Ms. Yoyo

I can gulp and I can drink from a straw without too much gas but I found myself wondering whether I'd stretch my sleeve due to this. Then I remembered the barium test after the surgery where I could see the speed of liquid flowing through the sleeve andI think it's normal that I can gulp. My surgeon made a pretty tight sleeve, so I get full pretty early but have hardly any restrictions on liquids.

you retain a lot of water which your body needs to turn fat cells into fuel that it can use, you'll find a lot of information online. Just keep your spirits high and it'll pass!

I was a low BMI and therefore self pay (min. 40bmi for insurance in my country, and only national security insurance pays - private insurance companies don't), but I calculated that my surgery would cost me 2 years worth of weekly dietitian fees (or 1 year of weekly dietitian and psychologist fees); so when you think about it this way, the price of surgery seems even less:)

Might have broke my stall! Half a kilo this morning, but I want to wait and see if I'll weigh that low tomorrow as well (had BM today morning, first time in 3 days).

I was a low bmi so I only told family and a few close friends, only one friend from work. I didn't tell my boss or people from the office because I'd have to listen to a ton of "why don't you lose weight normally", "you're not THAT fat" etc. It's very hard to convince people that although I can lose weight, I can't keep it off and that the whole weight issue is messing with my head, let alone completely ruining my health and body. It's so weird that people are so kind and receptive when you tell them you need a hernia repair, but are terribly judgmental if you talk about weight loss surgery. I mean, obesity is a disease and there are levels of trying to fight it (diet, exercise, restrictive eating, going to a dietitian etc and finally weightloss surgery) but people never understand when you reach the final stage and opt for surgery. Though I have to say I couldn't care less. This surgery was one of the best things I did for myself, I returned to work after 14 days, and I broke my 3 week stall today(yay!) - so, no judgment is getting me down!

Hi Ryan, I'm on D25 post-surgery and could easily travel, be it by car or plane. But I didn't have any complications, so my recovery was fairly quick. I can eat almost anything (my surgeon basically said I could skip the puree phase), so it's pretty easy to find things to eat. As long as you take your protein powder with you and have a shake in the morning or evening, nutrition-wise you should be ok:)

I stalled right at the end of the second week and have not lost any weight since 8 days now. I measure myself in kilos and that just makes it even worse, I'm constantly shocked by the non-budging decimal digit! But today morning I tried a pair of motorcycle pants that I haven't been able to fit into on the day before my surgery and it fits like a glove (could be a bit more lose though:)) I figure it's best not to panic too much given that a lot of people are going through this but still I do get upset from time to time. I put the scale away, and I'll give myself 1 more week of not weighing-in - you never know my stall might go on for two weeks or even more.

Same here, though I only lost 15 and this is my 24th day since surgery. Worst part is that I can actually eat quite a bit and my sleeve is disturbed by no types of food. I fear that this is it, hope that it's not true but I just can't be sure. I haven't started exercising yet, but still have a partial ache in the incision that was used to pull out my stomach. Any feedback from more advanced sleevers would be hugely appreciated!

I have 60lbs to lose to get to a bmi of around 20 (I have a thin bone structure so can go down without looking extremely skinny, and way too much fat as my body fat is currently 41%!), and I'm surprised that I haven't had to do much of a convincing talk to those very close to me! My mother and best friends are very supportive, my husband is cautiously supportive; I have not yet spoken to the surgeon (my appointment is in three days), but as I will be self-pay I hope he won't reject. I've been a yo-yo dieter my whole life (dieting since I was 11; I'm 31 now); and I'm ok with losing but just can not maintain. The weight is taking a toll on everything, just everything. I hope that the doc will understand my situation and agree to operate. I live in Turkey, where 30-35bmi's are not operated very much, but given my insulin resistance, back pains and family history of obesity and cardiovascular diseases, I just want to take things in hand and get a tool which will be worth my efforts.