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Your body is trying to heal. 70 pounds in 6 weeks is major trauma to your body. Please let your body heal. Follow your program and the weight loss will come.

They are on the approved list for my program too along with a slew of other carbs. Even though they are in the book, my doctor and nutritionist said to avoid them to be successful. They have mashed potatoes on the list also. I wasn't eating mashed potatoes before surgery as they are just empty calories, wasn't going to start after surgery. A lot of really large programs include all kinds of things to rope people in, but on an individual basis they tell people to avoid these things. There are a lot of discrepancies in post op care. If you think you can lose with crackers and you can meet your Protein goals with them, eat them.

Do you log your food? Do you weigh and measure your food? Do you eat Protein first? Are you making your protein goals? How many calories are you eating each day? You kinda can't just eat what you want only less. You have to eat healthy.

@@sgc she said he is younger than her and she is 32, so I am guessing he is 30.

Don't show him your post, that would be a really heartless thing to do. I think this thread has some of the worst advice in it since that thread with the ice cream Protein shake. Are you sure he is 350? I was 350 for years and I wasn't destroying furniture. And I never had issues breathing and I didn't get easily winded. And I am older than both of you. Are you sure about his weight?

@@Muted_Tummy The first time you starting soft then solid foods you adjust. You learn very quickly how little fills you up. Large amounts of food make me uncomfortable. I don't use small plates or utensils, never have. I want to be very conscious that I am eating small amounts of food. It keeps me mindful about my food. Being full after the sleeve is really uncomfortable I have no idea why people are always dying to be full, when it fells damn terrible. My goal is to never be full.

It depends on where you live and how plus size you are. I would suggest Nordstrom because they tailor for you, and the prices are very reasonable for the tailoring. A budget on what you want to spend is helpful. A suit can have a huge range of prices from $200 to $2000.

The acid post op seems to be a huge issue for so many peopl. I am surprised at how few doctors seem to give anything for it or explain it to their patients.

I never had fat feet, so I didn't lose a lot of weight in my feet, but they did stop swelling. Also, now that I am lighter in weight, I have more of an arch and my feet aren't as flat so they aren't as wide. I still have long feet, that will never change, but I can't wear wides anymore, and I am down a size maybe 1.5 sizes

@@andreacharlier Without any stats on what your height and weight are now it is really hard to guage. In 3 months? It is unlikely you will have lost a ton of weight. In the beginning after surgery your body is healing from the trauma of surgery. Once your body heals some and recovers from the trauma of surgery, you start to lose weight, and lose it more rapidly. Also you need to get to a point where you can intake more calories so your body doesn't think it is starving. My first month, 3rd month 4th month, and 6th month were my biggest loss months. Weight loss isn't always a continual downward slope. This is my chart for the past 8 months. If you are setting yourself up right now that you will have lost enough weight in 3 months that you will look like xyz at the beach, you are putting too much pressure on yourself. You might not even lose weight from the places you think at first. A lot of people are disappointed with their early loses, look around, there are plenty of complaints, but it isn't about the short term, it is about the long term. I was disappointed I "only" lost 21 lbs the first month, but losing month after month, not back tracking and not adding, adds up to huge loses in the long term.

I lost hair, it came back as soon as it stopped. It is hard to just blame it on surgery since my hair sheds a lot in the winter anyway. It stopped and it is growing back now super fast. It is noticeable to me, not other people. The great thing about curly hair is it masks so many hair "flaws". I didn't vomit after surgery, the only nausea I had was in the hospital on morphine. I still never vomited. My gas pain was aching in my shoulder and my hip. So it wasn't pain as much as it was a deep ache. No drainage tubes. That depends on the Dr really. There is a Dr at the practice I go to and he always does drains, my Dr doesn't. Don't overthink it or stress about it too much. Stress causes problems and solves none. One of the benefits of my moving through the surgery process so fast was, I didn't have time to worry about surgery. I had to spend all my time prepping my home and my business for after surgery and that occupied most of my thoughts.

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You need someone to drive you home. Most hospitals are not going to let you go home in a cab or an Uber. It is kind of a stupid rule because just because you have someone you "know" drive you home it doesn't mean they are actually going to take care of you. I moved everything in my apartment so I would have to reach high for anything or bend over. I put all the food I would need (broth, Protein powders), on the counter. The ready made shakes were in the fridge on the top shelf. My friend took me to the hospital and drove me home. After dropping me off at home, my friend went and picked up my prescriptions. There was a hassle with the narcotic because the Dr wasn't in the FDA database and she had to sit there for an hour while they worked it all out. I would have never had the energy to do that myself 28 hours after surgery. Not because I was in pain but just flat out I wouldn't have had the energy to argue with them and make them do it, let alone sit on a hard chair or bench in the store while they got it right. My friend left the next day and I was alone and I was fine. I drove on my 3rd day home and went to get a pedicure. I'm single, I live alone and I do everything by myself and I thoroughly enjoy it. However for surgery, you need someone with you. My friend flew in from the coast to help me and it is something I will be eternally grateful for. Even independent people need help some time. You might have a friend from out of town that will be willing to help.

@@BeeRodMul Most physical trainers in America available at most commercial gyms, need trainers themselves. They don't have the physique to match the title. It is also very easy to obtain a certification and it doesn't mean they actually know anything. They also offer nutritional advice and at most gyms are required to try and push supplements. Unless you can find a really good one, from a personal recommendation, it isn't worth it. If accountability and sticking to something is your issue, group classes are a great place to start. Unless you have no idea how to use gym equipment, trainers are a waste, unless you can find someone REALLY good, with a lot of clients and a lot of results. If you are serious about adding muscle and trying to minimize loose skin, find a good Yoga studio would be a better option. Yoga uses every muscle in your body, every pose can be adjusted to your fitness level. Yoga helps manage stress with makes weight loss easier and the environment is more mellow and friendly. The stretching that comes with yoga is very good for your skin and the skin elasticity not to mention the poses in yoga help flush toxins from your body.

Don't chew gum. All it does is stimulate your digestive juices and make you hungry. Have you tried a high quality deli ham like Boars Head? You should be able to eat that easily. Potatoes are some thing I don't touch, they offer no nutrtion, just carbs. Does your mom make green Beans with Easter dinner? You didn't mention any green veggies on the menu. We always have green veggies at holiday meals in my family, and as a kid eating them wasn't optional. Not one person in this thread suggested eating a vegetable. Ugh.

Little pain, besides the gas pain in my shoulder and my hip. That was just an ache, it was annoying because nothing helps with it, you just have to deal with it. No nausea once I was out the hospital and off morphine. The morphine was the worst thing about the whole thing really, cause more pain that it solved, which was none. I felt good once I stopped taking the pain meds. I felt good on day 3. I drove, ran errands. I felt so good I kind of over did it. I had a lot of energy but it didn't last long, I took naps every day. I work from home so I worked and napped as needed. I live alone so even though my friend came home with me from the hospital, they left early on the 2nd day, so I was alone and easily able to care for myself. My recovery was a breeze. If I had it to do all over again, I would have never taken any of the narcotics offered to me. I have a high pain tolerance and they do nothing for me. If you aren't on narcotics, you shouldn't need laxatives. You are on an all liquid diet, liquids in, liquids out.

@@UltrarunJohn At 49 with kids that young. I would probably have surgery. Only because the older you get the harder it is to lose weight, the more serious the co-modbities get. You are almost 50 and those kids needs another 10-15 years of parenting. If you are serious about life change then the sleeve is a great tool. You have to be willing to do the work with it, and follow the steps. A lot of people that post here do surgery for the restriction and the other physical changes. One of the biggest changes that comes with surgery that people don't give enough credit is the forced retraining of how and what to eat. You basically start over from surgery like a baby and relearn how to eat. You can learn how to eat the right way and continue to eat like that for the rest of your life. The physical changes reinforce the mental changes, if you let them. If you have surgery and right away are thinking about Taco Bell, when you can have your first slice of pizza and how many crackers you can have with your tuna salad, then you will miss the point. I think people that are self pay can be more serious because they have to shell out the cash. At 49, I am not sure you should gamble on trying to lose on your own, if you were 19 or 29 my opinion would be different. Also like @@JamieLogical said I think an important thing about surgery is the ability to keep weight off. As far as people comments that 60lbs isn't that much, that is BS. 60lbs is still a lot of weight to get off and keep off. There are all kinds of people that post here that had surgery at low BMIs. If you want to have surgery and you are committed to making the life changes then do it. I will say that it seems the hardest for people with families to make the life changes. I'm single I can control everything that comes in and out of my home. People with kids and spouses seem to constantly be surrounded by things they shouldn't eat.

You can have your resting metabolic rated tested. There are fitness places that offer it or a good University will offer it, for less.

Don't go overboard on stuff. I am still working on tubs of protein from when I had surgery 8 months ago. I don't even want to use them but I am trying to just use them up and get them out of here.

Before surgery I thought if I could get below 200 it would be a miracle. Then after I lost so much in about 6 months, I thought maybe I could make the 150s. Right now I am just trying to keep losing as long as my body wants to, and see where that takes me. If I never lost anymore weight, I am pretty happy with my weight now and my health is so improved, that I already consider surgery a huge success. Still I want to go below 200, as far below as I can possibly go. Once you start losing after surgery, that is a better time to evaluate your goal.

Yeah but you are marathon training and probably underestimating how many calories you are burning. You can eat quite a bit. The average person that posts here is going to barely walk. If they were eating toast with Peanut Butter they would but posting about how the sleeve is a failure and they haven't met goal, and they have no idea why, all along never producing any receipts and food logs.

do you need a comordbidity with your BMI over 40?

@@lisalisa1212 Gherlin is produced in the larger lower part of your stomach, if the stomach is removed, the area that produces that hormone is gone. Even in the absence of Gherlin, you can still have head hunger. http://drvamar.blogspot.com/2014/08/sleeve-vs-bypass-vs-ghrelin.html Head hunger is not the same as real physical hunger. https://youtu.be/7llL1lE6Mz8?t=1m21s Also helps to mentally work to a place in your mind that it is okay to be hungry or not full. Feeling full is an emotional crutch for a lot of people that is removed once they have surgery and they can't cope without it.

A good bra takes 10 lbs off you. No reason to scrimp or not wear the right size. The comfort of a good bra is life changing too.

Find a lingerie store that works with women post breast cancer. They have seen everything and are very good at measuring. They can usually tell your size just by looking at you braless.