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The person with the bezoar had them shelled too. Something about the actual bean. Maybe it was the Fiber? She had them salted and steamed I think.

I was a thick hourglass and now they have switched! I am now an apple and I hate it! My fiance saw me the other day, we live 8 hours apart right now and see each other every month or so, and commented on how good I looked but was sad about my butt being gone. I am too lol My pants sag!

I love edamame too but am wary of it now. Someone on here got a nasty bezoar from eating too often. All the stringy parts got stuck! I wonder how often it is ok to eat it.

I have been stalled for about a week now. I weighed last Saturday, I think, and I was 204. Well I am still 204.

I also wanted to mention, which I forgot to! That I also had surgery in TJ with Ponce de leon and know tons of very happy, like me, people who had a great time in Mexico! I even went to Ensenada to the Buffadora (sp?) and markets. It was a blast!

Honestly, it all comes down to ignorance and racism. (not saying your parents are) Media portrays Mexico as some crazy sex, drugs and murder capital where everyone shoots people. I have people that jokingly call my surgery "A shady Tijuana surgery" even now. Most people that were skeptics are now saying how great it is I got it. You will be fine and safe, don't be stupid and wear Gucci with a Rolex and you won't be bothered

I try to stay under 60g of carbs a day. So not really low carb but definitely not normal carb amount. If I do have carbs they come from a Protein bar that I grab as a quick Breakfast or my yogurt. My typical day: Breakfast: Protein shake or bar Snack: Greek Yogurt or cheese (Whether cheese stick or mini babybell light) Lunch: Some type of meat and cheese -- sometimes tuna salad others light salami Snack: part of Protein Bar or yogurt Dinner: Meat cooked however -- usually chicken or pork Snack: Metamucil Fiber pink lemonade Water mix and maybe later some cheese and a pickle Mind you, I start my day at 6 am and end around midnight or 1am On a typical day I eat about 45 g of carbs and 70 g of protein with around 700 calories

I don't think anyone is being an "alarmist" or "judging". We are all offering advice and, in a sense, support. It is not alarming to let someone know that their actions with food can now potentially kill them. This is the truth, plain and simple. They should have been fully aware of this. Furthermore, saying someone should look into counseling is valid. We all most likely had food addictions. We ate ourselves almost dead. Some people don't stop even after the sleeve, it is a tool. Some need some help to learn how to use it and get to the bottom of their food issues. With all that said, Mishy I don't think you caused a leak or did any real damage. BUT STOP NOW. One bite of this and that is a slippery slope. I got sucked back into sugar way too early out and have been struggling since then to kick it. I didn't even eat it until 2 months out and immediately got hooked again. To start it again so early out is insane. I am stalling left and right and I know it is because I am struggling with sugar. The sleeve is a tool and you need to learn how to use it.

If I want pizza, I eat pizza. But I am almost 4 months out and can only have half a slice. Like Minckle asked, how far out are you? If you aren't at least 2 months I would say no.

I brought wayyyy too much clothes. I though I would probably change once or twice and wouldn't want to wear the same stinky sweats. I wore them the whole time, well except when I went to Ensenada. I only used my phone, lip balm, tooth brush/paste, shampoo/conditioner, socks, sweats and slippers. I used my laptop once to post on here But I could have just as well used the hotel computer. I didn't put on makeup or even care about my hair.

Mine did as well. I also got a note form him for work. It worked out just fine. I didn't really like the nutrition plan though, it focused too much on fruits for me, so I adjusted based on what others had gotten. I still kept to the 2 - 3 weeks liquids though and then mushies for 2 weeks and so on.

They serve soup everywhere. I MEAN EVERYWHERE. (ok, not fast food but you shouldn't be eating that anyhow) So you will be fine. Chinese has hot and sour soup, egg drop soup, sizzling rice soup etc Mushy wise you could have had tofu based food I guess

My "want" of food came back after the first 3 weeks or so. I go out to eat all the time and have since day 2. In the beginning I got broth or Soup and now I get whatever I want. I don't limit myself really. If I want it, I eat it. I just don't eat the whole thing or even half. Most people only do Protein shakes and liquids for the first few weeks.

When my sleeve doesn't like something, for me refined sugar too quickly and too much, I get a stomach cramp and feel hot and sweaty and almost sick. Then off to the bano I go! Some people dump, some people just get sick. Sometimes nothing happens until later. TMI -- I ate lettuce the other day for the first time and everything was fine until I had a BM. It wasn't digested at all.

I have a cheapy crock pot from walmart, I think it is 4 quarts and it works just fine. I will toss in some meat and veggies in some broth/water and a few hours later I have food! lol There is this blog that I love that has soooo many ideas: http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/

On my Omeprazole it says to not crush it. :/

It is not fair! You don't get a chance to fight back or even see why someone said that. Being sleeved is amazing for so many reasons, one of the main ones for me is that it really helped me realize that I am someone who deserves respect and shouldn't ever have to be treated like that.

Yeah it was pretty bad! But I do love Portland and am even thinking about doing my Dental Schooling there.

Dr. Ponce De Leon also staples and then sews. They actually use a tool that cauterizes the tissue and puts staples in at the same time and then go back and sew over it.

My worst was last summer when I was vacationing in Portland with my fiance. We were walking around the Pearl District and had been having a great time when some guys drove by in a truck and one pointed at me, they drove by again and this time rolled down their window, shouted, "FAT BIT*H" and threw a candy bar at me and then sped away. I was mortified and also so embarrassed that my fiance had to be there too. I guess I was afraid he would realize that I was fat all the sudden and leave. He didn't and actually threw a book at the truck for me. But still. Terrible.

I always think of that Stephen King (I think) book Thinner where the fat guy can't stop losing and becomes sickly and bones. But anywho, most people just up their calories. Most of us get in 600 - 800 range now and to be in maintenance I see people eat around 1000 - 14000 which wouldn't make anyone gain weight. To gain you have to be eating more than what your body burns in it's daily routine, for me that would be about 2600 calories.

My fiance was joking around with me about this! I have always been furry -- full Mayan and all -- but I noticed, and he did too, that my back was getting furrier! I figured it was because of area shrinkage. I have only lost 6 or 7 inches around my belly button but I guess that was enough! My little, and thinner, sister is going to have a field day now that she isn't the only hairy one!

So I am down to 204! Yay! I finally moved a bit! SW: 208 CW: 204 GW: 180

Oh this is nothing new for me! I am Salvadorean and have always been like a monkey. I have noticed it has gotten worse with my GNC hair, nails and skin supplement though. I now have to wax once a week instead of once every two weeks.

A crazy tip I heard that works for me! Instead of layering on deodorant over and over I actually use hand sanitizer in between, let it dry and then put the deodorant on again. It kills the bacteria that causes the smell. It works well for me!