JimmyGotSLEEVED

Do this is not wrong UNLESS it becomes habit forming an you start to unconditionally do it without actually knowing your doing it. Now you are practically trading in one eating disorder for the next... Tread carefully, the waters are deep on this one.

Good job man! I see you doing ya thing!

I thought after four days I would be at least 75% and slowly crawling back to 100% but that seems to be too far gone from the truth. Yesterday was feeling well, I wasn't sweating a lot, I barely felt any pain besides that damn acid reflux. So I wake up this morning and oh boy the drama begins. First I wake up with acid reflux that won't go away for nothing, then when it finally goes away and I hop into the shower I became very dizzy and discombobulated. Taking a shower actually took me so time because I began to feel Ly incisions stretching with every movement and pain just happened to tag along, no surprise there. I finally get dressed up suit and tie, you know the whole 3 piece. As soon as I put on my tie I start sweating like crazy and became disoriented again, Smh. After sitting down for a while and making some protein shake I bean to sip on it. Everything was getting better, so I thought. I looked up at the time an I'm already an hour late for work, mind you this is a fresh new job that I got before surgery. Now I'm in a rush to ER to the train station because I realize that I am in no condition to drive ANYWHERE with these dizzy spells pop in on me like an unannounced relative. I start walk to the train station and I begin to have stomach pain from the vigorous walking. When I finally get on the train I find a seat and sit down. I reached into my suitcase to grab a bottle of water and it slips out my hand and rolls across the train. I Lear my bag in my seat and make my way towards the elusive water bottle that refuses to roll back. When I finally grab the bottle I returned to my seat only to find my suitcase has been replaced by an elderly woman. So now I'm in pain, pissed, sweating and becoming extremely aggravated because my stop is literally 12 stops away then I have another 9min walk to catch my connecting train to my final destination. The train decides to be an a*****e and goes local which made it a 19 stop train ride. Mind you I'm standing up in this train that practically enjoys rocking from side to side like an isolated baby carriage. This motion starts to stir up this discomforting feeling within my guys that slowly begins to aggravate me with each repeated motion. Now I'm jus mean grilling the elderly lady who took what was rightfully mine. When I finally get to my stop my legs and calves are burning and my stomach is knotted up like Christmas lights. I have no choice but to walk slowly in hopes of unknotting this irritating condition that is desperately trying to fight me at the moment. With all this going on I come to find out that my connecting train has already left and another one would not be appear till 30 mins from now due to a technical difficulty along the tracks going northbound. Now I'm over 2 hrs and 30mins late feeling the, pardon my mouth, weathered down **** in the middle of road. When the train finally decides to come it is PACKED UP, practically overflowing, like shaken soda bottle, with people. I mean getting a foot in a door was like trying to fit a a mans size 14 foot into a woman's 6. I mean it was totally ridiculous. If there was ever a fire hazardous this would be the ultimate definition, period. I decide to wait for the next train, since I'm already late I doubt it could be any worse. So I wait and the next train is jus as bad as the last one who passed. I jumped on it and I couldn't have been more uncomfortable... People were pressed on me like starch. My stomach starts to hurt again... Acid reflux l, so I popped a Tums and drank some water. I finally get off the train at my destination walk into my new work site which I find to be gorgeous only to find out that I will be starting working officially in a week because they are still going through an organizational reconstruction... Just my damn luck

i get this pain at least 3 times a day... at first i thought it was gas pains but now i kno it was acid reflux smh... i goin to my doc sometime this week. this pain wakes me up in my sleep smh.

Where are u getting your procedure done?

Congrats on your continuous weigh loss success. How do you feel?

I didn't have a catheter at all... It was hard using the bathroom at first bit forcing it out a bit cleared the pipeline and I've been good ever since

I didnt have a drain

Lissa always seem to give relaxing advice lol

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

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

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.

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

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

You are so MEAN, but hey, I was thinking the Same thing lol

I Notice this board is predominantly women, I'm not complaining but where are the men? Let's stand together!