MinaT

I don't understand it myself. I'm 9 weeks and I went another week without losing, after going 1-1/2 weeks going up and down a pound, up 2, down 2 the next day.

My son went through everything that I have been eating and I'm between 450-600 was my max calories a day. I'm doing the gazelle an hour a day, swimming 1-2 hours, going to for walks. I'm staying at 20-30 carbohydrates a day (sometimes less) 60-70 Protein.

Yesterday was my birthday and my husband and son kept nagging me about getting ice cream or yogurt and my son said listen Mom, you are doing everything right and it's like before, when you would diet hard and we would go out to eat and you would blow your diet and end up losing weight. Eat some no sugar added frozen yogurt and you will weigh 2 pounds less tomorrow.

I don't know why I said yes to them. I haven't cheated once on this diet, I don't even allow myself the sugar-free puddings anymore, I get almost all my carbs with my Protein shakes or vegetables. I said yes. I went to bed literally frustrated that I ate 1/4 cup of no sugar added FroYo (which tasted not that great) but they were happy with their chocolate and I was mad that so they could treat themselves, I had to agree to have some, otherwise I wouldn't eat it. I told them no more of this, because if they want yogurt, ice cream etc. it's up to them, but stop bringing me into it. They both felt bad, something I promised I would not do to them, because let's face facts, this is my journey and they have been supporting me but they shouldn't have to go without because I have to.

Well, guess what....I weigh two pounds less today and I was still under 600 calories yesterday and only hit 30 grams of carbs.

It makes zero sense. It makes no sense when it says "you are in starvation mode" on myfitnesspal.com It makes no sense that consistently, for the past 6 weeks I have had a deficit in my calories vs. exercise and yet I am not losing as fast as I want to.

What I can tell you is this though, bones are appearing where there was just chub, my arms are getting tight, the middle of my back is getting a chiseled dip and I look smaller, my clothes are hanging different this week than last week.

It messes with my head a bit. I give a lot of pep talks to people that post the "I am failing" especially when people tell themselves enough they are failures, they can find ways to actually fail, they give up and I won't give up and I don't want others to give up. I can't say I'm a failure at this, because I know eventually the weight will fall off and I worked too hard to fail.

Our biggest issue is using the scale consistently as a judge, jury and sometimes executioner to our self-esteem.

I moved the scale from the bathroom (which gets kicked and moved and the steam in there and every time I brush my teeth, go to the bathroom, before a shower before bed I wanted to hop on it. Seeing the weight gain from first thing in the am or throughout the day would cause my head to spin. I don't have the discipline to not reweigh myself when it's in my face, so I moved the scale to my spare bedroom. I weigh once a day, I get up, after my first Pee, I go in the spare room, shut the door, take off my nightgown and weight, so it's only once a day and it's upped my mood a bit.

Look at the whole picture, it's so easy to judge your success to someone elses. How many people look at my "total" weight loss and think wow, look at all she lost and she had surgery in June...I lost 10 pounds a month Pre-approval. If you look at my overall weight loss, guess what....it still equates to about 10 pounds a month. I started the plan in November had surgery in June and we're in August now! I lost faster after surgery (because I had to lose all that Water weight from the IV etc.) but we all got so used to that 1 or 2 pounds a day the first week and now, our body has to readjust.

I promise you, if you keep getting in your nutrtion, drink your 64 ounces of Water, chart your cals. carb. Protein and you do the right thing, the inches will fall off, if you add exercise into the mix, the fat will fall off and be replaced by lean muscle, and eventually the scale will reflect this.

I will reread this next time I start to wig out about the stupid scale.

Good luck.

I don't think you are an idiot, but I think you are being hyper sensitive and you could use a little bit of patience with yourself and your body.

Canceling your doctor's appointment, obviously a bad choice, and not sure what time it is by you, but you haven't eaten today. If you stand a chance of losing weight this time, you know you need to get in 3 meals a day and 2 Snacks (something I hate doing myself).

Did you start out with a Protein shake for Breakfast? Are you honestly charting your food? Are you drinking 64 ounces of Water? Are you spacing your food out throughout the day? How many grams of Protein are you taking in a day?

I can't help you much on the 4 weeks thing because I was on full liquids still at 4 weeks, but I know what it is like to weight the same thing for 1-1/2 weeks, lose a pound, gain a pound on less than 500 calories and *edited 20 grams of carb and 65 grams of protein to finally lose that gained pound and lose one more. My weight loss is crawling right now, and I need to start stepping up more protein because i'm still hitting only 60-65 (70 on good days). I'm exercising a lot and my body is changing.

I get your frustrating, I get your anger, but the depression issue is something you need to work on, you need to work on letting it go and stop being a slave to the scale. You know yourself that if you do the right thing, chart your calories, carbs & protein and sodium and if you are falling in the right limits, you are going to eventually lose. Every day I see "you are eating too few calories" blah blah blah on Myfitnesspal.com. It says I will weigh a certain weight in 5 weeks if I eat the same way every day, and I do, but I haven't lost yet. Every once in a while, I'll have 2-3 pound drop and then I'm back to nothing again.

Some times our bodies do our own thing, you need to cut yourself some slack, make sure you are charting your food and tell your husband Happy Anniversary, and not let yourself get to 1:00pm without having a Protein Shake or something in your system.

I feel you, but sometimes you have to have some patience.

When I get a headache I often-times get nausea with it. The headaches don't last through the whole pre-op, so just give it a few days.

Not sure what you ate the days before the pre-op, but if you did any sort of carb overload, that could be the problem. Give it a few days, use cold packs on your neck and head, and remember if you were a soda drinker or coffee drinker, giving those up could also contribute to it.

Just take it light and give it some time and eventually you will feel better.

Good luck to you and the two week pre-op shake was the hardest part of the whole thing for me, because I didn't like the shakes I had to drink. New Direction was very weird tasting to me.

Best of luck!

For those of you that are starting today there are a few things to remember.

The first few days are the hardest. When you hit day 4 you will notice a little more spring your step. Day 2 & 3 a lot of people get a little tiny headache, drink more Water and whatever you do, keep busy.

If you walk around telling yourself you are starving or that this sucks, you will, of course feel hungrier and it will start sucking.

Another thing that is important to know, liquid in, liquid out. As you know eventually your bodily functions will change a bit. I suggest if you do go places, take notice of bathrooms. This is usually about day 4-7. There are threads and you may have noticed comments "never trust a fart", there are reasons for this.

This doesn't last all 14 days, but this is something that happens after surgery for the first few weeks. Some people have a harder time going, and for some it's the liquid in and liquid out deal. Eventually you go back to being regular.

I stayed busy, I continued exercising (I did the gazelle twice a day during the 14 day pre-op) and I did a lot of walking.

The biggest thing to remember is that during this 14 day time, you are probably getting better nutrition than you had before, because this has all your Vitamins and minerals and you are not literally starving to death, because you are getting the nutrition you need.

Best of luck and stay positive and it will go by fast!

I am at 8 and I've slowed to about 2 lbs a week and went over a week without losing. I am at about 540 calories, 20 grams of carbs and 60-70 Protein. I am trying to figure out how to squeek in more Protein and a little more calories because this slowed down way too much for me.

When I was eating 800-900 calories 45-75 carbs and 80 grams of protein pre-surgery I was losing a little faster. I realize my body is rearranging a lot right now, because I look smaller and clothes are getting even loser and I am gaining muscle weight.

I am trying hard to be patient because eventually it has to stop the "starvation mode" and the weight has to drop, but I have a goal weight by September 1st.

I have had days where I lost a pound a day for 2 or 3 days and then nothing for a week, so I am hoping that pound a day picks up again

Sometimes I feel like I need to shock the system, add more carbs and calories for a day, even if I gain a pound, then go back to my normal way and it will start working. Luckily I see nutritionist and nurse next Monday and maybe they can kick-start me again. I am sure they are going to make me take in more calories and kick up my carbs too, I am one of those that likes to eat 3 times a day, and 5 times is just too much for me.

I am at 2 months, I haven't had huge hair loss yet, I have some Hair loss, but it's summer, I swim, I dye my hair and I have lupus, all three are huge for breakage. I take Biotin daily, I don't blow dry my hair anymore, I let it dry naturally and curl if I have to.

You will definitely be able to drink a large glass of Water someday, sips are for the beginning. Eventually if you want to gulp some Water, you can do it.

You can tell only those people you want or you can shout it from the rooftop. I told my parents, my husband and son. I have not bothered telling my brothers their significant others, my friends or my relatives.

I had a hernia surgery and I had adhesion removal during the surgery. That's what was told to all.

If you start working on lowering your carbs, doing high Protein, drinking your 64 ounces of water and losing weight now, you can always tell people you are on a low carb, high Protein diet. When it comes to surgery, you may find out you have a hernia. If you work on making the changes you have to make NOW....people will already be accustomed to you changing your eating patterns.

Be excited, be happy and most of all put 100% effort into this. If you have problems with food, they will still be there after surgery, so use this pre-approval period to work on it.

I wish you the best of luck. I have to tell you truthfully the more effort people put into it before surgery, it seems the better adjusted they are after surgery, this is just my observation from reading here daily before and after surgery.

When did you have surgery? Was it a sugar-free pudding cup? Have you tried the pudding before with no ill effect? Do you take a PPI once or twice a day?

It took me about 5 weeks before I could eat an entire sugar-free pudding cup by myself. I always limited myself to 1/2 a cup and gave the rest to my husband or son to finish.

Did you have a lot to drink before it or did you have something to eat prior to this?

Maybe limit yourself to 1/2 a cup next time if it is sugar-free and take your time with it.

I have had the sweaty nauseated feeling before and I know what you are talking about, I got it when I tried to eat a turkey meatball, that was 99% fat free, and was so dry it made me ill.

Why were you in the hospital for 5 days? Did you have complications?

Where I had surgery normally keeps patients about 4 days, I had a complication during surgery. I was very up and positive before and after surgery. The complication was due to the esophageal tube slipping into my stomach by the anesthesiologist at the moment the surgeon was making the 2nd to last cut/staple, which means the tube (which is only suppose to be in the esophagus) was stapled...it took quite a while for them to undo the titanium staples. Without them undoing it, I would ended up having a narrow esophagus/stomach because they would have had to do the last cut/staple around the tube, which would have severely narrows my esophagus/stomach opening, or they would have had to forego the sleeve and go to straight gastric bypass. This was an err caused by the anesthesiologist, who my surgeon will never work with again as a result of this costly mistake.

I also had an allergic reaction to the gastrique and broke out in hives. My age and the fact that I had lupus was also a reason to keep me one extra day.

My surgeon is extremely conservative, we are on full liquids 5 weeks before we are allowed to move to purees, soft then regular food.

You are not starving. You are just coming down from the medications, the anesthesia, and the grumbling and stomach pains you are feeling are mostly the stomach producing the acid, which you will feel because the insides of your stomach are completely swollen as is the outside of your stomach. After surgery a lot of your system does go to sleep, your kidneys, your intestines, so does the acid producing hormone. Now it's starting up not sure what to do with itself.

When you cut your finger, it throbs and you can feel it. Your entire stomach was cut and a lot of the hunger pains you are feeling are healing pains too.

You are experiencing a lot of head hunger. You will notice once you get to full shakes (as opposed to isopure) you will feel that full feeling sooner and again once you get to real food, that only a few teaspoons will fill you up at first.

You are tired and weak because of the surgery. Between day 6-9 many people get a bit depressed too, that's normal as your body starts converting fat to energy (instead of using up the carbs you normally eat) that the fat has trapped hormones and it could make you a bit moody or sad. If you know what is happening to your body it will make it easier to deal with.

I promise you though, it gets better every day. I had some tough days in there about week 3 & 4, because I didn't like my shakes, but it gets better.

Sip, rest and walk is your best bet and let your body heal. I was still in the hospital day 5 and I took naps daily and my stomach did all weird types of things, like fluttered, I felt waves, twists and turns, but realized it was just healing it wasn't actual hunger pains.

Good luck to you all.

I went into my six month pre-op giving 100% and lost 10 pounds a month. I did have a few times where I treated myself to my favorite restaurants and I don't regret it, I didn't gain weight, I still lost 10 pounds a month doing that.

I worked on giving up caffeine, soda, I drank my 64 ounces of Water, I learned to chew my food, I researched and I weaned from carbs in advance.

I am proud of my hard work pre-op to stay positive and motivated and it is what has helped me to be successful since surgery.

There is a thread here:

http://www.verticals...surgery-thread/

I took, crocs (easy to walk in and go over the booties) as I hate walking around in socks where other people wear shoes. *edited to say - you get in bed with those socks on....I'm a bit ocd.

I brought a small table fan (to drown out hospital noises).

I brought my favorite soft brown throw blanket, I washed it the night before and it smelled like Downy. It was a comfort from home, it was comfortable to sit in the chair instead of bed with.

I brought Charmaine Butt Wipes. After surgery, after you get catheter off, it's nice to clean yourself off, I even brought a roll of my own toilet paper because I hate sand paper.

I brought Bigelow Peppermint Decaff Tea and Truvia. I don't like artificial sweeteners and they normally serve you regular decaff tea and generic artificial sweeteners. This tea literally was my saving grace in the hospital. Most hospitals serve their hot Water for tea in coffee cups, which smell and taste like coffee. Not appetizing. (ps bring your own mug or ask for a styrofoam cup instead of drinking out of that) - ps the tea tastes good hot or cold.

I brought chap stick because your lips will be dry.

I brought Biotene. If they use an antinausea patch and give you anti-nausea medication it dries your mouth out. I noticed when I walked the first two days, if I was talking to the person walking with me my lips would stick to my gums and my entire mouth would dry out so bad I could barely talk and it hurt. Biotene added extra moisture to my mouth. I also made sure when I walked I carried one of those sponge sticks with me.

I brought a brush, a toothbrush and toothpaste and deoderant.

I did not use pajamas, my kindle, magazines, lap top.

Yep, they say the first three days is the hardest after that it's all mental, once the actual physical addiction is done. It's just like "head hunger" after surgery.

If you realize that the hunger pains you feel in your belly is most likely the acid churning or your inside and outside of your stomach healing, and that's why the growling, grumbling, wave feelings, it helps you deal with it.

You are winning the battle because you knew what you are were up against and can see it logically. Good for you for quitting and congrats.

I haven't smoked in years and years, and I know what you are going through, the flu/cough, etc. and you should be proud of yourself.

I think I am the only person who doesn't have a cache of smaller-sized clothing...I have been this size for approx. 25 years, and I am now 52! Oh, I have a few items that are a size or two smaller, but nothing for "down the road. Oh, well...happy shopping!

I only kept a few things from the early to mid 90's. The pants that are too big are from when I hit 200 a few times before, between my 200-300 phase.

I did keep some mini skirts and a bikini because I loved them so much and those I hope I will be able to wear next summer. The ball gown I have I am hoping to get into by Xmas, I'm going to have it cut down for New Years Eve. A suit of mine is too big. My wedding dress is now too big, which makes me happy

I wish I was allowed Tomato Soup when I was on full liquids, that would have made my life easier.

Only take out Soup I had was Potbelly Creamy Broccoli & Cheddar (Panera bread is equivalent), the problem is you either have to puree it or strain out the chunks. I made the mistake of blending it in the magic bullet and it whipped up too much air into it and it was horrible. The next time I tried it I strained out the vegetables and it tasted good.

I ate a lot of Healthy Request Bean and Bacon Soup. I would add it from the can to the magic bullet, and puree it with a little bit of Water so it was completely creamy, but it didn't whip a lot of air bubbles into it. Then I would put it in the pan and add the cup of Water and cook it so it was fully liquid. I usually had only 1/4 cup at a time. It is lower in carbs than a lot of Soups and it has Protein.

I tried to stick with Protein shakes. I also had a recipe on how to make my own Protein shake. Tropic 50 orange juice, one package of powders?utm_source=BariatricPal&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_campaign=CommentLink" target="_ad" data-id="1" >unjury unflavored Protein, 2 teaspoons of sugar free cool whip. I switched between having a my Pure Protein Shake (frosty chocolate) and the whey protein from Syntrax Nector (Fuzzy Navel), which I picked up at Vitamin Shoppe.

I was on full liquids 5 weeks so I understand how hard this phase is Best of luck to you.

I went over a year without shaving my legs. I shave my legs almost every day, I get my eyebrows done, I paint my toenails. Shaving my legs, omg it doesn't cause me to feel like I'm going to pass out bending over to shave my legs. I can bring my legs up to do it.

I cannot believe I am the same person that I was a year ago. I care about what I look like, I also don't care anymore either, if that makes sense. I used to go to the store and look to make sure every hair was in place and that I was hidden enough and that my coat covered all of me, and that my sunglasses were on, and I prayed nobody would recognize me. Now, I go with whatever I have on, I don't cover up, I don't have to have huge sunglasses on to hide, if my hair is out of place, it's okay, because I know I actually look good. I am not afraid to shop on a weekend, where I know I will run into people.

I have left the grocery store, with a full cart sitting there, because I saw people I knew and I was too embarrassed...<~~how sad huh.

It's an amazing feeling, and I am still overweight and I still have weight to lose, but I am happier now than I have been since 1999.

To be fair regarding the gastric bypass, I was asked while in the holding room to sign papers regarding my sleeve. One paper was to okay having an "open" gastric sleeve, in case there are difficulties and they could not do it laprascopically. I signed that paper. I was also asked what he should do if he feels that my hernia was too extensive and there was too many problems because of GERD to do a proper sleeve if I want him to close up or perform Gastric Bypass. I signed the papers to allow the Gastric Bypass, if need be.

No matter which I ended up with, I promised myself that I was changing my life...forever.

Neither surgery is an easy way out. The people that I know that have gained the weight back with Gastric Bypass CAN do a boot camp type regimen and go back to the beginning if they chose to. They should have done this after 10 pounds gain. They should have gone back to the nutritionist.

Nobody really needs to have mal-absorption issues with Gastric Bypass. They do because they do not follow the rules, they go ahead and drink beer, diet pop, regular pop, eat breads, spaghetti and they overeat. I believe truly that those that gain weight after Gastric Bypass did it because they chose to use the surgery as a "cure-all" and expected not to have to do the work.

Whether you get the sleeve, bypass, you have to do your job. You have to eat properly and exercise. I can't talk about the lap band, because this is the only surgery I would have refused outright because it would be too harmful for me because of my issues with adhesions and the fact I have lupus.

I think what most people need to really know before they have surgery is this is permanent and you have to work as hard, or actually harder after surgery than you ever had, because this is a lifestyle, not a diet.

Many insurance companies allow you to have a lower bmi if you have two comorbidities, diabetes is one, sleep apnea another. Many allow 40 bmi with no comorbidites and 35+ with 2 comorbidities.

Many overweight patients have a larger size neck and chest, the weight helps to close off the back of the throat and sleep apnea is prevalent in overweight people. There are also people that are not overweight that get obstructive sleep apnea too, and there is also something called "central sleep apnea."

Losing weight could usually correct obstructive sleep apnea. Most insurance companies realize that a lot of people will not become compliant with the cpap, and there are issues where if it's not on correctly, or some people are stomach sleepers and it's hard to where a cpap on your stomach. It does establish another comorbidity.

I have an cousin that was overweight that died in her sleep at the age of 52. She was contemplating the surgery but she also needed hip and knee surgery because of her weight. She went with the knee surgery, and she died of sleep apnea, but didn't bother getting tested for it.

They are finding people who have chronic pain conditions, including fibromyalgia have sleep apnea. Many people with sleep apnea swear they didn't sleep most of the night, so how could they have had these episodes, they always wake up so tired as though they didn't sleep.

I hate getting tested for Sleep apnea, I hate the wires, the fact that someone is watching me, but I do it. I will find out sometime in September if I can go off Oxygen and the cpap (which I use oxygen because I refuse to be compliant with cpap).

Best of luck to you.

I personally three people that have lost over 100 pounds and one guy lost over 200 pounds, and they gained almost all of it back, through Gastric Bypass. They found ways to cheat, they still aren't getting the proper nutrition but they gained 100-200 pounds back!

I am sure people that have been sleeved could do the same too, if they don't follow the lifestyle and if they find ways to cheat the system.

I feel the sleeve is more nutritionally sound that the bypass, duodenal switches, they don't usually do immediately, they do the sleeve and about a year later they do the duodenal switch and they normally do this only for extremely morbidly obese people. I didn't realize JJ jr. was that big...

I take two omaprazole a day, and I have for years. I had to switch to pepcid after surgery, because the other is too big, but I just switched back to the omaprazole because it works better and I can finally take that big pill down.

I actually get prescription Omaprazole because it is cheaper with my insurance than buying over the counter.

I had a pair of smaller pants that I couldn't get past my knees. Yes, my knees. I held onto those suckers for so long. After surgery I had tried them again and I got them up over my booty, so I said soon, soon you adorable pants. I tried them on 2 days ago, because I was depressed it was over a week with no weight loss and they fall off me.

I now have a skirt that I couldn't wrap around ONE thigh (my thigh was bigger than my entire stomach). I got the skirt wrapped around my entire stomach now, though it's suppose to double wrap lol. I'm getting closer to it. These things are the important things to check for, especially when you are in a stall.

This week, at my stall is when everyone is pointing out my weight loss to me, though they see me all the time, hey, look at that bone, wow you are crossing your legs (I did it first time yesterday, I never try to cross them, because I haven't done that since 1999 lol)

I love things like this!

CONGRATS and good for you all.

I went to the Pierogi Festival. There were 19 Pierogi vendors and I think a total of 60 food vendors and didn't eat a thing. There was turkey legs and I should have gotten one to take a few bites, but I had a shake before I left and I ate when I got home.

Fairs are about having fun with the people you were with. At 8 weeks I am pretty secure now with going out. My big test will be going to the movies lol.

I can see what you are dealing with and my recommendation to you is something a bit different. You have control only over what you eat...and your son eats.

While you love your husband, it is up to him what he eats, what he drinks. Arguing with him has not helped as you have pointed out, being disgusted with him isn't helping, now it's time for you to let go of trying to control what he does and focus on you and your son. If you husband wants fried chicken, throwing it out, will only lead to more drama. Your sole responsibility is to your child and your health at this point.

I am almost 9 weeks out. I started the process in November 2011. Every month I lost 10 pounds before surgery on low carb, high Protein. I went through with the surgery, even after I lost 70 pounds. Right before surgery my father started talking to me about what I was eating, I explained it to him in detail. He has gone from 200 to 169. My son has lost 20 pounds, my husband has lost about 10 pounds (he's more resistant to my diet). Only my parents and husband and son knew about my surgery. Now my neighbors are dieting, my sister in law and brother are dieting, people that have seen me and asked what I have been doing I told and they looked at me while shoving chips & dip in their mouth previously, are all like NO WAY, now I'm going to be the fat one in the family.

Now everyone is on a health kick because they seen what bad shape I was in and truly, I look good now.

If you do not want your son to go through what you are going through, you need to take control of him only. Your husband will have to make that decision on his own. You continue cooking your healthy food, this is what you made for dinner, your husband has a choice of eating it or going to McDonalds, he has a choice of drinking alcohol or not, you do NOT have to stoop to his level and go back into your old ways. He has to change.

The more you nag him the more he will resent you. Ultimatums never work. Tell him you love him, tell him you want to see him healthy, and that when he's ready to change his eating, you will be there for him, but until then, you and your son will be eating healthy, and doing things that will benefit your health because you don't want your son to be an unhealthy adult. You love him, but the unhealthy stuff can't be around your son. If he needs food that is unhealthy, buy it just for himself because it's not part of your life anymore.

Stay strong for yourself and son, eventually your husband will come around and if not, you still have to work on being healthy for your son and yourself.

Well, a good idea for you in the future is to sign up for something like myfitnesspal.com and do research before you go somewhere.

We had nutritionional classes where I had surgery. chicken & broccoli were your right choices (depending on how they were cooked and if butter was added to them).

At six weeks, being newly sleeved, corn on the cob would not have been a good idea. Corn is harder to digest, and it's full of carbohydrates.

• 19 carbs in a very small ear (2¾ oz or 77g)
  
• 22 carbs in a small boiled or steamed corn on the cob (5½" to 6½")
  
• 26 carbs in a medium boiled or steamed corn on the cob (6¾" to 7½")
  
• 29 carbs in a large boiled or steamed corn on the cob (7¾" to 9")
  
• If it's extremely salted then you will have the sodium issue and buttered, then a whole lot of unnecessary fat.
  

The sleeve isn't a diet though, it's a way of life, so if you know you are going out to dinner, plan ahead. If you go somewhere for steak, inquire before you go how they prepare the steak, are they the kind of place that adds butter to the steak before they send it out? Are the vegetables sauteed in butter and never be afraid to ask for something that normally gets fried to or sauteed to be poached or to omit the added fat.

A fair, however you don't have much choices, usually turkey, unbreaded chicken and unfried vegetables are your best bet.

PPI is a proton-pump inhibitor is a pill like prilosec, pepsid it is a long-last pill you take to help reduce gastic acid production. Acid reflux burns your esophagus. If you have ever woken up in the middle night because you threw up while you were sleeping and it went back down, that's acid reflux. It eventually wears down your esophagus. People who get sleeved are prone to acid reflux. I had acid reflux before being sleeved and luckily I have less now.

When you first have surgery, a lot of your system kind of falls asleep. Some people have a problem having a bm, some people have problems urinating, etc. After surgery, your stomach is empty. All you are getting in your stomach is Water, maybe some Isopure or tea.

After having 85% of your stomach removed and you have not had much food the acid producing hormone or whatever it is probably quite low, as you start introducing new liquids and foods, the acid starts building up in your stomach. Remember this acid is now going up against an incision line and your inside of your stomach is still very swollen from the surgery.

Your stomach is going to shake, jive, shimmey and do all kinds of weird things at first. If I noticed I didn't chew well enough sometimes it feels like my stomach knots up and does a weird flip flop on one tiny piece of pretty well chewed up something or another.

Best of luck again.

There is another brand that I love that makes decaf! It is called Click and they have a Decaf mocha one with 15g Protein. I usually split the package up and only use half at a time. Here is there site: http://drinkclick.com/

Awesome, thank you so much. I will have to try that!

Why no caffeine, I was told no caffeine, was told caffeine after surgery is not good because it can cause dehydration and in the beginning, many people have a hard time getting in all their fluids. Dehydration is very dangerous while healing from the surgery. I said well how about after I heal. I was told that Caffeine could contribute to an ulcer. If you get an ulcer when you have 85% of your stomach removed, it wouldn't be good.

I miss coffee a lot, but will try to hold off drinking it. All doctor's have something to say about something and no two doctors are alike. I guess we all have to pick and chose what's best for us or if we want to follow our doctor's advice.