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It’s super obese. I was classified as that when I started. I am very short, only 4’11”. I had never heard of it until I saw it in my medical chart. It said (super) in parentheses. My BMI was 61 and is now 42. Surgery 2 months ago. I was surprised that it was called super! Seemed so positive lol

My doc says I can switch to capsules in a month or two once I am ok to swallow those giant pills, so I will go back to my GNC Mega Women's. The chewables, even the baratric ones, don't seem to have the best profile.

I can imagine that it would be very difficult to do any surgery laparoscopically. I wonder if open surgery is a safer option

Congrats and thx for sharing! You are an inspiration!

And I am Happy Happy Happy with my Spring Valley Prenatal from Wal-Mart, reasonable price, not large sized, Just 1. a day. Beats those nasty flavored twice daily dudes, half of them don't have iron and the other minor goodies. Sure I get weird looks in the vitamin aisle, but how do they know I don't have a pregnant grand-daughter or great grand-daughter?, I am THAT AGE!

Yep liquids suck. Drinks LOT and LOTS of water, eat SF popsicles, LOTS and LOTS of them. Have SF Jello (oddly filling post rny). And don't chase that full feeling. You prolly won't ever feel it again. It is a different sensation entirely. So only eat/drink the amount the doc tells you to for that stage. Satiety comes with dense foods. Maybe not even purees.

Sounds like a DS with pouch vs sleeve. Doesn't seem too out of the norm really, with your height/weight, the extra support from the DS should make a really decent impact. I have reservations about your goal weight however. I don't see a Bypass DS hybrid is going to get you to lose 242 lbs, I'd be afraid that you'll get frustrated with such an ambitious goal weight. WLS has around a 60-65% excess body weight loss success. Meaning whatever your "Ideal" weight is, subtracted from your current total, then taking only 60-65% of that. So, for a Female standing 5 foot 3, "Ideal" weight is 104-127. Your call out states you current weigh 407. So assuming the high end of "Ideal" your excess weight is 280. 65% of 280 is 182. You should expect to reach 225 as your 65% of your excess body weight goal. Anything beyond that is great, but don't set your sights on a weight that's really not feasible without plastic surgery. By all means strive for the best possible outcome, just keep in mind a more realistic goal, because when you can't reach a goal, frustration and depression can set in and sabotage your process. Speaking from personal experience, I originally had 200 as my dream goal, knowing I'd have a hard time hitting it. I've gotten close, within 7 lbs of that goal, but it's just not happening, excess skin adds to total weight, and you can't eat or exercise extra skin away.

Six days post op. Went to the office for three hours today. Took me 2 hours to finish my premier protein drink. Barely had any water so behind on liquids. Diving was ok. My wife bought some vegetable broth and the change in flavor is nice. Feeling good but a little dizzy every now and then but BP is great.

Doing much better. It felt SO nice to sleep in my own bed even if it only lasted five hours. Up at 3 AM and walked almost half a mile just in my house by 3:30. Gas pains suck but it’s working out. 😎 Learning quickly that I was a gulper when it came to drinking water. Never thought a single pop sickle would be too much either. Just trying to stay hydrated and move around.

A progress selfie is a great idea!