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You're kidding, right? No, alcohol is not okay to drink 15 days out. Call your surgeon. He'll tell you.

I say go for it! Because of my terrible GERD, I sometimes wish I would have gone that route. My weight loss has also been a little on the slower side with the sleeve, and I sometimes wonder if it would have been a little faster with the bypass. FYI, my husband had RNY 9 years ago, and has had ZERO problems. He has also kept 100+ pounds off (aside from a 30 pound gain after quitting smoking, but he then lost it again.) He says he would do it again in a heartbeat! Good luck with whatever you decide!

@@jess9395 Ooooooo that has peaked my interest! Where do you find those? Grocery stores? I wanna try em!

Yeah. We women like to hold on to the fat on our tummies. I'm sure there's some biological reason I'm too lazy to look up right now.....

Yup, stomach is last to go. At almost 150 pounds, I still have a tummy. I think maybe if I lost 15 more, I *may* finally get rid of most of it, but I'm not willing to go that low in my weight. So Spanx it is! Or surgery...... I'll stick with Spanx for now

That's why it drives me nuts when people say "I'm fat, but I'm healthy" or "I'm fat but fit". No, no you're not. Now don't get me wrong. I'm all for accepting yourself, no matter what your size. I've seen some confident, beautiful obese women. I think all women are beautiful, no matter the size. Especially if they ooze confidence. But PLEASE stop saying you're healthy or fit. It's not possible when you have to carry around so much extra weight. It puts a strain on the body that sometimes can't even be reversed. Your organs are literally being CRUSHED by the extra weight. I can't imagine running even a mile at 235 pounds. Now I run 3.

Not stupid at all! I think I posted around the same time out as you about how I wondered if the doctor even DID the surgery because I was feeling the exact same way. liquids go through your swollen little tummy easier. Plus everything is all cut and numb. Once you start more solid food, you'll feel it. Believe me! I had refried Beans and cheese my first solid food and I could only eat 3 bites.

It's really not about eating because of hunger. Sure, the surgery helps with it by reducing the physical hunger and restriction by how much you can eat IN ONE SITTING, but once healed up, you can still graze all day long if you want. I may not be able to eat a whole pizza at once, but at almost a year out, I bet I could work on it all day until it's gone. Understand, WLS doesn't do it for you. You still have to practice will power and self control, and learn to delay gratification. So if there is an underlying issue with food and emotional eating, the surgery will not cure that. It takes support, knowledge, and a lot of times professional help to get over the emotional connection we all seem to have with food. I don't want to sound like a downer, but it's just the cold, hard facts. It was also one of the hardest lessons for me to learn post surgery. So for me, I will always have to track, measure and weigh to insure I'm not eating too much. For the rest of my life.

Nope, you're not done. As long as you are continuing to follow your plan, and maybe change things up a little, it will pass. The body just gets complacent after a while and likes to take a break. Either increase your calories or excerise, or change up your workout plan or activity and see if that helps. The longest stall I had was at 6 months out. A month. A looong, agonizing month! I have also had several small ones since. Just a part of the process!

I should have quoted her post when I asked her to clarify so maybe some of you could have deciphered it for me. Something about a friend liking "coffee" and now they don't like it much anymore...she still likes coffee but the mug is a little broken and maybe the friend doesn't want a broken mug? I dunno. Too much thinking trying to figure it all out. And then she got mad and deleted her post when I asked what the darn question was so we can help her for goodness sakes! Can't win sometimes.....

@ I heart you so much

153 I'm so close I can taste it!

@@mykdzmom And you are completely correct

I like his name I would think you'd be getting enough exercise of a *ahem* different sort being in a new relationship

@@Katy Walton Keep us posted! I'm sure you'll do great!

Hello and welcome. First, please understand that you will still have to change your whole diet and still excerise with whatever tool you decide. You still will need to find a way to excerise at least 4-5 days a week. It helps with weight loss, but more importantly builds that muscle you will lose as the weight comes off. As far as not being able to stop losing...that RARELY happens. It's actually more likely you will struggle to even get to your 150 goal weight, let alone exceed it. I feel like you are under the impression the weight just magically falls off of you with little to no effort on your part. Surgeons say to expect to lose 60% of your excess weight with the sleeve (that's an average). Yes, there are lots of people who get to their goal weight and even exceed it, but they have to really work at it to exceed that 60% expected number. The first few weeks you will have larger losses, then the loss is more the average 2-4 pounds per week. As you get closer to your goal, it slows even more. I wish you luck as you look at your options and go through the process! You'll get a lot of good info here!

@@jane13 I just don't know anymore.... Troll or over sensitive. You be the judge!

I found when I was doing more resistance/strength training, it did slow the weight loss a little. I started running, and found it was much more steady. Now I mix the two up a little.

My bedroom was upstairs, and I was going up the first day home. Of course I kept going up and down them to a minimum. Like what was said, just take it slow and easy. Believe it or not, it's really good to move around after surgery. Promotes healing and gets the blood flowing But by all means, if you're not comfortable going up and down stairs, try to avoid them the first week or so.

@ No, really. What's your question? I didn't mean to offend you, I'm just not smart enough to figure out what you were trying to ask...

Can we just stop with the metaphors because my brain hurts trying to figure this all out, lol. Although the coffee metaphor is cute. We are all adults here. Is your question will he want to have sex with you more after you've lost all the weight?

You've worked hard for that! Congrats!

I know @@JamieLogical has. Maybe she will respond or you can message her? Oh, and *Lexie* has too!

Well @@Roxie Malone, looking at your stats, it looks like you have not had WLS yet. That's what I was referring to when I said your "walk". I apologize if I'm not correct about that. If you haven't had WLS yet, I hope when you do you realize that it's not going to be as black and white as you would like to think it is. Because if you do, you're in for a long, disappointing journey. Good luck to you.

@@Roxie Malone Please, just stop. I remember having your judgemental, holier than thou attitude pre surgery and early after. Then good ol karma had a way of shutting me up. Just like with anything, until you've walked in that persons shoes, there's really not a lot of credence to your rant. The only time I get concerned about others drinking is in the very early stages of healing when there's a chance of physical harm. After that, we each have our own journey and our own way of doing it. It's really not for us to judge how each person chooses to live their lives. Guidance and support? Maybe differing opinions? Sure! But downright judgement and assumptions about someone because of their choices? Not cool. ESPECIALLY when you haven't even walked the walk yet!