Lloydthumper

Thanks for replying sparky sorry it took me so limg to reply back. I just started my preop yesterday so far it stinks. I'm having headaches from the artificial sweetener in the muscle milk light. Plus it tastes nasty to me. I quit drinking soft drinks about 6 months ago. But I gave up my beloved sweet tea about 3 months ago. I'm going to do my best to stick to the all liquid 3 week diet. But I don't understand why you can't eat thinks like celery lettuce brocoli etc on the pre op nothing but liquid sucks. I hope I make it.

I'm guessing that since everyone is getting there sleeve Dr washingtons crew is just me now I don't hear anything from anyone anymore.

I'm 9/19 and I start mine Monday 3 weeks of it all my surgeon says is muscle milk light and water. I hope I make it. And I'm saying a prayer for everyone that has to go through this.

Fiber works better I'm still pre op but I have the same issue if I take stool softener malanta works great for me no pain at all my have to take a larger dose than recommended but it works pain free.

My surgeons pre op diet is 3 muscle milk light shakes a day I have to do 3 weeks pre op starting next week.

You look 10yrs younger and very beautiful. WoW!

I am going to ask my surgeon I was wondering about if I could see it.

What about a squeeze bottle like they use in boxing has a straw but the liquid is pushed not sucked into the mouth?

You look awesome I hope I look that good after my operation. No wait I'm a guy if I look that good I had the wrong operation. Anyway all I'm trying to say you look hot

See that's what I'm talking about you were pretty before your just plain hot now

Going through the same think and i have 5 weeks till surgury. I've lost as much as 86lbs on my own plus 40 to 60 several times but guess what I put every pound back on an plus some. I'm trying to cut back now so I might not flip out one my 3 week pre op diet. I'm also paying for my own surgury and I keep thinking that would be a nice down payment on a corvette or a Harley but then I think I don't want my wife's next husband to enjoy it be cause I'm dead from a weight related problem so I go back to I'm getting the surgury. I feel for me with my past 20 years of yoyoing up and down its my best and only option. Just my two cents

Well tell him how you feel but I can tell you it's not going to help. I was probally 3yrs in to my marriage before I just said one day I can't stop her I can't control her so I might as well just trust her and love her and see what happens. Now that doesn't mean in my own mind I don't still worry but I refuse to let it effect our marriage anymore. I use to pick with her about having a detective follow her (no I never did!) so I will about once a year tell her I got the report back from the detective and tell her he said she is beautiful but leads a boring life with only me. Then usually she tells me she loves being boring with me. But to be honest he will never not feel that way but he can learn to keep it to himself and not effect you. My wife will tell you she knows I still worry but I don't let it effect us. I knew if I kept it up I would push her into leaving!

Ok first off as I believe to be the only rooster to reply in the middle of a bunch of hens. I am also an emotional eater so I can relate. But in my opinion a man that would take a 30k pay cut to be with a woman he is not married to must really love you ALOT and you even though mad at him should feel flattered. Next stress an emotion are a part of life if it's not him it's going to be someone or something else. Next if you did leave him (you really couldn't love him) what do you think that's going to do to him emotionally etc. He is then also going to think you left him because he wasn't good enough for the new thin you. Trust me I'm one of those guys you see out with my wife and say why is she with him? She could do way better so I've been in his shoes. Since I've been married (14 great years) I have gained 150lbs up to 350lbs at 5'10" and my wife has stayed the same 106lbs so I have worried about her leaving or cheating and guess what It caused me to gained more weight. What I'm trying to do now is make a conscious effort as when I get stressed to work on something that needs fixing or something other than eating so I don't mess up the whole reason for getting the sleeve. As a matter a fact I just spent part of my luch hour typing this reply on an iPhone I guess what I'm trying to say is you have to find a way you can deal with stress other than eating and not take it out on him. I know that's easier to say than do but taking the easy road it what put most of us in this shape. What would we look like if everytime we got stressed we excersied for an hour instead of grabbing a burger and fries? Ok hen pack let me have it Lloyd

Awesome dooter. I have a few booths I have it out for too.

I'm sept 19th I have a 3wk pre op I'm dreading. But other than that pretty excited about everything.

Jafter that is great progress how often are you exercising and how long and what exercises are you doing? How soon after the surgury did you start exercising?

I don't mean to butt in on you post Sparky but I need some encourgement I was just informed that my surgury was pushed back another week to 9/19/12 due to a conflict with Dr Washingtons schedule. I have been on a 2 protein shake one in the morning and one in the evening and eat a regular lunch for almost 3 1/2 weeks Trying to loose the 11lbs I gained since I scheduled the surgury I have lost 10 lbs my first week and not a pound since Im drinking only water which is killing me (no Caffine I'm Dragging.) Probally drank a gallon of sweet tea a day before. Im starting to wonder if I'm going to loose anything after the surgury I still have 3 weeks before I start my preop diet of 3 weeks liquid diet. It would just suck to do the surgury and not loose anything. sorry again sparky.

I decided to tell everyone because it doesn't bother me if someone talks about me there just giving someone else a break. Plus when telling someone I tell them if they think it's the easy way out. I want them to follow the the pre op and post diets with me then know there purposely going to basically eat a fraction of what most people eat for the rest of there life. Go through the surgury and healing and still have to put forth an effort to lose weight even after the surgury and last but not least have to work and pay for it myself. I really don't think it's the easy way out. Plus I Figuare everyone would find out sooner or later anyway.

Lol I did the same thing when I did my consult I weighted 340 I had gained 11lbs from that day. Till 2 weeks ago when My surgeons office sent out an email saying they were getting patients that hadn't followed there pre op diet and the were having to postpone there surgery. I sent an email explaining I had gained the 11lbs since my consult. They basically responded saying I better lose it before my preop starts and follow the pre op to the T. They recommend doing 1 protien shake to replace one meal a day. But I'm doing 2 I've lost 10lbs in the last week and a half. I'm going to try to do this until my preop. My surgury is sept 12th I'd like to be around 310lbs on the surgury day. But I feel everyone's pain it was like eat everything you wont be able to for a while.

I'm glad her surgery went well.

I'm not sleeved yet but my wife never eats all her meals when we eat out (shes a 105lbs soaking wet and cant gain weight) so she has already made the statement we would just share meals. Alot of places offer combo plates if we both don't want the same thing.

This is the first thread I'm going to have to unscribe from. All the bickering back and forth ran the battery dead in my phone looking at all the that came in such short order. Lol

I'm doing the same thing skinny I'm on salary so the time off is just vac time. I paid my house off 3 weeks ago and paid off a $1000 from a trip to California a couple months ago and paid the $1300 off for what was left in my wife's car and have $4500 in the sleeve fund but other than saving for the sleeve I have zero debt. My sleeve is in sept I think I can put back the other $3500 plus the $1000 for the hotel stay buy then if I don't it will be close. It's a great feeling isn't it. But sucks not splurging for some things I normally would have. Going to buy me a Harley as a present to myself after I meet my goal.

I'm worried about mine it's 3 week pre op diet 3 weeks of just protein shakes the last time I was on a all liquid diet was 39 years ago and I'm 40 now! I know it's going to be hard but I'm ready to give it my best shot.