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You just had major surgery 2 weeks ago, that's what. To top it off, you are lacking proper calories and nutrition due to said surgery. It takes weeks, if not months, to recover from this surgery and to feel completely human again. Take it slow and easy, rest as much as you can and be kind to yourself. As far as the nausea, I had it too around your time. I'd asked my surgeon for a some anti nausea meds. Your stomach was literally cut out and sewn back up. It's going to rebel a bit. That's why they call it 'recovering' from surgery. It takes time.

Point is, impatience with the process is a red flag. The whole process takes patience and persistence. And even after you've lost the weight, the hard work REALLY starts. Forever. Start implementing lifestyle changes now. Take this time to be positive and learn as much as you can about the process, not instantly go negative. A negative mind never produces positive results.

Why so defensive? It's a fact the better prepared you are, the odds for success will be in your favor. It's that way with anything in life. Just statung facts. But please, let your emotions rule your response. I'm no spring chicken. I'm also a WLS veteran. This isn't easy, so rushing into it and not being emotionally ready tends to spell disaster for people. I've seen it over and over and over. Hell, I've even struggled with some regain, and I'm old and researched this surgery for well over a year. I'm also a drug and alcohol counselor, so I know the difference between someone who is truly emotionally ready and someone who is not. Not saying the OP isn't, just stating the fact that when you see someone wanting to disregard protocol to get the process done faster, they may have a problem with delaying gratification, and that's a problem with this surgery. It won't choose what you put into your mouth or get your ass off the couch. You still have to diet and exercise and have discipline for the rest of your life. Many think it's magic.

It is a pretty serious and life changing procedure, so I don't understand why someone would balk about how long it takes to better be prepared? That "let's just get on with it, I know what I'm doing" attitide is probably why there is a 46% weight regain rate. I mean, this isn't buying a car or planning a vacation. We should all be as educated and emotionally prepared as possible. And quite frankly, wanting rush into this shows emotional immaturity.

You just had major surgery. You're going to feel off for a while. I didn't feel human again until about 5 weeks post op. Patience.

You're going through one of the hardest times post op. The head hunger is horrible, and all you want to do is CHEW something! Yes, I said head hunger. Just because your stomach is making noises doesn't mean you're physically hungry. All of our stomachs sounded like a pack of angry wolves post op. It's all the excess acid being made with no where to go now. Talk to your surgeon about upping your dose of your PPI. Hang in there. Honestly, once your start to eat "normal" food again, the feeling goes away. It is REALLY hard until that time comes! This is the time to learn how to delay gratification and flex your will power muscles.

Im over 3 years out, and I wasn't really physically hungry (only head hunger) until 2 years post op. The hardest part of this whole thing for me was telling the difference. My surgeon said we never really knew physical hunger before, because we were so used to eating whenever the urge hit us.

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You've got to be kidding. Adjust your weight loss expectations, or you're going to be constantly disappointed.

If you aren't measuring and tracking, start. You can't see what you don't measure. How do you know what you need to do when you're not sure where you are? Measure and track your food faithfully for a couple of weeks, and if you're still not losing, adjust accordingly. This sometimes is all one big science experiment with our bodies.

Stop expecting the surgery to do all the work for you. It's time to track your calories, protein, and carbs, ramp up your exercise, make sure your taking your vitamins and drink your water. If you truly want to continue to lose, you'll find a way to tweak some things so you start losing again. Otherwise you'll just be stuck. Be proactive!

You hit the nail on the head. I'm over 3 year out, and you wouldn't believe how much more I can eat as opposed to when I was a year or even two years post surgery. I can eat what are supposed to be "normal" portions at this point. Not tracking causes over eating, and that causes regain (something I'm all too familiar with). It's VERY short sighted and frankly naive to think you'll only be able to eat a few bites of food forever. No wonder almost 50% of WLS patients regain with the terrible advice I've seen in this thread.

You can eat more normal with time. And you'll WISH for the days of being full on a couple of bites. I had a 2 egg omelette this morning with veggies and ate the whole thing.

If you research band to sleeve revision, it seems to be common to not have as much restriction and have slower weight loss. Why that happens, I have no idea, but it seems to be a common thing I've seen. I've seen a lot of successful band to sleeves, and some that struggle because of that. Have you spoken to your surgeon about this? Maybe have him check the sleeve just to see how it looks and if it is in fact too big?

Some people still feel hunger, some don't. I agree that you should be eating every couple to few hours to prevent from getting too hungry. Make sure you're always eating protien first because it fills you up and keeps you satisfied. Sometimes it's hard to tell the difference between head hunger and real hunger, too. Most of my hunger is head hunger.

I'm a drug and alcohol counselor. I really hope you understand that even though you've quit drinking, it doesn't mean you're automatically cured of the issues that made you drink in the first place. Now you seem to be transferring your addiction back to food. You're dealing with your depression in very self destructive ways. I hope you're seeking treatment, a 12 step program or counseling. Without getting to the bottom of the reasons why you continue to abuse alcohol and food, there's a very high chance of relapse, both for drinking and for putting the weight back on. Good luck to you!

I'd decided to have the sleeve even though I knew I had an issue with GERD. It did get worse in my case. So much so, I'm looking into a revision to bypass.

Bypass is considered the "gold standard" of WLS. people statistically lose more weight at a faster rate. They are also more successful at keeping their weight off (don't jump on me for saying that, because it's statistically correct). The downfall is the malabsorption. You MUST be vigilant about taking Vitamins for the rest of your life, even more so than the sleeve. There is also statistically a higher chance of complications than the sleeve, although still low. Your surgeon is correct, if you suffer from GERD or heartburn, the sleeve may make it even worse. The bypass will usually cure it. Neither one is magic. Both are amazing tools you will use to help you get to where you want to be health and fitness wise. Neither one will help you get up and move more or choose what you decide put into your mouth. That will be up to you

TAKE YOUR VITAMINS. What you experienced is the typical third week stall (Google it). If anything, NOT taking your vitamins will hinder your weight loss.

3 years post surgery, and haven't thrown up once.

This forum used to have an ignore option, and if it still does, I suggest you find it. I can read any post I choose, and certainly won't be policed by the likes of you.

It's just your body being wonkey. Most people go into a stall at around 3 weeks post op, and with that a little gain can happen. You starting to workout is part of it too, I'm sure. Stay the course, don't stress and stay off the scale for a while if it's going to stress you out. The first month or so is healing time and making sure you're getting your Protein and fluids. The weight loss will follow, I promise. I've yet to see someone stop losing weight at 3 weeks out after their initial first stall.