of cheese, then a few more slices on the stack, then another part of a slice of cheese, etc. Microwave that until the cheese melts, then eat it very slowly. It's still one of my favorite things to eat. Also, costco sells frozen turkey burgers that are very tasty.