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Update from revision surgery 6/23



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Very encouraged as I have lost 33 pounds to date and already weigh less than I ever did with the band.

Do not like anything with sugar except G2 Gatorade. Took a drink of Coke and it was no good, my favorite ice cream and don't have any interest in.

Meanwhile I am sleeping better - not sweating as much and feel good. A new wardrobe is headed my way soon.

264.8 on June 25th and 231.6 on August 9th.

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Congratulations - that's great! I can't stand the taste of ice cream any longer either and can totally ignore sweets now.

Keep up the good work!

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I've had my band slip two times so I've decided for a sleeve. I had my surgery just 4 days ago. I'm curious as how it's possible that you no longer like ice cream and sweets. I really like my ice cream. I have no intention of eating lots of ice cream, but I wonder if this change is going to happen to me as well?

Also, I wouldn't like to tell all the people at the dinner table why I eat so little. What did you recommend that I should say? I'm thinking of business lunches or dinner with a big group of friends. I don't necessarily want everyone to know that I'm eating little because of a sleeve surgery.

Thanks for the feedback.

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I miss that ice cream, too, but can't afford the calories. My NUT still wants me to have two servings of dairy every day, so what I do is drink a glass of milk with vanilla and sweetener in it. Bedtime is when I could eat a pint of ice cream by myself, so I drink the vanilla milk as my bedtime snack.< /p>

Also, as soon as I lost that first thirty pounds, I began to sleep much better.

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I've had my band slip two times so I've decided for a sleeve. I had my surgery just 4 days ago. I'm curious as how it's possible that you no longer like ice cream and sweets. I really like my ice cream. I have no intention of eating lots of ice cream, but I wonder if this change is going to happen to me as well?

Also, I wouldn't like to tell all the people at the dinner table why I eat so little. What did you recommend that I should say? I'm thinking of business lunches or dinner with a big group of friends. I don't necessarily want everyone to know that I'm eating little because of a sleeve surgery.

Honestly? I find people don't much notice if you don't eat much. Eat what you can and push the rest around on your plate. Or, say you had a later Breakfast b

Thanks for the feedback.

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Down from 264.8 to 223- weight loss is slowing to about 7 or 8 pounds a month. People definitely notice how much I do not eat. I usually say I just ate something before the meal. Went to a rodeo and had BBQ Saturday and could literally eat only about 4-5 bites and was full.

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