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There is: go back to basics, counting calories along with a balanced food intake. Use a calorie counting app if that helps, set your profile to lose 1lb or 2lb per week...it will set calories based on your current weight, height, gender, incidental actiivities...give it a go for at least three to six months. If you are overeating due to emotional eating, look for activity based things to do that can replace the emotional eating. Angry go for a brisk walk or boxing class, stressed a soak in a relaxing bath, lonely or bored visit a friend or family member or even give volunteering a go. Maybe consider counselling if you aren't able to rein in the emotional eating. If it portion creep and your portion sizes have increased a lot, go back to using smaller plates and bowls so as to encourage smaller portions. You could also consider visiting a dietician for some guidance and/or consider a revision weight loss surgery.

Some sleevers do not feel a lot or any restriction until they progess to soft or solid foods.

I have learnt my lesson from eating too fast, took twice to learn. It is really painful. So now without any effort - small bites, chew lots, wait a little while, start over.

A light weight no wire crop top bra thingy, probably more of a type of genie bra than crop top really, is what I put on when I come home from work. Light weight but keeps everything contains, could easily be worn to bed.

Great, hope you recovery continues to go well!

I I would think you may be better off adding the powder later, that is, after defrosting.

How many ESGs have they done? How many complications? How many failures? Of what they consider successes how long were those people followed up for? What is the average weight loss with ESG after one year and two years? If the sutures loosen or come undone within the first two years (through no fault of yours) will they repair free of charge? Is there anyone they wouldn't do an ESG on and why? ESG is about technique and skill if the doctor hasn't done many ESGs I would be giving them a definite miss. You will see from my signature that I have had an ESG but now have a surgical sleeve, happy to answer questions you have.

I would think your doctor or weight loss surgeon would be the best one to advise when the right time to have weight loss surgery after a hysterectomy. If you are not self pay most insurance (dependent where you are) would require a six month pre program anyway, so it would be worth your while to get the ball rolling sooner than later.

The idea behind the pre-op diet is go low carb to help reduce the size of the liver, majority of fruit isn't low carb. I don't thnk the surgeon would want you having fruit in your post op full liquid diet / shakes either, but then a lot of post op food plan phases vary significantly so who knows, but you will be able to clarify that with your surgeon/dietician.

Maybe worth spending six months with a bariatric dietician or nutritionist see how you go? If you don't have any restricition anymore though, maybe worth your while to see a surgeon about your revision options.

What a lovely nsv and one of the best!

A gym/weights program may be your thing, I can't imagine me doing crossfit (and its a shame they didn't help you modify the level for you) but I do enjoy going to the gym (not currently as they are still closed where I am) doing some weight training. Weight training is good for me, something I can do by myself. For anyone new to a gym a couple of sessions with a personal trainer helps familiarise with the weights/machines and ensure form is good. Could get updates every few months with a trainer. With weights you can start fairly low weights to help build up strength and stamina and progress as your fitness improves. I hope you find something that suits and appeals to you.

Hello and welcome! Three surgeries over four days you've certainly been through the wringer, great that you are recovering well.

I can understand the fam's sentiments

Are able to go to the gym yet or are they still closed due to covid? If you are able to, I would recommend a couple of sessions with a personal trainer so as they can set a program for you and make sure your form is good. Otherwise is bootcamp a thing where you are? Bootcamp is something that can be modified to all levels of fitness and experience.

89lb in three months is not slow at all, You need to reset your expectations otherwise you will be continually disappointed. What does your surgeon/dietician recommend you be eating and managing the pain? If you can't eat pureed or soft foods in lieu of solid go back to protein shakes and make sure you at getting at least 60ms of protein, probably a little more wouldn't hurt given your current weight. Less is not more in this instance you need to be getting some calories and protein. And for goodness sake start with your vitamins you are compromising your health here. Have you checked in at all with your surgeon/dietician before scheduled updates? If not, you probably should have doesn't sound like it going well for you at all. When is your catch up?

How fast things change.....I was definitely in denial when I wrote this post, I thought surely ESG failure wouldn't happen to me. I had a surgical sleeve mid March after finding out most of my suture had come undone.

Most people won't feel any real restriction until they are eating more solid foods. Are you on stomach acid reducers? It may not necessarily be hunger you are feeling but given the stomach is relatively empty the acid sometimes feels like hunger.

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I am in Australia so my experience may not be valid for the USA or UK (if that is where you are). I had a failed ESG, I lost restriction and an endoscopy revealed that most of the sutures had come undone. I had revision to a (surgical) sleeve mid March. There seems to be some success with ESG (in that the sutures have held and there is no loss of restriction) but I think a lot of that is due to surgeon experience and technique. There is also a number of failures where the sutures have come undone whether due to non compliance by the patient, lack of surgeon experience/technique, some people with bouts of bad vomiting (which caused the sutures to loosen) and some for no known reason. While some people with a previoulsy very high BMI have had some success, If you have a BMI higher than 40, you would be better off with a surgical option in my personal opinion. My sleeve surgeon says he currently considers the ESG as a temporary measure for anyone who needs to lose weight quickly for a urgent operation or prior to a more permanent weight loss surgery so that the patient's health has improved enough for them to undertake a longer procedure. It seems that the medium to long term failure rate in Australia is higher than USA. If you are serious about getting the ESG some questions to ask in your consult: How many ESGs they have done, what is the complication rate, failure rate and success rate one and two years out, is there an ongoing support program afterward, if the ESG failures due to no fault of your own is there a nil cost fix (should you want it),

I have an autoimmune issue that causes dry mouth and in the past have used a sugar free chewing gum to help produce some saliva, but haven't for a while. Thing that comes to mind for me is I have always felt a little hungry after chewing gum. Not sure why, but maybe the chewing stimulates the stomach and it starts with the stomach acid to help digest the food it is expecting but doesn't receive. i certainly wouldn't be chewing gum within a few months of having WLS. I am guessing you are going to get a lot of differing opinions, but initially the most important one will be your surgeon's and then a number of months after surgery will possibly be your experience of it. There is this but no idea who wrote it, could be just your average punter. https://www.gastricsleevedietguide.com/top-6-gastric-sleeve-surgery-myths-fail/ There is this, at least a doctor https://www.drshillingford.com/blog/why-bariatric-patients-should-stop-chewing-gum-18203.html And another blogger, not a docter, there is a section on chewing gum https://thegastricguru.com/chewing-and-digestion

I had surgery on a Wednesday morning and flew home on the Saturday afternoon. I had planned to fly home the Monday but due to the escalating coronavirus issue I flew a couple of days earlier in case flights to my home state were cancelled. The surgeon would have been happy for me to fly on the Friday but I wasn't up to it then. My flight was about 1hr45mins. You'd be best to talk to your surgeon as to how soon after surgery you can fly. If its a long flight dvt needs to be considered.

Please make an appointment with a doctor, sudden/ongoing and unexplainable pain should be investigated as soon as possible. Don't waste time looking for answers on social media.

Sometimes it is hard to live by...but I do try...'What anyone else thinks of me is none of my business'

My weight loss hasn't been that drastic as I was at a lower BMI (but still obese) and I had loss some weight previously, factor into that, covid lockdown so people haven't seem me for sometime. That said most of the people i have seen who I hadn't seen before I had lost 12 or so kilos recently (since about early March) haven't even batted an eyelid, haven't even looked twice. For those who did notice a weight loss, I said my gall bladder surgery (which was my excuse off work) triggered it was my time to get healthy and I had been eating better and less and exercising. Takoda, do what is best for you and works for you - and that is from the beginning of the process all the way to the end.