johnsydney

My pre-op diet was terrible, at best I stuck to it on alternate days and had many 'last meals' don't stress yourself out. Luckily for me all was good and the op went well. Obviously you know how important the pre-op diet is. Not everyone will be as lucky as me, just do your best and don't beat yourself up over a small slip. If we could all stick to diets we wouldn't the having these ops. If it's not safe during the op the surgeon won't go ahead. Try your hardest, fingers crossed all will go well for you :-)

Thank-you all for sharing this information, it had given me lots of ideas :-) good news for me is that I've lost a few more pounds this week after a long stall then a gain, I'm now 209lb, the lightest I've been in about 20 years! ????????

Hey Mamita008, I'm down 33 and I was band I sleeve on the 12th of August, so I reckon we're doing about the same :-)

Thanks Bufflehead, green veggies is a good idea. Maybe I could keep some cooked in the fridge to eat. I don't really have snacks though, I normally have lunch and dinner. Then a couple of times a day I get hungry and end up having a couple of biscuits or a piece of toast. Maybe what I need to do is to add a couple of healthy snacks rather than 'graze' I've never really been a breakfast person, normally I have a glass of water with my vitamins followed by a cup of tea at home and a cup of coffee when I get to work, then I'm good until lunch time. As I'm typing this I'm thinking that the reason I am grazing is because I'm not eating properly or in a structured way? Maybe I've just figured out the answer to my question.

Hi all, I know grazing is bad but my hunger is gradually coming back and I'm struggling not to graze. I'm 11 weeks post op, I went band to sleeve. I have lost 33lb so far and have another 24lb to go. I took my eye off the ball for a few weeks and gained about 6lb, guess I got complacent. I've lost it again now and have learnt a valuable lesson, even though I can eat less that before, if I choose bad food, I'll still gain, albeit at a much slower rate than pre-surgery. Anyway back to my point, I'd love to hear what people consider to be their most tasty, satisfying, low fat / carb healthy grazing snack, one that you could munch away on and not consume to many calories / fat etc. At the moment I'm having a handful of almonds, an extra chocolate calci-chew, low fat yoghurt, the problems is they're not really satisfying. I have a bigger stomach than most will have as I went band to sleeve, I can eat just over a cup of anything without any problem at all. Grateful for helpful responses :-)

I'm still at a loss of 33lb in almost 11 weeks, not overly pleased with that, was hoping for quite a bit more by now, oh well, at least it's a loss and not a gain. I'm just too impatient 24lb more is my goal. 35lb more would be great but I'd be happy with another 24lb :-)

Oui1213 - If you don't like my comments please don't read them. You are clearly quite a rude person. After having the band for 10 years, I feel suitably qualified to talk about my experiences. My responses here are honest, truthful and well balanced. Please read them again. Would you prefer it if I lied? Or genuinely shared my experiences, which, I believe is what this forum is about. My response here says that I am not knocking the band, it helped me lose weight, did I ever really feel full? No I didn't, is what the person in the original post experiencing normal? Yes it was at least the same for me. I also think it's very silly and naive of you to only want to hear success stories, like all types of surgeries, for some people this procedure works extremely well, for others not so well, people need to here all angles not just the good ones! send2steph posted "This has been really informative. Thanks!" So would you please mind your own business and keep your nose out. Thanks. Oui1213.

Apologies just noticed this is a bypass thread. I am talking about my experiences with my sleeve. Don't know how coffee affects bypass patients, please disregard! I can't see how to delete my comment.

I read somewhere that regular coffee and decaf both cause the same amount of irritation / acid, so from a sleeve perspective it doesn't make much different choosing decaf. I drink regular coffee during the day and a decaf with a shot of whisky at bedtime so it doesn't keep me awake and I have no problems. My surgeon said drink coffee as you normally would, if it causes acid / reflux cut down or stop, if it doesn't affect you, drink away!

I went band to sleeve a couple of months ago, maybe 8 weeks ago, not really counting, going from the band to the sleeve, I haven't really had breakfast for the last 10 years so I don't really miss it. I just make sure I have water in the morning and maybe a coffee within a couple of hours of waking up, am thankful that it's one less meal to worry about, I try to get my vitamins in around 10am followed by lunch around 1pm.

Enjoy your coffee ! Everything in moderation. If you enjoy it and it goes down well, drink it !

Same as me, the only reason I chose my surgeon was because he was competent at doing band to sleeve revisions in one surgery. Of course it wasn't guaranteed, he said he'd does his best but if it was too bad in there he wouldn't put me at risk. Fortunately all was ok a he did it in one go. So far so good :-)

My BMI was 33 on the day of surgery. Currently down to a BMI of 29. My surgery was 7 weeks ago. Total lost so far is about 15kg / 33lbs. Was hoping to have lost more than this but am still happy with my progress so far. I also feel as though I haven't had surgery. Have no problems at all. Can eat / drink anything just in smaller quantities and I generally feel less hungry :-)

Hi there, I'm similar in the way of being able to eat a lot more than I thought, I eat a cup / 250ml of any food without any problem. I don't have any pain, slimes, reflux, or particular feelings of fullness, I just know I've had enough when I feel food backed up in my throat. I can drink right up until I eat and still get the whole cup in. My stomach doesn't rumble like it used to with the band. I do feel hunger but nothing like previously. I'm almost 8 weeks out. Do you have any restriction at all and do you feel hunger ?

I was given coffee in hospital post op, I asked my surgeon about it, he said it can cause reflux, if you drink it and get reflux then stop drinking it. That was his advice to me guys I've been having a few cups of very strong coffee every day since my surgery almost 8 weeks ago and have had no problems.