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Never. Didn't eat them before surgery, didn't eat them after. They have always seemed like useless calories to me. I use crisp cucumber slices for mini sandwiches or crackers.

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/246350/easy-cloud-bread/

ASMBS would be the authority and they have it on their website. http://asmbs.org/patients/life-after-bariatric-surgery My Doctor told me the same thing, aim for 20 at a time and no more than 30, the body can only absorb so much. Same reason why you don't take all your supplements at the same time.

@@dede0314 Congrats on the hard work

http://asmbs.org/patients/life-after-bariatric-surgery Excess of 30g in a hour is just wasted by your body. @teapot As you lose weight your bladder will have more room in your torso and be able to hold more, so drinking more won't necessarily mean you are urinating more in the long term.

This is a medically necessary surgery though. No one asks heart patients to promise in writing to give up greasy philly steaks.

No, but I have a friend I view differently. It was sort of the final straw, but when I was doing pre-op testing I told her about it, and she told other people when I told her not to tell anyone, because she didn't think these people counted. Now I know I can't trust her ever, so our friendship is downgraded quite a bit in my mind. Now that I am more active and more like I was in my younger years, the kind of people I am associating with are going to be different. I'm into hiking, boating, and in general being outdoors, some of my friends are into this kind of thing, some aren't. In the end my life is so rich now, it doesn't matter too much about the people left behind.

I really don't understand why people are forced to jump through so many hoops for this surgery, people don't have to do this for other surgeries. Ridiculous.

@@Tina4heath4ever It seems like most Blue Cross plans don't have the 6 month requirement.

@@Tina4heath4ever Blue Cross Blue Shield Illinois

@@Tina4heath4ever Yes, BCBSIL

I went from first visit to surgery in 8 weeks. Could have been sooner but holidays and vacations delayed some of the pre-op testing.

My "tray" was decaf coffee, a protein shake, jello, and broth. I REALLY wanted to go home, I hate hospitals so I used all my determination to get it down. I think eating in the hospital is a good safety net to starting to consume, I wasn't scared because the nurses and doctors were there. I was only in the hospital about 26-28 hours. Once I proved I could get "food" down, I was released in 2 hours. That is the requirement to get out of the hospital and this is a bariatric center of excellence, with a very high volume of surgery. I had the whole protein shake, it was only 4 ounces, it was a small hospital one. I had 1/2 of the broth. 2 micro sips of coffee, and like 2 cubes of jello.

I kind of feel like we have to refute inaccurate information, because if we don't it looks accurate. There are so many people that lurk and read here. If we let BS stand it might harm some other new person, or worse scare someone for surgery. I'm pretty sure at this point she is just a troll that never even had WLS. The app makes these forums far too accessible to all kinds of random people.

@@Ele marie If you look at the top of a thread it tells you what forum it is in. I always check when I am on the app, to make sure I don't make a mistake. It takes 1/2 a second. This is one of the many reasons I prefer posting from the PC.

It depends on the Dr. My Dr only does the sleeve, no bypass. If you are young and active, you can lose a lot with the sleeve which is almost word for word what my doctor told me. He said they save the Bypass for older people who aren't going to be as active. I picked the sleeve because I felt it was the least invasive and traumatic. The lapband requires a foreign object in your body and constant Dr visits. Drs like the lapband because it is constant lifetime residual income for them. I am sure they can put a kid through college just on fills, or maybe get a nice boat. The Bypass involves touching the intestines. There are just too many things that can go wrong with that, and I wasn't willing to take the risk. I also didn't want to deal with a lifetime of malabsorption. It makes it too hard to take oral medications and keep your Vitamins up. I felt the sleeve was the perfect middle ground. I also knew if I really failed with the sleeve down the road, that I could always added the DS option (even though I probably wouldn't because of touching the intestines), but that option is there. The sleeve is safer for larger patients because it is faster than bypass. That is why on really large people they do the sleeve first with the option to revise to something else later. You don't have to let a Doctor pick your surgery for you. I went to a Dr that only did the sleeve, because I only wanted the sleeve. I had no interest in the Bypass. If you want a sleeve, then tell them you want a sleeve, if they won't do a sleeve find another Doctor. You have to live in your body, not the Doctor. They dice you up once and they are off to the next surgery.

Juicing is pretty awful, because you miss the fiber. I don't know why people still think juicing is the business when you are missing out on the best part of veggies.

I think straws are a great tool to get your Water down easily. The only issue with straws I see is that you can drink a lot quickly which early on can mean a little pain, if you don't want yourself. I accidentally used a straw once eating out, and once I didn't burst into flames and die, I realized it made drinking water so much easier. Sleevers for Straws, Unite!

I thought after surgery I would be weird with special dietary needs forever. You get back to normal pretty quickly.

You really can't compare yourself to other people. You have no idea what they are doing to lose weight. A lot of people that post here have lost a lot in the first month but they were barely getting 500 calories a day. Slow and steady is just as good as losing fast.

@@tonetone your Dr cleared you to lift weights at 1 week out? If you are creating that much of a calorie deficit every day, then you might be throwing your body into starvation mode.

I think I'm still stuck on... you got a whole shake down in an hour before you left the hospital!!? You rock! Lol Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G900A using the BariatricPal App I had to finish most of my tray in the hospital before they would release me. Which included finishing a Protein shake. They don't want you to go home unable to eat and end up in the hospital for malnutrition.

It is funny you say that. I have always been a swimmer, since I was young. When I got so fat that I floated so much it was hard to swim I switched to working out in the water. I always considered myself a water girl. Now that I have lost weight. I love walking. I am starting to hike. I am going to have a new bike very soon and start biking and I look forward to running but I want to lose a little more weight before I start, but I really WANT to run which is something I never thought I would say. It helps that I live in area where a lot of people run and there are lots of active people. When you lose more, your tastes in working out might change. My knew used to ache all the time from an old softball injury. Now I have no knee pain. When you lose and you don't have a lot of those aches and pains, you might surprise yourself what you want to do.

Whole Foods and Trader Joes have Turkey Chorizo.