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Yes make the doctor aware. If it is gas the only thing to really stop it is the walking, because it is accompanied by presure. Try a liquid pain med...it worked better for me. Did you do the barium swallow? Good luck.

I would say you could at least follow it a few months to see...I think I do better when I am on the higher range of my calories. Even if I don't lose as much weight I feel better and have a better outlook. Good idea about the protien, I have been toying with that myself. Natural fiber, it seems, is much better than any supplement. I really seem to be doing well (mentally - feeling sharp and alert and sleeping better) since I began to stick to my "5 best foods" blueberries walnuts EVOO or another good fat source either a spoonful on tambiko, or salmon, or talapia...often made with the evoo. Prune, or apple peel, or squash - and just maybe a little oatmeal. REAL oatmeal, lol!!!! Smaller amounts but nearer real suggested amounts. also if I can: pumpkin sunflower seeds hummus cauliflour just soooo much stuff now that I seem to enjoy on a different level, it is like my body knows to enjoy it.

Talk to a good seamstress in your area, and have her confirm how long she would need to make some size adjustments on a specific dress, then order a nice dress that has easy lines to tailor. Your seamstress may even be able to offer you a list of garments for sale - and be able to take it up. Don't hesitate to ask. Good luck. I tried to get married in kakhis and bare feel but was overuled by all...

I am in Houston - NW in Cyfair. My doc was Ata Ahmad...I wouldnt recommend him but he wasn't bad - just not as good as I expected. I was sleeved 1/4/12 and hit Onderland yesterday. Would love walking buddies, even if only occasionally!

This has been a looong time in coming...but I did it!!!! I am at 196 LBS. Hubby is not home tonight but that is OK we will Celebrate tomorrow! A month exactly from my 10th wedding anniversary, and I am in Onderland.. Thank you to everyone! All the support and encouragement. Thank you very, very much! I did it, Mom! <3

happiness is not having to overthink your food too much! Not having to wonder is this stall where you can't control it anymore and it creeps back on...

Read all you can, the books, on here, the online content with organizations like the American Metabolic and Bariatric Association. Stay calm, get you hospital stuff packed now, so it wont be a last minute rush. Good luck! God bless!

Not fried foods and such but yes...and these are things you want to work on. You will deal with more than that. There are going to be alot of things that brig up emotions you will not anticipate. Contunie to go to counseling if you can - and read, read, read the books that are available. You should consider getting a sleeve buddy, someone yo ucan talk to on the phone, and text, etc. Good luck.

I will keep you in my prayers!

I love/hate these posts! Just kidding! I am so proud everytime I see a new onderland post - happily envious but no hate, I promise... 3 lbs away from that border - and I renounce my citizenship to Obesity...

Grazing is a bit more unplanned, and can be really constant, even if only little increments...your meals and snacks sound planned and structured, grazin isnt...

We have all been here, and one day you will be looking back at the newbies too - and be just as happy for them as we are for you!

Just my suggestion but a guy at 6.4 and only 4 weeks out keep to the protien shakes (the ones with extremely few carbs) and meats that are not sauced....focus on Water intake also, get a Multivitamin in every day - a b supplement if you can. Amp you daily routine, as well as exercising...walk a little further to the entrance of a store or mall, vaccum the carpet 2x...be more vigorous in scrubbing counters, windows, etc...it sounds silly but it is a little bit that goes in abig way. Try to stay in ketosis! I would think you need about 90 g protien, minimum! Probably more...and yes that just equals to more calories than you are getting. Measure your waist, thighs, chest, neck - you will see weight loss even when you stall. Get sleep - you have to sleep. I have always had metabolism issues, so I anticipated avery long stall and I am in it...but it isnt the same - just remember how much you have lost, you will loose more...and if you are careful you will not gain it back! Every pound is a true victory to us now.

I am going to need a new phone soon, and I am with TMobile... Can anyone recommend the best phone or a phone they have, that works really well with the fitnesspal app, and doesnt clog up with several apps running? I am not trying to promote anything! feel free to message me personally if that helps. Thanks!

I am so excited for you! This will all pass so quickly (looking back, anyway!). You are going to go through so much emotion - stick in there! This is some of the first days of the rest of your life...you will always have "before" moments that you will never forget, good times and bad - but you now have a whole other "rest of your life" than you perhaps thought you might. make the very best of it! God bless!

Hummus on thinly sliced apple. Chick peas Edamame - cold cooked AND dried Butternut squash Soup in the green box - I think it is cambels A serving of Jello smooshed with a sugar free popsicle tambiko caviar (the little eggs on shushi) blueberries walnut paste (hubbie makes it himself with EVOO) seaweed crisps - basically seaweed paper flavored, omg so very NICE Just a few and all soooo good!

I have to be soooo careful with coffee...I just get lost and start gulping.

I have decided to post it to Facebook, but not just yet - and I am going to write a very long note about the journey, and what it has done, and how much of that was never possible before. But just not quite yet, lol...

Very brave for you to post this. Keep it up.

"Drink whenever I can"...that is alot of calories, possibly the 20 lbs or so you gained. Perhaps it is time to see if you have replaced food with alcohol, and get some real help...and discuss this with your partner.

Onderland...that most coveted place! Congradulations! Right behind you, 3 lbs to go...it FEELS SOOO CLOSE! lol

http://www.diet.com/g/bezoars simplified but basic explanation about what they are in humans.

gmanbat, I it is something i don't think I have got into much here, but a deciding factor for me to go ahead and get the sleeve was I had a tumor on my stomach - they were going to have to remove a portion of my tummy anyway.. Which they had missed in every reading for at least a year, until I began to lose weight on my own in january '11 (sleeved Januar '12)...so yes, the weight loss must help with things like that, even if only in the odds of detecting it...

I recommend you discuss with your doctor if it will be him or another doc that will be seeing you after surgery - and go over your pain med options now. Later it is difficult to discuss the pain meds, and catch is you probably dont need to unless they arent working right. They tried to try me on morphine, when I had told them not to, then demoral (or some such) and my doc had gave my post care over to another doctor, so no communication was working. the demoral would knock me totally out, and then when I woke it was so much worse because you cant sleep and get in your walking at the same time. Finally a nurse on the next shift told them to give me hydrocodone in a liquid suspension and she said..."I am giving you two medicine cups and your pain med is just over halved - the first sup is about 3/5 and the other is 2/5...sip it real slow..." I did and I didn't need the other half, it was a suspension so it began to work quickly and after that I avoided having to take a whole dose - ever. No pain, less meds, less out-of-head. All good