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I agree. yet my husband had banding and feels totally defeated. breaks my heart when he is litterally crying to the dr about his weight. yet I am the loud mouth italian who cries because I am not a walking miracle!

I walk and I am contremplating doing the elipticle at the gym(provided I don't fall flat on my face!)

I work for doctors and there are 4 flights of stairs here. So I try to do at least 28 flights per day. But it just is not helping. I think i am going to just go back to my liquid diet since that worked

I had gastric sleeve on 8/7/12 and am down about 20lbs. I am so angry. I mean, I see these pictures in here where it seems like EVERYONE who is ANYONE is loosing weight. I feel like I am not. I was told this was going to be a fast way to loose the weight. And it is not. Granted, I can not eat the amount I used to, but I am so upset that I can not loose more weight, even with me exercising. am I the onyl one here dealing with this? What do others suggest I do?

ok on pureed stage and am sooooo sick of pureed chicken, ham and eggs. Any advice? Need something quick, simple..yet appetizing. HELP!!

I am tryng to be reassuring that I am not leaving....even made a joke and told him "divorce is not and option". But apparently, within my wording and loud Italian voice, it came across more of a threat. So that now is a joke with us and the mood between us went from tense to lightheartedness! He even told me he took off for a week. But I think that is more to see what I am going through. I am hoping he will get this surgery.

I am actually so thanfull for everyone sharing their thought on this subject. I am very relieved to say that I spoke with my husband and he was afraid of me leaving. Now I am focusing on my post op diets!

I am 13 days pre-op and just wondering about them liquid diet. I need to do two weeks full liquids and am looking for any suggestions on how to survive this nasty phase!

Thanks so much all for replying. I remember when I had lap band and I was weighing myself almost everyday...and loosing weight. Then I began eating more pizza, more wings, more chips, more ice cream. Although I am not back up to where I was prior to banding, I was sick of the vomitting and the needles in my gut every three months and they still could not get me adjusted appropriately. I have tons of people supporting me. My mother was so cute. She wants to buy me a piece of clothing so I told her to buy me a size 18-since I have been that size since I was in high school. But my husband said something the other day that made me dountful and fearful. He said I didn't know if I was going to ever be that small again and tell her not to buy that size. So without a huge fight I just looked at him and said that I am keeping the receipt. I am definately doing this for myself but that is our little boy in my picture. Granted he is four now but he is EVERYTHING to me. I want to be there for him as he gets older. I am refusing to let an addiction to food kill me. As iliana82 said try to stay motivated... trying is my strength now and more importantly my faith is my tower to lean on.

so scared this is going to turn into another gastric failure. Any suggestions to ensure my decision of getting VGS is going to work?

So I am having surgery by Dr Alan Posner on Aug 7, 2012. I am scheduled for VGS and am a previous bander that obviously failed. My mom, who is sooooo excited for me to have this surgery wants to buy me one piece of clothing that I could wear once I lose some weight. I told her to buy me something in a size 18-since I have not been that size since I was a senior in high school. But I am wondering how this is going to work. I mena with lap banding, I ate, vomitted, ate, vomitted, got filled, ate, vomitted, etc. Is that what this is going to be like or is this ;like a guaranteed weight loss thing. Then how are you supposed to eat? Is there going to be a special diet to follow until you reach your goal weight. I mean....I am so lost and have a million questions and surgery is like in three weeks. Maybe these are things i should ha ve thought about. I was too busy asking questions like what is the dr's stats, etc....Anyone can help??

Thank everyone for your wonderful words of encouragement. He is very difficult to read right now, maybe thats whay I just work for doctors and he is the counselor! I am going to take him on a "date night" and just get one on one with him so he can see my heart ans where I am coming from. After all, in reality, I do not want addiction to food killing me. i want to be around long enough to grow old with him and see our son get married, finish school, and have children! I am taking it as if he won't make the cahnge in our house, I will suck it up and make the changes for us!!....although I will surely miss Cold Stone Creamery!!

In have noticed that the more pepople I seak with about this all tend to say the same thing. "He is insecure and is scared you are going to leave him". But then how to approach that subject to someone who counsels people for a living? Whats that saying, the counslor who doesn't need counseling? Yea, that;s my life right now.

Has anyone had a change in their spouses once they had VGS? I am scheduled for surgery on 8/7/12 and the closer the days get to surgery, the more arguments my husband starts with me. Any suggestions?

I am so glad for your successful surgery and yet so jealous! I am hoping that mine is equal to your success! My dr did finally approve this but now he is telling me that I need to get down another 10lbs prior to surgery and doing the "final weigh in". Maybe he does not realize how hard it is to loose een jsut ten lbs! I wanted to ask you what a daily diet is for you being "post op". I am all for hearing and learning diet ideas during the post op phase. Thanks!!