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Congrats !!!!! Yes.....most of us have delays in our weight loss at different intervals. 3-4 weeks is a fairly common time for the first one to hit. Stay strict with your plan and keep exercising and the delays will pass and weight loss will continue. I find that hopping on the scale every morning helps to keep me focused on avoiding the pitfalls that can derail weight loss.

You are joking, right ?

47 years old and been on blood pressure meds for the last dozen years or so. At 3 weeks post op I began having episodes where I'd almost pass out. Felt dizzy, weak and just weird. Took my blood pressure and saw that it was low.....as in crazy low. Called my pcp and got in to see him. Meds were cut in half.....then dropped altogether by my 9th month post-op. Feels good to be off them, too.

Coffee, blessed coffee.

A new beginning is just ahead. It's one that can be lots of fun. The humorous moments started right away for me, too. For a brief moment......as I woke up from surgery......I thought I'd gone on to a happy place. My surgeon had three really attractive female med students in the room with him at all my final pre-op appointments. They were there in my room as I woke up. One of them.....absolutely stunning.....spoke as she smiled. I thought I was being attended by angels, lol. At the two month point, my son demanded that get back to grilling. He said he was tired of frozen pizzas, fast food and microwave meals. I hit the shower, got dressed and went to the grocery store. I was wearing some Under Armour long gym pants. Evidently the weight of my car keys and wallet was enough to pull down my baggy UA pants while I was walking through the store. By down....I mean all the way down.....around my ankles while pushing the cart. Funny times are ahead. Enjoy yourself and make the most of getting lean and fit.

Superbadass !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Outstanding !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Awesome !!!!!!!! Enjoy the ride. It's filled with funny moments.

Awesome. Much respect !!!!!! It's all about doing things differently than how we did them before.

I'm a manufacturing supervisor. I work 13+ hour shifts. Typical day involves a great deal of walking as my department covers an area that's a few football fields in size. I also had an umbilical hernia repaired at the time of my sleeve surgery. This was why I took 3 weeks off. My first three days back on the job were only 8 hour days.....after that it has been full tilt boogie ever since. Had I only had the sleeve done.....a week would have been all I'd have needed. Going back to work was actually easier than my last days that I was there pre-op as my other body pains were reduced. It is a pleasant byproduct of losing weight. It's far easier now at ~11 months. People make mountain out of a mole hill when they theorize ahead of time at how weak and feeble they think they will be. Yes....we are eating at a very low calorie level. My finding with this is that if I cut out the carbs and stayed in ketosis....I'd not have problems. My body had....and still has.....enough fat stored that needs to be used as fuel. Flipping that switch and burning that fat gives me plenty energy when combined with quality Protein intake. The only real complication I encountered was when my blood pressure went way low at 3 weeks post-op. Turns out that I was over medicating as I was still taking the normal doses of blood pressure meds yet I was down 55 lbs from pre-op and 20+ pounds post up at 3 weeks. Easily corrected by smaller dose. Now corrected by zero meds.

You are kickin ass @@phuckyourtruth

Take plenty of pictures right now. Hang on to them. Now......on your next birthday pull them out and look at the difference that a single year made. I submit to you that you celebrate your birthday at least once a month.....go out and have fun. Everything gets better and you'll want to celebrate all the time. When I say "celebrate", I'm not meaning get drunk and swing from a chandelier.....I simple mean to relax.....laugh......enjoy yourself and the day to day experiences that are so much better as you get to the weight you want to be.

Well done, boss. That is some impressive weight loss you did prior to surgery. You are doing a really good thing for yourself with this. Getting into shape and staying that way will reward you in many life-enriching ways.

I didn't experience any gas pains during my sleeve surgery.....but did on two prior abdominal hernia repairs. One time was mild and passed after two walking sessions to the restroom. The other time was beyotch and took a couple days. Fortunately the sleeve procedure is one that leaves us with the ability to move around and work the gas out.

A french fry. Had taken my son to McDonalds for lunch on the run. I'd ordered a grilled chicken sandwich and a bottle Water for later. It was part of the combo with the intention of giving my son the french fries from my meal. I pulled them outa the bag and gave them to him....reached back in the bag for my sandwich (their Artisan Grilled Chicken sandwiches are really quite good. I toss the lettuce and bun.) and found a couple fries left in the bag. I ate them. At first they had that perfect crunch and then as I chewed I began to get past the salt explosion and something else came to the surface. It was the flavor of grease....oil......and it was overpowering. I finished those two fries and grinned....knowing that I was done with them for good. 'Twas a most excellent cheating experience as it allowed me to experience a food that I used to overeat.....and see that I no longer cared for it at all.

LMAO at "keeping them alive". My wife came with me to a support group meeting and I went back for two more by myself. I vowed to never....ever go back. Each of them were two hour spans of my life that I can never get back. Each of the meetings were dominated by 1-2 people who were complaining and griping the whole time. Every single time a person spoke up with a positive experience the outspoken jerks would rain down on them. I'll never sit through that crap again. I actually stood up halfway through that last meeting and told the loudmouth what I though of their bullcrap whining and bid them a good life and got the heck outa there. I trust that other places have better programs.....but the one's I attended were horrid. Some patients just want to stay mired down in their sorrows and drag other's down with them.

Wow.....a cheesesteak minus the bread, sauce, onions and peppers caused you to do that ? I wonder if it was food poisoning and not dumping ?

Meh......don't stress yourself out. Enjoy the diet sodas now. You'll forget all about them once you have your surgery. You won't even miss them....at least that's how it was with me. Almost 11 months out from VSG, I don't think about them at all. It's a non-issue. I've been cleared by my surgeon to have them if want, but I no longer really care about them. I was a hyoooooge drinker of Diet Dew and Diet Coke when I was pre-op.

I think I've had it really easy....certainly easier than some members here. The easy part is that I was brought to a point where life had humbled me in ways that I'd not seen coming in my 40's. A circulatory problem, a back injury and high blood pressure had each converged on my arse at the same time. I felt beat down and truly questioned my ability to ever see 50. Pain and fear are powerful motivators. It made it easy for me to opt for weight loss surgery in hopes of getting a large amount of fat burned off. It makes is easy to adhere to the the low-carb, low calorie diet that I'm following while in this this weight loss time period. I'm hoping that it'll make it easy to live and eat normally, but with frequent scale readings to monitor my weight, once I reach the maintenance mode. The smaller stomach and lack of hunger are very helpful in daily living while losing weight.

Thanks @@blizair09 The time between now and your surgery will pass quickly and you'll be healed up afterwards really fast, too. The weeks before and after are considered by most to be the "worst" part. I quoted worst because it's not that bad....just the boring liquid diet. Keep in mine that this is just a phase.....initially to shrink your liver pre-op....and then to allow your stomach to heal post-op. You will feel normal again in a few weeks afterwards. It's a new normal, though. A normal where you can't wait to step up on a scale and where you laugh at how your clothes are becoming baggy almost overnight. It is an awesome time and one that you'll laugh at. Be prepared to begin feeling better....about life in general.....really soon.

Yup......it is your own actions that have to be bari-friendly, lol. Any restaurant has something that will work out nicely. It is one of the cool things about this new way of living....healthy choices become ingrained in our thinking and guide our actions in an "auto-pilot" way. For example.....I'm fairly certain that I'll be going out to eat this afternoon. Not sure where we'll be going....most likely either Mexican (I hope), seafood or steakhouse (my least favorite). If we go Mexican then it's super easy. Wide range of items. Fajitas are always easy. I don't eat the tortilla shells, just the meat and guacamole. I normally don't even eat the frijoles n' queso, although they are considered bari-friendly by most. I'll ask for celery & salsa to enjoy as an appetizer instead of chips. They also have a shrimp soup that is stellar. Seafood....broiled fish is the first choice. Steakhouse.....grilled steak or chicken. The one aspect that may not be bari-friendly in many restaurants is the portion size. Never finishing a meal is pretty much a standard strategy for us now.....so we've learned to accept that there will be to-go boxes or we leave it on the plate and call it good. The steakhouse may be the easiest. A small filet is a great sized meal for me.

Hell yes !!!!!!!!!! Great macros. !!!!!!!

Damn........just damn. You are rocking your wls !!!!!!!!!!!!

I started out at 478 lbs. I lost 55 lbs in the 3 months that led up to my surgery. I could've........should've......lost more. I'm just under 200 lbs down in 10+ months. I could've done more.......

I lost 55lbs prior to surgery......then at 3 weeks I had my bp meds cut in half. Now.....at 10 months.....I have zero meds for bp.

Ice water is the ticket for me !!!!!!!