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It's totally up to the surgeon but nothing stopping you from starting early if you want...

That's why I'm glad I was out cold for the first 24hrs with good drugs in my IV

Just start now making changes to your diet I did and lost weight prior to surgery and the surgeon was happy

Another selfish insensitive male making us all look bad... He may be skinny but his body inside will be suffering from all the junk food... The least he could do is eat in a different room..

Welcome if you need a friend I'm here. I personally had the bypass but I needed to lose 150lbs and I have done that. Being 19 though you have to be mentally prepared for a huge change in your life where most of your friends are probably going out every weekend and socialising you'll not be as social you'll need to commit to this change of lifestyle totally to be successful and not let temptation take over. It is a good decision but a big decision I choose RNY BYPASS personally because I needed more than just sleeve and wanted better long term success as well.. The sleeve is fine if you only need to lose a smaller amount but there is chance of reflux issues and then needing a bypass anyway. Tell us more about yourself and what surgery you are thinking of and what research you have done???

Be very careful some are full of sugar and unhealthy

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Jesus lucky you.. I may have had to pay a gap but had very little hoops to jump thru and got my surgery within 3 months

If you don't feel confident keep researching it is a huge surgery

Hello I had the standard RNY BYPASS in Adelaide in October it was pretty easy.. what exactly is omega loop? Here in SA I only had to pay $4100 gap that covered everything and was in private room private hospital for a full 7 days loved being waited on 24/7 😁 I'm nearly 8 months post op but started my diet early and I've lost 70KGS 😛

My surgeon had his own doctor that would give referrals so it was pretty easy for me

Look at everything you're putting in your mouth like be careful of carbs. Sodium. Fats. I did little exercise but walking and stationery bike and lost over 150lbs.. With RNY BYPASS..

Bypass is very common and known as the gold standard these days! Nothing drastic about it. Was a very quick surgery and easy recovery.

I disagree with people being told not to have a goal in mind or having a goal that seems unattainable... I had the bypass and I was thinking I'll be happy to get under 200 which I did then I felt I'll keep going and I started at 322 got down to 165 that's almost half my body weight gone and well below any goal the surgeon had set for me, I feel it was important for me to set different goals as I went along and there's nothing wrong with setting hard goals it will keep you focused and so that you don't get complacent and think I've done okay I'll stop now... I disagree with @AlwaysCruising it's completely fine to set hard goals and WORK your butt off to get there... I know many people believe in this new age of P.C and kids today can't even be happy to win or beat their opponents anymore... Some schools telling kids not to think about winning but I say enjoy your successes and celebrate your WINs in life... I started with a BMI of 43.6 I'm now BMI 22.4 and lost 100% EBW

Is that much different to protein?

I personally chose the RNY BYPASS because of many reasons but yes a big one is seeing so many ppl starting with the sleeve ending needing a bypass anyway and I could only do one surgery so the bypass was the best choice for me. I've been very lucky with no complications and only a week stall here and there but still managed to surpass all my goals and currently MAINTAINING BELOW my goal weight after losing 157lb Bypass isn't that drastic the more intense ones are DS. You take vitamins with sleeve or bypass. Sleeve just limits the food where bypass changed your metabolism.

It's also 90% mental like you have to be mentally in the game and mind frame to get the best results!!

That's my new scales RENPHO Bluetooth from Amazon

Hello there Mike here I finally got my scales in the mail from Amazon. New fancy Bluetooth RENPHO scales and the first time I've ever seen these kinds of results and measurements before. Would like to know what people think or if there are any medical people here who can explain things??? Much appreciated. This is my lowest weight yet.

I'm really not sure what my surgeon did differently with my bypass but the weight has come off pretty quick and easy but I did restrict my calories for months was very strict on myself...

Well to be frank there hasn't been alot of exercises... I do have a little skin under my arms and legs still and my lower belly certain days...

Well there's "good" carbs and "bad" carbs personally I chose to limit ALL carbs for the first month's to increase my weight loss but it may not be realistic for everyone

If you're worried ask your surgeon for specifics like with vsg they can take out anywhere from 70 to 90 % of your stomach... With the RNY most surgeons leave just a tiny egg size pouch but my surgeon here in Australia says that's not really the best idea so he said my pouch is definitely much smaller than a sleeve but bigger than the traditional egg pouch..

Your little pouch is still healing sometimes the sensation or full feeling won't come just yet

Is yoghurt good enough??