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Speaking for myself - to manage this as a permanent change, I must use the scale. What I have been dealing with is rehabilitating my relationship to the scale. To effectively manage the disease (obesity) that I have, I must deal rigorously what the facts - calorie intake, protein intake, the quality of the nutrients and most fundamentally my weight. In my job I use statistics rigorously to deal with my performance and the performance of my team. This is no different. I weigh myself daily at the same time (after I pee and brush my teeth). I record what it says - no drama, this morning 296 is just what it says. I have lost weight many times in my life - losing weight has never been my problem. I have discovered that certain things impede weight loss for me (insufficient water intake, processed foods of any kind, carbohydrates, insufficient fat in my diet). I am at the beginning of my VSG journey, so I will see if that still applies and rigorously tracking weight and food/water intake will give me access to tweaking my diet in the future. Every time I have lost weight in the past I hit a point where the hunger, cravings, etc. begin to rage and I did not control them. I believe VSG will help me manage that. I suspect that the people who are effective at long term weight loss/management learn from trial and error what works best for their body. There are people who do better on lower fats and people who do better on higher fats. Our basal metabolism differs. There are things that may trigger fluid retention or weight gain. But tweaking and discovering what is going to work and be effective (as with anything in life) requires a powerful and empowering relationship to the facts. So my recommendation is different from others - don't resist the scale. Reform your relationship to the scale. Get what the scale says as nothing other than a fact and then look at what's happening with your diet, is there anything to tweak and most importantly, look at trends and patterns not day by day. The day to day probably doesn't tell us much. We are in this for the long haul. I used to avoid the scale - now I bring discipline to recording daily what is happening. It doesn't mean I always like it :-)

Thanks for the replies - firstly, I do think I am pursuing this for the "right reasons" - it's been really useful to engage with this - from looking at what I want to accomplish and recognizing that a lot of my anxiety is really nothing else than dealing with something that is new and unfamiliar to me. So I will be acting in spite of the nerves and pursuing what I want - strength, well being and vitality. Best wishes everyone!

Hi - I am now on the pureed phase and am averaging 500-600 cals per day. I am loosing 1-2 lbs per day, which seems a little excessive. I would like to moderately up my fat intake with good fats. I do not like avocados which would be the easiest approach. Any other thoughts to up fat content (I am mostly eating plant-based protein shakes, pureed lentil soups and broths). I love eggs, but I tried a soft scrambled egg, ate half, and immediately vomited, I think it is just too soon for eggs. Thanks for your advice/recommendations!

Congratulations ! And great work!

Sleeved on 5/26. I don't know what to say except the best thing is to suck it up when you are awake and move as much as you can. Walking, standing, get yourself out of bed. Then sleep for an hour then wake up and do it again. First three days I slept off and on about 16 hours a day. Sleep is a miracle for healing. Trust yourself and it will get better. Today I just got home from a 25 block walk and museum visit and going back to work tomorrow. My body is still getting used to the very low calorie intake I have been on since I started my preop diet. It took most of us years to get fat and will take time to get healthy. Love and strength to you!

Hi! Washington Heights here! Sleeved on 5/26 in Mexico. Going back to work on 6/3. Feel great and drinking lots of fluids. A little nervous about dealing with crowded subways post op but will take it one Day at a time. Nice to meet other New Yorkers!

Did mine may 26th in Cancun with Dr Perez. Great experience and glad I was so fully educated before going. Felt great and was moving right after anesthesia wore off. No pain Meds required.

I am surprised that probiotics aren't more strongly recommended. I had started taking VSL3 probiotic about 6 weeks before surgery at the recommendation of my doctor because I was on heavy antibiotics for a leg injury. The probiotics impacted my sense of wellbeing so dramatically I kept taking them. I had. BM two days after surgery and have been regular since.

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