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Well I'm up to about 55 oz per day now, but more than a mouthful hurts. I can't handle cold anymore and oddly, I can't stand the taste of crystal light anymore. I used to drink about 120 oz per day of it.

Yes, I had a band put in in 2008. I lost 140 lbs, and then the band slipped very badly. It was removed in 2010 and couldn't be repositioned because of scar tissue. It worked well for me because when I'm not hungry, I don't eat. I'm 19 days post-op with a sleeve.

Oh there's a simple solution for that, lol. 8 oz bottles of water. You get the same psychological boost of downing it, they're easier to carry, and that's about all you can handle at a time anyway. I reuse plastic bottles. I live in NYC, so we have really good tap water. I refill bottles from the tap for about a week and then recycle them, because the plastic will start to dissolve. And yeah, I'm used to drinking half a dozen crystal light drinks a day - 20oz each.

What happens if you eat until stuffed? You don't lose weight, and you risk stretching your new stomach out. The removal of the grehlin hormone production site helps. I'm finding I don't go from normal to hungry to famished - I go from normal to normal to famished. There doesn't seem to be much tummy rumbling either (of course now that I'm thinking about it, my stomach just let off a grumble, so it must be psychological). About every 4 hours, I need food. For example: breakfast-an egg, lunch a slice of ham and a slice of cheese (a non- bread sandwich), mid-afternoon a yogurt, dinner 3 Swedish meatballs, evening pudding. But, I'm still home, so when I get more active next week, this may change. Still, I'm only eating about 500-800 calories a day right now.

It doesn't necessarily make it easy, but it makes it doable.

To be perfectly frank, you're going to have trouble eating and drinking enough, so it will be challenging in the exact opposite way. I'm 18 days post op and I can eat a total of two Swedish meatballs or 1/3 of a hamburger patty, or the equivalent volume of chicken of 2 chicken mc nuggets (grilled chicken, not fried) I'm struggling to drink 48 oz of fluids, when 100-120oz was my norm before.

Didn't you have an ultrasound? That's how they determined mine. The tech actually measured it on-screen.

Take their advice. I had mine 5/5 and two days ago I overdid it by moving a chair. I feel like I have a knife sticking out of my biggest incision and I'm back on my day-3 pain meds. The doctor said "don't do that". Take it easy. I felt great a couple days ago.

Well the 8 weeks to recover should be plenty of time. The incisions are healed by 6 weeks. A month is brutal. I'd ask your doctor if it can be shortened, or if you can have a modified diet for 2 weeks followed by liquid for 2 weeks.

I have different insurance now, but they covered it as if it was my first time. 6 month diet history, yada-yada. My BMI was 45 so I was approved. My doctor is particular, and she doesn't do revisions (or people who continue to smoke or who don't lose wait while getting ready for surgery). The only reason they performed my surgery (and I'm now at higher risk because I'm older) was that I had lost about 70% of my excess body weight on the band - in other words, it worked very well for me, AND I only had it taken out because it was medically necessary. Counting my 2 week pre-op liquid diet, I'm down 35 lbs already. BMI 40.5

The reason I'm here is that there is no such thing as "to sweet". Lol

The rest of us are jealous of you. Lol

i know it's hard, but don't cheat. You want this surgery. Your body won't be hurt by fasting for a few days. Try medifast shakes (no solid food) for a week and you should lose a lot. The hunger will drive you insane for like 2 days, but after 4 days you don't have hunger pangs or rumbling anymore. I lost 20 lbs in 2 weeks having 5 shakes per day in 8oz of skim milk each. broth made from a bouillon cube was my treat each day. Med1fast.com The strawberry and orange cream flavors were good, the chocolate was blech, and the mocha and cherry pomegranate were vile. Get 5 boxes and you're good for a week.

I had 5 in a line straight across from my left to my right, BUT they had to work around all the scars from my old lap-band installation and removal. My daughter used to dot-to-dot them with her fingertip. Lol

I had a band removed 5 years ago because of slippage, and it left a permanent stricture in the stomach where it had been placed (as if I still had a loose band there). I'm 8 days post op for a sleeve and I just had an upper GI. The stricture is making my stomach still work like it has a band above the new tiny stomach. Right now it's an issue because it's very tight, but I'm hoping the inflammation will drop and I will not need it dilated. Have you had an Upper GI to see what is really going on? Mine was specifically to check for leaks and my doctor does it as a routine step. In your case it might tell them what is happening as you sip in the morning (because they perform it after an 8 hour fast). Also, it was just a few swallows of the liquid, not the huge cup of contrast.