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mmmmmmm black olives and pickles sounds yummy but I would throw in a babybel cheese to replace the cottage cheese lol.

I went to my 4 week post op appt and my Dr told me I can go straight to solids but to only eat meats and leafy veggies and if I get hungry betweens meals then eat a cucumber or a dill pickle WTHeck? I haven't eaten a dill pickle since I was pregnant with my last child 9 years ago. After the initial shock I pulled my big girl panties up and headed right on over to the grocery store and bought a big jar of pickles lol. If it helps me lose the weight I want, then why not. Has anyone else been told to snack on dill pickles?

Great job everyone you are all doing really well. Keep up the good work.

74lbs!!! Awesome!!!! I can't wait to get that far. Congrats everyone for keeping us posted.

Wow you look good and I love that dress!

I use everydayhealth.com and I love love love it!

Has anyone signed up for everydayhealth.com? I stumbled on this site and for the past month I've been logging all of my food intake here. The thing I love the most is this site has recipes and if you don't know what to eat it has menus. If you don't like the menu it gives you the option to change it and print it. It also allows you to download phone apps. It caculates my excercises for me. if there is not a food listed that I ate, it will allow me to add a custom food. It also has a forum for support which I haven't used because I have all of you. You can join and it's free my screen name is DestinationSkinny. If you join, please look me up and befriend me. Thanks for reading.

Thank you for clearing this up. I knew this of course but did not know how to relay this message to the poster above who said everyone gets a tube during surgery.

My ng tube stayed in 2 days after surgery

I'm losing weight from every part of my body most noticeably my thighs, hips and waist.

Yes I've always been healthy no co-morbidities just FAT. No high blood pressure, excellent cholesterol etc. I came to this decision at the last minute simply because I did not want the band stuck in me. I did not realize I had other choices until my insurance forced me to go to a center of excellence.

Thank You

I'm 2 months out and I'm not quite where I want to be but thank God I'm not where I used to be. I'm making progress and wanted to share a couple of pics below. The night before surgery and last night.

IMHO there is no comparison. I had 3 c-sections and they were all open incisions. This surgery was done laprascopy and to me the incisions felt like ant bites. My pain was minimum but there are others who have had more pain. Everyone is different. As I stated earlier, the most pain I had was a sore throat from the ng tube.

I went to the doc today and I have an update as to why the ng tube is being used. I was told that it decompresses the stomach to help extract the gas and acids and minimizes vomiting. I must admit I did not have vomiting except when I woke up and found the tube gagging me because I was trying to throw it up out of me lol.

Thank you Swimmer!

Thank You!

I was beginning to think I was alone with the tube Did you have a very sore throat afterwards?

Congrats!!! :smile1:

Congrats on being sleeved and dilaudid rocks. Morphine does nothing for me.

Oh yes I threatened to do that too.

Wow you're doing good as well. Keep up the good work. I will post more pics real soon. Thanks for your support.

Ooh I love this question! My favorite film of all time is the western movie Shane and the reason is because he did not take any $#!& and then he rides off into the mountains with the little boy calling Shaneeeee Come Backkkkkk What is your favorite color?

Before vsg I would NEVER I repeat NEVER take my vitamins. I now take vitafusion multivites and vitafusion calcium (they are sooo delicious) I have to hide them from my husband and daughter. In addition to these I take centrum chewables because it has more iron. I asked my doc if I was taking to much and he said too many vitamins can't hurt so every chance I get I treat myself with a calcium gummy trying not to exceed 5 in a day. I drink lots of water to keep from getting gall stones. Has anyone else fallen in love with vitamins? If so, what kind do you take?

I would rather spend the day at the Water park. Would you rather visit Florida or California?