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Hello there, I had my vsg January 24, 2012. I paid cash for my surgery which makes this even worse for me. I find I am getting back into old habits. I am eating so much junk it's not funny. I started at 219 and got down to 173. I went from a size 18 almost 20 to a size 12-14. By some miricle, I am still able to fit into this size. I may have gained about 7 or 8 pounds though. I don't exercise like I should. I have started walking more recently.

I am so disgusted with myself. I would have probably gained everything back if it weren't for I don't have room to put it. On a regular day, I was eating a box of chocolates, a bag of nuts, or some sort of sweet and also maybe a bag of Cheetos. I made up my mind last week to lay off the sweets. I bought fruit yesterday and a bag of Cheetos. I have been eating the fruit and the Cheetos lasted 2 days.

I paid good money for this surgery and can't believe I'm throwing it away like this. I travel a great deal for my job and right now I am in a hotel room with a small refrigerator and a microwave. So I can't do alot of healthy food shopping if I have to refrigerate it. I will be here for a few months so it's hard to grocery shop. I need some sort of encouragement and a kick in the butt. I would still like to lose about 25-30 pounds. Somehow I need to start this thing over. Any suggestions?

I think you are right. I also get this cough after eating too much.

I think it's up to what you can tolorate.

Personally, I like GNC. You can sample their drinks. I also bought their powder recently to make smoothes with.

I went to work, drove and ran stairs within 6 days out.

I had the same problem with Protein drinks at first. To me, they mostly all came in chocolate and was too thick and I used to get nauseated. I went on this site and wrote the names of various shakes suggested and went to testing them. I found Premium, bought at Sams Club was a good one. Not too thick and not too sweet. Like chocolate milk almost. I wish I could find it in other flavors. Also, GNC has strawberry shakes in GNC brand which is good. Not thick and not too sweet & they come in vanilla, and chocolate. You can sample them in the store. I wasn't too crazy about the vanilla but your taste might be different than my taste. Good luck.

Do you ever fill your bowl up or plate with something to eat and even go so far as to start eating and realize you had this surgery? And wonder 'how did I think I was going to eat all of this??'

I'm with you Catracks. I'm scared of the mayo in the tuna's, the msg, etc.

It will get better. I thought I was going to die during day 2. My plan was to spend one night at the hospital but was glad I went home on day 3. I suffered from gas, Constipation, and I had a cough from a cold I was getting over and the cough got worse and it was a deep cough. I irritated some muscle around my large incision. Through it all....there were no regrets.

I had my surgery 01/24/2012. I still find ways to eat my greens. I love chicken and have not had any fried foods since my surgery and don't plan to at the moment. I have not had any sweets either and I love sweets. I love seafood and I eat the cooked shrimp from Walmart in the frozen food section as it has 20 gms of Protein. I eat Greek yogurt every day, it has 10-15 gms of protein. I don't think I was getting enough protein so I have a shake first thing in the morning and in the evening also.

I still cannot eat alot. My husband LOVES for us to cook together and eat together. He is having a hard time with my eating and he is concerned. (I'm starting to think he likes thick women).

My hair used to be very thick but due to medications before my surgery, my hair has thinned very much. I'm taking 5000 mcg of Biotin daily to prevent further loss. I hope it grows back. I bought 2 wigs over the weekend because it looks like I'm balding in spots.

I hope this topic continues with also perhaps older African American women also.

What are all the effects of this lack of Grehlin? I think I missed something here.

My stall ended also. Lost 3 pounds also.

I am in the 2nd week of a stall now. I have a friend who had the surgery and she told me it was going to happen and don't get discouraged. She said after she lost about 30 pounds she felt like she was stalling forever but when she came out of it she lost about 20 pounds without issue.

I see this site is kind of old but I just got sleeved in January 2012. I'm from Columbia.

I told my husband, and my 2 best friends. I have not told any other family members. Oh, I also told a medical doctor I go to for minor illnesses. He was the worst! Oh, you might as well lose it on your own since you have a pre-op diet anyway, you can gain it back, I don't think you have that much to lose....etc.

I know. I'm pissed because I can't eat this portabello mushroom stuffed with crabmeat. Can only eat about 1/4th. BUT...... I'm pleased with my results. Guess it's a good thing...in a way

Really loved your video! You go girl! Keep up the encouragement.!

I also had my surgery at Forest Park Medical Center in Dallas. I know Dr Kim is good. He performed my friends surgery. Dr Nicholson was my dr and he was also good. I Paid $7000 to the hospital and $5000 to the dr.

It is a hassle isn't it? I'm 6 weeks out.

My surgery date was the First Day of the rest of my life!

I hope I can lose 66# in 5 months!

Walgreens offer free blood pressure checks thru the end of Feb. I ran out of bp meds and went to Walgreens to see if I should get a rx refill. I'm 6 weeks out, take 2 meds and yes I need a refill. I'm about 30# down. Maybe soon I can get off the meds.

I am almost 6 weeks and when I overdue it the pain returns but for a shorter period of time. Yesterday I ran down 3 flights of stairs carrying a large box with a computer and some folders in it and I had the pain this morning. When I wear a heat patch it really helps.

I hear more talk about all the weight people lost than who is not losing. I had the surgery Jan 24, 2012 and I don't regret. I have received more positive encouragement. You must look at the positive and not dwell on some of the negitive. If you want more encouragement look at YouTube under vertical gastric sleeve. You get to hear and see results!

There is another topic regarding this going on. My pain in on my left side but sometimes I feel it in my back. What most of the people on the other topic said was their physicians thought they might be over doing it. I walked alot last Friday and Saturday, I could hardly stand up and it hurt to breathe. That's when I came across the topic. Since, I have used a heat patch, stayed off of the stairs and have been taking it easier...And, I do feel better.

I had the pain before and it was much worse. Then I was pain free for a week and then did all that walking and it came back but milder.