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How about thread for MEN getting sleeved in October. I was on the 90day program and got approved by Aetna last Friday 10/04/2013. I did my pre-op class Wednesday and I am going under the knife next Friday 10/18/2013.

Thanks for the Advice. This is definitely a journey and there are a lot of changes... I have been losing, but a LOT slower than at the beginning. I think I am ok with that as I need to stop at some point and I would like my skin to get a little tighter.

I used to think I was losing to fast and it worried me. Now, I am losing slower and I am not worried, but I wonder if this is normal. Im 8 months and I have lost around 80lbs. In the last month I have lost 8lbs and only 1 of those is in the last week. Is this normal? Is there something I need to do? Breakfast Raw Protein - Protein Drink (35g P and lots of vitamins)lunch Cup of Soup / salad Or - Nuts dinner Lean protein veggies small potion of Carb/starch Exercise None

It has been a week and my weight goes up and down about an lb, but no loss. I understand that my concern is a bit "frustrating" to some, but I really do want to know if I am doing something wrong? I am 216lbs and I have been there 217-216 for two weeks. I am not sounding an "ALARM" because I am happy. However, if I am not doing something right and need to make adjustments, I need to know. Has my body perhaps gone into starvation mode?

CubsWin - Good luck on your date. I remember my last week of what was Normal. Tonight I saw a bunch of people I have not seen since last June and some did not recognize me. My date was 10/18 and I have lost almost 80 lbs. The weight is coming of very slow right now (1lbs a week), but that is ok. I see my Dr and NUT in a month so I will see what's up then. Obviously Im not worried as it will give my skin a change to tighten up a little. Good luck, if you have any questions let me know.

Glad I could participate in your daily dose of frustration. Notice the "?" mark in the title? It irks me when people are irked over a simple question.

I am Pre-Op and working through all the mental challenges that are involved in making the decision to get this done. I am 5'9" and weigh about 290+/-. I have discussed this with a few people and most are supportive, except for two who have a minimal 10-20# overweight struggle. For some reason they are convinced that I only need to lose 40# and that the weight charts put out by the medical community are NOT accurate for today. I know I need to make this decision myself, but it is not an easy one to make. I don't think I have any food addictions, I don't eat a lot of sweets, and I don't usually eat when angry/sad. Most of my issues are that I have poor eating habits. I don't eat 3 meals and overeat at night. I do well on a diet for about 2 months and then get tired of counting calories and get hungry... then when I get off the diet all my weight comes back. What I want from this is to be healthy and to live a normal life WITHOUT overeating, but I still want to have cookouts at the house, hang out with friends, have a few drinks, and not look at food and think I am physically unable to eat. I want more energy, a longer life, and no stress when I go to an amusement park or Water park with my kids. I am afraid of doing this because it is not reversible and I keep thinking, "what if I am miserable for the remaining part of my life?" I feel defeated because I should be able to lose the weight and because I am weak I am considering WLS. I know I am not the only one that who has had all these emotions. Any thoughts?

I wanted to update this, incase anyone looking at having this process reads it and is curious to know my outcome. This was a scary decision for me, but I did it and I am still alive. Soon I will be 5 months and my life is completely normal. I am happy, eating, drinking, and losing weight. I have lost about 80lbs since 10/18/2013, today is 3/3/2014 (4.5 months). WOW!!!! THAT IS CRAZY. I am happy I did this and would not go back to my old life. I still want to make changes to my new life, but at least weight is not one of them. Thank you Forum friends for coaching me through this.

My Dr. put me on a soft food diet after 7 days. Everything you mention was on my menu. I'm not a Dr., but I was fine so I think you are probably fine.

Last Friday was one month for me and I am doing great. My Dr. released me to eat anything and that is what I am doing, well except for junk food. I still can only eat about 2 oz of meat and when I see more than that, I think "WOW that is a lot of food". I eat dinner each night with my family and watch my kids cram down a piece of chicken twice as large as mine in 1/2 the time and just shake my head. Tonight I am making a bowl of meat chili. I'm not sure how well that will go down, but I am going to give it a shot...

After I eat I feel literally full. Then after 15-20 min I start spitting up food. It is not the slides, I have had that. It is disgusting and doesn't quit until I drink Water and drinking water is not comfortable when that is happening. 2 questions 1) What is that called 2). How do I stop it. I don't think I'm eating too much. This morning I had a piece of toast with 2tbs of Peanut Butter.

Am I alone with this issue?

Alex, thank you... Issue resolved. I am posting from my iphone.

I do get unknown errors on my ipad. They seem to be related to page refreshing after a post. Example. I reply to a conversation and get an unknown error when I try to post it. I click the refresh page link and I get the same error. I then click the back button and re-access the conversation is there but there are random characters where I have placed a return to add a paragraph. Example <>\ (something like that) I just reopened the app to see exactly what the characters are for the "return" and I am now getting the same permissions errors i posted about while describing my iphone. Reply #35

Are you positive you're actually logged in ? We promise not to take as long as Obama is taking!!! This post is from my Ipad. I logged out and back in on it. The post above where I describe the permissions issue was describing the issues I am having with my iphone. Both are running ios7.0.3.

I know you will be much quicker that Obama. I am logged in, but When I open the app I get an error... "You are not allowed to use the private messaging system". When I access my profile I try to log out and get a pop up "are you sure you want to log out? When I say yes I get an error... "Permission Denied" My instinct is it uninstall/reinstall the app, but sine I have the big guy replying to my post I will wait to do so.

The iphone app is terrible. I can not post to a thread or quote someone. This is SO BUGGY everywhere. It's like Obamacare.

I'm reposting because of issues with the new environment. I will call me Dr. But this is not something that is an emergency and I want to hear people's experiences as mush as I do my Dr. Advice or more. After I eat I feel literally full. Then after 15-20 min I start spitting up food. It is not the slides, I have had that. It is disgusting and doesn't quit until I drink Water and drinking water is not comfortable when that is happening. 2 questions 1) What is that called 2). How do I stop it. I don't think I'm eating too much. This morning I had a piece of toast with 2tbs of Peanut Butter.

It has size on the bottom and different views on the right. That is a pretty funny website.

Yep... I understand everything you are saying. I am starting to get all the things I like back being on the other side of the knife. Maybe this summer I will waterski again. I was 292-296 the week before surgery (10/28, 3 weeks yesterday). Today I am 265. Dieting before surgery, you try not to eat and are hungry. After surgery you force yourself to eat. I'm never hungry and eat 400-700 calories a day. It is very difficult to eat that much and impossible to eat more (I only eat 3x a day). I hear it gets easier and next week I can start eating nuts so that will help boost calories and Protein by implementing Snacks into my diet. People say on here at month 6-7 I should be able to eat 4oz of meat and 2oz of veggies. I can't wait. That sounds like a normal, human sized, meal. My dr said last week I could drink wine. I used to drink 3+ Glasses, but now it goes down much slower and I can only drink 1 glass. However my stomach is still healing. Hopefully I'll be able to drink again one day.

Someone should give that web developer an award.

How you feeling Bigbeaz? You are two week out now right? How is everyone else feeling? I am doing great. I can drink without issue and can eat 2oz of meat. I wish I could eat more, but if I do I get slimed and that sux.

Ohhhh... I hope I can eat like that. That would be fantastic. Today Is 3 weeks and for lunch I ate 2 1/8 oz of smoked chicken without getting slimed. Eating is the most difficult thing there is. What was your diet like early on? Did you push the limits?

That is me... My weight was never an issue, but the last couple years, 43-45 of age, I could feel it affecting me differently. I used to carry it fine and my body didn't care. Then my BP started to creep up and I started to feel different. This is drastic for sure, it is permanent and it forces you to make a life change. Sometimes that life change is not fun. Right now, 3 weeks out) I can eat 2oz of meat and that is it. I heard it gets better and I cant wait for that because I want to eat a normal meal without feeling full. I am talking about literally full. If you want to be healthy and you cannot do it on a diet, this solution works, but you pay the price. I have gone to eat with a group of people that do not know I did this and it was fine. They didn't notice. It really is about hanging out right? My wife and I split something or I get a Soup and say, "I'm not very hungry" I can eat an entire bowl of soup with no problems. I went to lunch yesterday with a friend that I did not tell about the surgery and ordered a bowl of soup. I ate the entire thing with no issue, but I could not do that with a piece of meat. the surgery was a piece of cake. The day of was rough, but the next day I went to my son's football game came home and slept. by Monday I was rockn except I would get tired in the afternoon. I still do sometimes.

My best friend dumped me because we have different "Core Values". It is not easy to drink for a few days, it is not easy to eat and I do not enjoy eating at all. Actually I dread it and I am sick of Protein drinks. Today is 3 weeks post op. I do not regret the surgery as I was unable to loose weight and keep it off before. I wish I could have. Everyone who has had this says it gets easier to eat and eventually you are able to eat a human size portion. That is not an entire pizza like before.