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Keepng you in my thoughts!

Oh I wish I could have surgery on your date! I totally recommend that you look for You Tubes of people who have had the sleeve. I think that will allay your fears. Some of my favorites- sunkiss718, juliarh, and a really interesting set of a brother and sister who both had it GastricSleeveReviews . You had a really good reason for wanting this- remnd yourself of that! Also , really, where has that relationship with food gotten you? That is what I ask myself.

Right now I am doing low cal but not cutting way way back. Just trying not to go over bard and losing a few pounds. Once I have my date I have been keeping a little "bucket list" of few things I know I wont have for a long long time, and never in the same way. Sees Candy, my fave pizza, In and Out, just a few things I will miss. IN fact right now every time I have my morning seeded whole grain toast I honor it and speak fondly to it ;-P. Our son works at the movie theater and brings home free buttered popcorn- in big quantities, whenever we want. I will miss that for sure.

One of the great You Tubers said something I think you can apply to yourself- his doctor told him to expect to feel, for a week or two "Why did I do this?", and then, after a month or two to say "Why didn't I do this sooner?". You are at the worst part now- I Know this without having had the surgery yet and I learned it from everyone here. Give yourself time to adjust, and especially once you start being able to eat and you see the weight coming off I think you will be happy with your sleeve. This is a great place for love and support. Also check out You Tube = there are great vloggers recording their journeys to inspire you. Many of them felt ghastly at first and I have not found anyone yet who would go back and not do their sleeve. Good luck!

Bump in the hopes someone is out there! Thinking I might do a vlog of a taste test f I can't find anyone...

What she said!. From everything I have learned you are way too close to surgery to have three drinks. And for me it makes no sense to consume empty high carb calories when every single thing you put in your sleeve needs to count. I think you called it when you pinpointed alcohol as the source of some of your weight- so in a way it's too bad you experimented- finding out it slides right down. You know the sleeve is no guarantee you wont have a weight problem. Alcohol will pose just as much of a problem with your weight as it ever did, sleeve or no sleeve. And hey- I do NOT want to seem like a moralizer here as I enjoy socializing and partying, I just know I have to choose for my health now and I would love you to have long term success. To me choosing to have three drinks this close to your surgery is a red flag. Just the fact you felt hunger for the first time, probably from all that pure carb- well what a bummer! You sure you want to encourage that problem?

I am really surprised about that! The need for protein, in healing and in keeping your body from burning muscle instead of fat through the months ahead, and for the Vitamins, iron and calcium in light of your reduced ability to get them from food- well, it all just makes sense. If I were you I would follow those guidelines, and since you are most likely on Clear liquids or full liquids, the protein shakes are mainly for that period. Get some and drink them now! Especially to help heal the staple line.Then once you can eat you need to focus on getting all that protein from your food, only needing the shakes if you are not able to do that. M doctor says eat protein first, vegetavles and fruits, second, and carbs third (knwoing you usually wont get that far).

I have to say that I love the fact that once you do it you can't talk yourself out of it and the sleeve itself kicks in to help you so much doing what you need to do. Go for it! I too spend a lot of time looking at the inspiring YOU Tube VLOGs- amazing, inspiring stories. You can't help but want to be one of those stories instead of the saem old story that has you so needing this.

I do not want to upset anyone but I will relate what my doctor said when i asked him about the plication - he has no plan to do the plication as he is very uncomfortable about the unused part of the stomach remaining and feels there would be many complications. He worked for years with the developer of the vsg so of course is biased but the things he said made sense to me.

By the way- when my husband heard my doctor say that without the surgery he saw me progressing to a wheelchair and eventually an early death- that was all it took! He adores me and wants a long life sharing brussels sprouts with me ;-P Honestly though, I can't imagine how hard it would be to be part of a couple- both morbidly obese, and to want the surgery though your partner does not. That would be a painful situation. I feel for both ladies. From what I have seen of the couples who had surgery together or a few weeks apart they have great success and a built in close support system.

My particular issue was different than those of many, I expect. My husband likes a larger body type, though he loved my body when we met and I weighed almost 100 pounds less.Remembering that helped! That was part of it. He also loved us sharing food- we would share some really unhealthy things like pints of Ben and Jerry's or strawberry custard cakes. Luckily his wanting me to be happy and to be freed from some of the physical issues that have me a near invalid, are greater than any of the things that subconsciously worked to sabotage me. I n fact,m for one thing, we are having our food sharing just as much now on my pre surgery diet- tonight we had steaed brussels sprouts, which we both love, and turkey slices with mustard. It was just as intimate and close, just not the same kind of food. I mainly just wanted to point out the need, especially with someone as close as a husband, to work these things out for the sake of the relationship as well as your continued success. I expect for many family and friends, even co-workers, it will be a matter of having trouble accepting you leaving the way they always saw you and becoming someone new. My siblings, for example, have gotten used to me being the fat one. They are really trying to stop me from having the surgery. I think they don't want me to vacate my role. Others will turn to subconscious sabotage. I think with people who love you , whom you love, it is always important to say it all, work it out. A lot of the time when you talk it out the saboteur will turn it around and be your biggest supporter.

this is exactly what my Doctor says- in fact he says that he has never had a non exercising patient keep their weight off- period. Luckily I already take a kick butt water aerobics class four times a week and plan to step up to six. He also explains that you need to feed yourself protein so your body turns to the fat cells for the quick burn fuel. I totally recommend water aerobics for anyone who hates exercise and wants a great way to do it and love it. I do not hate exercise, I just can't do it on land due to several disabilities. Water aerobics has saved my life- it is a great workout and enjoyable too. We do 300 crunches!

I can't help but think that both your husbands must be hurting a lot to see you take this step towards health and leave them behind in their old habits and lifestyle. I think you need to work this through in order to safeguard your future ability to maintain your weight loss. Do neither of them want to consider surgery? Have you talked openly and honestly about how they feel about this step for you? I urge you to think about counseling , because you (Fern) will soon start really showing the big losses and it has to be hard to watch that. Myori- this has to be really hard on your husband! And if these guys are upspet and stressed by seeing you lose and move towards health it is no surprise that they are doing what we all do at those times- stuffing it with food. As the lucky (IMO) ones who have a bright future as skinny girls ;-P I think your guys need some love and compassion about this. I know mine does! He is not heavy but he is an enabler for sure and he needs gentle reminding that I am miserable in this body. In the past when I would start losing weight he would appear with my favorite things after shopping for groveries. He really needed some confronting and some soul searching talks to get to the bottom of why he was doing that and what it meant to me to finally get rid of the weight. Now he is totally on board. I realize that you two have way more to deal with since your husbands are obese. I encourage you (yep I'm a therapist) to work through this so that they are able to support you whole heartedly and you can support them too.

I knew you would have good advice. When I grow up can I be like you? Oh wait, I am probably old enough to be you mother ;-P What you said about the stretching out the meal makes a lot of sense too- I have a feeling that was a general dieting nutritional guideline instead of WLS goal. I will mention that to her at my next appointment. I really appreciate all your feedback everyone as you have the experience.. I am practicing. I am also pleased to know we don't have to stop drinking 15 minutes before eating with the sleeve.

I think the low carb thing will really help from everything I have seen. Low fat cheese or cottage cheese, etc. I keep my water next to the bed and drink whenever I see it or think about it. The fluids are key! Also, as I mentioned check out http://www.youtube.com/user/juliarh - I watched ALL her You Tubes and she gives a lot of advice and I have been inspired and motivated. You are well on your way! I expect to be slow and just remember it is a journey. Hey look at it this way- the slower the loss the better chance your skin will recover!

So I have accumulated about 10 kinds of protein drinks so far from various places that give samples. More to come. I hate to taste them all and not have other benefit from it- since of course my taste is not necessarily someone elses. It occurred to me that if anyone is in the area who wants to try some we could meet and do a sampling- certainly I do not have to drink a whole one to get the idea, in fact don't really want to until I have to ;-P I f there is anyone in the area who would like to get together we can also continue on to supporting our journeys.

I think a lot of it just makes sense. The two things I was assigned as my goal before my next nutr appt. are 1- chew thirty times each bite and take at least a half an hour to eat my meal and 2 - sip sip sip and not drink 15 minutes before and 30 minutes after each meal. I have to admit I am planning to do both of them more religiously after my sleeve - and fro what you and others have said the sleeve keeps you doing them. Thanks for chiming in!

My pre and post op instructions really stress how important it is to chew your food until it is mush. My doctor even has the nutritionist set a goal for you to chew every bite thirty times as part of you preparation for surgery, I have been doing it but I forget so easily! I am wondering if you all have even instructed to do that and how vital that is to your post op life. I sure can tell how easy it is to dissolve the car rich foods compared to the protein! My doctor also recommends putting your fork down for thirty seconds between bites as you will know you are full much faster, and possibly keep from hurting yourself. The 30/30 rule.

I am not yet sleeved but a few things come to mind from all I have learned. Are you exercising? I know that is important , walking to start and then more as your doctor allows. Are you drinking your Water? I know it takes a lot of sip sip sipping to get the 64 ounces minimum in. I tink that water can't help but keep your hunger at bay as well. Some people do better with many small meals. Perhaps you need to make your 3 meals much smaller to account for the Snacks? Also it is probably hard not to compare yourself to everyone here- some lose so much so fast! I expect to lose more slowly because I have always had a lot of trouble with that- perhaps you need to relax and not expect too much from yourself. From what I have seen you can give yourself a big boost if you keep the carbs low. I learned a lot from the You Tubes of juliarh - search for her. She keeps her carbs to 30 grams or under and is at 108 plus pounds lost at six months. I ave heard that eating carbs makes you want more carbs. My doctor explains it is if we have two gas tanks like a truck- one is all of our fat and the other is our main gas tank which runs on sugar and carbs. If you keep putting sugar and carbs in, your body wont switch to the fat as readily. Cut down on those and your body has nowhere else to go for energy but your stored fat. Makes sense to me! Those crackers, small as they are, could be derailing you. Bump up on the Protein. Good luck to you!

Congratulations! I am excited for everyone who finally has their sleeve and am so hoping I can remove the roadblocks and finally get a date. I think once you eat solids you will find your sleeve will be such a great tool and then it will be onward to your goals!

Welcome! You will love the support, inspiration, and information here. I evaluated all three, as we all did I think, and for many reasons decided the sleeve is for me. The band , I feel, is not effective enough, not to mention the problems with slippage and erosion. I personally do not want to re-route my intestines so RNY is out. The sleeve seems to have everything I want- restriction of eating leaving the digestive process intact, with little dumping, leaving the process of losing the weight in my control.

Julie I am new around here but having seen our 100 pound dance my husband and I have been avidly following your vogs-we have watched every single one and I adit I have been checking constantly to ee if magic onederland has been reached. You are totally inspiring to me and when I finally get my sleeve I will emulate your diet as it has been so good to you! YOu have also been so articulate about the work that is involved and the hurdles that come up that I will refer to you again and again. Congratulations! You are so vibrant and beautiful and I am so proud of you!

She did say she had surgery that the doctor said would take years off of her life. She did not say what surgery. SInce she denied the bypass that leaves two! I would love the stigma to be removed. She could do so much for others if she would be upfront about it.

It will mean a lot to your sister and you want her in your corner! I would wait, it being only 10 days.

You might want to talk to PInkbab2011- she is 18 was sleeved March 1st and posted a few times in My Story. I notice she really is not too happy with the loss of drinking big gulps of water and is also asking how soon you can return to eating pizza, burgers, hotdogs, wings....what in my house and among my son's friends looks like typical 18 year old food. You will see from what I posted what my concerns are- and I think as long as you realize what a comittment to a lifestyle change and a focus on health and nutrition this is you can have great success. Good luck to you!