Jennifer SoFla

1- scallops, especially cooked with a sweet Thai chili sauce (omg so good!) 2- teriyaki beef Jerky from Walmart. 1 ounce is 12 grams of Protein, and you have no choice but to eat it slow. 3- black bean Soup from any Mexican restaurant. With a little sour cream or Greek yogurt on top. Yum! It helps with my protein and calorie intake.

Yayyyy!! That's an exciting time!!

Yes height definitely matters. I'm 6'1" and 285lbs and can wear a 20.

I was having dizzy spells and was told to increase my carbs. I learned really fast that flour tortillas do NOT agree with my sleeve, I have no desire to try corn ones. Also I cannot stomach a scrambled egg but I can eat an egg sunny side up which is interesting. I also think I am post op lactose intolerant, I have tried cheese, yogurt and chocolate milk and all made me sick. I never had a problem with dairy before surgery and since I am only 6 Weeks out I am hoping it will subside. Throwing up the foam has been the worst part for me, I try so hard to avoid vomiting but it is the only thing that relieves that pressure. I think an antacid would help but my doctor doesn't want to put me on anything unless I absolutely can't live without it.

I couldn't get either link to work either, but this worked for the friend request. https://www.facebook.com/robin.c.benson

The past two days out of no where I get fuzzy vision out of my left eye, looking straight ahead I can see the Blur in my left peripheral vision but I feel the splitting pain in the right side of my head. I was just about to head out to dinner and I can feel it starting again. What can I do?

Yes that's why!! I used to sweat all the time living in south Florida and now I can actually sit in the car with no air and the windows up sometimes. That's my favorite part about this surgery believe it or not lol. I love being cold, soooooo much better than being hot!!

Yes, I was also under the impression that your body will start producing ghrelin again eventually. Therefore you will get hungry again, hopefully not to the same extreme. You also won't be as cold anymore since your body temperature will be regulating normally again. With that said I still think it is impossible to not lose weight with the sleeve because you are definitely going to be at a calorie deficit, since if we were eating less than 1,000 calories before surgery, we probably wouldn't be having this surgery. Also the stomach is harder to stretch with the surgery than any of the others. In a nut shell, you will lose weight... How much you lose is up to you =)

Oh ok. Than I'm at a loss =( when I went to the e.r no one could figure out what would be hurting on the left side. They just kept asking if I thought it could be gas pains. Good luck again!

Yummy... Coincidentally I just posted a recipe on another thread where you can make crab legs in a crock pot. Glad you enjoyed it... I'm gonna try this recipe later this week! http://www.livestrong.com/article/462005-how-to-cook-crabs-in-a-slow-cooker/

Wow!! That was a very ambitious grocery haul... That amount of food would take me at least three months to eat and sadly most of it would go bad before I could finish it. I did the same thing right before surgery because I wanted variety and wanted to have something to eat 5 times a day. When I got home a faced reality that one bowl of egg salad would last two days I returned everything to Publix. Luckily they are great about that and will take anything back.

How long after you eat are you waiting to drink? Definitely wait the thirty minutes as to not Water down your meals in your stomach and speed up digestion. Second before you know its hunger for sure I would highly recommend drinking and taking some type of antacid. I use tums and it works so I don't need the stronger stuff. I used to have indigestion before surgery and even if you had it to, it doesn't feel the same AT ALL post op and feels a lot like hunger. Also I never felt full on liquids, but my first scoop of egg salad and I definitely felt it. Hope this helps.

It is really hard to get used to the very small portions. I average 5-6 small bites of whatever protein I am eating. I chew chew chew, and try to wait at least a minute or two between bites. After bite 6 I move the food away from me, or at a restaurant I immediately put the rest in a to go box. If I am still hungry fifteen minutes later than I will eat one more bite. This is what has worked for me to prevent they stuffed feeling. Still very hard, mentally I want to eat more which is why I have to get it out of my face so I don't keep grazing.

He may very well be more attracted to you thinner, but that doesn't mean he'll love you more. Wow... For this to be a women only room, I am really enjoying the input from the men. lol I couldn't agree more, love and lust, are not the same at all, and shouldn't be considered one in the same.

I knew the reason behind it but it was still a very interesting video!! Sometimes when I get that "too full" feeling since I'm still learning I purposely drink a couple sips of water to kind of flush things through to ease that discomfort.

It is a very emotional time, not many things change your life like this surgery, but all the things that do are emotional and stressful. I have read a lot about the hormones because some days I would feel like I could cry over a silly commercial.... What I have found is that when you are losing weight so fast your body is still making enough hormones for your heavier body, but now being lighter you don't have as much body mass to utilize or ciclecultae all the hormones therefore you have an excess just floating around until your body adjusts and regulates your hormones properly again. I felt like I was PMS'ing for a month lol.... good luck =) it will get better

You aren't kidding!... I was 6 Weeks post op Thursday, but the restriction is no joke. A few bites of anything and I'm full!! If I eat too fast and take that one extra bite before realizing I'm full I definitely feel it!! Good luck with your new sleeve!!

At 5 Weeks out I had my daughters party at chuck e cheese, ate half a slice of pizza since my options were very limited. Luckily I had no problems with it at all. I chewed the bites nearly to death though! Its funny that you are craving pizza and probably 5 months from now if you decide to treat yourself it won't taste as good as you remember. I had that happen last night with crab salad, I had been craving it for at least two months, took one bite and it tasted like a fatty spoonful of mayonnaise and I couldn't even swallow it lol....

Oh awesome! Every time I click the link it just goes to my main Facebook page. Can someone send me an invite.. differdaze@AOL.com