JimmyGotSLEEVED

Seems like everyone is coming out of surgery successfully and I couldn't be more happier! So to everyone who jumprrd from pre to post op im wishibg you all a speedy recovery and a healthy weight loss journey. We have a few days left in April, it's almost time to wrap things up, can you feel the magic lol... When I first started this thread I didn't expect to see all of these responses but now 24 days down the line I couldn't be more surprised... This is a beautiful place and I'm proud to be a member of this endless journey of success!

I respect your opinion but you couldn't be more wrong, genetics and age do play a major role, but it is NOT your only hope. All of these are opinions that worked for countless other people. I'm not saying they are all easy fixes and cures but they may be very useful for SOME people, not all. You say they are all bull, but have you tried any of them for yourself? Have you attempted any? There is no REAL solution to this epidemic but there are many ways to treat the symptoms of it and these are some. I'm sure there are many other treatments. You speak of the biggest loser lifting weights like crazy and still have flabby skin. Well, did you err stop to think why? They are losing TOO much weight TOO rapidly. Facts show that it takes up to 2 years or more for your skin to actually catch to your weight loss progression. Plus that show is all about fast weight loss not healthy weight loss. Building muscle mass does help with loose skin because it fills in the pockets needed to properly structure skin from the inside out, but you have to understand that your skin is an organ also. By keeping that organ healthy you are ultimately increasing your chances to limit the amount of loose skin you will come to see.

Psych is trying to milk your situation

Mine was forged, nah I'm jus playing lol... Mine was 25 mins and I didn't fill any paper work since she knows my surgeon

Yes you can have carbonated drinks BUT it MUST be in moderation. Constant drinking of carbonated drinks do expand your new stomach. It may not be stretched by much but it IS stretched.

Yeah they workout 3 times a day and even when they ate no physically working out they are working out...

Yeah it's no joke lol.. That workout is militaristic boot camp... Start with regular p90, then try p90x, the excel to insanity. Beginners= p90 Intermediate= p90x Advance= insanity

We are half way there APRIL SLEEVERS! Congrats to everyone who went through with surgery and made it back to us safely! I hope everyone is doing well. I'm still wishing you all a speedy recovery and huge amount of weight loss. All I want to hear from my April sleevers is a story about the amount inches and lbs they loss! Lol I also created a thread that's in the post op section that explains 20 ways to get rid or tune up loose skin. Check I out, I guarantee that you will print it out and pin it up!

With a BMI of 40+ u automatically qualify With a BMI of 35-39 u need a secondary co-mobidity

Not that I have your attention lol...What's good? How many post-op sleevers still drink hard liquor? Soft liquor? I do understand it's counter-productive to losing weight, but that's my only vice or should I say my poison of choice.

I'm gonna name my sleeve CASTRO because he's gonna be a mean dictator of what goes in and goes out lol

Yeah I was thinking the same thing about the hard liquor. I might just become a major wine connoisseur after I get sleeved lol

The main problem I see here is the soda intake. Sweets induce hunger and carbonated drinks increases stomach volume. Your best bet is to use to the substitution method. When you get a craving to drink soda grab something else to drink, that non carbonated, so slowly develop a psychological conscious connection. Doing this will eliminate your need to drink carbonated drink and start you back on the path to a health lifestyle. Hope that helps

I'm talking bout every weekend, I drink every weekend lol... I'm a rum and redbull drinker first, then a vodka w/ cranberry or OJ second

You have too much stationary biking try substituting in some jogging, running, or stairclimbers it should keep your workout tedious free

This is a psychological bad habit because it forms into a habit. In the beginning your fully aware of what your doinhg because the point is not to swallow anything that is not liquid. Later down the line due to the number of times your body has done this same action is because a unconscious habit that you will soon no longer be aware of until someone calls you out on it. For now this may JUST be done with the fruits, but later it will be with actual foods you need to sustain your body's everyday active. Plus you psychological train your body to to swallow solids which is a bad thing. Since we are just babies retraining out bodies how to eat AFTER the surgery, this is a habit you would not want to take with 7-8 months down the line. Jus my opinion

Yeah the general populist is right your safe after 6 weeks and leak free after 8, unless a previous leak is missed through out those first 5weeks!

Everybody is different and everyday nutritionist has their own way of doing things thru shear experience... I understand that some people may do a 2 week like diet then a colored liquid diet mixed with puréed foods then they try their luck with solids. What I can tell u is that there is NO real solution but the following necessity: 1. Sip, sip, sip daily, 2. Get in your 70-90 grams of Protein, 3. Jog or run minimum of 4x per week; 4. And when you're not jogging or running walk, walk, walk 5. Drink at least 30 mins to a hour after you eat and a hr before, 6. Eliminate fried foods and sweets, 7. Cut down on carbs These are the 7 greatest laws of sleeve success in MY book. Some may agree other may not, but through my research (and I've did extensive research, because I'm a paralegal with a curious george mentality lol) this is what post sleevers I've sat down spoke to told me. Damn I prolly drifted off topic lol But back to my point, besides those 7 laws everything you will hear from drs, dietitians and nutritionist will always vary... What's good for the gander isn't always good for the goose. I think that's how the saying goes lol