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Had mine on October 4. I had no real scarring so was done in the same procedure. I found the recovery easier than the band. I also found that warm liquids worked best. I also discovered my hunger pangs were actually acid and that I needed to go on a ppi

For me it is all about speed. My protein shakes make me dump if I drink them too fast. Now I nurse my shake over at least an hour...

Tylenol cold or something like that should be fine. Stay away from ibuprofen

Wow, that is astounding I've never met anyone who has lost that much so quickly on a diet. Fastest weight loss most people achieve is 10 lbs a month and usually just at the beginning. No wonder you have such high expectations. I could literally eat nothing and not lose that quickly.

You will lose. The first couple of weeks you are swollen etc. it is all water retention etc. very common. nothing to worry about. It will start coming off.

I will have salad as a garnish..I'm 10 weeks out...honestly after my protein there isn't much room for salad yet

This the difference 2 months post op...still have a ways to go

My doctor suggested a rny. Mine was a revision to a band. He favours rny because it is the only one with truly long term results right now. Also I had gerd with the band so I agreed it was my preference. I'm just over 2 months out and no issues. nothing I haven't been able to eat, but I have not really tried sugar other than a taste of my hubby's dessert. Sleeve was the backup if there was too much scar tissue for the rny.

Weird, I just looked up a frame size calculator. It put me at large, but the weight range it gives me looks right. I have just always assumed my frame size to be small.

I'm also not a fan of artificial sweeteners. And Im not eating sugar. I'm not eating sweet foods in general. If you feel the need to sweeten things I suggest fruit. In the early stages when I was on purees I would use puréed berries to sweeten cottage cheese etc.

I've added pb2 to both vanilla and chocolate. My morning fix most days is the chocolate with a shot of decaf espresso. It is like having a mocha. I have also done the vanilla with some pumpkin, pumpkin pie spice and some cream cheese for a pumpkin pie flavour

I revised to rny...mine worked for 4 years and then misbehaved after pregnancy and then just broke completely at 11 years.

You've got this! Good luck tomorrow.

Sugar is bad for losing weight as well as a lot of other things.

My son! I've showed him pictures of me thinner. I asked him who that is and he said "I don't know".

Someone should ask why they have a lactating boob when they are advertising vitamins. I hope they didn't pay a lot of money for that image

Agree, some doctors have a stage for plant base during proteins before introducing meat at a later stage. They recommend beans for protein.

I've never been a fan of chocolate either..I added coffee to turn it into a mocha or PB2 powder to vanilla to make it Peanut Butter. I've also added pumpkin and cream cheese and pumpkin pie spice to vanilla to make it taste like pumpkin pie. (This is premier protein) also you may want to freeze them into popcicles and see if that makes them more palatable. I've also added unflavoured powder to Soups etc to up my Protein.

Well if we are gonna turn this into a food porn post, I will see your mac n cheese and raise you a nice buttered baguette freshly warm out of the oven...oh and mmm maybe some baked Brie, a little pâté...

One more thing..the hormone reduces hunger...NOT cravings those are all in your head so surgery won't fix that. I still want to murder my husband when he eats popcorn in front of me. (My kryptonite). I have a very good friend who has been eating fudge and Cookies and all that stuff at this point post op...because it is in the house...(her husband bakes). What will be very helpful is that both you and your hubby will be sleeved and can support each other in better food choices. Oh and I had my son at 41...they wrote "geriatric mom" on my hospital admission form...

You should watch dr. Weiners video on this on youtube. Basically he explains that weight loss in year 1 is largely determined by genetics...so it is not productive to compare yourself to others. After all we all know someone who eats macdonalds all day long and complains they cant gain weight and are stuck at 100lbs. As long as you develop good habits now you will be successful after that 1 year mark. I'll have you know that you are losing way faster than I did and there are people who are losing at slower rates than me. In no definition of the word is 5lbs a week considered slow. I would consider that absurdly fast and do cartwheels if that was my rate of weight loss. I'm curious how quickly you've lost on diets before that you are disappointed at a 5 lb per week average loss Post-op.

Check out the "don't sweat the stall" posts. There is lots of information about why it happens. Bottom line is that it is your body storing water/glycogen. When it is done you will drop again.